March 26, 2002

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:

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

Schedule for 2002:

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

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

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

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

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

June 9, 2 p.m.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
A native of Calcutta and long-time Bay Area resident, Divakaruni has for many years been involved in women’s’ issues, working with Afghani women refugees and in shelters for battered women. Moderator: Marisela Norte, poet and playwright Downtown LA Public Library, Mark Taper Auditorium * Richard J. Riordan Central Library, Reservations recommended, call (213) 228-7025, $8 – Single Program Tickets, www.lapl.org/events/wordofworld/index.html.

The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2002, Saturdays, 1-4:

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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March 27 Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College in Claremont, Academic Sesssons on Asia, present "Meiji Revisited:Donald Keene's new Biography of the Meiji Emperor", speaker Donald Keene, free, 909-607-8065, lucy.chang@pomona.edu, Hahn 101 4:15-5:30

March 28 Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College in Claremont, Academic Sesssons on Asia, present "Korean Cinema Boom: Bubble or Forever?", speaker Paul Yi, free, 909-607-8065, lucy.chang@pomona.edu, Hahn 108, 4:15-5:30

March 28 Asian Comedy Film Festival I Wish I Had a Wife (Korea, 1999). 8PM, Rose Hills Theater, Smith Campus Center Pomona College, 170 E. 6th Street, Claremont, Tickets: Box office: 909-607-8065. Paul Yi, CEO and president of E Pictures and former director of the san Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, will answer questions about the Asian film industry following the screening.

March 28 Cold Tofu at the JANM 7:30

The Organization of Chinese Americans -Greater Los Angeles Chapter invites you to a MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION MIXER, Thursday, March 28, 2002,6:00pm - 8:30pm at BARRAGAN'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT & CANTINA, 1538 WEST SUNSET BLVD. (between Echo Park Blvd. and Laveta Terrace), ECHO PARK/(213) 250-4256. Parking is available for $2.25 in a lot directly across the street from the restaurant. There is ample street parking on Sunset Blvd. and surrounding neighborhood streets. This mixer is FREE for all current OCA-GLA members! Non-members pay $5 but if you join that night, we'll waive the fee.

March 29 Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association 27th Annual Installation and Awards Banquet, Empress Pavilion. Call Kathay Feng, 213-250-9888

March 30 Awaya Koto School Concert at El Camino College, 2PM. Guest artists include Masakazu Yoshizawa, Hiroyuki Shirai, Bando Mitsuhiro Kai, Bando Hidesomi Shirley Yamamoto, Jack Ho, Jean Ho, Yokoku Kitajima. Combines music, dance, and flower arranging. $10. 310-329-5965. [I attended this recital 2 years ago and it was quite eclectic. As well as koto and dance, there was a real time performance of Chinese calligraphy, real time ikebana, and an erhu performance.]

March 31 OHTA SAN in Concert with Keoki Kahamoku and Herb Ohta, Jr. at the Japan America Theatre, 4PM, $25.

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On Sunday I finally rode my bicycle to the Watts Towers for the first time. The Towers were recently restored and tours cost $2 and start at 12:30 on Sunday. The address is 1765 E. 107th St, LA 90002-3621. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Watts_Towers.html

Definitely worth a trip.

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APEX Monte Carlo Charity Ball, Saturday, April 6, 2002

Join us for casino gaming and dancing at the Monte Carlo Charity Ball. Try your luck with our celebrity guest dealers playing blackjack, craps and roulette. Club Soho's DJs will be playing the sounds of hip hop, trance and house to keep you dancing all night. 7:30pm No Host Bar Reception, 8:30pm Casino opens. Semi-formal attire. Black tie optional. Age 21+

Celebrity Dealers: TBA

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Apr. 11: Asian American Orchestra, Winifred Smith Hall, UC Irvine, 8PM. Bandleader George Yoshida and performance artist Brenda Wong Aoki. Box office: 949-824-2787, free, www.evc.uci.edu/cdfs/aprilspeakers.html and www.today.uci.edu/calendar/page2.html

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LA Times:

LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA campus Saturday, April 27, 2002 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) & Sunday, April 28, 2002 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/

March 26, 2002 Grahame L. Jones: On Soccer

Warmup Games Are Sure to Generate Some Heat

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000021754mar26.story

March 26 FAMOUS FIRSTS

They've Made History

Denzel Washington's and Halle Berry's wins are an unprecedented Oscar moment for black actors.

By LORENZA MUNOZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000021548mar25.story

March 24 Black Clergy Courted by GOP

Politics: Conservatives hope to make headway among traditionally Democratic African Americans. Many seem willing to listen, but some remain skeptical.

By LISA RICHARDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000021406mar24.story

March 23 THE STATE California Operations Put a Face on Minority Gains at DEA

By WILLIAM OVEREND, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000020986mar23.story

March 22 Howard Rosenberg:

Using Hurtful Words for a Noble Purpose What is in a word?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000020691mar22.story

March 20 COMMENTARY Wedge Out Immigrant-Bashing

By RICHARD N. BOND

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000020180mar20.story

March 25 Inland Valley

AT ISSUE Ignorance can be fanned into hatred

Upland High School teacher Judith A. Wenrick asked juniors in her advanced placement language composition class to research and write about issues of concern to them that have surfaced

By Anthony Rajasingham[

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/opinion/la-iv0021447mar25.story

March 25 Japanese Grasp for Answers in U.S.Management Books

Asia: Tables are turned as economic troubles boost sales of titles such as 'Who Moved My Cheese?'

By MARK MAGNIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000021516mar25.story

March 23 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Far East Cafe's Timeless Memories

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000020976mar23.story

March 21 OBITUARIES Fred Okrand, 84; Fought Key ACLU Battles

By ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000020494mar21.story

March 21 BOOK REVIEW Son's Disabilities Force Man to Muse on His Own Defects

By KAI MARISTED, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000020404mar21.story

March 20 News-Press GLENDALE

Japanese students take in California Exchange students from Osaka finishing three week stay at Glendale High.

By Gary Moskowitz

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/glendale/news/la-gn0023055mar20.story

March 23 GLENDALE Cesar Chavez event nearing Education, entertainment are focus of commemoration of labor leader's life.

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/glendale/news/la-gn0023163mar23.story

March 24 MOVIES Breaking Out of Bollywood

The epic 'Lagaan' mixes staples of Indian film with new elements. The payoff: an Oscar nomination.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/suncalendar/la-000021170mar24.story

March 24 MIDDLE EAST The Only Hope for Peace

By GEORGE SALEM and MARVIN LENDER, George Salem is chairman of the board of directors of the Arab American Institute. Marvin Lender is chairman of the executive committee of the Israel Policy Forum.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000021223mar24.story