THE APPA Newsletter
May 9, 2006
Origins of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/apahm.html
and in Canada
http://www.asianheritagemonth.org/
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
(dkikemi@pacbell.net)
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Back issues of the
newsletter for all of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 are available at http://www.ikemi.info/APPA/newsletters.html
if you want to look up some past event. The website www.apa-pro.org
no longer exists. This newsletter was originally published under the auspices
of the Hughes Asian Pacific Professional Association (no longer extant). It
currently has no affiliation and is available to anyone who is interested in
downloading it.
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Please send in
information on cultural events and news items to dkikemi@pacbell.net or dkikemi@mac.com . 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
LODESTONE THEATRE ENSEMBLE
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF The Golden Hour, A new play explores the
possibility of faith in our modern age
Written by Philip W.
Chung
Directed by Jeff Liu
Starring: Rachel Morihiro,
Saachiko, Eddie Shin, Linda Shing and Ryun Yu
April 15 - May 21, 2006,
Fri/Sat - 8pm, Sun - 3pm
Special Understudy cast
performance on Thurs., April 27, 8 PM / Pay-What-You-Can ($1 minimum)
Featuring:
Heeli Kim-Jeng, Matthew Yang-King, Annie Lee, Helen Ota & Ryun Yu as Pastor
Lee
GTC Burbank, 1111-B West
Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91506
Feb 3-May 23
Japanese Paintings: Birds, Flowersand Animals at the Pavilion for Japanese Art,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. http://www.lodestonetheatre.org/whatsnew.html
When China Ruled the Seas:
The Treasure Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433
Exhibition at Ventura
County Maritime Museum through May 31, 2006
Celebration of the 600th
Anniversary of the Chinese Treasure Fleet Comes to Channel Islands Harbor
The exhibit features
artifacts of the early Ming Dynasty as well as, the Chinese navigational and
shipbuilding technology of the 15th century. A portrait commissioned by the Los
Angeles artist, Pang Qi, and a replica of the AdmiralÕs formal uniform
lllustrate the colorful and larger-than-life central Asian Islamic admiral of
the Treasure Fleets, Zheng He. The Treasure Ships, some 480 feet long, the size
of a small WWII aircraft carrier, are represented by a four-foot long model
specially built for the exhibit.
In 1405, Emperor Zhu Di
ordered a massive ÒTreasure FleetÓ of 200-300 ships with 28,000 men to sea on
the ÒWestern OceanÓ to invite envoys of foreign states to return with the fleet
as guests of his court. The great fleets of specialized ships carried their own
water, food, troops, horses and support Ðcrews, as well as diplomats and
linguists. They also carried gifts of silks, patterned cottons, blue and white
porcelain ceramics and gold and silver items to be presented on behalf of the
Chinese emperor to heads of states.
The fleets made seven
voyages between 1405 and 1433. They traveled along the coast of Southeast Asia,
Indonesia, India, Arabia and eastern Africa. They returned with rare woods,
herbs and spices, fruit and plants, several giraffes and an oryx, gems and
minerals and charts of the tides and stars. Admiral Zheng He, himself, kept a
logbook and made very accurate geographic maps. In 1433, the Ming imperial
policy was changed to one of isolationism. Foreign trade was banned, maps and
charts destroyed and the fleet of ships left to deteriorate. China, the
superpower of the 15th century, closed its doors on the world and was not
successfully engaged for five centuries until President Nixon made his historic
visit.
The following community
organizations are participating in both the exhibit and the cultural festival
grand opening activities: The Ventura County Chinese American Association, The
Ventura County Chinese American Historical Society and the Conejo Chinese
Cultural Association.
The museum is open daily,
11-5 pm, except on Christmas and New YearÕs. Admission and all activities are
free and open to the public. The Museum is located in Channel Islands Harbor at
2731 South Victoria Avenue in Oxnard, at the corner of S. Victoria and Channel
Islands Boulevard.
