THE APPA Newsletter

August 2, 2005

Obon festival time

http://www.shindharmanet.com/writings/obon2.htm

http://gojapan.about.com/cs/japanesefestivals/a/obonfestival.htm

Festivals list at:

http://www.jaccc.org/summerfestivals.htm

I saw an article about Civil War veteran Chung Lee in the July 21 Rafu Shimpo and so I did some research on the net about other Chinese American Civil War vets:

http://www.asianamericans.com/ChineseSoldiersinCivil%20War.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/accsacw.html

http://us_asians.tripod.com/timeline-1600.html

http://hub.dataline.net.au/%7Etfoen/asians.html

http://www.army.mil/asianpacificsoldiers/wars/civilwar.html

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

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

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

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

July 21 to August 13, 2005
 Theatre - "Legend of the White Snake" by Henry Ong At Sylvan Amphitheatre (Eagle Rock, CA) The popular Chinese mythical drama about a snake that turns into a woman after a thousand years of meditation, The Legend of the White Snake, will begin a four week run at the Sylvan Amphitheater in Yosemite Park.

Written and directed by Henry Ong, The Legend of the White Snake will include elements of Chinese martial arts, tai chi and "movement." Ong, an eight-time Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department grant recipient, originally developed the story as a play for youth, entitled Lady White Snake. He later expanded it to The Legend of the White Snake, a version that explores themes relating to the meaning of life, meditation, "inter-species" or "inter-alien" relationships and the nature of love transcending the boundaries of time and space. Ong is an internationally-produced playwright whose signature play, Madame Mao's Memories, based on the life of Chairman Mao's widow, was performed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego as well as in many U.S. and international cities. Other credits include People Like Me (to be published in the fall by Norman Maine Publishing), Fabric and Sweet Karma. 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Yosemite Park
840 Yosemite Drive
Eagle Rock
Los Angeles, CA 90041 Cost: Free Suggested donations (for the performers) are $10. For more information please contact the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Tel: (323) 226 1617 http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/sylvan.html

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 15 Raizo Ichikawa retrospective in Little Tokyo featuring 3 Films

The Rascal Benten (11 A.M.) Runtime 86 min

"Benten Kozo"(Directed by Daisuke Itoh/1958 ) This film showcases Raizo Ichikawa's many charms including his impersonations as a woman and a youngster. A noteworthy part is the Rascal Benten blackmail scheme at Hamamatsuya, which is also famous in Kabuki.

The Fight (2P.M.) Runtime 83 min. "Nemuri Kyoshiro Shobu" (Directed by Kenji Misumi/1964)

Kyoshiro Nemuri(Raizo Ichikawa) is a talented and righteous samurai who saves the life of an old man in peril. Unbeknownst to the hero, the murder attempt was at the plan of Princess Taka, who subsequently plots Nemuri's assassination. Through a series of harrowing escapes and battles, Nemuri manages to undermine the power-hungry plans of the Princess.

Kiru(5 P.M.) Runtime 71 min. "Kiru" (Directed by Kenji Misumi/1962)

This classic tells the turbulent tale of Shingo Takakura(Raizo Ichikawa), a samurai engulfed in the forces of love, jealousy, and revenge. Renowned for its climactic ending, Kiru is a "cinematic work of art".

Event Location: Aratani/Japan American Theatre, 244 S. Pedro St.. Los Angeles, Ca. 90012

Presented by JACCC

Japanese American and Cultural Community Center

Japan Foundation, The Japan Foundation Los Angeles

Ticket Information Call the Box Office at (213)680-3700

$6 General Admission, $5 JACCC & JAS Members and Students with ID

For Additional Information Call the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Office at (213)621-2267 ext.109

Aug 20 Cold Tofu: monthry comedy improv show At Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center Cold Tofu is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and performance.
Founded in 1981 by Denice Kumagai, Marilyn Tokuda, Judy Momii, and Irma Escamilla, COLD TOFU has served as a catalyst to spur other Asian Pacific Americans to enter an area that has been widely ignored by the entertainment industry.
COLD TOFU has performed throughout Southern California including the David Henry Hwang Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Harman Avenue Theater, L.A. Cabaret, Japan America Theater, Japanese Village Plaza, USC, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside and several other campuses throughout California. In addition, Cold Tofu has performed in Washington, D.C. (Smithsonian Institute), Houston, TX, and even in Canada! Saturday, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PMMaryknoll Japanese Catholic Center
222 S. Hewitt ,St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012 Cost: pay-what-you-can Tel: (213) 739-4142
coldtofu@hotmail.com
www.coldtofu.com

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 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 & 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.

