THE APPA Newsletter
March 20, 2007
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 FROM 2-6PM, the Chinatown Farmers' Market takes place at Hill &
Alpine bringing fresh fruits and produce by California Farmers to the Chinatown
Community. FRIED BANANA, FRIED YAM, HAWAIIAN CHICKEN. We invite you to come and
experience the Chinatown Farmers' Market. Free parking with purchase.
The Downtown Arts
District/Little Tokyo Farmers' Market
Weller Court 2nd & San
Pedro in
Little Tokyo Summer Hours
10-3pm
Features fresh produce,
Hawaiian Chicken, more food gifts...and live jazz band.
Tuesdays from 10 a.m.- 3
p.m.
The weekly market is held
every Tuesday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m year round, rain or shine.
Sponsored by LARABA
the market will include farm-fresh produce, Asian produce, organic produce,
eggs, seafood, cheese, olives, olive oils, flowers, plants, bread and prepared
foods and more.
Hawaiian Chicken, Roasted
corn on the cobb
Local businesses
interested in having a prepared food booth at the market or individuals
interested in volunteering at this non-profit event, please contact Susan
Hutchinson at 323-660-8660 for more information
Los Angeles Public
Library Celebrates our DiverseCity
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
March 17 - July 29,
2007
Tokyo ADC Exhibition
A blend of pop,
tradition and innovation, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the world of
Tokyo Advertising Director's Club. Tokyo ADC promises to showcase some of the
most trend-setting minds in commercial visual arts in the world today through
examples of logos, print and television advertising, and book and product
design.
Simple avant garde,
comedic and crisp; the competition to stay ahead of the game is so intense,
that these commercial artists explore and discover new ways, and new twists on
a few old ways of delivering their products to the consumer market.
George J. Doizaki
Gallery
Admission Free
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 12
noon to 5pm
Saturday &
Sunday, 11am to 4pm
Closed Mondays &
Holidays
Tales of Krishna
Exhibition at LACMA Through July
2007
The South and Southeast
Asian Art Department presents an exhibition on the representation of Krishna
and his legendary deeds in the visual arts throughout India. Drawn primarily
from LACMA's renowned collection of South Asian art, the exhibition consists
principally of opaque watercolor paintings and drawings, but also includes
sculptures in a variety of media, decorative artworks, and ritual objects
associated with annual festivals devoted to Krishna. The thematically organized
exhibition explores various aspects of Krishna's life, Including his miraculous
birth, childhood pranks, heroic exploits, and romantic dalliances.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Cost: Free
FACES OF BATTLE: Japanese
Prints from the Permanent Collection
On display from May 26 -
September 26, 2006
This installation explores
the themes of samurai virtue in conflicts ranging from legends of pre-history
to epic moments of civil war in the late 19th century.
The thirty woodblock
prints from the installation are also presented online in an interactive
feature with stories of the protagonists, zoom screens enabling
close inspection of the images, and a brief biography of the influential
printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92).
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/MWEB/about/japan_about.asp
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 857-6000 (general
information)
323 857-0098 (TDD)
http://www.lacma.org
November 5, 2006 - April
8, 2007 Three exhibits at CAMLA:
Growing Up Chinese
American: Childhood Toys and Memories
Our childhood toys and
experiences can deeply influence how we remember the past, understand our place
in the world in the present, and lead grown up lives in the future. Growing Up
Chinese American: Childhood Toys and Memories is an exhibit that explores this
relationship by presenting childrenÕs toys from the Chinese American Museum
permanent collection and the personal stories of their owners.
By exploring facets of
everyday life for children of Chinese descent coming of age in a rapidly
changing 20th century America, Growing Up Chinese American presents a complex picture
of how childhood can shape our grown up lives in subtle but meaningful ways.
The toys and stories featured in the exhibit also suggest by their multiple and
varied frames of reference that a broad spectrum of Chinese American childhood
experiences exists, and it is from this rich diversity which Chinese American
history and Chinese American futures stem.
Exhibit made possible in
part through the generous support of Union Bank of California and Megatoys.
