THE APPA Newsletter

August 23, 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

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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

Through October 16, From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics

At Pacific Asia Museum

This compelling exhibition brings together some of the finest contemporary Korean ceramics in one of the largest surveys of works to come to North America. From the Fire assembles Korean ceramic artists whose pieces blend traditional techniques with new influences and innovative methods to create both functional and sculptural works. The works, dating from the 1990s through 2003, reveal the adventurous spirit of Korea’s ceramic tradition developed through thousands of years. Tradition is the undercurrent that shapes most of the issues and dialogue in contemporary Korean ceramics. “What can the ceramics of the past teach us today, and how are we continuing with the ceramic skills passed down from our ancestors? How has function changed in ceramics in a time when our lives have become deeply influenced by Western concepts?” From the Fire looks at these issues through this synthesis of contemporary Korean ceramics.

Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Pacific Asia Museum 46 N Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

Cost: $ 7 adults, $ 5 students

www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/jsword.htm

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 China’s Yangtze River. In June 2003, some of the river’s 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. ‘Yangtze Remembered: The River beneath the Lake’—on view at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History from June 19 through September 4, 2005—features fifty black-and-white images by Linda Butler, whose photographs give viewers access to this stunning region before, during, and after its transformation.‘Yangtze Remembered’ will be on view in the Fowler Museum’s 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 UCLA’s 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 World’s 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 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

Till Aug. 31, Tanabata, Festival of the Starts at the New Otani Hotel. Call 213—253-9232. Tea Ceremony on Aug 14, 11AM-2PM, $3, Ogasawara Sencha Do Southern Calif Assoc.

September 01, Shangri-La, Exhibition at UCLA Hammer Museum  through October 16, 2005. Patty Chang’s video installation will examine the concept of Shangri-La, or Heaven-on-Earth, and is inspired by James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, and the artist’s experiences in China.About the Exhibition Patty Chang’s video installation examines the idea of Shangri-La, the mythical hamlet of James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon. The novel and the subsequent film by Frank Capra (1937) propelled the notion of Shangri-La into the collective cultural vocabulary. In 1997, a rural farming town in South Central China near the Tibetan border began to declare itself the place upon which Hilton’s Shangri-La was based. Subsequently a dozen other towns in the area claimed that they were the real Heaven-On-Earth, resulting in a relentless marketing battle until the Chinese government intervened by officially naming one town Shangri-La. Chang’s Shangri-La is about the reality and fiction inherent in the idea of a place that exists in both real and mythical incarnations. Her work explores the idea of making a real journey to an imaginary place.The installation centers on a video approximately thirty minutes in length, shot on location in Shangri-La. A number of other elements are in an adjacent gallery, primarily a large sculpture of a mirrored mountain mounted on a rotating platform. Chang describes this sculpture as “kind of a giant sacred mountain prayer wheel crossed with a disco ball.”The exhibition is organized by Russell Ferguson, chief curator at the Hammer Museum.   Free Admission to all Hammer Museum exhibitions and public programs from June 7 through September 4, 2005. Thursday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PMUCLA Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA 90095 Cost: Free, Hours Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 11am-7 pm Thu, 11am-9 pm Sun, 11am-5 pm. hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu www.hammer.ucla.edu/

Sept 3-5 PMX The Crossroads of Asian Pop Culture

Pacific Media Expo (PMX) is a new generation of convention for a new generation of fans! PMX brings the cutting edge of Asian entertainment to America, whether it is the newest anime from Japan, the hottest bands from the Pacific Rim, or the most creative fusion of sports and martial arts in Hong Kong history. PMX seeks to create an entertainment community for artists, industry, and their fans.

Things to See and Do at PMX

Admire the beautiful artwork on display at the Daisuke Moriyama Exhibit, and bid on "one of a kind" items in our Charity Auction.

Watch an energetic performance by our "Talagang Crazy" Comedian Guest of Honor Rex Navarrete, or move to the music of our annual Concert Series.