Ventura County Maritime
Museum: 2731 S.Victoria Ave, Oxnard, CA
Cost: Free
Tel: (805) 984-6260, VCMM@aol.com
March 5 - June 4, 2006 A
Letter from Japan: The Photographs of John Swope
Exhibition at UCLA Hammer
Museum
A Letter from Japan: The
Photographs of John Swope is the first in-depth presentation of vintage prints
from the late Los Angeles photographerÕs 1945 journey through post-war Japan.
Shot during a three-and-a-half-week period, SwopeÕs photographs vividly
document the impact of World War II on the local population of Japan as well as
on the Allied soldiers and prisoners of war. The exhibition presents over 115
vintage prints, which also include selected highlights from his career as a
renowned Hollywood photographer from the 1930s through 1970s.
About the
Exhibition
The exhibition and accompanying catalogue honor John SwopeÕs
original intention of bringing together his timeless, powerful photographs with
the emotional text of a letter he wrote from Japan to his wife, actress Dorothy
McGuire. Individual images are juxtaposed with short excerpts in both the
exhibition and the catalogue. Published by the Hammer Museum, the catalogue
also reprints the entire 144-page letter for the first time.
In addition to the
Japanese series, the exhibition presents a selection of SwopeÕs earlier and
subsequent work in photojournalism and portraiture that further reflect his
striking ability to encapsulate a range of universal human experiences in
photographs. Early on, Swope (1908-1979) became best known for his insider
views of Hollywood in which he captured both the glamorous and the mundane
sides of life through intimate portraits of celebrities and behind-the scenes
views of movie and theatrical productions. He went on to have a successful
career as a freelance Life magazine photographer, where he frequently covered
similar stories on Hollywood.
Alongside the photographs,
A Letter from Japan presents books and magazines, in which SwopeÕs work was
originally published, the photographerÕs personal documents and letters, his
camera, and other ephemera. The exhibition includes significant loans from the
John Swope Trust, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Craig Krull Gallery,
Ben Stiller, and other private collections.
Hammer Museum 10899
Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat
11am-7 pm Thu 11am-9 pm Sun 11am-5 pm
$5 Adults, $3 Seniors (65+) and
UCLA Alumni Association Members with ID, Free for Museum members, students with
ID, UCLA faculty and staff, and visitors 17 and under accompanied by an adult.
Free on Thursdays for all visitors
For more information
please contact
Hammer Museum Tel:
310.443.7000, hammerinfo@arts.ucla.edu,
www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions_upcoming.htm
March 10-Jun 18
Reflections of Beauty : Women from JapanÕs Floating World at Pacific Asia
Museum, Pasadena.
Merging: The Art of
Diana Shui-Iu Wong March 18, 2006 Ð
October 15, 2006
Merging features a
collection of work that spans four decades, from WongÕs early impressionistic
portraits and landscapes to recent abstract compositions inspired by the
Chinese philosophy of the I Ching or The Book of Changes.
While WongÕs classical
training in both Chinese and Western painting form the basis for her
techniques, her study of the I-Ching offered her a decisive break from
traditional modes as well as new creative directions. In 1962, Wong began to
experiment beyond the conventions of her formal art training to explore the
liberating complexity of abstraction. Discovering that she could express pride
for her heritage and culture through her work, Wong has also found self-
empowerment through her art making. WongÕs most recent work ventures boldly
into abstraction while grounded in nature and the elements. Her striking
images, like color-flooded snapshots of the cosmos, explore universal questions
about being and balance.
Chinese American Museum
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, California
90012
www.camla.org, (213) 485-8567
Cancelled MOTTY-CHON By Perry Miyake, Directed by Alberto Isaac May 10 Ð June 4, 2006
Martin is 48-years old,
single, works a dead-end job and lives at home with his aging Nisei parents
Mits and Helen. His bachelor status is the perfect target for his meddling
parents and their gossip-hungry friends. Then Gina, a white, 24-year old
pierced and tattooed punker chick enters MartinÕs life. WhatÕs a parent to do?
