THE APPA Newsletter
December 14, 2004
(actually Dec. 15-had to attend a dinner with the Raytheon APA yesterday)
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
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
November
13, 2004 Ð April 3, 2005 John Kwok: Line and Color exhibit. Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles
Street, Los Angeles 90012 (In Olvera Street) 213-626-5240.
http://www.camla.org/events/calendar.htm
Jan 1 Oshogatsu at Weller
Court, the New Otani, and Japanese Village Plaza
Various performances at
Japanese Village Plaza (between 1st & 2nd Sts. ) from
12-4PM. Cultural demonstrations at the New Otani from 12-3PM. Weller Court
Schedule:
11AM Openin Ceremony,
including Zendekio Taiko
11:30 More Zendeko
11:45 Japanese
Swordsmanship
12 Lion Dance
12:40 Kempo demonstration
1PM Koto performance
1:20 Samurai Action Show
1:40 Kendo demonstration
2 Kimono Show
2:20 Geta Tap Dance
2:30 Minyo & Odori
Jan 2 Oshogatsu: New Year
Family Day Festival at the Japanese American National Museum, www.janm.org. FREE ADMISSION
11:00
AM - 4:00 PM - Learn about New YearÕs symbols and traditions with arts and
crafts classes for children of all ages.
11:00
AM - LetÕs Read! Story Time: How the Years Were Named, retold by Chizuko
Kamichi
12:00
PM - LetÕs Read! Story Time: A Hawai`i Japanese New Year with Yuki-Chan by
Tokie Ching
1:00
PM - Mochitsuki, traditional rice cake pounding performance
2:00
PM - The Pasadena Cultural Institute Kendo Dojo will showcase principles and
techniques of kendo or Òthe way of the sword.Ó The dojo is celebrating its 50th
anniversary.
3:00
PM - LetÕs Read! Story Time: A Hawai`i Japanese New Year with Yuki-Chan by
Tokie Ching
Jan 9-20 7th Annual Shikishi Exhibit, Location: George J. Doizaki
Gallery. Participants from all ages, professions and interests are invited to
design a Japanese shikishi (New Year greeting
card) to express their
hopes and dreams for the new year, the Year of the Rooster.
All submitted works are exhibited. Past participants include the former Prime Minister of Japan, Toshiki Kaifu;
former Japan Giants coach, Shigeo
Nagashima; and Judo Olympic Gold
medalist, Ryoko Tani (Yawara-chan). Gallery Hours: Open Tuesday Friday 12 noon to 5pm,
Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4pm. Admission Free. For more information contact
the Visual Arts Department at
(213) 627-2725, ext. 127.
Jan 9 Kotohajime -
Hatsu Tabi: First Journey
Location: JACCC Plaza, 1pm. The ritual shooting of the arrow, purification
ceremony, kagami biraki (breaking
of the sake barrel) and other Japanese cultural traditions are performed in
celebration of the opening of the
Year of the Rooster. The performance coincides with the beginning of the annual Shikishi exhibition,
featuring works by hundreds of
local and international artists. This year's opening celebrations are
particularly special for the JACCC, as the Center commemorates its 25th
anniversary. Admission Free .
Jan 20, Return of the Dragon: Crenshaw
Boulevard, Bruce Lee, and 1970s Afro-Asian Cultural Connections. The Japanese
American National Museum presents a panel discussion exploring issues raised by
the exhibition Black Belt. Originally organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem
and on view at SMMOA through February 12, Black Belt probes the interconnected
effects of multiculturalism on popular culture and art practice. Panelists will
include artists, scholars, and others who consider the impact of political
movements, demographic shifts, and the fantastic idolatry of Bruce Lee on the
complex history of co-existence between Asians and African Americans in 1970s
Los Angeles. www.jam.org. In association with
the [http://www.smmoa.org/ Santa Monica Museum of Art]
Jan 27 At the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Leo S. Bing
Theater, Los Angeles, CA 90036. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA) presents "Court Songs and Folk Songs." The Society
of Traditional Korean Musicology will present an evening of traditional music
of Korea. Featured selections include an important performance of lyrical folk
music (p'ansori) by a
distinguished Korean singer, as well as court music from the Choson dynasty and
folk songs (minyo)
from different regions of the country. The event is free but tickets are
required. Visit LACMAÕs ticket office beginning October 1 to obtain
tickets.
