THE APPA Newsletter
February 22, 2005
February is Black History
Month http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
Bush Hosts African
Americans at Black History Month Ceremony http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-08-voa76.cfm
See This Weekend
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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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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
November
13, 2004 Š April 3, 2005 John Kwok: Line and Color exhibit. Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles
Street, Los Angeles 90012 (In Olvera Street) 213-626-5240. http://www.camla.org/events/calendar.htm
Feb 6-May 1 Japan after Perry:
Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan The opening of Yokohama to trade with the United States and
Europe in 1859 ended more than two centuries of Japanese isolation and
transformed the rural fishing village into a thriving international port.
Curated by Ann Yonemura, Senior Associate Curator of Japanese Art of the Freer
Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, this exhibition documents
this early history of JapanÕs gateway to the world, artists produced colorful
woodblock prints of city scenes, urbane residents, and harbor views, capturing
this tumultuous era of JapanÕs transformation into a modern industrial state
and international power. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the
Smithsonian Institution, Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan
showcases 24 woodblock prints from the collection gift of Ambassador and Mrs.
William and Florence Leonhart. The presentation at the Japanese American
National Museum commemorates 150 years of U.S.-Japan relations. http://www.janm.org/events/2005/02/
Feb 18-Mar 4 Nine Classics of Japanese Cinema Presented by the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art. Susan Sontag, the late critic, filmmaker and
novelist, was one of America's best-known and most-admired intellectuals, a
longtime, devoted enthusiast of Japanese cinema and a member of the Japan
Society Film Advisory Committee. In 2003, the Japan Society Film Center
presented "Critic's Choice: Susan Sontag on Japanese Film", a
selection of eight of her favorite films. Because of the extraordinary public
response to that program, the Japan Society requested that Ms. Sontag program a
sequel to her series, which she completed prior to her death in January of this
year. We are happy to bring nine of those rare classics films to LACMA.
February 25, 2005 (Fri)
The Love of Sumako
the Actress
(1947 / 96 min / Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi)
Repast
(1951 / 97 min / Dir: Mikio Naruse)
February 26, 2005 (Sat)
Fires on the Plain
(1959 / 105 min / Dir: Kon Ichikawa)
Pigs and Battleships
(1961 / 108 min / Dir: Shohei Imamura)
March 4, 2005 (Fri)
Drunken Angel
(1948 / 98 min / Dir: Akira Kurosawa)
Himatsuri
(1985 / 120 min / Dir: Mitsuo Yanagimachi) Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Bing Theater, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Cost: $5
March 3 Concert -
China Philharmonic with Lang Lang At Royce Hall
UCLA Live presents China Philharmonic with Lang Lang
For the first time in America, two of China's most distinguished
musical forces come together in a not-to-be-missed cultural event. They will be
performing works by Bartok, Hua Yanjun and Rachmaninoff.8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA
Royce Hall
Los
Angeles, CA 90095, Tel: 310.825.2101 www.uclalive.org
March
5 Toshiko Akiyoshi Concert for Sumatra Tsunami Victims at Zenshuji Soto
Mission, 123 Hewitt Street, LA 90012. 8PM, suggested donation $40. Call Rev.
Shumyo Kojima at 213-624-8658.
March 5,6 Hana No Kai
25th Anniversary, 12:30PM, Aratani/ Japan America Theatre. Hana No Kai is celebrating its
25th anniversary with this
Japanese traditional dance recital and introducing newly certified Natoris.
