THE APPA Newsletter

THE APPA Newsletter

September 30, 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

\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 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 1 Japanese Food Festival at the New Otani Hotel, Little Tokyo, $20 advanced sales. Call 213-253-9200.

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)

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.

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 2 Cultural Affairs - APEX Pages and Plates (October) APEX is proud to host Pages & Plates, a Cultural Affairs series to celebrate Asian Pacific American heritage. Pages & Plates is a combination of a book club and a restaurant club. APEX members are invited to dine at a restaurant and to discuss the book of the month. By tying together the love for literature with the love for food, APEX

hopes that Pages & Plates enables its members to discover a new dimension of Asian Pacific American heritage. Pages and Plates are held every first Thursday of the month. The book for October is "Flash House" by Aimee Liu. We encourage members to finish the book and contribute to the discussion. However, folks who want to participate without having read the book are welcomed. 7pm-9pm, 11677 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood Gardens, Brentwood, 310-820-3200. Costs: Free, RSVP required as seating is limited. APEX members get priority seating. Contact Charles Ferrari, APEX Associate Chair of Cultural Affairs, at jcharlesferrari@mac.com

Oct 3-5 Art Show - 13th Annual Los Angeles Arts of Asia & Oceania Show At the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Caskey and Lees presents the 13th Annual Los Angeles Arts of Asia & Oceania Show , October 3 - 5, 2003 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Show hours: 10/3 - 11am - 7pm, 10/4 - 11am - 7pm, 10/5 - 12pm - 5pm; No admittance after 4:30pm. Location: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium,1 855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3209. $12; Includes repeat admission. For more information please contact: Christine Anderson & Associates Tel: 323-936-1447. Email: AndersonPR@earthlink.net

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 4 Performance - Acapulco to Manila: An Untold Pacific Rim Story, A dance and music concert featuring Kayamanan Ng Lahi and Danza Floricanto/USA. For nearly three centuries, the Acapulco-Manila Galleon was the catalyst to many cultural, religious, artistic and linguistic crossovers between Mexico and the Philippines . In "From Acapulco to Manila: An Untold Pacific Rim Story", Kayamanan Ng Lahi and Danza Floricanto/USA - two of L.A.'s premier world dance companies known for their spirited expression of cultural traditions and breathtaking costuming - make the Filipino - Mexican connection and transform the galleon's immensely rich "cargo" to the stage. Ticket prices: Reserved seating priced at $30/$25/$20 - 20% discount for seniors, students, DRC members, armed forces and groups of 20 or more (20% discount available thru KNL or the box office only). To purchase tickets, e-mail Kayamanan@earthlink.net , call the Luckman Box Office 323-343-6600 or Ticketmaster at 213-365-3500/714-740-7878, or visit www.TicketMaster.com . For additional program information, visit www.kayamanan.org or www.luckmanfineartscomplex.org . Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Location: Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A. Campus, 5151 State University Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90032. Reserved seating priced at $30/$25/$20. For more information please contact: Luckman Fine Arts Complex Tel: 323-343-6600. Email: Kayamanan@earthlink.net. Website: www.kayamanan.org

Oct 5 Performance - As Beauty Subsides Held in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition "From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence" at the UCLA Fowler Museum. The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History presents the premiere of " As Beauty Subsides ," a meditative work by award-winning choreographer Joe Goode and his performance group. A pre-performance discussion with Goode begins at 1:00 pm, and the debut of "As Beauty Subsides" begins at 2:00 pm. This performance is held in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition "From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence ," on view at the museum from October 5, 2003 to January 4, 2004. Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Location: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA Cost: Free For more information please contact: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Tel: 310-825-4361, Email: fowlerws@arts.ucla.edu, Website: www.fowler.ucla.edu/

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Last Weekend

I snuck into the A3M Starnight benefit after attending the Anime Symposium at UCLA. The first half of the symposium featuring a Japanese “futurist” was pretty disappointing. He didn’t have a very good grasp of anime nor of recent Japanese history. The second half was better with a panel discussion by American entertainment industry (movies, games, and comics) representatives who discussed the effect of anime and manga on the American entertainment. The Starnight A3M benefit was impressive, featuring a concert by jazz musician Kieko Matsui, her group, and her husband on jazz shakuhachi.

Events I missed:

Sept 28The 4th annual WorldFest will be held Sunday at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, 10 am - 6:30 pm. The event will feature: Great Live Music - worldbeat, jazz, hip-hop and reggae artists; An International Food Court - Chinese, Indian, Thai & vegetarian cuisine; 100+ planet-friendly and animal-friendly non-profits and exhibitor booths; Kid's Activities - bounce tent, face painting, storytelling, games, arts & crafts; Animal Adoptions - many loveable cats and dogs who need homes; It is Free till Noon, $5 thereafter, and should be a spectacular day!!!

Sept 28 The annual Armenian Independence Day Cultural Festival is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Verdugo Park, 1621 Cañada Blvd.

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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 28 THE RECALL CAMPAIGN

Little Saigon Radio Host Seeks to Be Heard

Van Vo's message echoes Republican values. He campaigns statewide to be noticed in the crush of other lesser-known candidates in the race.

By Jean O. Pasco, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-vo28sep28,1,5514673.story

Sept 28 Lost in Translation

During WWII, the U.S. taught Japanese to thousands. Why wasn't a similar program put in place for Iraq?

By Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney, professor of politics at Pomona College, is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and author of "The Pacific Century" and other works on Asia

http://www.latimes.com/la-op-gibney28sep28001424,1,2311758.story

Sept 30 THE WORLD

Judge Backs Chinese Victims of Japan's Dumped Weapons

In the first ruling of its kind, Tokyo must pay $1.7 million for deaths and injuries from arms abandoned at the end of World War II.

By Colin Joyce, Special to The Times

http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-damages30sep30,1,3608654.story

OBITUARIES

Yukichi Chuganji, 114; World's Oldest Man Since '02

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-chuganji30sep30,1,3882368.story

Sept 26 ON THE LAW

Interpreters' Emotions Are Inadmissible

Bridging language gaps in court requires being detached and shunning amateur psychologizing.