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August 2008

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The Ghost Festival (simplified Chinese: 中元节; traditional Chinese: 中元節; pinyin: zhōngyuánjié)is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday. It is believed that the spirits of the deceased ancestors come out from the underworld at this time. It is a time of ancestor worship.

Who: Museum of Chinese in America When:   Saturdays May 5 through December 15, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Where: Tours begin at MOCA @ 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fee: $12/Adult; $10/Student and Senior; $6/MoCA members; free/Children 5 and under.
Advanced reservations required. Call (212)619-4785 or email info@mocanyc.org.

Please include the number and name of guests; date of tour; and contact phone number.

Discover the history and experience the energy of one of New York City’s oldest neighborhoods! From May through December, MOCA will lead weekly walking tours of Chinatown. Get the inside look at what life was and is currently like in the area as MOCA docents with personal or family roots guide you around the neighborhood’s historic streets.

Who: Korea Society When:   August 4–8, 2008 Where: 950 Third Avenue (at the southwest corner of 57th Street), Eighth Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Explore the history, traditional thought and values, literature and film of Korea with nationally recognized professors. The course includes workshops on a type of Korean poetry similar to Japanese haiku and sessions on the history and contemporary state of North Korea.

Participants who complete the required coursework and final assignment will be eligible for 3-P credit from the New York City Department of Education’s After School Professional Development Program (ASPDP).

Dates: August 4–8, 2008 (sessions run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM)

The course will meet at The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue (at the southwest corner of 57th Street), Eighth Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Online Registration is available now. Fee: $175 payable when registering online.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Kim at The Korea Society at (212) 759-7525 ext. 309

Who: Japan Society When:   Monday through Friday, August 4-8, 11-15, 2008, 10 am-4 pm each day Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

High school students are invited to participate in an 11-day immersion workshop on Japanese cuisine and culture, during which they will examine the multifaceted history of Japanese cuisine, from traditional food and dishes for special occasions, to various Japanese adaptations of cuisines from abroad.<br />
<br />
Through demonstrations by professional chefs and participation in basic cooking sessions, participants will learn about Japan's emphasis on the seasonality of food (shun), quality of ingredients and presentation, as well as dining etiquette and manners. Knowledge of various Japanese dishes and drinks will be imparted and enhanced throughout the workshop as students explore Japanese restaurants and <strong>Urasenke Chanoyu Center</strong> in New York City, as well as <strong>Mitsuwa Martket Place</strong> in New Jersey. During the second week, students will try their hand at making rolled <strong>sushi, soba noodles, <em>sukiyaki</em>, tempura</strong>, and <strong>Japanese sweets</strong> under the guidance of professional chefs.<br />
<br />
On the last day of the program, families and friends are invited to a Japanese-style reception where Japanese dishes, tea and sweets will be served, including those prepared by chefs and students. <br />
<br />
<strong>Eligibility</strong><br />
Participants must be high school students as of September 2008. Space is limited and advanced registration is advised. <br />
<br />
<strong>General Application Form & Deadline</strong><br />
Please fill out the attached <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/resources/legacy/event/uploaded/Cuisine101_1.pdf">click here for the general application form</a>. <strong>Application deadline is Thursday, July 24, 2008</strong>.<br />
<br />
<strong>Tuition</strong><br />
$110, includes cooking materials, books, breakfast and lunch.<br />
<strong>General registration is full, but interested students may be placed on a waiting list. A limited number of scholarships are still available.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Scholarships</strong><br />
A limited number of scholarships are available. For scholarship requirements and an application, <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/resources/legacy/event/uploaded/Cuisine101Scholarship_1.pdf">please click here</a><a href="http://www.japansociety.org/education_family"></a>. Scholarship application deadline is Thursday, July 17, 2008.<br />
<br />
For more information about this program, please call (212) 715-1203 or (212) 715-1254. <br />
<br />
This program will be documented and subjects to change.<br />

Who: Organised with Jnanapravaha, American Centre Mumbai, MIT Alumni Association India, and Digital Bridge Foundation When:   August 4th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: American Center Auditorium, 4 New Marine Lines Churchgate, Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275 India

Professor Nicholas Negroponte will discuss the MIT Media Labs-developed XO-laptop, which is widely seen as revolutionizing primary education around the world.

