Center for Asian Studies Speaker Series: "Puppets: A Live Wayang Golek"
When: Fri. Sept. 16, 5 pm
Where: Outdoors on the CU-Boulder Norlin Quad
Cost: Free
Indonesian puppet performance by Kathy Foley & I Made Lasmawan, a master Balinese drummer and composer. Sunda/West Java Sunda is the culturally rich region of West Java which covers the western third of the Indonesian island of Java. The mountainous region of Priangan ("abode of the gods") with its capital of Bandung is currently a major industrial and economic area of Indonesia. It is inhabited by ethnic Sundanese who are culturally and linguistically differentiated from the Javanese who live in other parts of the island. Wayang puppetry and gamelan, as they are currently performed in Sunda are influenced by the older Cirebonese traditions, but all the arts are re-interpreted with the more democratic and down-to-earth worldview of the highlands. Modern times have seen great artistic resurgence and creativity in Sunda, especially around the city of Bandung. The lively percussion of the drum. The smaller gamelan ensemble using a selendro scale for the Hindu-based stories, and humorous approach to the material reflect a Sundanese world. Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu; http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
When: Fri. Sept. 16, 6 pm
Where: Empress Seafood Chinese Restaurant, 2825 W. Alameda Ave., Denver
Cost: $20 per person
Come celebrate Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with OCA Colorado, 10-course gourmet dinner from Empress Seafood restaurant plus karaoke. RSVP or Questions: Please call Hing Ryder @303-241-4203 or email OCAColorado@gmail.com by September 9.
Rashomon
When: Fridays-Saturdays 7:30 pm, Sundays 2 pm through Oct. 9
Where: Aurora Fox Theater, 9900 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora
Cost: Adult $24, Seniors $20, Child $12
RASHOMON (based on the stories of Ryunokuke Akutagawa) is a study in perception and deception. The audience will be challenged to uncover the truth as four people give different accounts of the same crime. When a man is murdered and his wife is assaulted by a roving bandit, a beguiling mystery begins to unfold. Brimming with action and secrets, Rashomon is a 12th Century Japanese crime drama about the quest for justice and the complexities of human nature. Join the Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership (and family/friends) @ $18/person (vs. $24). Call the Aurora Fox, (303) 739-1970, to reserve your tickets. Remember to mention that you're joining the Partnership for this particular evening. Come early for socializing in the lobby (cash bar). www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/season/Rashomon.htm
The Yi Jing: Divination and Prophecy with Ken Cohen
When: Sat. Sept. 17, 10 am-1 pm
Where: Academy of Chinese Martial and Cultural Arts 1750 38th Street, Boulder
Cost: Free ($10 tax-deductible donation requested)
The Yi Jing (or I Ch'ing), the Classic of Change, written more than 2,000 years ago, is the world's only spiritual classic devoted to the theme of change itself. After introducing the history and philosophy of the text, we will explore it as a tool for self-understanding and divination. We will also learn how to use the book in conjunction with a simple toss of coins or the observation of omens in nature (Plum Blossom Numerology) to predict likely futures and answer "big questions", such as those that concern life purpose, relationships, and health. Most importantly, studying the Yi Jing helps us sense the changing river of life and either ride gracefully with the current or gently redirect its flow to create more peace and harmony in our lives. Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is a China scholar, Qigong master, and practicing Taoist, with more than 40 years experience in the Yi Jing. He is the author of "The Way of Qigong" (Ballantine Books) and "Taoism: Essential Teachings of the Way and Its Power" (Sounds True audio). Contact: info@academychinesearts.org, 303.507.3800.
