THE APPA Newsletter

THE APPA Newsletter

April 4, 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 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 15 Recent Acquisitions of Japanese Paintings opens at the Pacific Asia Museum. Closes April 11

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

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 Museum’s 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 “family values,” 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

April 17, 18 The 2004 Cherry Blossom Festival Committee and the City of Monterey Park are pleased to present the 7th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Barnes Park, located at 350 S. McPherrin Avenue; Monterey Park, CA. Entry to the Festival is FREE. For further information, please contact Dan Costley, Special Events Manager at (626) 307-2541 or dcostley@montereypark.ca.gov, http://www.mpkrecreation.com/specialevents/cherry.htm

April 17, 18 32^nd Annual Bunka-sai Japanese Cultural Festival in Torrance, at the Ken Miller Recreational Center, 3341 Torrance Blvd., 11AM-5PM. Free with free parking at the Torrance Civic Center. For more info call Al Muratsuchi at 310-326-6901, muratsuchi@aol.com.

April 16 Music Concert: A Musical Romance in Jade. Savor an evening of some of China's favorite folk songs such as: Moon Night Beauty, Green Cypress Dressed in Snow, Mountain Spring Water, and A Passion of Yellow Highlands. Performing will be Liu-Yu, a renowned pi-pa and gu-zheng musician who has guest soloed with the Paris International Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Also performing will be Pu-Yu Ling playing the suo-nah and Li Yu Hua playing the er-hu. This program is sponsored by the NEA and J. P. Morgan Chase. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and JP Morgan Chase. Free with museum admission ($7.00) 7:30 p.m. Pacific Asia Museum 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. Contact: Yvonne Chang

April 17 Symposium - The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia At the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History presents "The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia," a half-day symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition, on view through April 25, 2004. Symposium Program:

• Of Mites and Men

Roy Hamilton, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

• Rice and Religion in Highland Sulawesi, Indonesia

Eric Crystal, UC Berkeley

• Rice History in the Americas

Judith Carney, UCLA

• Rice in Indian Life: Traditiona and Transition

UC Irvine

• Mbok Sri's Colorful Life Journey: Rice Rituals in Rural East Java

Rens Heringa, independent scholar, Leiden, Netherlands

Reception to follow.

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Lenart Auditorium

Los Angeles, CA 9009. 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/

April 17 Little Tokyo Walking Tour, Japanese American National Museum. 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. Weather permitting. 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

April 17 kebana Presentation with the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Los Angeles Chapter at the Japanese American National Museum. Isamu Noguchi was a friend and colleague of Sofu Teshigahara, founder of the Sogetsu Ikebana School. In this program, students from the Los Angeles-based school will give a demonstration and speak about the art of flower arranging. Members of the school will also create various arrangements for display at the National Museum throughout the run of the show.

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

April 24 APEX March Membership Mixer @ Oiwake!

Saturday. Set your calendars for a night of networking with other professionals and meeting fellow APEX members and APEX Board of Directors!

* Sign Up for Membership

* Join a Committee (Professional, Community, Cultural, Membership, AMP,

etc.)

* Consider a Leadership Position

* Find out about Upcoming Events

Feel free to bring family, friends and associates.

Restaurant Oiwake is the perfect destination for pleasant dining and great Japanese cuisine. They also a wide variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at their full bar. 7PM to 10PM, Restaurant Oiwake,122 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3909. FREE for members (or those who join that night)! $5 for non-members. Contact: Sung Noh, APEX Director of Membership (Sung@apex.org)

April 25 The Legend of Fire Horse Woman, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 2PM at the Japanese American National Museum. In Japan, no Fire Horse Woman could ever dream of marrying. It was a tragic sign, a ruinous birth date that occurred once every sixty years. Though always beautiful, Fire Horse Women were destined to remain untamed by men - and were to be avoided as wives at all cost. An orphan as well, Sayo had two strikes against her. But her loving mentor kept her secrets and made a match for her with the second son of a wealthy family - a son who was staking his own claim in America. Though beset by doubts and unforeseen circumstances, tragedy and pain, Sayo learns to harness the power of the Fire Horse in this new land and survive all the obstacles that life sets in her path. But as the winds of World War II begin to blow across America, Sayo and her family find themselves looked upon as enemies and interned in a desert camp. There, under immense hardship, Sayo, her daughter Hanna, and her granddaughter Terri persevere. In Japan, no Fire Horse Woman could ever dream of marrying. It was a tragic sign, a ruinous birth date that occurred once every sixty years. Though always beautiful, Fire Horse Women were destined to remain untamed by men - and were to be avoided as wives at all cost. An orphan as well, Sayo had two strikes against her. But her loving mentor kept her secrets and made a match for her with the second son of a wealthy family - a son who was staking his own claim in America. Though beset by doubts and unforeseen circumstances, tragedy and pain, Sayo learns to harness the power of the Fire Horse in this new land and survive all the obstacles that life sets in her path. But as the winds of World War II begin to blow across America, Sayo and her family find themselves looked upon as enemies and interned in a desert camp. There, under immense hardship, Sayo, her daughter Hanna, and her granddaughter Terri persevere.

