[Buddha-l] New Series Start This Week at Rubin Museum of Art--NYC

[jkirk]

 Lot of Buddhist interest events on this list (though not all of them).
 Joanna
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 RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART   150 W 17th Street   NY NY 10011
 tel. 212.620.5000 ext. 344
 www.rmanyc.org

 Women Explorers of the Himalayas Series
 begins this Friday, September 9 at 7 p.m.
 with _Cave in the Snow_ : A film about Tenzin Palmo

British born-Tenzin Palmo spent twelve years in a cave in the Himalayas.
This is the story of her quest for spiritual excellence, and for pioneering
 equal spiritual rights for women.
Introduced by artist Chrysanne Stathacos.       $10; member price $9

 Other programs in the series, not all listed here:

 S e p t e m b e r 24, 4 p.m.
 Ella Maillart's Nomads of Afghanistan
 A film and talk. $10; member price $9

 o c t o b e r  20, 7 p.m.
 Daughters of Everest
 A film and talk by Sapana Sakya about the first Sherpa women to ascend the
 highest mountain in the world. $10; member price $9

 o c t o b e r  25, 6 p.m.
Vanished Kingdoms
A PHOTOtalk by Mabel H. Cabot about her mother, Janet Wulsin, who went on a
 National Geographic expedition in the early 1920s with her husband
 Frederick. $15; member price $13.50. A book signing follows.

 N o v e m b e r  13, 2 p.m.
 Ancient Futures
 A talk with Helen Norbert-Hodge, one of the first Westerners to travel to
 Ladakh after India opened its borders in 1974. She helped to found a 
Buddhist
Ladhaki women organization.