Shop till you drop in our Exhibit Hall and enjoy the diversity of art and media in our Artists Market, then relax in our Gamers Lounge, and see an Airsoft or Martial Arts demonstration.

Bring a camera! Fans roam our halls in costume, and many of them enjoy being photographed when they are not strutting their stuff on stage in our Cosplay Festival.

Be educated and entertained in one of our many Panel or Workshop presentations. See your favorite artists and musicians in person. Hear them speak about their work, answer questions, and even offer autographs!

Whet your appetite for the latest in imported Asian video, with our Anime and Asian Cinema programming tracks.

At night, enjoy Dining and Entertainment just across the street at The Pike, or sing your heart out for fun and prizes in our Karaoke room.

Pacific Media Expo is being held Labor Day Weekend (September 3rd - 5th, 2005) in Long Beach, California, at the Long Beach Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Long Beach, and Renaissance Hotel Long Beach.

Adult, paid by 08/20

$40 Three Day $20 One Day

Adult, At-the-door

$40 Three Day $20 One Day

Child (12 or under*) $15

$15http://www.pacificmediaexpo.com/

Sep 10 Loving Leslie: A Tribute to Leslie Cheung At USC University Park Campus, Eileen Norris Theatre

Asian Film Foundation and USC Cinema & Television (Critical Studies), in association with Miramax Films, Maggi Taste of Asia, and Tai Seng Entertainment are proud to present Loving Leslie: A Tribute to Leslie Cheung, featuring the films of one of Hong Kong’s most beloved icons.

12:00 pm Okinawa-Rendezvous (2000, 35mm color, 99 min)  In Cantonese, Japanese and English with English subtitles.  A smart and sexy romantic comedy, Okinawa Rendez-vous starts out like lazy summer fluff, but with its gorgeous, all-star cast this souffle is finally very satisfying indeed.

Tony Leung Ka-fai is Dat, a bewildered, frustrated police file clerk yearning for a chance to make a name for himself in the department and to escape his mundane relationship with his long-suffering girlfriend (played by the lovely Gigi Lai). He gets his break while vacationing in Okinawa, when he spots an international thief (the suave Leslie Cheung) who has just stoken a Yakuza's personal diary and is waiting for his cash to surface. Both men meet up with Faye Wong, a mysterious but hauntingly beautiful barkeep who happens to have a duffel bag full of cash.

While the subtitles sometimes miss the mark in capturing their nuanced performances, the exchanges between Tony (at his wackiest) and the highly charismatic Cheung are not to be missed.

2:00 pm Intermission and Charity Function

3:00 pm Farewell My Concubine (1993, 35mm color, 172 min) In Mandarin with English subtitles. What has been said about this sweeping historical epic is all true - ambitious, lavish, shocking and masterful. Spanning 53 years of China's history, Farewell to My Concubine is the intimate story of boyhood friends who endure brutal apprenticeship to become world famous Peking Opera stars by playing the male and female leads onstage. Their hardships and tumultuous relationship parallel the changing politics and culture of a China giving birth to a new nation.

Leslie Cheung is bewitching as the delicate Douzi, who must hide his homosexual obsession for the older, masculine Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) by becoming his most famous character: A concubine who would rather slit her own throat than leave her king upon his dethronement. The two friends are inseparable until the oblivious Xiaolou takes a former prostitute (played by the luminous Gong Li) as his wife.

ADVANCE TICKETS Seats are limited so purchase your tickets through paypal and you can pick them up at will-call. Please enter the total amount for all the tickets and put ticket quantity in the comments box. 

Saturday,12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

USC University Park Campus, Eileen Norris Theatre 3507 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: General admission $10, Students/Seniors $8

Special Instructions

Gate Entry 5, Parking Lot P ($7.00)/Jefferson Blvd Entrance at McClintock Avenue.)

www.asianfilm.org/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=104

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/

Sept 17 From the Japanese Impressionist printers of 18th Century: Japanese Woodblock Print Demonstrations

At Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

The Japan Foundation is pleased to announce that we will have Japanese Woodblock Print Demonstrations this September.

