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SUMMARY:Qigong for Balancing Body
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nQigong for Balancing Body & Mind as we Age (Morning Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build body awareness\, improve physical balance\, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against harmful falls. Throughout the course\, students will be encouraged to think more broadly about the concept “balance\,” as it applies to both body and mind\, and how to improve it with calmness\, confidence\, and ease. We will also learn about preventative care for osteoporosis\, arthritis\, and other degenerative diseases. Course activities will include a combination of standing and dynamic exercises\, seated meditation\, and theory based in traditional Thai and Chinese Medicine. Beginners\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome. \nHolistic Self-care & Natural Living in our Golden Years (Afternoon Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will draw from the ancient wisdom of Traditional Thai and Chinese Medicines to naturally optimize health in our “Golden Age.” Each week\, classes will begin with a series of seated Qigong movement and breathing exercises targeted to reverse joint degeneration\, build sensation & strength in the legs and feet\, and improve overall physical vitality. Following the exercise portion of class\, we will introduce a topic focused on natural living\, specifically for seniors. Topics will range from personal constitution analysis based in Element Theory\, to learning how to work with our body’s natural “organ clock\,” to using scent and taste as powerful medicines for our physical & mental wellbeing. Practical self-care tools\, such as gentle self-acupressure massage and mind-balancing meditation\, will also be takeaways from the course. Weekly course materials are designed to synergize together for a well-rounded introduction to holistic living. A “pick and choose” option is available for those who would like to join for selected topics only. Beginners to Qigong and Oriental medicine\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/qigong-for-balancing-body-2/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Modern Opera
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nThis is an introduction to one group of 20th and 21st century works (operas) that reflect new thinking by contemporary composers. \nIn 2007 Alex Ross\, the music critique for The New Yorker\, wrote the book ironically titled “The Rest Is Noise.” It’s a review of the 20th century intellectual development in all the arts. Yes. Some of what you will be hearing may be “noise” (it may depend on how you define these sounds.) But there will also be gorgeous melodies\, toe-tapping\, unforgettable rhythms\, and unforgettable contemporary stories about important issues. \nWe will give you some samples and maybe motivate you to look further into some of the works we are using. Not all the works have been commercially recorded completely or filmed. So: we will listen to or watch excerpts for all the works and discuss. The participants will consider how they think certain scenes should be staged. No one will be required to sing. \nSchedule:\nOctober 3\, 2022: Introduction and two examples\nExcerpts from “The Lexicon of Musical Inventive“. These are reviews by contemporary critics upon hearing or seeing different works for the first time. These are often disparaging and insulting statements about music we have come to love and respect\, including “The Wedding March” (“Here comes the bride”…) from “Lohengrin.” (WHAT?! Somebody hated it?!) \nParticipants will read the reviews and then guess what piece of music is being referred to. The objective of this: Withhold judgement. Listen several times. Think what the music is trying to do. \nDead Man Walking\nThis work is based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean which describes her attempts to get Joseph de Rocher to confess that he murdered two teenagers. There was a film made of this book\, as well. Jake Heggie is a composer who can write in every style. In Dead Man Walking he writes black-spiritual type music for Sisters Helen and Rose to sing with their pre-school class. \nThe Overture is built around the notes that compose the musical line whenever someone sings “Joseph de Rocher.” (Those notes are varied throughout the opera.) This is called a “leit motiv.” It is a well-known music device used in all forms of music and in films to identify people\, emotions\, places and time. \nBut MOST remarkable is another leit motiv: the role of the first two chords of Jail House Rock. (Yes. Elvis.) These become the symbol of salvation. Joseph had told Sister Helen\, he wanted to speak with her\, but mocks her constantly. She doesn’t give up. \nBut when she tells him she had seen Elvis as a child\, they connect. “The King? You saw the King?” he asks. This finally leads to his admitting he killed the teenagers and thus an acknowledgement of his sin which leads theologically to his salvation. \nOctober 10\, 2022:\nWe’ll begin with The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. You may know the song from Sound of Music: ‘Doe\, a deer\, a female deer’? We will look at the melodies based on do-re-mi\, and see how many ways the composer varies those notes and how the meaning of these notes changes as Steve Jobs develops his humanity. \nWe’ll see how the composer builds “soundscapes” – environments of music and rhythms. Let the sounds swim over you. \nInterestingly\, his Buddhist mentor guides him through gorgeous melodies and soundscapes. It is also a humanely comic role. \nIn the end\, we need to ask: “Has this work made the work and personality of Steve Jobs (a) clearer to you? (b) more puzzling? (c) has this work given you anything to think about? \nHamilton \nHamilton is a ‘through-composed’ (that means no spoken dialogue) musical theatre piece uses rap\, jazz\, ballads. It portrays the life of Alexander Hamilton. It has not only “sound scapes” but “word scapes” – torrents of verses and rhymes\, fantastic rhythms. Beautiful melodies\, as well. \nIt is based on the biography by Ron Chernow.  