THE APPA Newsletter
March 22, 2005
National WomenÕs History
Month
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/history-of.html
See This Weekend
MISSION STATEMENT:
Promote full utilization
of the capabilities of the Enterprise's employees and champion the betterment
of the company and community. Promote interest in Asian Pacific issues and
culture and act as a bridge to all groups within our community.
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ed. by Douglas Ikemi
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Back issues of the
newsletter for all of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 are available on the
website if you want to look up some past event.
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Please send in
information on cultural events and news items. Thanks to those who have.
Long range calendar
items:
Chinatown Farmers Market
Every Thursday, 3:00pm to 7:00pm Chinatown Business Improvement District
http://www.ChinatownLA.com/ For
Information (213)_ 680-0243
November
13, 2004 Ð April 3, 2005 John Kwok: Line and Color exhibit. Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles
Street, Los Angeles 90012 (In Olvera Street) 213-626-5240. http://www.camla.org/events/calendar.htm
Feb 6-May 1 Japan after Perry:
Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan The opening of Yokohama to trade with the United States and
Europe in 1859 ended more than two centuries of Japanese isolation and
transformed the rural fishing village into a thriving international port.
Curated by Ann Yonemura, Senior Associate Curator of Japanese Art of the Freer
Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, this exhibition documents
this early history of JapanÕs gateway to the world, artists produced colorful
woodblock prints of city scenes, urbane residents, and harbor views, capturing
this tumultuous era of JapanÕs transformation into a modern industrial state
and international power. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the
Smithsonian Institution, Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan
showcases 24 woodblock prints from the collection gift of Ambassador and Mrs.
William and Florence Leonhart. The presentation at the Japanese American
National Museum commemorates 150 years of U.S.-Japan relations. http://www.janm.org/events/2005/02/
March 17-June 19 The Art
of the Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
March 31 Concert - Tibetan Buddhist nun Chšying Drolma and
guitarist St eve Tibbets At SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
The sacred chants of Tibetan Buddhist nun Chšying Drolma
are paired with the ambient sounds of renowned guitarist Steve Tibbetts. This
breathtaking cross-cultural collaboration evokes an otherworldly experience
rich in contemplation and spirituality. Also featuring percussionist Mark
Anderson. 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Cost: $25 General, $20 Skirball Members, $15 Students
Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or www.ticketweb.com
Tel: (310) 440-4500
March 31 Asian American
Comedy Showcase at the Japanese American National Museum, 7:30PM. Celebrate
April Fools' Eve with our second annual showcase of Asian American comedians.
Eight emerging comedians will have you laughing Ôtil it hurts. Special guest
emcee: funnyman Rodney Kageyama. www.janm.org
April 1 At Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Seasons of Migration (World Premiere)
Choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro
Featuring dancers and musicians from the Royal University of Fine
Arts, Phnom Penh
Imagine that heavenly spirits have come to earth to live
among humans and how they are shocked and transformed by the experience.
Seasons of Migration explores the expressive boundaries of CambodiaÕs
exquisite classical dance, rendering contemporary ideas timeless and the
ancient utterly modern.
Cambodian marketplace 6 PM, pre-concert lecture with choreographer
7 PM, performance 8 PMCarpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton Street
Long Beach, CA
Cost: $30-$38 (562) 985-7000, www.carpenterarts.org
April 2-3 Pasadena Cherry Blossom Festival, 10AM - 6PM, at the
Rose Bowl. http://www.pasadenacherryblossom.org/
April 3 Gempou: A Zen
Master of Living Without Arms, Location: Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 2PM. Musical Director Mitsuyo Tamai. A compelling musical in
English and Japanese about legendary
councilor Gempou Yamamoto, his pacific teachings about the "gracious heart of Zen" and
his triumph in achieving peace without
warfare in bringing about the end of World War II. Featuring a 25-member ensemble from Wakayama Prefecture.
Produced by the Santa Monica Playhouse as part of its International Exchange
Program, Model Language Studio of Tokyo and Tamai Education Group Wakayama.
