THE APPA Newsletter

THE APPA Newsletter

September 23, 2003

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, dkikemi01@sprintpcs.com)

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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 2003:

Evening meetings open to the public will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2100 Mariposa Ave.(corner of Nash)‎‎ 310/726-0100.

October 13 6PM

Detailed, updated calendar is again available on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats . [I'm falling behind again!] 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

Sep4-Oct5 East West Players present the musical Passion, a 1 act chamber opera. $25-60. 213-625-7000, www.eastwestplayers.org

Sep 5-Oct 4 Kokoro (True Heart) performed at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Bl., Santa Monica, $10-15, 310-828-7519, www.morgan-wixson.org. Produced by Velina Hasu Houston.

Sep 25-Oct 19 You're a Good Man Charlie Brown performed by the Diversity Players, Casa 0101, 2009 E. 1st St., Boyle Heights, $8-15, 562-868-7202, www.geocities.com/diversityplayers

Oct 1 Authors on Asia at the Pcific Asia Museum Saira Shah, Storyteller’s Daughter 7-9 pm. Afghan writer, Saira Shah unearths the lost history of her family’s ancestors. In the process, she becomes a frontline correspondent of the war between the Soviets and the Afghan resistance. The evening will include a screening of Beneath the Veil - her acclaimed record of Taliban devastation from 7-8pm followed by a discussion with the author. Authors on Asia programs are presented free with Museum admission and reservations are recommended. For reservations and program confirmations, please call 626.449.2742, ext. 20. http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar2003oct.htm

Oct 4 Better Luck Tomorrow Genesis, documentary screening and panel discussionwith Justin Lin, 2-4PM, JANM

Oct 4. Please to come to our AAPA all chapter convention Oct 4, 2003. The tickets are $40 person non members or $30 members. Please contact me for tickets 2003 Annual Convention Event at The Centre at Sycamore Plaza, 5000 Clark Avenue, Lakewood CA 90712, (562) 804-4434, 6:00 pm - midnight. Semi-formal

Program:

6:00 pm to 6:30 pm· Registration and Networking. No host open bar

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm · Dinner served· Slides Show - AAPA progress.

7:30 pm to 8:00 pm· Greetings· Acknowledgement of Guest of Honor

8:00 pm to 8:20 pm· Keynote Speaker - TBD

8:20 pm to 8:40 pm· Presentation of Proclamation

8:40 pm to 9:10 pm· Stage Show - Magic Show and Talent Performance

9:10 pm to 10:00 pm· Raffle Drawings · Rock & Roll and Disco

10:00 pm - Midnight· Karaoke · Group Dance

Sponsors: Boeing AAPA - LB, HB/SB, Anaheim, Canoga Park

Co-Sponsors: Raytheon, Hughes, JPL, TRW, Northrop Asian Association, LEAP,

and Long Beach Qingdao Association

George Lim

Email: george.lim@boeing.com

(714)762-5501 ANH

Oct 11 A Celebration of Japanese American Taiko 3 JAPAN TOWN TAIKO CONCERT

San Francisco Taiko Dojo 35th Anniversary

Kinnara Taiko 34th Anniversary

San Jose Taiko 30th Anniversary

In Los Angeles- Aratani/Japan America Theatre

The taiko phenomenon in North America traces its beginnings to three pioneering ensembles: San Francisco Taiko Dojo (1968), Kinnara Taiko (Los Angeles, 1969) and San Jose Taiko (1973). Celebrating milestone anniversaries, the three taiko groups share the stage in a rousing, energizing concert featuring new, original compositions and collaborations. Distinctive in style and character, each group exudes creativity, mastery and experience. Their combined performance history includes numerous film credits and recordings, and each group has played a vital role in influencing and mentoring many of the now nearly 150 taiko groups practicing in North America today. Nurtured and supported by their respective communities, the 3 Japan Town