The opening song\, four and a half minutes long\, covers the first 90 pages of the book. That’s rather amazing condensation! But the rapping-like lyrics also manage to convey many conflicting emotions being experienced by a variety of characters simultaneously. \nLin-Manuel Miranda creatively uses “sounds” to describe the Burr-Hamilton duel….as well as the flirtatious introduction of Hamilton to the Schuyler sisters. \nOctober 17\, 2022:\nTwo works founded on jazz and (sometimes) pop and full of gorgeous melodies (even if you think you don’t know them\, you may recognize them if you have ever spent much time in elevators.) \nThe first opened this year’s season at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. \nIt is based on a 2014 memoir by the New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow; it’s an account of his turbulent upbringing in rural Louisiana as he endures emotional confusion\, longs for affection from his tough-love mother and tries to come to terms with the wounds of sexual molestation. Blow’s book recalls his earlier life from an adult perspective\, while also conveying his experiences as if they’re being lived in the moment. \nIn his score\, the composer\, Terrance Blanchard\, deftly blends elements of jazz\, blues\, hints of big band and gospel into a compositional voice dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing\, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance. He is a trumpeter best known for his scores for Spike Lee films.  The librettist\, Kasi Lemmons\, is a writer\, director and actress who with “Fire” becomes the first Black librettist of a work performed by the Met in its history. \nGeorge Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess\nGershwin wrote Porgy and Bess as a “musical” to be performed in New York City on Broadway.  But it was too long\, maybe too complicated for such a venue. Some of the most “modern” convention breaking European composers saw the chord structures as complicated as theirs (Alex Ross reports on this in his book The Rest is Noise.). We’ll use Porgy to review the concepts of leitmotif and musical memory: how motifs are (supposed to) remind the listener/viewer of other memories a character OR “we” might be thinking about. Plus: lots of rhythm. \nYou already know a lot of the music: Summertime\, Bess You Is My Woman Now\, and It Ain’t Necessarily So. You may not know A Woman is a Sometime Thing\, My Man’s Gone Now\, Oh\, Lord\, I’m on My Way. \nOctober 31\, 2022\nJohn Adams’ style of writing is called “minimalist.” Minimal music is unembellished and emphasizes the beauty in simplicity. Composers of this style most often use classical instruments or natural components such as rain and wind. They sometimes use digital filters over their sound effects\, which can create an electronic feel. John Adams’ uses frequent repetition of chords and sounds – but in the orchestra accompaniments as well as the choruses of his operas. In Nixon some of the solos – like Madame Mao’s coloratura aria I am the Wife of Mao Tze Dun are seriously repetitive. But there are lyrical moments\, the private reflections especially of Pat Nixon and of the philosophically inclined Chou En-lai – whose final aria asks: “How much of what we did was good?” while contemplating the dew on the grass and lonely old age. \nOne of the great 20th century coup de théatreis in the First Act when after the chorus sings louder and louder\, the presidential plane arrives and Nixon gives his famous victory salute.The other famously odd moment is the Act Two ballet in which Henry Kissinger is depicted as the evil land-owner.And Richard Nixon\, complex\, ambiguous\, soon to be brought down by Watergate\, has his own\, all-American memories: “I found the smell of burgers on the grill made grown men cry.” \nWhy did John Adams write Nixon in China?\nIn 1983\, theater and opera director Peter Sellars suggested that John Adams write an opera about Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. Sellars was intrigued by Nixon’s decision to make the visit\, seeing it as both “a ridiculously cynical election ploy … and a historical breakthrough.” \nDoctor Atomic\nDoctor Atomic concerns the final hours leading up to the Trinity Test\, the first atomic bomb explosion at the Alamagordo test site in New Mexico in July of 1945. It focuses on the physicist and Manhattan Project director\, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer\, the brilliant physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project\, the government project to develop atomic weaponry. It explores Oppenheimer’s reluctance to continue the tests. \nHumour comes through the United States generals who rail at the inclement weather and have tantrums aimed at the weather men who refuse to “cooperate” with the government by predicting storms which could delay the tests.We’ll watch parts of The Making of Dr Atomic that describe how Adams and Peter Sellers\, the librettist and director\, developed the opera from. We’ll see how they use texts from diaries and other reports too. We’ll concentrate on the Act One aria: Batter my heart (Holy Sonnet 14). Oppenheimer was reading this Sonnet up until the test of the first bomb. He was even thinking of cancelling it. You’ll see from the score his minimalist writings.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/modern-opera-2/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Bird Watching on Doi Inthanon
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nJoin us for a day of birding on Thailand’s tallest mountain\, Doi Inthanon. Khun Uthai is an experienced bird guide and photographer who will introduce you to the birds on Doi Inthanon. You will be going to the summit\, mid elevations and low elevations to see a wide variety of bird species that include the Green-tailed sunbird\, Snowy-browed flycatcher\, Chestnut-tailed Minla\, Blue-throated Barbet and more. Walking is easy to moderate with frequent stops. Khun Uthai has a spotting scope and laser to make your bird watching experience easy and enjoyable. Please bring your own binoculars. \nLifelong Learning Payap will provide you with transport\, park entrance fees and guide. Please bring your own breakfast and water. You can purchase lunch at the park canteen. Seats are limited on the van\, so please sign up early!
