THE APPA Newsletter
January 3, 2006
Happy New Year
Since 1873 the Japanese
have celebrated New Year on Jan 1 (actually Dec 31 to Jan 3)
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/new_year.html
http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/japanese_new_year.htm
See This Weekend
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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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information on cultural events and news items to dkikemi@pacbell.net. 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
May
15 through January 15, 2006 Milton Quon: A Retrospective
This
retrospective exhibit will showcase the broad range of Milton QuonÕs practice
from fine art to commercial work,much of which is on public display for the
first time.A quintessential Los Angeles artist, Quon was born in 1913 and
raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from the Chouinard Institute of Art, QuonÕs
career in the commercial arts took him to Walt Disney Studios where he worked
as a designer and painter. From the 1940s to the Ō60s, Quon worked as an art
director at ad agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn. From whimsical
cherubs in DisneyÕs Fantasia to bold advertising posters, QuonÕs commercial
work will be presented alongside the artistÕs rich collection of fine art
works.
Tuesdays
through Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Chinese
American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles St.
Suggested
$3 donations
INFO: 213-485-8567, www.camla.org
May
15 through January 15, 2006, A
Portrait of My Mother - A Photo Exhibit by Sam Lee
This
exhibit features a photographic series, A Portrait of My Mother by Sam Boi Lee,
an emerging Los Angeles-based, Chinese American photographer. LeeÕs poignant
photographic series operates like a photo-essay told through eloquent images of
his motherÕs world, from everyday objects that are imbued with his motherÕs
nurturing strength, to his own expressions of loss and love.
Tuesdays
through Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Chinese
American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles St.
Suggested
$3 donations
INFO: 213-485-8567, www.camla.org
Contemporary
Asian Aesthetic by Lo Ch'ing
Exhibition at
the LMAN Gallery
Through January 14, 2006
Works of
the Taiwanese painter, calligrapher, and poet Lo Ch'ing will be exhibited
at the LMAN Gallery in Chinatown from January 6 through January 14.
Lo Ch'ing was
born in China in 1948, received his Master of Arts degree in Comparative
Literature from the University in Washington in 1974, and then taught English
at Fu Jen University and later, from 1980, at National Taiwan Normal
University. His poetry has been published and translated into many languages.
His work at first glance appears to be rather traditional. In fact his
paintings and calligraphy are individualistic and inventive. His
whimsical use of traditional forms has been the hallmark of his eccentric
approach. Humor and political comment contribute to the layers of meaning in
his work. His signature seals play an inventive part in his painting
compositions. His imaginative use of ink and brush strokes expands our
understanding of calligraphy as a visual and symbolic art form. In Lo Ch'ing's
words, "Through a semiotics deeply rooted in Chinese language and
calligraphy, I orchestrate graphic conversations with the painting tradition,
past and present, East and West by idea improvisation and technical
extemporization."
Time: 12:00 PM
- 6:00 PM
LMAN Gallery
949 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (213)
628-3883, info@lmangallery.com, www.lmangalley.com
Crossing
Boundaries: The Ceramic Sculpture of Mineo Mizuno "New sculptural
forms"
Exhibition at
Long Beach Musuem of Art
Through January 15, 2006
The exhibition
features more than 40 examples of MizunoÕs ceramic sculpture spanning an over
thirty-year period from 1973 to 2005.
Long Beach
Musuem of Art, 2300 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA
Open
Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $5, $4 students & seniors, children under 12
free, free to all first Fri. of the month.
Tel: (562)
439-2119
Nov 18 to Feb 12, 2006
Place/Displace, Three Generations Taiwanese Art exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
Wright and
Architecture of Japanese Prints
Exhibition at
the Hammer Museum, Through January 22, 2006
This
exhibition explores architect Frank Lloyd WrightÕs great passion for Japanese
woodblock prints, which he collected and sold throughout his career. While
highlighting works by some of the most celebrated Japanese print artists from
the 18th and 19th centuries, this exhibition also offers insight into this
source of inspiration for WrightÕs architecture. Drawn primarily from the Grunwald
Center for the Graphic ArtÕs Frank Lloyd Wright Japanese Print Collection, the
exhibition will also include rare loans from the Norton Simon Museum, the Art
Institute of Chicago, and the Getty Research Institute.
