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[geekchick]

Neat stuff going on at the Freer and the Sackler Gallery.

3/23 - Kimono Fashion Show (anotheranon, interested?)

Twenty-five professional kimono dressing artists (kitsuke) from Tokyo display the array of kimono patterns worn in Japan today and demonstrate the traditional wedding kimono. After the performance, one-of-a-kind silk kimonos are available for sale, and Paul MacLardy and Cheryl Imperatore, authors of Kimono Vanishing Tradition, sign books and answer questions.

3/29 - Anime Marathon (11:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

4/8 - The Floating World Revealed: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints

Ann Yonemura, senior associate curator of Japanese art, discusses the Freer Gallery exhibition of Japanese art inspired by theater districts and pleasure quarters of the Edo period (1615-1868), which celebrates the era's glamorous courtesans and kabuki actors.

5/2 - The Storydancer: Zuleikha in Concert

This innovative Santa Fe-based performer interweaves Eastern and Western storytelling and dance to create an original rhythmic language that embodies an expressive form of spontaneity through movement.

5/3 (11:45 am)- Prachi Dalal: Kathak Dance

This visiting artist from Bombay performs and dicusses the north Indian classical dance style kathak, a blend of Hindu and Islamic styles that combines narrative and abstract movement, telling stories through musical lyrics and movement.

5/3 (2 pm) - Cambodian Classics Ensemble

The Cambodian Classics Ensemble performs stories from the Khmer court repertoire, demonstrating how stories are told through lyrics, gestures, and music.

5/30 - Krishna Mohan Batt, sitar; Anindo Chatterjee, tabla

Acclaimed sitarist Krishna Mohan Batt performs "lost" Rajasthani ragas and north Indian classical ragas.

Comments

[geminigirl]

I might be into the sitar thing. And the kimono show; if you've got anything in e-mail, can you pass it on? My ex might be interested too.

[geekchick]

Nothing in email, I copied it out of the schedule I picked up yesterday. They do have a calendar online though: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/index.asp

I'm definitely into the kimono show, the rest are all things I'd in varying degrees like to see.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

3/23 - Kimono Fashion Show (anotheranon, interested?)

ACK!! I have sewing circle that day.

I might be up for the Ukiyo-e exhibit though!

[geekchick]

What time's sewing circle? This exhibit is at 3 pm.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Sewing circle is typically 2-5; I'm trying to get them to go as well as it would be a perfect field trip!

[geekchick]

Yes it would. And shopping! ;) Not that I have any hope at all of being able to afford said kimonos, I'll just have to drool on them. Hey, think I could get a discount then because of water damage? ;)