Japanese traditional woodblock printing is widely considered to be a world-class art form. We will invite two lecturers and one printer from the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints in Japan and they will travel to 7 cities (including 4 cities in California) in the Western United States for lecture/demonstrations. These rare events will provide an in-depth view of traditional Japanese printmaking, demonstrating the printing process through one of Japan's most famous images, Katsushika Hokusai's "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa".

The original woodcarving of this striking image was recently rediscovered in the vault of a Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the skilled artisans of the Adachi Institute were chosen to make new prints from the original. The artisans will show this valuable technique to the public by recreating the image in full, showing the many steps involved in the printing process, finally revealing the image's original, vibrant colors.

Saturday, 1:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center 244 South San Pedro St Los Angeles, CA 90012

For more information please contact

Mr. Hirokazu Kosaka Tel: (213) 628-2725 ext. 127

Sept 17-Oct 2 2005 World Festival of Sacred Music - Los Angeles

At Los Angeles

1000 artists, 43 events, 16 days

"...one of the planet's biggest and most intriguing world-music festivals." - New York Times, May 2005

With the success of the 1999 and 2002 World Festival of Sacred Music - Los Angeles (WFSM-LA), a powerful coalition of arts, faith, cultural, community, and environmental groups announce the 2005 Festival. WFSM-LA is the largest citywide Festival in Los Angeles offering forty-three events over sixteen days in venues across Los Angeles region from September 17th to October 2nd.

From the Throat singers of Tuva, Siberia to music from the Czech Republic, Korea, Thailand, Mexico, and the magnificent diversity of Los Angeles artists - the Festival provides opportunities for you to cross boundaries of religion, class, culture, race, and language, to share cultural traditions and to contemplate the spiritual, ethical and ecological questions of our times.

The 43 events in the Festival are an invitation to our many communities to witness music both familiar and new. Through music, each person in the audience can expand their definition of who they are as members of this city, go beyond the familiar, and explore the potential of intercultural and interfaith collaboration.

History:  The first Festival was initiated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1999 to mark the millennium with a message of peace, cultural understanding, and spirituality: the goal was to present the Festival on four continents. Building on the success of the “Americas” Festival, the LA organizing partners - UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, Earthways Foundation, and the Foundation for World Arts - committed to the creation of a new Festival in 2002 and every three years thereafter.

In 1999 & 2002 this non-commercial, community oriented, citywide Festival had a combined estimated attendance of 90,000 people.

10:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Various Locations Los Angeles, CA

www.festivalofsacredmusic.org

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

September 22-25 32nd Annual Los Angeles Korean Festival

Seoul International Park in Koreatown, Los Angeles

3250 San Marino St, Los Angeles, CA 90006-1315

In addition to the commemoration of the 100th year Korean immigration, we invite you to join us in our celebration as 2005 marks our 32nd anniversary of the Los Angeles Korean Festival with improved programs and entertainment. We would also like to extend a heart-felt thank you for your participation throughout past 30 years.

The Los Angeles Korean Festival is a tool for which people are encouraged to come together, share culture and get a better understanding of their fellow neighbors. The Festival is a not-for-profit organization and is solely committed, in enriching the lives of the community and all of Los Angeles. LAKFF has continued to run its primary goals, to advocate the awareness of the Korean culture and promote racial tranquility all throughout Los Angeles.

The festival is an important project for the merits and values that it maintains. This particular festival acts as a gateway for the community to interact with one another. The Festival begins on Thursday, September 22nd 2005 at 11:00am kicking off the celebration with an opening ceremony at 6:00pm and our street carnival fair beginning Friday afternoon continuing until Sunday. The carnival is located adjacent to the park. Within the park our more popular attractions are located such as our performing main stage, business expo and international food court.

