THE APPA Newsletter
March 15, 2005
See This Weekend
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
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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
November
13, 2004 Ð 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/
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 26 SCAAE (http://www.scaae.org/society_of_chinese2.htm)
convention.
Victor Chen contributed
this information:
Dear Doug,
Thank you for the timely
arrival of RAPPA news letter. I
have some news in return - I recently got elected to preside SCAAE and our 2005
Convention is coming on March 26.
Please work with Dr. Pao to lend us support, thanks.
Victor
Convention program:
Technical Program: Prince
Seafood Restaurant, 2 nd Floor,
11828 South St., Cerritos, CA 90701 Evening Program: Cerritos Center for the Performance Arts,
Sierra Room 12700 Center Court
Drive, Cerritos, CA 90703
Technical Program (10:00 AM - 2:30 PM)
(Lunch: $5/person)
¥ ÒAn Integrated Risk Management
ProcessÓ John Hsu, Senior
Manager, Advanced Information Systems, Systems Engineering, The Boeing Company ¥ ÒFrom Engineer to Entrepreneur & How to Become a
Successful SupplierÓ George S .
Chiang, The Boeing Company
¥ ÒInvestment Strategy in 2005Ó Sean Yu,
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley (Sponsor)
¥ Panel Discussion: ÒAerospace
IndustryÓ
Discussion Lead: Charles Lee, Phil Oyoung, John Hsu, George Chiang, And
All Members
Discussion Evening
Program (6:00 PM Ð Mid-night) (Ticket:
$45/person)
¥ Check-In/Networking
¥ Dinner
¥ Keynote Speech Mr. David M. Bowman, Vice President and
C-17 Program Manager Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems
¥ Entertainment: Performance, Karaoke &
Dance For more
information, please contact:
Victor Chen: 714-896-4989 (O),
Victor.Chen@boeing.com
Bill Chen: 310-512-5350 (O), 310-791-0916 (H), chenbtcj@msn.com Rock Teng: 949-465-4331 (O), 310-543-5298 (H), rteng@parker.com
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
March 26
Symposium on Contemporary Indian Art & An Exhibition
of Contemporary Indian Art At Soka University of America
The exhibit features 40 works of art by 20 leading artists from
India and of Indian origin, including M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Ram Kumar, Ganesh
Pyne, G.R. Santosh, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Anjolie Ela Menon, Vaikuntham,
Paresh Maity, Rameshwar Broota, Biren De, Vasundhara Tewari, Sohan Qadri,
Surender Caur and Allan deSouza.
Program
10.00 am-Introduction: Nalini Rao,
SUA
10.30 am-Debashish Banerji, Pasadena City
College
11.00 am-12.30 Lunch Break
12.30 pm-Dr. Kathy Harper, Layola Marymount University
1.00 pm-Dr. M. A Greenstein, Pasadena College of Design
1.30 pm Ð 3.00pm-Question & Answer Session
3.00- 6.00 pm-Guided tours of the exhibit
Soka University of America
1 University Drive
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Cost: Free
For more information please contact Nalini Rao Tel: 949-480-4034
March 26 Author event: Intimate Portrait of China by Pulitzer
Prize-winning Journalist At Pacific Asia Museum. South
of the Clouds offers a fascinating, intimate portrait of China by telling the
story of an American man who ventures into its hidden realms---politics,
romance, the criminal underworld, and Tibet. As he matures from a wide-eyed
student into a journalist and a seasoned observer, he develops a passion for
uncovering secrets, about China and about himself. Pulitzer prize-winning
journalist Seth Faison will discuss and sign South of the Clouds. The author
navigates his way past forbidding walls to peek inside the dark corners of
Chinese society, relying on a remarkable collection of friends and
acquaintances who help guide the way: an embittered policeman in Xian, a gay
professor in Shanghai, and a Buddhist monk in Tibet, who presides at an ancient
burial ritual where the corpse is carved up and fed to wild vultures. The
Tiananmen Square massacre, people smuggling, and the Falun Gong movement are
among the political and social upheavals that the author explains as he
witnesses China's uncertain road toward capitalism and its place in the modern
world. Along the way, the author wrestles with his own cultural identity, his
sexuality, and his spiritual bearings. Ultimately, he discovers the answer to
lifelong questions on a mountaintop in Tibet.