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/bird-watching-on-doi-inthanon/
LOCATION:Doi Inthanon National Park\, 119 Ban Luang\, Chom Thong District\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50160\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221007T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221007T120000
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SUMMARY:McCormick Hospital and the Medical Mission in Chiang Mai\, 1889-1941
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nIncluding a special visit to the new Prince Doctor Museum \nWe will begin with an illustrated lecture by Graham Jefcoate in which we’ll learn about the American Presbyterian Mission’s medical work from the arrival of Dr James W. McKean in 1889\, through the opening of McCormick Hospital under Dr E. C. Cort in 1925\, to the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941. \nFollowing a short break at the Mabel Cort Cafe\, we will take a guided walk to explore some of the heritage buildings on the McCormick site. What can we find using the original hospital plans and photographs? \nFinally\, we will have the opportunity to visit the new Prince Doctor Museum in the former Superintendent’s House built in 1926. Rebecca Weldon will be our guide.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/mccormick-hospital-and-the-medical-mission/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221006T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221006T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
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SUMMARY:Spirits\, Ghosts and Other Elements of Animism in Lanna Thai Culture
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nAjarn Vithi Phanichphant\, an academic expert in arts\, culture and Lanna traditions\, was founder of and professor at the Thai Art Department Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University. He was instrumental in setting up the Lanna House Museum. He is an engaging speaker and has led several Lifelong Learning Payap excursions in the past to great acclaim!
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/spirits-ghosts-and-other-elements-of-animism-in-lanna-thai-culture/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221004T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221004T143000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
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SUMMARY:Holistic Self-Care: Personal Constitution Diagnosis
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nQigong for Balancing Body & Mind as we Age (Morning Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build body awareness\, improve physical balance\, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against harmful falls. Throughout the course\, students will be encouraged to think more broadly about the concept “balance\,” as it applies to both body and mind\, and how to improve it with calmness\, confidence\, and ease. We will also learn about preventative care for osteoporosis\, arthritis\, and other degenerative diseases. Course activities will include a combination of standing and dynamic exercises\, seated meditation\, and theory based in traditional Thai and Chinese Medicine. Beginners\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome. \nHolistic Self-care & Natural Living in our Golden Years (Afternoon Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will draw from the ancient wisdom of Traditional Thai and Chinese Medicines to naturally optimize health in our “Golden Age.” Each week\, classes will begin with a series of seated Qigong movement and breathing exercises targeted to reverse joint degeneration\, build sensation & strength in the legs and feet\, and improve overall physical vitality. Following the exercise portion of class\, we will introduce a topic focused on natural living\, specifically for seniors. Topics will range from personal constitution analysis based in Element Theory\, to learning how to work with our body’s natural “organ clock\,” to using scent and taste as powerful medicines for our physical & mental wellbeing. Practical self-care tools\, such as gentle self-acupressure massage and mind-balancing meditation\, will also be takeaways from the course. Weekly course materials are designed to synergize together for a well-rounded introduction to holistic living. A “pick and choose” option is available for those who would like to join for selected topics only. Beginners to Qigong and Oriental medicine\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/holistic-self-care/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221004T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221004T113000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
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SUMMARY:Qigong for Balancing Body
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nQigong for Balancing Body & Mind as we Age (Morning Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build body awareness\, improve physical balance\, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against harmful falls. Throughout the course\, students will be encouraged to think more broadly about the concept “balance\,” as it applies to both body and mind\, and how to improve it with calmness\, confidence\, and ease. We will also learn about preventative care for osteoporosis\, arthritis\, and other degenerative diseases. Course activities will include a combination of standing and dynamic exercises\, seated meditation\, and theory based in traditional Thai and Chinese Medicine. Beginners\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome. \nHolistic Self-care & Natural Living in our Golden Years (Afternoon Course) \nIn this 6-session course\, we will draw from the ancient wisdom of Traditional Thai and Chinese Medicines to naturally optimize health in our “Golden Age.” Each week\, classes will begin with a series of seated Qigong movement and breathing exercises targeted to reverse joint degeneration\, build sensation & strength in the legs and feet\, and improve overall physical vitality. Following the exercise portion of class\, we will introduce a topic focused on natural living\, specifically for seniors. Topics will range from personal constitution analysis based in Element Theory\, to learning how to work with our body’s natural “organ clock\,” to using scent and taste as powerful medicines for our physical & mental wellbeing. Practical self-care tools\, such as gentle self-acupressure massage and mind-balancing meditation\, will also be takeaways from the course. Weekly course materials are designed to synergize together for a well-rounded introduction to holistic living. A “pick and choose” option is available for those who would like to join for selected topics only. Beginners to Qigong and Oriental medicine\, as well as practitioners of all levels\, are welcome.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/qigong-for-balancing-body/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221003T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221003T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Modern Opera
