THE APPA Newsletter

April 26, 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

(dkikemi@pacbell.net)

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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, 2003, and 2004 are available on the website if you want to look up some past event.

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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

About the series: "Contemporary Mainland Chinese Films" Series at UCLA

Due to the recent easing of state control, Chinese cinema has blossomed in the last couple of years. Boundaries between legal and "underground" productions are gradually fading away, once-banned filmmakers have been invited to work with the studios or "above-ground" private production companies, restrictions on foreign co-productions have been made easier, and an independent scene is thriving, offering a variety of styles, subject matter and experimentations.

The result has been a proliferation of multifaceted, often unexpected images of China, as evident in this film series. Recent history is revisited: Beijing in the 1930s and '40s for Xu Jinglei's LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN and a small Henan town in the '70s in Gu Changwei's PEACOCK. The city remains a privileged site, as in the claustrophobic space designed by Zhang Lu for TANG POETRY, Andrew Cheng's expressionist imagery and fractured narration in WELCOME TO DESTINATION SHANGHAI, the railroad hub depicted by Jiang Yue in THIS HAPPY LIFE, or the impressionistic Hangzhou of Yang Fudong's AN ESTRANGED PARADISE.

Lightweight yet technologically sophisticated digital cameras have also made it easier for filmmakers to explore remote regions of China. Tian Zhuangzhuang shot his superb documentary, DELAMU, on the perilous trail linking Yunnan to Tibet. Liu Hao's TWO GREAT SHEEP takes place in a small Yunnan village. Zheng Dasheng documents the passion of an amateur filmmaker in Jiangxi province in DV CHINA. Nevertheless, 35mm remains the weapon of choice for breathtaking landscapes as in Lu Chuan's KEKEXILI.

Curated by Cheng-Sim Lim and Bérénice Reynaud.

Films:

Friday, 4/15 @ 4:00PM of INCENSE - (Xiang Huo) (2004, China) Directed by Xiang Huo, DVD, 98 min. (Special free screening at CalArts in Valencia)

Saturday, 4/16 @ 7:30PM: PEACOCK - (Konggue) (2004, China) Directed by Gu Changwei, 35mm, 142 min; LOOK AROUND - (Huan Gu) (1997, China) Directed by Wu Ershan, Beta-SP, 5 min.

Sunday, 4/17 @ 7:00PM: KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL - (Kekexili) (2004, China) Directed by Lu Chuan, 35mm, 90 min.

Wednesday 4/20 @ 7:30PM: LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN - (Yi Feng Mo Sheng Nuren De Lai Xi) (2004, China) Directed by Xu Jinglei, 35mm, 90 min; AN ESTRANGED PARADISE - (Mosheng Tiantang) (2002, China) Directed by Yang Fudong, DVD, 76 min.

Wednesday 4/27 @ 7:30PM: TWO GREAT SHEEP - (Hao Da Yi Dui) (2004, China) Directed by Liu Hao, 35mm, 100 min; DV CHINA - (2003, China), DVcam, 92 min.

Sunday 5/1 @ 7:00PM: WELCOME TO DESTINATION SHANGHAI - (Mudidi Shanghai) (2003, China) Directed by Andrew Cheng Yusu, Beta-SP, 86 min; BODIES - (Shen Ti) (2000, China) Directed by Wu Ershan, Beta-SP, 3 min; TANG POETRY - (Tang Shi) (2003, China/South Korea) Directed by Zhang Lu, 35mm, 86 min.

Saturday, 5/7 @ 7:30PM: DELAMU - (Cha Ma Gudao: Delamu) (2004, China/Japan) Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, 35mm, 108 min; THIS HAPPY LIFE - (Xing Fu Sheng Huo) (2002, China) Directed by Jiang Yue, Beta-SP, 93 min.

The Archive is grateful for the continuing support of Archive Council members Robert and Patsy Sung.

Special thanks to: Jiang Yue, Zheng Dasheng, Duan Jinchuan, Mark Frith, Vivian Qu, Sun Shaoyi, Jonathan Noble, Brad Rehak, Alex Jia, Zhang Daxing, Peggy Chiao, Zhang Hui.

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

UCLA

James Bridges Theatre

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: $7 General Admission; $5 Students

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/

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 Japan’s gateway to the world, artists produced colorful woodblock prints of city scenes, urbane residents, and harbor views, capturing this tumultuous era of Japan’s 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 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

www.vconline.org

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 “Tea,” 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 –July 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. Ezawa’s 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 Forum’s Asian Theatre Workshop. His many plays include the adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s 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 (see below)

Mother's Day Concert

All day event

For more Info call 213-628-2725 or

For more information: email - manaka@jaccc.org

May 7,8 Asian Pacific Arts & Crafts Faire

At the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

The Asian Pacific Arts & Crafts Faire presents vendors offering

traditional handmade Japanese craft items; a variety of foods; children's

games; origami, calligraphy and papermaking workshops; health and

community related information, and a wide representation of pan-Asian

performances on the Plaza main stage.

