Japanese Culture Program

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Reads will collaborate with SUNY Empire State College to offer a program on Japanese culture and a movie at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the college’s office building, 113 West Ave., Room 137.

There will be a Japanese tea tasting, led by tea expert Kim Stote of Empire State College and by Doreen Kamen of the Fortunate Cup café.

The tasting will be followed by a showing of the movie “Proof,” starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, which tells the story of a brilliant but mentally-disturbed mathematician and the legacy he leaves his daughter.

The event will also offer short math video clips, information on the famous mathematicians, and some brain-teasing math puzzles.