We have received numerous requests from people around the globe for screenings and conferences to be centered around the film and its message.  Specifically, we have been contacted from locations as far away as Tel Aviv and Thailand and Puerto Rico and South Africa and asked to translate "RUMI RETURNING" into French, Arabic, Spanish, etc.  We are in the process of organizing these events and would love your suggestions.  

If your group or institution would like to screen "Rumi Returning," contact us.

Watch for the broadcasts of "RUMI RETURNING"
presented by American Public Television (APT)
Please check your local listings for exact dates and times.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

March 14, 2009
1:00 p.m.
Morristown, New Jersey
Center for Spiritual Living Morristown
AWAKEN! International Spiritual Film Festival
"Rumi Returning"
Cynthia will present a workshop on "The Triumph of Divine Passion"
(973) 457-5613
www.AwakenSpiritualFilmFestival.org

March/April 2009
Tel Aviv, Israel
"Lev Tahor Cinema"
"Rumi Returning"
(subtitled in Hebrew)
Brought back by popular demand
Cinematheque
Tel Aviv, Israel
www.levtahor.co.il

May 8, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Aurora, Colorado
New Dawn Center for Spiritual Living
1680 S. Chambers Road
"Rumi Returning"
Kell and Cynthia will be present
(303) 369-8222
www.scienceofmind.org/events.html


May 15, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Irvine, California
University of California Irvine
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 110
Sponsored by Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
"Rumi Returning"
and a special preview clip and discussion of
"The Art of One Essence: The Children of Iran and the U.S."
Kell and Cynthia will be present
(949) 824-1662
Contact CynthiaLukas345@msn.com

May 16, 2009
3:00 p.m.
Pasadena, California
Convention Center
300 E. Green Street
New World Fair
"Rumi Returning:
The Triumph of Divine Passion"
Kell and Cynthia will be present.
(805) 462-9700
www.newworldfair.org/2009/

May 17, 2009
Fremont, California
The Afghan Coalition
Family Resource Center
39155 Liberty Street
"Rumi Returning"
and a special discussion of their
PBS documentary in pre-production,
"Afghanistan: A Nation of Poets"
Kell and Cynthia will be present
(510) 745-1680
www.afghancoalition.org

June 28, 2009
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Columbia, Missouri
Unity Center of Columbia
"Rumi Returning"
Cynthia will be present
to discuss "The Triumph of Divine Passion"
(573) 447-0414
www.unitycenterofcolumbia.org

July 6-11, 2009
Taos, New Mexico
Co-sponsored by the Creativity
and Consciousness Institute
and Unity of Taos
"Sacred Activism" Workshop
with Andrew Harvey and Mirabai Starr
(575) 741-0859
www.cctaos.org
www.andrewharvey.net

July 24-26, 2009
Kripalu Center, Massachusetts
"Rumi and the Way of Ecstasy"
with Andrew Harvey and Banafsheh Sayyad
(866) 200-5203
www.kripalu.org
www.andrewharvey.net

October 23, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sponsored by Generations of Indian Valley
"Rumi Returning"
Kell and Cynthia will be present
for a screening and workshop,
"Why Is Rumi Returning Now?"
(215) 723-5841
www.onepointone.org/2009/03/generations-of-indian-valley/

October, 2009
Costa Mesa, California
"Rumi Returning"
Co-sponsored by Coastline Community College
and University of California at Irvine
"Rumi Returning"
Kell and Cynthia will deliver Keynote Address
(714) 546-7600 ext. 16406

Events in 2008

March 6 & 7, 2008
Washington, D.C.
The Nathional Cathedral
"Rumi Returning"
Kell and Cynthia were present at screenings on July 17
with Mystical Scholar and Commentator Andrew Harvey

March 31, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Host: The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
At the Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies
www.parliamentofreligions.org
Read their article about the film

April 3, 2008
Annandale, Virginia
Hosts: Four Annandale congregations: Ravensworth Baptist, First Presbyterian,
Hope Lutheran, and St. Barnabas’ Episcopal

April 4, 2008
Washington, D.C.
Host: The Turkish Cultural Foundation
George Washington University Campus

April 15, 2008
Tucson, Arizona
Location: University of Arizona,
Hosts: Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The Religious Studies Department, and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas spoke afterward.

April 16, 2008
Fes, Morocco
Fes Festival of Sufi Culture
Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas were present to lead a dialogue.

April 25 – May 8, 2008
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Santa Fe Film Center
St. Michael’s Village West Shopping Center

Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas were present
for dialogues the first weekend
www.santafefilmfestival.com

May 4, 2008
Middletown, Connecticut
Hosts: American Muslim Peace Initiative and
Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Wesleyan University
Film and discussion with Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas.

May 10, 2008
Los Angeles, California
Host: The Southern California Chapter
Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
The L.A. Baha’I Center
Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas were present to lead a dialogue.

May 14 - 17, 2008
Tel Aviv Spirit Film Festival
Location: Cinematheque Tel Aviv
www.telavivspirits.com

July 15 - 17, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave. NE
Cynthia was present at screenings on July 17
Contact: 505-255-1848
www.guildcinema.com

September 18-21, 2008
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Metaphysical Film Festival
www.metaphysicalfilm.com

September 19-21, 2008
Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival
Kell and Cynthia were present.
www.svspiritualfilmfestival.org

October 16, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia
American Islamic Fellowship Screening
with Dr. Coleman Barks and Dr. Alan Godlas
Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Kell and Cynthia were present.
http://www.americanislamicfellowship.org

November 22, 2008
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Kripalu Center
"Illuminating Rumi"
featured Coleman Barks and Andrew Harvey
reading and speaking about Rumi
with performances by David Darling (Cellist)
and Zuleikha (Story Dancer)