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nThis is an introduction to one group of 20th and 21st century works (operas) that reflect new thinking by contemporary composers. \nIn 2007 Alex Ross\, the music critique for The New Yorker\, wrote the book ironically titled “The Rest Is Noise.” It’s a review of the 20th century intellectual development in all the arts. Yes. Some of what you will be hearing may be “noise” (it may depend on how you define these sounds.) But there will also be gorgeous melodies\, toe-tapping\, unforgettable rhythms\, and unforgettable contemporary stories about important issues. \nWe will give you some samples and maybe motivate you to look further into some of the works we are using. Not all the works have been commercially recorded completely or filmed. So: we will listen to or watch excerpts for all the works and discuss. The participants will consider how they think certain scenes should be staged. No one will be required to sing. \nSchedule:\nOctober 3\, 2022: Introduction and two examples\nExcerpts from “The Lexicon of Musical Inventive“. These are reviews by contemporary critics upon hearing or seeing different works for the first time. These are often disparaging and insulting statements about music we have come to love and respect\, including “The Wedding March” (“Here comes the bride”…) from “Lohengrin.” (WHAT?! Somebody hated it?!) \nParticipants will read the reviews and then guess what piece of music is being referred to. The objective of this: Withhold judgement. Listen several times. Think what the music is trying to do. \nDead Man Walking\nThis work is based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean which describes her attempts to get Joseph de Rocher to confess that he murdered two teenagers. There was a film made of this book\, as well. Jake Heggie is a composer who can write in every style. In Dead Man Walking he writes black-spiritual type music for Sisters Helen and Rose to sing with their pre-school class. \nThe Overture is built around the notes that compose the musical line whenever someone sings “Joseph de Rocher.” (Those notes are varied throughout the opera.) This is called a “leit motiv.” It is a well-known music device used in all forms of music and in films to identify people\, emotions\, places and time. \nBut MOST remarkable is another leit motiv: the role of the first two chords of Jail House Rock. (Yes. Elvis.) These become the symbol of salvation. Joseph had told Sister Helen\, he wanted to speak with her\, but mocks her constantly. She doesn’t give up. \nBut when she tells him she had seen Elvis as a child\, they connect. “The King? You saw the King?” he asks. This finally leads to his admitting he killed the teenagers and thus an acknowledgement of his sin which leads theologically to his salvation. \nOctober 10\, 2022:\nWe’ll begin with The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. You may know the song from Sound of Music: ‘Doe\, a deer\, a female deer’? We will look at the melodies based on do-re-mi\, and see how many ways the composer varies those notes and how the meaning of these notes changes as Steve Jobs develops his humanity. \nWe’ll see how the composer builds “soundscapes” – environments of music and rhythms. Let the sounds swim over you. \nInterestingly\, his Buddhist mentor guides him through gorgeous melodies and soundscapes. It is also a humanely comic role. \nIn the end\, we need to ask: “Has this work made the work and personality of Steve Jobs (a) clearer to you? (b) more puzzling? (c) has this work given you anything to think about? \nHamilton \nHamilton is a ‘through-composed’ (that means no spoken dialogue) musical theatre piece uses rap\, jazz\, ballads. It portrays the life of Alexander Hamilton. It has not only “sound scapes” but “word scapes” – torrents of verses and rhymes\, fantastic rhythms. Beautiful melodies\, as well. \nIt is based on the biography by Ron Chernow.  The opening song\, four and a half minutes long\, covers the first 90 pages of the book. That’s rather amazing condensation! But the rapping-like lyrics also manage to convey many conflicting emotions being experienced by a variety of characters simultaneously. \nLin-Manuel Miranda creatively uses “sounds” to describe the Burr-Hamilton duel….as well as the flirtatious introduction of Hamilton to the Schuyler sisters. \nOctober 17\, 2022:\nTwo works founded on jazz and (sometimes) pop and full of gorgeous melodies (even if you think you don’t know them\, you may recognize them if you have ever spent much time in elevators.) \nThe first opened this year’s season at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. \nIt is based on a 2014 memoir by the New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow; it’s an account of his turbulent upbringing in rural Louisiana as he endures emotional confusion\, longs for affection from his tough-love mother and tries to come to terms with the wounds of sexual molestation. Blow’s book recalls his earlier life from an adult perspective\, while also conveying his experiences as if they’re being lived in the moment. \nIn his score\, the composer\, Terrance Blanchard\, deftly blends elements of jazz\, blues\, hints of big band and gospel into a compositional voice dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing\, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance. He is a trumpeter best known for his scores for Spike Lee films.  