THE APPA Newsletter
December 29, 2003
Japanese New Year: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html
http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html
http://japanesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa120800a.htm
http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa120900a.htm
See This Weekend
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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
(dkikemi@pacbell.net)
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The internet site is at:
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, 2001, 2002, and 2003 are available on the website if you want to look up
some past event.
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APPA Board Meeting Schedule for 2004:
Evening meetings open to the public will
be at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2100 Mariposa Ave.(corner of Nash)
310/726-0100.
(coming soon)
Detailed, updated calendar is available
on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats . Please send
in information on cultural events and news items. Thanks to those who have.
Long range calendar items:
Chinatown Farmers Market Every Thursday, 3:00pm to 7:00pm Chinatown Business Improvement District http://www.ChinatownLA.com/ For Information (213) 680-0243
Nov 1-Feb 1, Korean Costumes Exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena 91101, 626-449-2742.
Jan 10 Book reading and signing of
ÒSouthlandÓ by Nina Revoyr a the JANM, 2PM
Jan 11 Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko at
the JANM, 2-4PM.
Jan 22-24 Chinese New Year in LA, http://whatsonwhen.com/events/~23848.jml,
www.lagoldendragonparade.com/Calendar.htm
Jan 24 Golden Dragon Parade, 2-5 PM, N.
Broadway and N. Spring Streets. www.lagoldendragonparade.com
Jan 24 Film Showing of ÒA Daughter of
Hawaii, Her 88th YearÓ at the JANM, 7:30-9:30PM.
Jan 29 Fresh Words and Actions Performing
Arts Series at the JANM. Staged reading of the play ÒMom, Dad, IÕm Living with a White GirlÓ by Marty Chan,
7:30-9:30PM
Jan 30, Feb. 27, Mar 12 and 19 childrenÕs
play performance of A Thousand Cranes at the Stella Adler Theatre, free to the
public and schools wishing to attend.
Feb 15 Recent Acquisitions of Japanese Paintings
opens at the Pacific Asia Museum. Closes April 11
Feb 15 Little Tokyo Walking Tour 1-3PM,
$11 at the JANM
Feb 19 & 27, Question 27, theatrical
performance at the JANM 7:30PM. For reservations call 213-625-0414x2237
Feb 21 Day of Remembrance 7PM, at the
Japan America Theatre, $20. Will feature the premier screening of the film
Stand Up for Justice, the story of 16 year old Mexican American Ralph Lazo who
went to Manzanar during World War II to remain with his Japanese American
Friends. Presented by Visual Communications and the NCRR, co-sponsored by the
JACL/Pacific Southwest District, JACCC, and the JANM. For info call
213-680-4462x58, for tickes call 213-680-3700
Feb 21 Blossom, A Celebration of Koto
Music, Montebello Sozenji Buddhist Temple, 3020 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello,
90640. Yukiko Matsuyama in concert, featuring Tadashi Namba on keyboards, Rev.
Tom Kurai on taiko. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Make check payable to
Yukiko Music and send to Sozenji Temple. For more info call 323-724-6866.
Benefits Schurr High School music program.
Feb 26 Fresh Words and Actions Performing
Arts Series, Cold TofuÕs The Soy of Sex, 7:30-9:30 at the JANM,
www.coldtofu.com.
March 5-June 20 The Arts of Japanese Sake
at the Pacific Asia Museum.
March 21, 2004 Live at the Armstrong -
George Takei. 4:00 pm Tickets $30.
As part of the American Perspectives
Series ...Salute to Liberty
Recognized worldwide as a member of the
original Star Trek cast, Los Angeles native, George Takei is an actor,
community and political activist, author, long distance runner and
lecturer. Mr. Takei spent
most of his childhood behind the barbed-wire enclosures of United States
internment camps during World War II. His optimistic vision is a world where people from all
backgrounds work together to overcome problems. Armstrong Theatre at 3330 Civic
Center Drive in Torrance.
Questions: 310-738-8011.
Box Office: 310-781-7171
March 26 International Tea Party
fundraiser for the Conversity Youth Scholarship at the Asian Pacific American
Dispute Resolution Center, 1145 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 5-8PM, $15. Raffle at 7PM.
Call 213-250-8190, www.apadrc.org.
