THE APPA Newsletter
August 30, 2006
Labor Day:
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
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See This Weekend
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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
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Long range calendar
items:
Chinatown Farmers Market
Every Thursday, 3:00pm to 7:00pm Chinatown Business Improvement District
http://www.ChinatownLA.com/ For
Information (213)680-0243
Los Angeles Public
Library Celebrates our DiverseCity
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
Mani Wall and A Sacred
Geography
Exhibition at UCLA June 11
- September 10, 2006
In 1996, artist/writer
Mary Heebner and her husband, photographer Macduff Everton, traveled to the
walled Kingdom of Lo in NepalÕs Mustang district to visit HeebnerÕs daughter,
Sienna Craig, an anthropologist and writer who lived in Nepal intermittently
from 1993Ð2005. They rode horses and trekked, stopping at villages along the
way. In 2004, Heebner and Everton returned again to visit Craig, who was then
working as a medical anthropologist in Lhasa, Tibet.
ÒMani Wall and A Sacred
GeographyÓ Ñ on view at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History from June 11
through Sept. 10 Ñ is the result of a creative collaboration by Heebner, Craig
and Everton, inspired by the landscape of these regions and the wall of painted
boulders etched with Tibetan prayers (mani) that they encountered in Nepal.
In 2003, Heebner made
individually pulp-painted sheets of paper, using variations of the ochre, gray
and white stripes of the mani walls, to frame a collection of 12 sonnets that
Craig had written about the Himalaya and Tibet. These sheets of paper became
the loose-leaf pages of the elegant, limited-edition book, ÒA Sacred Geography:
Sonnets of the Himalaya and Tibet,Ó which will be displayed at the Fowler in its
entirety.
Heebner later used the
same hues to create the ÒMani WallÓ series of paintings, also on display.
Interspersed along the gallery walls will be a selection of 14 panoramic
photographs of Nepal by Everton. Together, the words and images from this
family project create a loving and personal tribute to this sacred region.
About the artists
Mary HeebnerÕs collages,
paintings, works on paper and artistÕs books are exhibited throughout the
United States. A version of her artistÕs book, ÒOn the Blue Shore of Silence:
Poems of the Sea by Pablo Neruda,Ó was published in 2004. She also writes
travel articles for several magazines including CondŽ Nast Traveler, Travel +
Life and National Geographic Traveler.
Macduff EvertonÕs widely
published photographs are exhibited and collected around the world. He is a
contributing editor at National Geographic Traveler and Islands Magazine, as
well as a correspondent for Virtuoso Life. Currently he is updating his seminal
book, ÒThe Modern Maya.Ó
Sienna Craig is completing
a Ph.D. in medical and cultural anthropology from Cornell University. In
1998Ð99, Craig and her husband, Kenneth Bauer, founded DROKPA, a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to form partnerships with pastoral communities in
the Himalaya and Central Asia to implement grass-roots development and catalyze
social entrepreneurship. In addition to her dissertation research, since 2002
she has been an ethnographer and research coordinator with a National
Institutes of Health/Global Network for WomenÕs Health project based in Lhasa,
Tibet. Her memoir, ÒHorses Like Lightning: A Passage Through Mustang,Ó will be
published in 2007.
Visiting the Fowler
ÒMani Wall and A Sacred
GeographyÓ is presented in conjunction with the debut of a major, traveling
exhibition, ÒThe Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama,Ó and will be
on view in the Fowler MuseumÕs Goldenberg Galleria. The Fowler Museum, part of
UCLAÕs School of the Arts and Architecture, is located in the north part of the
UCLA campus.
Related event: 1Ð4 p.m.,
Saturday, June 24, A World of Art Family Workshop: Books of Place
Write original poems about
a special place Ñ real or imagined Ñ and combine them with watercolor paintings
to create your own artistÕs book based on the exhibition ÒMani Wall and A Sacred
Geography.Ó The cost is $10 for members; $15 for non-members. Reservations are
required; call (310) 825-7325.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum, Los
Angeles, CA 90095
The Missing Peace: Artists
Consider the Dalai Lama
Exhibition at UCLA June 11 - September 10, 2006
UCLA Fowler Museum
to Premiere the Traveling Exhibition
Seventy-seven contemporary
artists from 25 countries have contributed artworks for an exhibition inspired
by the messages, vision and values of the Dalai Lama. ÒThe Missing Peace:
Artists Consider the Dalai LamaÓ Ñ on view at the UCLA Fowler Museum from June
11-Sept. 10 Ñ explores themes of peace, compassion, patience and tolerance.
