THE APPA Newsletter
July 12, 2005
Obon festival time
http://www.shindharmanet.com/writings/obon2.htm
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/japanesefestivals/a/obonfestival.htm
See This Weekend
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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
Ô05 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
Through
September 4, 2005 Yangtze Remembered: The
River beneath the Lake, Exibition at Fowler Museum.
For hundreds of years, artists, poets and explorers
have been inspired by the beauty and drama of ChinaÕs Yangtze River. In June
2003, some of the riverÕs most famous mountains and cities were partially
submerged by a lake that formed behind the Three Gorges Dam. To prepare for the
inundation, bridges, highways, and apartment buildings were constructed on the
hillsides above the river, 1,500 towns and cities were destroyed, and more than
one million people were moved. ÔYangtze Remembered: The River beneath the
LakeÕÑon view at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History from June 19
through September 4, 2005Ñfeatures fifty black-and-white images by Linda
Butler, whose photographs give viewers access to this stunning region before,
during, and after its transformation.ÔYangtze RememberedÕ will be on view in
the Fowler MuseumÕs Goldenberg Galleria. The Fowler is open Wednesdays through
Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.; and on Thursdays, noon until 8 p.m. The museum is
closed Mondays and Tuesdays. The Fowler Museum, part of UCLAÕs School of the
Arts and Architecture, is located in the north part of the UCLA campus.
Admission is free. Campus parking is available for $8 in Lot 4. For more
information, the public may call (310) 825-4361 or visit fowler.ucla.edu..
Tuesday, July 19, 2005UCLA
Fowler Museum
Los Angeles, CA 90095www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine/?content=cm&cm=current_exhibitions&article_id=1052158426&art=&did=19
May 26-Oct. 10 Japan Goes to the WorldÕs Fairs at the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, www.LACMA.org.
May
15 through January 15, 2006 Milton Quon: A Retrospective
This
retrospective exhibit will showcase the broad range of Milton QuonÕs 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,
QuonÕs career in the commercial arts took him to Walt Disney Studios where he
worked as a designer and painter. From the 1940s to the Ô60s, Quon worked as an
art director at ad agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn. From whimsical
cherubs in DisneyÕs Fantasia to bold advertising posters, QuonÕs commercial
work will be presented alongside the artistÕs 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. LeeÕs poignant
photographic series operates like a photo-essay told through eloquent images of
his motherÕs world, from everyday objects that are imbued with his motherÕs
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
July 16 to Oct 16 From
the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum
July
21 Film - Life Interrupted: Reunion & Remembrance in Arkansas At Japanese
American National Museum. The National Museum presents a preview screening of
excerpts from Life Interrupted: Reunion & Remembrance in Arkansas, a new
production from the National Museum's award-winning Frank H. Watase Media Arts
Center. This documentary captures the journey of more than 1,300 nationwide
participants to Little Rock for a historic conference that examined the
experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated at Jerome and Rohwer during
World War II. Featured stories reflect the history and emotions of a community
forged in the remote, snake-infested swamps of Arkansas more than 60 years
ago.Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Thursday, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Japanese
American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA 90012. Cost: free for
Museum members and free with admission for non-members. Reservations are
required for all programs. Seating is limited. Please call 213-625-0414 to make
reservations.Tel: (213) 625-0414
www.janm.org
July 22 Author Event: Ceclia Hae-Jin Lee with Eating Korean: From
Barbecue to Kimchi ,At Pacific Asia Museum. Ceclia Hae-Jin Lee with Eating
Korean: From Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home
In her new book,
award-winning chef Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee pairs more than 100 delicious authentic
recipes, with Korean customs and traditions and personal family recollections.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Programs are subject to
change. For reservations and program confirmations, please call ext. 20.
