Township resident's paintings mix old and new

Local Millburn resident artist Dr. Wen-hsein Wu talks on his recent painting series drawing from ancient Chinese Oracle bones.

Museums-San Francisco Through September 5

ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO The Asian Art Museum-Chon-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture recently unveiled its new building in San Francisco's Civic Center.

East meets West for Cambridge landscaper

Tucked among the row houses of North Cambridge is Eastern Reflections Landscape, a three-story yellow house with a dark bamboo fence. Small rectangular peepholes allow passersby to catch glances of a kidney-shaped pond and a stone waterfall in the front yard. Toddlers from a nearby nursery have named each of the orange and white koi fish now swimming below the pond’s frozen surface.

Burning Man after dark inspires Jewish S.F. artist’s ticket design

Just a week after Arin Fishkin trekked back to San Francisco from Burning Man festival last year, festival officials wanted her back.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/8

Engineers on August 20 successfully installed the rotor of the first turbine of the Son La hydro-electric power plant to enable the country’s largest hydro-electric plant to start running on December 25 as scheduled.