THE APPA Newsletter
February 13, 2006
Black History Month
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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. (substitute in
your Enterprise and company, etcÉ)
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ed. by Douglas Ikemi
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Please send in
information on cultural events and news items to dkikemi@pacbell.net. 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
Los Angeles Public
Library Celebrates our DiverseCity
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
Korean Art
History Lecture Series
At Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles
February 8 Ð
March 22 , 2006, every Wednesday 6:30 p.m. -8 p.m. (6 weeks)* March 1st will be
closed
Lecturer:
Keehong Kim, Ph.D
The Korean
Cultural Center, Los Angeles offers a series of lectures on Korean culture in
English throughout the year. The first lecture will be on Korean art history.
Subsequent lectures focus on Korean film, food, architecture, and music. [Some
lecture topics may extend over two weeks or more.]
This new
program is designed to cover the full scope of traditional and contemporary
Korean culture. It offers a good opportunity for the general public as well as
for the English-speaking Korean community in Southern California to appreciate
the distinctiveness of Korean art and history.
Schedule of
classes
Class 1:
Introduction / Prehistoric Korean Arts
Class 2: The
Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla Period Part I Goguryeo(B.C. 37-668 C.E.)-Tomb
Wall Murals, King Gwanggaeto
Baekje(B.C. 18-660 C.E.)-the Royal Tomb of
King Munyeong
Class 3: The
Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla Period Part II
Old Silla (B.C.57~668 C.E.) Ð Various artifacts from Tombs
Unified Silla
(668~935) Ð Buddhist Art
Class 4: Korean Ceramic Art of Goryeo(918~1392)
and Joseon Periods (1392~1910)
Class 5:
Joseon Dynasty Period Part I Classic Style of Early and Middle Period
Master Jeong,
Seon (1676~1759) and his Korean Landscape Paintings
Class 6:
Joseon Dynasty Period Part II The Golden Age of Korean Style
Master Kim,
Jeonghui (1786~1859) and his Calligraphy
Conclusion
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Korean
Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Free, registration required
open to the
public
For more
information please contact
Sejung Kim
Tel: 323-936-7141(x123)
sejung.kim@kccla.org
www.kccla.org
Feb 3-May 23
Japanese Paintings: Birds, Flowersand Animals at the Pavilion for Japanese Art,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
February 21,
Lecture- "Visiting a 17th-Century Garden through a Painting: Mi WanzhongÕs
Shao Yuan"
At The
Huntington Library
SAN MARINO, Calif. Ð A series of
public lectures on Chinese gardens and related topics begins this fall at the
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Addressing
different aspects of the history, art, and culture of China that are closely
linked to traditional garden designs, these lectures will help create the
historical and cultural contexts for the HuntingtonÕs own Chinese garden, which
is currently under construction. The first series, consisting of four
lectures, will focus on defining the characteristics of Chinese garden
design. The lectures are free. All lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. in
FriendsÕ Hall at The Huntington.
Philip Hu,
adjunct professor of art history at New York University, will offer a glimpse
into the world of 17th-century China through the medium of the famous Ming
Dynasty scroll painting, ÒShao Yuan Xiu Xi TuÓ (Gathering in the Garden of the
Spoonful of Water). Hu was trained as an architect and architectural
historian at UC Berkeley and UCLA. His special areas of expertise are the
history of Chinese painting, calligraphy, artistic patronage, garden culture,
and the print culture of the Ming and Qing periods.
Tuesday,7:30
PM - 9:30 PM
The Huntington
Library, 1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Cost: Free
For more
information please contact
Lisa Blackburn
Tel: (626) 405-2140 , lblackburn@huntington.org
February 24, 2006 / Time
and Place TBA, Lantern Festival Banquet 2006
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza,
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
90012
(213) 485-8567
February 24
Performance - Phoenix Rising
At Magnin
Auditorium, Skirball Center
When Yuan
Miao, a native of China, was a little girl, she was thought to have a speech
impediment because she was so quiet. Under the guidance of her grandmother, a
Tibetan spiritual master, she grew up and learned the power of mantric voice.
The ebb of
life, and tragedy, eventually guided Miao to the west and to begin singing
about the possibility of becoming phoenix-like... to experience joy in spite of
difficulties. Find out what makes this extraordinary lady sing... and what we
can all do to experience the same joy in our lives.
Phoenix: a
mythical bird that burned itself to ashes, and rose from the ashes to live
again.