Friday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles
Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101. Cost: free to museum members and included
with general admission for non-members. Tel: 626449-2742 (ex. 10)
www.pacificasiamusum.org
July 23 Concert - Hindustani Vocal Music Concert:Rashid Khan At
Thorne Hall, Occidental College. Harmoni Ventures under the artistic direction
of the Music Circle presents an evening concert featuring Rashid Khan
accompanied by Anandogopal Bandopadhyay (tabla) and Jyoti Goho
(harmonium).
Among the younger artists from India, Rashid Khan carries on
the traditional vocal style of the Rampur Sahaswan gharanas. His mastery
of all aspects of tonal variations, dynamics and timbre adjustment leave very
little to be desired in the realm of voice culture. In addition to his polished
vocal technique, he is admired for his infusion of emotional content into his
melodic elaboration in the khayal classical art form. In the face of
evolving musical traditions today, it has been described that in Ustad Rashid
Khan, there is an Ôassurance of the future of Indian vocal musicÕ. Saturday,
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Thorne Hall, Occidental College
Alumni Avenue &
Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041. Reserved seats at $75 and $45 and
unreserved seats at $25 may be made in advance through Sulekha.com and some
local merchants (information at 408-757-4828 or HarmoniVentures@aol.com). Music
Circle members may obtain tickets for unreserved seats for $15 at the door.
Students with valid IDs, $5. (Music Circle membership information: see
www.musiccircle.org, e-mail info@musiccircle.org or call 626-449-6987) Tickets
will be available at the door beginning at 7:30 pm Tel: 626-449-6987 MusicCircle@aol.com, www.MusicCircle.org
July 23 Film - Memento Mori(1999) At Korean Cultural Center. Creative
Cast: Min-sun Kim Yeh-jin
Park Young-jin Lee
Directed by: Tae-Yong Kim
Genre(s):
Thriller
Run Time: 97 min.
Rating: R (MPAA) Synopsis
Min-Ah
discovers a shared diary and is fascinated to learn that two schoolmates she
thought to be close friends have, in fact, begun a forbidden romance. Unable to
tear her eyes away, the secret allure of the diary begins to consume her. When
one of the diary? writers is found dead from an apparent suicide, rumors spread
and Min-Ah begins to sense a strange presence. The once tranquil school is
transformed into a morbid place of terror, as if the journal? words, ?emento
moriá(remember the dead), have taken on life. Saturday, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Korean Cultural Center
5505 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles,
CA 90036, Cost: Free Tel: 323-936-7141
www.kccla.org
July
23 & 24Higashi Hompa Honganji Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
505
E. Third Street, Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, CA, 90013
Call
for event times- (213) 626-4200
E-Mail:
HHonganji-LA@mindspring.com
Website: www.hhbt-la.org/higashi.html
July
23 & 24Southeast Japanese School and Community Center
Annual
Carnival and Ondo (Japanese Dancing)
14615
So. Gridley Road, Norwalk, CA 90650
Saturday-
3 pm- 10 pm (3 pm - 6 pm-entertainment, 7 pm-Odori)
Sunday-
2 pm- 8 pm (2 pm-6 pm- entertainment, 6:30 pm Odori)
For
Information and program call: (562) 863-5996
July
23 & 24 San Fernando Valley Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 7 pm
9450
Remick Ave, Pacoima, CA 91331
Call
for event times- (818) 899-4030
Website: sfvhbt.tripod.com/
July 24 Artist Talk: Yangtze Remembered: The River beneath the Lake At Fowler Museum. Award-winning photographer Linda Butler will discuss her work on display in Yangtze Remembered and describe the changes she witnessed along the Yangtze River between 2000-2003 as a result of the construction of the colossal Three Gorges Dam project. Sunday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM UCLA Fowler Museum Los Angeles, CA 90095www.fowler.ucla.edu/incEngine/?content=cm&cm=current_exhibitions&article_id=1052158426&art=&did=19
July 25 Lecture - Growing Up Filipino, Part of the July Authors on
Asia Programs at the Pacific Asia Museum. Paula Angeles, Cecilia Manguerra
Brainard and Alex Dean Bru will read from and discuss their new collection,
