THE APPA Newsletter
April 18, 2007
Jackie Robinson:
http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016431.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. (substitute in
your Enterprise and company, etcÉ)
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ed. by Douglas Ikemi
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no longer exists. This newsletter was originally published under the auspices
of the Hughes Asian Pacific Professional Association (no longer extant). It
currently has no affiliation and is available to anyone who is interested in
downloading it.
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Please send in
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Long range calendar
items:
Chinatown Farmers Market EVERY
THURSDAY FROM 2-6PM, the Chinatown Farmers' Market takes place at Hill &
Alpine bringing fresh fruits and produce by California Farmers to the Chinatown
Community. FRIED BANANA, FRIED YAM, HAWAIIAN CHICKEN. We invite you to come and
experience the Chinatown Farmers' Market. Free parking with purchase.
The Downtown Arts
District/Little Tokyo Farmers' Market
Weller Court 2nd & San
Pedro in
Little Tokyo Summer Hours
10-3pm
Features fresh produce,
Hawaiian Chicken, more food gifts...and live jazz band.
Tuesdays from 10 a.m.- 3
p.m.
The weekly market is held
every Tuesday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m year round, rain or shine.
Sponsored by LARABA
the market will include farm-fresh produce, Asian produce, organic produce,
eggs, seafood, cheese, olives, olive oils, flowers, plants, bread and prepared
foods and more.
Hawaiian Chicken, Roasted
corn on the cobb
Local businesses
interested in having a prepared food booth at the market or individuals
interested in volunteering at this non-profit event, please contact Susan
Hutchinson at 323-660-8660 for more information
Los Angeles Public
Library Celebrates our DiverseCity
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
March 17 - July 29,
2007
Tokyo ADC Exhibition
A blend of pop,
tradition and innovation, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the world of
Tokyo Advertising Director's Club. Tokyo ADC promises to showcase some of the
most trend-setting minds in commercial visual arts in the world today through
examples of logos, print and television advertising, and book and product
design.
Simple avant garde,
comedic and crisp; the competition to stay ahead of the game is so intense,
that these commercial artists explore and discover new ways, and new twists on
a few old ways of delivering their products to the consumer market.
George J. Doizaki
Gallery
Admission Free
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 12
noon to 5pm
Saturday &
Sunday, 11am to 4pm
Closed Mondays &
Holidays
Tales of Krishna
Exhibition at LACMA Through July
2007
The South and Southeast
Asian Art Department presents an exhibition on the representation of Krishna
and his legendary deeds in the visual arts throughout India. Drawn primarily
from LACMA's renowned collection of South Asian art, the exhibition consists
principally of opaque watercolor paintings and drawings, but also includes
sculptures in a variety of media, decorative artworks, and ritual objects
associated with annual festivals devoted to Krishna. The thematically organized
exhibition explores various aspects of Krishna's life, Including his miraculous
birth, childhood pranks, heroic exploits, and romantic dalliances.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Cost: Free
FACES OF BATTLE: Japanese
Prints from the Permanent Collection
On display from May 26 -
September 26, 2006
This installation explores
the themes of samurai virtue in conflicts ranging from legends of pre-history
to epic moments of civil war in the late 19th century.
The thirty woodblock
prints from the installation are also presented online in an interactive
feature with stories of the protagonists, zoom screens enabling
close inspection of the images, and a brief biography of the influential printmaker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92).
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/MWEB/about/japan_about.asp
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 857-6000 (general
information)
323 857-0098 (TDD)
http://www.lacma.org
An Urban Oasis: The Orange
County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum at the Fullerton Arboretum
Spotlighting the rich
agricultural legacy of Orange County and the Japanese American communityÕs
contributions to that chronicle.
Sowing Dreams, Cultivating
Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-World War II Orange County.
Opens February 10, 2007.
The Orange County
Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum has been built on the grounds of the
Fullerton Arboretum and has been designed along the lines of a packing house.
California State University, Fullerton, and the Fullerton Arboretum are working
together to open the museum to the public. The inside of the building is
divided into four sections: Nikkei, Pioneer, Educational, and Transportation
and Geography. There is a small bookstore and the Potting Shed will move its
plant sales adjacent to the bookstore alcove.
