Past Events

Members' Wellness at Asia Society Hong Kong Center

Members’ Wellness @ ASHK  Body Dynamics and Meditation | Yoga & Gong Bath

Saturday 21 Nov 2020
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Take this opportunity to relieve your stress and pressure via yoga with Rosalie. Afterwhich, Aurelie will continue to guide you through the gong bath meditation to release the tightness and imbalance in your body.
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Asia Society Hong Kong Thanksgiving Virtual Gala

Tuesday 17 Nov 2020
7 - 9:15 p.m.
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Virtual Gala 2020 Thanksgiving. November 17, 2020
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[Webcast Only] Dancing Between Languages

Sunday 15 Nov 2020
4 - 5 p.m.
Li Kotomi is an author, translator, and interpreter from Taiwan, working in Chinese and Japanese. Her first novel written in Japanese Hitorimai (Solo Dance) received the Gunzō New Writer’s Award for Excellence in 2017 and her Chinese
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[Webcast Only] Zero Point Beijing 北京零公里

Sunday 15 Nov 2020
2 - 3 p.m.
In this latest novel, author Chan Koonchung sends his 14 year old protagonist to the netherworld for a magical realist journey in search of truth across 800 years of Beijing’s history. The book’s title refers to a plaque in Tiananmen Square
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新古典舞團：客風・漂鳥之歌 Neo-Classical Dance Company: The Drifting Fate of Hakka

Saturday 14 Nov 2020
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Hong Kong Time
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The pioneer of Chinese modern dance, Dr. Liu Feng-shueh founded her unique style on ethnic and cultural roots amid the flow of history. Following in Dr. Liu’s lineage, up-and-coming choreographer Lu Yi-chuan draws from the sense of drifting
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[Online & In-person] Sex and Vanity: Kevin Kwan in Conversation

Saturday 14 Nov 2020
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Don’t miss the chance to catch author and creator of the bestselling phenomenon that is Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan discuss his latest novel, Sex and Vanity, with Tatler’s Generation T editor, Lee Williamson. Moving between Capri
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HK Film Focus: Spotlight on an Icon: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

Saturday 14 Nov 2020
10 - 11 a.m.
Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, renowned the world over for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, who saw in martial arts a metaphor for living a fully realized life. In her new book, his daughter 
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Past Perspectives: The Last Kings of Shanghai

Friday 13 Nov 2020
9 - 10 p.m.
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author Jonathan Kaufman brings us a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival that stretches from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London. 
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Next Act: Contemporary Art from Hong Kong Education Program

Friday 13 Nov 2020
7 - 7:45 p.m.
Multimedia art exhibits may seem daunting to those who are not familiar with them, though they are a great fit for the expression of complex concepts and shaping viewer experiences beyond the visual aspect. What better way to get acquainted
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[Online & In-person] Hong Kong Film Focus: Women in Film

Friday 13 Nov 2020
7 - 8 p.m.
Our Hong Kong Film Focus series looks at writing and storytelling in the ever-popular medium of film, and tonight’s event examines the expanding role of women filmmakers. We welcome upcoming filmmakers Sophia Shek and Nora Lam, along