Growing Up Filipino. In this anthology, universal themes of family, angst,
friendship, love and home are viewed anew through Filipino eyes. With
wisdom, honesty, and passion the authors of these 29 fascinating stories recall
the complexities of youth and reveal the broad panorama of contemporary
Filipino culture. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Friday,
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles
Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101. Cost: Free to Pacific Asia Museum
members and children under 12. All others, free with museum general admission
of $5.00, seniors and full time students $3.00. For more information please contact
Pacific Asia Museum Tel: (626)449-2742, ext. 20
www.pacificasiamuseum.org/
July 28 Film - Wishing Stairs(2003) At Korean Cultural Center. A
Korean horror film directed by Jae-yeon Yun. Thursday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Korean Cultural
Center
5505 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036, Cost: Free www.kccla.org
July 28 innara
Taiko, Since its founding in 1969
by members of Senshin Buddhist Temple, Kinnara Taiko has delighted audiences
around the world with its powerful presence, stunning artistry, and exquisite
collection of handcrafted percussion instruments. At the JANM, 7:30PM.
This
series is presented in association with the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
and is sponsored, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
Department.
In
conjunction with the exhibition Big Drum: Taiko in the United States
July
30 & 31 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
2003
Corinth Ave., West Los Angeles, CA 90025
Call
for event times- (310) 477-7274
July 31 Author Event: Ha Roda
with A Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Family Recipes At Pacific Asia Museum. Ha
Roda with A Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Family Recipes
VietnamÕs
diverse terrain and fascinating history have resulted in strong Chinese,
Indian, and French culinary influences yielding delicate and complex flavors.
Ha RodaÕs new book is an easily accessible collection of traditional recipes,
with an introduction to Vietnamese culture and glossary of Vietnamese culinary
terms. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Programs are subject
to change. For reservations and program confirmations, please call ext.
20.Sunday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles
Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101. Cost: free to museum members and included
with general admission for non-members. Tel: 626-49-2742 (ex.10) www.pacificasiamusum.org
August
6 & 7Gardena Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
begins at 6pm
1517
W. 166th Street, Gardena, CA 90247
Website:
http://www.gardenabuddhistchurch.org/
Call
for event times- (310) 327-9400
August
13 & 14 LA Tofu Festival
New Date/ New
Hours
Food
festival featuring Tofu and health with entertainment.
237
San Pedro Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA 90012
For
information call: (213) 473-1602
website:
http://www.tofufest.org
$8.00 admission fee
August
13 & 14 Nisei Week Japanese
Festival at the JACCC
Ikebana
Exhibit- 10 am-5 pm- Doizaki Gallery
Ceramics
Exhibit- 10 am-5 pm- Community Gallery
Doll
Exhibit- 10 am- 5 pm- Second floor
Sword
Exhibit- 10 am- 5pm- Second floor
Martial
arts demonstration- 4 pm-6pm- Plaza
Beer
Garden- 12 noon- 6 pm- Plaza
Website:http://www.niseiweek.org
Email: info@jaccc.org
Aug 13-21 Nisei Week http://www.niseiweek.org/
Aug 13-14 Nisei Week
Anime Festa, Weller Court Shopping Center and Onizuka Street, Little Tokyo.
Includes service in honor of Ellison Onizuka. Call Hiromi Ishimaru at
310-819-7736.
Aug 15 Performance - Grand Presentation of the National Center for
Korean Traditional Performing ArtsSouth Korea's most distinguished traditional
music troupe visits Southern California for one performance only.The NCKTPA is
comprised of 55 members, each of whom plays a specific instrument(s) or
performs a particular style of dance. The five musical performances that will
be played are: Sujecheon (traditional court music composition), Ajaeng Sanjo (a
type of wandering melody played on a seven stringed zither), Sinawi (an instrumental
ensemble), Daegeum solo (a flute solo), and Samullnori (a percussion ensemble).