Chinese American Citizens
Alliance
The Chinese American
Citizens Alliance is a national organization whose purpose has been for more
than a century to advocate for the rights and promote the well being of the
Chinese American community. A group of young men, born in America of Chinese
ancestry, formed the Alliance in San Francisco, California in 1895 to fight
discriminatory laws fueled by wide spread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late
19th Century. Since its inception, the Alliance has generated a broad range of
political, social and cultural activities based on its abiding commitment to
the Chinese American community. Youth programs focusing on civic duty,
community awareness, and cultural pride have been a large part of the
Alliance's repertoire of community-wide activities. On display in this new exhibit
are objects ranging from artifacts to historic collateral materials provided by
the various Alliance Lodges located throughout the Unites States.
Celebrate! Chinese
Holidays Through the Eyes of Children
The Chinese American
Museum and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), a pioneering national
civil rights organization, present Celebrate! Chinese Holidays Through the Eyes
of ChildrenÑan exhibit of original artworks about Chinese festivals and
celebrations made by school children across the United States. Ten years after
the CACAÕs original 1995 National Art Competition, these vibrant winning images
are brought together again in Celebrate! to signal the exciting return of this
nation-wide art contest in 2007, a joint project between CAM and the CACA.
The childrenÕs images
featured in this exhibit, all of which garnered awards and special mention in
the CACA National Art Competition, celebrate Chinese tradition, the diversity
of American culture as seen from a young personÕs point of view. Celebrate!
also honors the creativity of all the contestants whose artful interpretations
of Chinese festivities demonstrate that customs can link us to our history and
inspire wonder about what our future holds.
Exhibit made possible
through the generous support of the Nissan Foundation and the Chinese American
Citizens Alliance.
http://www.camla.org/exhibits/exhibits.htm
Museum Front Desk: (213)
485-8567
An Urban Oasis: The Orange
County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum at the Fullerton Arboretum
Spotlighting the rich
agricultural legacy of Orange County and the Japanese American communityÕs
contributions to that chronicle.
Sowing Dreams, Cultivating
Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-World War II Orange County.
Opens February 10, 2007.
The Orange County
Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum has been built on the grounds of the
Fullerton Arboretum and has been designed along the lines of a packing house.
California State University, Fullerton, and the Fullerton Arboretum are working
together to open the museum to the public. The inside of the building is
divided into four sections: Nikkei, Pioneer, Educational, and Transportation
and Geography. There is a small bookstore and the Potting Shed will move its
plant sales adjacent to the bookstore alcove.
The museum will highlight
the history, development, and impact of agriculture, as well as the
contributions of the Japanese American community and the local pioneer
families, to the growth of Orange County. This introductory exhibit will be a
peek into upcoming planned exhibitions and will be open throughout the summer.
The first major exhibit
will focus on the Nikkei. Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in
Pre-World War II Orange County will journey with the early Japanese immigrants
to California, and follow their stories as they establish permanent communities
in Orange County by marrying, raising families, founding schools and social
groups, and above all, cultivating the land.
Fullerton Arboretum,
California State University, Fullerton
1900 Associated Road
Fullerton, California
92831
The
Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air
March 10-May 27
As one of America's most
important women artists of the 20th century, Ruth Asawa produced a body of work
celebrating the richness and beauty of everyday life through the use of
graceful and intricate forms as demonstrated in her famous wire sculptures.
Born on a truck farm in
Southern California, Asawa was incarcerated at Rohwer concentration camp in
Arkansas during World War II. In the 1940s, she attended Black Mountain
College, the famous experimental art school in North Carolina. The Sculpture of
Ruth Asawa begins with her earliest sculptures, drawings, and paintings created
at Black Mountain College, and highlights the signature wire sculptures that
formed her visual vocabulary of looped and tied open forms, which she continued
to experiment with throughout her career.
Organized by the Fine Arts
Museum of San Francisco, this exhibition of approximately 43 sculptures and
over 20 works on paper constitutes the first complete retrospective of the Ruth
Asawa's enduring and richly varied career.
This exhibition is curated
by Daniell Cornell, Curator of Fine Arts at the Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco.
In the Weingart Foundation
Gallery, Dr. & Mrs. Edison Miyawaki Gallery and Taul & Sachiko Watanabe
Gallery
The Los Angeles
presentation of The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air is made
possible, in part, by the generous support of The Henri & Tomoye Takahashi
Charitable Foundation, the Aratani Foundation, and The James Irvine Foundation.
