THE APPA Newsletter
January 27, 2003
See This Weekend
Lunar New Year
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
http://123chinesenewyear.dgreetings.com/
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040113/dctu019_1.html
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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
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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.
Feb 2-March 13 Exhibit of 100 new works
by Japanese quilt artisans at CSUN Art Galleries, 18111 Nordhoff St. in
Northridge, 818-677-2226
Feb 6 Tsugaru ÐShamisen artist Hiromitsu
Agatsuma will perform with the David Benoit Trio at 8PM in the Norris Pavilion
in South Bay, 501 Indian Peak Rd, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90275. $20, call
310-544-0403
Feb 7-May 30 Exhibition of ceramic works
by Isamu Noguchi at the Japanese American National Museum, organized by the
Smithsonian Institution. 369 E. 1st St., Little Tokyo, LA. $6, call
213-625-0414
Feb 7 Samye:
A Pilgrimage to the Birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism. The Authors on Asia series
of the Pacific Asia Museum presents Mikel Dunham, author and photographer of Samye:
A Pilgrimage to the Birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism. Samye is reputed to be the monastery
where Buddhism first took root in Tibet. In this collection of stunning
photography, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, Mikel
Dunham, thankgha painter and photographer, illuminates the history
and spirit of this sacred place. Books will be available for purchase and
signing. Free to Museum members and free with Museum admission for non-members.
For reservations and program confirmations, please call ext. 20. For more on the book, visit the website of the
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center,
www.transponent.com/webapps/padma.apoye.com/tashideleg/index.jsp?storyId=samye.
2:00 PM
- 3:30 PM, Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Paso Robles Ave., Pasadena,
CA 91101. Call the museum for hours and admission, 626 449-2742 x10, www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar2004feb.htm
Feb 8 The Grateful Crane Ensemble
presents ÒInternment Camp Dance-The Music and the MemoriesÓ theater
performance, 2PM at the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Dr. in
Torrance, $15, 310-781-7171
Feb 8 Firecracker 5K/10K LA Chinatown.
7:30AM opening ceremonies. $22, www.firecracker10k.org
Feb 12 Music of the Ainu: Resurrected
5-Stringed Instrument with Voice Ensemble, ÒOki with Ma ReviewÓ at the Japan
American Theatre of the Japanese American Cultural and Commuinty Center, 8PM,
$20-23. For info 231-680-3700.
Feb 12-March 14 Kent Nagano leads the LA
Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Madama Butterfly at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion. http://www.losangelesopera.com/production/index.asp?productionid=166
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.
Feb 26 Film
Screening Ð Failan. The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA) presents as
part of its Korean Film Series a screening of "Failan" (Hong
Kong/Korea, 2001). 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Korean Education Center, 680 S. Wilshire
Place #400, Los Angeles, CA 90005. Cost: Free. For more information please
contact: Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA) Tel: (213) 386-3112.
Website: www.kccla.org/html/cinema_detail.asp?CinemaID=4
Feb 29 World of Kabuki Music: Shamisen
Lecture/Demonstration and Kabuki dance number, 2:30PM, Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Dr., Torrance 90503, $25, 310-781-7171
Feb 29 Slack Key Guitar Celebration, 2PM,
Japan America Theatre, $20-23.
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 2,3 Hawaiian Dance Troupe Na Lei
Hulu I Ka Weiku perform a the Carpenter Perfomring Arts Center, CSULB, 6200
Atherton St. in Long Beach, 2PM & 8PM, $23-30, 562-985-7000,
www.carpenterarts.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.
April 3 Japanese Kabuki and Noh
percussion collaborationwith taiko, plus dancers, 8PM at the Japan America
Theatre, Little Tokyo, $27-30
April 24 Cambodian Ritural through Dance
and Song, 8PM at the Japan America Theatre, $20-23. Pre Concert event at 5PM
including, dance, food, music, books, arts, and crafts in the JACCC plaza,
free.
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:
(coming soon.)
This Weekend (and earlier)
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.
Jan 30 Dances
of the Silk Road: Where China Met the West. Friday at the Norton Simon Museum,
Pasadena, Alice Lo, Dancer, presents an exciting
program of Chinese dance that reflects the foreign influences brought to China
via the Silk Road. Named for the popular Chinese cloth, the Silk Road was the
ancient trade route that linked China, Central and Western Asia, Persia and
Europe. The most culturally significant influences introduced to China were
Buddhism from India and Islam from the Middle East. Please join us for this
special program celebrating China's rich cultural heritage. 7:00 p.m. http://www.nortonsimon.org/events/calendar.asp
Jan 31 3rd Annual Lunar New
Year Parade & Festival in Hollywood, 11AM-5PM. Parade on Hollywood Blvd. between Vermont Ave. and Hobart
Blvd. Festival
on Hollywood Blvd. between Western Ave. and Hobart Blvd. For info call 310-442-2712, www.kscitv.com
Jan 31
Celebration - 2004 Chinese New Year Lantern Festival In Monterey Park. The City
of Monterey Park and the Asia Marketing Group present the 2004 Chinese New Year
Lantern Festival, January 31 - February 1, 2004. January 31: 11 am - 9 pm;
February 1: 11 am - 6 pm. Featuring lantern exhibition, lion and dragon dance,
karaoke contest, acrobats, magic show, lucky draw, god of fortune, red
envelopes, live band, chinese traditional dance, carnival rides. For additional
information, contact Asia Marketing Group at 714-898-8505. Garvey Avenue
(Between Garfield and Nicholson) Los Angeles, CA. Free. For more information please
contact Asia Marketing Group, www.wtobo.com
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Last Weekend
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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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The
Wind Cries Mary at the East West Players
Los Angeles
Premiere
By Philip Kan
Gotanda
Directed by Lisa
Peterson
The time is 1968
and history is changing as the United States experiences the height of the
Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement and Women's Liberation. Across the nation,
young Orientals are coming into consciousness over their ethnic identities and
Asian America is born. But in San Francisco, Eiko Hanabi's burden of gender and
tradition still keeps her from expressing her true strength and spirit. Loosely
based on Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," the author of SISTERS
MATSUMOTO and A SONG FOR A NISEI FISHERMAN explores issues of
self-determination and yellow power.
