| Event |
When |
Where |
Highlight(s) |
Primary Contact(s) |
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| Bhoomi Concert |
July 12th, 6:30PM |
Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)
| Bhoomi, back again for another BA performance in Dallas! The only Bengali musical group to perform at United Nations. Only Bengali Group to perform at the 2008 Montreal Jazz Festival. |
info@badfw.org |
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| Dance Workshop |
June 7th from 3pm to 6pm |
Classroom 1 - Carpenter Recreation Center, 6701 Coit Rd, Plano, TX (972) 208-8087 |
Jhinook Mukherjee's worksop will train the participants (all age groups welcome) in Contemporary items (Fusion and Classical based) and culminate with a stage show. Interested candidates please contact Subhendu Lahiri at 972-335-7912 or Aparna Saha at 817-845-8542. |
info@badfw.org |
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Events of Community Interest Organized By Other Organizations |
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BA Events Already Held |
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| Annual Picnic |
May 17th,2008 - 11AM |
Burr Oak Pavilion, Westlake Park, Lake Lewisville |
Another fun annual picnic, lots of activites, great food and music. Please buy through Paypal or RSVP by email before May 12th |
info@badfw.org |
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| AGM and Poila Baisakh |
April 12th 2008, 6:30PM |
First Bank of Canyon Creek Motor Bank, Richardson, TX |
Annual General Body Meeting, Elections & informal Dinner |
info@badfw.org |
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| Saraswati Puja 2008 |
February 9th 2008, 10:00AM |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving |
Saraswati Puja, Anjali & Prasad, Cultural program by local talents, professional cultural program |
info@badfw.org |
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| Bengali Community New Year's Eve Party |
December 31, 2007, 7:30PM |
Location revealed on RSVP |
Fun-filled party for all: awesome Bengali, Hindi and Western party music, great food, kid's activities and prizes. |
info@badfw.org |
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| VoYagers Food Drive |
December, 2007 |
See dropoff locations on event page. |
BADFW Voyagers are coordinating a food drive for North Texas Food Bank. |
info@badfw.org |
Durgotsav 2007 Puja
SUBHAMITA concert |
October 13, 2007
October 27, 2007 |
Jasper High School, Plano
UTD School of Management Auditorium, Richardson (NOTE: changed auditorium) |
Durgotsav 2007 and Subhamita concert |
info@badfw.org |
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| Annual Picnic |
May 19th, 2007 |
Lewisville Lake |
Annual picnic and general body meeting |
info@badfw.org |
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| Baisakhi Celebrations for Bengali New Year |
April 28th, 2007 |
Venue available on RSVP |
An evening of songs with Mrs. Mala Sarkar of Kolkata. Dinner will be served. |
info@badfw.org |
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| Mahaprasad at DFW Hindu Temple |
April 22nd, 2007 |
DFW HinduTemple, Irving |
Bengali community-sponsored lunch |
info@badfw.org |
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| Holi Celebration |
march 4th, 2007 |
DFW HinduTemple, Irving |
BA sponsored stall: luchi/aloor-dom, ghugni, mishti |
info@badfw.org |
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| Saraswati Puja |
Januray 20th, 2007 |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving |
Saraswati Puja. details: here and here |
info@badfw.org |
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| New Year's Eve Party |
December 31st, 2006 |
Bangkok City Thai Restaurant, Plano |
New Year's Eve Party at the Bangkok City Thai Restaurant in Plano (). Please see details. |
info@baqdfw.org |
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Durgotsav 2006
Extended Celebrations |
October 7, 2006
October 22, 2006 |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving
Lynch Auditorium, UD |
DFW's Adi Durgotsav with Rupankar Bagchi on October 7th.
Extended celebrations with Shibaji Chattopadyay and Arundhati Hom-Chowdhury on October 22nd. *** THIS EVENT CANCELLED *** |
info@badfw.org |
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| Picnic & Annual General-body Meeting |
May 13, 2006 |
Burr Oak Pavillion, Lake Lewisville |
Adda, cricket, volleyball, party games, anything else you want. Snacks, lunch, dinner and soft-drinks. |
info@badfw.org |
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| Bengali New Year/Poilaboisakh |
April 15, 2006 |
Conference Center Auditorium, Ave. A, UTD
(Univ. of Texas at Dallas), Richardson, TX |
Sarod by Tejen Majumder, Tabla by Swapan Chaudhuri
Online ticketing: http://www.123signup.com/events?id=qfxdx |
info@badfw.org |
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| Festival of Indian Cinema |
March 23-26, 2006 |
SMU |
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info@badfw.org |
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| Dol/Holi |
March 19th, 2006 |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving |
Celebrate Dol (Holi) with BA and DFW Hindu Temple. Food from all over India will be available. |
info@badfw.org |
| Saraswati Puja 2006 |
January 28th, 2006 |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving |
Puja in the morning, cultural program with local performaers, and Houston-based drama group "Re-act" . |
rsvp@badfw.org |
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| Durgotsav 2005 |
October 15-16, 2005 |
DFW Hindu Temple, Irving |
DFW's Adi Durgotsav, featuring the "daring and different" band, Chandrabindoo on 10/15 and Dancer extraordinare Chandreyee Basu thakur on 10/16, as well as a variety of local artists on both days. |
rsvp@badfw.org |
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| Outdoor Picnic and Annual General Body Meeting |
May 14, 2005 |
Burr Oak Pavillion, Westlake Park, Lake Lewisville |
Annual fun and frolicking, with food, games, music, adda...general good time for all |
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| Baisakhi 2005 |
April 23, 2005 |
Plano Art Center Theater, Plano |
Dinner to celebrate the Bengali New Year, and treat ourselves to an intimate evening of Bengali songs by the renowned vocalist Ms. Sipra Bose from Kolkata |
rsvp@badfw.org |
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| Saraswati Puja 2005 |
February 12th, 2005 |
DFW
Hindu
Temple
Cultural Center,
Irving |
Please mark your calendars. details will follow soon |
Bikram Majumdar (Cultural) 972-304-1583 |
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| New Year Eve's Party |
Dcember 31st |
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (972-881-1881) , Plano |
A dine-and-dance party on Dec 31st at a convenient North Dallas location for you to ring in the New Year with your family and friends |
Aparna Saha
817-581-6450
Sabita Saha
972-517-4135
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| Durgotsav 2004 |
October 30th & 31st 2004 |
DFW
Hindu
Temple
Cultural Center,
Irving |
Celebrate BADFW's 21st anniversary with a 2-day long celebration,. Highlights include the leading band from Kolkata - BHOOMI, as well as a dance recital by leading Kathak proponent Amita Dutt |
Bikram Majumdar (Cultural)
972-304-1583
Madhuri Basu (Magazine)
817-354-6068 |
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| Bengali MusicFest |
August 14th 2004 6 PM |
Eisemann Center Theatre,
Richardson |
Presenting folk singer Utpalendu Chowdhury, and Rabindra-Sangeet exponent Rezwana Bonnya [more] |
Rayan Chaudhuri
972-862-8075 |
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| Muktangan 2004 |
July 17th 2004
7 PM |
Cimarron
Recreation
Center
,
Irving |
Open Forum to mobilize people and initiate plans for a Bengali Community Center [more] |
Sabyasachi Sanyal
972-506-0477 |
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