Log Angels, Jan. 1, 2016, — A giant purple dragon drew a lot of attention at today’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. This magnificent design(pictured above) draws inspiration from Marco Polo’s travels from Venice, Italy to China. A costumed rider portrays Marco Polo riding on the moon bridge at the front of the float. The Venetian flag, featuring St. Mark’s winged lion waves overhead.
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Giant Dragon Shines at the 127th Rose Parade
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Mezzo-soprano Ying Wu to Hold The Night of Opera Concert on Jan. 23
Boston, Dec. 31, 2015, — The Night of Opera, Ms. Ying Wu’s graduate recital concert, will be held on Jan.23 (Saturday 7:00 PM) at Longy School of Music of Bard College (27 Garden St. Cambridge Pick Man Hall). The concert will be directed by Robert Honeysucker.
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Rising Star — Wellesley College Wushu Team
By Li Qiang, translated by Cecille Yang
Located in the western Boston suburbs, Wellesley College is the famed alma mater of notable female Chinese figures like Soong Mei-Ling and Bing Xing and US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Recently, the Wellesley Wushu Team attended the 2015 Cultural Day event on campus, featuring a 9-minute wushu performance with demonstrations on all sorts of Chinese weapons： straight sword, broadsword, three-section cudgel and staff. Their performances garnered enthusiastic cheering from about a thousand audience members composed of distinguished professors and students alike.
Group picture of Wellesley College Wushu Team （photos provided to bostonese.com).
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Pictures from Singtao Meiya Book Club Xmas Lecture
Photos by Fenfang Mei
The first lecture of Singtao Meiya Book Club was held on Dec. 19, 2015 at Singtao Daily office in Boston Chinatown. Ms. Shuping Yao, Mr. Bin Liu and Mr. Tianhan Guo were the three speakers for this event. This is the first ever lecture by the Singtao Meiya Book Club.
Please check out some pictures by photographer Fenfang Mei below.
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Transnationalism and 1930s British Cinema
By Na Ma, Ohio Univeristy
The forms and institutions of mainstream British cinema have a hegemonic function. In fact, British Cinema is generally considered to have successfully shaped “the national life” and achieved a “high degree of consensus” (Adamthwaite 288). This significant element undoubtedly characterizes British society and contributed to the remarkable stability of British society[1] during the 1930s, when the United Kingdom, like most other countries in the world, was shaken by economic depression, but which had also experienced several labor turmoil in the mid 1920s.
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Coco Miao Wins ATV Miss Asia US East Coast Competition
Boston, Dec. 4, 2015, — Northeaster University student Coco Miao captured the crown at the ATV Miss Asia US East Coast competition, held in New York City recently. Miss. Miao advances to the 27th ATV Miss Asia Pageant finals in Hong Kong.
Coco Miao (middle), 1st
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The 242nd Boston Tea Party Anniversary Reenactment to Be Held on Dec 16
Boston, Dec. 3, 2015, — The Boston Tea Party comes alive this December! It’s Dec. 16, 1773 and trouble is brewing in Boston. Presented by Boston’s famed Old South Meeting House and the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, the 242nd Boston Tea Party Anniversary Reenactment is an opportunity to experience one of America’s most iconic public protests live.
Picture from Boston Tea Party Anniversary Reenactment in 2014(file photo).
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BPL December Author Talks and Lectures
Boston, Dec. 1, 2015 – Boston Public Library locations will host a variety of literary events this month, with topics ranging from the history of tea to the American maritime industry and more:
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“Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China” Festival Returns to NYC in February 2016.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and the U.S.-China Cultural Institute, Cultural Associate of the Committee of 100, announced today at a press conference at Lincoln Center that Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun, the New York Philharmonic, National Dance Institute, Fireworks by Grucci, and New York School of Interior Design will be among the prestigious partners participating in the many exciting events throughout New York City that will comprise the second annual “Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China” festival in February 2016.
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GBAAYSO Celebrates Five Year Anniversary with Concert in Lexington
By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist
I was invited to a concert of Greater Boston Asian-American Youth Symphony Orchestra(GBAAYSO) at Cary Memory Hall in Lexington on Nov. 14. This concert celebrated GBAAYSO’s five-year anniversary with a program of both Eastern and Western music. The String Quartet of GBAAYSO also performed at the opening ceremony of “Xinjing 24 Hours” photo exhibition at Asian Cultural Center Boston on Nov. 20.
Conductor Jie Yang (2nd from left) and GBAAYSO String Quartet perform at Asian Cultural Center Boston(photo by David Li).
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