Speaker Ziwang Xu: Can We Help Each Other? Leadership in the 21st Century
When: Mon. Sept. 19, 5:30 pm reception, 6:30 pm program
Where: Springs Orleans - 123 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
Cost: $18/members; $25/non-members
The U.S.-China relationship may be the most strategically important one in the 21st Century. Can only one of us lead? Can we lead together? What is the future of that relationship? Mr. Xu is the founder and chairman of CXC Capital Inc and CXC China Sustainable Growth Fund. Previously, he was a Goldman Sachs Group Partner and its China head for almost 10 years, before becoming an advisor. Before that, he was a principal at Morgan Stanley, responsible for building its China office and also a senior banker at the China Construction Bank (CCB). Mr. Xu sits on the board of GuangCai 49 Group, a chamber of commerce for leading Chinese entrepreneurs and is an independent board director of Synthesis Energy Systems (SYMX) amongst his many board members. He also advises Clayton Dubilier & Rice on China matters. Mr. Xu is a member of Shanghai Comprehensive Economy Studies Council and a council member of Shanghai International Cultural Exchange. He is also a co-founder and chairman of the board of trustees of Xi Wai International School, a bilingual K-12 school in Shanghai. Mr. Xu holds degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and from Fudan University, and studied at Harvard Business School. RSVP by Sept. 14th - www.csworldaffairs.org
CAS Speaker Series Event: "On Translating Japanese Fiction, Old and New"
When: Tues. Sept. 20, 5 pm
Where: University of Colorado - Boulder, Humanities 250
Cost: Free
Talk by Anthony Chambers, Professor of Japanese, Arizona State University. Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu;http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Lecture: Textile Arts of the Golden Triangle
When: Wed. Sept. 21, 12 pm
Where: Denver Art Museum, North Building, Lower Level Lecture Room, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., (13th Ave., between Broadway & Bannock)
Cost: Free to association members; $5.00 to students, teachers and DAM staff; $10.00 others
Lecture by Joyce Herold. Parking: Museum Cultural Complex Garage (access via 12th Ave., just west of Broadway). Reservations recommended: Call (720) 913-0040 or emailblittle@denverartmuseum.org. For more information: http://www.asianartassociation.org/news/index.html
CAS Speaker Series Event: "English as 'Other' : Tanizaki's View"
When: Wed. Sept. 21, 5 pm
Where: University of Colorado - Boulder, Humanities 250
Cost: Free
Talk by Anthony Chambers, Professor of Japanese, Arizona State University. Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu;http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Asian Chamber panel discussion: "Connecting Non-Profits"
When: Wed. Sept. 21, Registration - 5:30; Symposium - 6-8 pm, followed by networking
Where: Olinger Crown Hill Community Room (building facing west side of the parking lot), 7777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge
Cost: Free
Please join us for an informational symposium on building sustainable relationships between non-profits and businesses. In the current economy, the ACC recognizes the benefit in connecting businesses and non-profits and that value to the community. As a business, learn how to "get your business out into the community" a different way to advertise and connect to a target audience. As a non-profit, learn how to ask for sponsorships, donations, in kind and grant opportunities. There is no charge for this event, although RSVPs are encouraged to ensure seating and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to the ACC office by September 19th - (303) 595-9737 or asiancc@rmi.net - For more information, visit www.asianchambercommerce.org
CAS Speaker Series Event: "Sporting Friendship in Sino-American Relations - Hitting a Home Run across the Pacific: Major League Baseball in East Asia"
When: Thurs. Sept. 22, 10 am-noon
Where: University of Colorado - 1416 Broadway, Boulder (Old Main Chapel)
Cost: Free
"Hitting a Home Run across the Pacific: Major League Baseball in East Asia," a lecture by Jim Small of Major League Baseball, Asia. A roundtable discussion entitled "Strategy and Security: Sports in Sino-American Relations" will follow. Panelists include: Tim Oakes (CU-Boulder), Tim Weston (CU-Boulder), Tom Zeiler (CU-Boulder), and Steve Thomas (UCD). Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu; http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Leadership 101: Public Speaking & Leading in a Multi-Generational Workplace
When: Sat. Sept. 24, 8 am-3 pm
Where: Daniels Fund, 101 Monroe Street Denver
Cost: Free to NAAAP members and students w/ ID, $10 non-members
Colorado chapter of NAAAP invites you to attend a leadership workshop. One session will be about Public Speaking with Krystal Than, HR Manager at Walmart in Colorado, and a second session will be a panel discussion, Leading in a Multi-Generational Workplace. Register online atwww.naaapcolorado.org
Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple Rummage Sale
When: Sun. Sept. 25, 8 am-3 pm
Where: 1947 Lawrence Street Denver parking lot
Cost: Bring cash for great deals
Denver-Kunming Trade Talks Conference
When: Mon. Sept. 26, 8:30 am-1:30 pm
Where: University of Denver, Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management
Cost: Free
Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Denver-Kunming Sister City Relationship!
We are pleased to welcome an honored delegation of business and government leaders from Kunming, China in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Denver-Kunming Sister City relationship. Join us for a trade talk conference where a number of speakers from Denver and Kunming will discuss trade opportunities between the two regions. In the evening we will celebrate the anniversary with a reception at the "official residence of the mayor," CableLand (minimum donation of $30/person). See separate event registration for the evening event:
http://www.rmwtci.org/eventseventId=374511&EventViewMode=EventDetails
CAS Brown Bag Event: "From the Havens to the Markets: State, Development and the Mediation of Nature in Northwest China"
When: Thurs. Sept. 29, 12 pm
Where: University of Colorado - Boulder, 1424 Broadway Street, the new CAS office building
Cost: Free
Talk by Afton Clark-Sather, Ph.D. student, Department of Geography. Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu; http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Jackson/Ho China Forum: "China's Foreign Relations since the Financial Crisis"
When: Thurs. Sept. 29, 5-6:30 pm
Where: Denver University Renaissance Room of Mary Reed building
Cost: Free
Thomas J. Christensen is William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University. From 2006-2008 he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs with responsibility for relations with China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. His research and teaching focus on China's foreign relations, the international relations of East Asia, and international security. Before arriving at Princeton in 2003, he taught at Cornell University and MIT. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the Brookings Institution. In 2002 he was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of State. This event is free and open to the public. Wine and cheese will be served. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by email to ccusc@du.edu or call 303.871.4474 no later than September 23.
