Step back in time with David Lei, who will share more stories and unknown lore of Chinatown. We will meander through this densely populated and bustling neighborhood on foot, and stop at various intriguing and lesser-known locations.
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When:
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Instructor:
David Lei
When:
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Instructor:
Kip Cranna
The music world is eagerly anticipating the premiere for the new opera The Monkey King. Based on the famouns 16th-century Chinese novel, this opera features fabulous costumes, puppetry and dance as well as exciting music by Chinese American composer Huang Ruo and a libretto by the famous playwright David Henry Hwang.
As an Asian culture enthusiast, you can learn more about this captivating production and the speaker, Kip Cranna is the perfect person to explain the historical and literaty background as well as the plot, music, and libretto of this production with video and audio examples.