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM. For more information please contact (323) 857-6010
Jan 30 Kodo Taiko Ensemble. Kicking
off the JACCC's 25th Anniversary,
this benefit concert brings the legendary taiko drummers from Sado
Island back to the Aratani/Japan America Theatre for their only Los Angeles
performance. This special
performance will support Kodo's North American non profit cultural
organization, Kodo Arts Sphere America (KASA). This organization seeks to
support the development of taiko in
North America. Tickets: Anniversary Patron: $100, Reserved seating: $50
orchestra, balcony $47, JACCC Members: $45 orchestra, balcony $42. More info on
tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700. Aratani
Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., Downtown LA, 90012, $100, 47, 50,
213-680-3700
February
19 Lantern Festival 2005,12 noon
at the Chinese American Museum / El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
http://www.camla.org/events/calendar.htm
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)
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.
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
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
Dec 16 Book Reading -
ÒA voice calling for reunification of the Korean peninsula emerges from the
darknessÓAt Korean Cultural Center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90036. Famous novelist, essayist and pro-democracy dissident Ho-Chul
Lee will give a reading at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, celebrating
the publication of the English translation of his novel, Southerners,
Northerners: A Novel of the Korean War, and a book of short stories, Panmunjom
and Other Stories. After the reading, he will attend a reception with
audience members. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. For more information please contact Sejung
Kim (323) 936-7141, Sejung.kim@kccla.org, www.kccla.org
Dec 17 Performance - Peking Opera At the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena ,
CA 911017:30 PM - 9:00 PM. Free with museum admission: $7 adults, $5
students and seniors, free for museum members and children under 12. Please
call ext. 39 for reservations. For more information please contact Pacific Asia
Museum Tel: 626-449-2742, www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Dec 18 Mochitsuki, Location: JACCC Plaza, 7am. Join in the Japanese tradition of
making mochi,
pounded rice cakes, for the new
year. During Oshogatsu,
mochi is presented to kami to ensure good health and fortune for the year and families pound their own mochi for
the New Year ozoni, or good luck soup. Participants of the Little Tokyo
Community Mochitsuki can purchase mochi to take home. To Register to volunteer
call Miles Hamada at 213-628-2725. http://www.jaccc.org/event_%20related/mochitsuki.html
Dec 18 the Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center present HIROSHIMA' S
Third Annual "SPIRIT OF THE SEASON" HOLIDAY SHOW with Special
Guest Stars LEE TAKASUGI and
VISITING VIOLETTE TRACI TOGUCHI, from Hawaii and Special Guest appearance PETER
HATA, former Hiroshima guitarist. Location: Aratani/Japan America Theatre,
7:30PM. A J-Town Beat Event. Joined by special guest stars and some surprises, Hiroshima brings its third
annual "Spirit of the
Season" concert to celebrate
the holiday season with the community. The (nearly acoustic) concert
features special sneak preview
cuts from the Bands latest CD, "OBON" (to be released on Heads Up International April, 2005) and
selections from their recently released holiday CD, "Spirit of the Season." Join all the artists for
CD autographs and conversation!