Seth Faison, with a subtle understanding of Chinese culture, brings past and
present events to life in a thought-provoking account of this complex nation
and its people.Seth Faison won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 as a member of the New
York Times team covering the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He has spent
twelve years living in China, as a student, journalist, and finally Shanghai
Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. 2:00 PM -
4:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: Free with museum general admission for non-members
Admission - $7 for Adults, $5 for students and seniors. Fore
reservations and program confirmations, please call ext, 20. Tel: 626-449-2742
March 31 Concert - Tibetan Buddhist nun Chšying Drolma and
guitarist St eve Tibbets At SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
The sacred chants of Tibetan Buddhist nun Chšying Drolma
are paired with the ambient sounds of renowned guitarist Steve Tibbetts. This
breathtaking cross-cultural collaboration evokes an otherworldly experience
rich in contemplation and spirituality. Also featuring percussionist Mark
Anderson. 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Cost: $25 General, $20 Skirball Members, $15 Students
Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or www.ticketweb.com
Tel: (310) 440-4500
March 31 Asian American
Comedy Showcase at the Japanese American National Museum, 7:30PM. Celebrate
April Fools' Eve with our second annual showcase of Asian American comedians.
Eight emerging comedians will have you laughing Ôtil it hurts. Special guest
emcee: funnyman Rodney Kageyama. www.janm.org
April 2-3 Pasadena Cherry Blossom Festival, 10AM - 6PM, at the
Rose Bowl. http://www.pasadenacherryblossom.org/
April 3 Gempou: A Zen
Master of Living Without Arms, Location: Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 2PM. Musical Director Mitsuyo Tamai. A compelling musical in
English and Japanese about legendary
councilor Gempou Yamamoto, his pacific teachings about the "gracious heart of Zen" and
his triumph in achieving peace
without warfare in bringing about the end of World War II. Featuring a 25-member ensemble from
Wakayama Prefecture. Produced by the Santa Monica Playhouse as part of its
International Exchange Program, Model Language Studio of Tokyo and Tamai
Education Group Wakayama.
Tickets: $15 General Admission $12 JACCC Members, Groups of 10 or
more, Students, Seniors. More info on tickets: call the Box Office at
213.680.3700 www.jaccc.or5g
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)
March 17 Film - 'Mughal-e-Azam' At the Writer's Guild Theatre
Director K. Asif's epic "Mughal-e-Azam", which gained a
fresh lease of life after it was restored in colour last year, is set to get a
US premiere.
The film will be premiered during the Indian Film Festival of Los
Angeles March 17, the event's organisers said.
The new colour version of "Mughal-e-Azam" received
favourable reviews on its release in India last year and has done good
business, completing 100 days in 14 cinemas across India.During the period it
was being made -- 1951-60 -- colour film technology arrived in India. Director
Asif then decided to shoot one reel in colour. Impressed with the results, he
re-shot the last three reels in colour and was so excited with the colour
portions that he wanted to re-shoot the whole film in colour.But this was not
possible and the film was released in 1960, 85 percent in black and white and
15 percent in colour.
The original production company, Sterling Investment Corporation,
undertook the task of restoring the film and colourising it. The original music
composer, Naushad Ali, was retained to recreate the background score and songs
using original Hindustani classical musicians. The film, starring Dilip Kumar,
Madhubala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Durga Khote, now has a seven-track score but
its aesthetics have been untouched. Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Writer's Guild Theatre
135 Dohney Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Cost: $10 Tickets are available only through pre-sale
Tel: 310-364-4403
March 17 Vietnamese Film with English subtitles: "Chances Are
. . . (Vat Doi Sao Doi)" VietNamese Language & Culture (VNLC) presents
the screening of a Vietnamese romantic comedy "Chances Are . . . (Vat Doi
Sao Doi)"
Chances Are . . . (Vat Doi Sao Doi) is a romantic comedy
about a Vietnamese-American returning to his homeland to get married. After a
bachelor party and a misdirected train ride, he finds himself on a tumultuous
journey to get back to his fiance in Saigon. Will he get back in time for his
wedding? Or will he find true love elsewhere on the journey? Chances Are . .
. (Vat Doi Sao Doi) is a rare Vietnamese comedic feature length film. The
movie was screened in various cities in the U.S. in 2002 and became a hit in
the Vietnamese community with many sold-out screenings. VietNamese Language
& Culture (VNLC) now brings the film to UCLA.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the
director, Charlie Nguyen, producer Lam Nguyen, and cinematographer Minh Tri
Nguyen.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
7pm in Ackerman Grand Ballroom
UCLA Campus
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Parking in UCLA Lot 6 costs $7.
For more information please contact Barbara Gaerlan Tel:
310-206-9163
March 18 Photo Exhibit and Benefit featuring the work of the SEACA
Youth.
At Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Southeast Asian Community Alliance invites you to a
PHOTO EXHIBIT/ BENEFIT featuring the work of the SEACA Youth.
Featured items include: individual portrait session, private tai
chi lesson, professionally baked and designed cake, and others.
