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Past Events: California
Using the upcoming Getty exhibition Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road as a classroom, this free workshop will help K-12 educators from diverse fields enhance their teaching on China.
Obon is a Buddhist observance that was originally observed in Mahayana Buddhist countries, including China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Obon season is a time to express our gratitude to loved ones who have passed on before us.
The danger is palpable as filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal.
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive presents an exhibition of Buddhist art from Nepal and Tibet.
Silicon Dragon presents its second annual Los Angeles conference.
Pure summer magic: the astonishing Yuja Wang plays jazzy classics by Ravel and Gershwin conducted by Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel.
Ms. Sara Velas, President of the International Panorama Council will present a lecture as an overview of 20th & 21st century panoramas in Asia, with a focus on the panoramas of China. Enjoy the gardens and exhibits of the Velaslavasay Panorama before and after this lecture. Ambient Folk & Classical Chinese music will be performed in the garden after the presentation by musician Susien Cheng.
The Getty Center hosts a discussion with renown composer Tan Dun following a performance inspired by Dunhuang.
Author and Art Deco Society of California Preservation Director Therese Poletti will give an illustrated presentation on Chinese motifs as a form of exotica in architecture and design in the Golden State.
Gustavo Dudamel launches the Bowl’s classical season with the passionate glories of Tchaikovsky – joined by superstar pianist Lang Lang – and the Russian drama of Rimsky-Korsakov.