Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association

The Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association/Chinese Wushu Research Institute will be performing at 1 PM on October 1 at the annual Peters Park Fall Festival in Boston’s South End. Go to http://www.peterspark.org/ for more information.

A new series of classes for parents and young children will be held on Sunday mornings at the Boston school by instructor Leda Elliott. The class will run from Sept. 11 to Nov. 20 at 11 AM. Price is $220 per parent and child, $110 for each additional child. For more information, go to http://www.wushu-leda.com/

The Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association is canceling classes for Sunday Aug. 28 at the Boston school due to the approach of Hurricane Irene. The performance for Films at the Gate on Saturday night is still tentatively on, but check the event website for updates:
http://www.filmsatthegate.org/

Grandmaster Bow Sim Mark and her students will perform at the 6th annual Films at the Gate free outdoor kung fu film festival in Boston’s Chinatown on Saturday Aug. 27 at approximately 7:15 PM. The event will take place at the Greenway park next to the Chinatown Gate. The movie scheduled for that evening is Jackie Chan’s THE YOUNG MASTER. Bring a chair, grab some take-out Chinese food, and meet us there!

For more information, go to http://www.filmsatthegate.org/

Mystery writer Tess Gerritsen, author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, which is now a top-rated show on TNT, has credited Grandmaster Mark as the inspiration for a major character in her newest book, The Silent Girl.

Read what she has to say about it here:

http://www.tessgerritsen.com/blog/meet-the-real-iris-fang/

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2011/07/10/author-nurtured-by-tigers.html?sid=101

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/us-authors-books-gerritsen-idUSTRE76D1IA20110714

http://framingham.patch.com/articles/newest-rizzoli-isles-book-comes-from-authors-own-experience