Who: Korean Presbyterian Church When:   August 5th thru 8th Where: 2 Main St Hopkinton, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Hello Everyone,

It is that time of year again for VBS (vacation bible school) at the Korean Presbyterian Church in Hopkinton, MA. This year's theme is Power Lab http://mastersloft.com
It is a science based program that looks really intriguing. The Elementary program is done completely in English. I am not sure how they are going to handle it in the preschool session
as most of the parents are more comfortable speaking in Korean but the
Power Lab program in only in English.

This is such a wonderful opportunity for our children to be in a
welcoming community of their Korean peers. The counselors are parents
and members of the church's youth group. What an opportunity to have
your child in a place where they look the same as everyone else around
them!

Power Lab VBS

Elementary - children entering into grades 1 through 5
August 5th thru 8th (Tues - Fri)
10am to 2pm
Korean Presbyterian Church - 2 Main St., Hopkinton, MA

Preschool - up to Kindergarten
August 5th thru 7th (Tues - Thur)
*children going into Kindergarten in September are welcome to come to
the Friday session of the elementary VBS*
10am to 1pm
Korean Presbyterian Church - 2 Main St., Hopkinton, MA

There is usually a small fee but I am not sure of the exact cost at the
moment.

If you would like to find out more about this program, you can contact
Peggy Chun at 978-239-3606.

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Qi Xi (Chinese: 七夕; pinyin: qī xī; literally "The Night of Sevens"), sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day or Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar. People remember the sad and beautiful love story of the cowherd Niu Lang and heavenly maiden Zhi Nu.

When:   Friday, August 8 @ 5:00pm - dusk Where: Brookview Park ~ Small Shelter Golden Valley, MN Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Annual BBQ / Potluck
Friday, August 8 @ 5:00pm - dusk
Brookview Park ~ Small Shelter

Golden Valley, MN

Come join AK Connection for our Annual BBQ / Potluck at Brookview Park.
We will be grilling as well as providing some Korean food. It is a
POTLUCK so please bring a dish or snack to share. BYOB - beer & wine
are permitted, but you must be over 21 to enjoy!

Check out Brookview Park's
http://www.ci.golden-valley.mn.us link
to see what all there is to do at the park. Bring a ball and let's
start a friendly game or two!

This event is for adult adoptees, their family & friends.

PLEASE RSVP to contact@akconnection.com (so we know how much food to bring)!

Directions: Highway 55 to Winnetka Ave. Go South on Winnetka Ave and go
right onto Brookview Parkway and park.

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

When:   August 9, 2008: 5-9 PM Where: 4000 Morikami Park Road Delray Beach, FL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Inspired by Obon, Japan’s traditional three-day holiday honoring ancestors and thanking them for the quality of life enjoyed by the living, The Morikami celebrates Bon Festival in one fun-packed evening. Highlights include rousing taiko drum performances, traditional Japanese folk dancing with audience participation, and a street fair with games and vendor booths. The highlight of the evening begins at sunset when Morikami Pond is transformed into a tranquil sea of lighted lanterns which, in accordance with Japanese custom, guide the departure of ancestors’ souls who have come for a brief visit among the living. A special fireworks display caps the enchanting evening.

Admission
Regular admission is $10 Adults (18 and over), $5 children (7-17), free for museum members and children 6 and under. (No special senior discounts are available)

Food
There will be on-site food vendors serving a variety of food items. The Morikami's own Cornell Cafe will also be open and serving Pan-Asian favorites.

Parking
On-site parking is provided FREE of charge.

ATM
There are no ATM's on the grounds of The Morikami. Please plan accordingly.

Lantern Sales
Lantern sleeves for the Toro Nagashi (lantern floating) ceremony will be on sale starting at 5pm the night of the event. The cost is $5 per sleeve and is the perfect way to honor and remember a lost loved one. There is a limited amount of sleeves available and they cannot be purchased in advance. Make sure to get yours early in the evening as they sell out every year!