The museum will highlight
the history, development, and impact of agriculture, as well as the
contributions of the Japanese American community and the local pioneer
families, to the growth of Orange County. This introductory exhibit will be a
peek into upcoming planned exhibitions and will be open throughout the summer.
The first major exhibit
will focus on the Nikkei. Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in
Pre-World War II Orange County will journey with the early Japanese immigrants
to California, and follow their stories as they establish permanent communities
in Orange County by marrying, raising families, founding schools and social
groups, and above all, cultivating the land.
Fullerton Arboretum,
California State University, Fullerton
1900 Associated Road
Fullerton, California
92831
The
Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air
March 10-May 27
As one of America's most
important women artists of the 20th century, Ruth Asawa produced a body of work
celebrating the richness and beauty of everyday life through the use of
graceful and intricate forms as demonstrated in her famous wire sculptures.
Born on a truck farm in
Southern California, Asawa was incarcerated at Rohwer concentration camp in
Arkansas during World War II. In the 1940s, she attended Black Mountain College,
the famous experimental art school in North Carolina. The Sculpture of Ruth
Asawa begins with her earliest sculptures, drawings, and paintings created at
Black Mountain College, and highlights the signature wire sculptures that
formed her visual vocabulary of looped and tied open forms, which she continued
to experiment with throughout her career.
Organized by the Fine Arts
Museum of San Francisco, this exhibition of approximately 43 sculptures and
over 20 works on paper constitutes the first complete retrospective of the Ruth
Asawa's enduring and richly varied career.
This exhibition is curated
by Daniell Cornell, Curator of Fine Arts at the Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco.
In the Weingart Foundation
Gallery, Dr. & Mrs. Edison Miyawaki Gallery and Taul & Sachiko Watanabe
Gallery
The Los Angeles
presentation of The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air is made
possible, in part, by the generous support of The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi
Charitable Foundation, the Aratani Foundation, and The James Irvine Foundation.
Additional support was provided by Ernest & Kiyo Doizaki, Mariko O. Gordon
& Hugh Cosman, and Hazel & Kokki Shindo. Media sponsors: Los Angeles
Downtown News, LA 18 KSCI-TV, and The Rafu Shimpo.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
April 26, Jazz Concert:
Keiko Matsui
94.7 the WAVE's Live Jazz
Thursdays
8:00
& 10:30 pm
Advanced Price: $25.00
Mezzanine
Price: $25.00
The
Vault
350
Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA
562-590-5566
April 27, 2007 A World of
Conflict
AsiaMedia presents veteran
war reporter Kevin Sites' documentary about Yahoo!'s international experiment
in online journalism
Over the course of one
year, solo journalist Kevin Sites covered 22 conflict zones in 19 countries,
seeking to understand the real costs of a world perpetually at war. A World of
Conflict -- the documentary film about that project -- chronicles Sites' journey,
starting with the anarchy of Somalia in September 2005 and culminating with the
explosive war between Israel and Hezbollah in summer 2006.
As Yahoo!'s first news
correspondent, Sites helped pioneer solo journalism, working completely alone,
traveling and reporting for Kevin Sites
in the Hot Zone across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin
America. Instead of reporting with a crew, he carried a backpack of portable
digital technology to shoot, write, edit and transmit multimedia reports.
In November 2004, Sites
became a flashpoint of controversy for one of the biggest stories of the
current war in Iraq. As an NBC News correspondent, he videotaped a U.S. Marine
shooting a wounded Iraqi insurgent in a Falluja mosque. He was honored with the
Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism and was recently nominated for a national
Emmy Award for his television and web coverage of the mosque shooting. In 2006,
he was given the prestigious Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in
Journalism by the Los Angeles Press Club.
Time Magazine calls
"Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone" one of 50 Coolest Websites on the
Internet and Forbes Magazine lists Sites in The Web Celeb 25 this year.
The screening of A World
of Conflict will be followed by a Q&A with Kevin Sites and a coffee
reception.
Please RSVP to erwin.c.ong@gmail.com.
Parking on the UCLA campus
is $8. You can purchase a pass for Parking Lot 3 at the kiosk on Wyton and
Hilgard. Click here
for parking information for Melnitz Hall.