Guest artists from Japan include Masayasu Wakayagi, Masahiko Wakayagi,
Keika Wakayagi, Tadasuke Wakayagi, and Sanjyuro Wakayagi. Visit the Website: www.hisamiwakayagi.net. $50 (VIP/reserved)
$35 (GA) JACCC members $47/$32. Public Contact Info: (323) 257-5412; (310)
572-1315; (310) 372-2028. More info on tickets: call the Box Office at
213.680.3700
March 5 Author Event: Celebrate Chinese Culture & National
Women's History Month At Asia Pacific Museum. Join TEENA APELES and celebrate
National Women's History Month with readings from her new book, "WOMEN
WARRIORS: Adventures from History's Greatest Female Fighters." The book
features some of history's most daring women - from women warriors of ancient
mythology to the modern women who grace today's playing fields, screens, comic
books and political arenas. Apeles will be joined by local writers and
performers -- Lili Barsha, Norwood Cheek, Robin Conrad, Annie Fair, Rachel
Kann, Kisha Xiomara Palmer, Marjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah and Deborah Vankin -- who
will read monologues from the book or share their own "warrior"
works. Teena Apeles is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She
has contributed to several publications including Bust, Giant
Robot, SOMA, Audrey, Pasadena Weekly, LA Weekly and to the
anthologies Bare Your Soul and Geography of Rage.
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: The event is included with museum general admission, $7, $5
students & seniors. Tel: (626) 449-2742 www.pacificasiamuseum.org
March
11 Tsugaru-shamisen artist Agatsuma and David Benoi trio perform at the Harlyne
J. Norris Pavilion, 501 Indian Peak Rd., in Rolling Hills Estates, $35-50, 8PM,
call 310-544-0403x10.
March 12 The Japanese
American Family Gathering :The Camp Dance: The Music and the
Memories, Aratani/ Japan America
Theatre. Gather the entire family together and experience the Grateful
Crane Ensemble's hit musical revue that will take you on a sentimental journey back to the floor of the internment camp dance. Along with
the show, the Ensemble and
Japanese American families will also pay special tribute to our Issei and Nisei generations for all they've
done so the younger generations could live a better life in America. Tickets:
$25 General Admission
Orchestra, $20 Balcony
$20 JACCC & JANM
Members, Groups of 10 or more
$15 Seniors and
Students
More info on tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
March 12-27 Beikoku Shodo Kenkyu Kai
40th Anniversary Calligraphy
Location: Doizaki Gallery, JACCC, LA Little Tokyo
The expressive and varied strokes of Shodo, the Way of the Brush,
reflect the union of
artist and brush. Rev. Kanshu Ikuta and Hiroko Ikuta,
pioneering Los
Angeles calligraphers of the Bekoku Shodo Kenkyu Kai
have inspired
generations of practitioners. The 40th Anniversary
Calligraphy
exhibition features over 200 works from these master
calligraphers and
their students.
Gallery Hours:
Open Tuesday
Friday 12 noon to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday
11 am to 4pm
Admission Free
For more information
contact the Visual Arts Department at
(213) 628-2725, ext.
127. http://www.jaccc.org/
March 17-June 19 The Art
of the Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
March 19, 20 Ikebana
International Los Angeles Chapter 4 opens ŅKaten, the Art of Japanese Flower
Arrangement ShowÓ in Ayres Hall at the Los Angeles Arboretum, 301 N. Baldwin
Ave., Aracadia, 91007, 626-821-3222
March 19 Katen - Ikebana International Date(s) Saturday
March 19 Location: Ayres Hall & Gate ; also 3/20, at the Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia http://www.arboretum.org/
March 26 Odalan Bali: An Offering of Music & Dance At Royce
Hall
Inspired by Bali's timeless cycles of ceremony and ritual,
"Odalan Bali" is a presentation of sound and motion that captures the
creative life force of the Balinese Temple Festival. From the energetic clamor
of villagers working at dawn to the ethereal calm of prayer and worship; from
the introspective resonance of voice and flutes to the virtuosic dances that
Bali is so famous for, this full length evening work brilliantly traces the
life of a ceremony from the awakening of the ritual site, to purification, and
finally to spiritual union. "Odalan Bali" speaks to the deep
commitment of the enduring strength of Balinese culture. ‚udamani, one of
Bali's leading gamelan and dance companies, is proud to perform the
choreographic work of I Nyoman Cerita on the UCLA campus. With music
commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival, the internationally renowned
25-member company's UCLA performances launches a six-week USA tour under the
auspices of the World Music Institute of New York City. In addition to
choreographer I Nyoman Cerita, the artistic team includes I Dewa Putu Berata,
Artistic Director; Emiko Saraswati Susilo, Assistant Director; and composers, I
Dewa Putu Berata, I Dewa Ketut Alit, I Dewa Rai, I Made Karmawan, and Wayne
Vitale. www.cudamani.org
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA
Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: $75 VIP, $25, $20, $15 (students and seniors).