Additional support was provided by Ernest & Kiyo Doizaki, Mariko O. Gordon
& Hugh Cosman, and Hazel & Kokki Shindo. Media sponsors: Los Angeles
Downtown News, LA 18 KSCI-TV, and The Rafu Shimpo.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
March 31 "Roar of the
Tiger: The Legend of Tokyo Rose" by Glenn Conner-Johnson
With a story far more
complex than that conveyed by the headlines, Iva Toguri D'Aguino (1916-2006)
was maligned and imprisoned only to be exonerated and pardoned later in life.
In a new play written by Glenn Conner-Johnson, acclaimed actress, Momo Yashima,
portrays the erroneously identified "Tokyo Rose" whose actions still
resonate in this time of "unlawful enemy combatants" and heated
debates about habeas corpus. Free with National Museum admission. Reservations
suggested. 2pm
Sponsored, in part, by
the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
March
31, 2007 6th Annual CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
www.cherryblossomfestivalsocal.org
Saturday,
11 am Ð 10 pm Sunday, April 1,
2007: 11 am Ð 6 pm
Location: Japanese American Cultural &
Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro Street,
Los
Angeles, CA 90012
Entrance
Fee: FREE
The
6th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be on March 31st & April 1st moving
from its former location in Pasadena to the streets of Little Tokyo in downtown
Los Angeles. This prestigious
event is produced by RYOMA,
founded
in 2002 for the purpose of administering cultural events to bridge generations
and expose the mainstream population to various diverse cultural arts. The festival has donated 100 ÒPink
CloudÓ Cherry Trees to the City of
Pasadena
yearly and to date 500 ÒPink CloudÓ cherry trees have been planted in the city
as part of their beautification program.
We hope to continue this program in downtown Los Angeles.
March 31 Tokyo City Cup
& Japan Family Day
Japan Family Day at Santa
Anita Park was started as a way to introduce Japanese traditional culture and
to interact with the people of Southern California. Through the years, it has
become one of the most popular spring festivals in the area. Featuring cultural
events and demonstrations, Japan Family Day has something for everyone. So, be
ready to observe, participate and most of all, have fun.
Japan Family Day has
something for everyone.
Authentic Japanese
cultural events and demostrations will be setup on the Santa Anita Park
grounds, featuring the following:
Soma Nomaoi (Samurai
Horse Racing)
Time: To be announced
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Karate (Martial Art)
Time: To be announced
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Shinkendo (Martial
Art)
Time: To be announced
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Koto (Japanese Harp)
Time: To be announced
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Taiko (Japanese Drum)
Time: To be announced
(Main Stage)
Origami (Japanese
paper craft)
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Calligraphy (Japanese
letterform art)
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Sado (Japanese Tea
Ceremony)
Time: To be announced
(Exhibition Booth)
Kado (Japanese Flower
Arranging)
All Day (Exhibition
Booth)
Visit Japan (Travel
Info)
All Day (Exhibition Booth)
Japan
Family Day Tokyo City Cup Horse Race
from
10:30 a.m.
Santa Anita Park
www.tokyocitycup.com/
Santa
Anita Park
Arcadia,
CA
805-449-8726
March 31 Lecture and
Screenings: Korean and Japanese
Animation Today
11:00 am: Aach &
Ssipak directed by Bum-Jin Joe
1:30 pm: The Girl Who
Leapt Through Time directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
323-466-3456
americancinematheque.com/
www.jflalc.org
April ? [usually earlyt]
Thai New Year's Day -- Songkran Festival - East Hollywood Ð [information based
on previous years-update for 2007 not yet found]
Free community event
Thai New Year's Festival
Location
Hollywood Boulevard
Between Western Ave and
Kingsley Drive
East Hollywood, CA 90027
800-921-2595
Outside of Thailand, Los
Angeles has the largest communities of Thais. On Hollywood Blvd between Western
and Normandie is a stretch of Thai businesses known as "Thai Town."
There are over 50 Thai organizations and clubs in the LA that all have hosted
various events in the past. In 2003 it was decided to pool their resources and
hold one grand event, Thai New Year's Day, the Songkran Festival on the first
Sunday of April.
