THE APPA Newsletter

May 10, 2005

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/

http://www.apahm.org/

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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The internet site is at:

www.apa-pro.org

Our own domain name, apa-pro.org, stands for Asian Pacific American Professionals. www.apa-pro.org/ gives you a menu of AP organization websites.

Back issues of the newsletter for all of 2000, 2001, 2002, 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

Scene ‘05 The exhibition features artworks by Los Angeles-based Korean American artists. Through August 18, Wednesdays through Fridays 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Saturdays 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Korean American Museum, 3727 W. 6th St., Suite 400, Los Angeles

COST: Free

INFO: 213-388-4229, www.KAMuseum.org

May 1 through 31 Library Exhibition: View on Taiwan

Throughout the month of May, items showcasing Taiwanese heritage will be exhibited in public libraries in Rosemead,Temple City, Diamond Bar, Walnut, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, and Northridge. In addition, beautiful photographs from Taiwan will be displayed.

Call for times

Public Libraries throughout Los Angeles County (Contact the Taiwan Center for specific locations)

COST: Free

SPONSOR: Taiwanese American Heritage Committee of Greater Los Angeles

INFO: 626-307-4881

May 20 through June 9,New Media Exhibition by Korean American Artists and Mexican American Artists

This exhibition will showcase new media artwork by Korean American artists and Mexican American artists in the U.S. This event will celebrate the 100 years of diplomatic relationship between Korea and Mexico.

Mondays through Fridays 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 5505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

Free

SPONSOR: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles & Mexican Cultural Institute

INFO: 323-936-7141, www.kccla.org

March 17-June 19 The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum

May 15 through January 15, 2006 Milton Quon: A Retrospective

This retrospective exhibit will showcase the broad range of Milton Quon’s practice from fine art to commercial work,much of which is on public display for the first time.A quintessential Los Angeles artist, Quon was born in 1913 and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from the Chouinard Institute of Art, Quon’s career in the commercial arts took him to Walt Disney Studios where he worked as a designer and painter. From the 1940s to the ‘60s, Quon worked as an art director at ad agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn. From whimsical cherubs in Disney’s Fantasia to bold advertising posters, Quon’s commercial work will be presented alongside the artist’s rich collection of fine art works.

Tuesdays through Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles St.

Suggested $3 donations

INFO: 213-485-8567, www.camla.org

May 15 through January 15, 2006, A Portrait of My Mother - A Photo Exhibit by Sam Lee

This exhibit features a photographic series, A Portrait of My Mother by Sam Boi Lee, an emerging Los Angeles-based, Chinese American photographer. Lee’s poignant photographic series operates like a photo-essay told through eloquent images of his mother’s world, from everyday objects that are imbued with his mother’s nurturing strength, to his own expressions of loss and love.

Tuesdays through Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Chinese American Museum, 425 N. Los Angeles St.

Suggested $3 donations

INFO: 213-485-8567, www.camla.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

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 19 SPRING FESTIVAL OF WORLD MUSIC 2005

At Schoenberg Hall, UCLA campus

UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology

Music of India Ensemble

Shujaat Khan & Abhiman Kaushal, co-directors

Near East Ensemble

A. J. Racy, director

Thursday,

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

UCLA

Schoenberg Hall

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Parking: $7, Lot 2 (corner of Westholme and Hilgard Avenue)

Tel: (310) 206-3033

www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu

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

May 20 Chinese Heritage Collection Open House

In celebration of Asian Pacific-Islander American Heritage Month, the Chinese Heritage Collection will feature guest speakers, demonstrations, and displays.

