THE APPA Newsletter
May 3, 2005
Leroy Chiao, ISS
Commander:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chiao.html
http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Chiao-Leroy.html
Cinco de Mayo
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.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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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
March 17-June 19 The Art
of the Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition exhibit at the Pacific Asia
Museum
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 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, na•ve and
ultimately discovers that her husbandÕs 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
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 parentsÕ 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
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 artistsÑand the artsÑto 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 CHILDRENÕS 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 20 Asian & Pacific Islander Festival, 2-4PM, Angelus
Plaza, 255 S. Hill St., Downtown LA, Hill Street Courtyard, free,
213-623-4352x327
May 21 St. MaryÕs 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 5th 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
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
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
ÒRANGOLI FESTIVALÓ
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 ÒPigs from the SeaÓ at El Camino CollegeÕs 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 Ò Korea Ó. 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 Ð 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)
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 Arigato Bazaar, Centenary United Methodist Church, 300 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles
(Little Tokyo) (213)617-9097 10AM-4PM
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)
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
May 7 Spring Festival of World Music At Hammer Museum
SPRING FESTIVAL OF WORLD MUSIC 2005
Featuring student ensembles from the UCLA Department of
Ethnomusicology
Saturday, May 7
2pm Music of Korea Ensemble
Dongsuk Kim, director
Saturday, 1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
1089 Wilshire Blvd
(corner of Wilshire and Westwood)
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: 310-443-7000
May 7 Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter
UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club presents its sixth annual
performance
The UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club presents its sixth
annual dance performance, "Lotus Steps 2005," UCLA's Royce Hall.
Admission is free.
"Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter" is the result of a year of organization, preparation, and rehersal by members of the Chinese Cultural Dance Club. It will feature an original approach to the expression of Chinese culture by combining various forms of performing arts into Chinese cultural dance. Act I will present ten traditional dances of various regions and peoples of China, including the Dai, Han, Tibetan, Mongols, and Taiwanese aborigines, as well as dance from the royal court. Act II, titled "America!" will present five contemporary Chinese cultural dances accompanied by narration of five true stories that speak to the diverse personal experiences of Chinese-Americans. The stories were written and narrated by the authors, who are members of friends of CCDC. An original orchestral composition written by Chinese-American composer Alexander Lu specifically for "America!" will be performed by the outstanding Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra and the award-winning South Bay Children's Choir. Other guest performers are young dancers aged six to nine from Families with Children from China, Southern California (FCC-SoCal), and musicians from the L.A. Quintonix Chinese Instrument Ensemble. "Lotus Steps, 2005" will feature a cast of over two hundred performers.
The Chinese Cultural Dance Club is an official student
organization at UCLA with the mission ofsharing Chinese culture through dance.
Saturday 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions Tickets can be obtained at the Central Ticket
Office starting on Monday, April 25, 2005. Standby tickets are available the
day of the event.
Screening - "Delamu" and "This Happy Life"
Part of the "Contemporary Mainland Chinese Films" Series
at UCLA
(Cha Ma Gudao: Delamu) (2004, China/Japan) Directed by Tian
Zhuangzhuang, 35mm, 108 min.
For his latest opus, "Fifth Generation" director Tian Zhuangzhuang demonstrates the same passion for exploring the lives (and spirituality) of non-Han minorities as in his landmark film THE HORSE THIEF (1986). Armed with high-definition digital cameras, he set out to document the Chinese-Tibetan origins of the "Tea Horse Route" that connects Yunnan to India via the Himalayas. Despite the awe-inspiring landscapes, Tian is clearly more fascinated by the people he encounters: a Christian pastor from the Lisu tribe, a young monk who discovers the seduction of the flesh in a dance hall, a 104-year-old woman remembering the men who courted her, and a young teacher refusing a proposal of marriage.
Presented in Mandarin and Tibetan dialogue with English subtitles.
THIS HAPPY LIFE
(Xing Fu Sheng Huo) (2002, China) Directed by Jiang Yue, Beta-SP,
93 min.
