By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Feb. 10, 2015, — The New England Chinese Professionals 2015 Chinese New Year Gala is co-organized by 16 New England Chinese-American professional associations. It will be held on Feb 21 from 1:00 -11:00 PM at Boston Marriott in Newton, Mass. The cultural performances in the evening feature some of the best performers in music, dance and arts locally and internationally.
Boston Kongfu group led by International Kung Fu star Xiaoyi Chen.
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Boston, Feb. 3, 2015, — Tom Brady took home the MVP, but it was former West Alabama All-American Malcolm Butler who made the play that clinched the New England Patriots win in Super Bowl XLIX. Brady agreed to give the Chevy truck awarded to him with the MVP prize to Butler during this morning’s interview on WEEI sports radio.
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Boston, Feb. 1, 2015, — Visitors to Disneyland were treated to a victory parade of Super Bowl champions Julien Edelman and Malcolm Butler today. The New England Patriots defeated Seattle Seahawks last night at Super Bowl XILV in Glenndale, AZ. Quarterback Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes in the come-from-behind victory, and won the Super Bowl MVP award.
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By Nancy Fray, translator and calligrapher of The Pearl River Collection, Selected Poems of Tommy Gee
When Tommy Gee and I first met, I had been studying Calligraphy for three years. I was being taught to copy the classic Tang poems with a brush in Li Shu style. I wanted to compose something different – something that would stand out. I also was beginning to study Mandarin and was curious to understand exactly what I was writing. We talked about translating some of his poems to further my education. As this project progressed, I realized that I wanted to introduce his beautiful poetry to English speaking readers. We decided to proceed with this book.
Poet Tommy Gee with his new book The Pearl River Collection (photo by David Li).
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Boston, Jan. 12, 2015, — In the evening of Jan. 17, Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts will present a new year concert that features two you the most talented young musicians in the area: violinist Angelo Xiang Yu and pianist Qing Jiang. After winning Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010 as a student at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Angelo Xiang Yu came to Boston to study violin at NEC.
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Boston, Jan 10, 2015, — East Meets Words is the longest running Asian American / Pacific Islander open mic series in New England, hosted by Boston Progress, an API* arts and activist collective. The latest installament was held Friday evening at EMW Bookstore in Cambridge.
Picture from the first EMW event in 2015 on Jan. 9(from twitter)
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By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Nashua, N.H., Jan. 8, 2015, — A four-minute video titled “Funny Siberian Husky Puppy Scared by a Talking Toy” by local resident Mr. Wei Wang topped 400,000 views today on Youtube. The main character of the video is man’s best friend — a Siberian husky.
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By Shin-Yi Yang, Director of Boston Guzheng Ensemble
Join our Winter Concert presented at the Maxwell Auditorium at National Heritage Museum on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 7:30 PM. Our concert theme “Journey” features music of China from different regions which takes you travel from the northeast to southwest of China. The program also includes the music from Taiwan. Here are some program selections:
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By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist
I feel very comfortable staying home New Year’s eve. Looks wicked cold outside 16 degrees, no wind, even though the sunshine was great. I went to the last performance of Meet Me in St. Louis in Stoneham Theatre. I am so glad that I didn’t miss this show. It’s perfect fit for this time of the year.
Cast members of Meet Me in St. Louis (photo credit: Mark S. Howard).
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Beijing, Dec. 24, 2014 /ecns.cn/ — Members of China’s National Pole Dance Team warmed up before performing while temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Celsius in Beiji village, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province.
A member of China’s National Pole Dance Team performs while temperature dips to minus 50 degrees Centigrade in Beiji village[Photo: China News Service/Zhong Xin]
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