Tickets: $15 General Admission $12 JACCC Members, Groups of 10 or
more, Students, Seniors. More info on tickets: call the Box Office at
213.680.3700 www.jaccc.or5g
April 7 National Museum Presents!
Evening
of Poetry at the Japanese American National Museum
The
first of two evenings celebrating National Poetry Month features poets Junichi
Semitsu and Amy Uyematsu.
Sponsored
in part by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. 7:30-9:00PM, www.janm.org
April 10 Hanamatsuri Festival at the JACCC Plaza, George J. Doizaki Gallery, Garden Room A.
Hanamatsuri, the celebration of Buddha's birth, is a joyous and widely
celebrated occasion in Buddhist temples throughout the world. A lecture on Buddhism and a ceremony will
commemorate the event.
11am- 4pm (George J. Doizaki Gallery) An exhibition of Children
poster and haiku poems
11am 12 noon (Garden Room A) Lecture on Buddhism by Dr.
Duncan Williams "War/Peace/Buddha's
wish"
1 4pm (JACCC Plaza) Hanamatsuri Ceremony and Gagaku and
Bugaku performance
For
more information contact the Visual Arts Department at 213-628-2725, ext. 127
or email: kosaka@jaccc.org
April
16,17 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santaclarita17feb17,1,4180718.story
April 30 VC FilmFest
2005: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
At the Directors Guild of America, David Henry Hwang Theatre, and
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
VC FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Festival
presents its 21st edition as the premier presenter of the best and brightest of emerging and veteran
Asian American, Asian Pacific Islander and Asian International cinema,
anime, documentaries and drama. Highlights of the 2005 edition include
over 100 new and exciting film and video works by Asian and Asian Pacific
American filmmakers. A Festival Retro series, Asian American and Asian
International cinema spotlights, and Showcase program: VC Digital Posse 2005
are just some of the highlights on tap for VC FILMFEST 2005. Special panels and
nvited guests will be on hand to participate in the Festival. Closing Night
will be highlighted by the presentation of the Festival Golden Reel Award and
the Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award. Complete program information
will be available April 2005.
the Directors Guild of America
David Henry Hwang Theatre
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $10 General Admission
Tel: (213)680-4462 x68
June 22 Grand Kabuki of Japan At Cerritos Center for the
Performing Arts
In celebration of the Japanese American Cultural and Community
CenterÕs (JACCC) 25th Anniversary, the JACCC is presenting the Grand Kabuki on
June 21-24 at the Cerritos Center of Performing Arts. JACCC invited the
Society to join their ÒCommunity NightÓ performance on June 22nd, starring:
NAKAMURA GANJIRO III, Living National Treasure
NAKAMURA KANJAKU
NAKAMURA KIKAKU Time:
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, CA 90703
Cost: Tickets start at $65.
Priority Order Deadline: April 13, 2005 call (213) 627-6217, ext.
205, or visit www.jas-socal.org.
Tel: (213) 627-6217
July 16 to Oct 16 From
the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum
September 22-25 Los Angeles Korean Festival Seoul International Park, Korea Town, Los
Angeles http://www.lakoreanfestival.com/main.htm
Nov 18 to Feb 12, 2006
Place/Displace, Three Generations Taiwanese Art exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
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This Weekend (and
earlier)
March 12-27 Beikoku Shodo Kenkyu Kai
40th Anniversary Calligraphy
Location: Doizaki Gallery, JACCC, LA Little Tokyo
The expressive and varied strokes of Shodo, the Way of the Brush,
reflect the union of
artist and brush. Rev. Kanshu Ikuta and Hiroko Ikuta,
pioneering Los
Angeles calligraphers of the Bekoku Shodo Kenkyu Kai
have inspired
generations of practitioners. The 40th Anniversary
Calligraphy
exhibition features over 200 works from these master
calligraphers and
their students.
Gallery Hours:
Open Tuesday
Friday 12 noon to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday
11 am to 4pm
Admission Free
For more information
contact the Visual Arts Department at
(213) 628-2725, ext.
127. http://www.jaccc.org/
March 26 SCAAE (http://www.scaae.org/society_of_chinese2.htm)
convention.