MOTTY-CHON is a comedy that shatters stereotypes about parental expectations
and the search for love from the playwright of VISITORS FROM NAGASAKI and
DOUGHBALL.
Preview Performances May 4-7, 2006 Thursday-Saturday @ 8 pm, Sunday @ 2
pm $20 all seats $10 all seats w/ student ID
Opening Night
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 @ 8 pm $60 all seats
Includes pre-show hosted bar and post-show reception.
Regular Performances May 11 Ð June 4, 2006 Thursday- Saturday @ 8 pm,
Saturday & Sunday @ 2 pm (no matinee on 5/13) $35 Orchestra $30 Balcony
American Sign Language-interpreted
performance May 27, 2006 @ 2 pm.
Tickets $20 for deaf and hard of hearing patrons.
http://www.eastwestplayers.org/motty.htm
May 20, 2006 Lotus Steps
2006
Annual dance production of
the UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club
Tickets:
Tickets for Lotus Steps
will be available in the spring. Email ccdc@ucla.edu
for more information.
Doors open at 6:15 pm for
Advanced Entrance (AE) ticket holders. Doors open at 6:35 pm for General
Admission ticket holders. Seating is guaranteed until 6:45 pm.
Two Advanced Entrance (AE)
tickets can be reserved with a contribution of $50 to the UCLA
Chinese Cultural Dance Club. There is no limit to how much one can
contribute, but there are a limited number of AE tickets available. Download
the CCDC contribution
brochure and follow the instructions to reserve your AE tickets.
General Admission tickets will
become available at the UCLA Central Ticket Office or online at this website in
spring. General Admission tickets are free.
Tickets are required for
admission. Non ticket holders will be placed in a standby line and granted
admission to the auditorium starting at 6:45 pm, space permitting.
Saturday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Royce
Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
For more information
please contact
Patrick Pieng, ccde.external@gmail.com, www.ccdcbruins.com
Yukiko Matsuyama Koto
Concert, May 20 Koto artist, Yukiko Matsuyama, will perform in concert on
Saturday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sozenji Buddhist Temple in Montebello. The
concert theme is ÒUniverseÓ.
Osaka-born, Ms. Matsuyama
was classically trained in the Ikuta School of Koto from age 9 and received her
professional certification teaching credential in 1986. She came to Los Angeles
in 1993 and began composing original music, blending the traditional sound of
the koto and contemporary music. The results were a unique combination jazz,
new age, and world music. Ms. Matsuyama has performed at the Japan America
Theatre, John Anson Ford Theatre and many music festivals, cultural and
community events, universities and schools.
Also performing in the
concert with Ms. Matsuyama are John York on guitar, vocals and shakuhachi,
Diana Dentino on keyboards, Gary St. Germain on drums and Rev. Tom Kurai on the
taiko.
John York is a singer,
composer and instrumentalist welll known as a former member of the 1960Õs rock
band, the Byrds. Diana Dentino has performed with recording artists such as
James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Daniel Ho and Kitaro. She is currently the lead
keyboardist for the Grammy Award winning vocalist, Peabo Bryson. Gary St.
Germain is a music teacher in the San Bernardino School District and a member
of Satori Daiko. Rev. Kurai is the director of the Taiko Center of Los Angeles.
Ms. Matsuyama will perform
original contemporary songs from her previous recordings ÒBlossomÓ and ÒKotoÓ
as well as other new collaborative compositions at the concert. Her last
concert in February of 2004 sold out, so please order tickets early.
Sozenji Temple is located
at 3020 W. Beverly Blvd. in Montebello near the corner of Beverly Blvd. and
Garfield Ave. Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $18.00 at the door. For tickets
and information, call (626) 307-3839 or (323) 724-6866. Log on to Ms.
MatsuyamaÕs website at www.kotoyuki.com
May 21 The Okinawa
Association of America presents its 14th ANNUAL UTAYABIRA WUDUYABIRA
in the James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive.
Tickets are
$15. Call the Theatre Box Office at (310) 781 - 7171.
