THE APPA Newsletter

THE APPA Newsletter

February 18, 2003

See This Weekend

Black History Month

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

http://www.creativefolk.com/blackhistory/blackhistory.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

(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:

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

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 5 to April 25, 2004. Exhibition - Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master—Pioneer of Modern Japanese Design At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Free with museum admission: $9, $5 students & seniors, children 17 & under free. Hours: Mon., Tues. & Thurs., noon-8 p.m.; Fri., noon-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information please contact Los Angeles County Museum of Art Tel: (323) 857-6000. Website: www.lacma.org/

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 19 & 27, Question 27, Question 28. A performance presented by the Mark Taper Forum's Asian Theater Workshop in association with East West Players Starring Tamlyn Tomita, Emily Kuroda, Shannon Holt, and Dian Kobayashi, Question 27, Question 28 tells the story of the struggles, plight, and courage of Japanese American female detainees of the American internment camps of World War II. 7:30PM. Nationally recognized playwright Chay Yew created a documentary theater project based on the transcripts, documents, and interviews with California internees available through the National Museum's Resource Center. Tickets are $10 ($6 for members) and includes Museum admission. For reservations, call 213.625.041

Feb 26 Fresh Words and Actions Performing Arts Series, Cold Tofu’s The Soy of Sex, 7:30-9:30 at the JANM, www.coldtofu.com.

Feb 26 Film Screening – 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 28 APEX Annual Lunar New Year Gala! Saturday. Come join us for our Annual Lunar New Year Gala benefiting our Annual APEX Youth Olympics (YO). Through YO, professionals have an opportunity to witness and make an impact on the future APA leaders of tomorrow. Spinning your favorite tunes is DJ Kepner, who have performed at

Bungalo, Century Club, Q's, and Soho. Performances by up and coming Asian Americans artists from different genres such as the Burning Tree Project, DigJelly, J General featuring Daniel Yang, and Ken Oak who are impacting our APA community!

Special thanks to our supporters www.hapihour.org and www.LAfun.org. 9:00pm-1:30am. Le Meridien Hotel, 465 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90048

310 247 0400. Valet and street parking is available. APEX Member: $10 at the door, Non Member: $20 at the door. Please make sure to RSVP! Last year we had more than 300 people attend this event. If you have any questions about this event please feel free to contact Michelle Meadows, APEX President, at Michelle@apex.org.

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. No other instrument expresses the culture or emotions of Hawaii better than the Ki ho, Äòalu, the Hawaiian slack key guitar. Experiencing a dramatic renaissance among local artists and audiences, slack key guitar is also gaining popularity world-wide. Join in the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Celebration! and experience a range of virtuosic styles from the traditional, earthy music of George Kahumoku, Jr. to the contemporary interpretations of Daniel Ho. Keoki Kahumoku reinterprets the traditional songs and Steve Sano and Ozzie Kotani provide a special treat with their repertoire of Japanese and Okinawan folk songs. A J-TOWN Beat Event. Box Office at 213.680.3700

Feb 29 Hinamatsuri: Celebrating Japanese Girl's Day, JACCC Garden Room A, Basement Level. Hinamatsuri, a special day just for girls, is traditionally observed on March 3. Hinamatsuri (doll festival) is an observance of ritual traditions practiced by Japanese families in honor of young girls. Please join us for an afternoon of games, arts and crafts activities and special Japanese Girl's Day treats. Pre-registration is required. To register, please call (213) 628-2725. Registration fee: $20 JACCC Members, $25 Non Members

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 30^th 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)

Feb 18 Film Screening - Broken Promises. The Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) presents a screening of "Broken Promises," a video documentary about the struggle of the Filipino World War II veterans for recognition, justice and equity for the last 57 years in the United States. The film is a project of Christine Araquel, Jose Flores, Michele Gutierrez, and Amber Ng, former UCLA students who have documented the veterans' struggle since 2000. The community fundraising activity is a commitment of the EPCC to the help the Filipino World War II Veterans alliance and the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV), a member organization of the EPCC. Tickets are sold at $5 for veterans and students and $10 for non students at the box office. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge Aiso St. (between Temple and 1st Street) Los Angeles, CA 90095. $5 for veterans and students; $10 for non students

February 21 - April 25 Exhibition - AJA XIX. The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) presents "AJA XIX," an exhibition on view at George J. Doizaki Gallery. Linda Nishio and Arleen Chikami, two groundbreaking contemporary artists from Los Angeles, present new works in this year's AJA series. Nishio, one of this city's foremost artists, is a NEA Artists' Fellowship recipient whose work has been extensively exhibited locally and internationally. She was part of the 1983 "Explorations" series organized by CalArts, the Museum of Contemporary Arts, and the JACCC. Included in this exhibition are digital text-based prints and graphic art inspired by stadium and theater seating charts. Arleen Chikami, who has garnered substantial acclaim for her installations of enormous charcoal drawings, mixed-media sculpture and crushed office furniture is creating new work for this exhibit. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) George J. Doizaki Gallery, 244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505, Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) , CA 90012. Free