Taiko Concert celebrates taiko and honors the three Japan Towns from which they emanated. The cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Jose are home to the three remaining historical Japan Towns in California. A J-TOWN BEAT Event Tickets $27, $24 JACCC Members, groups (10 or more) $30 orchestra, $27 balcony

For information and tickets call the box office at 213.680.3700

October 11, 2003 10th National JACL Singles Conference, Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo, CA 90245. Come join the fun and make new friends at this one-day event. There will be exciting workshops with guest speakers, continental breakfast, lunch, mixers and a gala dinner dance. Special guests are Rob Fukuzaki, ABC 7 Sports Anchor, Lauren Kinkade, 2001 Nisei Week Queen and Rodney Kageyama, file, stage and TV actor. Conference Hosts are: Greater L.A. Singles JACL and Orange County Sansei Singles. Sign up for conference package or individual events. For information call Peggy (323) 727-9989 or email singlesconf@hotmail.com or www.asiansinglesconf.org.

October 11 Film Chinese Cinema of a New Generation 2003 Join us for a weekend featuring four thought-provoking contemporary Chinese films at the Pacific Asia Museum.

6pm: Reception

6:30pm: Fruit Chan’s Hollywood Hong Kong

Meng Jing-Hui’s Chicken Poets

All films in Mandarin/Cantonese with English subtitles. Limited seating. Reservations recommended. Please call ext. 40. Free with Museum admission. Sponsored by the NEA and co-produced by the Asian Film Foundation. http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar2003oct.htm

Oct 12 Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World Exhibition of Tibetan art opens Oct. 12 at the Bowers Museum. Rare art of Tibet, never before seen in the Western world, will begin a national tour at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art on October 12, 2003. The landmark exhibit will feature more than 200 objects drawn exclusively from collections in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and from the Dalai Lama’s magnificent winter and summer residences at the Potala and Norbulingka Palaces, as well as the recently established Tibet Museum. Examples of Tibetan sculpture, painting and textiles, as well as ritual Buddhist objects and beautifully crafted pieces made for Tibetan nobility, reveal the religious underpinnings of Tibetan culture. Tibet! Treasures from the Roof of the World embarks on a national tour after it closes at the Bowers Museum May 2004. 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Bowers Museum , 2002 N. Main St.,Santa Ana. www.bowers.org

Oct 12 Kyogen master Izumi Motoya performs at the Aratani Japan America Theatre, 310-432-5921, $30-50.

Oct 16, 17 Yamato, Wadaiko Drumming Troupe from Japan, performs at the Orange County Performing Arts Ctr., 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, 8PM, $15-50. 949-553-2422, www.PhilharmonicSociety.org.

Oct 17 Authors on Asia at the Pacific Asia Museum

Lisa See ,Dragon Bones 7-9 pm. The best-selling author of On Gold Mountain, Flower Ne t and The Interior delivers a riveting story that merges ancient myth and artifact with murder set against the backdrop of the building of the Three Gorges Dam.

Authors on Asia programs are presented free with Museum admission and reservations are recommended. For reservations and program confirmations, please call 626.449.2742, ext. 20. http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar2003oct.htm

Oct 17-23 Chanoma Film Festival, www.chanoma.org, Laemmle's Fairfax Theatre, 7907 Beverly Blvd., LA 90048. Daily Show Schedule:

12:45 Remembering the Cosmos Flower

3:00 Sand Castle

5:15 Sukiyaki

7:25 Remembering the Cosmos Flower

9:45 Sand Castle

Advance Ticket: $20.00(Each ticket allows 3 admissions).

October 18 Film Chinese Cinema of a New Generation 2003 Join us for a weekend featuring four thought-provoking contemporary Chinese films at the Pacific Asia Museum.

6pm: Reception

6:30pm: Zhang Yi-Bai’s Spring Subway

Shi Runjiu’s A Beautiful New World

Oct 19 Footprints in My Rearview: An Autobiography and Christian Testimony of George Oiye, reading and book signing at the JANM. 1:30

Oct. 26 Okinawan Master Nosho Miyagi to perform 50th Anniversry Recital at Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, 2PM, $25, 310-532-1929, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance.

