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Calendar of Events
If you are organising a Tibet related event in the UK - Let us know and we will post it to this page
members@tibet-society.org.ukCalendar of events
If you know of a Tibet-related event that sounds of interest to our supporters, please email details to info@tibetsociety.com.
Ongoing Event: Virtual Vigil
WEEKLY EVENT - Wednesdays: Tibet Vigil
22 April-31 August: Precious Adornments Exhibition
29 May - July: Through an Exile Lens - a season of Tibetan films and photography exhibition, UK-wide
01-24 July: Through an Exile Lens - season of Tibetan films and photography exhibition, London
05 July: His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 73rd Birthday
06 July: 9th anniversary of the Tibetan Peace Garden, London
06 July: Peace Vigil - Southampton Prayer for Peace
12 July: The Battle for China conference in London
30-31 July: Empowerments for Green and white Tara by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok
01-03 August: 21 Taras Empowerment by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok
02-24 August: Events to coincide with the Beijing Olympics
07 August: Candle in My Window for Tibet - Global Display of Unity and Hope
06 September - 05 October: Journey into Exile
28 September: Concert in Forres
10-12 October: His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits Basel, Switzerland
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22 April - 31 August: Precious Adornments Exhibition
An exhibition of nomadic ornaments from Tibet and the Ordos
Dates: 22nd April - 31st August 2008;
Venue: The Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath, BA1 2QJ
Tel: 01225 464640
29 May - July: Through an Exile Lens - a season of Tibetan films and photography exhibition, UK-wideIn association with the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, this season of films and photography exhibition offer new insights into current life in Tibet, exploring the exile ‘condition’ of Tibetans living as refugees, taking a fresh and young approach. Through footage and images straight from the heart of the exile community and its burgeoning creative scene, these works will provide a deeper understanding of the true reality of what it means to be Tibetan today.London - Edinburgh - Manchester - NewcastleDates, Times, Venues:29 May - 7.00pm A Brief History of Life + Tsampa to Pizza + Art in Exile @ School of Oriental and African Studies
30 May - 7.00pm Eclipsed:The Tragedy of Tibet + Prayers Answered @ School of Oriental and African Studies
31 May - 7.00pm Special Screening: Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet @ School of Oriental and African Studies
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London I SOAS screenings - Room 211, Vernon Square campus, London6th-11th June - Edinburgh Filmhouse - (see 06-11 June entry below)
1st-7th July - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
13th-17th July - Cornerhouse, Manchester
11th, 19th, 30th July - Tyneside Cinema, NewcastleFull schedule, venue details and box office information can be found at www.throughanexilelens.org
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In association with the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, this season of films and photography exhibition offer new insights into current life in Tibet, exploring the exile ‘condition’ of Tibetans living as refugees, taking a fresh and young approach. Through footage and images straight from the heart of the exile community and its burgeoning creative scene, these works will provide a deeper understanding of the true reality of what it means to be Tibetan today.Dates, times and venues:Tuesday 1 July & Monday 7 July : Screening of Dreaming Lhasa + A Journey to Happiness, ICA Cinema 2 at 6.15pm
Tuesday 1 July: Tibetan 'Shindig' Fundraiser DJ night, ICA Bar, 8pm-1am
Wednesday 2 July & Saturday 5 July: Screening of Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, ICA Cinema 2 at 6.30pm
Wednesday 2 July: Special Preview Screening of Blindsight + Garbages, ICA Cinema 1 at 8.30pm
Thursday 3 July: One Day Conference: Re-imagining Tibet: Critical Representations Through Varied 'Lenses', School of Oriental and African Studies (Russell Square Campus), 9am-5pm
Thursday 3 July: Poetry Readings from works of Tenzin Tsundue, Poetry Cafe, 7pm-9pm
Thursday 3 July: Screening of Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, ICA Cinema 2 at 6.15pm
Friday 4 July: Screening of Windhorse, ICA Cinema 2 at 6.15pm
Saturday 5 July: Screening of Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, ICA Cinema 1 at 1pm
Saturday 5 July: Screening of The Forbidden Team + Kitchen Stories + Directors Q&A, ICA Cinema 1, 4pm
Sunday 6 July: Screening of Windhorse, ICA Cinema 1 at 1.15pm
Sunday 6 July: Screening of Shorts@ Youth, Diaspora adn the Search for Identity, ICA Cinema 2 at 4.30pmFriday 4 - Thursday 24 July: Photography Exhibition at Rich MixClick here for more information.Tickets for ICA screenings now on sale - £8 full/£7 Concs./£6 ICA MembersVenue details:
ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Box office tel: 020 7930 3647. www.ica.org.uk
School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG. www.soas.as.uk
Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX. www.poetrysociety.org.uk
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Raod, London E1 6LA. www.richmix.org.uk
To mark the Dalai Lama's 73rd birthday on 6 July, the Tibet Society, Tibetan Community in Britain and Office of Tibet are organising an afternoon of commemorative Tibetan dancing and singing. The guest speaker will be Robert Ford who served as a Radio Officer with the British Mission in Lhasa during the late 1940s and was captured by the invading Chinese People's Liberation Army.Date & time: Saturday 5 July, Doors open at 2pm
Venue: Westminster Cathedral Hall, SW1P 1QY
Nearest tubes: Victoria (Victoria, District and Circle Lines) Click here for map of LocationEntrance free but donations welcome. For further information, please call the Tibet Society at 020 7272 1414 or visit the Office of Tibet's website www.tibet.comA celebration of His Holiness’ message of peace in the world and non-violence as a means to resolving all differences. Some snacks and light refreshments will be available courtesy of Tibet Foundation, but you are encouraged to bring your own picnic and relax in this beautiful garden.
