Tiburon
Date: Mar. 18 - 26, 2010
Festival: The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival
Place: 1680 Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon CA 94920
Information: www.TiburonFilmFestival.com
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

North Carolina
Date: Apr. 18, 2010
Competition: The Second Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival
Place: Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary
Information: www.nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Philadelphia
Date: Mar. 1, 2010, 1:00pm
Lecture: "Turkey: Ancient and Modern" by Serif Yenen, Travel Write, Guide
Place: Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia
18 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Information: www.penn.museum/events-calendar/details/159-commonwealth-lecture-program-turkey.html
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Detroit
Date: Feb. 28, 2010
Opening: Gallery Opening of the new Gallery of Islamic Art
Place: Detroit Institute of Arts
Information: www.dia.org/auxiliaries/default.asp?aux_id=11&cid=96
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Washington D.C.
Date: Feb.27, 2010 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lecture: "Topkapi:Palace of the Sultans" by Serif Yenen
Information: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=219220&utm_source=eRAP&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Dec09ArtArch&utm_campaign=eAlert&tmssource=182083
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Seattle
Date: Feb. 21, 2010, 7:00pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison Street
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm      www.chopsuey.com

Detroit
Date: Feb. 20, 2010
Opening Celebration: Gallery of Islamic Art: An Evening on the Silk Road
Place: Detroit Institute of Arts
Information: www.dia.org/auxiliaries/default.asp?aux_id=11&cid=96
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

San Francisco
Date: Feb. 20, 2010, 8:00pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Soma Art Center
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm

Chicago
Date: Feb. 19, 2010, 8:00pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Al Hambra, 1240 West Randolph Street
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm

Washington D.C.
Date: Feb.12 - May.16, 2010
Exhibition: "A Dream...but not Yours: Contemporary Art from Turkey"
Place: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Information: www.nmwa.org/exhibition/detail.asp?exhibitid=200

Washington D.C.
Date: Feb. 12, 2010, 9:00pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Redbank, 2424 18th Street NW.
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm

Boston
Date: Feb. 8, 2010, 8:15pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Berklee School of Music in Boston: Performance Center
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm

Philadelphia
Date: Feb.6, 2010
Concert: "Art Music of the Caucasus Mountains" by Jeffrey Werbock
Place: The PSALM Salon, 5841 Overbrook Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19131
Information: www.psalmsalon.com

New York
Date: Feb. 6, 2010, 10:00pm
Concert: Serdar Ilhan Presents NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US TOUR
Place: Drom, 85 Ave A, NYC 10003
Information: www.serdarilhan.com/ticket.htm

New York
Date: Feb. 4, 2010, 6:00pm
Conversation: 1977 to 2010 Illustrated: A Conversation with Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu
Place: The American Turkish Society, 305 E. 47th Street (at Second Ave.), 8th Floor
Information: www.americanturkishsociety.org, www.gurbuz-de.com

Philadelphia
Date: Jan. 24, 2010, 8:00pm
Concert: Emir Ersoy Cuban Portrait with Eylem Pelit and Robby Ameen
Place: The PSALM Salon
Information: https://thepsalmsalon.ticketleap.com/Member/event.aspx?event_id=968DB500-D6E4-433C-A288-CB3FB4F47B3&ref_name=

New York
Date: Jan. 17, 2010 6:30 pm
Movie Screening: "Desperate Hours"
Place: 125 East 85th Street, New York, NY 1002
Information: www.ckj.org/docs/DesperateHours.pdf
This event is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Columbia
Date: Jan. 16, 2010
Screening: "Uzak (Distant)" by Turkish Filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Place: Nickelodeon Theatre
Information: www.nickelodeon.org/calendar/index.php?movieID=515

Milford, Connecticut
Date: Jan.15,2010 8PM
Concert: Latin Grammy winner Raul Jaurena and Turkish American guitarist Cem Duruoz in concert -  “Una Noche de Tango”
Place: Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford,CT
Information: http://www.cttangofest.org/index.html#venues

Seattle, Washington
Date: January 12, 2010, 7 pm
Lecture: Ottoman Imperial Tents by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, Senior Scholar in Residence, Turkish Cultural Foundation, presented by the Seattle Textile and Rug Society
Place: Pioneer Hall, 1642 43RD Avenue East
Information: (206) 674-8978

Los Angeles Date: Jan. 9, 2010 10 a.m. Lecture: "Ottoman Imperial Tents" by Nurhan Atasoy, Resident Scholar, Turkish Cultural Foundation Presented by Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc. Place: Westwood United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall 10497 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024 Information: www.tmasc.org

New York
Date: Jan. 2 - 30, 2010
Exhibition: "Global Art Perspectives: Art 2010 Annual Preview Exhibition"
by Turkish Artists Ayse Kucuk and Dilek Ozmen
Place: Broadway Gallery
Information: www.broadwaygallerynyc.com/2009/12/860/

Washington D.C.
Date: Oct. 24, 2009 - Jan. 24, 2010
Exhibition: "Falnama: The Book of Omens"
Place: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Information: www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/falnama.htm

Philadelphia Date: Sep. 26, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010 Exhibition: "His Golden Touch: The Gordion Drawings of Piet de Jong" Place: Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Merle-Smith Gallery. Information: www.penn.museum/upcoming-exhibits/272-his-golden-touch-the-gordion-drawings-of-piet-de-jong-.html This exhibition is sponsored in part by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.