The librettist\, Kasi Lemmons\, is a writer\, director and actress who with “Fire” becomes the first Black librettist of a work performed by the Met in its history. \nGeorge Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess\nGershwin wrote Porgy and Bess as a “musical” to be performed in New York City on Broadway.  But it was too long\, maybe too complicated for such a venue. Some of the most “modern” convention breaking European composers saw the chord structures as complicated as theirs (Alex Ross reports on this in his book The Rest is Noise.). We’ll use Porgy to review the concepts of leitmotif and musical memory: how motifs are (supposed to) remind the listener/viewer of other memories a character OR “we” might be thinking about. Plus: lots of rhythm. \nYou already know a lot of the music: Summertime\, Bess You Is My Woman Now\, and It Ain’t Necessarily So. You may not know A Woman is a Sometime Thing\, My Man’s Gone Now\, Oh\, Lord\, I’m on My Way. \nOctober 31\, 2022\nJohn Adams’ style of writing is called “minimalist.” Minimal music is unembellished and emphasizes the beauty in simplicity. Composers of this style most often use classical instruments or natural components such as rain and wind. They sometimes use digital filters over their sound effects\, which can create an electronic feel. John Adams’ uses frequent repetition of chords and sounds – but in the orchestra accompaniments as well as the choruses of his operas. In Nixon some of the solos – like Madame Mao’s coloratura aria I am the Wife of Mao Tze Dun are seriously repetitive. But there are lyrical moments\, the private reflections especially of Pat Nixon and of the philosophically inclined Chou En-lai – whose final aria asks: “How much of what we did was good?” while contemplating the dew on the grass and lonely old age. \nOne of the great 20th century coup de théatreis in the First Act when after the chorus sings louder and louder\, the presidential plane arrives and Nixon gives his famous victory salute.The other famously odd moment is the Act Two ballet in which Henry Kissinger is depicted as the evil land-owner.And Richard Nixon\, complex\, ambiguous\, soon to be brought down by Watergate\, has his own\, all-American memories: “I found the smell of burgers on the grill made grown men cry.” \nWhy did John Adams write Nixon in China?\nIn 1983\, theater and opera director Peter Sellars suggested that John Adams write an opera about Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. Sellars was intrigued by Nixon’s decision to make the visit\, seeing it as both “a ridiculously cynical election ploy … and a historical breakthrough.” \nDoctor Atomic\nDoctor Atomic concerns the final hours leading up to the Trinity Test\, the first atomic bomb explosion at the Alamagordo test site in New Mexico in July of 1945. It focuses on the physicist and Manhattan Project director\, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer\, the brilliant physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project\, the government project to develop atomic weaponry. It explores Oppenheimer’s reluctance to continue the tests. \nHumour comes through the United States generals who rail at the inclement weather and have tantrums aimed at the weather men who refuse to “cooperate” with the government by predicting storms which could delay the tests.We’ll watch parts of The Making of Dr Atomic that describe how Adams and Peter Sellers\, the librettist and director\, developed the opera from. We’ll see how they use texts from diaries and other reports too. We’ll concentrate on the Act One aria: Batter my heart (Holy Sonnet 14). Oppenheimer was reading this Sonnet up until the test of the first bomb. He was even thinking of cancelling it. You’ll see from the score his minimalist writings.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/modern-opera/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220928T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220928T110000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000069-1664357400-1664362800@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Interreligious Dialogue and Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nLifelong Learning Payap and the Religion\, Culture\, and Peace Laboratory (RCPL) under the Department of Peace Studies at Payap University are teaming up to explore the various religious faith groups represented in Chiang Mai. Together with students and faculty of the Peace Studies Ph. D. Program\, ten Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn\, primarily through on-site visits to local places of worship. The series will be introduced by a presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty\, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion\, Culture and Peace Lab. He will talk about Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai and explain the objectives of the Religion\, Culture and Peace lab program and our upcoming pilgrimage. (See the schedule below.) \nThere will be two presentations on Zoom and seven on-site visits. The program will run weekly from September 7 to November 9\, 2022. All but one class will be on Wednesdays. \nInstructions on how to get to the site will be sent each week to those who register. Car-pooling or ride sharing can be arranged\, if requested. \nSchedule \n\nSeptember 7 (Wednesday)\, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai by Dr. R Ty\nSeptember 14 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Buddhism by Ven. Dhammananda\nSeptember 22 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Wat Suandok – What’s What in a Wat and Monk Chat\nSeptember 28 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at a local Mosque\nOctober 12 (Wednesday) 9:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Thai Hindu Ashram (40 minutes outside of Chiang Mai)\nOctober 19 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sikh Gurdwara\nOctober 26 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baha’i Center\nNovember 2 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Russian Orthodox Church\nNovember 9 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Seven Fountains\n\n(All times listed are start and end times for the talks.)
