THE APPA Newsletter
April 12, 2005
National Library Week
www.ala.org/ala/pio/factsheets/nationallibrary.htm
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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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 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 17-June 19 The Art
of the Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
April 22 Lecture - Mainland Southeast Asia in the First Millenium:
Sculptures from the Norton Simon Museum and Their Importance At Norton Simon
Museum
Dr. Hiram Woodward, Research Curator, Walters Art Museum takes
visitors on a virtual journey through the MuseumÕs collection of Thai and
Cambodian art. Among the cultures and sites represented are Dvaravati, Si Thep,
Prakhon Chai, Koh Ker and Angkor.
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00
PM
Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena
Pasadena, CA
Cost: Lecture is free with Museum admission. Admission is $8.00
for adults and $4.00 for seniors. Members, students with I.D. and patrons age
18 and under are admitted free of charge
Tel: 626-449-6840
April 22 Film - "Rice Rhapsody" at Newport Beach Film
Festival At Edwards Island 6, Newport Beach
Int'l Superstar Jackie Chan is proud to present RICE RHAPSODY
written & directed by Kenneth Bi.
A single mother and restaurateur (Sylvia Chang) brings a female
French
exchange student into her home when she notices that her
17-year-old
son is not showing any interest in the opposite sex. Time: 8:30 PM
- 10:30 PM
Edward Island
999 Newport Center
Newport Beach, CA
Tel: (949) 640-1218
April 23 Pandit Shivkumar
Sharma and Zakir Hussain, santoor and tabla
Location: Aratanai/Japan America Theatre. Featuring two of the greatest artists on their
respective instruments. Pandit
Shivkumar Sharma is the leading exponent of the santoor -
the oldest known stringed instrument in India - and Ustad Zakir Hussain is an international phenomenon
and undoubtedly the most popular
tabla maestro. This concert is a joint presentation of Sangam Entertainment Group, Ektaa Center, SWAR and Artwallah.
For information visit
www.ektaacenter.org. Tickets: $75 VIP tickets, $48, $28
More info on tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
April 23 3rd Annual Hollywood Bowl Korean Music
Festival, 323-692-2055
April 23 Film - "Ganges: River to Heaven" At the
Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood
Now in its third year, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
(IFFLA) is
the only festival in North America entirely dedicated to presenting
the
cinema of India -- the world's most prolific motion picture
industry -- by
showcasing films from and about India and the Indian Diaspora.
Filmed in a hospice for the dying and on the ghats of Kashi,
GANGES: RIVER
TO HEAVEN follows four families' struggle to grant a loved one's
final
wish: to go to heaven. In their common quest the families become a
fraction of the hordes of Hindus drawn to Kashi's holy promise of
freedom
from reincarnation. The documentary investigates the inextricable
bond
between a river and its people with unparalleled intimacy and
depth.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Gayle
Ferraro. Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Arclight Cinemas
6360 W Sunset Blvd
(between Vine and Ivar, with DeLongpre to the south)
Los Angeles, CA
April
23-24 The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a two-day celebration of the written word and one of the
country's premier literary events.
The Festival is free to the public and held each year on the last weekend of April on the UCLA campus.
The 2005 Festival of Books will be
held Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The events will include special lectures
by celebrated authors, book reviews, writing workshops, and storytelling at two
stages in the childrenÕs area. A panel of respected judges from the literary
world will also be on hand to award the annual Book Prizes for outstanding
offerings from the past year.
The Festival promises something for
everyone, from seemingly endless rows of booths to exciting events and
demonstrations on seven different stages. The Festival also features book
signings by today's leading authors, poetry readings, an extensive children's
area and books for sale.
The Festival of Books celebrates books
as a valuable source of learning, information and entertainment, and is an
ideal way to spend your weekend. Don't miss America's largest literary event! http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
April
24 The Boat to
Heaven "Shoro
Nagashi" (2003) 1 hr.
49 min.