Oct 30 Trick Or Tofu, Cold Tofu Halloween Show, 7:30-9:30 at the JANM, www.coldtofu.com.

Oct 31 pm Authors on Asia at the Pacific Asia Museum, Julie Otsuka ,When the Emperor Was Divine 7-9PM. In her evocative, quietly powerful new novel, Julie Otsuka portrays the experience of Japanese-American internment during World War II and its enduring repercussions in the life of one family. Authors on Asia programs are presented free with Museum admission and reservations are recommended. For reservations and program confirmations, please call 626.449.2742, ext. 20. http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar2003oct.htm

Nov 2 Shipwrecked: Adventure on the High Sea, Family Sunday at the JANM. At 11AM & 2PM Nakahama Manjiro's Tale of Discovery Play.

Nov 2 Blossoms in the Desert: Topaz High School Class of 1945, presented by the alumni of the Utah concentration camp., reading and discussion 1:30 at the JANM.

Nov 8 Mago's: Feeding a Generation of Japanese American Activists, 2-4PM at the JANM.

Nov 15 Little Tokyo Walking Tour, 10AM-2PM, JANM, $11.

Nov 15, 16 Japan Expo at the LA Convention Center, info@japanexpo.org.

Nov 20 Two in LA by Rhiana Yazzie, staged reading of a play about a young Navajo in LA. In collaboration with the East West Players Writer's Gallery, Performring Arts Series at the JANM, 7:30-9:30

Nov 29 Fugetsudo 100th Anniversary of Little Tokyo Confection Shop, 2-4PM, slide show and mochi pounding at the JANM.

Dec China Expo, LA Convention Center

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

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.

The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2003, Saturdays, 1-4:

Sep 20 Myanmar

Oct 18 Vijaya Dashimi

Nov. 15 Himilayan Festival

Dec 13 Pasko Sa Nayon

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This Weekend (and earlier)

Sep 24 (H)API Hour LA, guest stars the Asian American Journalists Association, LA chapter, 7PM at the David Henry Hwang Theater, www.hapihour.org/losangeles.

Sept 24 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra At the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Founded in 1870, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is regarded as the leading orchestra of the Far East. The orchestra’s repertoire ranges from the masterworks of western classical music to contemporary Chinese music. 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, CA 90703. Cost: $30, $60, $75. For more information please contact Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Tel: 562.916.8501. Email: TicketOffice@CerritosCenter.com. Website: www.cerritoscenter.com/event_calendar/events_detail.cfm?id_event=30756183

Sep 26 Sylvia Ho presents AN EVENING OF PIANO MUSIC in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive. Admission is free. The Theatre Box Office may be reached at (310) 781 - 7171.

Sept 27 Entertainment Goes "Pop" Free symposium at UCLA will kick off ten-week lecture series and workshops on Manga and Anime. UCLA Extension, in collaboration with the Tokyo Foundation, Japan’s leading futurist think tank, presents Entertainment Goes "POP," a symposium on the future of manga and anime in the global entertainment industry. Learn about the power of manga and anime as a worldwide cultural phenomenon, the evolution of the art form, new marketing strategies, and the business of manga and anime in the U.S. This special event kicks off a ten-week lecture series, accompanied by optional Saturday workshops, designed for interested participants who wish to gain hands-on training in the art of manga and anime.

The program features demonstrations, lectures, and discussions by top Japanese artists: Shinji Shimizu of Toei Anime, Hiroaki Takeuchi of Comix Wave, Nobuhiko Horie of Coamix, and Tetsunosuke Inaba, cartoonist and author.

