Issue: 647   Date: 01/16/2003

February 1, 2003 - Chinese New Year
St. Louis community celebration activities

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• Images of China
  
  
  
  Worldway's Children Museum proudly presents the Chinese puppet show "Images of China", Performed by Oregon's Dragon Art Studio on January 24 & 25, 2003
  
  This performance mixes puppetry with music, humor, elegance, and special effects to create an engaging show based on Chinese folklore. Each 45-minute show presents five independent stories with their own unique characters: The Crane and The Tortoise, A Donkey's Best Friend, The Dancer, Old Man and the Monkeys, The Super Duper Ping Pong Match.
  
  Ticket Cost: $5.00 per person
  
  Puppet Shows Schedule: Friday, 7 pm, Jan 24 and Sat, 10 am, Jan 25
  
  Call Worldways at (636) 207-7405 to reserve your tickets or mail your payment to Worldways Children's Museum, 15479 Clayton Road, Ballwin, MO 63011. Tickets are non-refundable. 
  
  One Special Show at St. Louis University High School on Jan 25 7:00 pm.  Call 314/567-1690 Dr. Chingling Tai for tickets.
  
  

• Pianist Lang Lang with The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  
     
  
  Sensational 20 Year Old Pianist Lang Lang Performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  
  WHO: 
  The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  James Judd, conductor
  Lang Lang, piano
  
  WHAT: 
  BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 ELGAR Symphony No. 1
  
  WHEN: 
  Friday, January 31, at 8:00 p.m.
  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m.
  Saturday, February 1, at 8:00 p.m.
  Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m.
  
  WHERE:
  Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd. (at Delmar) in Grand Center
  
  TICKETS: $10 - $91.?Available at the Powell Symphony Hall box office, by telephone at 
  (314) 534-1700 and online at www.slso.org. Ask about our special student and senior citizen discount rates. Group rates are available to groups of 20 or more by calling (314) 286-4126.
  
  

• 2003 Chinese New Year Celebration 
  
   
  
  Date: 02/01/2003 7:00 PM
  Place: St. Louis Community College, Forest Park
             5600 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110
  Organized by: St. Louis Chinese Association
  Free
  Contact: Dr. Mingyi Deng 636/519-7802
  
  

• World Affairs Council of St. Louis
  2003 Chinese New Year Gala
  
  
  
  Monday, February 3, 2002
  Mandarin House Restaurant
  9150 Overland Plaza (near I-170 & Page)
  5:30 pm Reception - Cash Bar begins
  6:30 pm Banquet & Program begins
  
  Raffle, Auction, Lion Dance, Traditional Chinese Musicians, Seven Course Banquet
  
  RSVP By January 28
  $100.00 per person
  
  Contact Elizabeth Kiderlen or Jon Murrary at the World Affairs Council of St. Louis
  Tel: 314/727-9988 
  
  

• Chinese New Year Dharma Blessing Assembly
  
  
          
  Mid-America Buddhist Association (MABA)
  
  Chinese New Year is an important celebration among the Chinese community. It symbolizes a new beginning and new hopes. To welcome the arrival of the Chinese New Year, the venerable Sangha invites you to attend a Dharma Blessing Assembly. This event will begin at 9.30 am on Saturday 2/8/2003 and end after lunch on Sunday 2/9/2003.
  
  The schedule will include: chanting, meditation, reciting the Buddha's name, morning Qi-Gong, Buddhist movies, vegetarian meals and dharma talk.
  
  We sincerely invite you to come and join us for the blessing and to benefit from the Dharma teachings. 
  
  May peace be with you. May peace be with all sentient beings.
  
  Cost is by donation. Please call 636-482-4037 for more information and to register. Dormitory accommodations are available but limited. If you would like to stay overnight, call as soon as possible.
  
  

• Far East Meets Midwest
  
  
  
  What: Far East Meets Midwest, - A family show bringing together Midwestern and Asian arts and artists 
  
  Where: City Museum (16th Street and Delmar, 3rd floor circus ring)
  
  When: Fri. Feb. 7 and Sat. Feb. 8, 2003 at 7 P.M.
  
  Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at door for adults, $9 in advance/ $12 at door for seniors and students. Please Call 314-436-7676 to purchase tickets
  
  Contact Person: Jessica Hentoff
  Phone (314) 436-7676 Cell (314) 324-4445
  
  

• Lantern Festival celebration
  
  
  
  Date/Time: 02/15/2003 (Sat.) 6:30 PM
  Place: St. Louis China Royal restaurant, 5911 N. Lindbergh, Hazelwood.  Tel: 314/731-1313
  
  Organized by: St. Louis Chinese Culture Association
  
  Contact Person:
  Dr. Huey-Sheng Shieh 314/434-2892
  Dr. Chingling Tai 314/567-1690
  
  

• Suspended Marks
  
  
  
  Featuring paintings, videos & installations by Yueying Zhong & Lampo Leong
  Saint Louis University Museum of Art
  3663 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103 
  314-977-3399
  February 11 - March 23, 2003
  
  Opening Reception - Lantern Festival celebration performance: Xiaoyu Yan, Guzhabg
  Saturday, February 15, 2003, 6-8pm.