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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2010
Unless otherwise noted, all classes and programs are held at Crane House. For program details, fees and reservations, Call 502-635-2240 or administration@cranehouse.org
Programs & Events 2010
| Date | Time | What | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21 | 6:00p | Angel Island | Crane House |
| 7/12-30 | 8:30a-1:30p | StarTalk | Ballard High School |
Let’s Chat: Mandarin
Tuesdays through August – beginning July 13, 6 – 7p
Admission is free
Gather with others every Tuesday evening to practice and/or improve your Mandarin language skills. No lesson plans, no rigid structure, just a fun and relaxed environment where you can use it before you lose it. You don’t have to be fluent to attend but you should know a few words of Mandarin.
Angel Island
Wednesday, July 21, 6p
Admission is free
Join us for a discussion on the history of Chinese immigration to the United States and the importance of the U.S. Immigration Station Angel Island, CA. Presented by Angel Island docents Joe and Elizabeth Chan. Presented at Crane House.
Eliz Chan was born into a Louisville Chinese laundry family. She graduated from DuPont Manual High School and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Louisville and her Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Joe Chan was born into a Hoosier Chinese restaurant family. After graduating from Muncie Central High School, he earned his BA in Social Service from Indiana University and an MA in Management from Webster College. Joe served thirty years in the US Air Force as a pilot, instructor, international affairs officer, squadron commander, and air attaché.
Find out more about Angel Island at http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468 or http://www.aiisf.org
Second Annual Asia Business & Economics Summit
Thursday, July 22, 8a
Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald
3500 PNC Tower, 101 S. Fifth St.
Tickets are $75
Please reserve today by contacting WAC at
502-561-5422 or vbersig@worldkentucky.org or register online by clicking HERE
Cook’s Kitchen with Surekha Kulkarni
Saturday, August 28, 6:30p
Admission is $85/$75 for Crane House members
Discover Indian flavors with Surekha as she guides you through the fundamentals of Indian cuisine, ingredients, techniques and recipes for a truly special, memorable and unique evening out.
Recipes are often handed down through generations and guarded as closely as one's jewels. Cooks undergo training without any set curriculum but based on improvisation and the very Indian way of living in the moment. Recipes often change with every little detail of one's life.
From healthy and delicious classics to Indian inspired adaptations, Surekha's recipes use wholesome and natural ingredients and fresh local & organic ingredients, wherever possible, with the primary flavors coming from fragrant spices and fresh herbs.
Bring your appetite and enjoy a fun filled evening! This is an exclusive event limited to 8 people. To purchase a seat, call 502.635.2240.
Beginner & Intermediate Tai Chi Classes
Tuesday, September 7 – November 9
Beginner Class, 6:15 – 7:15p
Intermediate Class, 7:30 – 8:30p
$100/$90 members
Master Yong You will lead students through a 10-week session of Yang style 16-movement form of Tai Chi. In the Basic Movement session, students will learn the individual movements, which are then sequenced together in the Intermediate session. To order by credit card, call 502.635.2240 or mail your check to Crane House, 1244 S. Third St, Louisville, KY 40203. Please specify the class level.
Japanese Beginner and Intermediate Language Classes
Monday, September 27 - November 29
Beginner Class, 5:30 – 6:30p
Intermediate Class, 6:30 – 7:30p
$175/$135 members
Mandarin Chinese Beginner and Intermediate Language Classes
Wednesday, August 25 – November 24
Beginner Class, 5:30 – 6:30p
Intermediate Class, 6:30 – 7:30p
$240/$200 members
Asian Film Series
September 10 – 30
Village 8 Theaters
Crane House brings six of Asia’s best films for their Louisville premier during the 11th annual Asian Film Series. Cosponsored by Apex Theatres.
The Louisville Tai Chi and Qigong Day
Saturday, Sept 11, 9a - 1:30p
U of L Humana Gym, 2301 Bradley Ave, Louisville, KY 40217
Admission is free
There will be two group practices (9:20am - 10:00am) and demonstrations (10:00am - 12:00pm). Sponsored by Kentucky Tai Chi Chuan Center, Yong You and Crane House, The Asia Institute, Inc.
UK Lecture Series: Revolutionizing Antiquity
Wednesday, September 22, 6p
Lecture admission is free
University of Kentucky Dept of History Asst Professor, Denise Ho will speak on Revolutionizing Antiquity: Shanghai Cultural Bureaucracy in the Cultural Revolution. Ho will examine the response of Shanghai’s cultural bureaucracy during the Attack on the Four Olds, the Red Guard repudiation of old culture launched in the early years of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). It focuses on how local officials, acting in a space created by the Central Cultural Revolution Group and the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee, acted to control the damage wrought by the political campaign and justified their activities by adapting the rhetoric of revolution. This program will be presented at Crane House. Cosponsored by the UK Alumni Association.