Through April 25 at LACMA LOS ANGELES—Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942) is considered one of the greatest Japanese artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He was the final master of an historic Japanese artistic tradition known as Rimpa, founded in the early seventeenth century, and through his collaborative work in many media and as a proponent of the development of modern crafts, he is known as the father of modern design in Japan. From February 5 through April 25, LACMA presents Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master—Pioneer of Modern Design, the first large-scale retrospective of Sekka’s work. The exhibition, housed in LACMA’s unique Pavilion for Japanese Art, surveys the range of his stunning originality and prolific creative output. Rimpa artists are renowned for working in many mediums and formats, and Sekka embraced this tradition as well. The exhibition, comprising approximately 150 works, includes painted screens and hanging scrolls, woodblock-printed books, lacquers, textiles, and ceramics. Sekka alone created the paintings on screens and hanging scrolls. When he worked in other mediums, he collaborated with artisans who made objects based on his designs. He believed strongly in giving credit to those who executed the woodblock, lacquer, textile, or ceramics he designed, and Sekka often included the artisan’s name as co-creator. Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master—Pioneer of Modern Design is the first comprehensive exhibition of the work of this famed artist, bringing together for the first time the amazing array of his artistic output. LACMA, with the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto and the Birmingham Museum of Art, is privileged to present this exhibition and to help portray Kamisaka Sekka as one of the leading artistic forces of early-20th-century Japan. http://lacma.org/

April 27 Lotus Steps, dance recital by the UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club, Royce Hall, 7PM. http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/ccdc/

April 29 Fresh Words & Actions: Cold Tofu's Tofu Spring Break, 7:30 PM at the Japanese American National Museum. Don't know where to go for Spring Break? Forget Florida or Mexico - you won't even need to pack your bags. Spend your break with Cold Tofu for some fun and outrageous comedy improvisation. With Cold Tofu and your suggestions, you never know what's going to happen! Cold Tofu is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and performance. Visit Cold Tofu at www.coldtofu.com.

May 1 The City of West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival 2004, ESGV Japanese Community Center, Inc. Noon - 7:00 p.m. West Covina Civic Center Courtyard, 1444 W. Garvey Ave., #205, West Covina, CA 91793. Remembering the 442nd RCT/100th BN/MIS, June Kuramoto on Koto, Tea Ceremony, Odori, Martial Arts, 4 Taiko Groups, Games, Raffle Prizes, Food and Exhibits. Parking Entrance at Civic Center Drive. For more information, please contact the CR Committee 909-629-4166. http://www.westcov.org/events/

May 1 APEX Supports our Asian American Entertainment Community! Come join APEX for the screening of Purple Butterfly at this year\'s VC Filmfest (the largest Asian Film Festival in LA- 20th Annual Celebration) APEX will be co-presenting the highly anticipated film, PURPLE BUTTERFLY, directed by Lou Ye and starring Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)10:00PM , Arclight Hollywood, 6360 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA . Tickets will go on sale April 9^th. Ticket Price: $ 10. We anticipate this screening to sell out, please purchase in advance. Contact: For more event or ticket info, please contact Janny Kim, APEX Director of Community Relations (janny@apex.org).

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.

May 5-6 VC FilmFest 2004 Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival. The George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre The Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary as the premier presenter of the best and brightest of emerging and veteran Asian American, Asian Pacific Islander and Asian International cinema anime, documentaries and drama. Highlights of the 2004 edition include over 100 new and exciting film and video works. A Festival Retro series and Showcase program: VC Digital Posse 2004 has been added this year. Special panels and invited guests will be on hand to participate in the Festival. Closing night will be highlighted by the presentation of the Festival Golden Reel Awards. For ticket and program information, call VC FILMFEST line (213) 680-4462, ext. 68 or visit www.vconline.org. Tickets: $7 JACCC Members, Friends of VC, Students $9 General Admission. More info: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700

May 8 Family FunFest. JACCC Plaza. Join us at the JACCC for a weekend of fun. Be a part of the festivities as the spirit and energy of the Southland's youth breathe life into the JACCC and Little Tokyo. Come see and learn more about the cultural diversity that makes Los Angeles so unique and share in the Japanese celebration of Kodomo no Hi or Children's Day. Activities include our mini marathon, the Chibi-k: Kids for Kids Fun Run; the San Tai San: 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament; and the Asian Pacific Arts and Crafts Faire with games, food, crafts, cultural workshops, entertainment and more. 10am 4pm, http://www.jaccc.org/familyfunfest/famfunfest.html