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Chinatown Branch Library, 639 N. Hill St., Los Angeles

Free

SPONSOR: Friends of the Chinatown Library & The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

INFO: 213-620-9937, www.lapl.org

May 21 Monterey Park City Play Day Parade

The Play Day Parade gives Taiwanese American organizations and community members the opportunity to showcase their culture in the greater Asian Pacific population.

call for times

Barnes Park, 350 S. McPherrin Ave., Monterey Park

Free

SPONSOR: City of Monterey Park and Taiwanese American Heritage Committee of Greater Los Angeles

INFO: 626-307-4881

May 21 St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Carnival, 11:55AM, 961 S. Mariposa, Los Angeles, at Olympic and Normandie,

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 22 11th Annual Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational Concert At UC Irvine Bren Events Center

Featuring: UC Irvine Jodaiko, Stanford Taiko, UCLA Kyodo Taiko, UC Riverside Senryu Taiko, UC San Diego Asayake Taiko, and more...

Sunday, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

UC Irvine Bren Events Center

Irvine, CA

www.jodaiko.com

May 26-Oct. 10 Japan Goes to the World’s Fairs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, www.LACMA.org.

June 2 Performance - Manzanar: An American Story

At Royce Hall

Performed by the American Youth Symphony with the Santa Monica College Chamber Choir and the Manzanar Youth Choir

In this monumental, awe-inspiring event, renowned conductor and music director Kent Nagano illustrates the evolution of civil liberty in America through the World War II Japanese American internment camp experience in a brilliant layering of sights and sounds. Featuring a full orchestra and children's chorus, the work illuminates the compositions of the award-winning Naomi Sekiya, long-time Nagano collaborator Jean-Pascal Beintus, and leading jazz artist David Benoit. The work also includes Philip Kan Gotanda's poignant direction and text, read by George Takei, Kristi Yamaguchi and Pat Suzuki.Date: Thursday,

Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

UCLA

Royce Hall

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Tel: 310.825.2101

www.uclalive.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)

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 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 12 Screening & Reception - Taking Care of Their Own: The Story of Yellow Brotherhood

At Japanese American National Museum

Taking Care of Their Own chronicles the thirty-year evolution of Yellow Brotherhood - an Asian American self-help organization - through its founders who started the group in the 1960s, and their children who carry on its legacy through a youth basketball program. Coming to grips with their parents’ unjust camp experience during World War II and overcoming their own struggles with drug abuse and gang violence, the original members are now fathers who pass their hard earned lessons on to succeeding generations. Post-screening discussion with director Tadashi H. Nakamura. Reception to follow.

Thursday, 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Japanese American National Museum

369 East First Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: (213) 625-0414

www.janm.org

May 14 Lecture -From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties At Japanese American National Museum

In this fourth of five sessions that examine ways propaganda was used to perpetuate negative ethnic images and stereotypes, Dr. Mitchell Maki is joined by Johnny Mori of the groundbreaking band Hiroshima. During the 1970s, Hiroshima impressed the music scene with jazz that effortlessly integrated East and West. Their music, as well as their commitment to the communities in which it was born, speak volumes about the ability of artists—and the arts—to subvert ethnic stereotypes and bridge cultures.

Saturday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Japanese American National Museum

369 East First Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: (213) 625-0414

www.janm.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 15 Discussion & Book Signing - Common Ground: The Japanese American National Museum and the Culture of Collaborations

At Japanese American National Museum

This collection of essays outlines how the National Museum operates in collaboration with other institutions, museums, researchers, audiences, and funders. Authors will speak on their case studies which explore collaboration with community-oriented partners in order to document, interpret, and present their histories and experiences and provide a new understanding of what Museums can and should be in the United States. Book signing to follow.Sunday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Japanese American National Museum

369 East First Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel: (213) 625-0414

www.janm.org

May 14, Screening – Tea At International City Theatre

Director Peggy Shannon

Featuring

Takayo Fischer

Dian Kobayashi

Sharon Omi

Diana Tanaka

Patricia Ayame Thomson

Saturday, Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

International City Theatre

Long Beach Performing Arts Center

300 E. Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach, CA

Cost: $32-$42

Tel: (562) 436-4610

Japanese Cultural Night School At the New China Town Barber Shop

Welcome to SCHOOL BAR EIGHT, a cultural night school founded by artist, teacher, performer, and fortune teller Minako Kitayama. Travelling from Nagoya, Japan, home of the World Expo 2005, Principal Kitayama will offer a wide array of cultural classes at the New China Town Barber Shop during her eight week residency .

