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Co-Chairs:
Ms.
Cecilia Moy Yep, Chinatown Development Corporation
Mr. Kenneth Wong, Combined Insurance Group; White House
Committee
on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
All
events are open-to-the-public and take place at International
House Philadelphia.
Saturday,
April 23
Community
Festival
12:00pm
- 5:00pm
International
House Philadelphia will be transformed for this celebration
of China. Through the Friendship Gate at our entrance, visitors
will find a marketplace featuring food and craft vendors, demonstrations,
information tables for several not-for-profit organizations,
and the Asian
Arts Initiative’s photo exhibit, Chinatown Live(s).
 Performances
from the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society, Yu Wei
Chinese Solo Dance Collection,
Curtis Institute of Music students
Miao Hou on Piano and Quan
Ge on Violin and
Chinese Musical Voices.
Produced
through the Asian Arts Initiative’s Chinatown
Oral
History Project, Chinatown Live(s) spans multiple generations
and many nations of origin. The stories shared challenge the
perceptions of Chinatown as a monolithic ethnic enclave or a
superficial tourist destination, and allude to the complexity
of relationships and perspectives that comprise this growing,
living neighborhood.
Sunday,
April 24
Film
@ International House screens The Concrete Revolution
with
Filmmaker Xiaolu Guo in Person
7:00pm
- 9:00pm
The Concrete
Revolution
dir.
Xiaolu
Guo, China/UK, 2004, Beta SP, 62 mins, color, Mandarin w/ English
subtitles
 The
Concrete Revolution provides a brave
vision of the dark side of Beijing's transformation to a glossy
modern city. Its blend of objective documentation and personal
reflection adds up to a powerful social commentary. Unfolding
in an innovative visual style, this intelligent exposé of the
social cost of massive modernization has already played to acclaim
at several international film festivals. We are pleased to present
the regional premiere of The Concrete Revolution with the
director to introduce and discuss her film.
Xiaolu
Guo (Lucy Guo) was trained at
the Beijing Film Academy in screenwriting and the London National
Film and TV School in documentary directing, where she now splits
her professional career. Her novel, "Village of Stone," published
in the UK and translated into French and other languages, is
scheduled for release in the U.S. in October 2005 by Random
House.
For
support in arranging Ms. Guo’s visit, we thank Dr. Harold Weaver
and the China Film Project.
Monday,
April 25
Richard
Holbrooke Speaks:
Business
Unites Against AIDS in China
6:00pm
- 7:00pm reception ~ 7:00pm - 8:30pm lecture/Q&A
 Former
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and current President
and CEO of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS speaks
on how businesses around the world can help with the crisis
in China. Amb. Holbrooke will have just returned from
a summit in Beijing where government officials, health experts
and private sector leaders from China around the world will
have met on March 18 to open a dialogue on how the private sector
can support the national strategy for HIV/AIDS prevention and
control. His lecture will partially discuss some of the
results of that summit, which will lead to an action plan for
business.
With
over 180 leading international businesses, the Global Business
Coalition represents nearly 4 million employees worldwide in
178 countries, demonstrating the enormous potential of the business
sector in battling the pandemic. To read more, go to www.businessfightsaids.org.
% of
all ticket sales donated to ActionAIDS.
Tuesday,
April 26
Young
Friends Dim Sum and Chinese Wine & Beer Tasting
6:00pm
- 8:30pm
 Enjoy
the flavors of the East as Young Friends of International House,
National Association of Asian American Professionals, young
professionals and grad students from throughout the Delaware
Valley will mingle and network over dim sum and Chinese wine
and beer with International House resident students and scholars
from around the world. Guests will also learn about the history
of dim sum and its important place in Chinese culture from a
knowledgeable representative of Chinatown's Ocean Harbor Restaurant
and will see the way dim sum is prepared from an Ocean Harbor
chef. A cultural attache may also join us to discuss what
makes the wine produced in The People's Republic unique from
others around the world.
An assortment of dim
sum provided by Ocean Harbor restaurant; beer is compliments
of Tsing Tao.
Saturday,
April 30
46th
Annual Global Gala: Symbols of China
6:30pm
cocktails ~ 7:45pm dinner ~ 10:00pm dessert and dancing
 Co-chairs
Ms. Losenge Imasogie and Mr. Kenneth Wong,
International House Chairman Osagie Imasogie, and President
and CEO Oliver Franklin invite you to join 350 guests for our
largest annual fundraiser, this year celebrating China. Featuring
a
menu designed by Gala Guest of Honor Susanna
Foo, dancing with live entertainment and silent auction.
International House residents from around the world join in
the festivities for dessert and dancing. Black tie or
ethnic wear.
Click
here for Young Friends Global
Gala.
Thank
you to our presenting sponsor:
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