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星期五, 8月 29, 2014

波士頓藝術節 8/30-31


波士頓市市長的文化藝術辦公室將于八月三十,三十一兩日,在北端(
North End)的哥倫布水前公園(at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park),舉辦第十一屆波士頓藝術節,展演多項表演,教育性藝術活動,並將有45名以上的本地藝術家出席展售作品。
八月三十日(週六)中午十二點至十二點四十五分,中國山東省出生,北京舞蹈學校編舞系畢業,在衛斯理學院,波士頓大學,哈佛大學教過舞的華裔舞蹈家褚玲,將為藝術節做開場演出。
            兩天的藝術節表演時間,八月三十日從中午十二點至晚上十點,八月三十一日(週日)從中午十二點至晚上七點。
            波士頓藝術節在表演活動之外,還在兩天的中午十二點至下午六點之間,安排有公共藝術活動,包括向觀賞者挑戰,請他們經由音樂,科技,藝術品等另一種方式,探索對環境觀感的 The Earl 項目;展示25名本地藝術家作品的迷你現代藝術博物館裝置藝術等。
            拉小提琴,會作曲,畢業於加州柏克萊大學,新英格蘭音樂學院的劉紹龐(譯音,Shaw Pong Liu),將率同青少年藝術家助理,佈置出一個讓人們以水墨書法揮灑出和平的天地。紐英崙藝術學會會長梅宇國將佈置出一張桌子,收集人們的創作,也展示他自己的書法作品。
            溫徹斯特(Winchester)中國文化學校的張海靜(Jennifer Zhang)將在現場教摺紙。
            波士頓市府和水前夏日(Summer on the Waterfront)還將連續第二年合作,在週日晚,也是勞工節週末那天晚上九點,在波士頓海港施放煙火。
            哥倫布公園就在地鐵藍線的水族館站旁,查詢詳情可上網http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts/arts_festival.asp

Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture Announce Final Schedule for 11th Annual “ähts: The Boston Arts Festival” on August 30th and 31st

BOSTON - The Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture presents the 11th annual “ähts: The Boston Arts Festival,” showcasing diverse performing arts, educational and interactive art activities, cutting-edge temporary public art, and more than 45 juried local artists selling their work. 

“ähts: the Boston Arts Festival” will be held at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park in the North End on Saturday, August 30 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday, August 31 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

“ähts: The Boston Arts Festival” is presented in partnership with State Street. 

Saturday, August 30th

12:00 - 12:45 Chu Ling Dance: http://www.chulingdance.com 

Chu Ling, a choreographer from China, is the founder and director of the Chu Ling Dance Academy. She has also taught and performed at many other institutions in the Greater Boston area, including Wellesley College, Boston University, and Harvard University. 

1:00 - 1:45 City Stage Co.: http://citystage.org

City Stage Co. sends original, participatory plays to reach family audiences in the neighborhoods where they live. At ähts, City Stage Co. will perform folk tales with a 30-minute show dramatizing three traditional tales from European, Chinese, and Native American cultures. 

2:00 - 2:45 OrigiNation: http://www.originationinc.org

Founded in 1994 by Artistic Director Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, OrigiNation, Incorporated is a non-profit organization that produces innovative and dynamic performing arts programs which motivate, challenge, and inspire youth. OrigiNation offers dance, theater arts, and African history education, focusing efforts on providing services to young people from Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.

OrigiNation will feature four professional youth dance companies—NIA Dance Troupe, Girlz of IMANI, IMANI Jr and Aleye Boyz Troupe— presenting a mix of dance styles from African to Modern Contemporary to Hip Hop, with audience participation.

3:00 - 3:45 Los Rumberso de Boston

Los Rumberso de Boston is a trio of Mexican Bostonians, including guitarists Lito de la Isla and Angel Cespedes and percussionist Paul Sefchovich. The 2013 Boston Music Award winners combine a host of Latin influences with traditional styles in blues, flamenco, rock, dance, funk and reggae. 

4:00 - 4:45 J Hoard and the Greenhouse People: https://www.facebook.com/j.hoardtgp 

J Hoard and the Greenhouse People was formed to popularize a movement into soul pleasing, awakening, connecting music. The group is made of skillful, intelligent musicians who play with a mission to connect to anyone interested in listening.

