Antiques aplenty Sep 19, 2009
Tibetan thangka (or monastery banners) blend with priceless Chinese figurines and 19th-century European orientalia comprising romantic images of dancing girls and harems. The restaurant LAmour Fou crazy love in French serves seafood, Italian and French cuisine, whilst the Sugar Baron Room re-creates the sumptuous boardroom of Oei Tiong Ham, one of Asias richest men during the early years of the 20th century. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
• Events Calendar Sep 18, 2009
4:30 p.m., "Niloofor," a 12-year-old Iraqi girl secretly seeks an education from a feminist woman as her father arranges her marriage; 6:30 p.m., "With One Voice," explores whether we've reached the pivotal point where it's possible to inhabit the age of unity (features filmmaker Matthew Flickstein); and 9 p.m., "Unmistaken Child," follows a man conducting a four-year search for the reincarnation of a Tibetan master ... Schedule: 9:30 a.m., "Footsteps in Africa," looks at nomadic people in... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Kate's Mystery Books to close in North Cambridge Jul 23, 2009
Mattes opened the store in 1983, and it has since been host to a broad range of both local and international mystery writers from local American crime writer Robert B. Parker and Louise Penny who writes Agatha Christie-style novels to Tony Hillerman s detective books and Eliot Patterson s Tibetan series. In 1987, the building even survived through a motor vehicle accident after being struck by a bus, forcing Mattes to fix the damage and continue her dream. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Antiques lure treasure hunters to Sebastopol Jul 21, 2009
Here's what so enjoyable about the flea market: You can find gems, like an authentic ceremonial Tibetan necklace, that you never imagined existed. And then there are the people. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Financial collapse of luxury-resort owners Jun 21, 2009
But so far, only Blixseth's good friends have wandered around the private space inside: the prayer room, the gym, the beauty parlor, the wet room, the cozy massage alcoves and the private theater adorned with murals; then there's the 18th century French furniture, the Italian stained glass, the bedroom suite from the Vatican, the ancient Tibetan thangkas. Until this day, she has never hosted a charity event inside her home. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Protect Tibetan culture through development Mar 27, 2009
Controversial dust over the protection of Tibetan culture, unsettled for decades, has virtually driven a wedge between experts on Tibetan studies and thereby tended to produce two extremes in thinkingone is to brace for a new change by completely abandoning traditions, and the other to retreat to 'good old days' by unyieldingly fending off modern civilization ... Inheritance and protection of Tibetan culture will also have to avoid falling into the pitfalls of abusing the protection rights... (People's Daily Online, China)
Freeing the spirit in Morocco Mar 4, 2009
The location is so awe-inspiring that Martin Scorsese used it as a Tibetan monastery in his 1997 film "Kundun.". There is no road access to the casbah. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
China targets Christie's over Qing bronzes auction Feb 26, 2009
Ties between Paris and Beijing have already been strained by French President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting late last year with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama. They were also strained by French protests disrupting the Paris leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay last year, sparked in turn by China's crackdown on rioting in Tibet. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Disputed treasures Feb 18, 2009
And Chinese officials canceled a trip to Paris after President Nicolas Sarkozy of France met in December with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, whom Beijing has denounced as a separatist. Liu Yang, a Beijing lawyer who is helping to organize the lawsuit threatened in France, said he had located a descendant of China's imperial family to serve as plaintiff in the case. (International Herald Tribune)