Eat & Learn Program
Tuesday, September 28, 6p
Bombay Grill, 214 N. Hurstbourne Pkwy
Admission is $35/$30 CH members
Join us for an evening of authentic Indian cuisine and a talk with entrepreneur Deepak "D.T." Tiwari. Learn how D.T. managed to immigrate to Louisville from India with his family and very little else to becoming one of Louisville’s top business owners. To reserve your spot with a credit card, call 502.635.2240.
Chrysanthemum Festival
Saturday, October 16, 11a – 4p
Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture Garden, Utica, Indiana
Held amongst the beautiful gardens of Hidden Hill in Utica, Indiana, the festival celebrates a day of family fun with Asian themed hands-on activities, games, storytelling, demonstrations, talks, tours and performances.
UK Lecture Series: Japanese Artists in 1920s Paris
October 14, 6p
Admission is free
Douglas Slaymaker, Director of Japanese Studies Program at the University of Kentucky will present a fascinating look at the influence of the “lost generation” and the central role that Paris occupied in the Japanese imagination. Japanese artists travelled to Paris in the 1920s for the same reasons as others: it was the most exciting city in the world, it was a refuge from a constricting society at home, and it was the city for art. Slaymaker will look to the imagery produced by painter Fujita Tsuguharu (1886-1968) and that of poet and painter Kaneko Mitsuharu (1895-1975) to think about the Parisian experience of Japanese in the interwar years. What does it mean to be Japanese; what does it mean to be Japanese in Paris? are among the questions to be considered. This program will be presented at Crane House. Cosponsored by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association.
Trans-Planted Memory: A Play About Shanghai Jews During WWII
Thursday, October 21, 6p
Admission is free
David Y. Chack, Chicago-based theatre producer, adjunct professor, writer, and part-time Louisville resident has been developing this production with playwright William Huizhou Sun and artistic director Jeffrey Sichel of UNESCO ITI. Mr. Chack will present a staged reading of the play and speak about the history and production of the play.
Due to the impending Holocaust, over 20,000 Jews from Europe escaped to Shanghai. It is in Shanghai that these Jews transplanted their Jewish lives amidst the Chinese and Japanese. The fictionalized play North Bank, Suzhou Creek, being developed with the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, provides a historic touchstone and dramatic account of this phenomenal tale of Jews, Japanese, and Chinese under extraordinary conditions. Centering on a Jewish father and daughter who own and operate a popular restaurant in the Jewish Quarter of Shanghai during the Second World War, they must confront the evil and love that fatally bring them to this unique moment and place. Framed within the culture and songs of the time in China, America, German, European and Yiddish culture – the play crafts an inter-cultural portrayal and the results of the costs of survival.
Sebastian Moh Exhibition
October 28, 6p - Member Opening Reception
October 29 - Public Opening
Referencing his Malaysian heritage, local potter Sebastian Moh’s artwork is a fusion of Asian form and color in an intimate scale. Created for everyday use, his beautiful pottery straddles the line between meditative object and functional item. This exhibition showcases his most recent body of work.
UK Lecture Series: Cultures of the Cold War in China and East Germany
November 4, 6p
Admission is free
University of Kentucky Asst. Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture, Liang Luo will discuss the rhetoric of identity “remolding” which occurred in composer Hanns Eisler, playwright Bertolt Brecht, Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens and Chinese writer Tian Han. Similar to the trio of Ivens, Brecht, and Eisler, who worked in East Germany in the 1950s, Chinese writer Tian Han was inside the Communist camp at the height of the Cold War in Beijing. On the one hand, he, like his Germanic contemporaries, had denounced his formalistic past; on the other, both Ivens’ films and Tian’s operas produced at the height of the Cold War were also poetic and lyrical, and both follow their engagements with similar subjects in their previous works: the river as containers of life, culture, and movement; and the image of strong-willed and bodied women as social agents. Co-sponsored by the UK Alumni Association.
Crane House Holiday Art Fair
Saturday, December 4, 10a – 4p
Admission is free
Some of Louisville’s most talented artists come together to offer you a festive holiday shopping experience. You’ll get one of a kind, artistic and unique gifts without breaking your budget. There will also be hands-on activities for the kids and refreshments available.