Chinese Language Study at TESC

Chinese Gardens documentary film screening on Jan. 26

crowleyl — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:23:22 +0000

Chinese Gardens documentary film screening on Jan. 26, 2013

We will be sponsoring a documentary short film screening on the 26th of January between 11am and 1pm., with screening between 11am and 11:30am, and questions and answers and brown bag lunch discussion followed. The screening will be held in Seminar 2 lecture hall E1105 space. This is co-sponsored by the Business and Culture along the Silk Road program. Learn about the anti-Chinese violence in the Pacific Northwest in the 1880s. The documentary specifically focuses on Port Townsend but it also looks at other instances of violence throughout Washington State and beyond. It also looks at acts of resistance against the anti-Chinese discrimination of the time, specifically at The Chinese Gardens in Port Townsend. See video trailer here
>>> > http://thechinesegardens.wordpress.com/
>>> > https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Chinese-Gardens/308503669164372

Chinese New Year Tai ji Seminar

crowleyl — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:51:01 +0000

Chinese Lunar New Year Tai Ji Seminar

Who: Master Chungliang Al Huang

Teacher/Calligraphist/Philosopher/Dancer/Author

What: Chungliang returns for his 13th Chinese Lunar New Year Tai Ji Seminar.

“When the body and mind move harmoniously together, the human spirit soars.”

Dance Tai Ji…to Bach and to Baez. Feel into Chinese culture.
See the “Wow” of Chinese calligraphy. Experience living in a healthful and wide-awake state of being.

To consider this just another seminar would be to label New Years Eve in Times Square just another party.

Where: The Evergreen State College – Longhouse

When: February 1-3, 2013

Friday    Feb 1    6:00 to 9:00 PM
Saturday Feb 2   10:00 to 5:00 PM
Sunday    Feb 3   10:00 to 5:00 PM

Tickets: $10 with student/staff ID
$ 65 general public

Available at Evergreen Bookstore or phone 360/867-5300

Sponsored by The Wonder Collective, an Evergreen Student Activities Club

Http://wondercollective.blogspot.com

Field Trip to Portland Chinese Garden and Chinatown

crowleyl — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:37:03 +0000

Field trip to Portand Chinese Garden & Chinatown, February 24, 2013

We will visit the Portland Lan Su Chinese Garden and its Chinatown this quarter. The field trip is scheduled for February 24, Sunday. Please save the date now! What can be expected during this winter quarter’s field trip:

10:00-4:00 Make a snake activity

11:00-12:00 Chinese children’s dance performance

12:00 Lion Dance performance

12:00-4:00 Calligraphy demonstrations in the Scholar’s Hall along with riddles

1:00 Portland Chinese School Yo Yo team performs

2:00 Lion Dance performance

3:00 Martial Arts performance by Portland Shaolin School

Between 11:00-4:00 You will have opportunity to check with the roving guides who will be available to answer questions about the Garden. Of course, we will have another chance to try out some delicious Chinese food, family style, in one of the local Chinese restaurants there by the Chinese Garden, and visit the Chinatown.

Please check out the links to this garden prior to the trip, so you can get a fuller experience: Lan Su Garden at http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org/

Chinese Moon Festival celebration

crowleyl — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:59:11 +0000

On Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 2:00 to 9:00 PM, a Chinese Moon Festival will be held at the Chinese Reconciliation Park, in Tacoma, Washington. We will have a field trip to visit this event in the afternoon of September 29, as well as visiting the Chinese Reconciliation park. See link for more information about the park.– http://www.cityoftacoma.org/Page.aspx?hid=16014 and http://www.tacomachinesepark.org/