August 20, 2002

AAPA Moon Festival

Sumo, Chilivisions, Chinese American Authors

Photos from the APPA golf tournament are up at www.apa-pro.org/graphics/golf2002

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 back at:

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:

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:

Aug. 30-Sept. 1, E Hula Mau S. Calif. 8th Annual Hula $ Chant Competition. Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 562-499-2005, www.namamo.org/ehm

Sept. 6 Yuzo Kayama Aurora Concert, 8PM. La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, tickets $100, $65, $50, $30. Call 323-466-1237, 310-532-5961, www.jlsf-aurora.org

Sept. 7 the TRW Travel Club visits both the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. $55. Call Anne Lopin 310-812-8270

Sept 8 Boyle Heights: The Power of Place opens at the JANM

September 21 Saturday, 2002 Asian American Harvest Moon Festival, Arcadia County Park, 405 S. Santa Anita Avenue, 11AM - 6PM, http://www.kscitv.com/. The Asian equivalent to Thanksgiving, the Harvest Moon Festival is celebrated by Chinese,Koreans and Vietnamese. KSCI-TV Channel 18 presents a pan-Asian event that includes areas and entertainment dedicated to all Asian communities, as well as anyone who share the Asian traditions and festivities.

Sept 28 AAPA Moon Festival Annual Convention, 6PM till midnight. The Centre at Sycamore Plaza, 5000 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, (562) 804-4434. Speaker: Ned Newman, C17 Company exec and community leader. Sponsor: Boeing Asian American Professional Association, LB/HB, Co-Sponsor: Raytheon/Hughes/JPL/TRW Asian Association, LEAP, and Long Beach Qingdao Association. Check payable to : AAPA. Dress: Semi-formal. Dinner, karaoke, dancing door prizes. $30 Contact Tony Torng 714-934-0633, George Wong 714-372-1917, Richard Wang 714-235-4521, Queena Chuang 714-896-5629, Victor Chen 714-797-3116, Jenny Yin 714-934-4928, Pasin Chanou 714-896-6905, Han Nguyen 714-317-5581, Thach Nguyen 714-896-4595, Elaine Caday-Eames, 714-896-1271

October 13 The Pacific Asia Museum is sponsoring a private tour of Symbols of Power at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana on Sunday, 11:30 to 12:30. The fees are charging: $14.00 - adult, $10.00 - 62+ and students, $5.00 - children 18 or under.These rates include a $2.00 donation to the PAM's Chinese Arts Council for arranging this private tour which will be guided by docent(s). A flyer will be forthcoming.

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

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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Aug. 23 Japanese film showing at the L A County Museum of Art. 7:30 pm Film: Two by Mizoguchi Ugetsu Monogatari. 1953. w/ Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo. b&w. 96 min. and Aug 24, 7:30 pm The Life of Oharu. 1952. w/ Kinuyo Tanaka. b&w. 148 min. www.lacma.org. For information, call 323-857-6010. For credit-card telephone orders, call the Museum Ticketing Network toll free at 1-877-522-6225.

Aug 23-25 Play "Yoshitomo" by Jay Johnson will be performed at the JACCC North Gallery at 8PM. $20 in advance call 818-247-8971. $25 at the door

Aug 24-25, 2nd Annual US Sumo Open at UCLA, 12:30-4:30PM. www.usasumo.com, 310-288-3641, afreund@ucla.edu

Aug. 24 15th Annual Visual Communications Chilivisions, 7:30PM JANM. A combination chili cook-off and showing of works by AP filmmakers. World premiere of "Words, Weavings, and Songs" directed by John Esaki, "How to do the Asian Squat" by Daniel Hsa, "Kitchen Katastrophe" by Derrick Ayoung and Andrew Huang. $27 general admission, $10 screening only. Call 213-680-4462, www.vconline.org.

August 24, CHINESE AMERICAN AUTHORS SYMPOSIUM At The Cerritos Library On Saturday, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Skyline Room The purpose of the symposium is to introduce new Chinese American authors and their unique perspectives in a new venue in the City of Cerritos, which has a large Asian population. Jim Hong is author of "If Man Were To Fly", and "Go East, Go East To Gold Mountain", and is one of our CAPP honorees (he was the first Chinese American engineer ever hired by Lockheed). Go East, Go East To Gold Mountain is the story of his own family's history in America. Icy Smith is the author of "The Lonely Queue", a bilingual pictorial history of the Chinese in Los Angeles. Debbie Leung Yamada is the author of "Striking It Rich - Treasures From Gold Mountain", a family history that highlights the gold rush era of Chinese American history. Frank Tso, is the author of "Cicada Summer", a historical novel based on his family's history in China and his subsequent transition to America. Come to this book signing, spend an afternoon with these authors, and learn about their writing experiences and stories. Questions: Contact Linda Po-Yin Chong - Chinese Historical Society of Southern California at chssc2001@yahoo.com.

Aug 24 Little Tokyo Walking tour, 10AM-noon, JANM, $11.

Aug 24 Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata at the JANM, 1PM Make doll costumes out of napkins

Aug 25Japanese Folk Dance - 10th Anniversary Nippon Minyo Kenkyukai Hojoen kai- Los Angeles Chapter, 1PM Location: George and Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 JACCC members For tickets and information call the box office at 213.680.3700

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Last Weekend

I took photos at the APPA golf tournament on Saturday. On Sunday I attended the last day of Nisei Week to attend a tea ceremony, listen to the traditional/contemporary group Kokin Gumi play koto, shamisen and shakuhachi, and hear Zendenko Taiko perform. Finally watched the odori at 6PM. (photos at dkikemi.www9.50megs.com/graphics/odori2002). Also Yvonne Chang wrote in with what she and her husband did:

Doug,

Chuck ... sold tickets to the September 28th Moon Festival event. We...bought 2 tickets. [Tickets are $30 each, see above]

Yvonne

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"Reds, Whites and Blues", a play by local Japanese American playwright Leslie K. Gray, continues till Aug. 31, Wed-Sat 8PM, Sun 2&7pm. Los Angeles Athletic Club in Downtown LA. $20 includes parking, bldg. tour, reception. Reservations mandatory, call 323-655-0120, 310-836-2961, www.tri-pi.org

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The LA Times articles seem to be available again on the internet

The Three Kings
By Desson Howe
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 16, 2002; Page WE33
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21758-2002Aug15.html

Stones Help Trace Origin of Mongolian Nomads
By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 12, 2002; Page A07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6542-2002Aug11.html