Chinatown and the 1906 Earthquake | Gentrain MPC
Course Description:In this staged reading, Arnold Genthe, an immigrant from Germany, takes up a new hobby in 1900... photography. He wanders through the neighborhoods of San Francisco with his folding Kodak camera and stumbles upon a place called Tangrenbu, the Chinese quarter. With the help of interpreter and guide Hong Yen, the story of the early Chinese in America begins to unfold. With Arnold Genthe as our narrator, we view these very rare and authentic photographs taken before and after the 1906 earthquake. |
Tuition: $0.00 Additional Fees: $0.00 |
Day/Time
Wednesday, May 1 *1:30 - 2:30 p.m.* (1 session)
Location
Offered in collaboration with our friends at The Gentrain Society, all lectures will be held in Lecture Forum 103 at Monterey Peninsula College. Free - All Welcome. Parking is $3.
Facilitator:
Playwright Carol Marquart has written and produced staged readings of famous and infamous persons of the 20th century. The subjects of her plays have included Carol Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Bette Davis, William Randolph Hearst, and even Rasputin.