Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection on view at Chinese American Museum (CAM) through May 30, 2010
(LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2009) Buried beneath the glittering facade of the world's most fabled industry beats the stories of an obscure chapter from Hollywood's golden past. On view beginning Oct. 24, 2009 through May 30, 2010, the Chinese American Museum (CAM) at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument will awaken these dormant stories in a new exhibition titled, Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection , based on the critically-acclaimed, award winning documentary, Hollywood Chinese (2007), by Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Arthur Dong.
Captured and interpreted through the lens of the Chinese American experience, Hollywood Chinese: The Arthur Dong Collection explores the rich yet largely unknown, century-deep history of Chinese American cinematic contributions, both in front of and behind the camera, while offering vivid depictions of how the Chinese have been imagined in Hollywood movies throughout the decades. A singular collection of classic and contemporary movie memorabilia including vintage movie posters, lobby cards, film stills, scripts, press materials and even a genuine Oscar statuette won by Chinese American Cinematographer, James Wong Howe, on loan courtesy of Don Lee, will be on public display. Arthur Dong serves as the guest curator for this exhibition.
"At the very heart of it, this exhibition is both a behind-the-scenes probe on the history...
Enter to Win a Trip for 2 Couples to the famed New Orleans Jazz Festival and your own set of the cult classic "Imitation of Life" just released by Universal Studios Home Video.
Considered one of the most acclaimed films of its time, Universal Studios Home Video is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the timeless classic by featuring both the original 1934 and 1959 versions on one disc.
A favorite of many, this is the first time ever that you can own the original 1934 version.
"Imitation of Life" - brought to life the reality of racial misogyny and the hidden conflicts that for many in America during this era, the ability to pass as white presented the opportunity for a better life. Timeless and still relevant today, Universal's "Urban Suite" DVD set is being introduced to a whole new generation.
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Astronaut Leroy Chiao's Space Blog
Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov picked up the pace of scientific, maintenance and familiarization activities aboard the International Space Station this week.
A highlight of the weeks scientific activities was work with an advanced diagnostic method that could be important to medical care of future crewmembers on long spaceflights. It also could improve medical care in remote areas and emergency medical care on Earth.
On Tuesday, Election Day, Chiao talked with reporters from Fox News and Associated Press. The conversations focused on Chiao having become the first person in space to vote in a U.S. presidential election when he cast his ballot by e-mail Oct. 31.
Next Monday Chiao and Sharipov will carry out proficiency training in operating the Space Station robotic arm, Canadarm2. To practice their work with the arm, the crew will maneuver the arm to provide camera views of an area of interest on the U.S. Lab module's exterior debris shielding. The area may be a shadow or possibly a dent in the shielding. The area has been observed in previous imagery taken during a Space Shuttle flight several years ago. On Friday the crew will operate the arm again to position its cameras in a prime viewing location for the relocation of the Soyuz by the crew later this month.
Information on the crew's activities aboard the Space Station, future launch dates, as well as Station sighting opportunities from anywhere on...
Art of the Samurai on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Through January 2010
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's ambitious major loan exhibition Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 brings together 214 masterpieces, including 34 National Treasures, 64 Important Cultural Properties, and six Important Art objects, a number of which have never traveled outside Japan. Featuring the finest examples of armor, swords, sword fittings and mountings, archery and equestrian equipment, banners, surcoats, and related accessories of rank, as well as painted screens and scrolls depicting samurai warriors, the exhibition explores the greatest achievements of this unique facet of Japanese art. Masterpieces on view will include an exceptional 12th-century blade called kanehira that is known as the greatest of all Japanese swords, and a striking armor with helmetadorned by a crescent more than 30 inches longworn by Date Masamune, one of Japan's legendary warriors. Drawn exclusively from more than 60 public and private collections in Japan, this is the most comprehensive exhibition of Japanese arms and armor ever to take place in the world. Approximately 60 objects will be rotated into the exhibition during the first week of December.
Morihiro Ogawa, the exhibition's curator, and Special Consultant for Japanese Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Arms and Armor, stated: "Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 has been more than 10...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri headlines panels, talks, and readings; day-long series explores internments past and present
and whether the Asian American experience is reflected in contemporary culture on November 14.
This weekend, the Asian American Writers Workshop AAWW is presenting PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Literary Festival, an unprecedented two-day literary-palooza that brings together over forty writers, including Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Ondaatje, and David Henry Hwang. Taking place November 13-14, the Festival will encompass the broad territories that contemporary Asian American literature covers today.
PAGE TURNER combines quirky art events with investigations in politics and Asian American identity, and invites audience members to come sip cocktails with renowned writers, listen to a Chinese rocket factory worker, watch poets making video art, hear ukulele-strumming comedian Jen Kwok, visit a reading of Indian crime fiction, and attend panels on Asian American representation and the internment experiences of both Japanese Americans and post-9/11 South Asians.
The first of its kind in the nation, the Festival launches with a gala dinner tonight at the restaurant titled At Vermilion, where legendary literary figure Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Alfred A. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, will be honored with the 2009 The Asian American Writers' Workshop's Lifetime Achievement Award. Booker Prize-winning Sri Lankan Canadian writer...