5:00 - 5:45 Thalia Zedek Band: http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Thalia-Zedek

Thalia Zedek is a Boston singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Active since the early 1980s, she has been a member of several notable alternative rock groups, including Live Skull Come, Uzi, and Dangerous Birds. Zedek now leads the Thalia Zedek Band, which has released four albums on Thrill Jockey Records. 

6:00 - 6:45 Nick Flynn reciting his poetry: http://nickflynn.org

Nick Flynn’s most recent book, The Reenactments, which Kirkus calls “a truly insightful, original work,” completes a trilogy begun with Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. His previous book, The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands, was a collection of poems linked to the second book of the trilogy, The Ticking is the Bomb, which the Los Angeles Times called a “disquieting masterpiece.” His poems, essays and non-fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, National Public Radio’s This American Life, and The New York Times Book Review. 

7:00 - 8:00 Animal Hospital Ensemble: http://animalhospitalmusic.com

Animal Hospital is Kevin Micka’s one-man musical recording/performance entity. Formed at the tail-end of Micka’s time with Boston band The Common Cold, Animal Hospital, Kevin has consistently toured the United States, the U.K., and Europe. 

Sunday, August 31st

12:00 -12:45 Cornell Coley: http://www.afrolatin.net/

Born in Kingston, Jamaica of Cuban and Jamaican parents, Cornell Coley, M. Ed. is an arts educator with over 20 years of experience teaching around the world. He holds a B.A. from Tufts University, a M.Ed. from Cambridge College, studied cultural anthropology at UCLA and traveled to Ghana, Africa for one year to study dance. Cornell is an accomplished dancer and percussionist, performing at festivals world-wide. His percussion skills include drum kit, timbales, congas, bongos, talking drum, berimbau, cajon, and other Latin percussion. His dance specialties include Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Congolese, Ghanaian and salsa.

1:00 - 1:45 City Stage Co.: http://citystage.org 

City Stage Co. sends original, participatory plays to reach family audiences in the neighborhoods where they live. At ähts, City Stage Co, will perform folk tales with a 30-minute show dramatizing three traditional tales from European, Chinese, and Native American cultures. 

2:00 - 2:45 Grey Season: http://greyseasonmusic.com 

Grey Season is a 5-piece folk-rock band based out of Boston. 
Their debut EP "Troilus" was released in May 2013, and since then they have performed at a variety of venues throughout the Northeast, from radio stations, basements, pop-up markets, and conventions to galleries, bars, colleges, and concert venues. In January 2014, after a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign, Grey Season recorded their first full-length LP, "Time Will Tell you Well." The album was released in April  and can be streamed on their bandcamp site.

3:00 - 3:45 Isis Lune: https://www.facebook.com/ISISLUNEmusic

Isis Lune is a Boston-based band featuring Ella Joy Meir on vocals and piano, Asher Kurtz on guitar, Ran Gil on keys, Aaron Liao on bass, and Tim Merle on drums. 

4:00 - 4:45 Inta Afrika 

Insta Afrika is a drum circle with group participation. 

5:00 - 7:00 The Moth: http://themoth.org 

The Moth, as heard on NPR, is dedicated to promoting the art and craft of storytelling. The goal of The Moth is to present the finest storytellers among established and emerging writers, performers and artists, and to encourage storytelling among populations whose stories often go unheard. The Moth was the only New York-based arts organization to win a 2011 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions (MACEI), for “sharing humanity’s stories one person at a time.”

Public art events will run from 12 noon to 6 p.m. both days:  

  • The ear1 project (http://brackmorrow.org/), which challenges viewers to explore ways to perceive the environment in alternative ways through music, technology, and artwork.
  • A miniature contemporary art museum installation by artist Pat Falco  (http://www.illfalco.com/) exhibiting the work of over 25 local artists.
  • Water Graffiti for Peace with artists Shaw Pong Liu (http://www.shawpong.com), Mike Mei (http://wahar-art.com/about_the_artist), and teen artist assistants will offer a guided public water calligraphy play area, introducing writing of Chinese characters and encouraging them to create their own symbol for peace. Artist Mike Mei will set up a table to record people's creations and also display some of his ink calligraphy artwork. 
  • Sidewalk Chalk with Christian Guerra
  • UP Truck with artist Cedric Douglas with screen printing t-shirts, live community painting, as well as the UP truck photo booth Live painting Percy Fortini-Wright (http://percyfortiniwright.com) live painting a Boston theme canvas.
  • Jennifer Zhang from Winchester School of Chinese Culture (http://wscc-ma.org) will be teaching the art of Origami. 