Classes will take place every Wednesday to Saturday at 8 pm . From Music Wednesday : Dance Thrusday : Cooking Friday : Art Saturday : Language Sunday, each session is tailored to create dynamic cultural exchange amongst all participants.Using the principal of teach and learn currency , all classes are free . Share knowledge, gain knowlege : students are encouraged to teach a skill, or tell a story to Mina, in exchange for free lessons. Drinks and snacks are also served during the class to enhance the convivial atmosphere.

To welcome prospective students, Principal Kitayama will present a special promotional video on the night of the opening. Graduation ceremony will take place on Saturday 25 June. All participants will receive a certificate of graduation and a free textbook, documenting all lessons taught and learned during SCHOOL BAR EIGHT.

ENROLL TODAY!

To sign up for classes, simply pick a date and reply to this email. We will send you a confirmation email in return.

You can sign up for one day or multiple sessions. You are also welcome to just stop by and observe.

:::::MUSIC WEDNESDAY: MAY 11, 18, 25 : JUNE 1, 8, 15

....digital songwriting with everyday material.

:::::DANCE THRUSDAY : : MAY 12, 19, 26 : JUNE 2, 9, 16

....get physcial!

:::::COOKING FRIDAY : MAY 13, 20, 27 : JUNE 3, 10, 17

....Misonicomi, okonomiyaki, onigiri and more....

:::::ART SATURDAY : MAY 14, 21, 28 : JUNE 4, 11, 18

....Nagoya art scene show and tell....

:::::LANGUAGE SUNDAY : MAY 8, 15, 22, 29 : JUNE 5, 12, 19

....Nagoya Ben is Japanese with style!

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The New Chinatown Barber Shop

930 North Hill Street

Los Angeles, CA

Tel: 323.810.8830

lfsl@pacbell.net

May 15 Bast Fiber: Weaving and Cultural Preservation

A Free Symposium by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

While Asia is renowned for its lustrous silks and fine cottons, weavers in many Asian cultures also made hand-woven cloth from bast or leaf fibers (including hemp, ramie, abaca, piña, and others). Today many of these little-known weaving traditions, often on the verge of extinction, have become the subjects of various revival efforts. Join our international panel of researchers and scholars as we explore the links between bast fiber weaving and broader issues of identity and cultural preservation, drawing on new research from seven Asian and Pacific countries.

Schedule:

1:00 Marla C. Berns, Director, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History

1:10 Roy W. Hamilton, Curator of Asian and Pacific Collections, UCLA Fowler Museum

of Cultural History

Introduction

Panel #1

1:30 Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Independent scholar, Potomac, MD

Stemming from the Lotus: Sacred Robes for Buddhist Monks (Burma)

1:55 B. Lynne Milgram, Professor, Faculty of Liberal Studies, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto

Transforming Tradition: Bast Fiber Textiles in the Upland Philippines

2:20 Thuy Thi Thu Tran, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi

Hemp Textiles of the Hmong in Vietnam

2:45 Questions

3:00 Break

Panel #2

3:30 Elizabeth Oley, Doctoral candidate, School of Social and Political Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Ulap Doyo Woven Fibers of East Kalimantan

3:55 Amanda Stinchecum, Independent scholar, Brooklyn, NY

Bashôfu, the Folk Craft Movement, and the Creation of a New Okinawa

4:20 Donald H. Rubinstein, Professor of Anthropology, University of Guam and

Sophiano Limol, President, Pacific Micronesia Corporation, Colonia, Yap

Reviving the Sacred Machi: A Bast Fiber Weaving from Fais Island, Micronesia

4:45 Questions

5:00 Reception, Elizabeth and W. Thomas Davis Courtyard

Sunday, 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room A-139, Fowler Museum

UCLA Campus

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: Fowler Museum admission is FREE.