This musical program
showcases the talents of over one hundred dancers, singers, and musicians
presenting a wide variety of Okinawan performing arts, including classical,
folk, and taiko drum dancing.
May 20 Lecture & Book
Signing: Authors on Asia Ð Chieh Chieng ÒA Long Stay in a Distant Land: A
NovelÓ
At Pacific Asia Museum,
2PM
Chieh Chieng's fearless
and hilarious first novel explores three generations of a Chinese American
family and the forces that shape their fate, revealing the unexpected ways
culture, love, and myth both sustain and threaten family ties. Books will be
available for purchase and signing. The program is included in museum
admission, $7 general, $5 students and seniors. For reservations, call (626)
449-2742, ext. 20.
Date: Saturday, May 20,
2006
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N
Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
May 21, 2006Performance -
Music of Bali At UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Music of Bali
Ensemble, under the direction of I Nyoman Wenten, features gamelan music (the
generic Indonesian word for orchestra) and dance. The Balinese gamelan gong
kebyar is famous for its fast tempos, abrupt changes of texture and brilliantly
costumed dancers who act out stories from the Ramayana.
Sunday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA
Schoenberg
Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Wednesday, May 24,
2006 / Chinese American Museum / Time: TBA
Author Talk and Book Signing
with Judy Yung
Free Admission (213) 485-8567 camla.org
May 27, 2006 / Chinese
American Museum / Time: TBA
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month with an insightful talk by Diana Shui-Iu Wong as she discusses her work
displayed at the museum. CAM is housed inside the oldest surviving Chinese
buildings in Southern CaliforniaÑthe Garnier Building and an adjacent historic
structure (425 North Los Angeles Street). The Museum site stands inside El
Pueblo Monument, a 44-acre public park located at the CityÕs ÒbirthplaceÓ in
downtown Los Angeles. (213) 485-8567 camla.org
June 01, 2006Performance -
Music of China
At UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Music of China
Ensemble, under the direction of Li Chi, performs arias from Kun opera of the
15th century, silk-and-bamboo music from the Shanghai area, folk dances for
festive celebration, zheng zither music in the Keijia style from Canton
Province, music for large percussion ensemble and modern compositions for an
ensemble of traditional Chinese wind and string instruments.
Thursday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA
Schoenberg
Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Yoshida Brothers U.S.
Tour scheduled from May through June 2006!Superstars in their native Japan,
young Tsugaru-shamisen virtuosos Ryoichiro and Kenichi Yoshidaâ The Yoshida
Brothers have effected nothing short of a cultural revolution with a muscular
reinvention of the ancient three-stringed instrument, giving it the fiery
passion of a rock and roll guitar.
JUNE 2 & 3 JAPAN
AMERICA THEATRE, Los Angeles, CA
> For tickets, please call the Box Office (213) 680-3700
June 02, 2006 Performance
- Music of India At UCLA, Schoenberg Hall
The Music of India
Ensemble performs short compositions of North Indian classical and
semi-classical ragas (harmonic modes) and talas (rhythmic patterns on tabla).
The ensemble comprises the students of Shujaat Husain Khan on vocals and sitar
(a long-necked lute with seven principal strings, plus 12Ð20 sympathetic
strings) and the students of Abhiman Kaushal on tabla (drums).
Friday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA
Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
June 03, 2006 Performance
- Music of Korea At UCLA Schoenberg Hall
The Music of Korea
Ensemble, under the direction of DongSuk Kim, presents a variety of styles of
court and folk music and dance traditions.
Saturday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA
Schoenberg Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Saturday, June 3, 2-3
pm Pacific Asia Museum
Lecture: Courtesans,
Actors and Dandies:
Fashion and the Floating
World of Edo-Period Japan
In the Edo-period, kimono
fashions were set by a variety of icons of popular culture of the time
including high-ranking courtesans and female impersonators of the Kabuki
theater. This illustrated slide lecture will be presented by Dale Carolyn
Gluckman, an Asian textile specialist and former Curator of Costume and
Textiles at LACMA. Free with museum admission. Sponsored by the Textile Museum
Associates of Southern California (TMASC). For reservations call, ext. 19.