There are over 190 business expo booths selling or introducing their product or service to our attendees. The festival is open to general public and free of charge including our concerts and performances on the main stage. Many companies have found our promotional booth a vital tool as a way to introduce their company identity to our attendees; these promotional booths offer the interaction with the consumers that other forms of advertising don't. Along with the expo booths, firms also find useful to advertise in our program booklet (color 8.5" X11"), which is handed out to all our attendees. The program booklet contains the festival's event schedule and photo showcase along with companies' advertisements.

The Korean parade is one of Saturday's main attractions it showcases local and citywide organizations as well as our more involved sponsors. You may use the parade to strengthen your company name or your advertising campaign. The parade is one of the many important medians of promotion that the Los Angeles Korean Festival offers that your company can utilize to outreach to the people of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Outline of 4-Day Festival

Day 1

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Market Fair 11 AM - 11PM

(International foods and Merchandise for sale).

Games & Carnival rides Open 2PM-11PM

All Day World Culture performances. 4PM-11PM

Opening Ceremony / VIP Reception 7:00pm

(City & Government officials present for Ceremonies)

Day 2 Friday, September 23, 2005 Market Fair 11AM - 11PM  Stage Performances 2PM-11PM Shows include popular performers from Korea and United States 3rd World Culture Talent Show; open to public Games & Carnival rides Open 2PM-11PM

Day 3 Saturday, September 24, 2005 Korean Parade (Olympic Blvd. between Vermont & Western Ave.) 3PM All Day World Culture performances. 12PM-11PM  Market Fair 11AM-11PM Games & Carnival rides 12PM-11PM

Day 4 Sunday, September 25, 2005 Market Fair 11AM-11PM  All Day World Culture performances. 12PM-11PM Games & Carnival rides 12PM-11PM Closing Ceremony / VIP Reception 7:00pm (City & Government officials present for Ceremonies)

Food offered during the festivities include various tradional, popular Korean dishes, Korean snacks, drinks, and many other specialty items.

Parking and Directions: Seoul International Park, 3250 San Marino St, Los Angeles, CA 90006

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 1 Shangri-La

Exhibition at UCLA Hammer Museum  through October 16, 2005

Patty Chang’s video installation will examine the concept of Shangri-La, or Heaven-on-Earth, and is inspired by James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon, and the artist’s experiences in China.

About the Exhibition Patty Chang’s video installation examines the idea of Shangri-La, the mythical hamlet of James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon. The novel and the subsequent film by Frank Capra (1937) propelled the notion of Shangri-La into the collective cultural vocabulary. In 1997, a rural farming town in South Central China near the Tibetan border began to declare itself the place upon which Hilton’s Shangri-La was based. Subsequently a dozen other towns in the area claimed that they were the real Heaven-On-Earth, resulting in a relentless marketing battle until the Chinese government intervened by officially naming one town Shangri-La. Chang’s Shangri-La is about the reality and fiction inherent in the idea of a place that exists in both real and mythical incarnations. Her work explores the idea of making a real journey to an imaginary place.

The installation centers on a video approximately thirty minutes in length, shot on location in Shangri-La. A number of other elements are in an adjacent gallery, primarily a large sculpture of a mirrored mountain mounted on a rotating platform. Chang describes this sculpture as “kind of a giant sacred mountain prayer wheel crossed with a disco ball.”

The exhibition is organized by Russell Ferguson, chief curator at the Hammer Museum.   Free Admission to all Hammer Museum exhibitions and public programs from June 7 through September 4, 2005.