Friday, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Melnitz Hall, UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free and open to the
public
For more information
please contact
Erwin
Ong
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Little Tokyo Walking Tour
Relive
history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents
on this historic walking tour. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for
non-members, includes Museum admission. Reservations along with comfortable
walking shoes and clothes are recommended. Weather permitting.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
Aprial
28 West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival
West Covina Civic Center
Courtyard
1444 W. Garvey Ave.
West Covina, 91793
Festival highlights
include cultural demonstrations, exhibits, a tea ceremony, martial arts, taiko
(Japanese drums), odori (Japanese folk dancing), iikebana (flower arrangement)
and much more.
Rounding out the
festival will be exhibits, crafts, foods, refreshments and children's games.
Free parking at Civic
Center
No public parking in
marked employee spots
or more information,
please contact the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center at
626-960-2566 or www.westcov.org/events/cherry.html
April
28-29 The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books On the UCLA campus
Come join us at the 12th
Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Free to the public, it occurs the
last weekend in April Ñ Saturday, April 28 10am-6pm and Sunday, April 29
10am-5pm Ñ and offers something for
all ages and interests. Every year, it adds up to be America's largest and
grandest literary eventÉ
130,000+ Passionate
Readers
370+ Famous Authors
300+ Popular Exhibitors
900+
Loyal Volunteers
6 Exciting Stages
2 Interactive ChildrenÕs Areas
And on Friday, April 27,
also join us for the 27th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, a renowned
awards ceremony honoring great and noble writers and their works for 2006. For
more information, click here.
DonÕt
miss the 2007 Festival of Books and Book Prizes Ceremony. Over two festive days
and one fascinating evening, come fall in love with the written word in lots of
special ways!
http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
April 28 "Issei: The
Shadow Generation" by Tsukasa Matsueda, Ed.D.
Issei:
The Shadow Generation brings to light the subtle cultural teachings of the
first Japanese immigrants in American. With profound insight, deep
understanding of language, and years of conversation with the pioneers,
Matsueda shares the way of the Issei, who amidst struggle and adversity learned
not only to survive, but also thrive in America. Book signing to follow. 2PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369
East First Street
Los
Angeles, California 90012
phone:
(213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
http://www.janm.org/
April 28 Writing Your Life
Story with Loren Stephens
Each
one of us has unique stories to tell. Loren Stephens, president of Write
Wisdom, Inc. and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, is an expert at helping
both first time and experienced writers transform memories into memoirs. $20
for National Museum members and $30 for non-members, includes Museum admission.
Space is limited. Early registration with payment recommended. 10:30-5
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369
East First Street
Los
Angeles, California 90012
phone:
(213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
http://www.janm.org/
Sunday, April 29, 11:00 AM
- 3:30 PM
IMAGINATION CELEBRATION:
JAPANESE CHERRY BLOSSOM FAMILY FESTIVAL
Calling all Families! Come
celebrate springtime and discover the traditions of Japanese culture. Begin the
day by curling up in the Fluor Gallery with San Francisco-based children's
author Marlene Shigekawa and listen to her delightful stories while watching
images from the pages of her books appear on the screen. Then be sure to hop on
over to the Norma Kershaw Auditorium for a play with puppets! Based on a
beautiful Japanese legend, The Crane's Daughter will be brought to you by the
Icarus Puppet Company from San Diego. Be sure not to miss music in the
Courtyard with the Taiko Drummers from the Taiko Center of LA featuring Tom Kurai.
If that isn't enough there will be cultural demonstrations, food sampling, face
painting and great art projects! Fun for the entire family! Nominal fee for art
projects and face painting. Co-sponsored by the Bollesen Family.
Admission: Child free with
accompanying paid adult
11:00 AM Marlene Shigekawa
Fluor Gallery
12:30 PM The Crane's
Daughter Norma Kershaw Auditorium
2:00
PM Taiko Drumming Demonstration Courtyard
THE BOWERS MUSEUM
2002
North Main Street
Santa
Ana, CA 92706
(714)
567-3600
www.bowers.org
April
29 Screening of The Homeland featuring Mako Iwamatsu.
(2005) 108min., color
Directed by Tonko
Horikawa
Takaya Kamikawa,
Mako, Yoshino Kimura
Japanese Version (No
English Subtitles)
Master director Yoji
Yamada, acclaimed worldwide for the "Twilight Samurai," and Mako, teamp up in this new dram about
war, homeland, and family. A young man meets an old former Kamikaze pilot (Mako) on a southern island, and becomes
involved in a poignant mystery.
