THE APPA Newsletter
March 3, 2003
See This Weekend
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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 MasterÑPioneer 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
February
28 - April 3Exhibition - Portraits: Kabuki. White Room Galerry presents
"Portraits: Kabuki," an exhibition by Hiroshi Watanabe.
Watanabe investigates the ritualized world of Kabuki, the traditional national theater of
Japan. Though the Japanese revere their famous and popular Kabuki
actors, Watanabe has chosen to focus on the anonymous provincial players living
far from the spotlight of Tokyo. Influenced by the revealing portraits of
August Sander, Watanabe's photographs capture the fleeting moments when these
actors lose themselves in the spirit of their character. By waiting for
unposed moments, we are given the opportunity to see beyond the heavy make-up
and wardrobe, to the place where actors go to prepare themselves for the
play. White Room Gallery welcomes you to this latest investigation by a
photographer deeply committed to discovering the interface between his native
Japan and his adopted home in America. Watanabe has followed the rich
tradition of other expatriate photographers, exploring his own culture from the
vantage of another foreign country. His work has been extensively
published and exhibited in Japan and America, and is included in the
collections of the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
and the George Eastman House of Photography. An opening reception will be held
on Saturday, February 28, 6:00- 8:00 pm. 2/28/2004. White Room Gallery,
8810 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Free, Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm to 6pm. White Room Gallery Tel: 310 859-2402.
Email: info@whiteroomgallery.com
Website: www.whiteroomgallery.com
March 5-June 20 The Arts of Japanese Sake
at the Pacific Asia Museum
March 14 US- JAPAN
SAMURAI PARADE and Events at the JACCC Plaza. Location: the streets of
Little Tokyo and JACCC Plaza- Los
Angeles. See Japanese Samurai in America, 1pm- 2:30pm- Parade, 2:30- Events at
the JACCC plaza.This event is FREE to the public. www.usjrf.org
March
16 The Los Angeles Gala Screening of "Juvie", At
The George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre. The evening will
include:
- Special musical guest performance
- Welcome by Executive Producer Mark
Wahlberg
- Screening of documentary film Juvies
- Q & A with film director and panel
- Reception
- Community Action counter
Tickets:
$10 general admission (with all
proceeds going to the Juvies School Fund) 7pm. For more information please
visit: www.juvies.net or juvies.pdf. For tickets,
call the Theatre Box Office at 213.680.3700. Box Office Hours
12noon ~ 5pm, Monday ~ Saturday,
Closed on Sunday unless there is a performance. Phone: 213.680.3700
March
20 Lecture Series - Religion and Myth in Indian Art. The Norton Simon Museum
presents "Religion and Myth in Indian Art," a four-session series
held in the MuseumÕs Theater exploring religious and mythological themes in the
art of India, with special emphasis on works in the Norton Simon collections.
Presented by Dr. Louise
Yuhas, Chair of the Department of Art History and Visual Arts at Occidental
College, these lectures on Buddhist and Hindu art range from pre-iconic
Buddhist pillars from Bharhut to Rajput paintings included in the exhibition
"Painted Poems: Rajput Paintings from the Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor
Collection." Suggested readings will be provided for further study.
The cost is $15 per session. Call (626) 844-6980 to register.
Dates
and topics are as follows:
¥ Saturday, March 20, 10:30 a.m.
"Early Buddhist Architecture and
Sculpture"
The first session in the series offers a
brief survey of the history of Buddhist art as reflected in the Norton Simon
collections. Beginning with the pillars from the 2nd century BCE stupa at
Bharhut (on which the Buddha is not represented in human form), the discussion
continues through the Kushan Dynasty, when the first known images of the Buddha
were produced in the Gandhara and Mathura regions, and culminates in the Gupta
period.
¥ Saturday, March 27, 10:30 a.m.
"The Many Faces of Shiva"
The god Shiva has perhaps the richest and
most complex mythology and iconography in the Hindu pantheon. This session
examines temples dedicated to Shiva at Elephanta and Ellora as well as
sculptures in the Norton Simon collections that portray the god symbolically in
various ways: through his primal symbol, the lingam; as lord of the charnel
grounds, where he dances on skulls; as loving husband; and as lord of dance and
music, who simultaneously destroys and creates the universe.
¥ Saturday, April 17, 10:30 a.m.
"The Goddess"
This session delves into the imagery of
the Hindu goddess as a companion of the gods and a figure of veneration in her
own right. In turns, the goddess figure can be benign or wrathful, maternal or
murderous, a vision of divine beauty or a dreadful hag wearing necklaces of
human heads.
¥ Saturday, April 24, 10:30 a.m.