For more information please contact
Central Ticket Office Tel: 310-825-2101
April 2-3 Pasadena Cherry Blossom Festival, 10AM - 6PM, at the
Rose Bowl. http://www.pasadenacherryblossom.org/
April 10 Hanamatsuri Festival at the JACCC Plaza, George J. Doizaki Gallery, Garden Room A.
Hanamatsuri, the celebration of Buddha's birth, is a joyous and widely
celebrated occasion in Buddhist temples throughout the world. A lecture on Buddhism and a ceremony will
commemorate the event.
11am- 4pm (George J. Doizaki Gallery) An exhibition of Children
poster and haiku poems
11am 12 noon (Garden Room A) Lecture on Buddhism by Dr.
Duncan Williams "War/Peace/Buddha's
wish"
1 4pm (JACCC Plaza) Hanamatsuri Ceremony and Gagaku and
Bugaku performance
For
more information contact the Visual Arts Department at 213-628-2725, ext. 127
or email: kosaka@jaccc.org
April
16,17 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santaclarita17feb17,1,4180718.story
July 16 to Oct 16 From
the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum
September 22-25 Los Angeles Korean Festival Seoul International Park, Korea Town, Los
Angeles http://www.lakoreanfestival.com/main.htm
Nov 18 to Feb 12, 2006
Place/Displace, Three Generations Taiwanese Art exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
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This Weekend (and
earlier)
Feb
2 Tony Award Winner PROOF at the East West Players, By David Auburn, Directed
by Heidi Helen Davis
Opens
February 2-27, 2005
ASL-interpreted
performance February 12, 2005 at 2 p.m.
Cast
(alphabetically): includes Kimiko Gelman, David J. Lee, Dom Magwili and Joanne
Takahashi.
Catherine
spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous
mathematician. Following his death, she must deal with her own volatile
emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister; and the attentions of her
fatherÕs former student. A burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious
notebook create the most difficult problem of all: How much of her fatherÕs madness
- or genius - will Catherine inherit?
Single
Ticket Prices
Previews
$20 General (all seats)
$10 Student (all seats)
Opening
Night
$63 (all seats; includes a pre-show
hosted bar and post-show reception with the production cast, creative team and
crew; and East West Players Board of Directors and staff.)
General
$38 Orchestra
$33 Balcony
PROOF
is supported in part by the California Community Foundation.
Charge
by phone (213) 625-7000, x 20 (Monday through Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm)
http://www.eastwestplayers.org/proof.htm
Feb 26 Mingei (Japanese
Folk Crafts) Lecture at the JACCC by David Coates, presented by Community
Travel Service of Albany. 1PM, in the Cultural Room on the 5th
floor, JACCC building in Little Tokyo. Call 510-528-0600, info@comtravel.net. CANCELLED
Feb 25 "Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese
American Celebrations and Culture" At Pacific Asia Museum. Planning a
Traditional Chinese Wedding? A New Baby Celebration? Curious about the Origin
of Red Envelopes and other Rituals and Customs that Surround the Chinese New
Year and Other Chinese Special Occasions? Rosemary Gong and Wise Auntie
Lao Explain it All to You in the New Book Good Luck Life
In celebration of the Chinese New Year, author Rosemary Gong will
discuss her new book, "Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese
American Celebrations and Culture" This delightful new book is packed with
practical information on authentic Chinese traditions and ceremonies.
Written with wit and warmth, and beautifully designed as an accessible cultural
reference guide, the book includes historical facts, legends, foods, old
village recipes and quick planning tools including timelines, for celebrating
Chinese festivals, traditions and special milestones in a contemporary and easy
way.Books will be available for purchase and signing. This program is
free and includes free museum admission 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: (626) 449-2742, ext. 20, www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Feb 27 The Japanese
Traditional Performing Arts Organization presents SHIKI
NO KAI in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive. 3PM
Tickets
are $25. Call the Theatre Box Office at (310) 781 - 7171.