Participating artists have considered the Dalai Lama in a broad array of new
and existing works made in a variety of media expressing their personal
interpretations of and reflections on his philosophies and ideals.
A photograph of the Dalai
Lama taken in India in 1998 by the late Richard Avedon was among the first
works contributed to ÒThe Missing Peace.Ó Many artists, including Bill Viola,
Mike and Doug Starn, Sylvie Fleury, El Anatsui, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith,
Michal Rovner and Chuck Close, have created new works for the exhibition. For
example, Viola recently traveled to India to meet with the Dalai Lama to create
a new work that will debut at the Fowler.
All works in the
exhibition have been donated by the artists and will be auctioned to raise
funds for the peace initiatives of the Dalai Lama Foundation and the Committee
of 100 for Tibet, the co-sponsoring organizations. The Dalai Lama, who has met
with ÒThe Missing PeaceÓ organizers on several occasions, supports the project
and will be lending a work of art from his personal collection.
Darlene Markovich,
president of the Committee of 100 for Tibet, is executive director of ÒThe
Missing Peace,Ó leading a team of more than 20 individuals and 17 international
advisers who have been organizing the exhibition for more than two years.
ÒOur goal is to use art as
inspiration and a catalyst to shift attention towards peace. We hope the
exhibition will inspire others to explore and embrace these ideals,Ó Markovich
said. ÒPeace may be elusive in our world, but the Dalai Lama consistently shows
us that dedicating oneself to peace can have widespread positive impact.Ó
Randy Rosenberg, curator
of ÒThe Missing Peace,Ó formerly served as curator for the art collections of
The World Bank and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
ÒThe exhibitionÕs 77
artists bring their individual stories and experiences as well as a rich and
diverse array of media and styles,Ó Rosenberg said, Òbut together their works
speak eloquently to the Dalai Lama's vision of compassion, peace and the unity
of all things.Ó
The exhibition and
associated educational programs endeavor to make an enduring contribution to
the global dialogue about peace. Extensive public programming planned in
conjunction with the exhibition, from artistsÕ panels to family workshops that
will encourage dialogue about peace and ethics, will be announced in the
spring.
The Dalai Lama Foundation,
founded in 2002, supports the development of our shared global capacity for
ethics and peace. The Dalai Lama Foundation runs three initiatives: a free
study guide and study circles on ethics and peace based on the Dalai LamaÕs
book ÒEthics for a New Millennium,Ó online courses on ethics and peace topics,
and curricula for ÒThe Missing Peace.Ó Visit http://www.dalailamafoundation.org/.
Visiting the Fowler
The Fowler Museum is open
from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays; and from noon until 8 p.m. on
Thursdays, The museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. The Fowler Museum, part
of UCLAÕs School of the Arts and Architecture, is located in the north part of
the UCLA campus. Admission is free. Campus parking is available for $8 in Lot
4.
For more information,
please visit http://www.dlportrait.org
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA
Fowler
Museum
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
From Heart to Hand
Exhibition at Pacific Asia
Museum June 22 - September 17, 2006
Modern Japanese Prints
from the George and Marcia Good Collection. From Heart to Hand focuses on 15
modern Japanese prints from the post war era as represented in the George and
Marcia Good collection, donated to Pacific Asia Museum in 1990. These prints
have been selected to present a sample of the wide array of styles and
techniques found in works of the modern Japanese print movement.
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N
Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
Special Instructions
Wednesday Ð Sunday 10 a.m.
Ð 5 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m. Ð 8 p.m.
Tel: (626) 449-2742, www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Between Past and Future:
New Photography and Video from China
Exhibition at The Santa
Barbara Museum of Art
Through September 17, 2006
Representing the only
California venue, this groundbreaking exhibition is the first comprehensive
look at the innovative photo and video art produced since the mid-1990s from
China. A portion of the exhibition will be presented simultaneously at
the Contemporary Arts Forum from July 1 through August 26.
Featuring 130 works by 60
Chinese artists, many of whom are exhibiting for the first time in the United
States, the exhibition reflects the enthusiastic adoption of media-based art by
younger Chinese artists. Their works, often ambitious in scale and
experimental in nature, reflect a range of highly individual responses to the
unprecedented changes now taking place in ChinaÕs economy, society and
culture. In addition to introducing a remarkable body of work to American
audiences, the exhibition will also provide insights into the dynamics of
Chinese culture at the start of the 21st century.
The significance of the
subject matter is only matched by the considerable scope of the exhibition
which includes not only photographs, but also video and installation pieces
that amplify the exhibitionÕs four main themes:
History and Memory
The works in this section
explore the contemporary legacy of ChinaÕs past. Some artists, for
example, update motifs drawn from the rich heritage of Chinese art. Still
others examine the consequences of such recent historical moments as the
Cultural Revolution, a period of traumatic upheaval that many of the artists
experienced in their childhood.
