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KC Artists Heinrich Toh & Hyeyoung Shin Join GUILDit in celebrating Asian American Heritage Month with these dynamic cross-cultural artists at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City! GUILDit - FREE forums where art & biz fuse >> presenters >> Heinrich Toh's mix-media works on paper -recipient of an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant -teaches in Kansas City He'll share his insight

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Year of the Monkey Also known as the Spring Festival, this year, Chinese New Year - The Year of the Monkey - begins on February 8th and lasts until Jan 27th, 2017. The festivities usually start the day before the New Year and continue until the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the new year. This is a time to wish for peace and happiness. Gong Hey Fat Choy means "wishing you to be

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This year, 2015, marks fifty years since the first US combat ground forces landed in Vietnam and forty years since the fall of Saigon.  Thao, a young a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman, is among the Vietnam War's uncounted casualties.  Despite her disabilities, a victim of Agent Orange, Thao had set up a makeshift library for children in her village. And then she is introduced to a

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Kodo, the Legendary Japanese Taiko Drumming Ensamble from Sado Island, Japan, will be performing an all new show exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum.  Kodo strives to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts. "In Japanese the word "Kodo" conveys two meanings: Firstly, 'heartbeat' the primal source of all rhythm. The

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Moving From Emptiness, The Life and Art of a Zen Dude  “Healing and heart opening… Like media as medicine.” "This TRAILER is for the 69 minute feature documentary film: "Moving From Emptiness: The Life and Art of a Zen Dude" featuring Zen calligraphic artist Alok Hsu Kwang-han. Playful. Profound. Meditative and deeply healing, this film is a transformational experience." "

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Royals Right Fielder Nori Aoki Congratulations to the Kansas City Royals for making it to the World Series! Kansas City is not alone in loving this team. The whole country has fallen in love with the Royals according to Hampton Stevens article in The Atlantic "The Kansas City Royals' Huge Appeal!" Newspapers from Seattle to Washington, D.C. have dubbed KC “America's Team.” Even overseas,

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Living with the Spirits: Decorating Homes in Traditional China at the Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art Laurence Sickman, the former curator and director who started the world-renowned collection of Chinese art at the Nelson-Atkins Gallery, acquired this collection of popular prints that is currently on display in Gallery 222. While living and studying in China from 1930 to 1935, he decorated his

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Year of the Horse Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year 2014 celebrations are expected to go on throughout the weekend, as the Chinese people usher in the year of the Horse. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Chinese New Year celebration is Friday, January 31 "It begins tonight at Midnight. The year of the Green, Yang, Wood Horse. Celebrate by lighting a red candle tonight. Tomorrow

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Congratulations, Bob Chien! You deserve this award for all the hard work you do promoting friendship between KC and Xi'an. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at the 43rd annual Mayor's United Nations Day Dinner, Kansas City Mayor Sylvester James Jr. will present the 2013 Kansas City World Citizen of the Year Award to Robert (Bob) Chien, long-time advocate of closer China-U.S. relations, chairman of

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The Exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum “Faces From China’s Past: Paintings for Entertainment and Remembrance” has been extended through December 09, 2012. Arrangements have been made for two Docent led tours planned for Sunday, October 14th, the first at 2:00 and the second at 2:45. This is hosted by USCPFA and they need to know who is planning to come. So please contact me if you plan to

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  Kansas City Chinese New Year Celebration The Kansas City Chinese-American Association cordially extends its invite to you to join them in their 6th annual Chinese New Year celebration.  More than 4,000 people are expected to join the celebration, with more than 200 local performers presenting their talents during the evening gala. Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to

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Anda Union Film Presentation  Experience The Ancient Culture of Mongolia during a free evening of authentic music from the Inner Mongolian plateau! Presented by the Lied Center, the Kansas City Chinese Association, and the Kansas City Public Library, the film Anda Union: From the Steppes to the City will be presented for the first time in the United States of America.  Joining the

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This should be a very enjoyable evening!  Folk Meets Ballroom The Sinag-Tala Dance Troupe presents "Folk Meets Ballroom," a presentation of traditional Filipino dance suites and modern ballroom numbers.  The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.  Saturday, October 29, 2011 4:00 PM Tickets are $10; $5 for students For More Info: Filipino Association

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National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China Friday, October 21 | 7:30 pm Lied Center ($28/$25/$10) This dramatic 35-member company performs feats of strength, skill, and ability in a balancing act of exhilaration and risk. Taking the audience on an extraordinary journey, the National Acrobats perform high-flying acrobatics, martial arts, gripping illusions, and enchanting

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Love and War: and the Courage Required for Each Saturdays at 10:00am - April 2 through April 3 Glenwood Theatre 9575 Metcalf Overland Park, KS 66212 (east side of Metcalf South Mall) A festival of contemporary cinema from China, presented in a bilingual Chinese/English format. All screenings will feature enlightening discussions led by noted area experts. The Festival kicks off this Saturday

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Megan True Photography on view through May 12, 2011 School of Journalism second floor of Stauffer-Flint 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS Artist's Talk with Megan True Tuesday, March 29 | 1 pm | 303 Stauffer-Flint Hall Free and open to the public. Megan True is a freelance photographer and a 2007 KU School of Journalism graduate. She spent the last three years in China teaching English

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Public Event: Be In Solidarity with the People of Japan Free and open to the public. Saturday, March 26 | 1 pm | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak St., Kansas City, MO) To recognize the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and express support and sympathy, participants will meet in the Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Court. Twenty mats will be scattered around the court for meditation or thought,

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Cherry Blossom Festival Exhibit- March 29 - April 10, 2011, Spencer Museum of Art | Lawrence, KS Teaching Gallery In recognition of the annual celebration held in Japan, Cherry Blossom Festival displays SMA works organized by Carpenter Foundation Intern in Asian Art Amanda Wright and Prints and Drawings Curatorial Assistant Kate Meyer in collaboration with the Center for East Asian Studies.

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2011 UMKC Department of Film & Media Arts and the Tivoli Cinemas present GREAT DIRECTORS SERIES Akira Kurosawa's KAGEMUSHA (The Shadow Warrior) Thursday, March 3 • 6:30pm All Seats $5 Free for UMKC Students/Staff with ID Available day of show only "In his 1980 color masterpiece, Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career - the play between illusion and reality

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The Sacred Tripod: Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism in Harmony February 2011—August 2011 New Chinese paintings, prints & rubbings exhibit! Nelson-Atkins Building "In traditional China, the Three Teachings (sanjiao)—Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism—were likened to the legs of the ancient sacred tripod known as ding. This analogy underscored the fundamental role of each of the

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Monday, February 28, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., 7 pm Film & Director Q&A: "The Cats of Mirikitani" with director Linda Hattendorf Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home,

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Monday, February 28, Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211, 5:15 pm Murphy Lecture Series: D. Max Moerman, "The Pilgrim's Map: India in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination" Moerman is associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, and associate director of the Donald Keene Center for Japanese Culture, Columbia University. The Murphy Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the

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We are interested in Asian cultures in the Kansas City area. Our goal is to provide information about upcoming events, activities and more.

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