Date: July 1, 2008, Tuesday
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Variety Club Preview Room
582 Market St (between Montgomery and Sansome)
San Francisco, CA
Admission: $10 Asia Society/Co-Sponsor Members
$15 Non-Members

Event proceeds will be donated to help the earthquake victims in Sichuan, China.

In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Sichuan province and on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, Discovery Channel Managing Editor Ted Koppel presents Koppel on Discovery: “The People’s Republic of Capitalism.” Read More »

On Sunday, June 22, world-renowned auction house Sotheby’s invites the general public to bring Asian works of art to Ming and Other Things, a benefit appraisal day in celebration of the Asian Art Museum’s summer exhibition, Power & Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty. Sotheby’s Asian arts specialists will appraise Asian artworks from 11am to 5 pm, in the grand ballroom of Hilton San Francisco Financial District, the official hotel sponsor of Power & Glory. The appraisal fee is $5 per artwork with 100% of the proceeds to benefit the Asian Art Museum. Only cash or check can be accepted. Appraisals are only available to the first 500 attendees, so get there early. For more information, please visit www.asianart.org or sothebys.com. You never know, you could be sitting on an heirloom gold mine! Read More »

When: June 20, 2008 (begins 5:30 pm)
Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor, San Francisco
Admission: $5 public, $3 member

C4 is pleased to present “Summer Palace” (2006), a film by Lou Ye, for its next installment. This film will be played in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Banned by the Chinese government, this powerful drama follows rebellious young Yu Hong as she leaves her small village and her family behind to attend Beijing University in the late 1980s. As her tumultuous relationships with two different men reflects the turmoil gripping her country, she begins to become overwhelmed by chaos. (Note: Due to its graphic nature, this film is suggested for mature audiences only.)

For more information about C4, and a listing of the entire year’s program, visit our 2008 Film Series page. Read More »