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/interreligious-dialogue-and-pilgrimage-4/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Chaing Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220922T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220922T110000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000068-1663839000-1663844400@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Interreligious Dialogue and Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nLifelong Learning Payap and the Religion\, Culture\, and Peace Laboratory (RCPL) under the Department of Peace Studies at Payap University are teaming up to explore the various religious faith groups represented in Chiang Mai. Together with students and faculty of the Peace Studies Ph. D. Program\, ten Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn\, primarily through on-site visits to local places of worship. The series will be introduced by a presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty\, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion\, Culture and Peace Lab. He will talk about Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai and explain the objectives of the Religion\, Culture and Peace lab program and our upcoming pilgrimage. (See the schedule below.) \nThere will be two presentations on Zoom and seven on-site visits. The program will run weekly from September 7 to November 9\, 2022. All but one class will be on Wednesdays. \nInstructions on how to get to the site will be sent each week to those who register. Car-pooling or ride sharing can be arranged\, if requested. \nSchedule \n\nSeptember 7 (Wednesday)\, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai by Dr. R Ty\nSeptember 14 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Buddhism by Ven. Dhammananda\nSeptember 22 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Wat Suandok – What’s What in a Wat and Monk Chat\nSeptember 28 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at a local Mosque\nOctober 12 (Wednesday) 9:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Thai Hindu Ashram (40 minutes outside of Chiang Mai)\nOctober 19 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sikh Gurdwara\nOctober 26 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baha’i Center\nNovember 2 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Russian Orthodox Church\nNovember 9 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Seven Fountains\n\n(All times listed are start and end times for the talks.)
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/interreligious-dialogue-and-pilgrimage-3/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Chaing Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220920T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220920T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050459
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000076-1663664400-1663682400@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:The Man from Bangkok: San Francisco’s Culture in the 1960s\, by ‘Rong Wongsawan
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nThis class and book launch will be held at the home of Rong Wongsuwan\, Tune In Garden in Mae Rim\, Pong Yaeng. Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn about the life and writing of the Thai author Rong Wongsuwan. Dr. Tony Waters will also talk about his recent English translation of one of Rong’s short stories that is being released as a book by White Lotus Press in August: The Man from Bangkok: San Francisco’s Culture in the 1960’s. Also present for this class will be Rong’s wife\, Malee\, who was very important to Rong’s work\, and now operates a Michelin star restaurant located at their home. A special lunch at Tune In Garden will be included with this program.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/the-man-from-bangkok/
LOCATION:Tune In Garden\, Mae Rim\, VR9C+7HX\, Pong Yaeng\, Mae Rim District\, Mae Rim\, Chiang Mai\, 50108\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220919T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220919T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000078-1663581600-1663588800@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Chiang Mai Memories - Pictures and Stories from North Thailand
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nThe Story behind Chiang Mai Memories: Pictures and Stories from North Thailand. All cities\, including Chiang Mai\, have changed over the years. You may have seen old and new photos taken in the same location years apart. What do we learn from these photos? Why are they important? Frans Betgem\, the founder of the Facebook Group\, “Chiang Mai Memories”\, will talk about his passion for Chiang Mai history through images.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/chiang-mai-memories-2/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220916T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220916T120000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000075-1663322400-1663329600@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Tai Textiles in Southeast Asia: Economic and Cultural Ties
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nBe ready to be awed by this stunning exhibition of textiles that include exquisite examples of Tai Yan\, Tai Lao\, Tai Phuan\, Tai Khrang\, Tai Yai\, Tai Lue and Tai Khuen\, Tai Daeng and Tai Dam textiles. Professional exhibits with English language descriptions. The exhibit will be presented in English by Khun Nouy\, accompanied with Rebecca Weldon. There is a limit of ten participants\, so please sign up early.