ON THE JACCC PLAZA MAIN STAGE

>From the traditional to the more contemporary, performances include

traditional Japanese dance group Fujima Kansuma Kai, Ko's Korean

Traditional Dance Institute, taiko drumming by U.C. Irvine Jodaiko,

karate & kendo demonstrations by Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate of Little

Tokyo and Rafu Chuo Kendo Dojo, Clarita and the Arte Flamenco Dance

Theatre and children's songs by Phyllis Chang of Pinky Paws Productions.

Performances are subject to change and are not listed in order of

appearance.

Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

244 S. San Pedro Street

Los Angeles, CA

Cost: Free

Tel: (213)628-2725

www.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

Special Appearance by

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 11 Theatre - IMELDA: A NEW MUSICAL

At David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts

Does the story of the First Lady of the Philippines go beyond the shoes? In this musical biography, an Imelda emerges aggressive, naïve and ultimately discovers that her husband’s newfound power is a means to obtain everything she was once denied. Thief or political ploy? Greed or need? This production was developed by East West Players and Academy for New Musical Theatre.

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts

120 Judge John Aiso St.

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Cost: $20-$38 (Students and Senior discounts are available)

Tel: (213) 625-7000

info@eastwestplayers.org

www.eastwestplayers.org

May 15 Bando Mitsuhiro Koen Kai presents a CHILDREN’S KABUKI DANCE RECITAL in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive. 1PM

Tickets are $15/$10/$7. Call the Theatre Box Office at (310) 781 - 7171. http://www.tcac.torrnet.com/calendar2.htm

May 20 Asian & Pacific Islander Festival, 2-4PM, Angelus Plaza, 255 S. Hill St., Downtown LA, Hill Street Courtyard, free, 213-623-4352x327

May 22 The Okinawa Association of America presents its 13th ANNUAL UTAYABIRA WUDUYABIRA in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive. 2PM

Tickets are $15. Call the Theatre Box Office at (310) 781 - 7171.

This musical program showcases the talents of over one hundred dancers, singers, and musicians presenting a wide variety of Okinawan performing arts, including classical, folk, and taiko drum dancing. http://www.tcac.torrnet.com/calendar2.htm

May 22 5^th Annual Thai Heritage Festival, 5321 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, $15, 1:30-6:30PM. 323-466-5966

May 26-Oct. 10 Japan Goes to the World’s 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 Center’s (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 “Community Night” 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

www.jas-socal.org

June 19-20 Chinese Food Festival, Broadway & College, LA Chintown, http://www.chinesefoodfestivalla.com/

Saturday, June 19, 2004, 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 20, 2004 (Father's Day), 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

• Adult ticket (age 13 - 59): $8.00

• Youth ticket (age 5 - 12): $4.00

• Senior ticket (age 60+): $6.00

• Children age 4 and younger: free admission

• $2.00 off the ticket price, to be redeemed at the festival entrance with proof of transit ridership to the festival.

• Purchase group tickets in advance by calling 213-680-0243 or at the festival entrance.

213-680-0243

June 25-26 “RANGOLI FESTIVAL”

INDIAN DANCE ENSEMBLE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

WITH NEW AND TRADITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY.

GUEST ARTISTS FROM INDIA AND THE U.S. JOIN

MALATHI IYENGAR & RANGOLI DANCE COMPANY, http://www.rangoli.org/

Madrid Theatre

21622 Sherman Way

Canoga Park, CA 91303

Advance Purchase, Seniors, and Students: $15.00

General Admission at Door: $20.00

(818) 347-9938 or www.madridtheatre.org

June 26 Musical “Pigs from the Sea” at El Camino College’s Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance 90506. $35, $25, $15 children 15 or under. Tickets at Uyehara Travel 213-680-2499 and Okinawa Shop 213-200-8116 both in Little Tokyo LA. (Article on the musical at www.huoa.org/pages/huoa/upub/documents/Uchi0404.pdf)

July 9-10 2005 Lotus Festival sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Echo Park in Los Angeles, California, located on Park Avenue between Glendale Avenue and Echo Park Boulevard, just north of the Hollywood (101) and Pasadena (110) freeway junction, near Dodger Stadium. Parking at

LOGAN STREET SCHOOL, 1711 W. Montana Street, Los Angeles.

Cross streets Lemoyne St. and Montana St.

ECHO PARK BASEBALL DIAMOND, 1632 Bellevue Ave, Los Angeles

Cross streets Temple St. and Glendale Blvd

CITY OF ANGELS MEDICAL CENTER,1711 W. Temple St, Los Angeles

Cross Streets Temple St. and Glendale Blvd.

