THE APPA Newsletter

February 19, 2002 It's Black History Month

In the Newsletter:

APPA Lunar New Year dinner, this Friday
(see flyer on the web, www.apa-pro.org)

Visual Communications, Performance Artists, Concert

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

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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 and 2001are 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:

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 22 APPA Lunar New Year Dinner, Sea Empress 1636 W. Redondo Bch. Blvd. in Pacific Square, $10, 6:30PM Make reservations with Osung Kwon, 310-334-8766

Feb 23 The Chinese American Museum is hosting the 1st Annual Chinese Lantern Festival Paseo de la Plaza, Olvera Street, across from Union Station in Los Angeles on Saturday, 1pm to 7pm http://www.camla.org/events/lant0202.htm

Feb 22-23 2002 Asian Issues Conference sponsored by the Pacific Asian American Caucus of the California Teachers Association. The Fruits of Our Labor: the Histories of Asian Pacific Americans, $130, Sheraton Gateway Hotel, 6101 W. Century Blvd., LA, 310-642-1111, For information, contact Bruce Lee, 323-665-8242, blee01@lausd.k12.ca.us

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Last Weekend

I worked at the Day of Remembrance (Today is the actual anniversary of President Frankling Roosevelt issuing executive order 9066 in 1942, which authorized the relocation of Japanese Americans and Japanese aliens -Japanese weren't allowed to become naturalized citizens at the time) ceremonies at the Japanese American National Museum, featuring speakers from the Muslim and Arab American communities.

Then I dashed to LB for the Chinese New Year dinner (see flyer on the website). Thanks to BSS for hosting a table there. It was a wonderful evening.

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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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April 6 concert by Visiting Violette at the Japan America Theatre, 8PM, $16, 213-628-2725

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April 27 33rd Annual Manzanar Pilgramage, noon, interfaith memorial service, ondo dancing, guided walking tours. Evening program at 6:30PM, Legion Hall, Independence. www.manzanarcommittee.org, 323-662-5102

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Performance artists Lida Abdullah and Denise Uyehara, April 21, 8:30PM, Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica, $12, www.highwaysperformance.org, 310-453-1755, reservations 310-315-1459

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Visual Communications The Monthly Screen, 120 Judge John Aiso Street (San Pedro St.) Basement Level, LA Little Tokyo, free, 213-680-4462, www.vconline.org. Showtimes 7:30PM

March 5, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision by Frieda Lee Mock

April 25, Another America, by Michael Cho

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State Hate Crime Hotline, 866-460-HELP, toll free

Connects caller to Fair Employment and Housing counselors who can refer to other services and local district attornerys

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LA Times:

Feb 19 Battle Shapes Up in Latino District
Politics: Primary poses a tight race for a seat that might give Congress its first sister act.
By RICHARD MAROSI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000012718feb19.story

February 17, 2002 On Their Own, Together
As Asian Americans, the Bascos often try out for the same few roles. So they created their own parts.
By CLARE KLEINEDLER
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!ArticleDetail-51604,00.html

Feb 18 Dolls Getting More Racially Diverse
By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-diverse-dolls0218feb18.story

Feb 18 POMONA Rain brings fortune to festival
*Weather may have kept crowd away from Vietnamese new year celebration, but organizer says it's a good omen.
By Buck Wargo / buck.wargo@latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/front/la-iv0020569feb18.story

Feb 16 THE WORLD Outsider Enters Japanese Ranks
Politics: Finnish-born Marutei Tsurunen, the Asian nation's first Western lawmaker, vows to be an advocate for resident foreigners.
By MARK MAGNIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000012069feb16.story

Feb 15 African American picks make Oscar history
By Lorenza Munoz, Los Angeles Times staff writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/sns-oscars0215african-lat.story

Feb 15 LOS ANGELES
Valley Is L.A.'s Melting Pot, Report Finds Demographics: Backers of secession say the study shows that the effort to split L.A. is about fixing government, not about 'white flight.'
By NITA LELYVELD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000011779feb15.story

Feb 13 TIMELINES
Chinese immigrants brought innovations to citrus industry
By Terry Carter / carter_timelines@hotmail.com
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/front/la-iv0020465feb13.story

Feb 13 ORANGE COUNTY Little Saigon Ushers In the New Year
Festivities: County's Vietnamese observe the lunar holiday with incense and prayers for good luck.
By MAI TRAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000011111feb13.story

Feb 13 Short-Track Medalist Is Youngest
By Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-youngest-winner-sho0214feb13.story

Feb 13 Tongans Are the Other Utah Pioneers
By HANNAH WOLFSON, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-other-pioneers0213feb13.story

Feb 19 Bush With the Japanese Royal Family
By SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bush-at-the-palace0219feb19.story

Feb 19 THE NATION WWII Hero Who Faked Being White Gets Honors
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000012836feb19.story

Feb 18 From Newsday Ohno: He fell, but not from grace
By Michael Dobie, Newsday Staff Correspondent
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/sns-olympics-ono-nyn.story

Feb 19 Today in History - Feb. 19
By The Associated Press
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals living in the United States.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-history0219feb18.story

Feb 17 'Bloody Sunday' Movie Wins Awards
By GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press Writer
...shared the Berlin film festival's top Golden Bear award Sunday with "Spirited Away," an animated adventure from Japan's Hayao Miyazaki.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/wire/sns-ap-germany-film-festival0217feb17.story

Feb 17 Geng Ping's Excellent Adventure
It Started as a Cultural Exchange Program--Chinese Chefs Immersing Themselves in All Things American. For One Woman, It Ended in a Metamorphosis.
By Evelyn Iritani Evelyn Iritani is a Times staff writer
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000012363feb17.story

Feb 14 Hoping for New Twist on Old Spinning Tops
By ABIGAIL GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000011382feb14.story

Feb 18 GLENDALEOn Campus at GCC
'On Gold Mountain' author visits college
Author Lisa See will present "On Gold Mountain: Writing a Family History" at Glendale Community College at 1 p.m. on Feb. 28 in Kreider Hall as the second Annual Lang Lecture
http://www.latimes.com/tcn/glendale/columnists/la-gn0022038feb18.story

Feb 17 ART & ARCHITECTURE The Changing Faces of Docents
Many museums are looking to meet the needs of visitors by diversifying their staffs of guides and educators.
By VIVIAN LETRAN
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/suncalendar/la-000012123feb17.story

Feb 15 ART REVIEWS Trouble Creeps Into Paradise
By DAVID PAGEL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000011605feb15.story

Feb 13 COLUMN ONEA Call to Let Go of Hatred
The Nation of Islam's Tony Muhammad talks of healing and reaches out to law enforcement as he reshapes the group's image in L.A.
By TERESA WATANABE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-000011183feb13.story

Feb 17 ORANGE COUNTY
Tet Parade: Revelry and Reminders
Celebration: Festival marks a new year, affirms culture and recalls ties born of war.
By DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000012308feb17.story

Feb 14 BEST BETS: THURSDAY 2/14
All Day Photography
For photographer Nick Ut there is no escaping the legacy of his 1972 photograph of 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000011294feb14.story

Feb 17 U.S. Foray Evokes Memories of Old War
By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-philippines-old-war0218feb17.story