{"id":50824,"date":"2015-02-19T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50824"},"modified":"2015-02-03T15:27:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:27:32","slug":"celebrating-2015-lunar-new-year-%e2%80%9cseol%e2%80%9d-at-poet%e2%80%99s-den-theater-in-east-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50824","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 2015 Lunar New Year \u201cSeol\u201d at Poet\u2019s Den Theater in East Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>02\/19\/2015 8pm<br \/>\nPoet\u2019s Den Theater and Gallery<br \/>\n309 E 108th St, New York, NY 10029<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Poster_Seol-FINAL.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[50824]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Poster_Seol-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn an effort to promote cultural exchange and harmony in increasingly diverse community in Harlem, East Harlem Presents and Koreanflute.com, with sponsorship from Arts Council Korea will host 2015 Lunar New Year \u201cSeol\u201d festival at the Poet\u2019s Den Theater and Gallery, a performance and exhibition venue at the heart of the second Harlem Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>This cultural event (Feb 19) will showcase both art and music, kicking off with the opening reception for \u201cKey to the Universe\u201d, a collection of \u201cOM\u201d mandala paintings by artist and visionary Hee Sung Lee (www.om-artstudio). Famous Indian poet and art critic Keshav Malik once described Lee\u2019s kaleidoscopic play on sacred Sanskrit letter \u201cOM\u201d (\u0950); \u201clike a play on one syllable in grandiose classical vocal music, putting us in trance.\u201d At this show, Lee will introduce her \u201cTurtle\u201d paintings for the first time. Turtle or Tortoise is widely used in Korean and Chinese culture as a symbol for longevity and prosperity. Lee\u2019s turtles carry the universe and its creative and regenerative energy on their backs, bringing auspicious New Year to the viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The evening will close with concert by renowned Daegeum(Korean big bamboo flute) and Sogeum(Korean small bamboo flute) player Han Chung Eun and his band \u201cThe Forest.\u201d Han is the 2013 recipient of KBS Gukak Award, a prestigious national award given to those with distinguished contribution to Korea\u2019s traditional music and performing arts. Han performed for Korea\u2019s first woman President, Park Geun Hye at her historic inauguration, and at the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Han returns to the Poet\u2019s Den after his popular \u201cStarlight Forest\u201d concert in NYC last summer. Han created uniquely beautiful and energetic program celebrating the New Year and Harlem\u2019s colorful and diverse heritage and history through fusion of Jazz and Blues with traditional and contemporary music of Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, \u201cKey to the Universe,\u201d will feature spiritual mandala paintings by artist and visionary Hee Sung Lee. Lee will premier her \u201cTurtle\u201d series for the first time, a perfect start for the new year as Turtle or Tortoise is symbol of longevity and prosperity in many Asian culture. (February 19th ~ March 5th)<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanculture.org\/?document_srl=548605\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.koreanculture.org\/?document_srl=548605<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02\/19\/2015 8pm Poet\u2019s Den Theater and Gallery 309 E 108th St, New York, NY 10029<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50824","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50928,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50824\/revisions\/50928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}