List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2011-06-29
Moon Tides: Brenda Paik Sunoo's Book Launch
Bay Area - San Francisco Wednesday - June 29, 2011 01:52 PM
Event details: Wednesday, June 29 from 5:30 p.m. at the Russ Building, 235 Montgomery St., 12th Floor, San Francisco. Wine reception and check-in begins at 5:30 p.m.; author talk begins at 6:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $10. The event is open to the public, though an RSVP is required. Moon Tides will be available for sale and signing. To RSVP, email events@imow.org, or call 415-543-4669 ext. 27 or to directly purchase tickets or learn more about the event visit: http://www.imow.org/calendar/viewEvent?eventId=213
Brenda Paik Sunoo’s Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea is an homage to the haenyeo—the elderly women divers who range in age from 39 to 93 years old who live on Jeju Island, Korea. Through photographs and interviews, Moon Tides introduces the reader to these extraordinary women in their own voices and in their own environments.
About Brenda Paik Sunoo
Brenda Paik Sunoo is a third-generation Korean American writer, editor and photojournalist. In addition to Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea, she has published Seaweed and Shamans: Inheriting the Gifts of Grief and Vietnam Moment.
International Museum of Women is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community. With its unique focus on cultural change, I.M.O.W. advances the human right to gender equity worldwide.
Brenda Paik Sunoo’s Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea is an homage to the haenyeo—the elderly women divers who range in age from 39 to 93 years old who live on Jeju Island, Korea. Through photographs and interviews, Moon Tides introduces the reader to these extraordinary women in their own voices and in their own environments.
About Brenda Paik Sunoo
Brenda Paik Sunoo is a third-generation Korean American writer, editor and photojournalist. In addition to Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea, she has published Seaweed and Shamans: Inheriting the Gifts of Grief and Vietnam Moment.
International Museum of Women is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community. With its unique focus on cultural change, I.M.O.W. advances the human right to gender equity worldwide.
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