UNL Presents Chinese Culture Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 3

Six days of activities, all free and open to the public, celebrate Chinese Culture Week at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Events kick off Sept. 28 and conclude Oct. 3. The week observes the second anniversary of the establishment of UNL's Confucius Institute, the 30th anniversary of the normalizing of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Rotunda Gallery in the Nebraska Union will be hosting an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy and art from Sept. 28-Oct. 3. Zenghan Tong, a doctoral student in UNL's Department of Chemistry, is master in the art of Chinese calligraphy. Paintings by Dongmei Wu, an award-winning Chinese artist who is a member of the faculty of the College of Forestry Northwest A&F in Yangling, China, also will be exhibited. At 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Hall, a free recital of Chinese Folk Songs by soprano Luan Li will take place. more...