We invite all children between ages five and fifteen to draw, paint or create miniatures of any of fifteen different Tibetan designs (supplied by the Foundation on request) for a competition. Children can make their chosen designs at home and bring them with them or make them at the Peace Garden on the day. A panel of judges will select the winners at 3.30pm on the day and present prizes - £50 for the first, £15 each for the next three and £10 each for the last three runners-up. All those present at the occasion will get a free Tibetan Peace Garden postcard.
We are also lucky enough to have a Prayer Flag Printing Workshop courtesy of Other World Arts. Bring your blank t-shirts or material and make prayer flags on the day.
Date & Time: Sunday 6 July at 2pm
Venue: The Tibetan Peace Garden, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (Next to Imperial War Museum), St. Georges Road, London, SE1 6ER
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06 July: Peace Vigil - Southampton Prayer for Peace
To mark The Dalai Lama’s Birthday, Bodhicharya Buddhist Group, Southampton will be holding a Peace Vigil at the Queens Peace Fountain on Sunday 6th July 2008. Our aim is to carry The Dalai Lamas message of peace and non-violence to all people, and express our solidarity for those in Tibet, whilst remembering those who continue to live in oppressed & violent circumstances through-out the world.
The event is open to all who share a concern for the plight of the Tibetans and those who are living in oppressed circumstances, and wish to promote peace and non-violence. We would welcome individuals and local faith groups to join us to offer prayers and chants for those who have lost their lives in the recent clashes in Tibet and also to remember those who continue to suffer through-out the world, including those affected by the cyclone in Burma and earthquake in China.
We very much hope you will support this event and look forward to seeing you on Sunday 6th July 2008!
“We cannot achieve World Peace without first achieving Peace within ourselves…inner peace. Lasting peace cannot be achieved in an atmosphere of hatred, anger and violence. These destructive forces can be overcome by compassion, love & altruism, the essential teachings of the Buddha” (The Dalai Lama)
Date & time: Sunday 6 July from 2-3pm
Location: Queens Peace Fountain, East (Andrews) Park, Southampton (off Brunswick Place) Click here for map.
Further details contact: Claire Trueman - email: clairetrueman29@tiscali.co.uk Tel: 02380 438157
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Is China-bashing the new Olympic sport? When does valid criticism turn into demonisation?
The rise of China as an economic and political power is the subject of much debate in the West. The dramatic awakening of the 'sleeping giant' sometimes seems to provoke as much fear as admiration. This day of discussions aims to provide some balance and allow participants to reflect on and debate some of the key themes and issues.The Battle for China is a one-day satellite conference of the Battle of Ideas festival organised by the Institute of Ideas, and is part of the CHINA NOW festival.Date & time: Saturday 12 July from 9.30am - 6.00pm
Venue: Norton Rose, 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ
Ticket price: £15 (Concs. £10)30-31 July: Empowerments for Green and white Tara by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok
Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok will be visiting the UK this year. She is the sister of the current head of the Sakya lineage, one of the four main sects of Tibetan Buddhism, and she received much of her training alongside her brother, His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, from such legendary teachers as Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro.
01-03 August: 21 Taras Empowerment by Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok
Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok will be visiting the UK this year. She is the sister of the current head of the Sakya lineage, one of the four main sects of Tibetan Buddhism, and she received much of her training alongside her brother, His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, from such legendary teachers as Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. Click here for full details of this event and the rest of her visit to the UK.