This
special concert will feature ten guest artists from Japan performing Kabuki
dance to traditional music.
Feb 27 Asian Film Festival featuring new Chinese films At Rose
Hills Theater Curated by Rick Berg. 7:30 p.m. The following titles will be
screened:
Frozen (Jidu Hanleng, 1995, 93 min.), directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
East Palace, West Palace (Dong Gong, Xi Gong, 1997, 94 min.),
directed by Zhang Yuan Suzhou River (Suzhou He, 2000, 83 min.), directed by Lou
Ye
The Orphan of Anyang (Anyangde Guer, 2001, 84 min.), directed by
Wang Chao
Blind Shaft (Mang Jing, 2003, 93 min.), directed by Li Yang
For a film festival program brochure, contact 909/607-8065.
Rose Hills Theater
Smith Campus Center
170 E. 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free Tel: 909-607-8065.
Feb 27 The Art of Bonsai At the Huntington Library, Art
Collections, & Botanical Garden, SAN MARINO, Calif. Equal parts
horticulture, art form, and philosophy, bonsai has cultivated a passionate
following among people of all walks of life. From its ancient origins in
China and Japan, the art of creating miniature trees has grown in popularity to
become an international hobby reflecting both the diversity of its
practitioners and the botanical variety of plants from around the world.
Some of todayÕs best known bonsai masters will be exhibiting their work and
demonstrating their techniques at a Bonsai-a-Thon on Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 26-27, at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens. The event is open to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
both days in The HuntingtonÕs Botanical Center. Morning and afternoon
demonstrations by bonsai masters Ben Oki, Ted Matson, Denny Roche and
others. A pair of morning workshops for children and adult beginners will
be offered on Saturday only. (Pre-registration and fees are
required for the workshops; call 626-405-2125 to register.) An ongoing
ŅBonsai Bazaar will feature a wide array of merchandise for sale, from plants,
pots, and gardening tools to painted scrolls, and collectibles. Visitors
can also make bids on the silent auction throughout the day, enter a benefit
drawing for the chance to win bonsai-related prizes, or participate in a live
auction of trees, art, and other valuable items at 4 p.m. each afternoon.
Proceeds from the event help support the Golden State Bonsai Federation
Collection at The Huntington. Additional examples of bonsai can be seen in the
Japanese Garden area. The Bonsai Court, located across the zig-zag
bridge, provides an authentic backdrop to showcase nearly two dozen beautiful
trees of international merit. Time: 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, Los Angeles,
CA 91108
Cost: Admission (which includes entrance to the botanical
gardens, art galleries and all exhibits) is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors,
$10 for students (ages 12-18), $6 for youth (ages 5-12), and free for children
under 5. Members are admitted free. Tel: (626) 405-2140 lblackburn@huntington.org
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I attended the Day of
Remembrance program at the Japanese American National Museum.
Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
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Feb 22 IN BRIEF / HAWAII
Bill Would
Ban Killing Dogs and Cats for Food
From Times
Wire Reports
Feb 20 China's Swing at a Cultural Revolution
Chinese come to America to
hone baseball skills under major-league tutelage.
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dogchinese20feb20,1,7492994.story
Feb 19 VOICES / A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY ISSUES
1942-Style Bigotry Targets
Muslims in the U.S. Today
By Lillian Nakano, Lillian
Nakano is a third-generation Japanese American from Hawaii and was active in
the redress campaign as a member of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress. She
lives in Torrance.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-vo-nakano19feb19,1,5312193.story
Feb 18 COLUMN ONE
He's Put Tradition on Its Ear
Sumo wrestler Asashoryu isn't
so big; he's not even Japanese. But in an ancient sport with a modern crisis,
he's lord of the dohyo.
By Bruce
Wallace, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sumo18feb18,1,6006640.story
Feb 17 Alleged Racial Incidents Shatter Security of Santa Clarita
Valley
Some parents
who moved from Los Angeles for a better family environment say their children
are now under threat or attack.
By Amanda
Covarrubias, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santaclarita17feb17,1,4180718.story