This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Desai Foundation, and to celebrate it a weekend long festival in Lincoln, MA is planned in the month of October. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas is planning on attending the Discover India food festival on Saturday October 19 from 1pm-2pm located in the Brooks School Gym at 6 Ballfield Road in Lincoln, MA.In conjunction with Discover India, the Lincoln Library Film Society has announced they will be hosting a film festival-Beyond Bollywood: The Many Faces of Indian Art Cinema which will show various Indian films every Tuesday for the month of October.
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Discover India! Film Series - Beyond Bollywood: The Many Faces of Indian Art Cinema | Lincoln Public Library
The film series will run every Tuesday in October (1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 7 pm). Titles will be made available on website.
Discover India! Folk Art Exhibit | Cambridge Trust Company – 152 Lincoln Road
From October 1 through October 19, come view original works of Madhubani or Mithila painting.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013
1 pm – Matinee Showing of Movie Saptapadii followed by discussion with Writer/Actor & Assistant to Director.
7 pm – Second Showing of Movie Saptapadii (www.saptapadiithefilm.com) | Bemis Hall – 15 Bedford Road
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013
11 am to 1 pm – Kids Discover India! | Brooks School Gym – 6 Ballfield Road
Join us for all sorts of hands on arts and crafts for kids.
11 am to 2 pm – Discover India! Food Festival | Brooks School Gym – 6 Ballfield Road
Vendors from various local restaurants will showcase the best they have to offer. (No entrance fee, but fee for food.)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Indian Folk & Classical Dance Performances | Bemis Hall – 15 Bedford Road
3:30 pm to 5 pm – Finding 'India' in India's Contemporary Art | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Curator looks at how some leading contemporary Indian artists deploy painting & installation to probe Indian experience.
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm – Interactive Odissi Classical Dance Workshop for Kids | Lincoln Public Library
An introduction based on story telling through hands, body movements & expression, tailor made to be fun for children.
7 pm to 8:30 pm – Mass Audubon Bemis Lecture on Nature, Culture, Conservation & Social Hour | Bemis Hall
Join a Mass Audubon staff scientist for a program on how nature and culture fuse in the Indian ethos.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013
1 pm to 3:30 pm – Indian Cooking Class & Luncheon | St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church – 147 Concord Rd.
($20 fee for class & luncheon. Limited Seating. Reservation Required.)
For additional information or cooking class reservations, please contact moha@thedesaifoundation.org.
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