Special Instructions

Museum Hours: Wed through Sun, noon to 5 PM, Thurs until 8 PM; Closed Mon and Tues. Easy parking is available for $7 in Lot 4. Enter the UCLA campus from Sunset Boulevard @ Westwood.

For more information please contact

Stacey Ravel Abarbanel

Tel: (310) 825-4361

staceyra@arts.ucla.edu

www.fowler.ucla.edu

May 13 Barnsdall Goes to the Libraries! Japanese Print Workshop

This hands-on printmaking workshop presents designs and inking found in Japanese prints. Famous 19th-century Japanese printmakers will be highlighted.This is an art workshop for children ages 6 and up.

3:30 p.m. Atwater Village Branch Library, 3379 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles

COST: Free

SPONSOR: City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Junior Arts Center & Atwater Village Branch Library

INFO: 323-664-1353

May 14 Manzanar Day at the Union Center for the Arts

Join East West Players, LA Artcore, and Visual Communications for a day of performances, short films, panel discussions, art exhibits, and youth activities focused on the Japanese American internment experience during World War II.

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles

Free

SPONSOR: East West Players

INFO: 213-625-7000, www.eastwestplayers.org

May 14 Taiwanese American Heritage Week 2005 - Opening Ceremony

Come celebrate the beginning of the Taiwanese American Heritage Week with the Lion & Dragon Dance, the Youth String Orchestra, a chorus singing Taiwanese folk songs, a fashion show, Taiwanese cuisine, and a karaoke competition.

10:00 a.m. Taiwan Center of Greater Los Angeles, 3001 Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead

Free

SPONSOR: 2005 Taiwanese American Heritage Week Committee

INFO: 626-307-4881

May 14 My Father’s Kite - Never Forget the Holding Hands

This musical program will impart different perspectives, from the traditional to the contemporary, of Taiwan Hakka culture.The event will be presented by the Sum-Gup-Suei Performing Group as part of the Taiwanese American Heritage Week 2005 series.

7:30 p.m. T.E.C.O. 2nd Cultural Center, 9443 Telstar Ave., El Monte

Free

SPONSOR: Sam-Gup-Suei Performing Group

INFO: 626-443-9999

May 14 & 15,Aloha Expo 2005

This is a two-day festival featuring an outdoor marketplace, island cuisine, and continuous Hawaiian and Polynesian music and dance.

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Santa Fe Springs Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Dr., Santa Fe Springs

Free

SPONSOR: Kama’aina Club of Orange County

INFO: 714-675-0989, www.hiccsc.org

Last weekend I saw:

Another amazing performance of Lotus Steps at Royce Hall. This year the Chinese Cultural Dance Club at UCLA attempted to tell the story of the Chinese immigrant experience in dance.

I also went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in West Covina. The festival has been heavily upgraded and may be the premier one in the LA area.

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

May 8 Case of the Slain Fortuneteller Holds Detective Spellbound

Tim Vu knows he shouldn't take the job home with him, but when you're a detective working the kind of murder case he's on, it's hard not to. Especially when seasoned detectives from other departments want to know what's going on.

Dana Parsons

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parsons8may08,1,6813537.column?ctrack=1&cset=true

May 8 Like Japan's, Chinese Textbooks Are Adept at Rewriting History

Official educational materials skip key events that may embarrass the Communist Party.

By Mark Magnier, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-history8may08,1,7876191.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

May 10 THE NATION

Reporters Insist Others, Not They, Be Targeted in Leak Case

By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-reporters10may10,1,1374330.story

May 10 Lane Nakano, 80; Prominent Japanese American Singer and Actor in Film 'Go for Broke1'

By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer