THE APPA Newsletter
May 15, 2007
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
http://www.nea.org/mco/asianseducation.html?source=google&paidkeyword=asian+pacific+heritage+month
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/apahm.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/index.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
See This Weekend
MISSION STATEMENT:
Promote full utilization
of the capabilities of the Enterprise's employees and champion the betterment
of the company and community. Promote interest in Asian Pacific issues and
culture and act as a bridge to all groups within our community. (substitute in
your Enterprise and company, etcÉ)
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ed. by Douglas Ikemi
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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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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
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
Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art:
Experimentations in the Public Sphere in Postwar Japan, 1950-1970
Daily through June 3, 2007
Research Institute
Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
At the end of World War
II, Japan was left in ruins and in a relative cultural void. Numerous
anti-establishment artistic collaboratives emerged during this period, notably
Jikken Kooboo Experimental Workshop, Gutai, Group Ongaku, Tokyo Fluxus, Neo
Dada, Hi Red Center, Vivo, Provoke, and Bikyootoo. These collectives eschewed
traditional commercial art practice in favor of radical work that provoked its
audience conceptually, politically, and socially. In experimenting with new
materials and processes of art making and disruption of conventional art forms,
the work of these artists reflected the dramatic changes and disjunctive
character of everyday life in Japan over the course of two decades following
the war. Drawn exclusively from Research Library holdings, the works presented
in Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art range
from musical scores and photo essays to performance documentation and
interactive art kits.
http://www.getty.edu/visit/calendar/days/05162007.html
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
May 23, 2007 "Angry
Monk": An Evening of Film and Poetry
Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Presentation with Donald Lopez and Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan
Screening of "Angry
Monk: Reflections on Tibet," (2005) a documentary by Luc Schaedler about
the life of Gendun Choepel (1903-1951), the legendary dissident monk of early
20th-century Tibet who criticized the religious conservatism and cultural
isolation of his country. The film was screened at the 2006 Sundance Film
Festival.
Donald Lopez, Arthur E.
Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the
University of Michigan, has written and edited over twenty books on Buddhism
and Asian religions, including The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality
of the Tibetan Monk Gendun Chopel. His is currently a Visiting Scholar at the
Getty Research Institute, working on the topic, "Uses of the Buddha."
Prof. Lopez will read his translations of the poetry of Gendun Choepel,
accompanied by Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo in
Karnataka, India, who will recite the poetry in the original Tibetan.
Wednesday, 7:00 PM - 10:00
PM
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Seating is limited. RSVP
required to rharwood@support.ucla.edu or (310)206-3072.
For more information
please contact
Robert Buswell
May 26, 2007 Conference on
21st Century Perspectives on China
US-China 2nd Annual Sister
Cities Conference, sponsored by Pasadena Sister Cities, hosted by the
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, underwritten by
Morning Bridge International.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Registration and Coffee:
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Guest Speakers: 9:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
> John E. Wills Jr.,
Emeritus Professor of History, USC: ÒMaritime China: Pasts, Presents, and
FuturesÓ
> Agatha Fung, Head of
International Banking, East West Bank: ÒBanking on China: Facets of a Big
FutureÓ
> George De Roza,
Professor of Chinese Literature and Film, Whittier College: ÒThe Marketing of
Chinese Cinema: Self- Representation and the Western GazeÓ
Lunch: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Garden Terrace
ÒShowcaseÓ 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Tabletop exhibits by
California sister cities, highlighting their exchange activities with China.
Chinese Garden
Presentation: 2:30-3:00 p.m.
The development of the Chinese Garden at
the Huntington.
Tour of the Chinese
Garden: 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Wear comfortable shoes.
REGISTRATION:
Registration, $30.00
Student registration,
$10.00
Registration at the door,
$40.00
Registration fee includes
morning coffee and lunch.
Please return registration
form with your check by May 18th.
Mail to:
Pasadena Sister Cities
Committee
Alan Lamson, China
Sub-committee
2459 Brigden Rd.
Pasadena, Ca 91104
Make checks payable to:
Pasadena Sister Cities Committee
Registration will be confirmed by
e-mail.
FOR REGISTRATION FORM, http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/papers/flyer_china_conference07.pdf
Please arrive by 8:30 a.m.
to sign-in and collect your lunch ticket.
Saturday, 8:30 AM - 4:00
PM
Huntington, Friends Hall
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
For more information
please contact
Alan Lamson
May 26 One of the features
of the National Museum's DiscoverNikkei.org Web site is the Nikkei
Album--an exciting and versatile online tool that allows Nikkei and others from
around the world to share their personal family stories, community histories,
lesson plans, and much more through photos, text, audio, and video.
