THE DRAGON’S EYE

Official Publication of US-China Peoples Friendship Association, Chicago Chapter, www.uscpfa.org/chicago

Roger Noback, Chapter President and Editor, 630/762-8225 December 17, 2006

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The scheduled venue, time, topic, and activity for the USCPFA DECEMBER 17 meeting are

2-4 p.m. @ College of DuPage Library, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599

2^nd Floor and 1^st Floor - see Directions below – NO MEAL WILL BE SERVED

VISIT THE EXHIBIT OF

MASTER BEIJING PAINTER AND PHOTOGRAPHERS

“WOW!!!” “WHAT ARTISTRY!!!” “SUCH PERCEPTIVE INSIGHT!!!” These are typical of comments heard from patrons at the Mon. Dec. 4 evening Welcoming Reception for the above exhibit and delegation of Beijing artists. A corresponding Open House is being held during daylight, at the Sun. afternoon, Dec. 17, 2006 Open House (2-4 pm), and you are encouraged to attend, with your family and friends. YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED.

THIS EXHIBIT EXTENDS THOUGH DECEMBER 2006 AND JANUARY 2007, so if you cannot attend the Sun. afternoon Dec. 17 Open House, visit this exhibit with family and friends another occasion during this period.

Master Beijing Artist’s 10 Contemporary Versions of Traditional Chinese Ink Paintings on the quintessiantially Chinese motif, FISH (2^nd Fl.). When you experience Mr. Zhu’s work, you will begin to understand his master’s reputation in Beijing. At once both contemporary and traditionally Chinese, this ink painting genre exhibit (both black and white and colored) is focused, under Mr. Zhu’s hand, on seemingly endless variations integrating fish motifs with other images (including other fish). Aesthetic masterpieces by themselves, the fish motif is also central to many facets of China, including without limitation its cuisine, livelihood, ingenuity, and iconography. According to Mr. Zhu, each painting is typically imbued with several layers of meaning, despite the seeming ease (but juxtaposed combination of care) with which each masterpiece is composed.

2 Photo Exhibits by Master Beijing Phototgraphers.

Ordinary Beijinger’s Life (Library’s 2^nd Fl) The vitality and personality of a wide variety of ordinary Beijing residents is memorably captured through the vignettes represented by this series of 40 or so black and white photographs by some of Beijing’s top photographers.

Beijing: Old and New. (Library’s 1^st Fl, at Entrance). This exhibit of another 40 or so photos juxtaposes color scenes of old and new Beijing.

This annual exhibit is made available through the combined auspices of the USCPFA-Chicago Chapter and its liaison in Beijing, the Beijing Peoples’ Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries, or Youxie (“Friendship”), which each year enlists the participation of the Beijing Federation of Literature & Art and its subsidiary organization, the Beijing Photographers’ Association, of which the exhibiting artists are officers and members.

Make Your Reservation Now for the Feb. 17, 2007 CAAGC Chinese New Year Celebration through the auspices of the USCPFA-Chicago Chapter by contacting Chapter member Helen Mui, 847.848.0083 (cell), helen_m_mui@yahoo.com, 209 Mystic Place, Vernon Hills, IL 60661 and sending her a check for $40 made out to the “USCPFA-Chicago Chapter.” This is the best and biggest Chinese New Year Celebration in Chicagoland, with typically over 1000 patrons and outstanding entertainment direct from China (Only avail. to Chapter Members).

Annual China Symposium 2006. Thanks to speakers, attendees, volunteers and Loyola for helping to make this Sat. afternoon 12/2 event a success, which again had over 100 patrons, despite bad weather, worse roads and a variety of registrants regretting such conditions prevented their attendance. The ACS-07 is targeted for Sat. afternoon, Dec. 1, 2007, at a venue to be announced later, so please mark your calendars, now.

The January 21, 2007 Chapter Meeting is scheduled in Chinatown at the House of Fortune Restaurant with a talk on China and India by U. of Chicago Professor Tan, a life-long student of this topic.

An Inner Mongolian TV editor is hosted for lunch by the Chicago Press Club on 1/19/07 courtesy of Chapter member Harry Lepinske, IIT. To attend ($20 in adv.), contact Harry, 708.246.5556, lepinske@juno.com.

ART EXHIBIT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS: 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 See www.cod.edu/Maps_Loc.htm (Full Campus, Regional, Local maps) From Chicago, West on I-290/I-88, exit Rt. 53 north (Morton Arboretum exit), left (west) on Butterfield Rd. (Rt. 56), Rt. (north) on Lambert Rd., Rt. (east) on Fawell Blvd., Rt. at 2^nd north entrance to COD Guest parking, north of SRC (Student Resources Center), building with 2 story white columns, proceed to SRC 2800, Turner Conf. Center, and then up stairs to left to Library. From N Suburbs: I-355 south or north, exit Butterfield Rd., etc. Cfade71606FINALema