THE APPA Newsletter

November 9, 2004

See This Weekend

 

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:

Wednesday evening meetings open to the public will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2100 Mariposa Ave.(corner of Nash) at 6PM.

 

December 15

 

Detailed, updated calendar is available on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats [I'll update it someday when I have some more time] 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 

 

Oct 13-Nov 17 Film Festival - Reel China: Six Nights of New Chinese Documentaries At UCLA every Wednesday, October 13 - November 17, 2004. The Critical Studies, Department of Film and Television at UCLA presents Reel China: Six Nights of New Chinese Documentaries. This screening series is part of the ongoing fall 2004 REEL CHINA: New Chinese Documentary Festival in New York and Boston. It is perhaps not until late 1980s when documentary filmmaking in China started to realize the medium's major raison d'etre as social expression and critique in the most grassroots way possible. The appearance of such new documentaries - termed as the "New Documentary Movement" (xin jilu yundong) in China - is the combined result of a number of factors: a general mixed sense of hope and loss amidst an era of dramatic change; greater freedom in the economic sector plus technological advancement in digital media that makes independent and amateur filmmaking increasingly possible, etc. This is a movement that does not have a conscious manifesto but has doubtless grown out of the collective psyche of China around the turn of the century.

PROGRAM:

 Nov.10   The Happy Life (2002, 90m, dir. JIANG Yue)

Dance with the Farm Workers (2001, 57m, dir. WU Wenguang)

Nov.17   Equilibrium (2000, 150m, dir. PENG Hui)

All films will be screened in DVD or VHS format with English subtitles

 Parking: Free on Loring Ave. (south of Sunset Blvd., east of Hilgard Ave. at Charing Cross Rd.) after 6 pm daily. $7 in Lot 3, adjacent to Melnitz Hall. Purchase parking at the Wyton Dr. entrance to UCLA (at Wyton Dr. and Hilgard Ave.) before 7pm, or at the Lot 3 gate after 7pm.

Organized by: Critical Studies, Department of Film and Television, UCLA

Thanks to: REC Foundation/Dept. of Cinema Studies, NYU

 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, UCLA, 1422 Melnitz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Cost: Free

 

Sept 12- Jan 2, 2005 George Nakashima: Nature, Form & Spirit at the JANM. This exhibition will feature a range of George NakashimaÕs designs from the immediate post-World War II period until his death in 1990. Photographs, ephemera, and other archival materials pertaining to Nakashima will also be on display. Most of the objects come from the collection of the Nakashima family and will be supplemented with local loans. A video piece by John Terry Nakashima, a media producer and nephew of George, will be on view in the Terasaki Orientation Theater. George Nakashima: Nature, Form & Spirit is based on an exhibition organized by the Mingei International Museum in San Diego with Mira Nakashima, curatorial consultant. http://www.janm.org/exhibits/nakashima/

 

Oct 2 Ð Jan 2, 2005 Exhibition - Rinko Kawauchi: AILA

At the UCR/California Museum of Photography. UCR/California Museum of Photography is pleased to present AILA, the first major solo debut for Rinko Kawauchi, a young photographer based out of Tokyo, Japan. UCR/California Museum of Photography, 3824 Main Street, Downtown Riverside, CA 92501. $1 for the general public and free to members, students and seniors. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12 PM to 5 PM. For more information please contact Linda Theung, 951-827-5017

Email: linda.theung@email.ucr.edu

Website: www.cmp.ucr.edu/pr

 

ÒChanoma Film Festival 2004Ó presents nine various  Japanese heart-warming films from KurosawaÕs masterpiece  to modern animation. The festival will be held at LaemmleÕs  Fairfax Cinema in West Hollywood, LaemmleÕs One Colorado  Cinema in Pasadena, and Laguna Hills Mall Cinemas in Orange County.  These films were depicted from the familyÕs view point and  give us a chance to re-think what a family is to us. Audiences  can enjoy the films regardless of their age. Our goal was to deliver  a further cultural exchange and mutual understanding of the Japanese  culture to the American and Japanese audience living in Los Angeles. Chanoma Film Festival 2004Ó will  present Japanese films from September through December one week  per month at West Hollywood. In addition, Japanese films will be  presented in Pasadena and Orange County for one week in October.

http://www.chanoma.org

Laemmle's Fairfax  Cinemas, Los Angeles

7907 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 Tel: 323-655-4010

 Website: http://www.laemmle.com/theatres/fairfax/fairfax.html

Revival of Chanoma Film Festival 2003 November 12 - November 18,  2004

Remembering the Cosmos Flower 1:00pm / 7:35 pm

 Sand Castle -Model Home Family- 3:15pm / 9:50pm

 Sukiyaki 5:30pm

Japanese Animations December 10 - December 16, 2004

 Catnapped! 1:00pm / 4:30pm / 8:00 pm

 The Day the Earth Moved 2:45 pm / 6:15pm / 9:45pm

Laemmle's  One Colorado Cinemas, Pasadena

42 Miller Alley, Pasadena, CA 91103 Tel: 626-744-1224

 Website: http://www.laemmle.com/theatres/onecolorado/onecolorado.html

 