For
more information visit: www.jlsf.aurora.org
1pm at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre
in Little Tokyo. No subtitles, $10, 213-680-3700
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
May
3, 6, 9 & 10 L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival
23rd Anniversary
Edition
VC FILMFEST 2007
The Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival features over 100 new and exciting film and video works
by Asian and Asian Pacific American Filmmakers. Complete program information
will be available April 2007. Ticket and program info VC FILMFEST line (213)
680-4462 x68 or visit www.vconline.org.
Thursday, May 3, 8pm
Opening Night
Directors Guild of
America
Sunday, May 6, 8pm
"Tribute to
Mako"
Wednesday, May 9, 8pm
World Premiere, VC
Digital Posse 2007
Thursday, May 10, 8pm
Closing Night &
Awards Ceremony
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$10 General Admission
$8 JACCC Members,
Friends of VC, Students
Aratani
/ Japan America Theatre
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
May
5 Lotus Steps 2007
10745 Dickson Plaza,
Westwood
The Chinese Cultural Dance
Club at UCLA celebrates the diversity within Chinese culture with a program of
dances from the Han, Dai, Mongolian, Uygur, Wa and Taiwanese aboriginal
minorities.
Saturday,: 7 p.m.
Price: Free.
Information:
714-860-0860
May
6 16th Biennial Awaya-kai Koto Concert
$10
2:00 p.m. at Marsee Auditorium, El Camino
College,
16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance.
310-329-5965
Awaya Kai
awayamusic@msn.com
May 08, 2007 Lecture:
Rocks in Chinese Culture
At The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Robert Mowry of the
Sackler Museum at Harvard University will give a slide lecture that explores
the use of rocks in Chinese gardens, where they serve as building materials, as
sculpture, and as symbolic representations of mountains. Tai Hu rocks, such as
those used in the HuntingtonÕs Chinese Garden, are among the most prized. Free.
FriendsÕ Hall. (626) 405-2100.
Tuesday,
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Cost: Free
Tel: (626) 405-2140
Saturday, May
12, 2007, 10am - 4pm
24th Annual
Children's Day Celebration
Family FunFest
Annual Children's Day
celebration or Kodomo no Hi!
Join us for a
fun-filled day for the entire family.
Activities for
children of all ages include the Chibi-K: Kids for Kids Run, the San Tai
San: 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. And, the Asian Pacific Arts and Crafts
Faire features cultural entertainment, demonstrations, crafts, and games.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, and
the JACCC.
Asian Pacific Arts
and Crafts Faire
Admission Free
Chibi-K: Kids for
Kids Fun Run
For more information
and to register call jessie Kikuchi (213) 628-2725.
San Tai San: 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament
For ages 7 to 12
years
For more information and
to register call Thomas Yee (213) 473-3030.
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Saturday, May 12,
2007, 10am - 4pm
Nikkei Community Day
The First Annual
Nikkei Community Day invites Japanese and Japanese Americans from all over the
greater L.A. area to come together to celebrate who they are and what they do!
Japanese and Japanese community centers and community organizations will
share information about their groups, sell food, and participate in a showcase
featuring performances and demonstrations including taiko, martial arts, dance, and more.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, Ties
That Bind, the Nikkei Federation, and the JACCC.
For more information
visit the Nikkei Federation website: www.nikkeifederation.org.
Saturday, May 19,
2007, 7:30pm
Special JACCC Benefit
Performances
Sounds & Voices
of J-Town
June Kuramoto (of
Hiroshima)
Daniel Ho with
members of Kilauea
Amy Hill ("Tokyo
Bound", "Cat in the Hat")
Zendeko Zenshuji
(Taiko Ensemble)
Alison De La Cruz
(multi-disciplinary artist)
This special
celebration features artists from our J-Town Beat Series who have come together
to share the stage and show their support for the JACCC.
Proceeds will support
JACCC community programs.