As always, the “ähts Village” of juried artists will offer an eclectic selection of local, handmade jewelry, crafts, and artwork for sale. 

For the second year in a row, the City of Boston and Summer on the Waterfront are holding Boston Harbor fireworks at 9 p.m. on theSaturday night of Labor Day Weekend during ähts. Lead sponsor Boston Harbor Cruises and supporting sponsors the Boston Harbor Hotel, the Boston Globe, and the City of Boston are generously underwriting the event. 

Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park can be reached via the MBTA at Aquarium Station on the Blue line. 

For additional details visit http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts/arts_festival.asp . 

NEACS華文教師研習會關注數位化教學

新英格蘭中文學校協會(NEACS)承辦的僑委會2014年華文教師研習會,824日圓滿落幕,約45名老師在2天半內,藉現場,遠程教學的雙管齊下方式,共上了不下13堂課,個個都說收獲豐富。
        波士頓華僑文教中心主任郭大文在開幕式,閉幕式時都向老師們的敬業,認真,表達欽佩之意,也鼓勵老師們繼續在美國推廣中文學習,
            新英格蘭中文學校協會會長陳式儀指出,今年共安排5科遠距教學課,資策會根據他們預先擬定的進修目標,為他們安排了連育仁教“網路資源在教材與課堂教學之運用”,丁惠慈校長嬌“幼兒中文學習樂無窮”,林翠雲嬌“華語文教學中的文化元素與如何呈現中華文化之美”,孫紀真教“非中文家庭學生雙語教材設計與教材選擇”,顏雪芬教“混齡班級之教學策略”。
            該會還借重本地人才,請來葉金惠教“您準備好了嗎?“,王月娥教手工藝,王莉莉教”淺談AP中文的教材和教學“,路永宜教”造型沙拉吧-舞台化妝於教學之應用“,以及李坤珊博士教的”以探索引導幼兒中文教學“。
            陳式儀指出,大波士頓不愧是地靈人傑的地方,僑委會遴選的網路資源老師連育仁在講課時都坦言,有關用iPad,谷歌語音做教學工具等內容,他參考了曾獲選為僑委會年度最優老師,在Shrewsbury中學任教的葉金惠公佈在華語文世界網站的“葉老師工作室”資料。
            出版過“讓寶寶愛看書”,“讓孩子安心做自己”,“帶你長大:讓孩子在愛與信任中成長”等書,獲有南伊利諾大學幼兒教育博士學位,目前在波士頓的教師訓練中心任職的李坤珊,更啟發了許多老師重新思考自己的教學方法。
            今年參加華文教師研習會的老師,背景多元,既有中文學校老師,主流學校的初中,高中老師,甚至還有一名大學中文系主任助理。
            陳式儀表示,借助網際網路,電子工具來加強教學功效,是現代社會無可避免的趨勢。他們的課程中甚至還包括教老師設計二維碼,以期老師們能利用社交網路工具,來進一步的和學生互動。
            新英格蘭中文學校協會將於830日(週六)下午2點至4點,在僑教中心舉辦“全球華文新秀”作文比賽初選,920日舉辦教師節慶祝會,10月份在16192526等四日,在勒星頓中文學校,威廉斯大學等不同場地,舉辦滑語文能力測驗。

圖片說明:

            新英格蘭中文學校協會會長陳式儀還得為上課老師們訂便當。(菊子攝)

            李坤珊老師(立者)認真講課。(菊子攝)

            夏耘(右五)等老師展示她們在手工藝課中做的熊貓。(新英格蘭中文學校提供)

            大波士頓中華文化協會會長冼鳳明(右)到教師研習會中探望老師們上課,大讚特殊化妝效果。(新英格蘭中文學校提供)

            老師分享經驗。(新英格蘭中文學校提供)


            王瑞雲(右三)等老師分組學習。(新英格蘭中文學校提供)

