Peace Alive

On Tuesday April 8 Peace Alive! an event happening at the Mellon Institute April 8, is a celebration of the human potential for positive change present in each one of us. Peace Alive! features the great Chinese poet , Huang Xiang. Huang Xiang, has been called a Wild Beast Poet, and a Poet on Fire who burns as a lamp of freedom and enlightenment. He was frequently tortured and spent twelve years in Chinese prisons for writing his free-spirited poetry and for his advocacy for human rights in China. Also at Peace Alive! East meets West with the music of Mimi Jong, faculty and student poets of CMU, Tibetan lama Tempa Dukte Lama, Chinese-Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Ani Drubgyudma, the collaboration paintings of Huang Xiang and William Rock. Sponsored by CMUs Student Development Office, Peace Alive! is free and begins at 8 pm, April 8th, 2nd floor Auditorium at the Mellon Institute. A reception to meet the participants will follow in the Social Room after the event.

Weblink for Peace Alive!: http://centurymountain.googlepages.com/peacealive%21melloninstituteapril8 Weblink for Huang Xiangs bio: http://centurymountain.googlepages.com/biosandphotos

On Monday April 7 Great Chinese poet Huang Xiang will create stunning real-time Chinese calligraphy on a huge canvas near the painted fence between Doherty Hall & University Center on Monday around 12pm. He will also perform a special poem for the students to celebrate the meeting of East and West through art. Huang Xiang might also do another poem inside UC in order to bring more students to the calligraphy event. Huang Xiang will be available on campus for several hours on Monday afternoon. He is happy to meet personally with students during that time. Translators will be available also.