Opening Ceremonies begin on Saturday at 12:00 p.m., as we earmark the 28 th Annual Lotus Festival, which include live music, dance and entertainment from a variety of performers representing many of the diverse countries of Asia and the Pacific Islands . This year the Festival will highlight the people and culture of “ Korea ”. A fabulous fireworks finale over Echo Park Lake will conclude the day's activities at 9:00 p.m., with legendary Taiko Drummers playing the background.

Asian and Pacific Islander personalities from the media and acting professions will act as emcees/hosts during this two-day event.

Artisans-at-work will be on hand to demonstrate their skills on the beautifully decorated Flower Island Pavilion. Their artwork illustrates their spirit, tradition and pride of the Asian and Pacific Islander handiwork. Includes: paper-cutting, hand painted scrolls, calligraphy, plant and flower expertise, fish, birds and other Asian artifacts.

Contact: 2005 Lotus Festival, 3900 West Chevy Chase Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90039, (213) 485-1310; FAX (213) 485-8746

Mary Ezell Bingham, Festival Chairperson

Irena Seta, Festival Planning & Marketing Assistant

Email: Lotus@rap.lacity.org

Website: www.laparks.org/grifmet/lotus.htm

July 16 to Oct 16 From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum

Aug 13-21 Nisei Week http://www.niseiweek.org/

Sept 11-12 The 13th Annual FESTIVAL OF PHILIPPINE ARTS & CULTURE (FPAC)

A Pilipino Artists Network Production

10am – 6pm

Pt. Fermin Park,

807 Paseo Del Mar,

San Pedro 90731

Donation $3 - Purchase your pre-sale ticket now and enter into a special prize drawing during Festival Weekend!

http://fpac.filamarts.org/

Our tradition continues with a NATIONAL line-up of Filipino artists...

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 29 Screening - Cafe Lumiere

Part of the "In Our Time: New Chinese Cinema" Series at UCLA

(Kafei Shiguang) (2004, Japan/Taiwan) Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, 35mm, 104 min.

In this luminous film about time, memory and the transitory nature of life, Taiwan's "new wave" master Hou Hsiao-hsien pays centennial homage to the visionary cinema of Ozu, specifically the latter's postwar masterpieces LATE SPRING and TOKYO STORY. Hou inflects such quintessentially Ozu motifs as trains coming and going, daughters reluctantly contemplating marriage and fracturing middle-class families, with his own brand of postmodern anomie. Using his signature long takes and narrative ellipses, Hou, like Ozu before him, transmutes the mundane details of everyday life into ineffable poetry. Japanese pop star Hitoto Yo makes her acting debut as a freelance writer, pregnant and somewhat estranged from her parents, who prefers the platonic companionship of bookstore owner Asano Tadanobu (ZATOICHI, ICHI THE KILLER). From fleeting encounters to quiet camaraderie, Hou distills a Tokyo of intimacy and communion amid the urban crush.

Producer: Miyajima Hideshi, Liao Ching-sung, Yamamoto Ichiro, Osaka Fumiko. Screenwriter: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu T'ien-wen. Cinematographer: Lee Ping-bin. Editor: Liao C.S.. Cast: Hitoto Yo, Asano Tadanobu, Hagiwara Masato, Yo Kimiko. Presented in Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.

Special in-person guest to be announced.

Friday, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

UCLA

James Bridges Theatre

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: $7 General Admission; $5 Students

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/

April 29 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 at http://www.vconline.org/ff05/schedule.html

Time: 7:30 PM

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

www.vconline.org

April 30 Dynamic Korea 2005 : “Experience the Korean Culture”

At the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles are honored to invite everyone to a first-of-its-kind grand event, Dynamic Korea 2005 - the 1st International Mayor’s Cup Tae Kwon Do Championship and Korean Cultural Festival. The purpose of this event is to promote multi-cultural unity in the City of Los Angeles.

Dynamic Korea 2005 will present a world renowned TaeKwonDo group for a competition, performances of traditional Korean Dance and Music, a collection of dazzling chart-topping pop singers from Korea, delectable food, acclaimed films, and much more to make this event an unforgettable experience.

Program

8am-4:30m

TaeKwonDo competition hosted by Mayor of City of LA

12pm-12:20pm

Traditional Korean Weddings

12:30-12:50pm/3:30-4pm

Tea Ceremony

4:40-5pm

Opening Ceremony

5:10-5:40

Korean traditional costume fashion show

6pm-7:30pm

The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts:

-A rural percussion dance ensemble (Pungmulnori)

-A traditional dance entitled, “Noe” (Fishermen’s life)

-A court fan dance (Buchae Chum)

-A customary mask dance (Tal Chum)

-A spiritual dance to purge misfortune ( Salpuri )

-A Korean traditional opera (Pansori)

-A monk dance (Seungmu)

-A Female roundelay accompanied by that refrain (Ganggangsuwollae)

8pm-9pm

Korean pop concert Rain, Jin Young Park, Noel,

9am-7:30pm: Korean movie screening (5 movies)

9:00am

A Tale of Two Sisters(2003, 115min.)