"Vishnu and His Avatars"
Vishnu
is the compassionate god, the lord of Òfamily values,Ó who preserves the world
and rescues it from destruction. Manifesting himself as a cosmic boar and as a
lion-man, he subdues demons who threaten the world; as Rama and Krishna, he
models universal love and devotion as well as heroic valor.
Norton
Simon Museum, 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena , CA 91105-1825. $15 per
session. Call (626) 844-6980 to register. For more information please contact Norton
Simon Museum Tel: 626) 844-6980, Website: www.nortonsimon.org
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
21 Lecture - The Taste of Rice in Korean Cuisine. The UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History presents "The Taste of Rice in Korean Cuisine," a
lecture by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, freelance food writer for such publications as
the Los Angeles Times
and the Washington Post,
and author of the upcoming cookbook Eating Korean.1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History, UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Free. For more
information please contact UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Tel: 310-825-4361,
Email: fowlerws@arts.ucla.edu, Website:
www.fowler.ucla.edu/
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.
March
27 Conference - Asian Travel
Narratives from Early Modern to Modern At the University of Southern California
(USC). The East Asian Seminar of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies
Institute presents "Asian Travel Narratives from Early Modern to
Modern," a conference at the University of Southern California (USC).
Conference
Program
¥ Joshua Fogel, University of California at Santa Barbara, A Wartime Cinematic Recreation of the Journey Linking China and Japan in the Modern Era
¥ Susanna Fessler, SUNY Albany, A Letter from the Past and the
Present: Tokutomi RokaÕs ÒAutumn in Ry™moÓ
¥ Julie Codell, Arizona State University, Indians Abroad in
Europe: Modern Indian Identities and the Raj
¥ Azade-Ayse Rorlich, USC, European Encounters: Muslim Voices
from the Russian Empire
¥ Discussant: Charlotte Furth, USC
10:00
AM - 3:30 PM, Location:University of Southern California (USC)
Trustees
Room, Huntington Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089. Free. For more information
please contact Tillman W. Nechtman Email: nechtman@usc.edu
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.
April
24 Pilgrimage to Manzanar. Since 1969,
the Manzanar Committee, a non-profit educational organization, has sponsored an
annual pilgrimage to Manzanar. For more information, please contact Manzanar
Committee, 1566 Curran Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026, phone: 323-662-5102, http://www.manzanarcommittee.org. Also
see http://www.nps.gov/manz/pilgrimage.htm
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)
March 7
Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko. Join Hydaiko, the network of taiko players, for a
brief overview about taiko. Drummers from several different groups in Southern
California will host this workshop and jam session where participants will have
an opportunity to learn about the history of taiko in North America, gain
hands-on experience with different instruments, and participate in a taiko jam
session. 2-4PM, JANM, www.janm.org
Last Weekend
I went to the Mingei Museum in Balboa
Park, San Diego. The featured exhibit was on woodworker George Nakashima. The
Mingei is definitely worth a stop if you are in San Diego. www.mingei.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)
March 3 OBITUARIES
Talmage V. Burke,
86; "Mr. Alhambra"
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-burke3mar03,1,4585588.story
March 1 BODYWORK
For Carradine, kung
fu didn't end with show
The actor has been a teacher and devoted
disciple of the martial art for 30 years.
By Jeannine Stein,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bodywork1mar01,1,4724619.story
Feb 28 Group
protests Dornan's comments
Organizations band together to criticize
statements made by the candidate running for Congress.
Jenny Marder, Daily
Pilot
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/pilot/news/la-dpt-dornan28feb28,1,6029556.story
Feb 26 Asian-Pacific
Investors Take More Risk: Survey
From Reuters
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wrap26.1feb26,1,3044412.story
Feb 26 PRIMARY 2004
| CALIFORNIA CONCERNS
Immigration Is
Topic A for Foreign-Born Voters
But groups in the state say the issue
hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. Most of the focus has been on Bush's
guest-worker plan.
By Ann M. Simmons,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immig26feb26,1,2534312.story
March 1 COMMENTARY
From a Tropical
Paradise to a Nuclear Hell
Fifty years ago today, Bikini Atoll was
blasted away. The pain from bomb testing rages on in the Marshall Islands.
By JoAnn
Wypijewski, JoAnn Wypijewski has written on Pacific issues since the 1980s for
the Nation, the Los Angeles Times and Harper's.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-wypijewski1mar01,1,48740.story
Feb 29 THE WORLD
Brazil Tries Quotas
to Get Racial Equality
Although almost half of its population
are descendants of African blacks, people with lighter skin have most of the
wealth and power.
By Michael Astor,
Associated Press Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-adfg-brazilrace29feb29,1,6944880.story