Victor Chen contributed
this information:
Dear Doug,
Thank you for the timely
arrival of RAPPA news letter. I
have some news in return - I recently got elected to preside SCAAE and our 2005
Convention is coming on March 26.
Please work with Dr. Pao to lend us support, thanks.
Victor
Convention program:
Technical Program: Prince
Seafood Restaurant, 2 nd Floor,
11828 South St., Cerritos, CA 90701 Evening Program: Cerritos Center for the Performance Arts,
Sierra Room 12700 Center Court
Drive, Cerritos, CA 90703
Technical Program (10:00 AM - 2:30 PM)
(Lunch: $5/person)
¥ ÒAn Integrated Risk Management
ProcessÓ John Hsu, Senior
Manager, Advanced Information Systems, Systems Engineering, The Boeing Company ¥ ÒFrom Engineer to Entrepreneur & How to Become a
Successful SupplierÓ George S .
Chiang, The Boeing Company
¥ ÒInvestment Strategy in 2005Ó Sean Yu,
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley (Sponsor)
¥ Panel Discussion: ÒAerospace IndustryÓ
Discussion Lead: Charles Lee, Phil Oyoung, John Hsu, George Chiang, And
All Members Discussion Evening Program (6:00 PM Ð Mid-night) (Ticket: $45/person)
¥ Check-In/Networking
¥ Dinner
¥ Keynote Speech Mr.
David M. Bowman, Vice President and C-17 Program Manager
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
¥ Entertainment: Performance, Karaoke &
Dance For more
information, please contact:
Victor Chen: 714-896-4989 (O),
Victor.Chen@boeing.com
Bill
Chen: 310-512-5350
(O), 310-791-0916 (H), chenbtcj@msn.com Rock Teng: 949-465-4331 (O), 310-543-5298 (H), rteng@parker.com
March 26 Odalan Bali: An Offering of Music & Dance At Royce
Hall
Inspired by Bali's timeless cycles of ceremony and ritual,
"Odalan Bali" is a presentation of sound and motion that captures the
creative life force of the Balinese Temple Festival. From the energetic clamor
of villagers working at dawn to the ethereal calm of prayer and worship; from
the introspective resonance of voice and flutes to the virtuosic dances that
Bali is so famous for, this full length evening work brilliantly traces the
life of a ceremony from the awakening of the ritual site, to purification, and
finally to spiritual union. "Odalan Bali" speaks to the deep
commitment of the enduring strength of Balinese culture. ‚udamani, one of
Bali's leading gamelan and dance companies, is proud to perform the
choreographic work of I Nyoman Cerita on the UCLA campus. With music
commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival, the internationally renowned
25-member company's UCLA performances launches a six-week USA tour under the
auspices of the World Music Institute of New York City. In addition to
choreographer I Nyoman Cerita, the artistic team includes I Dewa Putu Berata,
Artistic Director; Emiko Saraswati Susilo, Assistant Director; and composers, I
Dewa Putu Berata, I Dewa Ketut Alit, I Dewa Rai, I Made Karmawan, and Wayne
Vitale. www.cudamani.org
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA
Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: $75 VIP, $25, $20, $15 (students and seniors).
For more information please contact
Central Ticket Office Tel: 310-825-2101
March 26
Symposium on Contemporary Indian Art & An Exhibition
of Contemporary Indian Art At Soka University of America
The exhibit features 40 works of art by 20 leading artists from
India and of Indian origin, including M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Ram Kumar, Ganesh
Pyne, G.R. Santosh, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Anjolie Ela Menon, Vaikuntham,
Paresh Maity, Rameshwar Broota, Biren De, Vasundhara Tewari, Sohan Qadri,
Surender Caur and Allan deSouza.