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/tai-textiles-in-southeast-asiaeconomic-and-cultural-ties/
LOCATION:Bank of Thailand Convention Hall\, 68 Soi Chotana 3\, Chang Phueak\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50300\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220914T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220914T110000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000067-1663147800-1663153200@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Interreligious Dialogue and Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nLifelong Learning Payap and the Religion\, Culture\, and Peace Laboratory (RCPL) under the Department of Peace Studies at Payap University are teaming up to explore the various religious faith groups represented in Chiang Mai. Together with students and faculty of the Peace Studies Ph. D. Program\, ten Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn\, primarily through on-site visits to local places of worship. The series will be introduced by a presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty\, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion\, Culture and Peace Lab. He will talk about Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai and explain the objectives of the Religion\, Culture and Peace lab program and our upcoming pilgrimage. (See the schedule below.) \nThere will be two presentations on Zoom and seven on-site visits. The program will run weekly from September 7 to November 9\, 2022. All but one class will be on Wednesdays. \nInstructions on how to get to the site will be sent each week to those who register. Car-pooling or ride sharing can be arranged\, if requested. \nSchedule \n\nSeptember 7 (Wednesday)\, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai by Dr. R Ty\nSeptember 14 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Buddhism by Ven. Dhammananda\nSeptember 22 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Wat Suandok – What’s What in a Wat and Monk Chat\nSeptember 28 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at a local Mosque\nOctober 12 (Wednesday) 9:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Thai Hindu Ashram (40 minutes outside of Chiang Mai)\nOctober 19 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sikh Gurdwara\nOctober 26 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baha’i Center\nNovember 2 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Russian Orthodox Church\nNovember 9 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Seven Fountains\n\n(All times listed are start and end times for the talks.)
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/interreligious-dialogue-and-pilgrimage-2/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Chaing Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220912
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000077-1662681600-1662940799@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:3-Day/2-Night Excursion to Lamphun and Li
DESCRIPTION:Itinerary: \n \nDay 1: \nLeave by motor coach from Chiang Mai to Lamphun. After a 30-minute drive\, visit Wat Phrathat Hariphunchai and the branch of the National Museum at Lamphun. After lunch at a local restaurant\, the group will leave for Li sub-district\, Li\, the hidden charm of Lamphun\, approximately two hours away. Check-in at the hotel and there will be time for a rest. At 5.00 p.m. (17:00) the group will transfer to a Karen hilltribe village. The community is both Buddhist and vegetarian. Arriving at the OTOP center\, one will have the opportunity to see the full array of Karen handicrafts\, including textiles and silver ornaments\, all made by the villagers. For dinner\, we will enjoy a vegetarian Khantoke dinner and a traditional performance by Karen children. Transfer back to the hotel overnight. \nDay 2: \nBreakfast at the hotel. Depart for Mam Bor Noi village where all live in harmony and refuse the modern world: using water from wells\, living without electricity in traditional bamboo houses and weaving their own clothes. Afterward go to Wat Phrabhat Huay Tom to study more about their way of life. Following lunch at a local restaurant we will visit Long Li\, the weaving center where women still preserve the tin jok\, a pattern of weaving which had almost disappeared from the community. Return to the hotel to relax. In the evening return to Huay Tom village to see the Phra Maha That Chedi Sri Vieng Chai\, a great golden stupa. On full moon night of the Buddhist Holy day\, villagers gather to pray and walk around the stupa with candles: “wien tien”. Visitors can observe or participate. The sound of chanting and the moving light of candles mark an unforgettable moment. \nDay 3: \nCheck out of the hotel and leave for Ban Thung Hua Chang\, which is famous for Lamphun silk weaving using the yok dok pattern. After lunch\, we will head back to Chiang Mai. On the way\, a stop will be made at Ban Don Luang\, a village well known for its cotton weaving. The villagers earn a living from making cotton cloth\, some by Pasang and Tai Lue families. Expect to arrive at Chiang Mai around 5:00 p.m. (17:00).