Festival
activities include opening ceremonies where Buddhist Monks give blessings and a
200-pound pad thai will be made in a huge six foot wok, There will also be Thai
dancing, Thai music, Thai costume contest, cultural workshops, Thai sports
demos such as Muay Thai (kick boxing) and Takraw, Thai children's games, and
fruit and vegetable carving demos.
April 5 Voices from
Okinawa
A Staged Reading by East
West Players' Writers Gallery
Kama Hutchins, an American graduate student
of one quarter Okinawan descent, teaches English in Okinawa and receives an
unexpected education in Okinawan-American relations. From the author of Leilani's
Hibiscus and Lucky Go Hawaii. 7:30PM
Developing
new work and introducing new talent is vital to the creative process at East
West Players. Promising new scripts are presented to the public as staged
readings that offer a tantalizing glimpse of works that may be developed for
the main stage.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
Saturday, April
7, 2007, 8pm
Top Winners of the
International Taiko Contest!
TAIKOPROJECT:
(re)generation
Back by popular
demand, this exciting ensemble brings its 'state-of-the-art' theatrical
production that blends taiko with storytelling, spoken word, music, hip-hop
choreography, video multi-media and dance.
For information
visit: taikoproject.com.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$35 orchestra, $30
balcony
$30,$27 JACCC
Members, Groups of 10 or more
$20
Students and children under 15
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
April 14 Ruth Asawa and
the Alvarado Art Workshop
Ruth Asawa started an art
program at Alvarado Elementary School, the public school her children attended.
Co-founded by Sally Woodbridge in 1968, the program included classes in
sculpture, ceramics, drawing, mosaic, and painting, and was integrated into the
school's curricula. Teachers and parents are invited to learn innovative ways
of teaching art to children in an enlightening afternoon that includes a
screening of Each One Teach One: The Alvarado School Art Program (directed by
Valerie Soe and Asawa), and a presentation by Woodbridge and Paul Lanier,
Asawa's son and former Alvarado School student and teacher. Light refreshments
to follow. Reservations recommended. 2PM
Made possible, in part, by
the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
In
conjunction with the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
April 21 ''Mizuhiki'' with
Ryosen Shibata
Rescheduled 1-3PM
Design elaborate knots
using paper cords--the perfect accessory for decorating a card or gift for that
special someone. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members,
includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended.
Made
possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
April
21, 22 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival at Barnes Park
The 2007 Cherry Blossom
Festival Committee and the City of Monterey Park are pleased to present the 10th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival on April 21& 22, 2007 at Barnes Park,
located at 350 S. McPherrin Avenue; Monterey Park, CA. Entry to the
Festival is FREE.
Planned and coordinated by
community volunteers, the Cherry Blossom Festival strives to provide a cultural
arts event that offers a forum for learning, entertainment, fun, and support of
community.
So
take the time to see, hear, and taste a bit of the Japanese and Japanese
American culture through a
first-hand experience of watching traditional Japanese dancing, hearing the
resounding beats of the taiko drums, observing the mastery and various skills
of martial arts, participating in the ancient art of the tea ceremony, or
buying hand-made crafts or food with an Asian flair. Other highlights of the
Festival include games & crafts for children, and numerous cultural
displays.
Barnes
Park: 350 S. McPherrin Avenue
(directly behind Civic Center)
http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=812
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Conserving Culturally Specific Art Works: Conversations and Practice
A
discussion around cultural conservation and preservation, this panel is in
conjunction with the National Museum's NEA grant to support the conservation
treatment of paintings by Benji Okubo, a Nisei artist who painted while
incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. Panelists includ
Rushmore Cervantes, chief deputy controller -- City of Los Angeles and former
general manager of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument; Jo Hill,
director of conservation, Fowler Museum at UCLA; Jill Moniz, program manager,
Visual Arts, California African American Museum; and Linda Strauss, senior
director of Collections, Autry National Center of the American West. Moderated
by Leslie Rainer, senior project specialist, Getty Conservation Institute.
Following this discussion, Scott M. Haskins, conservator, Fine Art Conservation
Laboratories, focuses on the work he performed on the Okubo paintings. A unique
opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes view of the conservation process. 2PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
April
21 & 22 Bunka Sai Cultural Festival
Torrance
Cultural Center
3330
Civic Center Dr. N
Torrance,
90503
Saturday April 21, 2007,
8Pm:
The Stars Of Tomorrow!
