January 13th 2007 Presentation at symposium 'God in the Poetry of Europe's Last Romantic, Mihai Eminescu' held at Harvard Divinity School - Boston, MA. Renowned scholars and theologians from USA and Romania (Mihaela Albu, Anca Sirghie, Theodor Damian, Neculai Buga, Doru Tsaganea, Marian Simion) explored religious themes in the poetry of Mihai Eminescu. Mr. Sahlean was presented by Cristian Pascu, the current president of the oldest Romanian-American Society "Dorul" (founded 1904) with the special Eminescu Medal issued in 2000 (when Eminescu was celebrated as UNESCO-Poet-of-the Year), and offered since to select Romanian and international personalities.

January 14th 2007 - Celebrations of Mihai Eminescu's birthday (Jan. 15th) at Saint Paraschiva Romanian Orthodox Church (Wakefield, MA.) Fr. Nicolae Simion hosted a thematic program that included presentations by Fr.Theodor Damian, Marian Simion, Cristian Pascu (history of Rom-Am Assoc. "Dorul") and musical guests - pianist Tudor Bota and singers Mark Delemos, George Stefan and Iosefina Popa. Mr. Sahlean recited Eminescu's celebrated Luceafarul (The Evening Star) in Romanian, for the nostalgic audience who had not had a chance to listen to their beloved legend in decades.

January 24th 2007 - Lecture and poetry recital at conference dedicated to Romanian cultural icons sculptor Brancusi & poet Eminescu organized by the Smithsonian Institute and hosted by the Romanian Embassy (Washington DC). The lecture on Brancusi, accompanied by a slide show, was presented by art critic and curator Mariana Carpinisan.