THE APPA Newsletter
February 12, 2002
It's Black History Month www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.htmlHappy New Year 4700, Year of the Horse.
In the Newsletter:
APPA board meeting, Feb 14 noon.
Chinese New Year Dinner in LB
APPA Chinese New Year Celebration
Events this weekend
LA Times & other news articles
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
The internet site is:
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 -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
Proposed schedule for 2002:
Feb. 14 (Th) at 12 pm
March 13 (W) at 6 pm
April 16 (Tu) at 12 pm
May 15 (W) at 6 pm
June 13 (Th) at 12 pm
July 10 (W) at 6 pm
Aug. 13 (Tu) at 12 pm
Sept. 11 (W) at 6 pm
Oct. 10 (Th) at 12 pm
Nov. 13 (W) at 6 pm
Detailed calendar-finally updated up to March is attached this week and 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:
April 5-7 First Cherry Blossom Festival in Pasadena, 626-683-8243, wowproductions@earthlink.net
April 7 Keiko Matsui Jazz Concert, 5PM at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, $45, 40, 35, 800-300-4343 or 562-916-8500
8 June, 2002 - 5 January, 2003 Rediscovered Imperial Treasures: Masterpieces From The Nanjing Museum at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, www.bowers.org
The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2002, Saturdays, 1-4:
March 16 Pacific Islands Festival of Masks
April 20 Thai New Year Festival
May 11 Different Drummers Festival, Memorial Park
June 15 Costumes of Pan Asia
July 20 Origami Festival
Aug. 17 Flavors of India
Sept. 21 Lacquer Ware of Myanmar
Oct. 19 Pakistan Festival
Nov. 16 Buddha: Faces of Enlightenment
Dec. 14 Pasko Sa Nayon
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This Weekend
Feb 16 BEHN-ES Annual Valentine Dinner and Dance Scholarship Fundraiser, Torrance Marriott Hotel 3635 Fashion Way, 6:30PM, $60 still. Contact Patricia Miyoshi (310) 416-4125
Feb 16 Day of Remembrance at the JANM, endorsed by APPA. See flyer at website, www.apa-pro.org.
Feb. 16 Year of the Horse Chinese New Year Festival at the Pacific Asia Museum
Chinese New Year, Los Angeles. Colorful dragon dancers parade through the streets of downtown's Chinatown. For this year's schedule www.lagoldendragonparade.com
The Long Beach Qingdao Sister City Association invites You To Celebrate Chinese New Year 4700, Year of the Horse. Saturday, February 16, 2002 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. At The Hilton Long Beach in the Catalina Room, Complimentary Parking. PLEASE RSVP BY CALLING: Sister Cities of Long Beach, Inc. EVENT HOTLINE at: 562-495-8016 OR BY E-MAIL at: dzanatta@AOL.com or lonliv@earthlink.net Tickets are limited and will be picked up at the door the night of the event. Co-sponsored by AAPA
The Chinese American Museum is hosting the 1st Annual Chinese Lantern Festival. http://www.camla.org/events/lant0202.htm The festival will hold a Children’s Lantern Making Workshop at the Chinatown New Year Festivities, Saturday and Sunday, February 16th and 17th. The Lantern Festival will take place in Paseo de la Plaza, Olvera Street, across from Union Station in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 23, 2002, 1pm to 7pm. This festival is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.
Feb 17 Tour in the Ahmanson of LACMA: Exaquistie Pursuits in Korean Art, 1PM
Feb 16 Lecture on Lafcadio Hearn by his great-grandson Bon Koizumi, Holiday Inn Torrance, 2-4PM, $20, call Mr. Imamori at 800-479-0667.
Feb 17 UCLA Nikkei Student Union Cultural Night, 7PM, Royce Hall, free but tickets required, 310-396-9304, nikkei@ucla.edu, www.uclanikkei.com
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Last Weekend
I bicycled out the White Room Gallery in West Hollywood to see their current exhibit of Shigeichi Nagano Photo Exhibit: Documenting Post War Japan. Then I went to Westwood and returned along Pico. The route I took highlighted the diversity of LA. I passed through just about every type of ethnic neighborhood and I rode through some of the poorest and richest communities. Something to think about.
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March 2-April 6, Vintage Japanese Photographs at the White Room Gallery, 8810 Melrose Ave., W. Hollywood, CA 90069, 310-859-2402, info@whiteroomgallery.com, Tuesday-Sat., 12-6PM. Opening reception Saturday, March 2, 6-8PM.
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LA Times:
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
LACMA Acquires Islamic Art
Museum: The purchase gives county institution one of the world's top collections in the field.
By SUZANNE MUCHNIC, Times Staff Writer
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!ArticleDetail-51363,00.html
Asian Comedy Film Festival, Feb 14 Tickets: Box office: 909-607-8065
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!EventDetail-40471,00.html
Feb 12 New Year for Chinese-Speaking World
By MARTIN FACKLER, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-chinese-new-year0212feb12.story
Feb 11 Civil Affairs Troops Aim to Win Afghan Hearts, Minds
By DAVID ZUCCHINO, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-021102civil.story
Feb 11 Heritage Used in Philippines Effort
By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-philippines-us-troops0211feb11.story
Feb 11 NYC's Chinatown Looks for Revival
By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-attacks-chinatown0212feb11.story
Feb 11 Police Chief Debate Is No Longer Black-White Issue
LAPD: The role of race is less polarized but more complicated in Parks' quest for a second term.