Nov 18 Performance - Buddhist Dance and Music II. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents "Buddhist Dance and Music."  Organized by Ms. Hur Young-il, president of the World Ethnic Dance Institute, this performance will feature important dancers and musicians from the Korean National University of the Arts, Seoul, Korea. Highlights of the dance section will include the Monk's Dance, a secular tradition influenced by Buddhist folk dance, featuring a beautiful hooded costume with long sleeves; the Butterfly Dance, which takes place in a lotus pond, a narrative dance that has been designated Important Cultural Property No. 40. The Instrumental section of the show will feature varied examples of classical music performed by masters from the School of Traditional Performing Arts.  7:30 PM - 9:00 PM. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Leo S. Bing Theater, Los Angeles, CA 90036.  Free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For more information please contact Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Tel: (323) 857-6010

 

Nov 27, 28 Japan Expo at the LA Convention Center, http://www.japanexpo.org/

 

Nov 28 Japanese Folk Song [Minyo]School ÒLA Chikurei KaiÓ to celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the Aratani Theatre, 1PM. For tickets call 310-618-6845, 213-680-3700, $25, 244 S. San Pedro St., Downtown LA, 90012.

 

Nov 28 to appear at Hollywood Christmas Parade

 

Dec 11 Yamabiko Kai Theatrical Co. 1 & 7Pm, presents ÒTales of the EchoÓ musical based on Japanese Folk Tales. Aratani/Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Tickets $22, $19 JACCC Members, $25 orchestra, $22 balcony.

 

Dec 18 Mochitsuki, 7AM at the JACCC plaza, 213-628-2725

 

Jan 30 Kodo Taiko Ensemble will perform at the Aratani Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., Downtown LA, 90012, $100, 47, 50, 213-680-3700

 

The Van Nuys Japanese Garden needs volunteers on Sundays in work in the Shoin Tea House, 11AM-3PM, 1 or 2 Sundays each month. Volunteers needed to either prepare tea or serve. Gift shop volunteers also needed, Mon-Thu and Sunday, mornings or afternoons, 2-3 hour shifts. Contact: The Japanese Garden, Attn: Betty Ethridge, 6100 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91406.

 

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This Weekend (and earlier)

 

Nov 10 Eigo Yose, a Rakugo performance in English

This performance is by SANSHOTEI Charaku, HAYASHIYA Imamaru and KOMORITA Hiroko. The Japan Foundation , Rakugo Artists Association and the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies present rakugo in English.   Rakugo is a centuries-old professional storytelling that depicts ordinary people's lives with a comical twist at the end.  The group of performers visiting UCLA at this time includes a veteran rakugo artist SANSHOTEI Charaku, a kamikiri (paper-cutting art) expert HAYASHIYA Imamaru, and ohayashi (musical accompaniment) artist KOKORITA Hiroko.  The performance will be followed by an informal reception.

To learn more about rakugo in English, visit the following pages:

http://www.english-rakugo.com/english_version/english_what.html 

http://www8.plala.or.jp/y-naka/sub9.html

 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Fowler Museum Lenart Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 90095

 Free and open to the public

Parking will be available for $7 at Lot 4. Enter the campus from Sunset and Westwood.

For more information please contact Mariko Bird, 310-825-8681

bird@international.ucla.edu

 

Nov 13 Concert - Vietnamese International Film Festival 2005 Fundraising Concert

The ViFF 2005 Fundraising Concert will feature CLUB OÕ NOODLES with two comedy skits "Cheesy Movie" and "Midway City by Night." Vocalists and musicians Bich Ngoc, Bich Van, J.D. Hoang, Le Hong Quang, Nguyen Cao Thang, Nguyen Vuong Huong, Nguyen Luan Vu, Peter Nguyen, Pham Ha, Thuy Linh, Tuan Cuong, and VIET BAND (with James Le, Daniel Vu, Jimmy Tran, Uy Vu, and Giang Nguyen) will join the celebration. There will be special appearances by Katie Luong (actress/Spirits), Kathy Nguyen (actress/VAX TV anchor), Long Nguyen (Actor/Green Dragon), Charlie Nguyen (director/Chances Are), Ham Tran (director/The Anniversary), Lam Nguyen (producer/The Anniversary), Victor Vu (director/Spirits)É Raffle with many great prizes will be sponsored by Tick Tock Watches, Dr. Loan Ngo, Dr. Tran Ngo, and many othersÉ

 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Nguoi Viet Community Room, 14771 Moran Street

Westminster, CA . $12 (includes refreshments). Tickets are now available at Tu Quynh Book Store (714) 531-4284, VAALA (714) 891-8172 or "will call" by emailing Anne Hoang at anne102183-music@yahoo.com

www.VietFilmFest.com

 

Nov 13-14Chinese American Dance Festival, 7PM, San Gabriel Civic Auditorium, 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel. For tickets call 626-359-0867, $15, 25, 50.