Friday, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Magnin
Auditorium, Skirball Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90049
Cost: $25
Tel: (626)
462-1998, www.newcenturyfoundation.com
February 25
Screening - Stolen Childhoods
At The
Performing Arts Center
An Evening
with Len Morris
Len Morris is the producer of the
award winning documentary, Stolen Childhoods. This riveting film highlights
modern day slavery, labor exploitation, and globalization. Len Morris
will introduce the eveningÕs theme, preview the film, Stolen Childhoods, and
facilitate a question/answer period following the showing.
This event is
a fundraiser for the Youth2Youth-Building Bridges program at Duarte High
School, Duarte, CA. The Youth2Youth program encourages our learners to
ÒThink globally. Act locallyÓ through social responsibility.
Your donation will assist our ÒadoptedÓ high school in Sri
Lanka, as well as to secure the release of child who are locked into slave
labor.
Saturday, 6:00
PM - 8:30 PM
The Performing
Arts Center, 1401 Highland Ave, Duarte, CA 91010
Cost: $10
For more
information please contact
Joe Kenney
Tel: (626) 524-998
February 26,
Slide Lecture - Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture
At Pacific
Asia Museum
Presented by
SARAH HANDLER, past curator of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture.
Program co-sponsored by Pacific Asia Museum, Textile Group of Los
Angeles/TGLAinc., and The Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical
Gardens. Handler, a widely respected historian of Chinese art and furniture,
uses her knowledge of Chinese social, political, and economic history to
provide a backdrop for understanding the many nuances of this unique and
admired art form.
Sunday, 2:00
PM - 4:00 PM
Pacific Asia
Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA
museum
admission $7 general, $5 students and seniors
Tel:
(626)449-2742 ext. 20, www.pacificasiamuseum.org
March 3 Asia America Symphony and guitar virtuoso Angel Romero perform at the Harlyne J.
Norris Pavilion, 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
310-544-0403,
8PM www.asiaamericasymphony.org
March 4 The Four
Seasons of Japan through the Art of Nihon Buyo
Saturday, from 3:00pm
to 6:00pm
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Japanese American
Cultural and
Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite
505
(between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA
90012
(213) 628-2725
General $25 (Balcony
$23)
JACCC members and
Senior and Students with ID $22 (Balcony $20)
Available at Box
Office (213) 680-3700
Bando Hidesomi (323)
269-3119
Hirata Camera & Sound
(310) 329-4911
March 10-Jun 18
Reflections of Beauty : Women from JapanÕs Floating World at Pacific Asia
Museum, Pasadena.
June 17 Asia America
Symphony and Ahn Trio perform at
the Aratani Japan America Theatre, 8PM.
www.asiaamericasymphony.org
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This Weekend (and earlier)
University High School Performing Arts Department Presents Flower Drum
Song, The musical, based on the
book by David Henry Hwang, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II, performed by students of University High School.
Performances:
Friday,
February 10th at 7:30PM
Saturday,
February 11th @ 7:30PM
Friday,
February 17th @ 7:30PM
Saturday,
February 18th @ 7:30PM
Stivelman
Theater, 11800 Texas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Cost:
General Admission: $10
February 16
Monthly Korean Tea Ceremony: ÒWinter Fruit TeaÓ
At Korean
Cultural Center, Los Angeles
The Korean
Cultural Center, Los Angeles offers a Korean tea ceremony and tasting every
month hosted by the Korean Tea Ritual Association of Los Angeles. Each month we
introduce different types of tea in addition to tea sweets, tea utensils,
accessories and the traditional way of tea
This month
participants can learn how to make fruit teas that benefit health during
wintertime using readily available items, such as apples, ginger and pumpkin
that can prevent colds. The proper Korean etiquette of drinking tea will also
be demonstrated.