Tickets ~$38 orchestra, $35.50 balcony, $35 JACCC Member Discount and Group
Sales Charge by Phone: 213. 680-3700
Dec 18 Little Tokyo Walking
Tour, 10:15. The Little Tokyo community in Los Angeles was once a thriving
residential, business, and cultural center of the largest Japanese American
community in the United States until World War II. Relive history and learn
about present day Little Tokyo with National Museum volunteers on this historical
walking tour. Fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members,
includes Museum admission. Reservations and comfortable shoes and clothes are
recommended. Japanese American
National Museum, www.janm.org
Dec 18 Peruvian Jazz from Ciro Hurtado and Friends 7:30pm. Take a
break from the holiday bustle and join us for an evening of traditional, folk,
and original music by award-winning Peruvian guitarist Ciro Hurtado. This
vibrant celebration of the season includes Cindy and Libby Harding as well as
special guest musicians. National Museum members $15, non-members $18, includes
a post-concert dessert reception. Advance purchase recommended. Japanese
American National Museum, www.janm.org
December
18 CAMÕs One-Year Anniversary Celebration. 3pm - 6pm at the Chinese American Museum.
http://www.camla.org/events/calendar.htm
Sunday, Dec 19,
2004 Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko. A network of taiko drummers
from several groups in Southern California host a jam session where
participants have an opportunity to learn about the history of taiko in North
America and gain hands-on experience with different instruments. Japanese American
National Museum, www.janm.org
December 19 [date correction]Only the Brave Film screening, 2pm, Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Only the Brave is based on the 100th/442nd
Regiment's rescue of the "Los Battalion" Texans of the 141st
Regiment during World War II. All
proceeds raised will go to the film's post-production costs. Reception immediately follows the
screening. Meet the film's stars: Lane Nishikawa, Jason Scott Lee, Mark Dacascos, Yuji Odumoto, Tamlyn Tomita, Pat Morita, Jeff Fahey, Guy Ecker,
Emily Liu, Greg Watanabe, Ken Narasaki, Garrett Sato, Michael Sun
Lee, Michael Hajiwara, Ken
Coi, John Koyama, Ryun Yu,
Kipp Shiotani, Sharon Omi, Bob Kubota,
Traci Murase, Jennifer Aquino, Gina Hiraizumi, Takayo Fisher and Larry Tazuma. 2:00 p.m. Only the
Brave (Public Screening) - A/JAT
4:00 p.m. Reception - JACCC Plaza. Tickets: General - $50 (donation)
Veterans -
Free
Dec 10-19, 2004The Nisei Widows Club Holiday on Thin Ice, Holiday
Bonus - World Premiere at the East West Players. Directed by Marilyn Tokuda.
Join us as the women of the Nisei Widows Club return to East West Players to
act, sing and dance in a special holiday show. The David Henry Hwang Theater At The Union Center For The Arts is
located in Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles, 120 North Judge John Aiso
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cast: Takayo Fischer, Irene Sanaye Furukawa, Nancee Taye Iketani,
Donna Kimura, Emily Kuroda, Annabelle M. Lee, June Kyoko Lu, Jeanne Sakata.
Special Guests (scheduled to appear on varying dates; subject to change):
Antoine Diel, Judge Kathryn Doi-Todd, J. Charles Ferrari, Amy
Hill, Susan Hirasuna, Fran Ito, Japanese American Optimist Club, Soji
Kashiwagi, Keiko Kawashima, Mary Kageyama Nomura, Lauren Kinkade, Sophie Tamiko
Oda, Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church Ukulele Club, George Takei,
Jerry Tondo, Gedde Watanabe, Bryan Yamami. $25 (all seats) Groups of 15 or more
receive $5 off ticket prices. Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 pm & 8 pm,
Sunday at 2 pm & 7 pm. ASL-interpreted performance December 18, 2004. THE
NISEI WIDOWS CLUB HOLIDAY ON THIN ICE is supported in part by the Los Angeles
Cultural Affairs Department and California Community Foundation. Charge by
phone (213) 625-7000, x 20 (Monday
through Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm) http://www.eastwestplayers.org/nisei.htm
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Last Weekend:
Dec
11 Yamabiko Kai Theatrical Co. 1 & 7Pm, presents ÒTales of the EchoÓ
musical based on Japanese Folk Tales. Supported by the Agency for Cultural
Affairs. 150th Anniversary of US-Japan Relations. Aratani/Japan America Theatre
in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. [Well, some sequences worked better than others.]