Entertainment Schedule
5:00pm - 9:00pm Ennichi Street Fair (games and activities for children)
5:15pm - 5:30pm Taiko Drum Performance by Fushu Daiko
5:45pm - 6:15pm Bon Odori (Bon Dance)
6:30pm - 7:00pm Taiko Drum Performance by Fushu Daiko
7:15pm - 7:45pm Bon Odori (Bon Dance)
8:00pm - 8:15pm Taiko Drum Performance by Fushu Daiko
8:30pm - 9:00pm Toro Nagashi (floating of the lanterns)
9:00pm Fireworks Display

*Entertainment schedule subject to change without notice*

Bon Festival "Words of Wisdom"
This event is held outdoors and is rain or shine. There is a lot of walking involved and most of the activities are on grass. Shuttle service is not provided for this event so please be sure to wear comfortable shoes and clothing as August tends to be a very hot month in Florida and the walk from your car to the festival grounds may be lengthy. For further event information, please call 561-495-0233 x200.

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

Who: Museum of Chinese in America When:   Saturdays May 5 through December 15, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Where: Tours begin at MOCA @ 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fee: $12/Adult; $10/Student and Senior; $6/MoCA members; free/Children 5 and under.
Advanced reservations required. Call (212)619-4785 or email info@mocanyc.org.

Please include the number and name of guests; date of tour; and contact phone number.

Discover the history and experience the energy of one of New York City’s oldest neighborhoods! From May through December, MOCA will lead weekly walking tours of Chinatown. Get the inside look at what life was and is currently like in the area as MOCA docents with personal or family roots guide you around the neighborhood’s historic streets.

When:   Sunday, August 10 Where: Kinokuniya Bookstore 1073 Avenue of the Americas (between 40th and 41st Street) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Sunday, August 10, 11 AM — In Japanese
Sunday, August 10, 2 PM — In English

Children and families are invited to learn about Sadako, a legendary girl whose 1,000 paper cranes have become a symbol of the call for peace. Sadako, who died of the effects of radiation poisoning in 1955, was two years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in 1945. Children learn about the life of Sadako and the significance of 1,000 paper cranes through storytelling. In the second part of the program, children and families make a chain of paper cranes (orizuru) to take home.

Recommended ages: Pre-K-elementary school children, their accompanying adults, K-6 educators and librarians.

Admission is free: For more information, contact Education Programs at (212) 715-1254 or 1203.

Kinokuniya Bookstore New York Main Store
1073 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018
(212) 869-1700

Who: Japan Society When:   Sunday, August 10, 11 AM (In Japanese), 2PM (In English) Where: Kinokuniya Bookstore 1073 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Children and families are invited to learn about Sadako, a legendary girl whose 1,000 paper cranes have become a symbol of the call for peace. Sadako, who died of the effects of radiation poisoning in 1955, was two years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in 1945. Children learn about the life of Sadako and the significance of 1,000 paper cranes through storytelling. In the second part of the program, children and families make a chain of paper cranes (<em>orizuru</em>) to take home. <br />
<br />
<strong>Recommended ages:</strong> Pre-K-elementary school children, their accompanying adults, K-6 educators and librarians.<br />
<br />
<strong>Admission is free:</strong> For more information, contact Education Programs at (212) 715-1254 or 1203.<br />
<br />
Kinokuniya Bookstore New York Main Store<br />
1073 Avenue of the Americas<br>
between 40th and 41st Street<br>
New York, NY 10018<br />
(212) 869-1700

Who: Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac. When:   Every 2nd & 4th Monday of each month Where: Atmananda Yoga Sequence 324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

FREE HEALTH EVALUATION
Complimentary 20 minute health evaluations by Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac.
every 2nd & 4th Monday at Atmananda from 6 to 8pm.

Upcoming confirmed dates are:
Monday, August 11th
Monday, August 25th
Monday, September 8th
Monday, September 22nd
Monday, October 27th

Learn how to increase your Qi (vital energy) and achieve good health through acupuncture & herbs. During this mini one-on-one consultation, Danny Han will assess your general condition and provide advice on how you can maintain a pain-free, stress-free, and drug-free healthy lifestyle. (This health evaluation is complimentary & there is no obligation to book a treatment. We also offer Acupuncture Happy Hour treatments for only $20.)

Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac.
Atmananda Yoga Sequence
324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
(917) 744-7749
http://www.ezacupuncture.com/

Who: Japan Society When:   Monday, August 11 — Saturday, August 16 Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

General registration is full, but interested students may be placed on a waiting list. A limited number of scholarships are still available.

An 11-Day Summer Workshop for High School Students
Monday through Friday, August 4-8, 11-15, 2008, 10 am-4 pm each day

Student Cooking Demonstration & Reception
Saturday, August 16, 2008,
10 am-3:30 pm (for students)/12:30-2:30 pm (for guests)

High school students are invited to participate in an 11-day immersion workshop on Japanese cuisine and culture, during which they will examine the multifaceted history of Japanese cuisine, from traditional food and dishes for special occasions, to various Japanese adaptations of cuisines from abroad.

Through demonstrations by professional chefs and participation in basic cooking sessions, participants will learn about Japan's emphasis on the seasonality of food (shun), quality of ingredients and presentation, as well as dining etiquette and manners. Knowledge of various Japanese dishes and drinks will be imparted and enhanced throughout the workshop as students explore Japanese restaurants and Urasenke Chanoyu Center in New York City, as well as Mitsuwa Martket Place in New Jersey. During the second week, students will try their hand at making rolled sushi, soba noodles, sukiyaki, tempura, and Japanese sweets under the guidance of professional chefs.

On the last day of the program, families and friends are invited to a Japanese-style reception where Japanese dishes, tea and sweets will be served, including those prepared by chefs and students.

Eligibility
Participants must be high school students as of September 2008. Space is limited and advanced registration is advised.

General Application Form & Deadline
Please fill out the attached click here for the general application form. Application deadline is Thursday, July 24, 2008.

Tuition
$110, includes cooking materials, books, breakfast and lunch.
General registration is full, but interested students may be placed on a waiting list. A limited number of scholarships are still available.

Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available. For scholarship requirements and an application, please click on the link below. Scholarship application deadline is Thursday, July 17, 2008.

For more information about this program, please call (212) 715-1203 or (212) 715-1254.

This program will be documented and subjects to change.

Who: Japan Society When:   Monday through Friday, August 4-8, 11-15, 2008, 10 am-4 pm each day Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

High school students are invited to participate in an 11-day immersion workshop on Japanese cuisine and culture, during which they will examine the multifaceted history of Japanese cuisine, from traditional food and dishes for special occasions, to various Japanese adaptations of cuisines from abroad.<br />
<br />
Through demonstrations by professional chefs and participation in basic cooking sessions, participants will learn about Japan's emphasis on the seasonality of food (shun), quality of ingredients and presentation, as well as dining etiquette and manners. Knowledge of various Japanese dishes and drinks will be imparted and enhanced throughout the workshop as students explore Japanese restaurants and <strong>Urasenke Chanoyu Center</strong> in New York City, as well as <strong>Mitsuwa Martket Place</strong> in New Jersey. During the second week, students will try their hand at making rolled <strong>sushi, soba noodles, <em>sukiyaki</em>, tempura</strong>, and <strong>Japanese sweets</strong> under the guidance of professional chefs.<br />
<br />
On the last day of the program, families and friends are invited to a Japanese-style reception where Japanese dishes, tea and sweets will be served, including those prepared by chefs and students. <br />
<br />
<strong>Eligibility</strong><br />
Participants must be high school students as of September 2008. Space is limited and advanced registration is advised. <br />
<br />
<strong>General Application Form & Deadline</strong><br />
Please fill out the attached <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/resources/legacy/event/uploaded/Cuisine101_1.pdf">click here for the general application form</a>. <strong>Application deadline is Thursday, July 24, 2008</strong>.<br />
<br />
<strong>Tuition</strong><br />
$110, includes cooking materials, books, breakfast and lunch.<br />
<strong>General registration is full, but interested students may be placed on a waiting list. A limited number of scholarships are still available.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Scholarships</strong><br />
A limited number of scholarships are available. For scholarship requirements and an application, <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/resources/legacy/event/uploaded/Cuisine101Scholarship_1.pdf">please click here</a><a href="http://www.japansociety.org/education_family"></a>. Scholarship application deadline is Thursday, July 17, 2008.<br />
<br />
For more information about this program, please call (212) 715-1203 or (212) 715-1254. <br />
<br />
This program will be documented and subjects to change.<br />

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

Who: Asian American Arts Centre When:   Fri. August 15, 7pm–9pm Where: 26 Bowery, 3rd Floor (above McDonald's) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Featured Artists
Barbara Coleman: "My work is influenced by many sources. Among them is de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, contemporary Japanese art, Tantra art, art from India, and the American Marvel Comics Group."