There will be a post
performance reception following the concert on the JACCC Plaza.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Special VIP Seating
$100*
$50 Orchestra, $45
Balcony
This production is
*(tax deductible to the extent of the law)
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
May 19, 2007 Voices Gone
Wild Semiscon
A performance by an award
winning A Capella group from Taiwan at Ford Theatres
In celebration of Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month and Taiwanese American Heritage Week, The
Taiwan Center and TUF present a performance by the winner of International A
Capella Competition and Asia's top music award. This "East meets
West" ensemble whirls movie themes, Taiwanese melodies, golden oldies and
pop favorites into a spell binding array of sound and motion. Performance will
also include a guest appearance by the White Heron Dance Ensemble.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets $40, $25
Please visit:
www.FordTheatres.org
Or Call: 323.461.3673
Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00
PM
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
May 23, 2007 "Angry
Monk": An Evening of Film and Poetry
Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Presentation with Donald Lopez and Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan
Screening of "Angry
Monk: Reflections on Tibet," (2005) a documentary by Luc Schaedler about
the life of Gendun Choepel (1903-1951), the legendary dissident monk of early
20th-century Tibet who criticized the religious conservatism and cultural
isolation of his country. The film was screened at the 2006 Sundance Film
Festival.
Donald Lopez, Arthur E.
Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the
University of Michigan, has written and edited over twenty books on Buddhism
and Asian religions, including The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality
of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel. His is currently a Visiting Scholar at the
Getty Research Institute, working on the topic, "Uses of the Buddha."
Prof. Lopez will read his translations of the poetry of Gendun Choepel, accompanied
by Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo in Karnataka,
India, who will recite the poetry in the original Tibetan.
Wednesday, 7:00 PM - 10:00
PM
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Seating is limited. RSVP
required to rharwood@support.ucla.edu or (310)206-3072.
For more information
please contact
Robert Buswell
buswell@humnet.ucla.edu
May 27 & 28 Exhibition: Santa Anita Bonsai Society
Ayres Hall & Gate
& Kitchen
Arboretum of Los Angeles
County
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA, 91007
626-821-3222
Saturday, June 9,
2007, 8pm
Asia America Symphony
Orchestra
David Benoit, Music
Director and Conductor
Special Guest Keiko Matsui
Jazz Superstar and
Japanese treasure Keiko Matsui performs with Orchestra. Works by Ravel,
Copeland and others will complete the program.
For more information
visit: www.Asiaamericasymphony.org.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$75 VIP orchestra and
reception
$35 Premiere orchestra,
$25 orchestra and balcony
Aratani
/ Japan America Theatre
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Dec 1, 2 Japan Expo 2007
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and earlier/later)
April 20, 2007 Vietnamese
International Film Festival Day at UCLA, Part 2
Feature film JOURNEY FROM
THE FALL (VUOT SîNG) Ham Tran, Director/Writer/Editor, 99 minutes
Inspired by the true
stories of Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of SaigonÑand
those who were forced to stay behind, Journey From The Fall follows one
familyÕs struggle for freedom.
April 30, 1975 marked the
end of Vietnam's two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of
hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South
Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen (as Long Nguyen) decides to remain in
Vietnam. Imprisoned in a Communist re-education camp, he urges his family to
make the escape by boat without him. His wife Mai (Diem Lien), son Lai (Nguyen
Thai Nguyen) and mother Ba Noi (Kieu Chinh) then embark on the arduous ocean
voyage in the hope of reaching the U.S. and freedom.
Back in Vietnam, Long
suffers years of solitary confinement and hard labor, and finally despairs that
his family has perished. But news of their successful resettlement in America
inspires him to make one last desperate attempt to join them.
Film website at http://www.journeyfromthefall.com/.
For more information about
the entire film festival see http://www.vietfilmfest.com/home/home.htm.
Friday, 7:00 PM - 9:15 PM
James Bridges Theater
Melnitz Hall
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free and open to
the public.
Special Instructions
Parking in UCLA's Lot 3
costs $8.
For more information
please contact
Barbara
Gaerlan
Tel:
310-206-9163
www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/
April 21 ''Mizuhiki'' with
Ryosen Shibata
Rescheduled 1-3PM
Design elaborate knots
using paper cords--the perfect accessory for decorating a card or gift for that
special someone. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members,
includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended.
Made
possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
April
21, 22 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival at Barnes Park
The 2007 Cherry Blossom
Festival Committee and the City of Monterey Park are pleased to present the 10th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival on April 21& 22, 2007 at Barnes Park,
located at 350 S. McPherrin Avenue; Monterey Park, CA. Entry to the
Festival is FREE.