Thursday, 7:00
PM - 9:00 PM
Korean
Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Free
open to the
public
For more
information please contact
Sejung Kim
Tel: 323-936-7141(x123) , sejung.kim@kccla.org,
www.kccla.org
Feb 18
Society of Chinese American Aerospace Engineers (SCAAE) Convention,
2PM-Midnight
Long Beach Marriott Hotel
4700 Airport Plaza Dr, Long Beach
Technical Program (2:00 PM Ð 4:00 PM)
á Free Entrance
á Two
distinguished speeches
á Dinner, Dancing,
Entertainment, Raffles
á Keynote speech
á $45 per person Ð
Make check payable to ÒSCAAEÓ
á Dress Ð
Semi-formal
Come and Enjoy the Programs with Us
Victor Chen: 714-896-4989
(O), Victor.Chen@boeing.com
Ying (Rock) Teng: 562-593-3563 (O), 310-543-5298 (H), ying.teng@boeing.com
Tony Y. Torng 714-934-0633
(O), 909-319-2608 (C), TonyTorng@Yahoo.com
Gordan Wei 562-593-2295
(O), Kau-Hwa.Wei@Boeing.com
Feb 18 55th
Anniversary U.S. Tour
Prayer -
Harvest - Celebration
Warabi-za
Recognized
for their centuries old folk music, energetic dance, and taiko, Warabi-za
returns to the U.S. with a special program comprised of traditional Japanese
folk performances from various prefectures of Japan.
The 2006
US Tour Prayer-Harvest-Celebration will feature a creative dance piece titled
"Oyako jishi" with dancers in the guise of a lioness and her cub
perform a heartening and encouraging prayer for children to persevere through
times of hardship. "Sado okesa," a traditional dance characterized by
the wave-like movements of the water-surrounding Sado Island (home of the famed
KODO drummers).
The tour
is under the direction of Hiroshi Kuriki, with composition and choreography by
Kenji Osakake and music direction by Masaru Iijima.
Aratani/Japan
America Theatre;
Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center 244
South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
(between 2nd and 3rd Streets), Los
Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre Box Office Info: (213) 680-3700
$30
orchestra, $27 balcony
$27, $24
JACCC Members, Groups 10 or more
February 18, 2006 /
Chinese American Museum / 12 Ð 7pm
Celebrate the Fifth Annual
Lantern Festival!
Come with your friends and
family and enjoy a day filled with exciting live dance, musical and acrobatic
performances! Admission is free. Afterwards, visit Southern CaliforniaÕs newest
cultural landmark, the Chinese American Museum, and enjoy a special FREE
ADMISSION rate that day!
www.camla.org
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza,
Suite 400
Los Angeles, California
90012
(213) 485-8567
Feb 18 Little Tokyo
Walking Tour
10:15AM Ð12:15PM
Relive history and learn
about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents on this historic
walking tour.
$8 for National Museum
members and $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission. Reservations along
with comfortable walking shoes and clothes are recommended. Weather permitting.
Feb 18 Community Day of
Remembrance - Claiming History: Justice Along Color Lines
2PM, www.janm.org
The Day of Remembrance
annually marks President RooseveltÕs infamous signing of Executive Order 9066
on February 19, 1942, which authorized the unconstitutional forced removal of
120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and Hawai`i during World War II.
More than forty years
later, the United States government apologized, setting the record straight,
and silencing those who argued that the interment was justified. Or so we
believed. Now as then, supporters of those illegal actions challenge history
with arguments that seek to defend the indefensible. Day of Remembrance 2006
explores the legacy of redress, and considers its potential as a powerful tool
for the many working to refute revisionist interpretations of history. Noted
scholars, activists, and others will draw upon that legacy to suggest ways it
can be used to strengthen connections with other ethnic and cultural
communities seeking their own forms of redress.
Co-sponsored by Nikkei for
Civil Rights & Redress, Japanese American Citizens League/Pacific Southwest
District and the Japanese American National Museum.
February 18,
Chinese New Year Festival at The Huntington
At the
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
The Year of
the Dog is celebrated with traditional Chinese music and dance on Saturday,
Feb. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Huntington Library, Art Collections,
and Botanical Gardens.
The
centerpiece of the Huntington festival will be a traditional Chinese flower
market in the entrance pavilion, with stalls of cut flowers and blooming
plants for sale. A number of flowers have special New YearÕs significance
in Chinese culture, including plum blossoms (symbolizing the beginning of
spring), peonies (prosperity), narcissus (longevity), and other blooms such as
orchids, forsythia, camellias, and golden mums. Many of these will be
offered at the event, subject to seasonal availability.
Other
activities will include lion dancers and martial arts demonstrations (11 a.m.
& 2 p.m.), a reading and book signing of The Year of the Dog by childrenÕs
author Oliver Chin (11:30 a.m.), Chinese musicians (noon - 1 p.m.), folk
dancers (1:30 p.m.), and a performance by a childrenÕs musical group (2:30 Ð
3:30 p.m.). Throughout the day, visitors can enjoy Chinese crafts
(dough doll making, knotting, lantern making), calligraphy workshops, and
Chinese brush painting demonstrations. And a Chinese New Year scavenger hunt
invites families to explore the Huntington in search of Chinese-themed items in
the art, library, and botanical collections.
