Author: David Phillips

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Texas Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center hosted the Lunar New Year event at 1809 N. Chaparral St. This year, the museum was celebrating the Year of the Horse in the Eastern zodiac. As such, the museum had activities that tie to the zodiac year, including a lantern-crafting booth. KP Vibes Entertainment served as the DJ throughout the event, which included a performance by a lion dance team based in San Antonio, a tai chi demonstration and two taiko drum performances. Zero Unlimited Productions also hosted their kamishibai performances, a form of Japanese street…

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center will host a Lunar New Year event from noon to 5 p.m. at 1809 N. Chaparral St. This event will be like past celebrations of the lunar new year, which is celebrated in many Asian countries and marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar. The museum will have a lion dance team from San Antonio, a bonsai exhibit, lantern stations, and interactive lessons on the lion dance. “This year, they will celebrate the Year of the Horse,” Director of Operations Richard Hafemeister stated. “They…

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center will host a Lunar New Year event from noon to 5 p.m. at 1809 N. Chaparral St. This event will be like past celebrations of the lunar new year, which is celebrated in many Asian countries and marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar. The museum will have a lion dance team from San Antonio, a bonsai exhibit, lantern stations, and interactive lessons on the lion dance. “This year, they will celebrate the Year of the Horse,” Director of Operations Richard Hafemeister stated. “They…

The Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education hosted it’s Japan Day festival during spring break, featuring the art and culture of the country on March 15. This is the second year that the museum has celebrated the event, which was implemented by Hitomi Sakakibara, the museum’s former Outreach Coordinator. Attendees were able to watch martial arts demonstrations as well as a drum performance by the Corpus Christi Taiko Club and kamishibai, a form of Japanese street theater storytelling, by Zero Untitled Films/Productions. Other booths included an origami station hosted by museum staff, a snake-petting booth with the South…

On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education will celebrate its 50th anniversary at 1809 N. Chaparral St. from noon to 5 p.m. The museum has come far in its 50 years, which all began with its founder Billie Trimble Chandler. Born in 1904, Billie Chandler enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin at 48 years old after going through a divorce after 26 years of marriage, where she enrolled alongside two of her children. She earned her master’s degree in education, and she was teaching in Corpus Christi for a few years when…