April 3, 2004 Also the Peanut Gallery
Series which is especially popular with children two to six years of age is
featuring Korean Classical Dance, Saturday Morning 10 am. Tickets $5.50 -
$8.00, Armstrong Theatre. The Company performs graceful and elegant ceremonial
and social dances that present a stunning vision of traditional Korean
art. A thrilling drum dance
is featured in a rich and vaired repertoire of exciting dances that are an
integral part of the Korean culture.
May 2, 2004 30th
Anniversary Awaya-kai Koto
Concert, 2PM, Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.,
Torrance, Ca, $10, call 310-329-5965.
The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles
Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2004,
Saturdays, 1-4:
Jan 17 Korean Family Festival
This Weekend (and earlier)
Jan 1 Oshogatsu activities at Weller
Court, NW of intersection of 2nd Street and San Pedro, 11AM.
11AM Opening Ceremony
11:30 Kishin Taiko
12PM Lion Dance by Kotobuki Shishi
12:25PM Calligraphy Demonstration by Rev.
Kanshu Ikuta & Mme Hiroko Ikuta
12:40PM Shorinji Kempo S. Bay Ctr.
1PM Koto by Mme. Yoko Awaya Koto School
1:20 Samurai Action Show
1:40 Kendo demonstration
2PM Kimono Show
2:20 Minyo & Dancing by Matsutoyo Kai
Also, cultural demonstrations at the New
Otani Hotel (adjacent to Weller Court) 12-3PM:
Tea Ceremony by Ogasawara Sencha-Do
Sake Service Institue tasting
Go Tournament by Prof. Richard Dolen
Flower Arrangement by Mme. Reiho
Matsumoto
Calligraphy Demonstration by Rev. Kanshu Ikuta & Mme Hiroko Ikuta
Kimono Dressing by Mme. Fumi Akutagawa
Karuta-Tori childrenÕs card game
Japanese Village Plaza, between 1st &
2nd Streets near Central 12:00-4:00: Lion Dance, Samurai Action
Show, Kimono Parade, Music performance
Jan 4
Hatsuyame (1st dream), 1PM, JACCC Plaza in Little Tokyo, off 2nd
Street and San Pedro. Join the JACCC's
celebration of the new year. This year's annual Kotohajime performance, the
first performance of the new year, will include performance artist Hirokazu
Kosaka, the Zen archery group Kyudo
Kai, shamisen and koto player Kristofer Bergstrom and violinist MaryKay Tsuji in a beautiful ceremony out on the JACCC plaza. The
ceremony will feature the shooting of an arrow to symbolize purification,
against a backdrop of contemporary music and a colorful display of ribbons and
shuttlecocks descending from above. Come experience the spiritual welcoming of
the new year in Little Tokyo and make a toast to the Year of the Monkey in the
traditional kagami biraki, or breaking of the sake barrel. The Oshogatsu
Celebration is free and open to the public. For more information, call (213)
628-2725
Jan 4 Oshogatsu: New Year Family Day Festival at the JANM. 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Arts and Crafts Classes
for Children of All Ages. Learn about New Year's symbols and traditions
1:00 PM Oshogatsu
Storytelling with the improv troupe Cold Tofu
1:00 PM New Year's
Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata
2:00 PM Mochitsuki,
traditional rice cake pounding performance with Kodama Taiko
3:00 PM Aikido
& Iaido Martial Arts demonstration by the Aikido Center of Los Angeles. Aikido
is the traditional martial art of harmony emphasizing the principles of
non-resistance, balance, and the cultivation of 'ki' energy. Iaido is the art
of Japanese swordsmanship. http://www.janm.org/events/m_2004-01.html
Jan 4-
Feb 1 6th Annual Shikishi
Exhibit at the George J. Doizaki Gallery in the JACCC. The 6th
Annual Shikishi exhibit features hundreds of artistic greeting cards made by
local artists, celebrities, children and priests, as well as Japanese
dignitaries and officials in their interpretation of this year's theme
"First Dream." In previous years, particpants have included a former
prime minister of Japan, a 100 year-old great grandmother, master Japanese
puppet maker Hori Hiroshi and children from local schools. The criteria is a
completed work submitted on a shikishi, or standard Japanese greeting card. For
more information, call (213) 628-2725. Admission
Free
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Last Weekend (actually the one before the
last weekend)
I made it to the Hiroshima holiday concert
at the Japan America Theratre. They have a great vocalist now.