May 9 Mother's Day Hawaiian Style

JACCC Plaza, Free to the public. The JACCC Plaza is replete with the spirit of ohana on Mother's Day as the JACCC and the Southern California Hawaiian community invite you and your family to celebrate Mother's Day Hawaiian Style. What better way to spend this special day than to share in great music and dance, food and shopping with the ones you love most. http://www.jaccc.org/familyfunfest/famfunfest.html

May 15-16 TAIKOPROJECT: (re)generation

Location: The George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre

Featuring: Naoko Amemiya, Masato Baba, Michelle Fujii, Kelsey Furuta, Tiffany Furuta, Shoji Kameda, Yuta Kato, Bryan Yamami. Directed by John Miyasaki (hereandnow theatre company) Musical Direction by Shoji Kameda (On Ensemble) Artistic Direction by Bryan Yamami (Kinnara Taiko). Born and bred in L.A., the TAIKOPROJECT is an ensemble of the country's most dynamic young taiko drummers, coming together for the first time in artistic collaboration aimed at taking American taiko to the "next level." TAIKOPROJECT's first full-scale production "(re)generation," blends taiko with storytelling, electronic music, hip hop choreography and voice in a high-energy, multimedia experience. Individually, these artists have performed with an illustrious roster of taiko ensembles including San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Kinnara Taiko, San Jose Taiko, Shasta Taiko, the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble, On Ensemble, Tsunami Taiko, Portland Taiko, UCLA Kyodo Taiko and Stanford Taiko.

For more information, visit www.TAIKOPROJECT.com

Tickets $25, $22 JACCC Members, $30 orchestra, $27 balcony

May 30 Geino Bu of the Okinawa Association of America, Inc. presents its 12^th annual Utayabira Wuduyabira (Let’s Sing, Let’s Dance) at the Armstrong Theater, 330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance, 2PM , $15. Info & tickets at 310-532-1929.

May 29-31 Welcome to Pacific Media Expo, a new generation of convention for a new generation of fans! Pacific Media Expo seeks to create an entertainment community for artists, industry and their fans. Pacific Media Expo exists to bring the cutting edge of Asian entertainment to America. Whether the trend is the hottest anime from Japan, the coolest DJ's from Asia, or the most creative combination of sports and martial arts in Hong Kong history, Pacific Media Expo will endeavor to bring it to you! Pacific Media Expo is hosted by Pacific Media Association, Inc. http://www.pacificmediaexpo.com/pmx/main.html

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)

April 9 The Pacific Asia Museum's Authors on Asia Program presents a discussion by author Anchee Min of her new book, Empress Orchid. Narrated in the final days of the Qing Dynasty by 17-year-old Orchid, this is the first-person story of the historical figure who became the Last Empress of China and the mother of “the Last Emperor”. The story begins in the mid-1800’s, in a China devastated by the Opium Wars and foreign “barbarian” invasion. Orchid’s family, though of Manchu descent, has fallen into near poverty. To save her family from deeper destitution, Orchid auditions to become one of the emperor’s royal concubines. Through beauty, brains and luck she becomes the emperor’s fourth wife and rules China as regent for almost 50 years. The fascinating, implausible life of Tsu Hsi “Orchid” was reviled by the revolutionary Chinese. In this powerful and brilliantly conceived historical novel, extensively researched and richly detailed, author Anchee Min reveals the strong character of this controversial and compelling woman, who survived in a male world and whose main struggle was not to hold onto power, but to maintain her own humanity. Anchee Min is the best selling author of Red Azalea, her autobiography of growing up immersed in China’s Cultural Revolution, and Becoming Madame Mao, a fictionalized account of the life of the woman who became the wife of Mao Tse Tung. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Pacific Asia Museum , 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena , CA 91101. Free with museum admission: $7 adults, $5 students and seniors, free for museum members and children under 12. 626-449-2742 . www.pacificasiamuseum.org

April 10 An Evening of Buddhist Jazz: Sound of Dharma, featuring Rev. Joseph Jarman and Rev. Koho Toyoda at LA Hompa Hongwanji Kaikan Hall, 815 E. 1^st St., LA, 7PM. For info call 213-680-9130.

April 10 Makoto Takenaka & Kyoko Sunagawa Charity Jazz Concert at the New Otani Hotel, 120 S. LA St, LA 90012. $60, all profits going to Keiro Senior Healthcare. Call Toshihiko Taenaka at 310-515-2806.

