A local, rare, and dying art--a Chinese script used exclusively by women--is being preserved and translated by Skidmore professor Cathy Silber.
Cathy Silber (right), visiting assistant professor of Chinese, with Chen Lixin, proprietor of the Nushu Arts House in Changsha, Hunan, China. Silber, an expert on nüshu, will co-present a talk about the rare music and writing tradition at 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at SPAC.