Norris Theatre for
the Performing Arts
27570 Crossfield
Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Eleven year-old
violinist Eleanor Dunbar makes her debut with the Asia America Youth Orchestra.
Also featured is twelve year-old virtuoso cellist Zachary Wong.
Music Director David
Benoit conducts works by Bernstein, Mendelssohn, Benoit, Bizet, and the 1st
prize winner of the 5th Annual International Composition for Orchestra
Competition.
This
concert also features a musical tribute to the incomparable Henry Mancini.
http://www.asiaamericasymphony.org/season.html
Asia
America Symphony Association ¥ 608 Silver Spur Road #320 ¥ Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
tel: 310-377-8977
¥ fax: 310-377-8949 ¥ aasa@asiaamericasymphony.org
April 26, Jazz Concert:
Keiko Matsui
94.7 the WAVE's Live Jazz
Thursdays
8:00
& 10:30 pm
Advanced Price: $25.00
Mezzanine
Price: $25.00
The
Vault
350
Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA
562-590-5566
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Little Tokyo Walking Tour
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.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax:
(213) 625-1770
Aprial
28 West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival
West Covina Civic Center
Courtyard
1444 W. Garvey Ave.
West Covina, 91793
Festival highlights
include cultural demonstrations, exhibits, a tea ceremony, martial arts, taiko
(Japanese drums), odori (Japanese folk dancing), iikebana (flower arrangement)
and much more.
Rounding out the
festival will be exhibits, crafts, foods, refreshments and children's games. Senior meal programs cater
to new tastes
As baby boomers
become eligible for food programs for the elderly, providers are finding they
must offer healthier fare.
By Maria L. La Ganga, Times Staff Writer
March 18, 2007
Free parking at Civic
Center
No public parking in
marked employee spots
or more information,
please contact the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center at
626-960-2566 or www.westcov.org/events/cherry.html
April
28-29 The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books On the UCLA campus
Come join us at the 12th
Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Free to the public, it occurs the
last weekend in April Ñ Saturday, April 28 10am-6pm and Sunday, April 29
10am-5pm Ñ and offers something for
all ages and interests. Every year, it adds up to be America's largest and
grandest literary eventÉ
130,000+ Passionate
Readers
370+ Famous Authors
300+ Popular Exhibitors
900+
Loyal Volunteers
6 Exciting Stages
2 Interactive ChildrenÕs Areas
And on Friday, April 27,
also join us for the 27th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, a renowned
awards ceremony honoring great and noble writers and their works for 2006. For
more information, click here.
DonÕt
miss the 2007 Festival of Books and Book Prizes Ceremony. Over two festive days
and one fascinating evening, come fall in love with the written word in lots of
special ways!
http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
April
29 Screening of The Homeland featuring Mako Iwamatsu.
(2005) 108min., color
Directed by Tonko
Horikawa
Takaya Kamikawa,
Mako, Yoshino Kimura
Japanese Version (No
English Subtitles)
Master director Yoji
Yamada, acclaimed worldwide for the "Twilight Samurai," and Mako, teamp up in this new dram about
war, homeland, and family. A young man meets an old former Kamikaze pilot (Mako) on a southern island, and becomes
involved in a poignant mystery.
For
more information visit: www.jlsf.aurora.org
1pm at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre
in Little Tokyo. No subtitles, $10, 213-680-3700
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
May
3, 6, 9 & 10 L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival
23rd Anniversary
Edition
VC FILMFEST 2007
The Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival features over 100 new and exciting film and video works
by Asian and Asian Pacific American Filmmakers. Complete program information
will be available April 2007. Ticket and program info VC FILMFEST line (213)
680-4462 x68 or visit www.vconline.org.
Thursday, May 3, 8pm
Opening Night
Directors Guild of
America
Sunday, May 6, 8pm
"Tribute to
Mako"
Wednesday, May 9, 8pm
World Premiere, VC
Digital Posse 2007
Thursday, May 10, 8pm
Closing Night &
Awards Ceremony
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$10 General Admission
$8 JACCC Members,
Friends of VC, Students
Aratani
/ Japan America Theatre
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
May
5 Lotus Steps 2007
10745 Dickson Plaza,
Westwood
The Chinese Cultural Dance
Club at UCLA celebrates the diversity within Chinese culture with a program of
dances from the Han, Dai, Mongolian, Uygur, Wa and Taiwanese aboriginal
minorities.
