THE APPA Newsletter

THE APPA Newsletter

February 3, 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 Music of the Ainu: Resurrected 5-Stringed Instrument with Voice Ensemble, “Oki with Ma Review” 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 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 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 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 6,7 The California premiere of "Asian Heroes" - part one will screen at 7:30 on Friday, February 6 and part two at 7:30 on Saturday, February 7. 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, 1111 South Atlantic Blvd, Monterery Park, CA 91754. Tel: 626-570-8971

Feb 6 Tsugaru –Shamisen 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. 1^st 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 7 Performance - Songs of Romance & Devotion At Occidental College, featuring Mala Ganguly, Ramesh Kumar and Iqbal Hussain in concert. Tickets are $5.00 for Music Circle members; $25.00 for non-members, $5.00 students with ID. The special $5.00 members price is to encourage renewal and new members. Thus, instead of $50.00 for two non-member tickets, a basic membership and 2 members tickets will cost only $45.00 for this concert only. Tickets sold only at the door beginning at 7:30 pm. More info: 626-449-6987, www.MusicCircle.org, or MusicCircle@aol.com. 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Occidental College, Herrick Chapel, Alumni Avenue & Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041. $5.00 for Music Circle members; $25.00 for non-members, $5.00 students with ID. Tickets sold only at the door beginning at 7:30 pm. For more information please contact The Music Circle Tel: 626-449-6987, Email: MusicCircle@aol.com, Website: www.MusicCircle.org

Feb 7 Smithsonian Curator Louise Allison Court will lecture on the exhibit “Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics, 2PM at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. 1^st St. in Little Tokyo. To make reservations call 213-625-0414.

Feb 8 The Grateful Crane Ensemble presents “Internment Camp Dance-The Music and the Memories” 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

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Last Weekend

I missed all the Lunar New Year events. Have to plan bettter next year.

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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 1 CALIFORNIA

Chinese Americans Emerge as a Political Power in S.F.

By Lee Romney, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sfchinese1feb01,1,625572.story

Feb 1 LOOKING BACK

A law school of varying colors

Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa is well respected for tapping into a racially rich pool when drawing law school applicants.

Shawbong Fok, Special to the Daily Pilot

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/features/la-dpt-lookingback01feb01,1,7734737.story

Feb 1 A deity revealed

The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion; Charles Allen; Carroll & Graf: 322 pp., $26

By William McGowan, William McGowan is author of "Only Man Is Vile: The Tragedy of Sri Lanka" and "Coloring the News."