Location: Aratani/Japan America Theatre, Directed by Mitsutoshi
Tanaka
Based on "Shoro Nagashi," an autobiographical novel written by Masashi Sada, well known Japanese folk
singer/songwriter around the end
of WWII. A bittersweet love story, the film celebrates the pain of life and death. Proceeds
will support the scholarships and
grants awarded by the Aurora Foundation which is dedicated to foster goodwill between the people of the US and Japan.
Screening times: 12noon
and 4pm The screening times have been changed from previously published.
Tickets: $10 General Admission, $9 JACCC, Aurora Club Members, Students,
Seniors (60+) More info on tickets: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
April 24 Books and Conversations Restless Wave: My Life in Two Worlds: A
Memoir by Ayako Ishigaki, by Yi-Chun Tricia Lin and Greg Robinson 2PM at the JANM,
www.janm.org.
Ayako
Ishigaki (1903Ð1996) had a remarkable career as a journalist, biographer,
television personality, and activist. She chronicled her extraordinary life in
a stirring and exquisitely written book spanning decades, countries, and
cultures. Restless Wave has been reissued with an afterword by Yi-Chun Tricia
Lin and Greg Robinson that sheds additional light on IshigakiÕs life and work,
much of which took place in Little Tokyo. Lin and Robinson will discuss this
pioneering book and the woman who wrote it.
April 24 Author Program: Three Asian American Poets Reading At
Pacific Asia Museum
In celebration of National Poetry Month, three Asian American
poets will read from work that is powerful and provocative, lyrical and
profound. Writers Rick Barot, Victoria Chang and Paisley Rekdal will be the
guest speakers reading their work.
Rick Barot's first book, The Darker Fall, is the winner of a 2001
Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. Barot has received fellowships from
the National Endowment for the Arts and from Stanford University's Wallace E.
Stegner Fellowship Program and his work has appeared in numerous publications,
including The New Republic,The Paris Review,Threepenny Review, Post Road, and
Poetry.
Victoria Chang's first book, Circle, won the Crab Orchard Review Award Series
in Poetry and her poems have appeared or will appear in Best American Poetry
2005,The Nation, Poetry, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Threepenny
Review, and other publications. She is the editor of the anthology Asian
American Poetry: The Next Generation and is the recipient of a Bread Loaf
Scholarship and various fellowships.
Paisley Rekdal is the
author of a book of essays, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee, and two books of
poetry, A Crash of Rhinos, and Six Girls Without Pants. Her work has received a
Village Voice Writers on the Verge Award, an NEA Fellowship, the University of
Georgia Press Contemporary Poetry Prize from Michigan Quarterly Review.
Her poems and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from _The New York
Times Sunday Magazine, NPR, Nerve, Ploughshares Poetry, and Quarterly West,
among others. Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: included with museum admission
($7 general, $5 students and seniors)
Tel: (626) 449-2742 (ext.20)
April
29 Puffy Ami Yumi at the Wiltern Theatre, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., 9PM. $27.50,
213-388-1400
April 28-May 5 VC
FilmFest 2005: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
At the Directors Guild of America, David Henry Hwang Theatre, and
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
VC FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Festival
presents its 21st edition 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 2005 edition include over 100 new
and exciting film and video works by Asian and Asian Pacific American
filmmakers. A Festival Retro series, Asian American and Asian International
cinema spotlights, and Showcase program: VC Digital Posse 2005 are just some of
the highlights on tap for VC FILMFEST 2005. Special panels and nvited guests
will be on hand to participate in the Festival. Closing Night will be
highlighted by the presentation of the Festival Golden Reel Award and the Linda
Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award. Complete program information will be
available April 2005.
the Directors Guild of America
David Henry Hwang Theatre
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $10 General Admission
Tel: (213)680-4462 x68
April 29-May 22 Tea Written by Velina Hasu Houston
Five
Japanese war brides are thrust into rural Kansas alongside their American GI
husbands. Their fate in their adopted land is the heart of ÒTea,Ó an
insightful, lyrical and autobiographical play. Their deeply moving and
previously untold stories come to life with thoughtfulness and humor as the
women gather together over tea in 1968 to share the poignant drama of their
courtship, their arrival in America, their early mistakes with American customs
and their growing American families.