Planned and coordinated by
community volunteers, the Cherry Blossom Festival strives to provide a cultural
arts event that offers a forum for learning, entertainment, fun, and support of
community.
So
take the time to see, hear, and taste a bit of the Japanese and Japanese
American culture through a
first-hand experience of watching traditional Japanese dancing, hearing the
resounding beats of the taiko drums, observing the mastery and various skills
of martial arts, participating in the ancient art of the tea ceremony, or
buying hand-made crafts or food with an Asian flair. Other highlights of the
Festival include games & crafts for children, and numerous cultural
displays.
Barnes
Park: 350 S. McPherrin Avenue
(directly behind Civic Center)
http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=812
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Conserving Culturally Specific Art Works: Conversations and Practice
A
discussion around cultural conservation and preservation, this panel is in
conjunction with the National Museum's NEA grant to support the conservation
treatment of paintings by Benji Okubo, a Nisei artist who painted while
incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. Panelists includ
Rushmore Cervantes, chief deputy controller -- City of Los Angeles and former
general manager of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument; Jo Hill,
director of conservation, Fowler Museum at UCLA; Jill Moniz, program manager,
Visual Arts, California African American Museum; and Linda Strauss, senior
director of Collections, Autry National Center of the American West. Moderated
by Leslie Rainer, senior project specialist, Getty Conservation Institute.
Following this discussion, Scott M. Haskins, conservator, Fine Art Conservation
Laboratories, focuses on the work he performed on the Okubo paintings. A unique
opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes view of the conservation process. 2PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
April
21 & 22 Bunka Sai Cultural Festival
Torrance
Cultural Center
3330
Civic Center Dr. N
Torrance,
90503
Saturday April 21, 2007,
8Pm: The Stars Of Tomorrow!
Norris Theatre for
the Performing Arts
27570 Crossfield
Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Eleven year-old
violinist Eleanor Dunbar makes her debut with the Asia America Youth Orchestra.
Also featured is twelve year-old virtuoso cellist Zachary Wong.
Music Director David
Benoit conducts works by Bernstein, Mendelssohn, Benoit, Bizet, and the 1st
prize winner of the 5th Annual International Composition for Orchestra Competition.
This
concert also features a musical tribute to the incomparable Henry Mancini.
http://www.asiaamericasymphony.org/season.html
Asia
America Symphony Association ¥ 608 Silver Spur Road #320 ¥ Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
tel:
310-377-8977 ¥ fax: 310-377-8949 ¥
@asiaamericasymphony.org
April
21, East Asian Art Council Lecture
The
Story of Tea from East to West: Beatrice Hohenegger
Saturday,
1:00 pm
Brown
Auditorium
Legends,
traditions, and the history of tea and its voyage over thousands of years from
Asia to the West is the focus of this presentation by Beatrice Hohenegger,
author of Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West and guest curator of a
traveling exhibition on the history of tea set to open in 2009 at the Fowler
Museum at UCLA.
Free, no reservations or tickets required.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905
Wilshire Boulevard
Los
Angeles, CA 90036
323
857-6000 (general information)
323
857-0098 (TDD)
April 24, 2007
Contemporary Chinese Poetry: An Evening of Readings
Nine poets present their
work
á Nine poets will read
from their work
Geng Zhanchun
耿占春, critic, poet, Professor at Hainan University
Luo Ying 骆英,
poet, Chair of Zhongkun Investment Group
Ouyang Jianghe
欧阳江河, critic, poet
Tang Xiaodu
唐晓渡, critic, poet, senior editor of Writers
Publishing House
Wang Yin,
王寅, reporter for Southern Weekend
Xi Chun 西川,
poet, critic, Professor of Central of Fine Art Academy
Zhai Yongmin
翟永明, poet
Zhao Ye 赵野,
poet
Zhou Zhan
周瓒, Assoc. Researcher at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Zhao Ye 赵野,
poet
á Michael Day (PhD,
University of Leiden) will speak on ÒThe International Reception of
Contemporary Avant-Garde Poetry in ChinaÓ
á Luo Ying (poet and
chairman of Zhongkun Investment Group) will sign copies of his new, bilingual
book of poetry, Empty Glasses & Empty Tables
Tuesday, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Sequoia Room
UCLA Faculty Center
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
For more information please
contact
Richard
Gunde
Tel:
310 825-8683
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
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Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
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Cross ethnic lines to stop
violence
A sense of responsibility
follows news that a Korean American was the Virginia Tech gunman.