Reimagining the Body
In this section, many
works document performances that use the human body to fashion sometimes
disturbing metaphors for the violent changes that have swept through every
corner of Chinese life in recent decades.
People and Place
In the past two decades,
ChinaÕs urban life has been completely transformed. A massive building
program has created sprawling skyscraper cities, and at the same time tens of
thousands of city dwellers have been displaced from the inner city to the
outskirts. These conditions have brought about a growing alienation
between the city and its residents Ð they no longer belong to each other.
The works in this section both reflect and respond to the new textures of
ChinaÕs metropolitan culture.
Performing the Self (at
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum)
Arising from a culture
that has traditionally been marked by the subordination of the individual to
the collective, these works all reflect the emergence of hybrid new conceptions
of selfhood and personal identity in contemporary China.
The exhibition is
organized by the International Center of Photography, New York, and the David
and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, in collaboration with
the Asia Society New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago with
support from the Smart Family Foundation.
In Santa Barbara, this
exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of Stephanie and
Fred Shuman, with additional support from the Management Companies of the
Archstone Partnerships, the Wallis Foundation, Charles and Mildred Bloom Fund,
PhotoFutures, Jill and John C. Bishop, Jr., and Julie and Bruce G. Wilcox.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Santa Barbara Museum
of Art
1130 State Street.
Santa Barbara, CA 90095
Docent tours: September 2,
3, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17 at noon.
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
Chrysanthemums on the
Eastern Hedge: Gardens and Plants in Chinese Art
Exhibition at The
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
From Aug. 5, 2006 Ð Jan.
7, 2007
The HuntingtonÕs
first-ever exhibition of Chinese art will explore the symbolism and tradition
of five plants frequently used as decorative motifs---lotus, orchid, plum,
bamboo, pine, and chrysanthemum---and the profound significance they hold in
Chinese culture. The exhibition will examine how these plants became the
conveyors of important themes in Chinese art, representing harbingers of
seasonal change, the triumph and transience of beauty, or the symbolic expression
of moral strength and virtue through times of great social and political
change. These plants, and their symbolism, also play a key role in
the HuntingtonÕs Chinese Garden, currently under construction. (see
related item, below.) The 55 works on display in the exhibition, ranging
in date from the 10th to the 19th century, will include painted scrolls,
textiles, ceramics, wood block prints, lacquer, glass, and jade.
They are drawn from the collections of The Huntington, the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Pacific Asian Museum, and
several private lenders. The exhibition is made possible by Cathay
Bank. Additional support provided by the Blakemore Foundation, the Robert
F. Erburu Exhibition Endowment, and the Peter Paanakker estate through the
Carrie Kolb Foundation. (Library, West Hall)
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino,
CA 91108
Tel: (626) 405-2140, lblackburn@huntington.org ,
September 9, 2006
AADAP Showtime Benefit Concert 2006
Produced by the Asian
American Drug Abuse Program
(AADAP, Inc.)
"Showtime
2006" - Changing Lives and Saving Families
A benefit concert
featuring the dynamic comedy of the "Seoul Brothers" - Bobby Lee,
Steve Bryne, Dr. Ken and Kevin Shea, as seen on the Kims of Comedy DVD.
This benefit
concert is to help raise critical funds to aide Asian and
Pacific Islander families affected by substance abuse, its associated problems,
and to help AADAP provide needed prevention programs, counseling, and outreach.
For more information
contact AADAP at (626) 683-8243, (323) 293-6284 or visit their website, www.aadapinc.org
https://scs.fidelity.com/tpv/logout_webxpress.shtml
Showtime Poster.
Saturday, , 7pm -
9:30pm
$40 General Admission
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
Sept 10 Aki Matsuri (sponsored by WLA JACL Auxiliary*)
Sat., 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Venice Japanese Community
Center - 12448 Braddock Dr., Los Angeles CA 90066
Sept 10 Japan Cultural
Fair in Orange County, 1-4:30PM, Woodbridge Village Shopping Center in Irvine.
