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East Meets West: Chinese Gardens Abroad

East Meets West: Chinese Gardens Abroad

A unique architectural art, the Chinese garden in its varied forms reveals a landscaped symphony of rocks, plants, pavilions, water and bridges...

Golden Blossoms: Looking into China’s Exclusive Poetic Couplets

Golden Blossoms: Looking into China’s Exclusive Poetic Couplets

Led by Ben Wang, CI’s Senior Lecturer in Language and Humanities, this free virtual workshop is designed for K-12 educators (though we welcome all...

Legacies: Abe Foxman

Legacies: Abe Foxman

Abraham H. Foxman is one of the nation’s preeminent voices against antisemitism and hate. Join the Museum for a conversation with Foxman about his...

Curator’s Tour of SUPERTALL!

Curator’s Tour of SUPERTALL!

The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of SUPERTALL 2021 that surveys 58 supertalls worldwide and highlights a dozen...

The World According to China

The World According to China

With the 2022 Winter Olympics coming up, China is very much in the global spotlight. What image does the rising power want to project to the world?...

Drawing It Out: Graphic Novels, Teenagers, And The Holocaust

Drawing It Out: Graphic Novels, Teenagers, And The Holocaust

Graphic novels have long been emerging as a way to tell difficult and often traumatic stories. Since the late 1970s, they have also been a medium for...

Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors

Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors

We are in a time of enormous risk. Economic growth is anemic, and political risk to the capital markets is on the rise. In the United States, a...

How to Write a Killer Cover Letter

How to Write a Killer Cover Letter

Many employees no longer require a cover letter — but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t send one! Requisite or not, a great cover letter is a...

The Church Cracked Open: The Challenge of Beloved Community

The Church Cracked Open: The Challenge of Beloved Community

Online discussion. Join Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers,...

Designer Han Feng

Designer Han Feng

Is design art? In the hands of Han Feng, it sure is. The Hangzhou-born clothing designer first brought her fashion work into the performing arts with...

To Dachau And Back To Life

To Dachau And Back To Life

Elly Gotz was born in 1928 in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. When he was 13 years old, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Elly and his family were...

Retirement A to Z: Financial Education Series for Adults

Retirement A to Z: Financial Education Series for Adults

Wednesday Webinar. Eight-part series on retirement planning. These programs are designed to introduce you to the many possible sources of retirement...