Performed by Haiyan Feng, certified tea master, guzheng performer, and healer
2:00 - 3:30 pm | February 2nd, Saturday | Center Stage, 62 Center for Theatre and Dance
Attendees are invited to sample teas and gourmet snacks after the presentation.
News
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A Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony
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French Film Festival 2019 / Transitions: Coming of Age in French and Francophone Adolescent Film
This year’s French Film Festival begins with L’homme sur les quais / The Man by the Shore. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, who later went on to become the nation’s Minister of Culture, directed this drama that examines the violence and instability of his country’s darkest days, the 60s. The story follows an 8-year old girl, whose parents had to flee from the dictator Duvalier and the Tontons Macoutes. Left in the care of her grandmother, she creates a fantasy world of her own to escape the violence and tyranny that surrounds her. [In French with English subtitles.]
The French Film Festival 2019 continues on❖ Feb. 18 with short film Maman(s)/Mothers(s) by Maïmouna Doucouré and feature film Tomboy by Céline Sciamma.
❖ Feb. 25 with Polina, danser sa vie /Polina by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj.
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Mountain Water: Poems of Tradition and the Environment in Southwestern China
❖ Mountain Water: Poems of Tradition and the Environment in Southwestern China featuring poet Aku Wuwu 4:00-5:00 pm, Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ Hollander Hall 241
❖ Poetry reading with Aku Wuwu 6:30-7:30 pm, Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ Williams Bookstore (81 Spring Street)
Aku Wuwu (Prof. LUO Qingchun) is a poet and academic of the Nuosu (Yi) ethnic minority group of Southwest China. Growing up in the Greater Cool Mountains of Sichuan province, Aku's powerful poems are regarded as "text books" of traditional lore and cautionary tales about human interaction with the environment. He will perform a number of poems in Nuosu and Chinese, accompanied by English translations.
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Activities
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CFLLC Language Tables Extravaganza (2018)
Language TAs and Fellows, professors, staff, students and families celebrated International Education Week 2018 on Friday, Nov. 16 by socializing over a meal and engaging with cultures. Mission Park Dining Hall accommodated the crowds in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi-Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili. -
CFLLC Fall 2018 Reception
On Wednesday, October 3, 46 members of CFLLC faculty, staff, Teaching Associates and Language Fellows mixed and mingled in the Chapin and Schow Galleries in Sawyer Library, enjoying some well-deserved relaxation time with friends and colleagues after a very busy start to the academic year. -
Goûter français
The Goûter, a very traditional sweet meal between lunch and dinner, was organized by the French TAs and the French Club. It took place on Sunday, 14th of October in the third floor of Hollander. The students have had the chance to taste pastries from France: pain au chocolat, croissants, macarons, and other pâtisseries.
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