2010 CultureFest: Week of April 2-9, 2010

2010 CultureFest: Week of April 2-9

International Food Festival (Monday Lunch, April 5th)
Language Lunch (Tuesday Noon, April 6th)
International Film Series (Ap. 6, Ap.7, Ap. 8, Ap.9)

Night Market Sponsored by TASA (Friday Night, April 9th)

International Food Fair and Global Village- Monday, April 5th
11am @ Yellow Jacket Park, adjacent to the Georgia Tech Campanile

Tented lunch buffet with dishes prepared by 12 different multicultural student organizations at GT.

Event Cost: $5
Participants

CultureFest is once again proud to present the International Food Fair. The Food Fair an old Tech tradition during which Tech students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to treat their taste buds to a variety of delicious cuisines.
Delicious Samples

More than 12 different cultural and ethnic organizations will be participating in the Food Fair by providing food dishes that represent their country or ethnicity. Therefore the Food Fair is a great opportunity to enjoy a variety of cuisines at one place at just a minimal entry cost of $5.

AIESEC's Global Village is an international event involving on-campus multicultural organizations creating booths to represent a country, with international food, clothes, presentations, performances, games and crafts. Occuring at the same time an location as the Food Fair, the Global Village will offer booths and showcase the international internships AIESEC offers, which are now open to campus

Language Lunch- Tuesday, April 6th
11am-2pm @ Skiles Walkway

An outdoor event with booths showcasing the languages of various cultures or nationalities.

Admission to this event is Free

This year Culture Tech launches a new event called the Language Lunch. This event is schedule to take place on Tuesday during lunch when different cultural organizations showcase thier language at a kiosk along Skiles Walkway. Along with the assistance of students at the Georgia Tech Language Institute, Cultural Clubs will share a sample of conversational basics in different languages. This serves as a great recruitment opportunity for every club and fosters better communication with the students around campus.


Film Series - Monday-Friday, April 5th-9th

Tuesday April 6: J.S.A.: Joint Security Area
Wednesday April 7: Good Bye Lenin!
Thursday April 8: Lagaan
Friday April 9: Ten Canoes

Foreign film screenings with light refreshments and post-screening discussions, presented by different multicultural student organizations at GT.

Admission to this event is Free

The International Film Series during the week of Culture Fest will showcase a collection from across the globe. It will be held from Monday, April 5 to Friday, April 9 in the Student Center Theatre (across from Pizz Hut) or the Cleary Student Success Center Theater at Georgia Tech. Films will be shown each afternoon. The films will be selected based on their ability to illuminate the intricacies of a particular culture and elucidate the importance of the integration of language in that culture.

These evenings are intended to celebrate and explore the culturally diverse student body at Georgia Tech and its surrounding community in an effort to highlight the human characteristics that we all share.



Night Market sponsored by TASA- Friday, April 2th
7pm- 10pm@ Georgia Tech Biotech Quad

A night of live musical, instrumental, and dance performances presented by different multicultural organizations at the Ferst Center.

Admission to this event is ticketed

Sponsored by the Taiwanese American Student Association (TASA) at Georgia Tec, the event will be hosted at the Georgia Tech Biotech Quad (with the IBB, Whitaker, Ford, and MS&E buildings) on Friday night, April 9, 2010 from 7-10 PM.

Night Market is meant to simulate a real-life night market as found in Taiwan. In this event, each organization will set up a booth with 1-2 tables and sell a food, activity, and/or trinkets meant to showcase their culture. Selling will be done using a ticket system instead of direct cash. At the end of the night, the number of tickets collected by each organization will be counted and exchanged for cash.