Cecile Chong: "I use encaustic on wood panels to create cross-culture narratives. I juxtapose appropriate images from vintage children's books and other found images to address the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity."

Dana Zaldo: "I want to represent this Mexican American "consciousness" as a synthesis of the old world and the new, the conquerors and the conquered, the mystical and the rational, with a tolerance for ambiguity."

Kikuko Tanaka: "My work creates a series, which interact with each other for its interpretation. My work are psychological examination of the self, critiques of the socio-political construction of contemporary culture and reference to art history. For all the aspects of my work, my being Japanese in a foreign land takes crucial role."

Ugur Kunst: "My work is a reflection of my life and things around me which comments on the cultural, political and environmental issues that surround us."

Admission: Free

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

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Liberation Day remembers Korea's liberation from Japan and the creation of the Korean government.

When:   May 9, June 6, July 11, August 15, September 12: 5:30-8:30 Where: 4000 Morikami Park Road Delray Beach, FL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Morikami's Japanese Gardens will be open for you to stroll during select early evenings to experience Roji-en at these special times during the summer months. A wonderful opportunity to take photographs or to experience our new self-guided garden audio tour! The Cornell Cafe will be open to serve an optional dinner during the evening walks. Reservations are not required for this event.

Admission: FREE for museum members, $5 for non-members
(Children 6 and under FREE)

For more information, please call 561-495-0233.
*Galleries are not open during the summer walks*

Who: Committee of 100 and The Better Hong Kong Foundation When:   August 15th, 12:15 - 2:15 pm Where: Island Shangri-La Hotel Tian & Lu Shan Rooms Pacific Place, Admiralty , Hong Kong Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275 Price:   HK$390 Asia Society members/full-time students, HK$490 Non-members

The results in both the Democratic and Republican primaries defied expectations. Senator John McCain, with a campaign team in disarray, was written off by virtually all pundits at the start of the season. After a bruising battle, Senator Barack Obama emerged as the victorious nominee, defeating Senator Hillary Clinton. What happened along the campaign trail? Do the results shed any light on the upcoming campaign for the general election? What do the results say about the campaign process, the candidates, the mood of the American people and what they want from their leaders? As the two candidates prepare for the party conventions that take place in August and September, we have brought together two highly-respected political commentators to answers these questions and much more about the race to the White House. Both journalists have followed the election and candidates closely, bringing knowledge, understanding and perspective about this very important presidential race.

Charlie Cook is the publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group. He is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities on US elections and political trends in the US.

David Brooks has been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times since 2003. Prior to that, he was senior editor at the Weekly Standard since its inception in 1995, and spent nine years at the Wall Street Journal. He has also been a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly.

Who: BATTERY DANCE COMPANY When:   Sat. August 16 - Sun. August 24 Where: Governors Island, Chase Plaza, and Battery Park New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Battery Dance Company announces its 27th annual Downtown Dance Festival. This free roving event is held each summer in Lower Manhattan parks, plazas and piers. This year, three diverse spaces will be enlivened: the Festival will return to Chase Plaza and The Lawn at Battery Park, its homes for the past five years, and will cross the harbor for the first time with performances on Governors Island.

Battery Dance Company has added another innovation this year by partnering with the Indo-American Arts Council to present two days of South Asian dance during the Downtown Dance Festival’s residency at Chase Plaza. In view of the response last year, Battery Dance Company will reprieve its Everybody Dance NOW! program, in which the audience is invited on stage to learn a segment from one of the pieces they’ve just watched.
Admission: Free

Who: Museum of Chinese in America When:   Saturdays May 5 through December 15, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Where: Tours begin at MOCA @ 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fee: $12/Adult; $10/Student and Senior; $6/MoCA members; free/Children 5 and under.
Advanced reservations required. Call (212)619-4785 or email info@mocanyc.org.