Program
10.00 am-Introduction: Nalini Rao, SUA
10.30 am-Debashish Banerji, Pasadena City
College
11.00 am-12.30 Lunch Break
12.30 pm-Dr. Kathy Harper, Layola Marymount University
1.00 pm-Dr. M. A Greenstein, Pasadena College of Design
1.30 pm Ð 3.00pm-Question & Answer Session
3.00- 6.00 pm-Guided tours of the exhibit
Soka University of America
1 University Drive
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Cost: Free
For more information please contact Nalini Rao Tel: 949-480-4034
March 26 Author event: Intimate Portrait of China by Pulitzer
Prize-winning Journalist At Pacific Asia Museum. South
of the Clouds offers a fascinating, intimate portrait of China by telling the
story of an American man who ventures into its hidden realms---politics,
romance, the criminal underworld, and Tibet. As he matures from a wide-eyed
student into a journalist and a seasoned observer, he develops a passion for
uncovering secrets, about China and about himself. Pulitzer prize-winning
journalist Seth Faison will discuss and sign South of the Clouds. The author
navigates his way past forbidding walls to peek inside the dark corners of
Chinese society, relying on a remarkable collection of friends and acquaintances
who help guide the way: an embittered policeman in Xian, a gay professor in
Shanghai, and a Buddhist monk in Tibet, who presides at an ancient burial
ritual where the corpse is carved up and fed to wild vultures. The
Tiananmen Square massacre, people smuggling, and the Falun Gong movement are
among the political and social upheavals that the author explains as he
witnesses China's uncertain road toward capitalism and its place in the modern
world. Along the way, the author wrestles with his own cultural identity, his
sexuality, and his spiritual bearings. Ultimately, he discovers the answer to
lifelong questions on a mountaintop in Tibet.
Seth Faison, with a subtle understanding of Chinese culture, brings past and
present events to life in a thought-provoking account of this complex nation
and its people.Seth Faison won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 as a member of the New
York Times team covering the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He has spent
twelve years living in China, as a student, journalist, and finally Shanghai
Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. 2:00 PM -
4:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: Free with museum general admission for non-members
Admission - $7 for Adults, $5 for students and seniors. Fore
reservations and program confirmations, please call ext, 20. Tel: 626-449-2742
March 26 Presented by
the Center Theatre Group P.L.A.Y.
The Very Persistent
Gappers of Frip
Location: Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 12 noon
Book and Lyrics by Doug Cooney
Music by David O
Based on the book by
George Saunders
Directed by Corey
Madden
World Premiere
The seaside town of Frip is plagued by gappers -- bright orange,burr-shaped, many-eyed creatures.
Well, at least the goats are. When
she gets the cold shoulder from all the neighbors, plucky heroine Capable must cope with her
gapper invasion single-handedly,
and she does so with her own special brand of compassion and resourcefulness. A
simple yet extravagant musical fable
that is an adult story for
children, a children's story for adults, a timeless fable for the ageless.
Recommended for ages six and up.
Tickets $10 Adults Free Children and JACCC members
Proceeds go to support JACCC programs and educational workshops
More info on tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700, www.jaccc.org
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Last Weekend: I saw the full-length version of
Katsuhiro OtomoÕs ÒSteamboyÓ http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/steamboy/
Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
sign up for a free account.
March 19 Council Gets Down to the Routine
On top of the everyday issues
of neighborhood groups, the Koreatown area had deep rifts to work out. Members
hold first meeting today.
By K. Connie Kang, Times Staff
Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-koreatown19mar19,1,7612681.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
March 19 BELIEFS
Touting the Benefits of Buddhism for Non-Buddhists
Americans who don't want to
embrace the religion still can gain by taking advantage of its practices, says
Robert Thurman.
By Teresa Watanabe, Tims
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs19mar19,1,1188888.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
March 16 Residents Sharply
Split on County's Problems
By Michael Finnegan, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-county16mar16,1,5909775.story
March 22 CALIFORNIA CLASSROOM
Pieces of art so special they
were made in secret
http://www.latimes.com/features/kids/readingroom/la-et-kidcal22mar22,1,6242308.story
March 21 BOOK REVIEW
A mystery with Japan at its heart
Shadow Family A Novel Miyuki
Miyabe Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter Kodansha
International: 192 pp., $22.95
By Janice P. Nimura, Special
to The Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-et-nubook21mar21,1,5413400.story
March 21 To hold war's horror
at bay, we touch it
Al Martinez
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-martinez21mar21,1,7579540.column