11:30am

Memento Mori(1999, 98min.)

1:30pm

Spin Kick(2004, 114min.)

4:00pm

Doggy Poo(clay animation, 2003, 30min.)

5:00pm

Sky Blue(animation, 2003, 86min.)

10am-8pm

Exhibition

Korean traditional costume exhibition(Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392)

Korean traditional folk and craft arts

12pm-7:30pm

Korean food tasting

** Admission is free, but by ticket only. For more information, please call the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles at 323-936-7141 during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

About the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles:

The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles works under the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea to promote mutual cultural understanding between the United States and Korea. For more information about the Cultural Center and its programs, please visit www.kccla.org.

Saturday, Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

3939 S. Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, CA 90037

April 30 Screening - Formula 17

Part of the "In Our Time: New Chinese Cinema" Series at UCLA

(Shiqisui De Tian Kong) (2004) Directed by DJ Chen, 35mm, 93 min.

A surprise hit in Taiwan last year, FORMULA 17 heralds the emergence of the insouciant twentysomethings in Taiwan cinema. This exuberant romantic comedy, starring an all-boy cast led by up-and-coming heartthrobs Duncan Chow and Tony Yang, is remarkably the first feature by femme director DJ Chen (real name: Chen Yin-jung). Cutting a breezy swath through gay Taipei, FORMULA 17 follows a virginal rube (Yang) who comes to the big city and promptly falls in love with a heartbreaker playboy (Chow). The plot is pure formula: boy gets, loses, then gets boy again. But the film's freewheeling verve (fantasy sequences, flashbacks, direct address to the camera, bright colors, broad humor and liberal blasts of bubblegum Sino-pop) and refreshingly confident attitude—it offers neither explanation nor apologetics for the queer centered-ness on view—is anything but.

Producer: Aileen Li, Michelle Yeh. Screenwriter: Rady Fu. Cinematographer: Chen Huei-sheng. Editor: Chen Hsiao-dong. Cast: Tony Yang, Duncan Chow, King Chin, Dada Jl. Presented in Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.

In Person: DJ Chen

Outfest, the 23rd Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, will premiere FORMULA 17 at the festival in July. Details will be available in June at www.outfest.org.

Saturday, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

UCLA

James Bridges Theatre

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: $7 General Admission; $5 Students

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/

April 30-May 1 16th Annual Pacific Islander Festival, Harbor City

10:00am - 6:00pm , Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, 25820 South Vermont Avenue, Harbor City CA 90710 , Price: Free , Phone: 213-473-7723 , E-mail: spaulo@cad.lacity.org , Website: http://hiccsc.org * IORANA "Te faufa'a o te natira'a o te mau nuna'a": "The wealth of the people is Unity" is this year's theme for the 16th Annual Pacific Islander Festival as we celebrate Tahiti. Come see the beauty that is Tahiti, in their village, as they perform on stage and feast on their traditional island foods. An entourage of forty artisans travelling from Tahiti will perform and conduct hands on demonstrations in their island village. We welcome you to this year's festival as we celebrate 16 years of service to the community. Iorana!

URL : http://hiccsc.org

May 1 Fiesta Broadway, http://www.fiestabroadway.la/index.php

Last weekend I saw:

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.

The weekend before I stopped at the Manzanar on the way back from Mammoth. The visitors’ center has a pretty thorough exhibit and a pretty good short film. Definitely worth a stop.

Links to selected articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to sign up for a free account.

April 24 Koreatown Revival Eludes Poor

Merchants who moved in after South L.A. riots prosper, but employees struggle, activists say.

By Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-riots24apr24,1,5860287.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

April 24 NEIGHBORLY ADVICE

A campus enclave that's a study in contrasts

By Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/communities/la-re-guide24apr24,1,4427965.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

April 24 HOME

The Everyday Alchemist

Designer Jonathan Fong says he can't cut a straight line with a pair of scissors to save his life. He also claims that he doesn't really draw. But what he does have is a vivid imagination.

By Barbara Thornburg

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-home17apr24,1,6114749.story

April 24 METROPOLIS / SNAPSHOTS FROM THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

In It for the Long Haul

AIDS care turns out to be a lasting commitment

JANET KINOSIAN

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/men/la-tm-crgoddard17apr24,1,969491.story

April 23 THE WORLD

Koizumi Voices 'Deep Remorse'

Japan's premier, trying to defuse tensions and calm markets, offers regret over wartime acts.

By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-apology23apr23,1,5014392.story