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On November 8, 2012, the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet performed for a full house at the Shalkyma Concert Hall in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Astana, combined classic American jazz compositions with traditional Kazakh music showing that music is a common language spoken across ages and across cultures. Karaganda is the second stop on the group's three-city tour in Kazakhstan. Also, the Jazz Ambassadors visited

On October 25 AC Karaganda had a Club, devoted to the memory of Daniel Pearl(1963-2002). Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter, was kidnapped and murdered in 2002. Daniel was a gifted musician who always traveled with his violin or mandolin to connect people through words and music.

The participants learned about the Daniel

On October 22, AC Karaganda had a guest from American Councils - Saule Kussayeva. Being a Program Coordinator, Saule made a nice presentation on American University in Bulgaria. As a liberal arts institution, AUBG offers courses in a wide range o disciplines that challenge students to think critically, raise questions, consider different perspectives, and apply theory to practice.

On October 21: the American Corner Karaganda dedicated the Reading Club session to the Teen Read Week in American libraries. Teen Read Week (the third week in October) is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), which is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18.

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American Corner was a Viewing Hosts for the eighth webinar course entitled Shaping the Way We Teach English. The Office of English Language Programs offered Webinar 8.5 to our рarticipants and encouraged to join the associated Ning (http://www.shapingenglish.ning.com/) to participate in discussions, view or download video and other materials from the sessions, and access recordings of the webinars. The series were running from October 3rd to November 28th,