Presented by the Orange County Japanese American Association (714-283-3551) and
Irvine Yamaha Music Center (Kimiko Fujita 949-559-5440)
THE TENTH ANNUAL
HISTORYMAKERS AWARDS BANQUET
Celebrating A Decade Of
Achievements
LOS ANGELES (August 9,
2006) Ð On Sunday, September 10, 2006, the Chinese American Museum (CAM) will
celebrate the Tenth Annual Historymakers Awards Banquet at the Hilton Hotel,
located at 555 Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City. Themed, ÒShowcasing
Our Heritage: Stories, Images, Artifacts,Ó this yearÕs Banquet marks a
significant milestone in CAMÕs history as it will commemorate a decade-long
celebration of extraordinary individuals whose achievements have helped to
shape and advance the Chinese American community; since the BanquetÕs inception
in 1997, over fifty individuals/organizations, have been recognized and honored
for their outstanding leadership and work.
Prominently recognized as
one of the premiere Chinese American events in Southern California, the Banquet
heralds the inspiring achievements of individuals/organizations within the
fields of art, literature, science, community, business, government, law and
athletics who have made significant and lasting contributions to the Chinese
American community. Past honorees include U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang, Dr.
Steve Chu, Michelle Kwan, Honorable March Fong Eu, and Joan Chen. In addition,
the Banquet also serves as the chief annual fundraising event for CAM. Proceeds
from the event will help propel CAM into its next phase of expansion where over
16,000 square feet of space currently await transformation into additional
exhibition and educational and multi-purpose rooms.
The Historymakers Honorees
for 2006 are Assemblymember Judy Chu, Excellence in Government; Tim Dang,
Excellence in Entertainment; C.Y. Lee, Excellence in Literary Arts, Reverend
Dr. Hoover Wong, Excellence in Community Service; and Robert and Edith Jung,
Dr. Dan Louie, Jr. Award. In addition, as a special tribute in this milestone
year, all past honorees will be invited back to participate in this yearÕs
program.
Over 600 guests are
expected to attend the evening gala, including government officials, community
leaders, museum grantors, patrons, donors and supporters. The evening will
formally open with a traditional Silent Auction and cocktail hour featuring
vacation packages, extravagant gift baskets and certificates, and original
artworks donated by past and current artists who have exhibited at the Museum.
Such artists include Tyrus Wong, Steve Wong, Cindy Suriyani, Milton Quon, and Diana
Wong.
The Tenth Annual
Historymakers Awards Banquet will take place on Sunday, September 10, 2006 in
the Sierra Ballroom at the Hilton Hotel at Universal City, located at 555
Universal Hollywood Drive in Universal City. Cocktail hour and Silent Auction
will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the program will commence at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are
$250 per seat or $2,500 per table.
The Chinese American
Museum (CAM) is jointly developed and operated by the Friends of the Chinese
American Museum (FCAM) and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, a
department of the City of Los Angeles. Located at 425 North Los Angeles Street
within the El Pueblo Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, CAM is housed in the last
surviving structure of the CityÕs Original Chinatown. CAMÕs mission is to
foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of AmericaÕs diverse heritage by
researching, preserving, and sharing the history, rich cultural legacy, and
continuing contributions of Chinese Americans.
Contact: Linh Duong
(213) 626-5240
camla.org
Symposium - Promoting and
Resisting Westernization in Meiji Japan
At Scripps College
September 15-17 2006
To be held in the
Humanities Auditorium and in conjunction with 2 exhibitions of Meiji arts
Opening
Lecture:
Friday (15/9) 7:30pm
William Steele, ICU
Tokyo
"Casting Shadows on
Japan's Enlightenment: Sada KaisekiÕs Attack on Lamps"
Chikanobu's Depictions of
Women:
Saturday (16/9) 10 am
Kyoko Kurita, Pomona
"Images of Women's
Future in Meiji Japan"
Miya Lippett,
USC
ÒTrue and New Beauty:
Artistic Portraiture of the Meiji PeriodÓ
Lisa Morrisette, Denison
"Dressing, Deportment
and Desire: Fashion in the Meiji Prints of Chikanobu"
Anne Walthall, UC
Irvine
"Late nineteenth
century nostalgia: Chikanobu and the Women of Chiyoda Palace"
Reviving the Past in Meiji
Prints and Paintings:
Saturday (16/9) 2 pm
Allen Hockley,
Dartmouth
"Whose Heroes? Whose
Nostalgia?"
