CULTURE

Reaching Within: What traditional art offers the heart BY ERIC BESS Daniel was a devout Jew during the time of King Darius’s reign. Darius, the king of Persia around the sixth…

BY KELLY SONG NEW YORK—The finals of New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition were held on Oct. 2 at the Merkin Hall of the Kaufman Music Center in…

Premiered on Sept 22, 2022 In June 2022, I portrayed Yeshua, or Jesus, in the production of “Messiah, the Musical.” In this episode, I discuss this musical and how the…

BY CATHERINE YANG After interruption by a global pandemic and a war, the 6th NTD International Piano Competition is fast approaching, and participating pianists are set to receive the much-awaited commissioned piece that…

Reaching Within: What traditional art offers the heart BY ERIC BESS Our days are filled with things that compete for our attention. Our jobs, our families, and our friends demand our…

BY DOROTHY LI Sword, spear, and staff. Contestants showed their Kung Fu skills using various weapons and methods in a martial arts competition in upstate New York over the weekend. More than 70…

By Terence Tang Dunhuang (敦煌), is a famous locale known for its Buddhist status and frescos and a critical hub of the ancient Silk Road. Also known as the Mogao Grottoes,…

Film is the story of 18 brave Chinese who tapped into state TV to air uncensored news in China By Isaac Teo and Andrew Chen “Eternal Spring,” a film about…

By Emily Allison Commentary In an award-winning Epoch Cinema Original documentary, a former journalist for the Communist Party of China, Yifei Wang, tells the true story of her family’s persecution…

BY JAMES SALE Is there a connection between motivation and hope? And do we need to know about it? Let’s immediately dismiss ideas like that found in a Russian proverb: “In the kingdom of…