Date: Friday,
January 06, 2006
Time: 11:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
Hammer Museum,
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Cost: $3-$5;
17 and younger, free
Special
Instructions
Hours: Tue.-Wed., Fri.-Sat., 11
a.m.-7 p.m.; Thu., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tel:
310-443-7000 www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/96/
8th Annual
Shikishi Exhibition
At George J.
Doizaki Gallery , Through January 29, 2006
Step into the
New Year as we welcome 2006, the Year of the Dog. The Shikishi(Japanese Greeting
Cards) Exhibition features works by hundreds of local and international
artists. Participants of all ages, professions and walks of life are invited to
design a Japanese shikishi (New Year greeting card) to express their hopes and
dreams for the New Year. All submitted works are exhibited. The only guideline
imposed were the Hatsu-hanashi theme and the use of ones' imagination.
George J.
Doizaki Gallery
244 South San Pedro St
Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday -
Friday 12 noon to 5pm, Saturday & Sunday 11 am to 4pm Closed Monday and
Holidays
Tel: (213)
628-2725 ext. 127.
January 14,
Journey to the West
A Photographic
Chronicle Retracing the Journey of Xuanzang
An exhibit of
photographs of places the seventh century Buddhist pilgram Xuanzang
reputedly visited in his journey to India. Presented, at the Evergreen
Bookstore (Monterey Park), January 14 through January 22, by the Tzu Chi
Foundation.
The International
Encyclopedia of Religion
describes Xuanzang as "one of the most illustrious figures in the history
of scholastic Chinese Buddhism" and "world-famous for his
sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures.
. . . Born into a scholarly family at the outset of the Tang (T'ang) Dynasty,
he enjoyed a classical Confucian education. Under the influence of his elder
brother, a Buddhist monk, however, he developed a keen interest in Buddhist
subjects and soon became a monk himself at the age of thirteen. Upon his return
to Chang'an in 645, Xuanzang brought back with him a great number of Sanskrit
texts, of which he was able to translate only a small portion during the
remainder of his lifetime. In addition to his translations of the most
essential Mahayana scriptures, Xuanzang authored the Da tang xi yu ji (Ta-T'ang Hsi-yu-chi or Records of the
Western Regions of the Great T'ang Dynasty) with the aid of Bianji (Bian-chi).
It is through Xuanzang and his chief disciple Kuiji (K'uei-chi) (632-682) that
the Faxiang (Fa-hsiang or Yogacara/Consciousness-only) School was initiated in
China. In order to honor the famous Buddhist scholar, the Tang emperor
Gaozong cancelled all audiences for three days after Xuanzang's death."
Saturday, 1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Evergreen
Bookstore
760 W. Garvey Ave.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
For more
information please contact
Tzu Chi
Foundation Tel: (909) 447-7799, www.tzuchi.org/global/silkroad
January
21 THE SHAPE OF MEMORY
THE SHAPE
OF MEMORY: Okinawan American oral history workshop and visual art installation
A visual
art installation that will exhibit objects created by workshop participants of
Okinawan descent. These objects will be placed as "shapes of memory"
on a map that connects Okinawa, the U.S., Latin America and other spheres of
the Okinawan Diaspora.
This
workshop series invites those of Okinawan descent to come together to share
stories from their lives while constructing objects made from paper and clay to
represent moments from their past, present and future.
Facilitated
by performance artist-in-residence Denise Uyehara with visual artist Lee Ann
Goya. This free workshop takes place on Saturdays October - November. To sign
up please call (310) 285-3698.
This
project is supported in part by the Department of cultural Affairs, City of Los
Angeles.