Joshua Mostow,
UBC
"Chikanobu and the
Feminization of the Past"
Julia Sapin,
WWU
ÒAdvertising the KimonoÓ
Juli Wolfgram, Cal
Tech
"Meiji Publishing
& Miyatake Gaikotsu: Ukiyoe ReduxÓ
Harper FundÓ
Lecture:
Saturday (16/9) 4:30 pm
Ellen
Conant
"Meiji Painting:
Rhetoric and Reality"
Exhibition
Openings:
Saturday (16/9) 7-9 pm
"CHIKANOBU: Modernity
and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints"
Williamson Gallery,
Scripps College
"Moderninizing the
Arts in Meiji Japan" - Clark Humanities Museum, SC
Religious Responses to the
Changing World of Meiji:
Sunday (17/9) 10am
Michel Mohr, Brown
"Fascination for
Religious Unity: The Case of Murakami Sensho (1851-1929)"
Janine T. Sawada, U Iowa
"The Impact of
'Civilization and Enlightenment' on Mt. Fuji Devotionalism: Maruyamakyo"
Paul B. Watt, DePauw
"The Reception of the
Tokugawa Buddhist Master Jiun in Meiji Buddhism"
Creating Art for a World
Audience: Sunday (17/9) 2pm
Christine Guth,
Stanford
"Hasegawa's Fairy
Tale Books: Marketing Japan to Children of All Ages."
Morgan Pitelka,
Occidental
"Raku Goes Global:
Reconfiguring the Arts of Tea in Meiji JapanÓ
Alice Tseng, Boston
U
"The Nude in the
Room: On Public Exhibition in Modern KyotoÓ
Bert Winther-Tamaki,
UCI
ÒWestern Painting ('Y™ga')
and the Acquisition of Western CultureÓ
*Speakers are listed in
panels alphabetically.
Date: Friday, September
15, 2006
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
September 16, 2006 Queen
Mary Asian Heritage Festival Saturday - 5:00 pm Queen Mary Special Events Park, Long Beach, CA
September 16 -
17, Echo Lew's Charity Art Exhibition
for Helen Keller International
Sponsored by IDEA
International Inc.
Echo Lew is an award
winning Taiwanese photographer. "See the Light" is his latest series
of art, full of essences of the beauty of human emotions in an abstract form.
Echo believes the purity of art can be an invaluable therapy to the human
soul and can be a relevant means of fundraising for causes that aim to heal
physical brokenness, such as malnutrition, blindness, and cancer. Helen Keller
International is among the oldest international nonprofit organizations devoted
to fighting and treating of preventable blindness and malnutrition.
Saturday and
Sunday, 2006, 10am to 5pm
For more information
visit the following websites:
Free Admission
George J. Doizaki Gallery
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
Sept 17 About Face:
Artists Discuss Portraiture, Portrait-Making, and Identity
How are contemporary
artists using portraiture and portrait-making processes to examine, reflect,
and/or challenge constructions of identity?
Join us as an eclectic
group of artists gather to discuss the role of ethnicity, race, class, age,
gender, and sexuality, among others, in shaping their work. The conversation
promises to be a lively commentary on ways of the seeing the self and others.
Sunday 2PM
In conjunction with the
exhibition kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
September 19, 2006CHINESE KUNQU OPERA & "PEONY
PAVILION"
Talks, demonstration,
& dinner at the Pacific Asia Museum
Presented by the Pacific
Asia Museum and co-sponsored by Town Hall Los
Angeles.
Talks by famed
author Kenneth Pai (Pai Hsien-yung) - writer/producer of the Young Lovers'
edition of Peony Pavilion -
and Professor Richard Strassberg (UCLA), plus a demonstration of scenes
from Peony Pavilion by members of
the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Company.
A reception & dim
sum dinner (included in the price of admission) will follow the talks and
demonstration.
The dinner has been
generously funded by the Chinese Arts Council of the Museum, the Taipei First
Girls High School Alumni Association, and the Southern California chapter of
the National Taiwan University Alumni Association.
Tuesday, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
Cost: $7 ($5 for
seniors)
Tel: (626) 449-2742 xtn 10
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/index.htm
September 25, 2006 THE ART
OF KUNQU: ACTING & SINGING
Demonstration by renowed
kunqu artist Hua Wenyi and talk by Dr. Susan Pertel Jain (UCLA)
As an ancient form of
theater that has been evolving for more than four centuries, Kunqu Opera is
famous for a singing style that is characterized by elegance and delicacy. The
dancing moves and postures are highly expressive, yet always retain a touch of
subtlety. This lecture and demonstration, presented by Susan Pertel Jain, an
expert on Kunqu Opera, and also featuring prestigious Kunqu Opera actress Hua
Wenyi, will display to the audience the hauntingly beautiful melodies of Kunqu
singing and its richly expressive moves that one might be too fleeting to be
captured during a normal stage performance.
Monday, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA 90095
Admission is Free
Special Instructions
RSVP required
For more information
please contact
Richard GundeTel: 310-825-8683
www.international.ucla.edu/china/mundanting
September 25, 2006 A
Conversation on "The Peony Pavilion"
A roundtable discussion
This roundtable
discussion is designed to encourage reflection on the history of kunqu, the
significance of Kenneth PaiÕs production of The Peony Pavilion, the role of the performing arts in China's growing
international influence, and any other questions audience members might raise.