Guest speakers include:

Keith Boesky

Founder, Video Game Department, International Creative Management

Charles Herschorn

Founder and CEO, G4 Media

Kimindo Kusaka

Founder, The Japan Foundation

Stuart Levy

Founder and CEO, TOKYOPOP

Ronald A. Morse

Paul I. Terasaki Professor of US-Japan Relations, UCLA

Don Murphy

Producer, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," "Domu Parasyte," "Astro Boy"

Shinji Shimizu

Artist, Toei Anime

The series is offered jointly by UCLA Extension and Cal State University Northridge and held on both the UCLA and CSUN campuses. For information on the UCLA Extension program, call 310-825-9064, e-mail entertainmentstudies@uclaextension.edu or visit www.uclaextension.edu/anime . For information on the CSUN program, call (818) 677-2242, e-mail art.dept@csun.edu , or visit www.csun.edu/artdep . 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, UCLA, 147 Dodd Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Free. For more information please contact: Professor Ronald Morse Email: ron@ramorse.com, Website: www.international.ucla.edu/

Sep 27 Keiko Matsui--A GRAND EVENING Celebrating Miracles

A Charity Concert for Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)

The Grove of Anaheim - 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806

Box Office: (714) 712-2700

5:00 PM VIP Reception by Invitation

5:30 PM No Host Cocktails & Silent Art Auction

6:30 PM Dinner - Menu by Chef Akira Hirose of Maison Akira

8:00 PM Concert

Even if you can't attend, you can still be part of the miracle by

purchasing

raffle tickets.

$3/ticket or $20/book of ten

For more information visit our website: www.AsianMarrow.org or contact

Carol Furutani at Raytheon.

September 27 APEX Healthcare SIG: Science Field Trip and Lunch Saturday. The APEX Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG) is geared towards the needs and interests of Asian American healthcare professionals--but everyone from

all walks of life are invited to participate as well. Remember taking a field trip to the local museum when you were a kid? Relive the education and fun as we take a Saturday daytime field trip to the California Science Center. Network with healthcare professionals and other APEX'ers while showing off (or brushing up on) your medical and biological knowledge as we wander through the "World of Life" exhibits such as

Bodyworks and Cell Lab, as well as the other halls of the museum. Meet for lunch beforehand across the street; for those of you who have never been to University of Southern California (USC) before, this is a perfect opportunity to tour the campus afterwards, which is right next door. When: Lunch: 12 noon, California Science Center: 1:30 pm. Where: Lunch (12 noon) Margarita Jones, 3760 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Restaurant phone: 213-747-4400

California Science Center, Exposition Park, 700 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037

Museum Information: 323-SCIENCE

Costs: Lunch: Pay for whatever you eat or drink, Science Center: Free!

Contact: Jhemon Lee, Healthcare SIG Coordinator, jhemon@post.harvard.edu, 562-597-6834

September 27 Intersections, An Evening of Harmony, Culture, Music and Art

Saturday. Experience the intersection of cultures. Listen to the thematic and stylistic resonance among music of diverse cultural origins. Witness the intersection of media. See music represented in music. Please join us for an evening of myriad sensory experiences. This event includes a free guided museum tour. Please RSVP before September 20. Please make check payable to "Pacific Asia Museum, Intersections." 6:00 free guided museum tour, 6:30 "Melodies in Art" exhibition

7:00 Concert begins. Where: Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. Costs: $5.00 members of Pacific Asia Museum, seniors and children under 12. $10.00 non-members. Contact: Marina Hsieh, 626-864-8532

Yvonne Chang, 626-449-2742 x35

Sep 27-28 Ikenobo Ikebana Exhibit, George J. Doizaki Gallery

In an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of the LA chapter of the Ikenobo School of flower arrangement, head of the school Shunho Shimbashi, teachers and students present an exhibition of more than 60 arrangements. Ikenobo, the oldest school of flower arrangement, is said to be the origin of all ikebana styles. Using flowers and symbols of nature, the art attempts to create new forms, combining the plant's beauty with the energy and emotions of the artist. Exhibition Hours: 12 noon- 5pm, Tuesday through Friday 11am- 4pm, Saturday and Sunday, Closed on Mondays