02-24 August: Events to coincide with the Beijing Olympics
Don't let the world forget ... act now ... stand up for Tibet and help make its voice heard in the run up to the Beijing Olympics. For full details of planned events please check our website www.tibetsociety.com nearer the time.Key dates:Saturday 2 August: Mass mobilisationFriday 8 August: Olympics Opening CeremonyFriday 8 August to Sunday 24 August: Beijing OlympicsSunday 24 August: Closing Ceremony
Take part in the Olympic Games. Light a candle for Tibet.One candle, in a hundred million of windows all over the world, is symbolizing the right of all human beings to self determination, freedom of speech, thought, conscience and religious belief.Our opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will start the on the night before the official ceremony in Beijing, on Thursday 7th of August 2008 at sunset.We can do it. The world will be watching us. You don't have to leave home in order to participate.VOLUNTEERS WANTED!!! GLOBAL CALL FOR HELP.We need to reach at least 100 million people in 7 weeks. Until today most of the efforts to promote our campaign for freedom were done by very few people. Now, we need your help.Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, decided not to attend the opening ceremony in Beijing, because she probably knew that if she did it would hurt her politically.We want to put EVERY world leader in the same spot. We will achieve that when we show him or her how many people in their constituency who said YES to freedom in Tibet and in any other place in the world.
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6 September - 5 October: Journey into Exile
An Art Refuge exhibition of drawings by Tibetan refugee children. The drawings are arranged in three groups: Beginnings (the land they have left behind), Journey into Exile and Hopes for the Future.
Times: Open from 10am - 5pm (Mon - Thurs & Sat), 11am - 5pm (Fri & Sun)
Venue:Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyll Street, GLASGOW.
Admission: Free
For more information please contact Tibet Support Group Grampian on local-contact@tibetsupport.org.uk or visit the Art Refuge website.
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28 September: Concert in Forres
Concert in aid of Gu-Chu-Sum School for ex-political Tibetan prisoners and their families in exile. 'Moonshine Madness' (plus special guests) will perform country, rhythm and blues and irish and scottish ballads.
Time: 3pm
Venue: The Loft, East Grange Farm, Forres (near Findhorn, between Inverness and Elgin).
Tickets: £5 for adults, free entry for children. (Plus you can enjoy Sunday Lunch at the Bistro beforehand!)For more information please contact Tibet Support Group Grampian on local-contact@tibetsupport.org.uk
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give Tibetan Buddhist teachings and a public talk in Basel from 10 - 12 October 2008. This visit has been planned since 2006 and is the 22nd visit to Switzerland by the Tibetan leader and Nobel Peace Laureate.His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give 2 days Buddhist teachings on The Middle Stages of Meditation and The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Boddhisattva on 10 – 11 October. The commentaries provide a practical guide to overcome negativity and also explains how to develop positive attitudes in challenging situations. These teachings are truly timeless and universal.The Tibetan Communities in Europe who have invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama will offer His Holiness a long life (Tenshug) ceremony on 12 October morning. Tibetans consider the offering of "Tenshug" to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as very auspicious and special occasion for expressing their eternal gratitude and support to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his leadership. The recent tragic events in Tibet is a testimony of the Tibetan people in Tibet’s desire for freedom, dignity and a return of His Holiness
the Dalai Lama to Tibet despite almost 49 years of Chinese occupation of Tibet. The life of His Holiness and the future of the Tibetan people with its unique culture are therefore directly connected.On 12 October afternoon (Sunday) His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk on Ethical act - A happy life.The three day event will place in the Messe Hall in Basel Switzerland. There will be translations in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.Tickets for the teachings including Tenshug can be purchased by visiting www.dalailama2008.ch.Tickets for the public talk on 12 October 2008 will be available at the later date.N.B. Press accreditation will be available from mid-June 2008.Contact details: Email: press@dalailama2008.ch Mr. Kalsang CHOKTENG, spokesman Tel: +41 79 577 18 00
Mr. Jigme RIBI, media coordinator Tel: +41 79 705 69 39
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17 November - 16 December: Journey into Exile
An Art Refuge exhibition of drawings by Tibetan refugee children. The drawings are arranged in three groups: Beginnings (the land they have left behind), Journey into Exile and Hopes for the Future.
Times: Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm
Venue: Edinburgh University Chaplaincy Centre, Potterow Building, 1 Bristo Square, EDINBURGH.
Admission: Free. Members of the piblic welcome.For more information please contact Edinburgh University Tibet Society s0346758@sms.ed.ac.uk or visit the Art Refuge website.
WEEKLY EVENT: Tibet Vigil
Time: Every Wednesday, 6-8pm
Venue: Opposite the Chinese Embassy, 49 Portland Place, London W.
Tube: Oxford Circus or Great Portland Street
Info: Tibet Vigil or email donotforgettibet@tibet-vigil.co.uk