Each panelist will speak for approximately ten minutes on the subject of
his/her own interest and expertise before entertaining questions from the
audience and fellow panelists.
Cost: Free
Seating is limited.
Reservations are essential:
RSVP (310) 825-8683 -
leave a message with the number & names of the guests and your telephone
number
or
Send an e-mail, with the
number & names of the guests, to china@international.ucla.edu
Monday, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
For more information
please contact
Richard Gunde Tel:
310-825-8683
www.international.ucla.edu/china/mundanting
September 26, 2006 THE
MUSIC OF KUNQU
Demonstration by Li Chi
(Ethnomusicology, UCLA) & her troupe and talk by Prof. Helen Rees (UCLA)
The repertory of Kunqu
Opera is an indispensably precious part of Chinese music. Using instruments
with distinctive characteristics, such as the Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute),
Huqin (Chinese two-stringed violin), Guzheng (Chinese zither), and a range of
percussion instruments, Kunqu music creates an ambience of poetic melancholy
that is characteristic of Kunqu Theater.
Prof. Helen Rees, an
ethnomusicologist specializing in Chinese music, with Prof. Li Chi, a highly
accomplished and versatile musician, assisted by a troupe of musicians, will
introduce these instruments to the audience and demonstrate their use in kunqu
performances.
Tuesday, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Free Admission
RSVP
For more information
please contact
Richard GundeTel:
310-825-8683 gunde@ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/china/mundanting
September 27, 2006 KUNQU
& THE HISTORY OF CHINESE THEATER
Lecture by Professor
Sophie Volpp (East Asian Languages & Cultures, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Sophie Volpp will
give a talk on the historical development of theater art in Chinese
civilization
Date: Wednesday,
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Free Admission
RSVP
For more information
please contact
Richard Gunde
Tel: 310-825-8683
www.international.ucla.edu/china/mundanting
The Peony Pavilion: Book 1
of 3
The Suzhou Kun Opera
Theater of Jiangsu Province makes it Los Angeles Debut.
From the mists of the Ming
Dynasty comes a tale of love, beauty and marriage so profound that it still
resonates with modern audiences more than 400 years later. One of the worldÕs
greatest artistic accomplishments, The Peony Pavilion is the supreme example of
Chinese kunqu opera, an art form refined over centuries combining literature,
music, dance and drama. No one has succeeded more brilliantly in interpreting
Tang XianzuÕs epic love story (often compared to Romeo and Juliet) than the
esteemed Taiwanese literary scholar and producer Kenneth Pai. This abridged
version of the original sweeping text features a handpicked young cast from
Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, with exquisite handmade costumes.
The Peony Pavilion may be
seen and ordered as a complete series or as single performances. It is not part
of the International Theatre Festival (ITF) series, and must be purchased
separately.
Book I: The Dream of Love
Fri, Sep 29 at 8pm
Du Liniang, a sheltered,
lonely girl of 16, dreams of a handsome scholar. Saddened that he was only a
dream, she pines away. Before she dies, she paints a self-portrait and hides it
in the garden. Her mother buries her under a plum tree and builds a shrine in
her memory.
Book II: Romance and
Resurrection
Sat, Sep 30 at 8pm
Liu Mengmei, an
impoverished scholar, dreams of a beautiful lady under a plum tree. He finds Du
LiniangÕs portrait, and falls in love with the image. Du LiniangÕs ghost
appears, and convinced of his love, reveals herself. Liu Mengmei opens the
grave and Du Liniang returns to life.
Book III: Reunion and
Triumph
Sun, Oct 1 at 7pm The lively resolution to the story, features some of
the most humorous scenes in kunqu. Liu Mengmei succeeds as a scholar, but not
before being punished on suspicion of grave robbing. Du Liniang is reunited
with her parents, but not before her stern father admits that love can conquer
death.
Pre-performance
discussions prior to each performance
Learn more at
the Peony Pavilion website created by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies
http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/mudanting/
Purchase tickets at UCLA Live
http://www.uclalive.org/Event.asp?Event_ID=330
Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: $65, 46, 30 ($17
UCLA students)
September 30, October
1, 2006, "Circled With
Folks" Concert
Sponsored by Herald
Community Center (HCC)
Hong Kong artists
Ruth Ng, Brenda Lo, and Albert Lui are coming to town to meet with L.A. fans
for the Herald Community Center Charitable Concert, September 30 and October 1.