 

Visual Communications presents ...

 PAST/FORWARD

 NOVEMBER 14, 2004, 7:30 PM

 at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

 Despite heated requests for the infamous celebration of Asian Pacific

 American chili and rice and cinema, Visual Communications has formally

 announced that it will not be having its community ChiliVisions event this

 summer.

 Originally scheduled for August, ChiliVisions has been replaced by

 Past/Forward, a fundraiser to benefit the Linda Mabalot Legacy Fund and

 Visual Communications' programs.

http://www.vconline.org/pastforward/nochili.html

 

Nov 14 Celebration of Awakening: A One-Day Multi-Cultural Festival of Spiritual Art. Experience the unveiling of the 34 foot high Thangka of Liberation, the largest ever Tibetan thangka (silk tapestry) displayed in North America, followed by performances and talks by spiritual leaders from many traditions. Hosted by Lama Lhanang Rinpoche and Jigme Lingpa Center, with support from Pacific Asia Museum's Himalayan Arts Council.

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Pacific Asia Museum , 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Downtown Pasadena, CA 91101. Free and includes free admission to museum galleries. Information and reservations, please call Rosa Zee at 626.449.2742 ext. 39, or send an e-mail to rosazee@yahoo.com. www.pacificasiamuseum.org

 

 

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Last Weekend(s)

Caught a little of the autumn festival at the Van Nuys Japanese Garden

 

 

Cultural history in the making: Asian American rapper Jin

http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/jin/

 

 

 

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. Calendar articles are usually only accessible with a paid subscription.)

 

Nov 7 THE WORLD

Italy's Migrants Moving Up to Front Office

 Nonnatives are no longer relegated to jobs behind the scenes. But the nation is still getting used to its nascent multicultural identity.

By Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-newfaces7nov07,1,7692219.story

 

Nov 6 CALIFORNIA

FBI Eases Up; Muslims Still Feel Pain

 New questioning of immigrants seeks to balance civil rights and national security.

By Solomon Moore, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interviews6nov06,1,4902781.story

 

Nov 5 CALIFORNIA

Clearly Cut Out for This Work

 No matter how you slice it, a Mexican immigrant has found satisfaction and success as a sushi chef.

By James Ricci, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sushiman5nov05,1,7317168.story

 

Nov 5 ORANGE COUNTY

Makers Defend 'VAX' at Forum

 At a Westminster gathering, producers of the TV show on the Vietnamese community defend it as a history lesson for youth.

By Mai Tran and David Haldane, Times Staff Writers

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ocvax5nov05,1,2908873.story

 

Nov 4 ORANGE COUNTY ELECTIONS

Tran's Step Up to Assembly Is a Community's Giant Leap

 The Garden Grove Republican's victory is a source of pride to Vietnamese Americans.

By Mai Tran and Jean O. Pasco, Times Staff Writers

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tran4nov04,1,4029833.story

 

Nov 7 LOS ANGELES

Rights a Victim of Terror War, U.S. Judge Says

 A. Wallace Tashima, in a talk in L.A., decries the courts' failures when he was interned in World War II and warns 'it's happening ... again.'

By Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-japanese7nov07,1,3398782.story

 

Nov 6 THE WORLD

Russia Ratifies Kyoto Protocol

From Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kyoto6nov06,1,3231221.story

 

Nov 7 THE WORLD

Kalmykia, Russia's Buddhist Outpost in Europe, Toes the Kremlin Line

By David Holley, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rusbuddha7nov07,1,6235507.story

 

Nov 3 DISPATCH FROM BEIJING

From Mao to Microsoft: an American's Chinese Odyssey

 Sidney Rittenberg, now a consultant for U.S. firms doing business in China, began his life there in the 1940s as a backer of revolution.

By Ralph Frammolino, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rittenberg3nov03,1,5569818.story

 

Nov 6 BELIEFS

U.S. Muslims Temper Ramadan Giving With Caution

 Concerned that some overseas relief groups fund terrorists, many donate only to known charities. Domestic agencies are benefiting.

By Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs6nov06,1,3550504.story

 

Nov 9 Guantanamo Trial Is Ruled Unlawful

Judge says that detainee was denied due process, and that Pentagon tribunals are inva

By John Hendren, Times Staff Writerlid.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-gitmo9nov09,1,1108650.story