Title: Taiwan Film Festival at Washington University – Free Admission!
Location: Washington University
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Description: Heartfelt stories of love and loss, of cultural dislocation and human connections beyond time and space, are brought together with hilari-ous humor, intriguing plots, and meticulous cinematography by a new generation of film artists from Taiwan.

February 18-20
Brown 100
Washington University in St. Louis
eastasian.artsci.wustl.edu/2011_Taiwan_Film_Festival
Facebook: “2011 Taiwan Film Festival”
All films with English subtitles
Free Admission

Feb 18 (Fri) 5:30pm Opening Address
“From the Taiwan New Cinema to the New Generation Cinema”
Professor Robert Ru-shou Chen, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Reception to Follow

Feb 18 (Fri) 7pm Pinoy Sunday 台北星期天
(2010/ 100 min/ comedy)
Q&A with Prof. Robert Chen
It’s Sunday—time to go to church, shopping, and looking for love if things had not turned topsy-turvy because of a couch on the sidewalk. An adventurous journey of two clumsy men carrying a couch through the hustle-bustle, surely it’s time to laugh.

Feb 19 (Sat) 3pm Parking 停車
(2008/ 112 min/ black comedy)
When the night comes and the street gets darker, a kind of creepiness rises to the surface: red panties on the sidewalk, a one-armed barber keeping a fish head in his restroom,….A chain of incidental encounters connects snapshots of absurd lives into an uncanny picture of the globalized Taipei.

Feb 19 (Sat) 5:30pm One Day 有一天
(2010/ 93 min/ drama)
Bridging islands, overcoming loneliness, beyond thought and feeling, “One Day” is a visionary meditation on the power of dreams both to connect people and to transcend everyday, human experiences.

Feb 20 (Sun) 3pm Yang Yang 陽陽
(2009/ 112 min/ drama)
“So, you speak French?” The irksome question
always forces Yang Yang, a French-Taiwanese beauty, to confront her ambiguous identity. A com-ing-of-age story with a twist of cultural critique, Yang Yang reveals the inner struggles of a teenager born to be different.

Feb 20 (Sun) 5:30pm Seven Days in Heaven
父後七日
(2010/ 93 min/ comedy)
Seven Days in Heaven investigates the turbulent spectrum of emotions associ-ated with the passing of a loved one and the vagaries of modern-day death with a humorous touch that is both direct and heartfelt. (San Francisco Film Society)

Sponsored by East Asian Studies; Film and Media Studies; Press Division, Taipei Eco-nomic and Cultural Office in Chicago; Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City; and Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC
Contact: 314.935.4448
Start Date: 2011-02-18
End Date: 2011-02-20

Come celebrate Lunar New Year at the Saint Louis Science Center 11-4pm on Saturday, Feb 12. Free and fun for the entire family!

Volunteers need to staff the YAPA booth throughout the day. Please email info@yapastl.org for details.

STLTODAY.com
BY LISA BROWN AND TIM LOGAN • lbrown@post-dispatch.com tlogan@post-dispatch.com >314-340-8127 314-340-8291 www.STLtoday.com | Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:03 am

The region’s three-year push to land a Chinese cargo hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport took big step forward Wednesday morning when that nation’s aviation authority named an airline to negotiate flights.

China Eastern will begin talks with Lambert about regularly scheduled flights from Pudong, to begin in the first half of this year, said Mike Jones, chairman of the Midwest China Hub Commission. A team from the airline is planning to visit St. Louis next month.

The decision, by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, does not directly lead to flights – negotiations could yet stall. But, after three years of talks between St. Louis-area business and civic leaders and the Chinese government, it is a clear breakthrough, Jones said.

“This has been a long process, but we anticipate it will be relatively short negotiations,” Jones said. “Basically, this is the kind of breakthrough moment we’ve been working towards.”

The news comes sooner than expected. As recently as Tuesday, Jones said he expected word to come after Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the U.S. But it is quite welcome, he said.

“Now the real work begins,” said Jones.

—————-

China will begin cargo flights to Lambert St. Louis International Airport, according to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in a Twitter message this morning. The senator said the flights will boost opportunities for Midwest agriculture and manufacturing.

The China cargo flights were also confirmed independently by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

St. Louis has been courting cargo flights at Lambert for several years. At the end of 2010, a delegation of St. Louis area executives and officials, including McCaskill and former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.) traveled to China to meet with Chinese airlines and aviation officials about launching the hub.

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ROSENBLUM, SCHWARTZ, ROGERS & GLASS ATTORNEYS AT LAW

cordially invite YAPA members to their Annual Holiday Party!

      Date:   December 17, 2010

      Time:  6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

      Place:  Lumen Private Event Space

                    2201 Locust Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103

Please come join us and look for Gil to help celebrate the joyous holiday season! 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!

http://www.rsrglaw.com/RSRG-Attorneys-at-Law.asp

St. Louis now has a martial-arts master who trained at Shaolin Temple—the 1,500-year-old birthplace of kung fu and Zen Buddhism. It is not an easy place to be a student.