Please include the number and name of guests; date of tour; and contact phone number.

Discover the history and experience the energy of one of New York City’s oldest neighborhoods! From May through December, MOCA will lead weekly walking tours of Chinatown. Get the inside look at what life was and is currently like in the area as MOCA docents with personal or family roots guide you around the neighborhood’s historic streets.

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Raksha Bandhan (the bond of protection in Hindi) is a Hindu festival honoring the relationship between brothers and sisters

Who: Japan Society When:   Monday, August 18 — Friday, August 22 — (5 Days) 9 am - 4 pm Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

30-hour professional development course for grade K-12 educators in cooperation with NYC Department of Education

From pokémon to anime, many American students are fascinated by Japanese culture. This course helps teachers use materials from Japanese popular culture as an entry point to teach important lessons about Japan through sessions on Japanese cinema, anime, manga, material culture (toys, etc.) and popular literature. Each session considers how to use these materials, which naturally hold the interest of students, to teach larger lessons about Japan. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the workshop includes topics and materials relevant to the Global Studies, Arts, English and Language Arts, and elementary curricula. Lunch will be provided, and tuition includes all materials.

3P credit is available from NYC Department of Education. For more information, please call Education Programs at (212) 715-1254.

Who: Japan Society When:   Monday, August 18 - Friday, August 22 (5 Days) 9 am - 4 pm Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

30-hour professional development course for grade K-12 educators in cooperation with NYC Department of Education<br />
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From pokémon to anime, many American students are fascinated by Japanese culture. This course helps teachers use materials from Japanese popular culture as an entry point to teach important lessons about Japan through sessions on Japanese cinema, anime, manga, material culture (toys, etc.) and popular literature. Each session considers how to use these materials, which naturally hold the interest of students, to teach larger lessons about Japan. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the workshop includes topics and materials relevant to the Global Studies, Arts, English and Language Arts, and elementary curricula. Lunch will be provided, and tuition includes all materials.<br />
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3P credit is available from NYC Department of Education. Please <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/resources/content/2/4/6/3/documents/Registration%20Form%20Summer%202008%20Educators.pdf"><strong>click here</strong></a> for a form for registration and tuition information.<br />
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For more information, please call Education Programs at (212) 715-1254.

Who: Organised with British Council Mumbai When:   August 20th, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Where: British Council, Auditorium Mittal Tower (C Wing), 2nd Floor Nariman Point, Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275 India

Dr. Lall will discuss how energy security concerns are affecting the South Asian region and India in particular and will use the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, and Indo-Burmese relations as examples to shed light on these new foreign policy paradigms.

Who: Asia Society When:   August 20th, 4:00 - 6:00 pm Where: JV Del Rosario Function Room AIM Conference Center Makati City, Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275 Philippines Price:   Php 300 for members, Php 500 for non-members

The subprime crisis in the United States is taking a heavy toll on consumer confidence in the world's largest economy. To compound the problem, loose monetary policy in reaction to liquidity fears has been helping drive down the US dollar and jacking up the price of oil. It is this in particular that is delivering multiple challenges to Asian economies: lower demand for Asian manufactures, increases in food prices, and increasingly, the winding down of the trend of globalization. As the cost of trans-oceanic transportation rises, the benefits of offshoring are fast eroding. An Asia that has grown on the back of American demand for goods may find the subprime crisis the start of a new era in global economics--one that threatens the assumptions of growth and increasing prosperity in the past three decades.<br />
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Tion Kwa is an editorial writer and op-ed writer on foreign affairs, business, and economics at the Straits Times in Singapore. He is currently a Bernard Schwartz Fellow of the Asia Society in Washington, where his work focuses on trade issues between US and Asia as well as regional security. He has appeared in CNN, CNBC, and BBC.