Saturday,,
12 pm
2 pm
Reception George J. Doizaki Gallery
Admission is
Free
January 25
Performance - Tokyo String Quartet and Sabine Meyer
At UCLA
UCLA Live will
be presenting the Tokyo String Quartet accompanied by clarinetist Sabine Meyer.
Since its beginnings in 1969 as a young firebrand quartet out of Juilliard, to
its current stature as one of the world's supreme chamber ensembles, the Tokyo
String Quartet has captivated audiences and critics alike with its finesse and
elegance. The Grammy nominated ensemble will be joined by one today's
most in-demand soloists, the acclaimed clarinetist Sabine Meyer. There is more
information below.
"...
quartet playing of the highest order ... truly fabulous." -The London
Times
Tokyo String
Quartet and Sabine Meyer, performing
Haydn, Quartet
in G minor, Op. 74, No.3, "The Rider"
Dvor‡k,
Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "American"
Mozart,
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581, "Stadler's Quintet"
Wednesday, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA, Royce
Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost:
$42/32/22 ($15 UCLA STUDENTS*)
January 27
Screening - Sky Blue (2003)
At Korean
Cultural Center
Produced by: Kyeong Hag Lee, Kay
Kwang, Sunmin Park and J. Ethan Park
Running time: 86 minutes In English (The English language
version of the film was directed by Sunmin Park) Director: Moon Sang Kim (86
min) Genre: Animation
Story: Once
upon a time, two little girls (Su-jeong Lim, Geun-young Mun), following an
mysterious stint in a mental institution, were sent to live with their wicked
stepmother (Jung-ah Yum) and taciturn father (Kap-su Kim) in an isolated house
in the country....
Friday, 7:00
PM - 8:30 PM
Korean
Cultural Center
5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
Tel: (323)
936-7141
January 27 Tet
New Year Festival 2006
At Garden
Grove Park
Union of
Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California presents:
Embracing Our Culture, Securing Our Future
Friday, 1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Garden Grove
Park, 9301 Westminster Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92844-2752
www.thsv.org/special/tet2006/default.aspx
Feb 12,
Firecracker 5/10K
Celebrating
the Year of the Dog, Lunar Year 4704
Saturday Š Feb 11, 2006
(Pre-Reg. Pickup / Late Reg)
9:00am -
5:00pm - Tshirt and bib pick-up for pre-registered runners, onsite late
registration. (Alpine Recreation Center, 817 Yale Street, Los Angeles,
metered street parking available, see parking info.)
Sunday Š Feb 12, 2006 (Race Day)
5:00AM - Course, sound system & vendor booth set up;
volunteer check-in
6:00AM - Race day
registration and bib pick-up
7:00AM - Pre-Race activities
7:15AM - Official
Welcome
7:20AM - Opening
Ceremonies
7:35 Š National
Anthem
7:40 Š Lion Dancers
perform
7:50 - Lighting of
100,000 firecrackers to chase away evil spirits and to signal runners to be in
place for their run.
8:00AM - 5K Firecracker Run & 5k Walk start time
8:30AM - 10K Run start
time
9:00AM - 5K Awards
Presentation
9:15AM - Kiddle Run start
time
9:30AM - 10K Run Awards
Presentation
10K Course (Highlighted by
the black line on the online map)
The 10K course is
considered challenging as it winds its way through Elysian Park (see elevation
map). This should not deter you as you will find many fellow runners competing
at all levels. Whatever your competitive bent, you should enjoy the scenery and
the camaraderie of fellow runners.
The early morning vistas
of downtown Los Angeles to the south and neighborhoods to the north from the
various vantage points in Elysian Park are quite breathtaking and not commonly
seen, even by longtime Angelenos. There is no vehicular traffic to contend
with. Mile markers indicate where you are and running times are called out by
supportive course workers. The course winds through tree-lined rolling hills
with the summit of Angels Point providing spectacular 180 degrees of the city.
There are four water stops stationed on the course.