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/lamphun-and-li-excursion/
LOCATION:Lamphun\, Lamphun\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220907T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220907T110000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000066-1662543000-1662548400@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Interreligious Dialogue and Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nLifelong Learning Payap and the Religion\, Culture\, and Peace Laboratory (RCPL) under the Department of Peace Studies at Payap University are teaming up to explore the various religious faith groups represented in Chiang Mai. Together with students and faculty of the Peace Studies Ph. D. Program\, ten Lifelong Learning participants will have an opportunity to learn\, primarily through on-site visits to local places of worship. The series will be introduced by a presentation on Zoom by Dr. Rey Ty\, Project Leader of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Religion\, Culture and Peace Lab. He will talk about Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai and explain the objectives of the Religion\, Culture and Peace lab program and our upcoming pilgrimage. (See the schedule below.) \nThere will be two presentations on Zoom and seven on-site visits. The program will run weekly from September 7 to November 9\, 2022. All but one class will be on Wednesdays. \nInstructions on how to get to the site will be sent each week to those who register. Car-pooling or ride sharing can be arranged\, if requested. \nSchedule \n\nSeptember 7 (Wednesday)\, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Interfaith Collaboration in Chiang Mai by Dr. R Ty\nSeptember 14 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Zoom – Buddhism by Ven. Dhammananda\nSeptember 22 (Thursday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Wat Suandok – What’s What in a Wat and Monk Chat\nSeptember 28 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at a local Mosque\nOctober 12 (Wednesday) 9:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Thai Hindu Ashram (40 minutes outside of Chiang Mai)\nOctober 19 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sikh Gurdwara\nOctober 26 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baha’i Center\nNovember 2 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Russian Orthodox Church\nNovember 9 (Wednesday) 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Seven Fountains\n\n(All times listed are start and end times for the talks.)
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/interreligious-dialogue-and-pilgrimage/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Chaing Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220902T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220902T113000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000058-1662112800-1662118200@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Badminton
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nBadminton is a wildly popular sport throughout Asia and Thailand is no exception. Due to its low cost and relative ease to learn\, it has become the 4th most popular sport in Thailand. \nAre you looking for a new physical activity here in Chiang Mai? Come join us for this highly interactive\, hands-on and fun workshop. To get you up to speed this series will take place one time per week over five weeks. You will learn the basics including how to hold the racket\, what to do with your feet\,forehand and backhand shots\, serving\, the rules\, how to score and most importantly how to play and not hurt yourself. And have a lot of fun doing it! \nEquipment Needed: \n\nBadminton or Sport Shoes (White bottom only)\nBadminton Racket if you have one. If not they will be available to rent at the court.\n\nAbout the Teacher: \nOur teacher\, ‘A’ Suraphong Liengboonlertchai grew up in Bangkok and moved to Seattle in 1999. After spending more than 22 years there\, he returned to Thailand and retired in Chiang Mai. He is a lifelong Badminton enthusiast and enjoys playing 3-5 times a week. ‘A’ enjoys sharing his life experiences\, including his passion for Badminton. Come learn basic Badminton in a safe and fun environment that is created with YOU in mind!
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/fundamentals-of-badminton-5/
LOCATION:CMI Badminton Court\, 22 1 Wat Pa Tan Alley\, Pa Tan Sub-district\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50300\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220902T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220902T113000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000065-1662111000-1662118200@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Welcome to Elbonia:  An Intercultural Stimulation
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nJoin your friends on a cultural excursion to the fabled land of Elbonia where we will learn about the fascinating Elbonian culture. In this playful experience in a make-believe land we will learn about: \n\nSuccessful strategies for adjusting to a new culture\nThe “mind game” of social interaction\nThe importance of nonverbal communication\n\nThis workshop embraces active participation\, role-playing\, and discussion. \nIt is guaranteed to be fun! \nAbout the Presenter: \nSteve Epstein is a guest lecturer at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya Buddhist University at Wat Suan Dok where he teaches Intercultural Communication. He taught Intercultural Communication in Alliant University (previously named United States International University) in San Diego\, California. He has lived in Nepal\, the Philippines\, Laos and Indonesia
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/welcome-to-elbonia/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220830T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220830T113000
DTSTAMP:20260501T050500
CREATED:20240414T195317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240414T195317Z
UID:10000039-1661853600-1661859000@www.lllpayap.com
SUMMARY:Qigong for Healthy Living
DESCRIPTION:Instructors: Ajahn Toh\, Jessica Handojo\, and Ashley Baldwin \nDates: \nTuesday\,  July 26\, 2022; August 2\,9\,16\, 23 & 30\, 2022 \nTime: \nMorning Session: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. \n  \nDescription: \nMorning Session: \nQigong for Balancing Body & Mind as We Age \nAfternoon Session: \nNatural Living & Holistic Self-Care in our Golden Years
URL:https://www.lllpayap.com/event/qi-gong-6/
LOCATION:Lifelong Learning Payap Center\, Lifelong Learning Payap Center Payap University\, Kaew Nawarat Campus\, Unnamed Road\, Wat Ket\, Mueang Chiang Mai District\, Chiang Mai 50000\, Thailand\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50000\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Lifelong Learning Payap":MAILTO:lllpayap@gmail.com
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