Fall 2002

Providence College will sponsor a program honoring Cambodia from October through December, 2002. Events such as art exhibitions, music, dance and theater presentations, as well as lectures and films, will be offered free to the public. The entire program will pay tribute to the nearly two million lives lost in the “Killing Fields” and celebrate the resilient soul of the Cambodian people and their rich cultural heritage.

For a complete listing of the events for The Spirit of Cambodia... a Tribute please open the attached PDF file.

 

 


Buddha Defeats Mara, Chhim Sothy, 52 x 52 inches, watercolor on cloth.

 

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All events are free and open to the public.
Please visitwww.providence.edu/art/cambodian/
 For information please contact Dr. Ann W. Norton, 401-865-2520,
anorton@providence.edu
For donations towards any part of this program,
contact Michelle Lough, mlough@providence.edu
Sponsor: Providence College, Organizer/Director: Dr. Ann W. Norton

The Spirit of Cambodia... a Tribute has been sponsored by

Providence College,

including many individual departments.
Additional funding has been provided by the
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities,
The Rhode Island Foundation

and private donors.

Other Acknowledgements:

 


October 22, 2002 — SPEAKER

Dith Pran, “Killing Fields” Survivor

'64 Hall, Providence College, 4:30 pm

 

 

October 29, 2002 — SPEAKERS

VANN NATH - Painter and Designer
ARN CHORN-POND - Musician and Activist, PC ‘92

Tuesday, October 29, 4:30 pm,
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College

 
Battambang Elderly Housing
Design by Vann Nath
(Persimmon II, #2)
Arn Chorn-Pond
Singing in
Lowell, MA

 

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October 27, 2002 — DANCE:

REASMEY KAMPUCHEA Dance Troupe

Sunday, October 27, 2–4 pm, '64 Hall, Providence College

 


Ranny Lim, Jr. as Hanuman from Reamker

 

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Films:

RISD Auditorium:

Rithy Panh Films

Friday, October 25th: 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

"Site II" 7:00 - 8:30; (Discussion, 8:30 - 9:00 p.m.)
 "Rice People" (9:00 - 11 p.m.)

Saturday, October 26th: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.; 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

"Bophana" 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.; (Discussion,
including Vann Nath, 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.)
"One Night After theWar" 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
"Land of Wandering Souls" 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

 

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