Saturday, Time: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

UCLA Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Hours Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 11am-7 pm Thu, 11am-9 pm Sun, 11am-5 pm

hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu www.hammer.ucla.edu/

Oct 7-9 Grand Sumo Las Vegas

Nov 5 The 18th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Recarving China's Past: "Wu Family Shrines" and the Story of the Stones

At the UCLA Fowler Museum

Cary Y. Liu, Curator of Asian Art Princeton University Art Museum

The history of the Wu family shrines begins with a conspicuous absence. Before the Song dynasty (960-1279) there is no textual or visual record of any stone carving or cemetery structures belonging to a Wu family in Shandong. In the Song, rubbings and textual descriptions became the basis for an assemblage that first came to be known as the Wu family shrines. The assemblage was comprised primarily of four stele and one gate-pillar inscriptions, and, secondly, a few pictorial stones. This assemblage only became associated with actual stones after Huang Yi's claimed rediscovery of the cemetery stones in 1786. Since that rediscovery, however, scholarship has, with few exceptions, relied on rubbings and received editions of Song texts to reinforce the recognized assemblage as the Wu family shrines. This talk looks at the history of the stones themselves and their architecture to show that the story they tell may not match the traditional assemblage.

Cary Y. Liu is Curator of Asian Art at the Princeton University Art Museum. A specialist in Chinese architectural history and art history, he has M.Arch and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. Recent exhibitions for which he has been curator include: Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology, and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines (2005), Providing for the Afterlife: "Brilliant Artifacts" for Shandong (2005), Seeing Double: Copies and Copying in the Arts of China" (2001), and The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection (1999). Among his publications are contributions to Art of the Sung and Yuan: Ritual, Ethnicity, and Style in Painting (1999), and the journals Hong Kong University Museum Journal, Oriental Art, Orientations, and T'oung Pao. His most recently published essay, "Chinese Architectural Aesthetics: Patterns of Living and Being between Past and Present," can be found in House, Home, Family: Living and Being Chinese (2005, Knapp and Lo, eds.).

The Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures on Chinese Art and Archaeology are sponsored by the UCLA Asia Institute and funded by the Lee Family Foundation. The series began in 1982 to commemorate the 80th birthday of Sammy Yukuan Lee, a noted collector and authority on Chinese art, particularly lacquers, textiles, and ceramics. Mr. Lee is now in his 103rd year and remains an active art collector. The lectures have been held annually in recent years and this year’s event is the 18th in the series. The lecture is cosponsored by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.

A list of previous lectures is available online.

Parking on the UCLA campus is $8. The lecture and museum admission are free and open to the public. A reception with refreshments will follow the talk.

Please call 310-825-0007 or write asia@international.ucla.edu for more information.

IMAGE ABOVE: "Sleeve Dancer," from the Western Han dynasty (206 bce - 8 ce), earthenware with pigments, approximately 41 cm tall, from a private collection. Photo courtesy of the Princeton University Art Museum.

Saturday,: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: Free, RSVP appreciated but not required.

Tel: 310-825-5007 asia@international.ucla.edu www.international.ucla.edu/asia

Nov 18 to Feb 12, 2006 Place/Displace, Three Generations Taiwanese Art exhibit at the Pacific Asia Museum

NOV. 19th (Sat) & 20th (Sun), JAPAN EXPO 2005, Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall A

 APAN EXPO is the largest US-Japan event that was initially started in an effort to strengthen the ties of friendship with the United States. Last year we have successfully concluded our 25th anniversary and we thank you for your continuous support, as we could not have come this far without your cooperation and devotion.

We are committed to advance our two great nations, U.S – Japan relationship to the next level.

A wide-range of exhibits is in store for the The 26th JAPAN EXPO as well as presentation of Japanese traditional culture, handicrafts, and various regional products.

We will also introduce Japan’s latest technology, such as game softwares, comics and high-efficiency “Made in Japan” products. We will also provide a section where attendees can relish in the aesthetics of Japanese cuisine. On the main stage of Japan Expo there will be some of Japan’s traditional performances that will be presented in a grand style, thus far, a program that is rich in content. In 2005, we are planning to invite one of the KABUKI master for their unforgettable performances.

The JAPAN EXPO attracted more than 30,000 consumers in 2004, and we expect to surpass that number, it will give you a new exposure that will be beneficial to you. We believe it is an excellent venue to test market your products and services. http://www.japanexpo.org/

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This Weekend (and earlier)

August 21 and Septempber 18 Katsudo Shashin (Moving Pictures): Japanese Classic Films Return to Little Tokyo"

This series of classic Japanese film showcases rarely screened post-war Japanese masterpieces by some of Japan's most revered directors: Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ishikawa and Masaki Kobayashi.