The three traditional dances that will be performed are: Cheoyongmu
((Mask Dance of the Silla kingdom), Seungmu (Buddhist dance), and Buchaechum
(fan dance). There will be one vocal recital: the Gayageum Byeongchang (12
stringed zither accompanied with voice).Friday, Time: 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
300 East Green Street
(626)
449-7360
Pasadena, CA Cost: Free, ticket required. Tickets are
available for pick-up beginning on August 1st at the Korean Cultural Center.
5505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information please contact Sejung
Kim
Tel: (323) 936-7141
www.kccla.org
Aug
20, 21 Nisei Week at the JACCC
Bonsai
Exhibit- 10 am- 5 pm- Doizaki Gallery
Doll
Exhibit- 10 am- 5 pm- Second floor
Sashiko
and fabric dyeing - 10 am- 5 pm- Community Gallery
Sumie-
10 am- 5 pm- Room 302
Beer
Garden- 10 am- 6 pm- Plaza
For
information call: (312) 680-3700
Email: info@jaccc.org
Aug
25 East LA Taiko
Lead by master drummer Maceo
Hernandez, East LA Taiko marries Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms with driving
taiko beats. This concert, which showcases their latest work, will begin with a
screening of "Maceo: Demon Drummer of East LA", an award-winning film
produced and directed by the National Museum's John Esaki, Director of the
Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center. This series is presented in association with
the National
Center for the Preservation of Democracy and is sponsored, in part,
by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. 7:30PM at the JANM In
conjunction with the exhibition Big Drum: Taiko in the United States. Lead by
master drummer Maceo Hernandez, East LA Taiko marries Afro-Cuban and Caribbean
rhythms with driving taiko beats. This concert, which showcases their latest
work, will begin with a screening of "Maceo: Demon Drummer of East
LA", an award-winning film produced and directed by the National Museum's
John Esaki, Director of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center.
This
series is presented in association with the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
and is sponsored, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
Department.
In conjunction with the
exhibition Big Drum: Taiko in the United States
Aug 27 History of Chado
lecture, part of The Way of Tea series sponsored by Chado Urasenke Los Angeles
Association, by Dr. Herbert Plutschow of UCLA. 1Pm, $25, at the Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center, Garden Rm A, in Little Tokyo. To
reserve a seat send your check to Chado Urasenke Los Angeles Association, 3010
Wilshire Blvd., PMB #276, LA, CA 90010. For info email info@urasenkala.org or call 213-220-5376.
August
27 & 28, [updated dates] 2nd Annual Chinese Food Festival in Los Angeles
Chinatown. To be kept abreast, become a sponsor, a food or exhibit vendor,
email foodfestival@chinatownla.com
or call (213) 680-0243.
Till
Aug. 31, Tanabata, Festival of the Starts at the New Otani Hotel. Call
213Ñ253-9232. Tea Ceremony on Aug 14, 11AM-2PM, $3, Ogasawara Sencha Do
Southern Calif Assoc.
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
Sept
23 "Moon of the Scarlet Plums"- Crazy Horse
Japanese
Noh theatrical experience produced by Theatre of Yugen (San
Francisco) collaboration with American
Indian Dance Theater and Tiny Alice (Tokyo) 8PM, $33
Part of 2005 World Festival of Sacret
Music - Los Angeles
Friday,
8 pm. James Armstrong Theater in
Torrance California
Theatre
of Yugen's world theater production, Moon of the Scarlet Plums, is a Japanese Noh and Native American
collaboration, inspired by the story of the 19th century Oglala Sioux hero,
Crazy Horse. The show is directed by Yuriko Doi, composed by Richard Emmert,
with songs by Darrell Paskimin and choreography by Hanay Gieogamah of the
American Indian Dance Theater, Jane Lind and Masashi Nomura. Written by Erik
Ehn with material from John Neihardt's Cycle of the West and Black Elk Speaks, with potent symbols and evocative performances,
this production crosses cultural boundaries and offers a theatrical experience
that spans space, time and place.