BY JEANNETTE COOPERMAN

Xue Li Zhang’s grandfather dug deeper and deeper, until the sides of the hole came to the top of 4-year-old Xue Li’s hips. “Jump out!” his grandfather commanded. “Again!” “Again!” After hours of jumps, he taught Xue Li how to do “the punch” and started him kickboxing.

At 6, Xue Li won a martial-arts competition in his hometown, Bozhou, in China’s Anhui province. Several of the judges were from Shaolin Temple. They glanced at each other after his performance. When the competition ended, one of the judges approached Xue Li’s father.

The following week, Xue Li’s father took him on an 11-hour train ride. They got off the train and rode a bus for a couple of hours, then climbed into a rickshaw, then started walking. When Xue Li realized he was being taken to Shaolin Temple to learn traditional Shaolin kung fu, or wu shu, his tears fell like rain.

But then they started to ascend Mount Shaoshi, the highest peak of Songshan Mountain. Gulping, Xue Li looked around at the waterfalls, the rock jutting into blue sky, the ancient, gnarled cypress trees that looked like giant bonsai. “I want to stay!” he exclaimed.

Xue Li’s father gave him a few yuan and said, “I will see you soon. Listen to your teachers.” This was Xue Li’s way to help the family, he said.

“I already help!” Xue Li thought. Both of his parents worked, so he cooked egg and noodles and rice, simple meals for his little sister and brother, and walked them a mile to school. But his father was firm. “We will visit, and you can come home once a year,” he said.

Six months went by before Xue Li saw his family again. He would spend the next 15 years at Shaolin Temple. Read the full article…

Title: Holiday Luncheon with MAABA!
Location: Ryce Buffet 12710 Dorsett Road Maryland Heights
Description: YAPA members are invited to the 2010 MAABA holiday party!

When: Noon on Sunday, December 12
Where: Ryce Oriental Buffet
12710 Dorsett Road
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

MAABA stands for Missouri Asian American Bar Association
They will be wrapping presents for their participation in the Adopt a Family Program. Join in for great food and great company! Space is limited so please rsvp to info@yapastl.org. For more info on MAABA please see http://maaba-law.org/
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2010-12-12

Title: St. Louis International Stella Artois Film Festival
Location: Various
Link out: Click here
Description: Now in its 19th year, the Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival(SLIFF) is one of the largest international film festivals in the Midwest. This year’s SLIFF is held Nov. 11-21, 2010.SLIFF’s main venues are the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, and Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium.

SLIFFshowcases the best in cutting-edge features and shorts from around the globe. The majority of the more than 300 films screened – many of them critically lauded award-winners – will receive their only St. Louis exposure at the festival. More than 70 filmmaking guests will accompany screenings, and SLIFF will present major awards to Stacy Keach, Harry Shearer, Rob Nilsson, Stanley Nelson, and Jenna Fischer.

Start Date: 2010-11-11
End Date: 2010-11-21

Title: YAPA Annual Winery Trip
Location: Hermann Wineries!
Description: Weather permitting we’ll be caravaning down to the Hermann Wineries on our YAPA Annual Winery Trip!

Please email info@yapastl.org if you are interested in driving or riding. If we have enough interest, we may rent a shuttle.

Plan to depart around 10am and be back for dinner. If it is too cold, we may go with plan B yet TBD. Please check back for latest updates!
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2010-11-06
End Time: 18:00

Title: Edward Jones Inclusion and Diversity Celebration – Career Fair
Location: Edward Jones headquarters,12555 Manchester Road in Des Peres, East Atrium
Description: Diversity Career Fair. We are very enthusiastic about the career opportunities Edward Jones offers for individuals from different backgrounds. They want to attract talented professionals to join their workforce and leadership team.

Edward Jones is hosting a Diversity Career Fair on November 11th from 4:30 to 7:00pm. Looking for a job or just looking, YAPA members are invited! This will be a great opportunity for you to learn about Edward Jones, network with associates and team leaders, present your qualifications and apply for available positions. I

Thursday, November 11th from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
East Atrium of the firm’s headquarters,12555 Manchester Road in Des Peres
Start Time: 16:30
Date: 2010-11-11
End Time: 19:00

Title: Edward Jones Inclusion and Diversity Celebration – Diversity Expo
Location: Edward Jones headquarters, 12555 Manchester Road in Des Peres
Description: Edward Jones will host an Inclusion and Diversity Week November 8 and 9. YAPA will have a booth on the 9th from 11:30-2pm. We would like to invite you to help represent YAPA and get the good word out to members of the Edward Jones community. At this event YAPA will have an opportunity to present to Edward Jones associates and leaders our mission, services and strategies and inform them of the ways in which they may get involved.

Interested in volunteering? Please email info@yapastl.org
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2010-11-09
End Time: 14:00