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 21 APEX Healthcare SIG: Fitness Talk, Hike 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! This month's theme is fitness -- so we're doing a hike before lunch! Since some of you are likely beginners, we've chosen a leisurely, easy trail at Will Rogers State Park. During the hike, Christine Kwok, fitness consultant at Sony Pictures, will talk to us about the basics of exercise and its importance in overall health. If you can't make it in the morning (or are a true couch potato), you can meet us for lunch afterwards at Mort's Palisades Deli, a popular spot for spotting celebrities. During lunch, Christine will share how even if you're stuck in your office cubicle, you can still get a workout through exercises that you can do at your desk (!). 10am: Hike, 1pm: Lunch. Will Rogers State Historical Park, 1501 Will Rogers State Park Road, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=626. Meet outside of the Visitor's Center -- try not to be late! Lunch at Mort's Palisades Delicatessen, 1035 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, 310-454-5511. Hike is free (parking is $5; consider carpooling). Lunch: Pay for what you eat; $5 additional charge for non-members (which helps cover the cost of the room/speaker) Please RSVP to Jhemon Lee, APEX Healthcare SIG Coordinator: 562-569-1414, jhemon@post.harvard.edu

Feb 26 Fresh Words and Actions Performing Arts Series, Cold Tofu’s The Soy of Sex, 7:30-9:30 at the JANM, www.coldtofu.com.

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

March 5-June 20 The Arts of Japanese Sake at the Pacific Asia Museum.

March 7 Visions of Buddhist Life: Photographs by Don Farber opens at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Call 310-825-4361.

March 14 Soma Noma’oi equestrian group from Japan will parade through the streets of Little Tokyo from 1PM dressed as Samurai to mark the 150^th anniversary of the peace treaty signed between the US and Japan. They will also be riding in the Tokyo Cup at Santa Anita Park on March 13. For info call the US-Japan Relationship Fund at 310-375-0200 or the Japanese Chamber of Commerce at 213-626-3067.

March 18-20 Michael Sakamoto directs an interpretation of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18^th St. in Santa Monica. 8:30PM, $16, call 310-453-1755.

March 21, 2004 Live at the Armstrong - George Takei. 4:00 pm Tickets $30.

As part of the American Perspectives Series ...Salute to Liberty

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 Japanese Kabuki and Noh percussion collaborationwith taiko, plus dancers, 8PM at the Japan America Theatre, Little Tokyo, $27-30

April 16, Chinese Music Concert, 7:30-9pm. An evening of traditional Chinese music, the concert will feature three accomplished performers and offer a rich sampling of China’s rich musical tradition. Renowned violinist Ms. Yun Tang will play classical Chinese pieces on the violin. Ms. Tang, a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is also the Grand Prize winner of the Paganini Violin Competition. Following Ms. Tang’s performance, Mr. Yu-Hua Li and Mr. Yu-Ning Pu will play traditional Chinese folk music in a duo. Mr. Li will play the Er-hu, a two stringed Chinese violin, while Mr. Pu will play the Suoh-nah, a Chinese trumpet. Free with museum admission. Call extension 40 for more information and reservations. Sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts and JP Morgan Chase. http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/events.htm

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 30^th 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:

May 22 Experience Asia CultureFest. The Education Department is pleased to announce an exciting new community event on May 22. Experience Asia CultureFest will be a day-long festival highlighting the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. CultureFest will feature concerts, dance and theater performances, exhibitions, storytelling, family workshops, culinary samplings and demonstrations of traditional arts and crafts. The event continues the museum’s tradition of Family Festival Days and is being produced in collaboration with the museum’s nine ethnic arts councils. Other participating organizations include: Pasadena Public Library; Pasadena History Museum; Pasadena Museum of California Art; Pasadena Symphony; and Kidspace. We look forward to seeing you there! http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/familyfestivals.htm

Last Weekend ?

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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)

Feb 18 Exhibition corrects the record on geisha

'Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile' addresses misconceptions about the Japanese women.

By Nancy Rabinowitz, Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/la-et-page4filler18feb18,1,3467511.story

Feb 17 Political Involvement of Asian Americans

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-le-schott17.2feb17,1,2825056.story

Feb 15 CALIFORNIA

Donor to Fund UCLA Chair on WWII Internment

By Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-internment15feb15,1,4633677.story

Feb 12 CALIFORNIA

Asian Population Surges in County