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Something
I missed completely was the opening of the new location of the Chinese American
Museum on Dec. 18, but there is free admission until Feb. 1. Located at 425 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, 90012,
open Tuesday Ð Sunday, 10am to 3pm, (213) 485-8567 or (213) 626-5240. www.camla.org
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LA Times: (The Times are requiring
registration again, but you might as well sign up for the free on-line access
to their articles. This week they may even be accessible without registration)
Dec 30 TIMES
HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN
Teenagers Learn
Lesson About Nonviolence
By Mitchell Landsberg, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-holiday30dec30,1,6956038.story
Dec 28 GOOD TURNS
Abused Asian
Women Assisted in Fresh Starts
The Asian Pacific Women's Center
provides housing and social services for battered women, many of them
immigrants.
By Jia-Rui Chong,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gdturns28dec28,1,4386374.story
Dec 28 THE WORLD
Japanese Couple
Fight for Sons' Citizenship
By Kenji Hall,
Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-adfg-jcitizen28dec28,1,186624.story
Dec 28 China's
Stature Growing in Asia
The nation's economic power is fueling
trade, prosperity and a new sense of shared destiny.
By Tyler Marshall,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-shift28dec28,1,4007613.story
Dec 28 2003:
Despite world's cares, the road still beckoned
By Beverly Beyette, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/la-tr-beverlyyearend28dec28,1,6719147.story
Dec 28 DEMOGRAPHICS
Suburbia Gains
an Accent
Many immigrants, American dreams in tow,
are avoiding big-city centers. Glendale is a case in point.
By Gregory
Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior
fellow at the New America Foundation
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-rodriguez28dec28,1,6952959.story
Dec 26 HOUSING
Lawmakers Tackle
Tenants' Issues
L.A. Council moves to protect people
from evictions and to preserve federally subsidized housing.
By Jocelyn Y.
Stewart, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-housing26dec26,1,912952.story
Dec 28 THE WORLD
South Korea
Makes Way for Anime
The final barriers to Japanese pop
culture will be eliminated in the new year, to the delight of its young
devotees.
By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japanculture28dec28,1,6722995.story
Dec 25 COMMENTARY
Courts Put a
Dent in Bush's 'Say-So' Detentions
When it
comes to post-9/11 jailing without charges, the president is not a king.
by David Cole, David Cole, a law professor at
Georgetown University, is author of "Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and
Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism" (New Press, 2003)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-cole25dec25,1,7172439.story
Dec 23 CALIFORNIA
Patience Pays
for Filipino Veterans
Hundreds
who fought for the U.S. in WWII fill a VA center to finally stake their claims
to full benefits
By Jia-Rui Chong, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-filipino23dec23,1,5357928.story
Dec 29 GLOBAL
REPORT
A Surge in MBAs
Made in China
Students increasingly are opting not to
study abroad, fueling growth in local programs.
By Richard
McGregor, Financial Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-mba29dec29,1,6460365.story
Dec 29 PASSINGS
Ying Ruocheng,
74; Chinese Actor Had Role in 'Last Emperor'
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings29.1dec29,1,7361014.story
Dec 28 China
Says It Will Collaborate With Europeans on Satellites
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinsat28dec28,1,6661964.story
Dec 27 COLUMN ONE
A Hybrid Tongue
or Slanguage?
Spanglish, a mix of Spanish and English,
is hip lingo to some -- including marketers -- but a mangling of two languages
to others.
By Daniel
Hernandez, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-spanglish27dec27,1,1123111.story
Dec 26 A Local
Firm's Baffling Trip Through China's Arbitration System
Origon Group finds that the country's
method of resolving disputes still lacks openness.
By Evelyn Iritani,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-arbitrate26dec26,1,1587889.story
Dec 26 THE WORLD
Chairman or CEO?
The Myth of Mao Still Sells
The Chinese Communist Party and
merchants in the Great Helmsman's hometown both burnish his iconic image, but
for different reasons.
By Mark Magnier,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mao26dec26,1,39360.story
Dec 26 Ringing
at NYSE Has Become Belle of the Ball
Once a mundane twice-daily task, it now
is an event that draws heads of state and stars.
By Thomas S.
Mulligan, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bell26dec26,1,2792687.story
Dec 25 THE WORLD
50 Years After
Korean War's End, Ex-POW Returns Home
Many South Koreans see the ordeal as
proof that the government has neglected veterans.
By Barbara Demick,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pow25dec25,1,5998558.story