Volcanic Hazards Associated with the World’s Active Volcanoes

About 10 percent of the world’s population (~360 million people) live on or near potentially dangerous volcanoes. Many of the processes that take place on active volcanoes are potentially hazardous to local populations. Emergence of volcanology as a modern multidisciplinary science was largely a result of volcanic catastrophes that occurred at Krakatau Volcano in Indonesia … Read more

Celebrating the Year of the Pig Silk, Swords & Fans

Celebrating the Year of the Pig Silk, Swords & Fans Featuring China Dance NY Presented by the Kingsborough Community College Asian Society Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2007 Time: 12:30PM Place: Kingsborough Community College, CUNY – Mac Theater Dance Program Welcome & Greetings Lion Dance Korean Dance Mongolian Dance Xinjiang Dance Handkerchief Demonstration Handkerchief Dance Red … Read more

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Asian Community Block The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art (JMMTA) was founded in 1945 to encourage interest, study, and research in the art and culture of Tibet and the surrounding regions. To this end, the Museum collects art, books, and photographs, and makes them available to the … Read more

Still Life

Film professor Zhenhai Tang will introduce and discuss mainland Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s Still Life (aka Sanxia Haoren), a last minute entry into the 2006 Venice Film Festival, that won the Golden Lion award thanks to its top-notch cinematography and wonderful storytelling. Still Life interweaves the story of a miner (Han Sanming) who travels thousands … Read more