Dec 11 Screening - AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON, UCLA Film and Television
Archive. As much a reworking as an updating of LATE SPRING, OzuÕs final film
recasts Chishu Ryu as an aging widower anxious to settle his daughterÕs
marriage. After the wedding, still dressed up, he is asked at a bar, ÒFormal
affairÑfuneral?Ó ÒSomething like that,Ó he replies. OzuÕs beautiful last
film is at moments his most Sirkian, an almost bitter portrayal of loss linked
to the tensions of modern living and the effects of consumer society on the
family (displayed in golf clubs and Frigidaires). The film's Japanese
title, ÒThe Taste of Mackerel,Ó alludes to the time in late summer when the
delicacy is in season, and AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON vividly evokes particular moods,
flavors, and places, not least the hauntingly empty house in the unforgettable
coda.Shochiku. Screenwriters: Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu. Cinematographer: Yuharu
Atsuta. Editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura. With: Shima Iwashita, Chishu Ryu, Keiji
Sata, Mariko Okada. 35mm, 115 min.
[This was a fantastic
film-wish IÕd seen the rest of the Ozu series.]
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.)
Dec 15 Stark Contrasts Among Asian Americans Found
The groupÕs average family
income tops the overall U.S. figure. But while Indians prosper, Cambodians,
Laotians and Hmong struggle.
By Teresa Watanabe and Nancy
Wride, Times Staff Writers
Dec 9 OLUMN ONE
A Candy Store for Scientists
Singapore's autocratic image
doesn't deter Western researchers who are relocating there for its well-funded
labs and quality of life.
By Charles Piller, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-sci-biopolis9dec09,1,1449066.story
Dec 9 Vietnam Flight to Make History
Today, United
Airlines becomes the first U.S. carrier to offer daily service to the communist
nation in almost 30 years.
By Solomon
Moore and Mai Tran, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vietnam9dec09,1,1575215.story
Dec 8 4 White Youths Held in Black Teen's Beating
Simi Valley
officials condemn the racial hate crime while observers applaud speedy arrests.
By Gregory W.
Griggs and Catherine Saillant, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hate8dec08,1,172361.story
Dec 12 LOS ANGELES
Filling Screens With Life's Inspiration
A playwright
who's seen her share of Hollywood rejection assists other Latina filmmakers at
her Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights.
By Robert J.
Lopez, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boyle12dec12,1,1740670.story
Dec 12 THE NATION
Space Tight at Pearl Harbor Center
The memorial
draws crowds twice the size of what it can hold and also has structural damage.
Fundraisers are trying to build a new facility
From
Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pearl12dec12,1,7454103.story
Dec 10 Li Xiuying, 86; Survivor of Japanese Atrocities in Nanking
Became an Advocate for Victims
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-li10dec10,1,5170461.story
Dec 11 Ex-Agent Indicted in Spying Probe
A former FBI
investigator allegedly disclosed the name of an operative to the subject of an
investigation and then lied to authorities.
By David
Rosenzweig and Greg Krikorian, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-agent11dec11,1,6665058.story
Dec 11 SCIENCE FILE
Hints of
9,000-Year-Old Wine Unearthed in China
From Reuters
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-wine11dec11,1,362425.story
Dec 10 REGION & STATE
Alleged Spy's
Lawyers Ask Dismissal of Case
By David
Rosenzweig, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-spy10dec10,1,7456023.story
Dec 9 Global
Cachet Comes With Chinese Deal for IBM Unit
By Don Lee,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fi-chinaecon9dec09,1,5862942.story
Dec 8 David
Chappell, 64; Scholar Applied Buddhism to Peace Efforts
From a Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-me-chappell8dec08,1,2067566.story
Dec 15 COLUMN ONE
An Ethnic Center's New Pull
Koreatown was once the place
one left. Now, focused on a shiny strip of Wilshire, it's a mecca for
suburbanites and wealthy immigrants.
By K. Connie Kang, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-koreatown15dec15,1,881066.story