Director
Peggy Shannon
Featuring
Takayo
Fischer
Dian Kobayashi
Jeanne Sakata
Diana Tanaka
Patricia Ayame Thomson
A
Fascinating Chapter of American History
Tea
runs Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm, April 26
through May 22. Tickets are $32.00 and $37.00 on Thursdays, and $37.00 and
$42.00 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, except opening night which is $50.00
and $60.00 and includes a reception with the actors following the
performance. Preview performances take place at 8:00 pm on Tuesday, April
26; Wednesday, April 27; and Thursday, April 28. Preview tickets are
$29.00.
International
City Theatre is located in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center at 300 E.
Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. For reservations and information, call the
ICT Box Office at (562) 436-4610 or Buy Tickets now. http://www.ictlongbeach.com/
April 30 ÐJuly 7 Toyo Miyatake: View from GlassEye
Location: George J. Doizaki Gallery
April 30th -Reception 1-4pm
Most famously noted for his chronicling of the Japanese American
internment at Manzanar, Toyo Miyatake's photography encompasses a remarkable variety of subjects.
Coinciding with the 110th anniversary of Miyatake's birth, this exhibition
features scenes of life in the
Manzanar camp, images of dancer Ito Michio, 1932 Olympic sports photography,
and a selection of Miyatake's portraits.
Gallery Hours:
Tues through Friday:
12noon ~ 5pm
Saturday and Sunday:
11 am ~ 4pm
Closed: Monday and
Holidays
Admission Free
For more information contact the Visual Arts Department at
(213) 628-2725, ext.
127 or email: kosaka@jaccc.org
March 5 - May 14, Project Room II: KOTA EZAWA: ON PHOTOGRAPHY
From March 5 to May 14, 2005, Kota Ezawa will bring his latest
body of work to Project Room II at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. EzawaÕs work
explores the appropriation and mediation of current events and images. He
translates found film, video, and photographic footage into simplified drawings
and animations that reduce complex imagery to its most essential,
two-dimensional elements. In The Simpson Verdict (2002), for example, Ezawa
animated the news footage of the end of the O.J. criminal trial, reducing an
emotionally-charged moment to a series of precise and powerful gestures.
For On Photography, Ezawa selected twenty images
representing various examples from the vast history of photography - from the
1860s to the present, and from the iconic to the unrecognizable, ranging in
source from journalism, to performance documentation, to art photography. His
choices are manually traced, turned back into 35 mm slide format, and will be
projected on a continuous loop in Project Room 2. Taking on the feeling of a
university slide lecture, On Photography is a visual critical essay, using
digital drawings instead of words to explore and reveal the history of the
medium.
Kota Ezawa studied at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany, the San
Francisco Art Institute, and Stanford University. He is the recipient of many
awards, including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. His work is in the public
collections of such institutions as the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film
Archive, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. In 2004, Ezawa was
featured in such exhibitions as the Orange County and Shanghai Biennials, and
Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art. Ezawa lives and works
in San Francisco.
The Santa Monica Museum of Art is grateful to the following
foundations and organizations for general operating and specific project
support: The Annenberg Foundation; the California Community Foundation, the City
of Santa Monica Cultural/Arts Organizational Support Grant Program, the Good
Works Foundation, and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Special thanks to
the Board of Trustees and the Friends and Members of the Santa Monica Museum of
Art.
http://www.smmoa.org/
May 1-22 A Distant Shore By Chay Yew Directed by Robert Egan World
Premiere
In the stifling jungles of Southeast Asia, two lives are forever
entwined, destined to play out life rituals while constrained by culture and
colonialism. We first see a pair in the 1920's, a place of rubber
plantations and rebel insurgencies, and another 80 years later in the same
city, now independent and metropolitan. Are these lovers destined to
repeat their histories or will they break the cycle this time around? Love
seems to be the only constant. An erotic and poetic play about globalism, fate
and passion.
