'Mirai' a 2018 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda and produced by Studio Chizu. It is about a young boy who encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance from his younger sister from the future.  Friday 10/11 at 5pm, 19 University Pl, Room 102

EAS will host the 2019 Chinese Karaoke Contest! Come belt your heart out and sing some of your favorite Chinese tunes for a chance to win big at EAS' 2019 Chinese Karaoke Contest. Vocalists of all genres of music are welcome to sign up. Singers can pick any Chinese songs to perform, either as an individual or as a group. Simply record yourself and send us the audio file by October 19th. Ten finalists will be announced via email by October 25th. Friday 11/1, 2pm to 4pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm.

When the murals that garlanded the Beijing Capital Airport were completed in 1979, they inaugurated what was known as “mural fever” throughout the following decade.  This talk repositions this founding moment as the culminating end, rather than a beginning: the aspirations of the airport murals reveal the history of decoration as ornament was explored and rearticulated during the early Maoist years. Friday 10/11, 4pm to 6pm, 239 Greene St, Room 741.

"Rakugo" is a type of Japanese story-telling in which the storyteller uses a paper fan and a small cloth to perform a comedic story. The storyteller remains seated throughout the entire performance and relies on their voice and slight movements of the head to depict the different characters in the story.  Wednesday 10/23, 4:55pm to 6pm, 12 Wavery Pl, Room G08

Yi Gwangsu (1892-1950) was by far the most popular novelist in colonial Korea in the 1920s. However, his works from that period have received little scholarly attention partly because about half of his output was melodramas that were considered to be nothing more than low-brow escapism. It has been virtually forgotten that Yi’s Rebirth was the first full-length novel to feature the so-called “modern girl” as well as one of the first to be set against the backdrop of the March First Movement of 1919. This talk discusses how the novel used the conventions of melodrama to offer a sophisticated critique of colonial capitalism. Friday 10/25, 5:30pm to 7:00pm, Silver Building Rm 207, 100 Washington Sq. E.