AROUND TOWN NEWS
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March 2016 -
Sixteen dance teams competed in “A-Town Showdown” at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center. ATS features both Garba-Raas and Bollywood-Fusion teams, and winners earn a bid to national contests.
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March 2016 -
At Dr. Indrakrishnan's request, March was declared State Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. He spoke at both chambers of the Georgia Assembly on reasons and measures to enhance colorectal screening.
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March 2016 -
An interfaith seminar for young women at the mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Norcross was an example of building bridges to heal the fabric of our nation.
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March 2016 -
Manoranjan group sponsored the first Musical Night of the new Atlanta Cultural and Community Center (ACCC), a state-of-the-art event venue, an extension of Greater Atlanta Vedic Temple.
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March 2016 -
Supporters of the unique South Asian Public Library project gathered on Sunday, February 7, 2016 to view the chosen location, hear more details of the plans, and express their support.
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March 2016 -
Singers young and old gathered for Natyam Arts Academy's 2-hour vocal theory workshop on frequency, pitch, timbre, solfege, and intervals and related these to Indian classical vocal music.
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February 2016 -
“Navodaya 2016” was celebrated at The Hindu Temple of Atlanta after a very eventful year including multicultural Ganesh Chaturdhi, eleven-day Ati Rudram, and rajatotsavam (25th year anniversary).
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February 2016 -
Close to 400 people of different races, religions, and communities came to the HOPE Garba to dance Bollywood-style garba, eat Indian street foods, and learn about they nonprofits HOPE has supported.
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February 2016 -
After centuries of women being controlled by men, women are “drawing the line” in an activist comicbook. Raksha and Charis hosted the publisher of the North American edition in January.
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February 2016 -
During Swami Chinmayananda's centenary year, the Jyoti (celebratory light) arrived at Chinmaya Mission Alpharetta. The youth's "Yuva Rhythms" shows highlit the December celebrations.