Chinese New Year Alert—The Dragon is Your Friend
Dragon years are considered energetic and promising, thus one could say with a fair amount of certainty that the year is likely to be one of great upheaval, monumental change, and a spike in China’s national birth rate! You can catch a glimpse of the mythical dragon in the exhibition “Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection,” currently on view in the Chandler Wing of The Huntington’s Scott Galleries.
Prelude to the Dragon
In the upcoming celebrations marking the Year of the Dragon, it will be tempting to focus all of your attention on the spectacle of the crowd-pleasing dragon dancers, but you won’t want to overlook the many other activities designed to showcase the traditional arts and culture of China.
Top 10 Reasons to Take a Walk in the Gardens
All major garden areas are now reopened after windstorm cleanup, which is reason enough to take a walk in the gardens. Here are some botanical highlights from 2011 that might entice you to keep returning in 2012.
Teens in Focus
The Huntington has long offered classes and family programs for a variety of ages—from preschool series for ages 3 to 4 to after-school programs for ages 5 to 6 and Saturday workshops for ages 7 to 12. But this fall, The Huntington has added new classes for teens, including a photography workshop.
A Catalog to Covet Like an Ancient Chinese Mirror
A two-volume companion to the Huntington exhibition “Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection” is the result of a decade of scholarship by the top academics in the field. The author of volume 1, Suzanne E. Cahill, will speak here on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
A Flowering of Cultures
Opera director Peter Sellars and internationally renowned performer Hua Wenyi—a master of Kun opera—took the stage here recently for a conversation and performance that celebrated the cross-pollination of ideas across centuries, cultures, and generations.
Chinese New Year Family Festival
Thursday, Feb. 3, marks the beginning of the most important of all Chinese holidays—Chinese New Year! It begins on the first day of the first month according to the lunar calendar, and the festivities continue for several weeks thereafter.