April 10 Performance - Discover Chinatown Lion dancers, puppets, magicians and Chinese musicians will perform in Chinatown's Central Plaza every Saturday in March and April. 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Chinatown, Los Angeles

Central Plaza, 943 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012-1743 Free. Tel: 213-680-0243

April 10 Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara at the Japanese American National Museum, 2PM. Torn between two cultures and two worlds, the Nisei felt like wandering nomads with no ties to their homeland. For these "war orphans," America was a blank or "clean white" sheet of paper where anything was possible, but for Mas Arai, he couldn't escape the painful memories of World War II. Arai harbors a dark and disturbing secret about what happened before his flight from Hiroshima, a secret he had planed to take to his grave. But when a mysterious stranger appears looking for a man by the name of Joji Haneda, Arai knows he can no longer bury the past. Swept up in a shadowy underworld of gambling fixes, hush money, and even murder, Arai's quest to discover the truth behind what happened more than fifty years ago will uncover a multitude of mysteries, each more deadly than the last. Naomi Hirahara is a freelance writer and journalist and former editor at The Rafu Shimpo. The daughter of a Los Angeles gardener and atom bomb survivor, Hirahara has authored the National Museum's American Profile Series.

April 10-11 Hanamatsuri, Birth of Buddha, presented by Los Angeles Buddhist Church Federation at Hompa Hongwanji Kaikan Hall 815 E. 1^st St., and Koyasan Buddhist Temple, 342 E. 1^st St., LA90012. Call 213-680-9130 for info. Also, April 11 Taiko Festival at Hompa Hongwanji garden

April 11 Hanamatsuri: The Celebration of Buddha's Birth A Day of Lectures and Activities at Japanese American National Museum. The birth of Buddha will be celebrated at the Japanese American National Museum from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a variety of programs scheduled for both young and old. Included on this special day will be lectures in Japanese and English, a taiko performance, a Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival) service, as well as storytelling and craft activities designed especially for children. Beginning at 11:00 a.m., Ippei Nomoto, a Los Angeles Columnist and former Buddhist priest, will give a lecture in Japanese entitled "Buddhism in Daily Life." A lively taiko performance will follow at 1:00 p.m. Then at 1:30 p.m., Ministers of the Los Angeles Buddhist Church Federation will conduct a Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival) service in honor of Buddha's birth. At 2:00 p.m., Stanford University professor Carl Beilefeldt will deliver a lecture in English entitled "Buddhism in the New Millenium." Meanwhile, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., the Museum will host Hanamatsuri storytelling and crafts especially for children, which will include a sumi-e brush painting workshop. Springtime is the season of rebirth, and the Museum welcomes all families to share in the celebration of Buddha's birth on this very special day of activities. This event is co-sponsored with the Los Angeles Buddhist Church Federation. The programs are free of charge and open to the public. No reservations are required for this program. The Japanese American National Museum is located at 369 East First Street, in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles. For more information, call 213.625.0414.

April 10 UCSD annual unofficial con Animefest. Animefest is free and open to the public for those who would like to attend. This year we will be having two video-rooms where we will be screening different licensed and unlicensed series. We will be featuring 3 movies at the UCSD movie theater, they are The Second Inuyasha film, The Cat Returns, and Battle Royal. We will also be having contest, such as a Ramune drinking contest, a model kit building contest, an trivia contest topics ranging from anime/jpop/jrock/films/live action, and a cosplay contest. To participate in one of the contest you must sign up. Prizes for the contest range from complete boxsets, dvd's, t-shirts and posters. We will also be holding a raffle, at $2 a ticket, the prize is the complete Escaflowne DVD collection with artbox. For anyone who is interested in attending, Animefest will be on Saturday April 10th, at the UCSD Price Center from 10am to 5pm. For more information please visit our web page at http://acs.ucsd.edu/~animage/ or email me at loki_sama01@yahoo.com

Thank you for your time, and I hope you can join us

for Animefest.

Wendy Williams

Programming & Corporate Communications http://acs.ucsd.edu/~animage/

ast Weekend

Thai New Year's Day Songkran Festival At Thai Town, Los Angeles.

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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)

April 3 Continental Air Settles U.S. Suit Alleging Post-9/11 Ethnic Bias

From Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-settle3apr03,1,3852811.story

April 2 IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Cho injects raw humor into issues

CHUCK SCHILKEN

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/clv/la-clv-schilken02apr02,1,7965721.story

April 2 Bridging the racial chasm

Desmond Tutu speaks on human rights issues to full house at Claremont McKenna College's Bridges Auditorium.

Jeff Benson, Claremont-Upland Voice

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/clv/la-clv-tutu02apr02,0,4482965.story?coll=la-tcn-clv-news

April 5 Taiwanese Election Splits Local Community