By LISA RICHARDSON and K. CONNIE KANG, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000010626feb11.story
Feb 8 MOVIE REVIEW 'Shiri' Captures Political Intrigue's Toll
By KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000009708feb08.story
Feb 8 WORLD CINEMA A Korean Detente
For Kang Je-Gyu and his nation's film industry, 'Shiri's' bold look at the north-south divide has been a box office and artistic breakthrough.
By JON MATSUMOTO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000009713feb08.story
Feb 8 THE REGION One Man's Hobby, a Culture's History
Tet: A mask collector turned trouper keeps dragon and lion dancing a living tradition.
By MAI TRAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000009822feb08.story
Feb 7 Proportion of Immigrants in U.S.
Population Has Doubled Since '70
Demographics: Census Bureau data paint a complex picture of lives lived by the country's 28 million foreign-born.
By PETER Y. HONG and PATRICK J. McDONNELL, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-020702foreign.story
Feb 7 OBITUARIES
Rudolph B. Davila, 85; Medal of Honor Given 56 Years After Feat
By DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000009562feb07.story
Feb 7 COMMENTARY Running From Reebok's Hypocrisy
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Alexander Cockburn writes for the Nation and other publications.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000009419feb07.story
Feb 6 News-Press GLENDALE
From the ghetto to Glendale
Family headed by celebrated musicians has found diversity, little discrimination in adopted city.
By Tim Willert
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/glendale/news/la-gn0021626feb06.story
Feb 6 The Taste of Tet
It wouldn't be the New Year without kho, the ultimate Vietnamese comfort food.
By ANDREA Q. NGUYEN, Special To The Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-000009193feb06.story
Feb 11 Empathy for America at Olympics
By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-american-empathy0211feb11.story
Feb 11 Ice Is All Kwan's in Salt Lake
By NANCY ARMOUR, AP Sports Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-solo-kwan-fig0211feb11.story
Feb 11 COMMENTARY
Koizumi Spirals Down
By FRANK GIBNEY, Frank Gibney is president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College and a professor of politics.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000010522feb11.story
Feb 11 Western Culture Featured at Olympics
By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-western-olympics0211feb11.story
Feb 10 COVER STORY A City at War With Itself
Joseph Tovares turned detective to document L.A.'s 1943 clashes for 'Zoot Suit Riots,' airing on PBS.
By SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/tv/la-000010312feb10.story
Feb 10 IN BRIEF / HAWAII Honolulu Memorial for Victims of Sub Collision
, From Times Wire Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000010496feb10.story
Feb 10 Ice Wars
Cohen-Kwan rivalry heats up as they prepare to take the ice.
By NANCY ARMOUR, The Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/figureskate/la-oly-021002figure-wars.story
Feb 10 SPOTLIGHT
Not Everyone Loves Ceremony
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000010440feb10.story
Feb 10 L.A. THEN AND NOW
Surfer King, Swimmer Extraordinaire, Lifesaving Hero
By CECILIA RASMUSSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000010350feb10.story
Feb 6 Businessman Has Lessons for Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pri-ecological-businessman0206feb06.story
Feb 6 Missionaries Provide Translations
By HANNAH WOLFSON, Associated Press Writer
SALT LAKE CITY -- Weihua Bian never expected to be speaking Chinese with residents of Salt Lake City.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-multilingual-mormons0207feb06.story
Feb 12 OBITUARIES Ani Pachen Dolma, 68; Tibet's 'Warrior Nun' and Author
By MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000010780feb12.story
Feb 12 READING BY 9
The Day the Dragon Danced Part 2 The story so far: Grandma doesn't want to go to the New Year's Parade but Charles, her grandson, is pulling her along anyway.
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000010760feb12.story
Feb 11 Chinese Twosome Looking at Four Turns
By SALVATORE ZANCA, AP Sports Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/figureskate/la-oly-021102figure-chinese.story
Feb 11 THE WORLD In China, a Trip to the Altar Starts at the Doctor's Office
Law: To curb disease, the state requires all brides and grooms to get exams. But the
peeking and probing does sour some love.
By CHING-CHING NI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000010709feb11.story
Feb 11 Ashcroft Distances Self From Islam
By Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-ashcroft0211feb11.story
Feb 10 Bias Against U.S. Arabs Taking Subtler Forms Harassment: Teasing and 'helpful suggestions' are replacing more overt acts of discrimination. Islamic groups are keeping track of the complaints.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-021002harass.story
Feb 10 THE KIDS' READING ROOM
The Iron Horse: A Vietnamese Legend
By TRAN MONG TU
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000010249feb10.story
Feb 5 Combat Photos Put New Face on War
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-another-vietnam0205feb05.story
Feb 11 South Korea Has Problem at Home
By GRAHAME L. JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000010671feb11.story