August 6, 2002

We're in the middle of Nisei Week(s) www.niseiweek.org

Gary Toyama of Boeing is being nominated for the OCA National Asian American Corporate Achievement Award

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:

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 not attached this week and is available on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats. (I'll update the calendar once I get caught-up!) 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:

August 17 "Dreaming of You" Nisei Week Benefit Dinner Dance, Silent Auction/Raffle. The Belmont Room at the Quiet Cannon, Montebello Municipal Golf Course, 901 N. Via San Clemente, Montebello 323-724-4500. 6PM-Midnight, DJ, dressy casual attire, full course dinner and no host bar. $45 before July 25, $50 afterwards. All proceeds benefit Nisei Week Festival Committee and Keiro Senior Health Care. Contact Peggy 323-727-9989 or Laura 626-333-5604.

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. $27 general admission, $10 screening only. Call 213-680-4462, www.vconline.org.

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

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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August 10 APEX Short Hiking Trip Saturday. Please R.S.V.P. with Hua Ling, Director of Cultural Affairs one week before the event. Hua Ling (hua@apex.org) will send out detail information and direction the Wednesday before the event via e-mail. If you would like to carpool with someone, please give me your contact information and I will help you out one week before the event. Thank you and I will see you soon. Members: Free, Non-Members: $5.00 per person

Aug. 10 Okinawan dance recital: Natsuko Nakaya Ryukyu Geino Kyoshitsu (Dance Music School) 35th Anniversary Charity Show at 1PM in the El Camino College Center for the Arts Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. Donation for tickets is $25. Call the box office at 310-329-5345.

Aug 10, 18 Samurai action instructor Michi Yamato and his stunt team will perform at the Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo at 3PM on 8/10 and noon on 8/18.

Aug. 10 A Mission of Friendship Panel discussion at the Japanese American National Museum in conjunction with the exhibit Passports to Friendship commemorating the exchange of dolls between the US and Japan in 1927. 369 E. 1st St., call 213-625-0414, www.janm.org

Aug. 10 Friends of Little Tokyo Library quilt show at the Centenary Methodist Church, 300 S. Central Ave., Little Tokyo, 12-4PM 213-612-0525.

Aug 11 Annual Courtyard Kids Festival of Friendship, 10:30AM-4PM at the JAMN. Family workshops, storytellers, shorm film screenings, food, games.

Aug. 11 9th Annual Taiko Gathering at the JACCC at 11:30AM. For info call Marykay Tsuji at 213-628-2725.

Aug. 11 Nisei Week Aikido Exhibiton, 1-2PM Aikio and Iaido demonstration, 2-3:30 KODO Ancient Ways book signing and Dojo open house. Aikido Center of LA, 940 E. 2nd St., #7, downtown LA Little Tokyo. Free, but limited seating. www.aikidocenterla.com.

Aug. 11 23rd Annual Samurai 5K Run and Fun Walk, 8AM, $24, starts at 1st St., between San Pedro and Alameda in Little Tokyo. Call 323-349-8255 or 310-833-8704, www.niseiweek.com

August 11 Cowboy Bebop the Movie at the Eqyptian Theater in Hollywood, 5PM. Japanese with English Subtitles. Preview of Sony Pictures release. Based on one of the more important anime series. Also Ghost in the Shell and X on Aug. 16, 9:45, and Spriggan on Aug. 23 at 10:15PM. www.egyptiantheatre.com

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Last Weekend

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I received this from Steve Eto:

Be sure to come to the Street Arts Festival, August 10-11, 2002, 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Sat, and 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Sun. August 17-18, 2002, 10:30 am - 6:00 pm Sat, and 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Sun. Located in Little Tokyo, on San Pedro Street, between second and third street. Arts and Crafts, Demonstrations, Children's games, Ethnic Food, community groups, businesses, will be selling goods and services, and freebies too. For more information, contact Steve Eto, BSS, x6-6726, chairperson, street arts festival

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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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Our friend Yvonne Chang is inviting us to a tour of the exhibit at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. The latest update on this trip:

Doug,

How are you and the other members of APPA?

Pacific Asia Museum has prepared flyers for the private tour of Symbols of Power at Bowers. There is a change in date. It will be on Sunday October 13, 11:30 to 12:30. The fees we are charging are:

$14.00 - adult

$10.00 - 62+ and students

$5.00 - children 18 or under.

The reason for the $2.00 difference ($12.00 and $8.00 are groups rates) is that we, the PAM's Chinese Arts Council are asking for a $2.00 donation for arranging this private tour. This will be guided by docent(s). I will email you the electronic version of the flyer as soon as I receive a copy.

I hope to see some of my APPA friends on 10/13.

Yvonne

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From the Washington Post:

At Patent Office Community Day, Celebrating Unity and Diversity
By Stephen Barr
Sunday, August 4, 2002; Page C03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41110-2002Aug3.html

Judge Rules U.S. Must Release Detainees' Names

By Steve Fainaru and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, August 3, 2002; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36767-2002Aug2.html

NFL Has Ambitions For China
League Is Exploring Possibility of Games
By Thomas Heath
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 1, 2002; Page D01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28328-2002Jul31.html

Fear and Anxiety Permeate Arab Enclave Near Detroit
Muslim Americans Feel They Are Targets in War on Terror
By Robert E. Pierre
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 4, 2002; Page A03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39673-2002Aug3.html

Following the Flute to Kyoto
The author had a passion for the Zen instrument, so he sought its master in Japan
By Patterson Clark
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 4, 2002; Page E01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36652-2002Aug2.html

Cinema's Magnificent Two
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune All but Invented the Warrior Class. AFI Shows How
By Stephen Hunter
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 4, 2002; Page G01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36664-2002Aug2.html

Saigon Days
'Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam' by Nguyen Cao Ky
Reviewed by Peter Ross Range
Sunday, August 4, 2002; Page BW15
BUDDHA'S CHILD
My Fight to Save Vietnam
By Nguyen Cao Ky With Marvin J. Wolf
St. Martin's. 376 pp. $24.95
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33975-2002Aug1.html