Sep 27, 7PM and 28th, 2PM Southern California Premiere, The Art of Rice Traveling Theater, Aratani/Japan America Theatre

The Art of Rice Traveling Theater takes audiences where ancient and modern worlds converge. Capturing imaginations and emotions, artists from Asia and the West create a boundary-breaking original work representing an array of rich cultures and styles that include intensely physical theater, visually stunning dance, spellbinding soundscapes, provacative satire and explorations on faith and fantasy. This performance invites all to a sensory world experience where cultures gather and converge. This truly shows the unifying value of rice among all in this diverse world. It is an understatement to say that "The Art of Rice Traveling Theater" is a performance that unites an all too often divided world. API/2 is funded by The James Irvine Foundation. A project by UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, The Art of Rice Traveling Theater is funded by The Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tickets: $20, $17 JACCC Members For information and tickets call the box office at 213.680.3700

Sept 27 Taiko Project will be featured at the "Celebrate LA!" festival at the Natural History Museum of LA Country, 900 Exposition Blvd, 10AM-5PM, $9, also Sunday. Call 213-763-DINO, www.nhm.org.

Sept 28 2:00 – 4:00 PM Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko at the JANM, http://www.janm.org/events/m_03-3.html#September

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Last Weekend

I was busy again. With the RAPPA team I participated in the HeartWalk in El Segundo on Saturday. Thanks to all who made donations. In the afternoon I went to a book signing at the JANM by Dr. Tetsuden Kashima for his book “Judgment Without Trial: Japanese American Imprisonment During World War II”. The book looks like it might give me some insight of the case of my grandfather who was arrested by the FBI in 1942 and held without trial till the end of the World War II, and died shortly after his release. Sunday I made a quick visit to the Harvest Moon Festival in Arcadia.

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For information on the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion which participated in the liberation of Dachau, start at http://www.goforbroke.org and follow the directions to the Museum of Tolerance website.

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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)

Sept 23 LOS ANGELES

Cal State Northridge to Get $38-Million Art Gift

By Stuart Silverstein and Mike Boehm, Times Staff Writers

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-donate23sep23,1,4340254.story

Sept 21 LOS ANGELES

Hundreds Rally on Behalf of Immigrants

A boisterous crowd helps kick off a campaign calling for legalization of workers

By Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-freedom21sep21,1,252536.story

Sept 19 Report Finds Ethnic Gap in Cancer Tests

Whites are more likely to be screened, probably because of education, culture and language.

By Lisa Richardson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-cancer19sep19,1,2722152.story

Sept 17 ECALL POSTCARD

Birthplace of Change Stirs Anew

Cruz Bustamante's campaign strikes a chord in Delano, a town that symbolizes the Latino struggle for political power

By John Johnson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-delano17sep17,1,6981995.story

Sept 22 Little Tokyo Project Raises Big Expectations

As a 303-unit apartment complex breaks ground, downtown boosters say the time is ripe for more residential construction.

By Ronald D. White, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-liltokyo22sep22,1,3798473.story

Sept 21 In Japan, Carefree Lifestyle Becoming Career-Free Life

Many young adults choose to be 'freeters' -- working at low-paying, part-time jobs. But more of them are now doing so out of necessity.

By Colin Joyce, Special to The Times

http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-freeters21sep21,1,5581721.story

Sept 22 Muslim Army Chaplain Is Focus of Military Inquiry

The cleric is under investigation for potentially aiding detainees in Cuba.

By Bob Drogin, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-chaplainsep22,1,4267507.story

Sept 22 THE NATION

She Sets the Stage for History Makers

The Waldorf's director of diplomatic affairs prepares to pamper the world's heads of state as the U.N.'s General Assembly approaches.

By Maggie Farley, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-diplomats22sep22,1,153792.story

Sept 20 Koreatown Celebrates as It Seeks an Identity

By K. Connie Kang, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ktown20sep20,1,3787937.story