5K Course (Highlighted by
the red line on the online map)
The run and walk begins on
North Broadway for approximately 1/3 mile, then turns left onto Bishops Road.
An immediate right turn at Stadium Way takes you over the 110 freeway toward
Dodger Stadium for about a 1 mile uphill climb. This distance includes a right
at Lookout Dr., then onto Lilac Terrace which leads again onto Stadium Way. A
U-turn a little past Elysian Park Ave. returns you to Stadium Way directly to
Bishops Road, then onto North Broadway toward the finish line. There is one
water station on the course. Starting times will stagger to accommodate all entrants.
Kiddie Run
This is a fun run for all
youngsters under 12 years of age. The "run" is approximately 1
kilometer (approx 2/3 mile). This event begins with warmup exercises and a
short discussion about the joy and importance of reading. The course features a
turnaround at Bernard St., then back to the official finish line. A goodie bag
awaits all Kiddie Run registrants.
Due to limited parking in
the Chinatown vicinity, it is highly recommended that
you arrive early to find parking. Please pay attention to street signs as
parking will be enforced. See the online map (pdf file) for parking
lot locations and street parking availability. Parking lot hours and prices are
subject to change without notice, please verify with parking attendant on all
info.
By Mass
Transit: The Metro Gold Line will be serving
Chinatown from Union Station, Highland Park, South Pasadena, Pasadena, and
Sierra Madre. The station is a 2-minute walk from the Firecracker Event site.
Trains run approximately every 20 minutes. Please visit the Metro's
website to get detailed information, rail timetables, and for
your trip planning.
www.firecracker10k.org
Feb 18 55th
Anniversary U.S. Tour
Prayer -
Harvest - Celebration
Warabi-za
Recognized
for their centuries old folk music, energetic dance, and taiko, Warabi-za
returns to the U.S. with a special program comprised of traditional Japanese
folk performances from various prefectures of Japan.
The 2006
US Tour Prayer-Harvest-Celebration will feature a creative dance piece titled
"Oyako jishi" with dancers in the guise of a lioness and her cub
perform a heartening and encouraging prayer for children to persevere through
times of hardship. "Sado okesa," a traditional dance characterized by
the wave-like movements of the water-surrounding Sado Island (home of the famed
KODO drummers).
The tour
is under the direction of Hiroshi Kuriki, with composition and choreography by
Kenji Osakake and music direction by Masaru Iijima.
Aratani/Japan
America Theatre;
Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center 244
South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
(between 2nd and 3rd Streets), Los
Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre Box Office Info: (213) 680-3700
$30
orchestra, $27 balcony
$27, $24
JACCC Members, Groups 10 or more
February 18, 2006 /
Chinese American Museum / 12 Š 7pm
Celebrate the Fifth Annual Lantern
Festival!
www.camla.org
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza,
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
90012
(213) 485-8567
February 24, 2006 / Time
and Place TBA
Lantern Festival Banquet 2006
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza,
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
90012
(213) 485-8567
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This Weekend (and
earlier)
January 5
Korean Classical Music Program
At Korean
Traditional Performing Arts Institute of America, Inc.
Daegeum (
Large Transverse Bamboo Flute )
Danso ( Small
Notched Bamboo Vertical Flute )
Janggo (
Hourglass Drum )
Gayageum (
Twelve-stringed Zither )
Haegeum (
Two-stringed Fiddle )
Thursday, 7:00
PM - 9:00 PM
Korean
Traditional Performing Arts Institute of America, Inc. 3545 Wilshire Blvd.
#340
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Cost: $40
(including materials)
For more
information please contact Paul Lee Tel: 213-210-5552
January
8, 2006 Messengers from Forbidden
Mountain
Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center and The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles
Present:
KOTOHAJIME Both
solemn and festive, the closing of an old year and the beginning of a new one
are viewed as a time of reflection as well as festivity. Kotohajime is the
JACCC's annual celebration of traditional and contemporary performances in
observance of the New Year. Messengers from Forbidden Mountain.