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

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 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

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)

August 05 Theatre - "Hands Across the Sea" musical At Other Space, Santa Monica Playhouse HANDS ACROSS THE SEA, A family friendly bi-lingual musical journey of discovery of the differences, and similarities, of cultures 8,000 apart, as seen through the eager eyes of a group of Japanese and American travelers.  
Created and performed by the members of Japan’s Model Language Studio, artistic director Masa Ota, and the Santa Monica Playhouse Education Conservatory and the Young Professionals’ Company, directed by Chris DeCarlo.
Model Language Studio (MLS) of Tokyo is an English language school that uses drama to teach English with over 5,000 pupils throughout 40 centers throughout Tokyo.
Santa Monica Playhouse is a not for profit theatre and education conservatory renowned for its verbally stimulating, visually stunning and musically scintillating theatre-for-youth, innovative theatrical explorations that excite the senses, titillate the imagination, and challenge the heart, the mind, and the soul.
Two Perfomances Only: 2pm, 4pm. Other Space, Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 4th St.
Santa Monica, CA  Cost: $10 Please call our box office at 310-394-9779 x 1 for reservations.

Wells Fargo Summer Music Festival Wells Fargo & Company presents an exciting four-week Latin American Summer Music Festival at El Pueblo Historical Monument, the birthplace of the City of Los Angeles. Featuring four bands each show and a different musical theme each week, the free outdoor concerts will take place at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Plaza on Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m.

  Upcoming Date/Time(s):

August 7, 2005

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

August 14, 2005

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

August 21, 2005

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Olvera Street

Address: 845 N. Alameda Street , Los Angeles , 90012

Cross Streets: Los Angeles / Alameda

Region: Downtown LA view map

Phone: (213) 628-1274

Admission: Free

August 6, 2005 - November 27, 2005 Exhibition: Toshiko Takaezu "The Art of Clay"At Japanese American National Museum. Toshiko Takaezu: The Art of Clay features the recent work of Toshiko Takaezu, an artist at the forefront of breaking down the traditional barriers between functional and sculptural art. Known for her experiments in the expressive potential of clay, Takaezu's work is characterized by exuberant glazes and a meditation on the power of medium to communicate abstract and specific meanings. The exhibition includes examples of Takaezu's closed forms -- rounded vessels with only a tiny vestigial opening, spherical 'moon pots', and tree-like forms. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012 $8 Adults, $5 Seniors (age 62 and over) $4 Students and Children (ages 6 – 17) Children 5 and under and Museum Members FREETel: (213) 625-0414
http://www.janm.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

Aug 11 China Night, Come enjoy an evening under the stars in Old Pasadena. Join us for popular Chinese music and a celebration of Chinese culture

Location: Levitt Pavilion, 85 E. Holly St. , Pasadena , 91101, (626) 683-3230, Free 7:00 PM

Last weekend I went to:

The West LA Buddhist Temple Obon. This was a pretty big one, and I got to see the Dancing Elvises. They also danced to some very non-traditional music sometimes. I had a pretty good time there.

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

July 29 OBITUARIES

Kayo Hatta, 47; Filmmaker Who Directed, Co-Wrote 'Picture Bride'

By Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-hatta29jul29,1,5239781.story

July 29 China Gains Respect From Its Emigrants

By David Pierson, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-chinapride29jul29,1,5752602.story

Aug 2 EDITORIALS

A welcome fatwa

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-fatwa2aug02,1,4209576.story

July 31 Laurence G. Thompson, 85; Chinese Religion Expert

From a Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-me-thompson31jul31,1,7842819.story

July 31 Shuttle Sends Handymen for Spacewalk

Two astronauts tend to a galaxy of maintenance details outside the space station for seven hours. Discovery's mission is extended a day.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-shuttle31jul31,1,6824156.story

July 31 Japan Peace Summit Draws Thousands

Participants oppose amending a clause of the constitution that restricts the military.

From Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan31jul31,1,4909787.story

July 28 MIXED MEDIA

The artful use of light

The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space Azby Brown Kodansha International, $29.95

Christy Hobart

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-hm-book28.2jul28,1,4864875.story

July 30 LETTERS

Prejudice pales beside the power of vanity

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-le-saturday30.2jul30,1,5397253.story

July 31 Witnesses to Pol Pot's terror Pol Pot Anatomy of a Nightmare Philip Short Henry Holt: 540 pp., $30

By Warren I. Cohen

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/la-bk-cohen31jul31,1,2165313.story