This trip is now sold out! If you would like to be put on the wait list, please register ONLY BY USING THE ONLINE LINK. Join us on this fabulous trip. We will have curator-led tours of two extraordinary exhibitions at the Honolulu Museum of Art: Divine Disruption: The Art of Tsherin Sherpa, and Toshiko […]
In an age when cultural identities are increasingly fluid, Asia Reimagined invites you to explore how artists, ideas, and aesthetics have long transcended national boundaries and how the artistic soul, be it nomad or explorer, has responded with curiosity and vision. This 14-lecture series examines the ways that creative exchange has influenced both the makers […]
This course will introduce three key works by Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693), widely acclaimed as early-Tokugawa Japan’s greatest writer of fiction. The first lecture will outline the historical and cultural context of Saikaku’s stories and novels: the status-group system imposed by the Tokugawa regime; the rapid growth of cities in 17th-century Japan, the expansion of a […]
Southwest China and Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most diverse regions, with peoples from four major language families. The weaving traditions of this region are equally diverse and colorful and subsequently spread to other parts of Asia. Textile experts Chris Buckley and Serena Lee will introduce the region, using field photographs and outstanding […]
Thursday, Apr. 2, 2026 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday night hours Friday, Apr. 3, 2026 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 5, 2026 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free First Sunday At this year’s four-day event, thousands of books, including collector’s items, will be […]
Celebrate the coming of spring with fellow Society members at our Annual Spring Dinner at Saffron Kitchen, which serves Afghan and Mediterranean cuisine. Wine will be served before and during dinner. As we celebrate the coming of spring – Nowruz, and the Year of the Horse, we will dine on a unique cuisine and have […]
Kimi Hill will speak about her grandparents, Chiura and Haruko Obata. Chiura Obata is considered by many today as one of the foremost California landscape painters of the 20th century. His seminal work depicting the High Sierra was created nearly 100 years ago in 1927. Ikebana artist Haruko, one of the first teachers in the […]