Saturday,: 7 p.m.
Price: Free.
Information:
714-860-0860
May
6 16th Biennial Awaya-kai Koto Concert
$10
2:00 p.m. at Marsee Auditorium, El Camino
College,
16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance.
310-329-5965
Awaya Kai
awayamusic@msn.com
May 08, 2007 Lecture:
Rocks in Chinese Culture
At The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Robert Mowry of the
Sackler Museum at Harvard University will give a slide lecture that explores
the use of rocks in Chinese gardens, where they serve as building materials, as
sculpture, and as symbolic representations of mountains. Tai Hu rocks, such as
those used in the HuntingtonÕs Chinese Garden, are among the most prized. Free.
FriendsÕ Hall. (626) 405-2100.
Tuesday,
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Cost: Free
Tel: (626) 405-2140
Saturday, May
12, 2007, 10am - 4pm
24th Annual
Children's Day Celebration
Family FunFest
Annual Children's Day
celebration or Kodomo no Hi!
Join us for a
fun-filled day for the entire family.
Activities for
children of all ages include the Chibi-K: Kids for Kids Run, the San Tai
San: 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. And, the Asian Pacific Arts and Crafts
Faire features cultural entertainment, demonstrations, crafts, and games.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, and
the JACCC.
Asian Pacific Arts
and Crafts Faire
Admission Free
Chibi-K: Kids for
Kids Fun Run
For more information
and to register call jessie Kikuchi (213) 628-2725.
San Tai San: 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament
For ages 7 to 12
years
For more information and
to register call Thomas Yee (213) 473-3030.
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Saturday, May 12,
2007, 10am - 4pm
Nikkei Community Day
The First Annual
Nikkei Community Day invites Japanese and Japanese Americans from all over the
greater L.A. area to come together to celebrate who they are and what they do!
Japanese and Japanese community centers and community organizations will
share information about their groups, sell food, and participate in a showcase
featuring performances and demonstrations including taiko, martial arts, dance, and more.
This event is
co-sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, Little Tokyo Rec Center, Ties
That Bind, the Nikkei Federation, and the JACCC.
For more information
visit the Nikkei Federation website: www.nikkeifederation.org.
Saturday, May 19,
2007, 7:30pm
Special JACCC Benefit
Performances
Sounds & Voices
of J-Town
June Kuramoto (of
Hiroshima)
Daniel Ho with
members of Kilauea
Amy Hill ("Tokyo
Bound", "Cat in the Hat")
Zendeko Zenshuji
(Taiko Ensemble)
Alison De La Cruz
(multi-disciplinary artist)
This special
celebration features artists from our J-Town Beat Series who have come together
to share the stage and show their support for the JACCC.
Proceeds will support
JACCC community programs.
There will be a post
performance reception following the concert on the JACCC Plaza.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Special VIP Seating
$100*
$50 Orchestra, $45
Balcony
This production is
*(tax deductible to the extent of the law)
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
May 27 & 28 Exhibition: Santa Anita Bonsai Society
Ayres Hall & Gate
& Kitchen
Arboretum of Los Angeles
County
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA, 91007
626-821-3222
Saturday, June 9,
2007, 8pm
Asia America Symphony
Orchestra
David Benoit, Music
Director and Conductor
Special Guest Keiko Matsui
Jazz Superstar and Japanese
treasure Keiko Matsui performs with Orchestra. Works by Ravel, Copeland and
others will complete the program.
For more information
visit: www.Asiaamericasymphony.org.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$75 VIP orchestra and
reception
$35 Premiere orchestra,
$25 orchestra and balcony
Aratani
/ Japan America Theatre
244
S. San Pedro St.
Los
Angeles, CA 90012 (Little Tokyo)
213-680-3700
ww.jaccc.org
Dec 1, 2 Japan Expo 2007
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and earlier/later)
Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:30 PM
JosŽ Iturbi
Gold Medal Series
Naoko Takada, marimba
Tokyo-born marimbist Naoko
Takada is a "First Prize" recipient in the Young Concert Artist
International Audition and the winner of the "Beracasa Foundation
Prize." She first appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony and the
Tokyo Chamber Orchestra at the age of 11, and has since appeared with the
Houston Symphony, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, and the China National Symphony
Orchestra.