Visitors can
also get a preview of the HuntingtonÕs Chinese Garden project, visit the site,
and hear an update about the gardenÕs progress. Construction on the lake
phase is well advanced, and artisans from Suzhou, China, were recently granted
cultural exchange visas to travel to Southern California to begin stone work on
the site.
The
HuntingtonÕs Chinese New Year Festival is made possible by the Carrie Kolb
Foundation, East West Bank, and Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.
Saturday, 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The Huntington
Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino,
CA 91108
All activities are included with general admission: $15 adults, $12 seniors, $10 students (age 12-18), $6 youth (age 5-11), and free for children under 5. Members are admitted free.
For more
information please contact
Lisa Blackburn
Tel: (626) 405-2140 , lblackburn@huntington.org
www.huntington.org
Feb 19 An
Enduring Odyssey: Masayo Duus and Peter Duus Talk About the Life and Times of Isamu
Noguchi
2PM ,
www.janm.org
In the book, The Life
of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders, Masayo Duus has written
what many consider the definitive biography of the influential artist. For this
event, she is joined by her husband--historian and translator Peter Duus--in a
conversation that sheds light on Noguchi's life, work, and legacy.
*Program is
free with admission to Isamu Noguchi - Sculptural Design. Seating is
first-come, first-served; early arrival is advised.
In conjunction
with the exhibition Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design
Feb 19 Bird
Pins: The Creative Legacy of Camp
Allowed to
bring only what they could carry during World War II, Japanese American inmates
looked for ways to occupy their time by creating items such as bird pins.
Learn the
fascinating story behind the pins and design your own out of various art
materials. Afternoon storytelling will feature Marlene Shigekawa's Blue Jay
in the Desert and Welcome Home Swallows. www.janm.org
Last weekend I went to:
The Firecracker 10K-more like summer weather than a winter event.
The weekend before I saw the Golden Dragon Parade in Downtown
Chinatown LA.
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Links to
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Feb 12 Some Immigrants Meet Harsh Face of Justice
Complaints of insensitive
-- even abusive -- conduct by some U.S. immigration judges have prompted a
broad federal review.
By Ann M. Simmons, Times
Staff Writer
Feb 10 Banks Wrestle for
Larger Share of Chinese American Market
California's Cathay and
UCBH are in a bidding war for New York's Great Eastern Bank.
By E. Scott Reckard, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cathay10feb10,1,4397746.story
Feb 9 Muslim Artist Draws
Line on Cartoons
Khali Bendib, an Arab
American, says caricatures of the prophet Muhammad should not be protected
speech.
By Teresa Watanabe, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-muscartoon9feb09,1,3924305.story
Feb 11 PASSINGS
Akira Ifukube, 91; Created
'Godzilla's' Film Score and Roar
From Times Staff and Wire
Reports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings11.4feb11,1,3559912.story
Feb 13 20TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Ohno's 1,500 Quest Ends in
Semifinal
By Alan Abrahamson, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olyshort13feb13,1,546146.story
Feb 13 20TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Only Her Heart Was Still
in It
Derailed by a new injury
and judging system, Kwan gives up gold-medal quest, opening spot for Hughes.
By Helene Elliott, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olykwan13feb13,1,4105724.story
Feb 10 20TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Generation Blurs the Lines
in China
Led by Yang Yang (A), the
sports program is not only rising but also shedding automaton image with varied
personalities
By Alan Abrahamson, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-yangyang10feb10,1,6003994.story
Feb 9 THE WORLD
Korean Reunion Project
Aimed at Americans
Many don't know whether
relatives in the North survived the war. Programs that find lost loved ones
generally exclude U.S. residents.
By Barbara Demick, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-families9feb09,1,1733008.story
Feb 13 S. Koreans Reclaim Biracial Football Champion as One
of Them
Super Bowl star Hines Ward
moved to the U.S. as a toddler. His fame is spurring people to reexamine old
prejudices.
By Barbara Demick, Times
Staff Writer
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ward13feb13,1,6671170.story
Feb 11 OBITUARIES
Samuel Koster, 86; General
Charged in My Lai Massacre
From the Washington Post
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-koster11feb11,1,5627084.story