Service Auction*
Light refreshments provided Time: 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: (213)241-0241
March 18 Film - Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF):
MOTHER TONGUE, FATHER LAND At University of California, Irvine
MOTHER TONGUE, FATHER LAND(Tieng Me Tren Dat Cha) is a documentary
feature on Amerasians in America directed by Simon Cuong Phan.
The plight of "Con Lai," children of American servicemen
and Vietnamese women is told in first-person accounts that span from the years
of war in Vietnam to the present day America in this documentary." In
Vietnamese with English subtitles.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
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 19 Angahara Dance
Ensemble "Raja-Mandalam"
Choreography & Direction, Ramaa Bharadvaj. Location: Aratani/Japan
America Theatre, 7:30PM
Join Lester Horton Award winning choreographer Ramaa Bharadvaj and her company of 14 dancers
as they premiere their latest
production Raja Mandalam. They create a dance Mandala a sacred connecting circle which
infuses intimate new meanings, explosive dance images
and passion filled emotions into
ancient myths and tales. The production features an original musical score by
Rajkumar Bharathy (India) and a
narrative prose/poetry written by award winning Nigerian novelist Chris
Abani.
Tickets
Sponsors: $50
Advance Sales
$30, $23 orchestra,
$18 balcony
$27, $20, $15 JACCC
Members
Day of Show
$35, $28 orchestra,
$23 balcony
$32, $25, $18 JACCC
Members
More info on tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700, www.jaccc.org
March 19 Benefit concert
- Classical Indian music, featuring Ustad Nishat Khan At Wadsworth Theatre.
This is a rare appearance from Ustad Nishat Khan, an internationally renowned
sitarist, in Los Angeles, and proceeds from the concert will benefit the South
Asian Network (SAN), an organization which uniquely addresses the social
problems of residents and immigrants in the Los Angeles area originating from
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other South Asian nations. He will
be accompanied on the tabla by Abhiman Kaushal.Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, The
Wadsworth Theatre, 11301 Wilshire Blvd Westwood, CA . Cost: $50
(Orchestra), $30 (Lower Level), $25 (Balcony) and $15 (Balcony -
student/senior). Tickets for the benefit are available through a special
concert telephone hotline: 800-617-5686, or online at www.groovetickets.com/san
Tel: 310-479-3636 www.artwallah.org
March 20 Japanese Woodblock Printing Lecture and Demonstration
At Japan American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC)
Artist and master woodblock rintmaker Keiji Shinohara will be
giving a free lecture on traditional and contemporary hanga (apanese woodblock
printing), illuminating both the history and methods behind this engaging art
form that has influenced western art since the time of Van Gogh. He will
also offer insight into interpreting these subtle, yet striking pieces.
Afterwards, Shinohara will give a demonstration of traditional woodblock
printing methods, and display some of his works.
Keiji Shinohara was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. After
10 years as an apprentice to the renowned Keiichiro Uesugi in Kyoto, he became
a Master Printmaker and moved to the United States. Though Shinohara
employs ancient methods in creating his woodblock prints, he also diverges from
tradition by experimenting with ink application and different materials to add
texture to his prints. He personally executes all the steps involved in
the printmaking process, from carving the woodblock to printing by hand. Time:
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Japan American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC)
244 South San Pedro Street,
Garden Room (Basement Floor)
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Cost: Free
Tel: (213) 621-2267
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/
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Last Weekend:
Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
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March 13 TALKING RACE
Skin-Deep: What Polls of Minorities Miss
It's no surprise that racial
and ethnic tensions endure.
By David Bositis, David
Bositis is senior political analyst at the Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies, a Washington-based research organization specializing in
African American issues
March 13 TALKING RACE
We're Not a Race, but We
Count
By JosŽ E. Serrano, JosŽ E. Serrano, a Democrat and a U.S. House member from New York, serves on the subcommittee responsible for Census Bureau funding.
March 13 TALKING RACE
The Asian Edge? It's
Confucius.
By Michael Woo, Michael Woo,
a former member of the L.A. City Council, teaches urban planning at USC and is
the producer of the Chinese Food Festival in L.A.'s Chinatown.
March 15 COMMENTARY
The Feminine Technique
Men attack problems. Maybe
women understand that there's a better way.
By Deborah Tannen, Deborah
Tannen, a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, is the author of
"The Argument Culture" (Random House, 1998)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-tannen15mar15,1,659143.story
March 14 GLOBAL REPORT
Online Games Offer Promise of Treasure
International publishers are
homing in on the Chinese market, worth $298 million last year, with
subscription-based, localized products.
By Chris Nuttall and Muir
Dickie, Financial Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-games14mar14,1,594343.story