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 (626)449-2742
June 4 Kabuki actor Bando
Mitsugoro X will speak at the Pacific Asia Museum at 2PM. www.pacificasiamuseum.org
The 4th Oedo Ichiza
Carity Show, Sunday June 4th
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Sunday, June
4th @ 1P.M.
Genkai Ryuji,
Chikushi Momotaro and other dances. Local performers will begin the variety
show, and later Oedo Ichiza from Japan will be performing.
JACCC has limited
number of tickets on sale.
For more information
call the JACCC box office at (213) 680-3700 or
Matsubara at (909)
628-5854
June 11 Bando School of Japanese Classical
Dance presents a Charity Show benefiting senior health care services featuring
Bando Mitsugoro X. 1PM and 5PM. Tickets $50. Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center, 244
South San Pedro Street, 90012. For
ticket info 310-539-8636
http://www.jaccc.org/events/bandoryu_flier.pdf
Sunday June 11, 2-3pm
Performance: Mongolian Throat Singing Classically-trained singer Badma Khanda
and her band will perform traditional Mongolian throat singing on Sunday, June
11 in the museum auditorium.
Tickets are $8 for
members, $15 general admission. Seating is limited, reservations are required.
Call ext. 31. Incoming calls are honored on a first-come, first-served basis,
and callers will be contacted by telephone for ticket purchase and given a
confirmation code. Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA
91101 (626)449-2742
Saturday, June 17,
10am-12:45pm
Wearable Beauty: Pacific
Asia Museum
Celebrates Clothing &
Costumes
On the closing weekend of
the Reflections of Beauty exhibition,
join us for a narrated fashion show and demonstrations of ethnic costumes and
textiles, presented by the museumÕs Chinese, Himalayan, Japanese, Korean,
Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippine and Thai Arts Councils and the Service Council.
Free with museum admission.
Seating is limited,
reservations required, call ext. 31. Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles
Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 (626)449-2742
June 17 Asia America
Symphony and Ahn Trio perform at
the Aratani Japan America Theatre, 8PM.
www.asiaamericasymphony.org
June 25
Re-creation of Tang period tea ceremony, New Oani Hotel, Little Tokyo, 1PM and
3:30PM. Call Okamura at 323-728-1990 or Kichimi at 818-547-1122
October 7 34th
Annual Akimatsuri Fall Festival 12-8PM East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center,
1203 West Puente
Avenue
West Covina, California
91790
http://esgvjcc.741.com/home.htm
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and
earlier)
VC FILMFEST Los Angeles
Asian Pacific Film Festival to be held from May 4 to 11. The 22nd edition of VC
FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is slated to return once again to its signature venues, the
Directors Guild of America and Aratani/Japan America Theatre.
VC FILMFEST 2006
The Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival
Aratani/Japanese
America Theatre
"VC Digital
Posse '06 Edition": Wednesday May 10, 8 P.M.
"AMERICANese"
& Closing Event: Thursday May 11, 7 P.M.
Tickets for shows will
be available at JACCC Box office on the day of each show.
Tickets are currently
available through Visual Communication's website: www.vconline.org.
For more
information for these viewings please call the JACCC at (213)
628-2725 or for general information go to www.vconline.org.
May 11, 2006 Filipino
American Centennial Celebration
At Los Angeles City
College, Camino Theater
Los Angeles/Southern
California Planning Committee in participation with The Smithsonian Asian
Pacific American Programs present: The Filipino American Story: War, Identity,
and The Filipino American Labor Experience
Presenters:
ENRIQUE DELA
CRUZ,Ph.D
Professor of Asian American Studies
California State University,
Northridge
PAULINE AGBAYANI,
Ph.D,
Professor of Social Welfare
California State University, Los
Angeles
Thursday, 6:00
PM - 8:00 PM
Los Angeles City College,
Camino Theater, 855 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Tel: 213-487-9804
May 13, 2006 LA as
Offshore Japan
This project workshop is
part of LA as offshore Japan: Transnational Networks and Cultural
Entrepreneurship across the Pacific Rim -- A two-day event to launch the
project Made In Translation: LA-Tokyo Mobility Networks and the Emergence of
Offshore Japanese Cultural Industries in Art, Fashion and Food.