Instruction in Ba Gua Quan (an Internal Chinese Martial System): A Workshop by He Jin Bao
When: Thurs. Sept. 29-Sun. Oct 2, 8 am to 6 pm with a break for lunch each day
Where: Academy of Chinese Martial and Cultural Arts, 1750 38th Street, Boulder
Cost: Contact for more information
Yin Style Ba Gua is an art of striking while moving. It employs kicking, throwing and grasping techniques which are set up by strikes executed as the practitioner moves around the opponent in a circular fashion. This workshop will focus on the foundation of the Phoenix System and will include instruction in a great variety of techniques and applications ranging from Phoenix Posture and Circle Turning/Basic Direction Changing Training to the Monkey Form. He Jin Bao is the lineage carrier for the Yin Style of Ba Gua Zhang and will be visiting from Beijing. For additional information concerning location, costs and registration, contact Jack Schaefer at: 303.667.4338 or jack.schaefer@yinstylebaguazhang.com
OCTOBER
"Bird's Nest: Herzog and de Meuron in China"
When: Sat. Oct. 1, 2 pm
Where: Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver
Cost: Denver Film Society members: $7, Non-members: $9.75, Non-members, matinee: $8, Students (with ID): $7.25, Seniors (62+): $7.25
Post-screening Q&A to follow with China-based architect Scott Findley, Design Partner with 10 Design. Continuing Education credit available for AIA members. Many events for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place in the brand new, 100,000-seat National Stadium. Design plans for this massive structure began in 2003, when Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were selected by the Chinese government to design the new stadium, which because of its curved steel-net walls was soon dubbed by locals as the "bird's nest." BIRD'S NEST chronicles this five-year effort, as well as Herzog and de Meuron's design for a new city district in Jinhua, involving hotels, office and residential buildings. Both projects involved complex and often difficult negotiations and communications between two cultures, two architectural traditions and two political systems. Herzog and de Meuron, the Basle-based architects, find themselves working with China's largest state construction company, Chinese artist and architect Ai Wei Wei, lawyers, and countless government bureaucrats. For ticket information, see "Bird's Nest" at the Denver Film Society's web site:
http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=24153
CAS Speaker Series Event: "Symposium on Contemporary Korean Art and Culture"
When: Sat. Oct. 1, 2 pm
Where: University of Colorado - Boulder, ATLAS building room 1000
Cost: Free
In conjunction with the exhibition "Image Clash: Contemporary Korean Video Art." Center for Asian Studies (CAS) - information and events:
casevent@colorado.edu;http://cas.colorado.edu/index.php/events-list
Masakazu Ito Solo Classical Guitar - Japan Benefit
When: Sun. Oct. 2, 2:30 pm
Where: Newman Center for Performing Arts, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver
Cost: $10, $25, $40 and $100 for VIP tickets
This concert will benefit the Quake Victims in Japan, and all proceeds will go to Japan Red Cross. The tickets are on sale right now through this link. The VIP tickets will get you into the post-concert dessert reception with Japanese Consul General in Denver in attendance, and he will graciously give us a brief speech. More information at www.masakazuito.com
Republic of China on Taiwan's Double Ten Centennial Celebration Banquet
When: Sat. Oct. 8, 11:30 am-2 pm
Where: Marriott DTC, 4900 So. Syracuse St., Denver
Cost: $30/adult; $20/seniors & students (ages 13-24); $10/children (ages 4-12) - Formal Attire
The Double-Ten Celebration is the national day of the Republic of China and celebrates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China and establishment of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912. Please RSVP by Friday, September 30, 2011 (dinghsu@aol.com)
CDBF Asian Game Night
When: Fri. Oct. 14, 5:30-9 pm
Where: Kings Land Seafood Restaurant, 2200 West Alameda Ave, Denver
Cost: $50
Please join us for a fun and unique celebration of Asian Pacific American culture with games (Mahjong, Go, Hanafuda, to name a few) entertainment, fortune-telling and a delicious multi-course meal. Purchase tickets by October 7th as space is limited. More information and reservations at http://www.cdbf.org/support/cdbf-asian-game-night-oct-14/.
JASC Harvest Moon Festival Opening Night
When: Fri. Oct. 14, 6-9 pm
Where: Eron Johnson Antiques, 389 S. Lipan Street, Denver
Cost: $90 members, $100 non-members
Join the Japan America Society of Colorado for an exclusive, intimate evening of Japanese culture, art and cuisine at the inaugural JASC Harvest Moon Festival. Enjoy sushi and other Japanese dishes from Sushi-Den and a private showing of fine antiques before they are made public the following day. In addition, you will be treated to a mix of modern and traditional Japan, with a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, ikebana displays and bonsai demonstrations. Japanese art and antiques will be up for sale and auction, and a variety of kimono will be modeled. Your ticket for Friday will entitle you to participate in Saturday's portion of the Harvest Moon Festival, as well-which will include talks from a number of experts, antiques, crafts, Cosplay, manga, and a taiko concert! Click to the
Evite to RSVP. http://jascolorado.org for more information.
