THE APPA Newsletter
Dec 10, 2002
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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The internet site is at:
www.apa-pro.org
Our own domain name, apa-pro.org, stands for Asian Pacific American Professionals. www.apa-pro.org/ gives you a menu of AP organization websites.
Back issues of the newsletter for all of 2000, 2001, and 2002 are available on the website if you want to look up some past event.
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APPA Board Meeting Schedule for 2002:
Evening meetings will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2100 Mariposa Ave.(corner of Nash) 310/726-0100. Noon time meetings will be on Raytheon premises
Schedule for 2002:
Completed-See you next year!
Detailed calendar is available on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats. Events go into the calendar that I don't mention here. Please send in information on cultural events and news items. Thanks to those who have.
Long range calendar items:
December 18-19,Movie Nights: Korean Film Series at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles *Feature Film - Liberia ME (2000), 7 pm. Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (Located at Wilshire and Dunsmuir) Phone: 323-936-7141. Fax: 323-936-5712. Website: www.kccla.org. e-mail: info@kccla.org
Dec 27-31, Jan 2 Suiseki Exhibit at the Huntingto Library, San Marino, 10:30AM-4:30PM. California Aiseki Kai presents Japanese style viewing stones.
Dec 28 Craft Class at the JANM, 1PM, New Year’s Cards, $11
Jan. 1 New Years at Japanese Village Plaza, 12-4:00PM. Kodama Taiko, Mochitsuki, Lion Dance, Samurai Action Show, Kimono Parade, One man band.
Jan. 1 A Japanese New Year Celebration presented by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of South. Calif., Weller Court, 2nd ST. & San Pedro, Downtown LA Little Tokyo, 11AM. Taiko, sake barrel breaking, lion dance, koto performance, kendo demonstration, kimono show, Japanese folk singing and dancing.
Jan 4 at Japanese Village Plaza, 12-4:00PM. Zen Daiko, Shin Kendo, Koto and Electric Organ, One Man Band, Clowns
Jan 5 Japanese Village Plaza, 12-4:00PM Marionette Puppet Show, Karate, Animation Characters, One Man Band, Clowns
Jan 5 Katada Kai 20th Anniversary Celebration, percussion performance, , 3PM, Japan America Theater, $25. Contact Mikko Henson 310-378-3700
Jan 5 Kotohajime at the JACCC plaza, 1PM, free
Jan 5 Ikebana International LA Chapter 45th Anniversary at the new Otani Hotel in Little Tokyo, 11:30AM, $45. For reservations send checks payable to Ikebana International, LA Chapter, to Mary G. Thayer, 3634 E. Yorkshire Rd., Pasadena, CA 91107-5433 before Dec. 27.
The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2002, Saturdays, 1-4:
Schedule completed for the year, enjoy 2003.
Dec. 14 Pasko Sa Nayon
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This Weekend (and earlier)
Dec 13 Marimba concert by Yuko Inoue accompanied by Christopher Luthi on piano. 8:30 PM at the Woman's Club of Hollywood, 1749 N. la Brea 90046, 323-876-8383,
marimabanight@hotmail.com. $25Dec. 14 Pasko Sa Nayon, The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2002, Saturdays, 1-4
Dec 14 Hiroshima in Concert at the Japan America Theater, LA Little Tokyo, $30, $25, 8PM amd Dec. 15 2PM.
Dec 14 Enhancing Your Creativity: A Writing Workshop at the JANM, 2-4PM. Instructor Cecila Manguerra Brainard.
Dec 14, 15 Noh and Kyogen Theater Exhibition Related Symposium: Tradition and Fusion, LACMA. Saturday, December 14, 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sunday, December 15, 10 am - 4 pm, Leo S. Bing Theater,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. General Information: (323) 857-6000, TDD: (323) 857-0098. Website: http://www.lacma.org/lacma.asp . Admission is free, but reservations are required. For program information, e-mail carcione@lacma.org or call (323) 857-6081. For reservations, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Ticket Sales, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, or e-mail: scardenas@lacma.org. Indicate the day or days you wish to attend, the number of tickets needed, and your name and address.December 14, 2002
Matsuri Kites with artist Flora Ito 1-4 pm, Fowler Museum, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095, Reservations Required: (310) 825-8655 Held in conjunction with UCLA Fowler Museum's exhibition: Matsuri Japanese Festival Textiles, 1850-1950. Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Japanese Studies and the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural HistoryDec 15 Wakana Hanayagi Graduation Program recital. 2:30PM,
Japanese American Cultural Community Center's Garden Room. 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 ADMISSION IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. www.wakanausa.com/performances.htm----------------------------------------
Last Weekend
I made it to the China Expo on Saturday. I caught part of a dramatic performance and all of a unfortunately sparsely attended classical Chinese music performance that I like very much.
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LA Times: (The Times are requiring registration again)
Washington Post:
RIM OF THE NEW WORLD : Amy The Weight of a Family's Hopes
Parents' Dream Leaves Little Room for Being Average American Teen
By Anne Hull
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 10, 2002; Page A01
Japanese See Sunset at Brookings
By Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
Tuesday, December 10, 2002; Page A27
RIM OF THE NEW WORLD: Part II
Dreaming Against the Odds
'Today I Feel Like I Want to Do Something With My Life'
By Anne Hull
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 9, 2002; Page A01
Rim of the New World : Adama
Out of Africa to a New World
A Young Man From Mali Discovers a Tough Life on a Time Clock
Adama Camara left the West African country of Mali and now finds himself a black man in the American South.
By Anne Hull
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 11, 2002; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37511-2002Dec10.html
Bush Revisits Mosque to Praise Islam
By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 6, 2002; Page A23
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15897-2002Dec5.html
From Two Faiths, Many Gifts
Dec 8
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18503-2002Dec6.html