Schedule
|
9.30 |
Coffee & Donuts |
|
9.45 |
Welcome |
|
10.00 |
Introduction to Project
ADRIAN FAVELL & MISAKO NUKAGA |
|
10.30 |
Japanese LA: Demographic
& Social Profile MISAKO NUKUGA |
|
11.00 |
Hypotheses and Methods
ADRIAN FAVELL |
|
12.00 |
Lunch |
|
2.00 |
The New Young Japanese
LA FUMINORI MINAMIKAWA, American Studies, Kobe City University |
|
2.45 |
Tea and Gender in
Translation KRISTIN SURAK, Sociology, UCLA |
|
3.30 |
Japanese Children in LA
Schools MISAKO NUKAGA, Sociology, UCLA |
|
|
Afternoon Discussants: 0.
LAURA MILLER
(Anthropology, Loyola), 0.
MIZUKO ITO
(Communication, USC), 0.
TAKEYUKI TSUDA
(Political Science, UCSD) |
|
4.30 |
Close |
All interested welcome,
but please register with afavell@soc.ucla.edu
In
conjunction with the International Institute Working Group
The Human
Face of Global Mobility: International Highly Skilled Migration in Europe,
North America and the Asia-Pacific
Now out as a book edited by Michael
Peter Smith and Adrian Favell (New Brunswick: Transaction 2006)
Funded by SSRC/Japan
Foundation Abe Fellowship, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies, and International
Institute
For more info contact:
Adrian Favell (afavell@soc.ucla.edu) or
Misako Nukaga (mnukaga@ucla.edu) or visit
this website: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/favell/TokyoLA.htm
Saturday, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Public Policy 5391, 5th
Floor Lounge, Los Angeles, CA 90095
May 13, 2006 Performance -
Music of India At Hammer Museum
The Music of India
Ensemble performs short compositions of North Indian classical and
semi-classical ragas (harmonic modes) and talas (rhythmic patterns on tabla).
The ensemble comprises the students of Shujaat Husain Khan on vocals and sitar
(a long-necked lute with seven principal strings, plus 12Ð20 sympathetic
strings) and the students of Abhiman Kaushal on tabla (drums).
Saturday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA, Hammer Museum, Los
Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Family Fun Fest -
Saturday, May 13 JACCC Plaza
Bring the entire
family to Family Fun Fest, featuring first ever Discovery Workshops,
Performances, Arts & Crafts Faire, and a San Tan San Basketball Tournament.
10AM-5PM
Bring the entire family to
Family FunFest, featuring the first-ever Cultural Discovery Workshops series.
Led by local artists and cultural teachers,the hands-on workshops are a unique
opportunity for the whole family to experience a variety of cultural
traditions, from dance to visual arts and cooking, all in one day!
The
festival also includes games, entertainment, a basketball tournament, food and
shopping Ð a perfect way to bring everyone together in celebration of our
children and families.
The festival is free and open to the public.
Additional fees apply to workshops. For more information, call (213) 628-2725
or visit www.jaccc.org.