南灣東座居民慶中秋

耆英合唱。(圖由南灣東座提供)
(Boston Orange) 住在波士頓市天滿街南灣東座老人公寓的耆英們,827日這天自己辦中秋聯歡會,90多名耆英歡聚一堂,欣賞表演,享用蛋糕,開心非常。
這場中秋聯歡會是由波士頓華埠居民會執委陳丹心和一群熱心老人家們,攜手策劃,籌辦。SWH的翁月媚體貼的送出大蛋糕,向耆英壽星獻上祝福。
耆英合唱。(圖由南灣東座提供)
當天有1090歲以上的耆英出席同樂,其中還有好幾人已經年逾百歲。出席耆英們彼此談笑時忍不住說,可見南灣東座風水好,是座昂然矗立人瑞樓。
耆英自己上場表演的節目,豐富精彩,包括詩歌朗誦、大合唱、合唱、獨唱、雜耍等等。
開場是合唱團演唱“我的中國心”,“北國之春”,“花好月圓”,接著是住在不同樓層的蓮姐,容姨,張生,王少坤等不下廿十人,從“平湖秋月”,“天路”,唱到“踏上征途”,“濤聲依舊”,“洪湖水浪打浪”,還詩歌朗誦“波城望月”,唱小調“紫釵恨”。
耆英秀雜耍。(圖由南灣東座提供)

其中最特別的是夕陽紅合唱團,儘管平均年齡已有70歲,團員們卻個個人老心不老,在南灣東座居民楊先生的指揮下引亢高歌,雖然不如年輕人的可以一邊唱,一邊跳,卻聲音整齊,有韻有味,博得熱烈掌聲,
陳丹心代表籌備小組致詞時,特地感謝所有人各盡其力,共襄盛舉;管理南灣東座的黃經理及辦公室人員、華埠居民會共同主席余仕昂,華人前進會員工陳玉珍和鄺寶蓮,以級SWH公司代表翁月媚等嘉賓,撥冗出席。
慶祝會最後在有豐富獎品的抽獎活動,以及大合唱“團結就是力量”的歡樂氣氛中結束。

華埠居民會共同主席余仕昂在會中也不旺邀請耆英們,今(829日)晚到昆士小學禮堂,免費參加華埠居民會舉辦,有美東燒臘,SWH贊助禮品,廣東音藝社及茉莉花舞蹈團表演的中秋節慶祝會。

楊先生指揮南灣東座合唱團演唱。(圖由南灣東座提供)

波士頓慈濟農曆七月祈福

波士頓慈濟基金會上週六(23日)在牛頓市會所舉辦「七月吉祥月」祈福會。七十多人禮佛祈禱,觀賞證嚴法師開示影片,享用素食餐,交流環保,賑災感受,十分溫馨。
波士頓慈濟基金會表示,從佛教觀點來看,俗稱“鬼月”的農曆七月,其實是吉祥月,孝親月。根據西晉三藏竺法護所譯《盂蘭盆經》,佛陀弟子目犍連,就是在農曆七月十五日,藉供養眾僧,廣做佈施,虔心祈福,才成功拯救母親,以及同在地獄的受苦眾生。這一故事後來演化成「盂蘭盆會」,並傳到中國。
該會舉辦“七月吉祥月“祈福會,還有一個目的,就是要打破”七月“是”鬼月“的迷信。
大約四個月前,麻州羅爾市發生火災時,波士頓慈濟曾趕往賑災,發放賑濟品。當天有三十多名羅爾市火災受害人應邀出席活動,參加祈福,並於會後一起到地下室享用簡餐,領取結緣品。
波士頓慈濟基金會表示,該會每年都有會員因為畢業而離開,也有新人因遷居或上學,來到波士頓而加入,會員人數迄今增減不多,最大的變動是前任聯絡人,家在新罕布夏州的應詩白,因參與紐約桑迪颱風救災活動,與設在紐約的聯合國公共資訊部互動良好,應邀轉為紐約慈濟成員,波士頓慈濟聯絡人一職,已從今年三月起,由在科技公司做資訊結構主管,年紀還未滿四十的吳健發接任。
波士頓慈濟今年的其他活動,將包括九月份的大專生慈青迎新,十月憤的社區音樂會等。
查詢慈濟詳情,可洽該會15 Summer Street, Newton, MA 02464 電話:617-762-0569


圖片說明:

            七十多人出席波士頓慈濟的“七月祈福會”。(菊子攝)

            波士頓慈濟在祈福會中播放證嚴法師開示錄影片。(菊子攝)