Foundation honors New England public art
The New England Foundation for the Arts recognized Silvia López Chavez and Kate Gilbert with the Newell Flather Awards for Leadership in Public Art on March 5 at the Four Seasons Hotel. (Image courtesy of Anqi Zhang.) “This is a very special evening and I’m thrilled to celebrate with all of you. NEFA acknowledges that the ground on which we are celebrating is the traditional lands of the Massachusetts.” said Ann Smith, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) board […]
Light installation at Chinatown park seeks public input
Artist Yu-wen Wu sought public input for her light installation at the Chinatown Gate on Feb. 6 at the Pao Arts Center. (Image courtesy of Mandy Sun. ) Artist Yu-Wen Wu hosted a community listening session Feb. 6 at the Pao Arts Center on her upcoming light installation at Chin Park. Wu is a local artist who emigrated from Taiwan. Her artwork examines displacement, immigration and identity. Wu was selected by a jury of Chinatown community members to create a […]
Filmmaker Valerie Soe talks about documentary ‘Love Boat’ and young Taiwanese American love
Taiwanese American filmmaker Valerie Soe spoke about her documentary “Love Boat: Taiwan” with ArtsEmerson’s Susan Chinsen Feb. 14 at the Paramount Center. (Image courtesy of Yanxuan Li.) Taiwanese American filmmaker Valerie Soe attended a screening of her documentary Feb. 14 at the ArtsEmerson Paramount Center. “Love Boat: Taiwan” depicts a half-century-long study tour program, organized by Taiwan’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission and the China Youth Corps. Launched in 1967, “love boat” brought more than 1,000 Taiwanese and Chinese American youth […]
Playwrights Kit Yan and Melissa Li share six decades of stories of Boston’s Chinatown
Kit Yan and Melissa Li performed songs from their pop-rock musical “Interstate” Feb. 5 at the Pao Arts Center. The two are developing a work on Boston’s Chinatown as a collaboration between Company One Theatre and the Pao Arts Center. (Image courtesy of Ling-Mei Wong.) A multigenerational multicultural group of community citizens gathered Feb. 5 at the Pao Arts Center. Some arrived hungry, but after good food, music and company, many left with their tummies and hearts full. They gathered […]
Youth Voices: Procrastination
By Tiffany Du Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock the clock goes ticking away. The room shifts into a wonderland of inanimate objects alive. Papers, pencils and pens talk as they would in a dream. Blank pages fill themselves with scribbles, sketches and scumbles. Then I wake up from my daydream, and gawk over my progress. I still have time, I tell myself then I read my comics. Page two, 10, 12 they pass by like a rocket. A few […]
Summer trends for girls
If you’re a girl who loves to be at the forefront of summer fashion, this article is for you! You’ll know what to wear so you don’t look like a total goofball on your next date. If you disagree with me, please keep your opinions to yourself. Everyone should know: trends are seasonal. Nails, clothes, shoes, body spray, perfume, and hairstyles all follow trends. If you look around you, everyone adheres to seasonal fashion paradigms to some extent. For example […]