By Edward Taehan Chang,
EDWARD TAEHAN CHANG, a professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside, writes
frequently about Los Angeles' Korean American community.
April 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chang18apr18,1,2613663.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
More pot house busts
revealed
Officials disclose the
existence of four more San Gabriel Valley residences that were growing
marijuana. They say there could be dozens more yet undiscovered.
By Andrew Blankstein and
Tony Barboza, Times Staff Writers
April 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pothouse18apr18,1,6126016.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
Korean Americans fear
impact on U.S. relations
Local leaders gather to
pray and discuss the community's response to the Virginia Tech massacre. Some
worry about an ethnic backlash.
By K. Connie Kang, Times
Staff Writer
April 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-korean18apr18,1,890209.story
Students become teachers
at Holocaust remembrance
A commemoration that drew children
and teens from 27 public and private schools places youths at center stage.
By Angie Green, Times
Staff Writer
April 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-children18apr18,1,7263087.story?ctrack=3&cset=true
'Stealing Buddha's Dinner'
by Bich Minh Nguyen
A Vietnamese-American's
memoir of her refugee childhood in the Midwest
By Michael Standaert,
Special to The Times
April 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-book17apr17,1,5885691.story
33 dead in Virginia Tech
shootings
In the deadliest mass
shooting in U.S. history, 30 are slain in classrooms before gunman kills
himself. Angry students ask why the campus wasn't closed after two earlier
killings in a dorm.
By David Zucchino, Maura
Reynolds and Stephen Braun, Times Staff Writers
April 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-main17apr17,1,363078.story
But seriously, it's hard
for women
Female comics have always
had a hard time making it in the boys' clubs. The marquees and TV listings show
it's not getting easier.
By Paul Farhi, Washington
Post
April 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comedywomen16apr16,1,369418.story
Robinson's legacy is
colorblind
All players are better off
for his breakthrough 60 years ago, regardless of the changing racial
composition of baseball.
April 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-adande16apr16,1,2123562.column
Swayed by Bollywood
rhythms
Inspired by Hindi dance,
classes shimmy, shake and free that inner drama queen. Looking sultry while you
sweat? It's good fun.
By Kavita Daswani, Special
to The Times
April 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bollywood16apr16,1,2876986.story
Among Catholic priests,
Vietnamese are the new Irish
The refugee influx and a
culture that exalts the vocation boost dwindling clerical ranks -- with a
certain fervor.
By David Haldane and Mai
Tran, Times Staff Writers
April 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vietpriests15apr15,1,1964018.story
Japan takes step toward
amendment
By Bruce Wallace, Times
Staff Writer
April 14, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan14apr14,1,2026197.story
Ethnic changes in store
for Chino Hills
Some residents protest, in
vain, an Asian market in the upscale community. Others say it will serve their
needs.
By Sara Lin, Times Staff
Writer
April 12, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chinohills12apr12,1,841784.story
Two ways of reading
emotions
April 12, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-hew-webbooster12apr12,1,1914689.story
L.A. noir anthology is not
just the usual suspects
Its stories are set in
present times, with unlikely locations and few private eyes.
By Scott Timberg, Times
Staff Writer
April 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-noir11apr11,1,3915011.story
Chow Yun-Fat drops out of
John Woo's latest
The actor who got his
start with Woo pulled out of "Red Cliff" just as shooting started.
From Associated Press
April 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-et-chow17apr17_wr,1,2045813.story
REGARDING MEDIA
Toughest question is still
unanswered
April 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-rutten18apr18,1,765939.column
Don Ho, 76; singer was
best known for '66 hit 'Tiny Bubbles'
By Dennis McLellan, Times
Staff Writer
April 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ho15apr15,1,1531529.story
Hae Kyung Lee and Dancers
impress
By Victoria Looseleaf,
Special to The Times
April 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-lee16apr16,1,7090582.story
No Gun Ri inquiry found
letter on shooting civilians
From the Associated Press
April 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nogunri15apr15,1,6058376.story
Pierre finds substance in
Robinson's style
By Steve Henson, Times
Staff Writer
April 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodrep15apr15,1,4081936.story