Drawing a finely tuned portrait of masculinity in crisis, this
lively vŽritŽ documentary captures intimate details of the lives of two
train-station workers in Zhengzhou (Hunan province). Fu Jiansheng has developed
a special bond with his son after the untimely death of his young wife. Liu
Yongli,happily married and father to a little boy, goes into debt to buy a new
apartment. Caught in quiet moments (at home, sharing a meal, fishing together),
the men talk about loneliness, downsizing, unrequited longings; they even shed
a few tears. Jiang Yue's masterful editing constructs a seamless, elegant tale
of private dilemmas amidst the hustle and bustle of an overcrowded station.
Presented in Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.
Time: 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/
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
M
ay 8 Screening - The Missing
Part of the "In Our Time: New Chinese Cinema" Series at
UCLA
(Bu Jian) (2003) Directed by Lee Kang-sheng, 35mm, 82 min.
Actor Lee Kang-sheng, longtime alter ego of director Tsai
Ming-liang, makes his own directorial debut with this spare and contemplative
study of loneliness and alienation in modern-day Taipei. Parallel plotlines
alternate between a woman frantically searching for her toddler grandson and a
teenager's desultory pursuit of his missing grandfather. The stripped-down
story and austere visual style echo Tsai's recent minimalism, perhaps because
THE MISSING was originally meant to be one-half of a diptych film, the other
half of which became Tsai's GOODBYE, DRAGON INN. But Lee has put his own stamp
on THE MISSING. "[I]ts flavor is subtly different: less absurdist, less
droll, more emotive." (Tony Rayns) The roundelay of disconnected
characters adrift in an undistinguished cityscape is summed up in a final coda
that is as strangely evocative as it is precisely the right note.
Producer: Liang Hung-chih. Screenwriter: Lee Kang-sheng.
Cinematographer: Liao Pen-jung. Editor: Chen Sheng-chang. Cast: Lu Yi-ching,
Miao Tien, Chang Chea. Presented in Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.
In person: Lee Kang-sheng
Sunday 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA
James Bridges Theatre
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: $7 General Admission; $5 Students
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
Last
weekend I saw:
The
Toyo Miyatake photo exhibit at the
JACCC. Photos from the 1932 Olympics, dancers, movie starts, 1950s Nisei Week,
and Manzanar. A must see.
Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
sign up for a free account.
May 3 QUICK TAKES
TV study finds few Asian roles
From
Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-et-quick3.4may03,1,7112630.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
May 1 THINKING OUT LOUD / IMMIGRATION
One More
Embrace, Then Slam the Door
By James P. Smith, James P. Smith holds the chair in labor markets
and demographic studies at Rand Corp. He led a panel for the National Academy of
Sciences on the economic and tax effects of immigration.
May 1 They Put All Hope in Tiny Boats
A Boat's U.S.
Tour Rekindles Memories of Fleeing Vietnam.
By Rachana
Rathi, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boat1may01,1,4432218.story
May 1 THINKING OUT LOUD / IMMIGRATION
This Land Is Whose Land?
America's
Wild West can't afford Europe's wimpy xenophobia, this young Muslim says.
By Irshad
Manji, Toronto-based journalist Irshad Manji is author of "The Trouble
With Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith." She is also
host of "Big Ideas" on Canadian television.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-islam1may01,1,3708363.story
May 1 THINKING OUT LOUD / IMMIGRATION
Born in
Countries Other Than the U.S.A.
By Celeste
Fremon, Celeste Fremon is a Border Justice fellow at USC Annenberg's Institute
for Justice and Journalism and the author of "G-Dog and the
Homeboys."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-springsteen1may01,1,57871.story
April 30 BELIEFS
Immigrants Fertile Soil for Mennonites
The church's
Southland membership was once declining and mainly white. Now 94% Asian,
African or Latino, it has doubled in 20 years.
By K. Connie
Kang, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs30apr30,1,6239750.story
April 30 COMMENTARY
A Call to
Action in Koreatown
By Edward
J.W. Park and Won-il Kim
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-vo-park30apr30,1,141726.story
May 2 COMMENTARY
My Grandfather and the Bomb
For James B. Conant's family,
Los Alamos was a grim morality tale.
By Jennet Conant
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