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<\/a><\/p>\nLUNAR NEW YEAR PRESS CONFERENCE – Wed, Jan 30, 2013, 11:30am
\nFlushing Town Hall Executive Director Ellen Kodadek joins local officials, the Flushing Town Hall Board of Directors, and the greater Queens community to kick-off a month-long Lunar New Year Celebration. Ms. Susan Yu, Director of the Taipei Cultural Center, will introduce guests to the history of New Year Prints, a venerable form of Chinese folk art. On loan from the Taipei Cultural Center, the exhibition showcases winning works from the past three years of Taiwan\u2019s New Year Prints Contest.<\/p>\n
Elected Officials, Sponsors and Guests attending Press Conference:
\nHonorable Ronald Kim, NYS Assembly
\nHon. Peter Koo, New York City Council
\nMs. Mabel Law, Office of Hon. John Liu, New York City Comptroller
\nMr. Don Capalbi, Office of Congresswoman Grace Meng
\nMs. Minwen Yang, Office of State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
\nMr. Kevin Ryan, Office of Hon. Dan Halloran, New York City Council
\nMs. Susan Yu, Director of Taipei Cultural Center \u2013 TECO – NYC
\nMs. Patricia Mezeul, Senior V.P., Director of Government Banking, Flushing Bank
\nMr. Nelson Lee, Branch Manager, Flushing Bank
\nMs. Veronica Tsang, Senior V.P. Cathay Bank
\nMs. Tai Wang, Co-Founder of WAC Lighting Company
\nMaster Guang-Guo Shih, Director of Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society<\/p>\n
LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS:
\nCONCERT: MOMENTA QUARTET WITH GUEST MIN XIAO FEN
\nSUN, FEB 3, 3 pm
\n$15\/$10 Members, Seniors and Students with ID
\nThe Momenta Quartet\u2019s concert at Flushing Town Hall will feature an afternoon of Debussy, a quartet by Jason Hwang, and a Tan Dun pipa concerto by special guest, acclaimed pipa virtuoso Min Xiao Fen.
\nEXHIBITION: CHINESE NEW YEAR PRINTS
\nSUN, FEB 10 – SUN, MAR 10
\nOPENING RECEPTION: SUN, FEB 10, 2:30 PM
\nSuggested Admission: $5\/Members Free
\nThis exhibition showcases winning works from the past three years of Taiwan\u2019s New Year Prints Contest, as well as commissioned works.<\/p>\n
DANCE: LUNAR NEW YEAR DANCE SAMPLER
\nSUN, FEB 10, 1 PM, FREE
\nAnnual Favorite! A sampler of spectacular dance performances from China, Korea, Taiwan, and more\u2026 Presented by the NY Institute of Culture & the Arts, curated by Dr. Hsing Lih Chou.<\/p>\n
CLASSICAL MUSIC: IN FOREIGN LANDS – FREDERIC CHIU
\nSAT, FEB 16, $12\/$10 Members\/$8 Children\/$6 Member Children, 2:15 PM
\nChiu performs the music of Chopin, Liszt and Prokofiev relating to travel and nostalgia for one\u2019s homeland, followed by the works of Chinese composer Gao Ping and French composers Debussy and Ravel; integrated with Classic Chinese poetry from the Tang and Song dynasties, performed by Dr. Chou.<\/p>\n
FAMILY WORKSHOP: LUNAR NEW YEAR PRINT MAKING
\nSUNDAYS, FEB 24 and MAR 3, 1 PM
\n$10\/$8 Members and Children
\nThis printmaking workshop allows hands-on experience, and to learn to appreciate the beauty of prints and to understand the culture of Chinese New Year Prints.<\/p>\n
FAMILY WORKSHOP: LUNAR LANTERN MAKING
\nSUN, MAR 3, 5 pm
\n$10\/$8 Members and Children
\nLearn how to make a beautiful paper lotus lantern!<\/p>\n
LIVE FROM THE POEMOBILE: A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
\nSUN, MAR 3, 6:30 PM, FREE
\nCelebrate the Lunar New Year with Chinese poetry by Dr. Hsing-Lih Chou and the POEMobile (sponsored by Bowery Arts + Science and City Lore). Performances will be accompanied by projections of the poems in the original Chinese texts and English language translations onto Flushing Town Hall\u2019s facade. Fun for the whole family!<\/p>\n
Located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in Flushing, a block and half east of Main Street, FTH is accessible by subway and bus; we offer free parking for our patrons. For tickets and information, visit: www.flushingtownhall.org, or call the Box Office: (718) 463-7700, ext. 222. For press inquiries and photos contact David Bromley at dbromley@flushingtownhall.org and by phone at 718.463.7700 x244.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Workshops. Free to low cost events! To shine the spotlight on The Year of the Snake, Flushing Town Hall hosts a month long celebration of dance, music, interactive workshops and the visual arts,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26777,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774\/revisions\/26777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}