ÒNaoko Takada plays a
thrilling marimba, moving with speed, grace, and extraordinary accuracy. If you
have any doubts that a solo mallet instrument can sustain your attention
throughout an entire concert, Takada might make you change your mind.Ó -- The
Washington Post
Program
SŽjournŽ - Katamiya
Inamori - Bronze at the
Temple from Japanese Folk Songs, Series I
Ewazen - Northern Lights
Marcellino - Remeleixo
Choro No.1, Choro No. 3, Choro No. 9 (Arranged by Gordon Scott)
Bach - Gavotte en Roundeau
from Partita in E Major, No. 3 for solo violin (Arranged by Naoko Takada)
Schmitt - Ghanaia
Fowler - Michiyuki (The
Road to Death) from Chikamatusu's Love Suicides at Sonezaki
Piazolla & Sammut -
Libertango - Variations on Marimba
Cerritos Center for the
Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive
-- Cerritos, CA 90703
Info Line:
562.916.8501 Ticket Office: 800.300.4345 or 562.916.8500
or e-mail us at: TicketOffice@CerritosCenter.com
Thrsday March 22,
2007 Sake Festival in Los Angeles
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. B to
B Event (Media, Restaurants, Supermarket etc)
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
B to C Event (General Public)
Recently with the
spread of Japanese food, Japanese Sake has gained some recognition in America
as well. There are multiple ways of drinking sake - cold, room temperature, or
hot. Premium-grade Sake, such as Junmai, Ginjyo, and Daiginjyo, have all gained
much appreciation. However, even with all their attractiveness, as
premium-grade sake is only distributed in a limited number of Japanese
restaurants and has not been as popular as wine in American restaurants or
households.
At this time, using "Introducing
Sake to the mainstream American market"
as a key phrase, we are estimating that over 350 brands of Sake will be
featured at this event.
This event can be an
opportunity to introduce the attractiveness of Sake and expand its market
appeal, as well as a chance to promote better understanding between the U.S.
and Japan within a very pleasant ambience.
Le Meridien Beverly Hills -Ballroom
465 S. La Cienega Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA
Sake Festival in Los
Angeles Executive Committee
(310)592-2686 or email:sake@usjrf.org
March 24 Craft Class with
Ryosen Shibata
Punch Art Note Cards
Why buy generic note
cards when you can create your own? Design note cards with recycled hole punch
confetti. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes
supplies and Museum admission. 1-3pm
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Saturday, March 24,
2007, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 25,
2007, 2pm
Special JACCC Benefit
Performances
The Grateful Crane
Ensemble presents
"Nihonmachi: The
Place to be"
A musical journey
written by Soji Kashiwagi
Grateful Crane
Ensemble: Keiko Kawashima, Kurt Kuniyoshi, Darrell Kunitomi, Merv Maruyama,
Kerry K. Carnahan, Helen Ota, and Aaron Takahashi
From the Creators of
"Camp Dance," The Grateful Crane Ensemble will perform nostalgic
Japanese and popular American songs, and will take you to the special place
where it all began: Nihonmachi (Japantown). Great for the whole family!
Proceeds from this
benefit performance will support JACCC programs.
There will be a
reception following both shows on the JACCC Plaza.
For more information
visit: www.gratefulcrane.com.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
$35 Orchestra, $30
Balcony
$30, $27 Jaccc
Members, Groups of 10 or more, and seniors
$20 Students with
valid ID and Children under 15
This is a J-Town Beat
Event and sponsors include FIA Insurance Services, Inc.; Fukui Mortuary; The
Pacific Bridge Companies; Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.;
American Airlines and The Rafu Shimpo is the Media Sponsor.