It
evokes the powerful spirit world of Japanese traditional Noh Theatre and Native
American art forms in telling the story of a young Native American who searches
for identity and spiritual vision in our contemporary times. The music and
instrumentation is based on Noh structure and is combined with Native American
singers, drums and flutes.
This
program will be co-presented by the Torrance Cultural Arts Center
Foundation and Collaboration with
Theatre of Yugen and Tiny Alice(Tokyo).
http://www.jtpao.org/upcoming.htm
Oct
7-9 Grand Sumo Las Vegas
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)
July
16 Curator's
tour "Contemporary Korean Ceramics" At Pacific Asia Museum
Exhibition curator Chung Hyun Cho will lead guests on a tour of From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics. Free with museum admission. Space is limited to 30 attendees. Please call ext. 31 to make a reservation.Saturday, : 2:00 PM - 2:45 PMPacific Asia Museum 46 north Los Robles Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101Cost: Free with museum admission. reservation required. Tel: 626-449-2742 (ex.10) www.pacificasiamuseum.org
July
16 & 17 Pasadena Buddhist Temple Obon*
Odori-
7pm each day
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 7 pm
1993
Glen Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91103
For
event times call- (626) 798-4781
website: www.janet.org/~pjci/pasadenabuddhistchurch/pbc.html
July
16 & 17 Venice Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
12371
Braddock Drive, Culver City, CA, 90230
Call
for event times- (310) 391-4351
Website:
http://www.vhbt.org
July
16 & 17 Orange County Buddhist Temple Obon*
Carnival,
cultural performances and exhibits
Odori
(Japanese folk dancing) begins at 6:30 pm both days
909
So. Dale Street, Anaheim, CA 92802
Website:
http://www.bca-ocbc.org
Call for event times-
(714) 827-9590
July 17 Taiko For Families At Japanese American National MuseumThe
National Museum celebrates the opening of Big Drum: Taiko in the United States
with a bang! Join other families for a fun, interactive, and informative taiko
lesson followed by a lively, on-the-spot jam session.This program is sponsored,
in part, by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.In conjunction
with the exhibition Big Drum: Taiko in the United States. Sunday, 1:00 PM -
3:00 PM, Japanese American National Museum
369 East First
Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012. Cost: free for Museum members and free
with admission for non-members. Reservations are required for all programs.
Seating is limited. Please call 213-625-0414 to make reservations. www.janm.org
Last weekend I went to: Zenshuji Obon Carnival
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Links to
selected articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may
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July 11 HE BOMBINGS IN
LONDON
List
of Missing Is as Diverse as London Itself
The
attacks unite the multicultural city in anger and grief. 'These criminals are
the enemies of all of us,' a Muslim leader says.
By
Carol J. Williams, Times Staff Writer
July 11 Unocal Bid Tests
U.S.' China Ties
Blocking
CNOOC's offer could trigger a backlash against American firms eager to invest
in Asia.
By
Don Lee, Times Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-uschina11jul11,1,3258417.story
July 8 China Marks Japan's
World War II Invasion
Beijing
honors those who died after the incursion 68 years ago. The commemorations come
at a time of tense relations with Tokyo.
From Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chijapan8jul08,1,2060704.story
July 6 PASSINGS
Gu
Yue, 68; Actor Portrayed Mao in 84 Films, TV Shows
From Times wire services
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-passings6.1jul06,1,7172269.story
July
3 JAMES FLANIGAN:
Immigrants
Benefit U.S. Economy Now as Ever
The
Fourth of July weekend seems like a good time to examine some of the heat and
rhetoric lately surrounding one of the basic building blocks of our society:
immigration.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flan3jul03,1,7560743.column