Celebrating Chinese Culture

A show to commemorate Chinese New Year holiday. Featured segments about holiday foods, Tang Dynasty poetry reading and comments from students of a Chinese language Meetup group called Mandarin Monday. They get together on a weekly basis to practice Mandarin language. All are welcome to sit at the dinner table, sip tea and talk Chinese all night long.


Mandarin Monday Meetup group is over 6 years old and has over 1600 fans. 

The show was hosted by Minnie Chen and Yen L. Lee. 

The show was re-broadcast on many cable TV networks like Verizon FiOS, Time Warner, RCN and Cable Vision using public access facilities  below.

• Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)
• Brooklyn Free Speech TV (BCAT)
• Queens Public TV (QPTV)
• Staten Island Community Television (SICTV)

Products used at the shoot

• Canon Vixia HDV Camcorder
• Velbon Tripod
• LastoLite white balance target
• Azden wireless transmitter and receiver
• Bose Headset

As seen on networks below:

Brooklyn Free Speech TV Member

Staten Island Community TV Member

I am an Independent Producer at MNN