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Boston Street Lab is looking for nonprofit organizations and groups who provide educational and community programs consistent with a public library, such as ESL and computer classes, reading groups, screenings, talks, meetings, and events. The Chinatown Storefront Library will launch in Fall 2009 and will showcase some of Boston’s civic and cultural resources in a highly visible, street-level space. [...]
Cheng & Tsui, an independent publisher and distributor of English and multilingual educational materials about Asia, has made a generous donation of new books to the Storefront Library. At a meeting today of the Friends of the Chinatown Library, community members got a chance to inspect some of the titles and were especially pleased by the [...]
Thursday to Sunday, August 27-30, 2009 For four nights this August, for the fourth year in a row, a vacant lot near Boston’s Chinatown Gate will become a free, outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and classic Chinese-language films under the stars. Thanks for helping us bring back a tradition of watching movies together in Chinatown. Film [...]
This spring, we were contacted by the Calgary Chinese Community Service Association (CCCSA) located in Calgary, Alberta. They had heard about Films at the Gate, and they wanted to create a similar community event in their city. Over the past few months, we’ve kept in touch, and offered advice about how to develop, promote, and [...]
Here’s a preview of an event in development for the Storefront Library, Fall 2009. Chinese Language Film Series, Thursday Evenings. Every year, Jean Lukitsh, curator of Films at the Gate chooses five films to entertain the Chinatown community during the free, outdoor movie series held on a vacant lot in the heart of Chinatown. But [...]
An editorial in the New York Times gives a nod to the concept of testing large-scale (expensive) urban plans with temporary (inexpensive) installations. In regards to lawn chairs set out in Times Square during the recent pilot closure of midtown streets, the Times noted: Actually, these particular chairs are temporary. Purchased for $10.74 each at [...]
Boston Street Lab is looking for nonprofit organizations and groups who currently provide educational and community programs consistent with a public library, such as ESL and computer classes, reading groups, screenings, talks, meetings, and events. The Storefront Library will be a showcase of Boston Chinatown’s civic and cultural resources in a highly visible space on the street. [...]