This
year's celebration includes the performance "Messengers from Forbidden
Mountain" on Sunday, January 8, 2006 from 1 p.m. and a Shikishi exhibition
at the George J. Doizaki Gallery. This year's Shikishi theme is Hatsu-hanashi
(First-story) will be exhibit from January 8th through January 29th.
Viewing
Los Angeles as the contemporary Silk Road: where the routes for commerce,
culture, language, and arts, intermingle as they migrate, "The Messenger
from Forbidden Mountain" performance features an eclectic blend of
traditional and contemporary arts.
"Messenger"
features Masakazu Yoshizawa's expertise with Japanese wind instruments,
Shakuhachi and Nohkan, Yuval Ron's unique mix of traditional and contemporary
Middle Eastern music, and the Japanese archery group IKKYU.
Yoshizawa,
along with his group Kokingumi, set a strong foundation with their blend
traditional and contemporary Japanese music for this performance. Joining
Yoshizawa in Kokingumi are Hiromi Hashibe on the Koto and Takeo Takahashi on
the Tsugaru Shamisen.
Ron is an
international composer, performer, educator and record producer. His ensemble
includes Arabic, Israeli and Jewish musicians as well as Christian Armenian
artists. Ron is dedicated to building musical bridges between people of Jewish,
Muslim and Christian faiths.
Presented
by The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles
Saturday,
at 1pm. JACCC Plaza
Admission is
Free
An Assortment of Beauties: Japanese Woodblock Prints Collected by
Frank Lloyd Wright
July 29, 2005 - January 9, 2006
The exhibition features Japanese woodblock prints devoted to
images of beautiful women. This theme is one component of a school of picture
making known as ukiyo-e, which can be translated as "pictures of the
floating world." Beautiful women (bijin) were depicted alone as well as in small
and large groups, entertaining themselves by playing games, preparing
themselves for the night, or promenading though the city with their attendants
or children. All of the approximately 12 woodblock prints included in this
exhibition were once owned by the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd
Wright (1867-1959), who was a spirited collector of Asian art, including
Japanese woodblock prints. Featured artists include Okumura Masanobu
(1686-1764), Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) and Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825).
Images of beautiful women provide an important theme for the
Japanese art of ukiyo-e, which can be translated as "pictures of the
floating world." Woodblock prints by ukiyo-e artists became extremely
propular during the Edo period (1600-1868), due to the blending of classical
Japanese aesthetics with contemporary urban themes. In this medium, the
hedonistic worlds inhabited by geisha, courtesans and Kabuki actors were often
portrayed. Beautiful women, or bijin, were depicted alone as well as in small and large groups,
entertaining themselves by playing games, preparing for the evening or
promenading through the city with their attendants and children.
All of the prints included in this intimate exhibition were once
owned by the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), who
was an avid collector of Asian art, especially Japanese woodblock prints.
Wright often incorporated Japanese aesthetics into his own architectural
designs. He began purchasing prints around 1900 while living in Chicago and
expanded his collection considerably during his many trips to Japan, between
his first visit in 1905 and his completion of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel in 1922.
The Norton Simon Museum has more than 350 prints form Wright's
personal collection. Featured artists in this exhibition include Okumura
Masanobu (1686-1764), Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770), Kitigawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
and Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825).
http://www.nortonsimon.org/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.asp#2
Howard Ozaki passed away on Dec 18, 2005.
80 years - from pneumonia and complications with other medical problems. His
life was his work - he retired at 75 - forced age limit at what was Hughes
Aircraft. He was head of Miicrowave and Antenna at Hughes Space
and Comm and one of the key
figures who made Hughes the leading communications satellite
manufacturer at one time. He was born in San Francisco, interned in a camp in
Montana during part of WWII, drafted into the Army where he translated captured
Japanese transmissions, PhD in Electrical Engineering, worked 38 years at
Hughes Aircraft rising to Vice President. [Parts of this were excerpted from an
email from an attendee at the funeral that was forwarded to me .]