Chay Yew is director of the Mark Taper ForumÕs Asian Theatre
Workshop. His many plays include the adaptation of Federico Garc’a
LorcaÕs The House of Bernarda Alba (Mark Taper Forum, 2002). Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington
Blvd., Culver City, $19-40, 213-628-2772
www.kirkDouglasTheatre.org
May 7 Cherry Blossom Festival, 12 noon - 7 p.m. WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD
1444
W. Garvey Ave.
West
Covina, CA 91793
Hosted
by:
City
of West Covina and
East
San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
Parking
entrance at Civic Center Drive
For
more information please contact the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community
Center at (626) 960-2566
May 7,8 FamilyFunFest
Mothers Day Hawaiian
Style
Chibi K Fun Run
San Tai San - 3 on 3
Basketball Tournament
Kids Taiko Konference
Asian Pacific Arts
and Crafts Faire
All day event
For more Info call 213-628-2725 or
For more information:
email - manaka@jaccc.org
May 8 Celebrate
Mother's Day Hawaiian Style! 4PM
Location: Aratani / Japan America Theatre
Honored for the first time this year at the Grammy Awards . . .
Discover the joyous
sounds of the Hawaii's Slack Key guitar!
MUSIC OF THE
MOTHERLAND:
HAWAII'S JOURNEY THRU
SONG
George Kahumoku,
Slack Key Guitar
with
Burnt (formerly Skyler Blue)
Derek Nakamoto, piano
Jr. Herb Ohta, Jr, ukulele
Daniel Ho, Slack Key Guitar and ukulele
Na Kupuna Wahine o Kaleponi Hema Dancers
Clarice Nuhi,
Artistic Direction
In honor of all mothers, Hawaii musicians gather for a journey
back to their roots
-- the mother of their musical lives. Beginning
with a bit of easy
island-born pop and ending with home grown
ukulele,
slack key and even a hula halau, Music of the
Motherland
is a kaleidoscopic
sampler of traditional to contemporary island
offerings at its
best.
Tickets
$25 orchestra, $22 balcony
$20, $17 JACCC
Members & Groups
$15 Student Rush, Day
of Show
May 26-Oct. 10 Japan Goes to the WorldÕs Fairs at the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, www.LACMA.org.
June 22 Grand Kabuki of Japan At Cerritos Center for the
Performing Arts
In celebration of the Japanese American Cultural and
Community CenterÕs (JACCC) 25th Anniversary, the JACCC is presenting the Grand
Kabuki on June 21-24 at the Cerritos Center of Performing Arts. JACCC
invited the Society to join their ÒCommunity NightÓ performance on June 22nd,
starring:
NAKAMURA GANJIRO III, Living National Treasure
NAKAMURA KANJAKU
NAKAMURA KIKAKU Time:
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, CA 90703
Cost: Tickets start at $65.
Priority Order Deadline: April 13, 2005 call (213) 627-6217, ext.
205, or visit www.jas-socal.org.
Tel: (213) 627-6217
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)
April 14 Gasa-Gasa Girl: A Mas Arai Mystery by Naomi Hirahara at
the JANM, www.janm.org. 7:30PM. Naomi Hirahara follows up her acclaimed first
mystery novel Summer of the Big Bachi with another Mas Arai adventure. The
story follows Mas AraiÌâåÕs daughter, Mari, who from the time she was a child
was completely gasa-gasa (never sitting still, always on the go). Mas, a
gardener and Hiroshima survivor haunted by his past, never had much time for
his family. Now, Mari is asking for his help and Mas finds himself in New York
City and in the middle of a murder mystery. A light reception with the author
will precede the program and book signing at 6:30 PM.
April
16,17 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival, http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santaclarita17feb17,1,4180718.story
April 16 Lecture - Swordplay: Making and Breaking the Japanese
Sword At Pacific Asia Museum
This lecture, with Professor Bruce Coats of Scripps College,
Claremont, will examine the fabrication of Japanese swords and the Shinto
rituals involved in their production. This program is part of the April Teacher
Program and is sponsored by the Freeman Foundation. Free with museum admission.
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N Robles Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: $ 7 adults, $ 5 students
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/jsword.htm
April 16, 17 Avaz International Dance Theatre , "The Golden Mask of Guran"
premiere. Location: Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Avaz International Dance Theatre combines contemporary
movement with Iranian classical
and folk dance traditions to tell the
story of The Golden Mask of Guran, a mix of historical reality, fairy tale and myth from Ferdowsi's Shah-nameh,
the epic history of pre-Islamic Persia.