All films are in Japanese with English subtitles. Film selections are subject to change.

August 21,1pm "Shin Heike Monogatari" ("The Tale Heike") 1955 Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi The timeless Ichikawa Raizo, the quintessential samurai actor who made more than 150 films before his death at age 37 stars in this film. This graceful period film deals with the central themes of ethics, honor, and loyalty clash amongst the military and noble classes.

August 21, 5pm "Seppuku" ("Harakiri)" 1962 Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Starring Nakadai Tatsuya, the dark subject of suicide in "Seppuku" is contrasted by its picture-perfect black and white imagery and strikingly beautiful cinematography.

September 18, 1pm "Makioka Sisters" 1983 Directed by Kon Ishikawa Four sisters return to Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms in this sensuously beautiful film by acclaimed director, Kon Ichikawa. The "Makioka Sisters" is a vivid portrayal of fading cultural traditions, drawing visual parallels between the sisters' activities and the dramatic seasonal variations in Japan.

Sunday, Aratani/Japan America Theatre

$7 General Admission

$5 JACCC Members and Students with ID, day of Screening

Festival Package - All 3 Films $18 General Admission $12 JACCC Members, Groups of 10 or more

Through August 28, The Eternal World of Cinema: Transcending Time and Space At Japanese American Culture and Community Center

Yoko Sugi Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange Project Presents: "The Eternal World of Cinema: Transcending Time and Space"

This exhibit invites you to visit the golden era of Japanese cinema from the 1940s to the 1960s. Actress Yoko Sugi in collaboration with art director Hirokazu Kosaka presents various props from film sets, costumes, posters, memorabilia. This exhibit hopes to visualize the power cinema has in transending time and space.

Japanese American Culture and Community Center  244 S. San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Cost: Free

Time: Tues-Fri: noon-5pm, Sat & Sun: 11am-4pm, Mon: closed

Tel: 213-628-2725 ext. 127

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 26 Joseph Ileto Speaker Series presents Helen Zia. In partnership with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, the Japanese American National Museum is proud to host this conversation with award winning journalist, author, and activist, Helen Zia. A tireless advocate for the rights of Asian Americans, women, gays, and lesbians, Zia shares the lessons of her work and vision for the future.

Named after Filipino American postal worker and hate crime victim, Joseph Ileto, this annual speakers series features diverse voices of those working to end the pernicious effects of prejudice and bias. www.janm.org

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, Korean Dance Festival At John Anson Ford Amphitheatre Ten companies and solo artists from the U.S. and Asia,including National Treasures, will perform at the annual traditional dance fest. Presented by Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy. Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Academy's aim is to teach second generation Koreans living in the United States about their true roots and strive to instill a sense of pride in Koreans that have lost, or are unsure of their heritage. The Academy networks with other Korean dance academies in the U.S. and Canada and hosts an annual workshop for instructors across the nation. Under the direction of Jung Im Lee, the Academy, started in 1994, has more than 200 students, ranging in age from 4 to 70. Saturday, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PMJohn Anson Ford Amphitheatre 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. E. Hollywood, CA 90068Cost: $20-$40 Tel: 323-461-3673

August 27 Special 25th Anniversary Celebration! Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe

Ho'olaule'a. A Celebration of Hawaiian Culture! Hawaiian arts and Crafts vendors. Live Entertainment Very special Hawaiian Jam with special Guest artists following the concert on the Plaza

Includes a post performance reception/Kanikapila following the Ho'ike on the JACCC Plaza

Saturday, at 11am - 6pm Aratani/Japan America Theatre

Admission Free

August 27 Special 25th Anniversary Celebration! Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe

Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe

Special guest appearances by:

Master Kumu Hula - Uncle George Naope Pua Kanahele

Nalani Kanaka fole Zane, Dr. Taupouri Tangaro (aka Kaipo Frias

Kekuhi Kanae - Keali'I kanaka'ole, Kaumaka fiwa Kanaka fole

Traditional Hula as well as contemporary work by Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe/Na Pua me ke aloha. A Ho'ike (show) that celebrates the halau (hula school)'s 25th anniversary.