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

Who: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) When:   August 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, and 23 Where: 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM
August 8 – 23, 2008 at CRS

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Presents An Evening of Dance, Theatre, and Film Adaptations of the Short Stories of Donald Barthelme by

Yoshiko Chuma

Nathan Dame

Jonathan Hayes

Shirotama Hitsujiya

Harold Lehmann


CRS presents a rare staging of the work Donald Barthelme, father of postmodern fiction, by an appropriately eclectic array of dance, theatre, and film artists including multiple Bessie Award winner Yoshiko Chuma and Yubiwa Hotel artistic director Shirotama Hitsujiya (one of "The World's 100 Most Influential Japanese Women," Newsweek Japan). Also on the program are works by experimental theatre directors Nathan Dame and Harold Lehmann, and making its NYC premiere is Jonathan Hayes' short film "The School" (2003 Worldwide Short Film Festival Audience Award and Sundance Film Festival 2004), adapted from the Barthelme story of the same title. Lighting design is by Poe.

General Admission $20
Students/Seniors/CRS Members $10


"Yoshiko Chuma is a maverick, utterly unique, a 'one-off' as the British say, on the stage of world dance. Her career has spanned almost 30 years and 35 countries. Her work is a mixture of play and seriousness, anarchy and reflection, and her hallmarks are collaboration and cultural exchange. Chuma cuts across categories. One might call her a postmodern choreographer, a movement designer, or a visual artist whose primary medium is human beings—dancers, musicians, pedestrians. She is unusually alive to space and landscape, indoors or outdoors. Gifted with great personal force and intelligence, at heart she is an experimentalist, a fierce explorer with a profound sense of structure." — Amanda Smith, Dance Magazine, 2007

Who: Museum of Chinese in America When:   Saturdays May 5 through December 15, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Where: Tours begin at MOCA @ 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fee: $12/Adult; $10/Student and Senior; $6/MoCA members; free/Children 5 and under.
Advanced reservations required. Call (212)619-4785 or email info@mocanyc.org.

Please include the number and name of guests; date of tour; and contact phone number.

Discover the history and experience the energy of one of New York City’s oldest neighborhoods! From May through December, MOCA will lead weekly walking tours of Chinatown. Get the inside look at what life was and is currently like in the area as MOCA docents with personal or family roots guide you around the neighborhood’s historic streets.

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This Hindu festival celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar (incarnation) of Vishnu.

Who: Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac. When:   Every 2nd & 4th Monday of each month Where: Atmananda Yoga Sequence 324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

FREE HEALTH EVALUATION
Complimentary 20 minute health evaluations by Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac.
every 2nd & 4th Monday at Atmananda from 6 to 8pm.

Upcoming confirmed dates are:
Monday, August 11th
Monday, August 25th
Monday, September 8th
Monday, September 22nd
Monday, October 27th

Learn how to increase your Qi (vital energy) and achieve good health through acupuncture & herbs. During this mini one-on-one consultation, Danny Han will assess your general condition and provide advice on how you can maintain a pain-free, stress-free, and drug-free healthy lifestyle. (This health evaluation is complimentary & there is no obligation to book a treatment. We also offer Acupuncture Happy Hour treatments for only $20.)

Chul H. (Danny) Han, L.Ac.
Atmananda Yoga Sequence
324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
(917) 744-7749
http://www.ezacupuncture.com/

Who: Asia Society When:   August 28th - August 29th, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm (2 days) Where: AIM Conference Center Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 274 Philippines Price:   Invitation-only.

Phils 21 Class of 2008 convenes at a 2-day forum to discuss issues of regional and national importance. Forum includes sessions on corporate social responsibility, governance, and social entrepenuership.

Who: Museum of Chinese in America When:   Saturdays May 5 through December 15, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Where: Tours begin at MOCA @ 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Fee: $12/Adult; $10/Student and Senior; $6/MoCA members; free/Children 5 and under.
Advanced reservations required. Call (212)619-4785 or email info@mocanyc.org.

Please include the number and name of guests; date of tour; and contact phone number.

Discover the history and experience the energy of one of New York City’s oldest neighborhoods! From May through December, MOCA will lead weekly walking tours of Chinatown. Get the inside look at what life was and is currently like in the area as MOCA docents with personal or family roots guide you around the neighborhood’s historic streets.