The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Film Program: Hayao Miyazaki The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness Dec. 24-Dec 29, 2021 Ted Mann Theater Documentarian Mami Sunada was granted rare access to the inner workings of Studio Ghibli for a momentous year in the company’s history. Sunada’s film focuses on the animation studio’s three key partners—directors […]
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Film Program: Hayao Miyazaki Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki Dec. 31- Jan. 1 Ted Mann Theater This revealing look at Hayao Miyazaki focuses on a transitional time in the filmmaker’s life, covering a two-year period following his official retirement when, after a multi-decade career devoted to traditional animation, he decided […]
Huntington Library presents Fl ORI legium: Folded Transformations from the Natural World by Robert Lang October 22, 2016 – January 29, 2017 Brody Botanical Center Saturdays & Sundays only The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens This exhibition presents original work by internationally renowned origami master Robert J. Lang. Dr. Lang’s work has been […]
On Stage: Japanese Theater Prints and Costumes October 29 – December 17, 2016 Opening: October 29, 7 to 9 pm Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku are all types of theater-each distinct, all indispensable in the Japanese tradition of dramatic expression. With over 400 woodblock prints and vintage photographs on the subject, […]
Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints A symposium at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Location: Rothenberg Hall, at The Huntington 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 The late Ming witnessed an unprecedented production of woodblock images printed for many different purposes including illustrations for drama and games, […]
Forwarded for UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Blowing Meditation and the Sounds of Fall with acclaimed shakuhachi masters: Matama Kazushi, Furuya Teruo, Kakizakai Kaoru Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:30 – 9:30 PM Jan Popper Theater, 1200 Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA Free and open to the public Parking in Lot 2, $12 (Hilgard & Westholme) […]
World premiere performance of Japanese Noh theatre at Claremont’s Scripps College introduces American audiences to oldest major theatre art still performed today (Claremont, California) Oct. 20, 2016–On October 29, 2016, Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., celebrates Japanese Noh theatre, the oldest major theatre art still performed in the present-day, with a suite of cultural and […]
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens EAST ASIAN GARDEN LECTURE SERIES Tuesday October 25, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public / No reservations required Rothenberg Hall The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 ‘How Can I Disdain…this Carving of Insects?’: Painters, Carvers and […]
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens EAST ASIAN GARDEN LECTURE SERIES Sunday October 23, 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public / No reservations required Rothenberg Hall The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Art and Science […]