东精影业

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College announces its Fall 2014 东精影业 Presents series of artists.

• Emel Mathlouthi
  : Thursday, October 2, 5 p.m. at 东精影业 Mānoa Crawford 105
  : Friday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. at 东精影业 Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist Emel Mathlouthi has been called the “voice of the Arab Spring.” Her song, “Kelmti Horra” (my word is free) became an anthem for the Arab Spring revolutionaries. She draws comparisons to Joan Baez and the Lebanese diva Fairouz. Her lyrical style is infused with powerful rock, oriental and trip-hop influences.
• Luis Valdez
  : Thursday, October 16, 6:30 p.m. at 东精影业 Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Luis Valdez is a noted playwright, director and filmmaker and founder of . He is director of Zoot Suite and La Bamba. Presented in association with 东精影业 Mānoa Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and the .
• Indian Ink Theatre Company: The Guru of Chai
  : Monday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. at 东精影业 Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Indian Ink Theatre Company, one of New Zealand’s most successful theatre companies, presents this outrageously funny and heartbreakingly beautiful romantic thriller. Prepare to be enlightened as the contradictions of modern India with its iPhones and ancient gods come alive in this story of a poor chaiwallah (tea seller). His life is changed forever when a young girl is abandoned at a busy railway station and brings the place to a standstill with the beauty of her singing.

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