Last weekend I went to:
(A little earlier than a weekend, actually)
December
18 The World of the Geisha "Gion Bayashi"
Lecture
by Andrew Maske A recognized scholar of Japanese art who has held positions at
the Peabody Essex Museum, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Harvard
University, Andrew Maske presents a lecture on the fascinating and often
misunderstood entertainers known as geisha. The explanation provides background
and context for the movie, "Gion Bayashi."
Presented by The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles. [This was an
excellent if melodramatic film about a veteran geisha who sacrifices herself to
protect her protˇgˇ .[
Jan 1 I attended the Japanese New Year celebrations at Weller Court in Little Tokyo, hanging
on even through the rain. The final dance group went ahead and toughed it out,
performing in the middle of a downpour, a foreshadowing of the Rose Parade.
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Jan 3 COLUMN
ONE
Cantonese Is
Losing Its Voice
Speakers of
the spicy tongue that can make words of love sound like a fight are having to
learn its linguistic kin, the mellower Mandarin.
By David
Pierson, Times Staff Writer
Jan 4
OBITUARIES
Young O. Kim,
86; World War II and Korean War Hero, Uniter of L.A. Asian Communities
By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-kim4jan04,1,3229985.story
Dec 28
CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST
A Tradition of
Farming Being Abandoned
Children of
Hmong immigrants are leaving the fields for other jobs. 'I don't blame them for
not wanting this hard life,' one parent says.
By Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hmong28dec28,1,5841815.story
Dec 25 ACES TO
WATCH 2006
MOVIES
Robert W.
Welkos
JUSTIN LIN
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-ca-facesfilm25.3dec25,1,890141.story
Dec 25
Vietnamese Immigrants Give $1 Million to College
Donation by
developer, restaurateur bolsters Little Saigon's growing sense of philanthropy.
By Mai Tran, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gift20dec20,1,5819947.story
Dec 12
Hate-Crime Levels in L.A. County at 15-Year Low
From a Times
Staff Writer
Hate crimes in Los Angeles County dropped to the lowest level in
15 years, the county's Human Relations Commission reported today.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-121205hate_lat,1,3150209.story
Jan 2 GOBAL
REPORT
Train
Operators Fight Groping by Creating Women-Only Cars
Female
passengers on Tokyo's subway say molestation is common. Many have requested
separate compartments, companies report.
By Mariko
Sanchanta, Financial Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-subways2jan02,1,3111278.story
Jan 1 THE
WORLD
Britain
Discloses WWII Notes
Papers show
Churchill decided to respect U.S. segregation and wanted to have Hitler
executed.
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-race1jan01,1,4945403.story
Dec 31
Stirring New Year's Pot Is a Stroke of Luck
Japanese
Americans scramble to find ingredients for ozoni, a traditional soup they hope
will ensure good fortune in 2006.
By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ozoni31dec31,1,1338274.story
Dec 25
DESTINATION: TOKYO
To the East, a
classical crescendo
By Mark Swed,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-tokyo25dec25,1,7499783.story
Dec 30
HOLLYWORLD
Crouching U.S.
studios, hidden Chinese market
Major film
companies prepare to pounce if the world's biggest market comes out from behind
Communist rules and rampant piracy.
By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-et-chinamovie30dec30,1,5044308.story
Dec 29 PATT MORRISON:
As the fortune
cookie crumbles
BELIEVE IT:
The fortune cookie was invented in California. San Francisco claims it, but
Smithsonian magazine credits it to an L.A. noodle maker, and I'm not going to
contradict Washington, not in this political climate.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-morrison29dec29,1,6714948.column
Dec 17 Judge
OKs Plea Deal in Spy Case
After
espionage charges unravel, FBI informant Leung pleads guilty to a tax count and
lying about an affair. She gets 3 years' probation.
By David Rosenzweig, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-leung17dec17,1,4296584.story