March 25 "Pure
Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants" by Rebecca
Chiyoko King-O'Riain
Pure Beauty shows how
racial and gendered meanings are enacted through the pageants, and reveals
their impact on Japanese American men, women, and children. Now based in
Ireland, King-O'Riain concludes that the mixed-race challenge to racial
understandings of Japanese American-ness does not necessarily mean an end to
race as we know it and asserts that race is work -- created and re-created in a
social context. Book signing to follow. 2pm
This book will be
available for sale through the Museum Store Online in March 2007. You can
order by phone at 888.769.5559.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
The
Tour de Sewer
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Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
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Senior meal programs
cater to new tastes
As baby boomers become
eligible for food programs for the elderly, providers are finding they must
offer healthier fare.
By Maria L. La Ganga,
Times Staff Writer
March 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-food18mar18,1,5880914.story
Grand jury indicts 3
officers in NYPD shooting
From the Associated Press
1:27 PM PDT, March 16,
2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-nypdshoot17mar17,1,533447.story
Few minorities use
hospice care in California, study says
It also says that a
disproportionate number of blacks, Latinos and Native Americans in the state
die suddenly.
By Mary Engel, Times Staff
Writer
March 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-healthcare16mar16,1,326675.story
In Los Angeles, the
accents say a lot
March 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison15mar15,1,6444742.column
U.S. officials want
more outreach to American Arabs, Muslims
Homeland Security aides
note difficulty in recruiting interpreters and analysts.
By Adam Schreck, Times
Staff Writer
March 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror15mar15,1,2191748.story
WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sold out in name only
Inoue and Baldwin fall to
sixth in pairs short program in front of a half-empty house that had been
billed to prospective ticket-buyers as a sellout.
By Philip Hersh, Special
to The Times
10:37 AM PDT, March 20,
2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-skate21mar21,1,3935604.story
Slavery apologies
debated across U.S.
As the movement to express
regret grows, some say the measures would be cathartic, others call them
useless.
By Jenny Jarvie, Times
Staff Writer
March 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-apology19mar19,1,6586127.story
Stunt fighting mixes
fitness with some acting
By Hilary MacGregor,
Special to The Times
March 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-stunt19mar19101415,1,6327166.story
A cartoon for China's
new generation
Bad Girl aims to catch a
popular culture wave in the country's youth market, competing with manga from
Japan.
By Evelyn Iritani, Times
Staff Writer
March 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cartoon18mar18,1,2851704.story
Along Sawtelle, a
taste of the future
Deborah Netburn
March 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-streetlevel18mar18,1,4966128.story
EDITORIAL
Japanese Latinos: the
forgotten internees
The U.S. owes long-overdue
redress to the Japanese Latinos it kidnapped during World War II.
March 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-abductees18mar18,1,1560549.story
WWII veteran of
Tarawa invasion targets beach again
The site where many
Marines died is now a trash dump. Leon Cooper of Malibu is fighting to clean up
what he calls 'hallowed ground.'
By Bob Pool, Times Staff
Writer
March 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tarawa16mar16,1,3887327.story
For sumo's goliaths,
a quaking moment
Published allegations of
match fixing make for some peeled eyes at an Osaka tournament.
By Bruce Wallace, Times
Staff Writer
March 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-fg-sumo15mar15,1,4997877.story
The American dream is
alive at Franklin High
A Highland Park school
with a 90% Latino student body is a laboratory for what's possible when
everyone works together.
March 12, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schoolme12mar12,1,5156735.column
Calligraphy finds a
shared language
By Bruce Wallace, Times
Staff Writer
March 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-kanji11mar11,1,3187218.story
Chinese courts says
selling moon plots is legal lunacy
A Beijing company
reportedly found some takers at $38 an acre.
From Reuters
March 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-location18mar18,1,6389512.story
China creating its
own democracy, premier says
Wen Jiabao says Western
model may not apply to his country.
By Mark Magnier, Times
Staff Writer
March 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-wen17mar17,1,55457.story
Democrats turn up
heat on firing of U.S. attorney
They allege Carol Lam was
ousted in San Diego because she was investigating Republican politicians in
Southern California.
By Richard A. Serrano,
Times Staff Writer
March 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-usattys19mar19,1,997197.story
Memos drafted on
attorneys to persuade democrats
By Richard A. Serrano,
Times Staff Writer
8:46 PM PDT, March 20,
2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-performance21mar21,1,5285785.story