calendar of events :: JULY-SEPT 2008
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Amazing Asian Days at The Center For Puppetry Arts
Performances include The Dragon King by Tanglewood Marionettes of Ware, MA on July 5; The Bremen Town Musicians, by Crabgrass Puppet Theater of Halifax, VT on July 19; and Sleeping Beauty, by Paul Mesner Puppets on August 2. All performances are approximately sixty minutes and presented in English.
Date: Present to Aug 10
Time: Tues-Fri @ 10am & 12pm; Sat @ 11am, 1pm & 3pm; Sun @ 1pm & 3pm.
Venue: Center For Puppetry Arts
Buy One Get One Free tickets @ 404.873.3391
For more info: www.puppet.org
“The Enchantress of Florence”
A reading and discussion featuring Salman Rushdie
Date: Monday, July 7
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: The Carter Center
Tickets: $28 including an autographed
first edition
For more info: http://www.acappellabooks.com/schedule.htm#rushdie.
Fulbright France Journalism Prize
For the best journalistic work on Franco-American cultural relations
Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2008
Contact: Amelle Guezoun, aguezoun@fulbright-france.org
For more info: www.fulbright-france.org
13th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
Date: Saturday Sept 13
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue: Lake Lanier Olympic venue
For more info: www.hongkongatlanta.com
2008 Georgia Life Sciences Summit
Molecules, Materials & Minds - Building Georgia’s Innovation Economy
Date: Wednesday, Sept 24
Venue: Georgia World Congress Center
For more info: www.gabio.org/summit2008 or cotactus@gwcc.com
Japan Fest 2008
Date: Sept 27-28
Time: 10:00 am - 6 pm; 10:00 am -5 pm
Venue: Convention Center Gwinnett Center
Tickets: $8.00 adult; 6 or younger Free