They will take us back in time to scores of memorable folk oldies such as The
Circle Game, California Dreaming, Country Roads, Try To Remember, and Leaving
On A Jet Plane.
This is a charitable
concert. All donations will be used for the HCC community services.
For more information
contact Herald Community Center (626) 282-2600 or visit their website, www.cchc.org.
$35, $50, $60, VIP
Reserved Seating - Tickets are available through Herald Community Center.
Saturday, 2006, 7pm
Sunday, 4pm
Aratani Japan Amreica
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
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
Oct 29 Akira
Fuse Concert, Japanese Language Scholarship benefit at El Camino College Center
for the Arts Marsee Auditorium, 323-882-6545, www.jlsf-aurora.org
SAVE YOUR SATURDAY NIGHTS
FOR COLD TOFU!
AND NOW - WATCH VIDEOS
ONLINE!
Join us for our monthly
improv shows at Maryknoll!
Upcoming shows in 2006!
JULY 22, 7:30 pm
AUGUST 19, 7:30 pm
SEPTEMBER 23, 7:30 pm
OCTOBER 21, 7:30 pm
NOVEMBER 18, 7:30 pm
DECEMBER 16, 7:30 pm
Maryknoll Catholic Center
222 S. Hewitt St., LA
90012 (Located east of Alameda, between 2nd & 3rd Streets) Admission:
Pay-What-You-Can
Make your reservations by
calling (213) 739-4142 or e-mail us at coldtofu@hotmail.com.
Email for details. www.coldtofu.com
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and
earlier)
September 1st, 2nd, &
3rd E Hula Mau 2006 E
Hula Mau is Southern California's only Hula and Chant competition, staged annually
every Labor Day weekend since 1995 by Na Mamo, a non-profit organization based in Southern
California.
Our goal is to blend
honored traditions with innovative ideas, and to present for everyone from
participating halau to special friends and guests, a wonderful experience from
the Hawaiian people.
For halau, we strive to
give them a setting where their artistry can be presented at its best. For the
audience, an opportunity to experience the kinetic poetry that is hula. We wish
for all that they have the feeling of being welcomed as `ohana, or family.
E Hula Mau is three days
of hula, mele, arts, crafts, food, and fellowship. It is held in the beautiful Terrace
Theater of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
in Long Beach, California. Participating halau come from all over the mainland
United States.
E Hula Mau is Not Only a
Competition...
E Hula Mau has cultural
workshops to share the Hawaiian heritage. It also has associated events such as
the E Hula Mau Kanikapila Jam, featuring live entertainment, hula show, `ono
foods, local snacks (crackseeds), and beautiful arts and crafts. Bring your
guitar or `ukulele and jam with us Saturday night after the competition at the
host hotel in the courtyard. Check our website periodically for additional
information.
To top off the weekend,
the Mahalo Bash is held Sunday night after the competition, always featuring
the best in contemporary Hawaiian entertainment.
The heritage lives on
through you.
It's official, E Hula Mau
2006, the 12th annual edition of the event, is scheduled, so mark your calendar
now. The specifics are:
Labor Day Weekend,
September 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2006
Long Beach
Convention and Entertainment Center www.longbeachcc.com/maps.htm
namamo.org
September 02, 2006
Karishma: An Enchanting Evening of Bollywood Dance Under the Stars At Ford
Amphitheatre
A tantalizing explosion of
eastern and western dance, Bollywood comes alive in blue13 dance companyÕs
exotic Indian fairytale of romance, magic and mystery inspired by A Midsummer
NightÕs Dream and The Wizard of Oz.
Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00
PM
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
Full price $22, Children
12 & under $12, Open seating
Tel: (323) 461-3673 www.fordamphitheatre.org/en/performance/september.asp#0902
September 02, 2006
Performance - Shruti Sadolikar and Anupama Bhagwat in Concert At Herrick Chapel
Presenting one of IndiaÕs
most distinguished female vocal artists, Shruti Sadolikar in a concert also
featuring the young sitar virtuoso, Anupama Bhagwat. Setting a standard for
female singers in the North Indian classical tradition, Shruti Sadolikar is
known for her brilliant vocal capabilities and wide range of vocal genres from
light classical bhajans to khayals and thumris. Beginning music in early
childhood under the tutelage of her father, she has become a major performing
artist in India and abroad as well as leading recording artist and much
sought-after teacher. Also beginning music at a young age, Anupama Bhagwat is a
rising virtuoso, one of the few high-level female soloists on the sitar, a
primary instrument in North Indian classical music. She superbly brings out the
cadences of the sitar within her disciplined development of the raga. She plays
in the gayaki style, a lyrical and subtly-nuanced technique modeled after the
human voice. Both performers will be accompanied by Anadogopal Bandopadhyay on
the tabla and Jyoti Goho on the harmonium.
