August Events
August 1, at 11 AM & 2 PM
Shanghai Film Series: Shanghai Art Studios
Shanghai emerged in the 1920s as China’s first film capital and today hosts one of Asia’s largest annual film festivals. Showing today at the Asian Art Museum, at 11 AM: The Lost Magic of the Shanghai Art Studios (2007), documenting the creative group that flourished from 1950-65; 56 minutes, in Chinese with English subtitles. At 2 PM: the animated Havoc in Heaven (1961), based on the classic Journey to the West, a film that took two decades to complete because of wartime interruptions; 87 minutes, in Chinese with no subtitles. A program of Target First Free Sunday.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Visit www.asianart.org or call 415-581-3500.
August 15, at 2 - 4 PM
Shanghai World Expo
Vicki Liviakis takes us to Shanghai in the film Shanghai World Expo. From a quick stop in Denmark to see the national treasure, The Little Mermaid statue, to visits to Japan's high-tech pavilion, the crowd-favorite China Pavilion, “Drive to 2030” SAIC-GM Pavilion, and “Rising to the Challenge” USA Pavilion, you'll see each country’s interpretation of the 2010 Expo theme “Better City, Better Life.” If you can't get to Shanghai, this documentary will bring the World Expo to you. Screening followed by Q & A with host Liviakis and producer Duffy
Wang of D3 Productions, Inc.
At San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Free. Visit www.sfpl.org or call 415-557-4277.
August 19, at 5 - 9 PM
MATCHA: Drunken Dishes
Shanghai is one of China's most famous culinary regions. It sits in the fertile Yangtze River Delta, which yields abundant produce. Meat or fish is typically braised in soy sauce, sugar and a touch of vinegar until rich and velvety. Also in the Shanghainese repertoire are “drunken dishes,” where food is marinated in the famous wine of nearby Shaoxing. Tonight's MATCHA, featuring a talk about Shanghai's cuisine and a cooking demonstration of drunken chicken, is an opportunity for all of your senses to learn more about Shanghainese dishes. Savor Shanghai specialties, toast with a drink from the cash bar and tour the special Shanghai exhibition. Presented by the Asian Art Museum and the Asian Culinary Forum.
At the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco. Tickets $10. Visit www.asianart.org or call 415-581-3500.
