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  • 2016 New Year Notes from Acton Chinese Language School

    Dear ACLS Families and Friends,

    One of Acton Town’s Selectmen, Franny Osman had come to our school last Sunday and kindly shared some of the useful information regarding Acton Senior Center as well as VAN/Bus services Acton provided for transportation around the town. If you are over sixty, or have senior people living with you or know that someone would benefit from the senior services that Acton town has provided, please take a look at the information below regarding Senior Center and VAN services.

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    ACLS teachers celebrated Thanksgiving with a fashion show (file photo).
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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.
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    Group picture of Wellesley College Wushu Team （photos provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Register Now: 2016 Chinese New Year Indoor Soccer Tournament

    Boston, Dec. 17, 2015, — Youth soccer players, a long snowy winter is cancelling good chances of playing soccer outdoors. Do you have a strong hunger for footballing due to inclement weather conditions? Stronger than ever?
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    Soccer players clear a field after a blizzard in early 2015.
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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.
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    Coco Miao (middle), 1st
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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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  • HGSE Calls for Donations after Sudden Death of Ed. D. Student Yan Yang

    Dear HGSE Students,

    As a community, we are deeply saddened by the recent loss of Ed.D. student, Yan Yang, Ed.M. ’10, who passed away on Friday, November 13th. Yang is remembered by many as a friend, colleague, teacher, student, and mentor. During her time here at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) she had a deep impact on all who knew her, loved her, and worked with her.
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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.
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    Conductor Jie Yang (2nd from left) and GBAAYSO String Quartet perform at Asian Cultural Center Boston(photo by David Li).
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  • Commonwealth Ballet Presents Nutcracker over Thanksgiving Day Weekend

    Acton, Mass., Nov. 24, 2015, — Share the merriment of the holiday season as the accomplished dancers of Commonwealth Ballet and guest artists frolic, battle and dance through Clara’s holiday dream.
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  • Progress Update from Asian American Coalition for Education

    The Asian American Coalition for Education (“AACE”) is a non-political, non-profit, national organization devoted to promoting equal rights for Asian-Americans in education and education-related activities. In May 2015, the founders of AACE united more than 60 Asian American organizations to file a complaint with Department of Justice and Department of Education regarding Harvard University’s discriminatory practices against Asian American applicants. It was one of the largest joint actions ever taken by Asian American organizations in pursuit of equal education rights.

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    Wall Street Journal interviewed Mr. Yukong Zhao, one of the founders of AACE, in June 2015. The title of the interview is Harvard’s Chinese Exclusion Act.
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