The Culture of the Spirit Festival is a world music event that is seeking to bring forth the confluence of the varied music, art and dance traditions of the world and encourage art that not only entertains but enlightens. The word culture comes from the verb to cultivate by cultivating the garden of our inner self we can harvest its fruit of beauty and joy. Thus art becomes a vehicle, a means, of expressing the innate qualities of the spirit.
Sahaja Meditation, a non-profit organization that runs free meditation programs around the US. They are a small volunteer run organization with no commercial mission. They are organizing a free tour with three shows in New York and New Jersey. Their mission is to promote self-improvement through meditation and understanding one’s own self, and music and dance are essential vehicles for achieving that.
The local venues and times are:
Lincoln Center – Saturday, July 13th – 7:00 pm
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
Bruno Walters Auditorium
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
Entrance: 111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th streets)
NYU – Sunday, July 14th – 6:00 pm
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square), New York, NY
Fair Lawn Community Center – Sunday, July 14th – 11:00 a.m.
Old Library Theatre
Fair Lawn Community Center
10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Registration and free tickets for all performances at http://cultureofspiritnyc. eventbrite.com/