Presented by Avaz International Dance Theatre; choreography and costume
design by Jamal and original music composed by Ahmad Pejman. 8PM on the 16th,
3PM on the 17th.
Tickets:
$50 VIP with
Reception on Saturday, April 16
$35 General Admission
$32 JACCC Members
More info on tickets:
call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
April 16-17 Torrance Bunka-Sai 11AM-5PM at the Torrance
Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr., 310-781-7150. Dance and music
performances, tea ceremonies, calligraphy, food vendors
April 16 Screening - T.I.M.E. Teen International Media Exchange
"Reel Encounters"At CSUN
"Reel Encounters" is a documentary
work-in-progress directed by Pamela Cohen tells the story of 15 American and 10
South Korean teens who set out to make a movie together in Seoul . . . kim chi,
hip hop and the cultural divide.
"Passport
79" the result of that collaboration by the Cleveland High School/ Kay Won
School of the Arts Film Team, at the Performing Arts Center, California State
University, Northridge.
Fundraiser for T.I.M.E., the Teen International Media
Exchange, Suggested Donation: $20.00, Mail checks to Cavalier Films, c/o Evelyn
Seubert, Cleveland High School, 8140 Vanalden Ave., Reseda, CA 91335.
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30
PM
Performing Arts Center
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8393
Cost: Suggested Donation: $20.00
Parking in Lot G-4 - $4.00
www.clevelandhs.org/ourpages/aa/html/mediaacademy/time.html
Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
sign up for a free account.
April 4 UC Reduces Its Low-SAT Acceptances
Critics of
past admissions policies hail the change, but university officials say
enrollment procedures have not been altered.
By Rebecca
Trounson, Stuart Silverstein and Doug Smith, Times Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucadmit4apr04,1,6952.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
April 11 COMMENTARY
Japan's
Revisionist History
By Philip J.
Cunningham
April 9 PASSINGS
Yoshitaro
Nomura, 85; Japanese Director Made 89 Films in 3 Decades
From Times
Staff and Wire Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings9.1apr09,1,7703703.story
April 6 OBITUARIES
Akira
Yoshizawa, 94; Origami Artist Called Both Master and Innovator
By Mary
Rourke, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-yoshizawa6apr06,1,7695754.story
April 6 Ura
Koyama, 114; Reportedly World's 2nd-Oldest Person
From Times
Staff and Wire Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings6.3apr06,1,6720659.story
April 11 THE WORLD
Anti-Japan
Fury Spreads Through China's Streets
By Bruce
Wallace, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-neighbors11apr11,1,4352153.story
April 10 A WORLD UNRAVELS
China's
Strategy Gives It the Edge in the Battle of Two Sock Capitals
By Don Lee,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-socks10apr10,1,5181869.story
April 9 REMEMBERING JOHN PAUL II
Rites Prompt
Archfoes to Surprising Gestures
Rival world
leaders sit close, and the Israeli president shakes hands with his counterpart
from adversary Syria.
From Times
Staff Writers
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-leaders9apr09,1,4578640.story
April 10 The bomb maker who self-destructed
American
Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird and Martin
J. Sherwin Alfred A. Knopf: 722 pp., $35
By Gerald
Holton, Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt research professor of physics and
research professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the
author of several books, including "Einstein, History, and O
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-holton10apr10,1,2599946.story
April 9 Avon
Wins OK to Test Direct Selling in 3 Chinese Areas
From Reuters
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-avon9apr09,1,1194572.story
April 12 CALIFORNIA
Frederick C.
Branch, 82; First Black Officer in U.S. Marine Corps
By Myrna
Oliver, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-branch12apr12,1,5032804.story
April 4 ORANGE PEELED / A LOOK AT LIFE INSIDE THE COUNTY
Vietnam
Memorial Visitors See Pride Cast in Bronze
By Mai Tran,
Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-peeled4apr04,1,5467081.story