PERFORMANCES
WORKSHOPS
JACCC
PLAZA Aratani Japan America Theatre/JACCC Building
9:30
am Yoki Daiko
9:45
am San Tai San Opening Ceremonies
10:30
Classes
Manju Workshop
Taiko Session 1 Session 1 Ages 5 - 8
Modular
Origami
10:40
am Clarita Arte Flamenco Dance
Theatre
11:30
am Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu Karate
of Little Tokyo
11:30
Classes
Sushi Making
Taiko Session 2 Ages 9 - 12
Ikebana: The Art of Flower Arrangement
12:30 Karate Workshop
Taiko Session 3 Age 5 and up
12:50
pm Fujima Kansuma School of
Classical Japanese Dance
1:30
pm Halau Hula A Kawika Laua 'O
Leinani
1:30
Classes
Manju Workshop Session 2
Calligraphy
2:00
pm San Tai San
Closing Ceremony
2:30
Classes
UÕkulele
Hawaiian
Dance
Japanese
Dance
2:50
pm Bando Hidesomi Nihon Buyo
Classical Japanese Dance
4:00 pm Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko
4:15 pm Hula UÕkelele
4:30 pm Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe a me Na Pua Me Kealoha
May 14 The Japan
Musicians' Association of California present PIANO FESTIVAL 2006 in the James
Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive.
Admission is free. 9AM
The Theatre Box Office may be reached at (310) 781 - 7171.
May 15, 2006 / Chinatown
Library / Time: TBA
Enjoy a conversation with a community panel as they
discuss Lisa See's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Free Admission (213)
485-8567 camla.org
Last weekend I went to:
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Cherry Blossom Festival
Presented by the East San
Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
12 noon to 7:00 p.m.
West Covina Civic Center
Courtyard
1444 W. Garvey Ave.
West Covina, CA 91793
Free Parking at Civic
Center
http://www.westcov.org/events/index.html
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articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
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This Time Wie Makes
Cut
From the Associated Press
May 6, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-golfrdp6may06,1,453054.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Ang Lee Now Directing
His Focus Back to His Homeland
From the Associated Press
May 5, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-anglee5may05,1,5523590.story
China's Naming of
Bishops Angers Pope
The Vatican repudiates the
unauthorized appointments made by the state-sanctioned church in an escalation
of tensions with Beijing.
By Tracy Wilkinson, Times
Staff Writer
May 5, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-vatican5may05,1,610847.story
Sing a song of Mamet
The playwright's first
musical is among seven world premieres on the Center Theatre Group's 2006-07
diverse slate.
By Mike Boehm, Times Staff
Writer
May 5, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ctg5may05,1,3877034.story
Intimate, epic -- and
even indie
By Kevin Crust, Times
Staff Writer
May 4, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-wk-screen4may04,1,6736783.story
Koreatown Immigrants
Blending In
Necessity is helping
strengthen ties and bridge the cultural divide between Latinos, the largest
ethnic group in the area, and Asians.
By Daniel Yi, Times Staff
Writer
May 3, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fi-korean3may03,1,287726.story
GREGORY RODRIGUEZ
Can-do spirit fuels
immigrants
GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an
Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
May 7, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rodriguez7may07,1,2040086.story
She's Fled Both
Koreas, and Controversy Has Followed
By Barbara Demick, Times
Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-asylum8may08,1,6509080.story
Entering Splitsville,
China
The villagers thought
divorce was their loophole to a better life. Officials said not so fast, which
is what some exes said about reuniting.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Times
Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-divorce8may08,1,1554796.story
Chinese Couples Break
the Silence Over Infertility
The subject has carried a
stigma, but demand for reproductive services is growing, experts say.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Times
Staff Writer
May 7, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-fertility7may07,1,6497665.story
House GOP Group
Targets Bilingual Ballots
The 56 lawmakers want to
let language assistance provisions in the Voting Rights Act expire.
By Nicole Gaouette, Times
Staff Writer
May 6, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-bilingual6may06,1,1079877.story
5 Chinese Muslim
Prisoners Get Asylum
From Times Wire Reports
May 6, 200
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs6.1may06,1,2612490.story
Chinese Computer
Giant Showcases Capitalist Credentials
Chairman of Lenovo, which
acquired IBM's PC unit, says the firm has few government ties.
By Terril Yue Jones, Times
Staff Writer
May 4, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lenovo4may04,1,3131923.story
Earl Woods, 74;
Retired Soldier Was Golfer Tiger Woods' Father, First Coach and Booster
By Thomas Bonk, Times
Staff Writer
May 4, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-woods4may04,1,2610334.story