A special celebration to commemorate the 25th anniversaries of Hula Halu 'O Lilinoe and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.

Saturday at 3pm Aratani/Japan America Theatre

$25 General admission advance sales

$30 at the door

$20 JACCC Members

Aug 27-28 Slippery shrimp, tangerine chicken, Singapore noodles, and mouth-watering barbecue will be featured as over 30 Chinatown restaurants, culinary

experts, and chefs congregate for the second annual Chinese Food Festival

The festival will showcase such renowned establishments as Empress Pavilion, together with many smaller "best kept secret" restaurants. Cooking demonstrations featuring Chinese chefs, beer and wine samplings, cultural entertainment, children's games, craft booths, and more will ensure fun for the whole family.

The 2005 Chinese Food Festival will take place in the heart of Chinatown at  943-951 North Broadway (Central Plaza), an easy stroll from Chinatown's  Metro Gold Line Station. Festival hours are Saturday from 10-8pm and Sunday  from 11-6pm.The festival promises to be one of the best bargains in town!

General Admission price $10

Seniors (60+) $8

youths (5-12) $6  and children under 5 are free. (Includes 2 food tastings except for kids under 5.) A $2 discount is offered on the General Admission price only with proof of riding public transportation to the festival. (Does not apply to Senior or Youth admission.)

For more details call (213) 680-0243, visit or www.chinatownla.com"Dine Around Chinatown" Progressive Dinner: August 17, 2005  Taste dishes from the following featured Chinatown restaurants:CBS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT: Salad seafood roll, large prawns with honey walnut, deep fried whole scallops Chinese style, and grey sole cooked double style.

CHOW FUN: TBA Cost is TBA (includes food, wine, tax and gratuity)

Reserve your space now at (213) 680-0243 or foodfestival@chinatownla.com.

August 28, LISA SEE with "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"

In 19th century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote region of Hunan developed their own secret code for communication - "nu shu" (women's writing).

In her new novel, based on this real and secret world that has only recently disappeared, Lisa See relates the compelling story of a woman whose life was shaped by early suffering and the friendship that helped her survive. Light refreshments and book signing follow. Sunday,

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA

Tel: (626) 449-2742, ext. 20, www.pacificasiamuseum.org

Last weekend I went to:

The last day of the Nisei Week Festival and

I went to see the movie The World. This movie looks at the lives of workers in a giant theme park near Beijing. Unnecessarily tragic ending but a verty interesting portrait of young people from the countryside who’ve come to the big citiy to make their fortunes. The park, called World Park, is a real place and you can research it on the internet. http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Tour/ScenicSpots/t20040817_158825.htm

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Aug 23 THE STATE

New Faces, Old Hands Reflect Mayor's Agenda

Villaraigosa chooses outsiders as well as government veterans for city commissions.

By Patrick McGreevy, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-mayor23aug23,1,886709.story

Aug 22 George Kiriyama, 74; Career Educator

By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer

George Kiriyama, a career teacher and principal who served a single four-year term on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, has died. He was 74.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-kiriyama22aug22,1,3070206.story

Aug 22 Graduation Day, Six Decades Late

Now in their 70s and 80s, Japanese Americans interned during WWII don caps and gowns for high school ceremony.

By Lisa Richardson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nisei22aug22,1,5476238.story

Aug 22 GLOBAL REPORT / FINANCIAL TIMES

Brands Cater to Muslim Buyers

By Meg Carter, Financial Times

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-muslims22aug22,1,6586982.story

Aug 22 THE NATION

Vietnam Dog Tags Return to Places Near the Heart

By David Haldane, Times Staff Writer