Saturday, 8:00 PM - 11:00
PM
Herrick Chapel
Occidental College Campus
Eagle Rock, CA 900041
Special Instructions
$25 General, $15 Music
Circle Members, $5 Students with ID
Tel: (626) 449-6987
Traditional &
Contemporary Calligraphy
Exhibition at Korean
Cultural Center
August 25 - September
7,2006
This exhibit will feature
the works of Koran American Calligraphy Association.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Korean Cultural Center
2nd floor Art Gallery
5505 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Special Instructions
Gallery Open Hours:
Mon.-Fri.: 10a.m.-5p.m., Sat. 10a.m.-1p.m.
For more information
please contact
Heeseon Choi Tel:
323-936-7141(x112)
Sept 7"LA Menu
Munchies" by Collage Ensemble Inc.
LA Menu Munchies is a digital magazine that portrays Los Angeles'
urban fabric through the needle and thread of food.
Join its creators, Collage
Ensemble Inc.--Alan Nakagawa, Mona Kasra, and Alex Alferov--in the world
premiere of their DVD, where cooking-show meets cultural explosion.
6:30PM
The DVD will be available
for sale through the Museum Store. Please call 888.769.5559 or order through
the Museum
Store Online in September.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Sept. 7 1st & Central
Summer Concerts: Dengue Fever
FREE
6:30 PM -
Opening Act
7:00 PM - Featured Artists
Critics around the country
have hailed this six-member band that fuses Cambodian pop with psychedelic rock
as one to watch. Fronted by the amazing vocalist, Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever
closes this year‰Ûªs concert series with sounds that are both familiar yet at
absolutely unique ... The result is a concoction all their own.
Free. Reservations are
not needed. Sponsored, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the Irvine Foundation.
Media sponsors: KFPK 90.7 FM and Downtown News.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Last
weekend I went to:
Las Vegas
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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.
Nobelist's Fiction
Brought to Life His Beloved Cairo
By John Daniszewski,
Special to The Times
9:47 PM PDT, August 30,
2006
Country Radio Gets
the Blues
Is media consolidation
good or bad for L.A.'s stranded legions of country music fans?
August 27, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-radio27aug27,1,940801.story
Why a Racial
"Survivor" Is a Good Thing
Reality show gimmick will
force conversation and maybe show that skin color doesn't matter.
By Tony Pierce, TONY
PIERCE is the editor of LAist.com.
August 26, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-pierce26aug26,1,1974453.story
Hundreds Mourn a
'Legend in Little Saigon'
Publisher Yen Do's legacy
to Orange County's Vietnamese is an enduring sense of community, a packed Santa
Ana church is told.
By Seema Mehta, Times
Staff Writer
August 25, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yendo25aug25,1,3898786.story
A VISUAL HISTORY OF LOS
ANGELES
The Southland's
ethnic transition
August 25, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ethnicl.a.25aug25,1,5606251.story
Wong Wielded Clout in
a Low-Key Manner
By Ralph Frammolino, Times
Staff Writer
August 24, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-profile24aug24,1,5570610.story
A woman of color
who's seeing red
By Barbara E. Hernandez,
Special to The Times
August 24, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-wk-tell24aug24,1,2272014.story
Threat Is Seen to
Free Speech in Japan
Politician targeted by an
arsonist after criticizing the premier calls for an end to the intimidation.
By Bruce Wallace, Times
Staff Writer
August 30, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-arson30aug30,1,7919851.story
TIMES PAST
Immigrants are forced
to register
August 28, 2006
Aug. 28, 1940: To comply
with the Alien Registration Act, Los Angeles begins to register its estimated
125,000 foreign-born residents at its processing headquarters in San Pedro.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-a2anniversary28aug28,1,2858537.story
Why Shouldn't Girls
Play Baseball?
It's time for the U.S. to
stop discouraging girls from the national pastime.
By Jennifer Ring, JENNIFER
RING, a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno, is
the author of "Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball,"
to be published next year.
August 27, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-ring27aug27,1,6568857.story
Ex-FBI Agent to Get
Fine, Probation
Federal judge to accept a
plea bargain for Denise K. Woo, who disclosed confidential data in connection
with a Chinese spying probe.
From the Associated Press
August 29, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-woo29aug29,1,4961084.story
Apple Sees No Forced
Labor at Its IPod Factory in China
But a company probe does
find that overtime limits are not enforced. Officials vow remedies.
From the Associated Press
August 19, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple19aug19,1,4793249.story