Opening Night – Exhibit of Diptychs by Nicholas Vreeland
November 7, 2014
888 Broadway at e 19th St, Manhattan, NY, USA
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Nicholas Vreeland is a photographer and the abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery in South India. An exhibition of his photography will be shown at Deepak HomeBase, in Manhattan, presented by ABC Carpet and and W Magazine to benefit Tibet Center. Opening night will feature a conversation between Vreeland and Stefano Tonchi, editor-in-chief of W Magazine.
Awake in Seattle
November 15-16, 2014
NalandaWest, Seattle, WA, USA
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A free day weekend of talks and practice to celebrate the tenth anniversary of NalandaWest, open to all. For anyone who can’t make it, the talks will be broadcast in two live webcasts.
Poetry as Practice, Practice as Poetry
December 5-7, 2014
Copper Beech Institute, West Hartford, CT, USA
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Copper Beech Institute is offering a three-day poetry writing retreat. “In this workshop, mindfulness practice will help you experience your own connection to the universe, and poetry practice will help you express the insights you gain.”
Monk with a Camera
November 21
Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY, USA
December 12
Laemmle’s Royal, CA, USA
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Monk With a Camera is a documentary about Nicholas Vreeland, the first westerner to be ordained as an abbot by the Dalai Lama, and a renowned photographer. It opens on November 21 in New York and December 12 in Los Angeles.
Stray Birds: A Butoh Performance
November 23, 2014
Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper, NY, USA
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“Stray Birds is a riveting improvised movement-and-sound collaboration by internationally known Japanese dancer Taketeru Kudo and acclaimed experimental musician Michael Pestel… Where Kudo’s fluid movements are often compared to those of a bird, Pestel’s music is derived from performing live with birds around the world, both in aviaries and in nature, for the past twenty years.”
