NEW BEDFORD — Joan Blanchett will tell you she’s been playing mah jongg for about 100 years, when in reality, it’s been close to 40 years. This milestone has given her the authority on the ancient ...
Project Mah Jongg, a new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center, looks at how the Chinese tile game united families, friends and reached across cultures. Head to the Skirball Cultural Center anytime ...
Perhaps it was the memorable scene in 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians” that sparked new interest in an old game. Or, maybe it was about a year later when Julia Roberts revealed to “The Late Show” host ...
Stay-at-home lifestyles have further eroded the rough image of mah-jongg as a game played all night by crude characters in smoke-filled gambling dens. Families and friends of all ages are now ...
Fears that mah-jongg is dying out are, experts said Monday, greatly exaggerated. The experts had gathered–as they do every Monday noon–around half a dozen tables at the Oakton Community Center in ...
IN a cool Williamsburg loft one chilly Sunday afternoon, a bunch of friends in their 20s and early 30s mixed up bloody marys, sizzled some bacon and eggs, and then sat down to play mah-jongg. You ...
This luxury hotel chain has introduced a “Mah Jong and Mingle” amenity at 17 of its properties, both in the U.S. and abroad.
Game night in Sara Linden's Potrero Hill apartment starts off with food and wine. "But not too much wine," Linden says with a shy smile. "Or else you won't win." There is talk of work and books until ...