Previews Jan. 29
Feb. 1
Thursday-Saturday @
8 pm, Sunday @ 2 pm
Tickets $20
(students w/ ID only $10)
February 4-29, 2004
Thursday-Saturday @
8 pm, and Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
(No matinee on Feb.
7)
Tickets $28-$33
(Senior, Student and Group discounts available)
Discussion with
playwright Philip Kan Gotanda after 2 pm performance on Sunday, Feb. 22. American
Sign Language-interpreted performance on Saturday, Feb. 28 @ 2 pm. Charge by
phone (213) 625-7000, x 20
(Monday through Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm)
http://www.eastwestplayers.org/wind.htm
THE DAVID HENRY
HWANG THEATER AT THE UNION CENTER FOR THE ARTS and the EWP ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICEare located in Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles. Our street and mailing
address is:
120 North Judge
John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA
90012
The major cross
streets are First and Temple Streets. The theatre is approximately 1/2 mile
east down First Street from the Music Center.
Contact numbers and
email:
(213) 625-7000
telephone
(213) 625-7111 fax
into@eastwestplayers.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)
Jan 27 Integration
of Asian Inmates Angers Families
Sheriff Lee Baca meets with about two
dozen people concerned that his move to end jail segregation will put loved
ones in danger.
By Andrew
Blankstein, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jail27jan27,1,6606396.story
Jan 26 GLOBAL
REPORT
Europe, Asia Are
Tapping Into Growing Market for MBA Programs
Institutions in U.S. face increased
competition as other nations push to offer a quality education to business
students.
By Della Bradshaw,
Financial Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-mba26jan26,1,164315.story
Jan 25 L.A. THEN
AND NOW
At Site of Former
Baths, History Still Runs Deep
By Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-then25jan25,1,174677.story
Jan 25 Cultural
Pride on Parade
Different styles
mark Lunar New Year festivities in Chinatown and San Gabriel
By Stephanie Chavez
and Erika Hayasaki, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-chinese25jan25,1,7990476.story
Jan 23 BEST BITES
Celebrate another
new year
By Greer Wylder
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/ent/la-dpt-bestbites23jan23,1,1584648.story
Jan 22 LOS ANGELES
Chinese New Year
Dragon Will Dance in L.A.'s New Cathedral
Ensemble will use the symbolic creature
to bring good fortune and ward off evil spirits in the year of the monkey.
By David Pierson,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-newyear22jan22,1,519739.story
Jan 22 WANTED
The monkey shines
By Adamo DiGregorio and David A. Keeps, Special to
The Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/home/la-hm-wanted22jan22,1,3152945.story
Jan 21 Monkeying
around at the zoo
L.A. Zoo ushers in Year of the Monkey
and honors Asian cultures during two-day celebration.
By Gary Moskowitz,
The Leader
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/burbank/news/la-blr-lunar21jan21,1,1782367.story
Jan 25 Unpalatable
truths of the war in the Pacific
Flyboys A True Story of Courage James
Bradley Little, Brown: 400 pp., $25.95 * The Eagle and the Rising Sun The
Japanese-American War 1941-1943: Pearl Harbor Through Guadalcanal Alan Schom
W.W. Norton
By Mark Lewis, Mark
Lewis is books editor of Forbes.com
http://www.latimes.com/technology/business/innovation/la-bk-lewis25jan25,1,5468612.story
Jan 25 THE WORLD
When Wedded Bliss
Turns Blah, Japanese Say Divorce
By Natalie Obiko
Pearson, Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-adfg-divorce25jan25,1,7887669.story
Jan 21 PASSINGS
Kiharu Nakamura,
90; Ex-Geisha Consulted, Wrote on Profession
From Times Staff
and Wire Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings21.3jan21,1,6509045.story
Jan 25 NEIGHBORLY
ADVICE
Chinatown:
crouching hamlet, hidden gem
Chinatown has long offered Angelenos a
chance to sample the food, wares and customs of a different culture. George Yu
of the Chinatown Business Improvement District calls it "the original
theme park."
By Gary C. Fong,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/la-re-guide25jan25,1,2563090.story
Jan 24 PASSINGS
Yeshi Gyatso, 71;
Jailed 20 Years for Seeking Tibet's Independence
From Times Wire
Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-passings24.3jan24,1,3425190.story
Jan 22 NO PLACE
LIKE HOME
Celebrate the New
Year, Chinese style
KAREN WIGHT
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/features/la-dpt-noplace22jan22,1,7040264.story
Jan 27 Judge Rules
Against Patriot Act
The L.A. federal jurist declares
unconstitutional the ban on giving 'expert advice or assistance' to terrorist
organizations and calls wording vague.
By David
Rosenzweig, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-patriot27jan27,1,5762637.story
Jan 22 LOS ANGELES
L.A. Takes Stand
Against Patriot Act
City Council
opposes Bush's State of the Union request to extend the measure.
By Jessica
Garrison, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-patriot22jan22,1,3468867.story