Project staff presents a
workshop on how to browse and contribute to Nikkei Album. Free with National Museum admission. Reservations
are required. Maximum 30 attendees.
For more information and to RSVP, e-mail editor@DiscoverNikkei.org.
11AM-12:30PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Adults $8.00
Seniors (62 and over)
$5.00
Students (with ID) and
Children (6-17) $4.00
Children 5 and under and
Museum Members, Free.
Free general admission every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. and every third
Thursday of the month.
Special group rates and rentals available.
For reservations call
(213) 625-0414.
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
May 30 - Works in Progress
presents Executive Order 9066 featuring
A Divided Community, a play by
Momo Yashima, Frank Chin & the Resisters at Nakano Theatre, 7Ñ9 PM
Wed. For its fourth consecutive year, Works in Progress presents dramas of
compelling contemporary events in the intimate Nakano Theatre at Torrance
Cultural Arts Center.
2007 is the 65th
anniversary of the legal action that deprived more than 120,000 people of their
constitutional rights without due process. Through theater and film,
Works in Progress will explore the effects of this action on the Japanese
American community.
Q & A and reception
will follow each event
Tickets $25 Adults / $23
Senior & Students / $21 Subscribers @ 310-781-7171 Call Box Office for
tickets (310) 781-7171
Torrance Cultural Arts
Center
3330 Civic Center Drive
Torrance CA 90503
http://www.torrancelive.us/index_files/Page1332.html
June 3 Torrance Oodles of Noodles Festival
Now in its 11th
year, Ooodles of Noodles is a free family festival celebrating the
communityÕs diversity and preserving its cultural heritage. Presented in
the Torino Festival Plaza, the event features music and dance performances,
hands-on folk art activities, and noodle tasting of different ethnic cuisines
provided by more than 20 restaurants.
12-4PM
Performing Artists
|
Patti Amelotte &
Friends Celtic Music |
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Matsumae Kai &
Nippon Minyo Kenkyukai L.A. Shibu |
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Likas Pilipinas Folk
Arts |
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Hanmi Dance Academy |
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Shakti Dance Company |
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Torrance Chinese School |
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Babylon Mood Dancers |
This is a program of the Cultural
Services Division of the Torrance Community Services Department
presented in co-sponsorship with Arts Council of Torrance and other community
organizations.
Torino Plaza Torrance
Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive N.
http://www.torrancelive.us/index_files/Page377.html
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
June 9 Books & Conversations
''A Place Where
Sunflowers Grow'' by Amy Lee-Tai with Illustrations by Felicia Hoshino
2PM
It's World War II and
eight-year-old Mari, along with 120,000 innocent Americans, is deprived of her
rights, possessions, and freedom by the United States government. Under such
staggering circumstances, how does a child cope?
A Place Where Sunflowers
Grow is the only children's book about the incarceration in a bilingual English
and Japanese format. Lee-Tai's gentle prose and Hoshino's stunning
illustrations make this the perfect book for any age. Book signing to follow.
This program is made
possible by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education
Program.
This book is available
for sale through the Museum Store Online. You can also 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
Adults $8.00
Seniors (62 and over)
$5.00
Students (with ID) and
Children (6-17) $4.00
Children 5 and under and
Museum Members, Free.
Free general admission every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. and every third
Thursday of the month.
Special group rates and rentals available.
For reservations call
(213) 625-0414.
June 17 Opening of the
exhibition ''Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden''
Gardens were among the
first forms of Japanese culture to gain popularity in the United States. Since
their introduction to the American public at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia, Japanese-style gardens have proliferated across the country.
Landscaping America
reveals the personal stories, historical journeys, communities, and creativity
that underlie the surface of the "Japanese garden." This multimedia
exhibition highlights how West Coast Japanese Americans drew upon their
agricultural and ethnic backgrounds to carve out a viable vocational niche in
gardening while reinterpreting Japanese garden traditions, offering alternative
approaches to working with nature, and contributing to the diversity of the
American landscape.
Landscaping America:
Beyond the Japanese Garden is made possible, in part, by major support from the
Aratani Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation. Generous support was also
provided by The James Irvine Foundation, the National Endowment of the
Humanities, and The Boeing Company.
Media Sponsors: Los
Angeles Downtown News, LA18 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
Adults $8.00
Seniors (62 and over)
$5.00
Students (with ID) and
Children (6-17) $4.00
Children 5 and under and
Museum Members, Free.
Free general admission
every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. and every third Thursday of the
month.
Special group rates and rentals available.
For reservations call
(213) 625-0414.
June 30 Special Screening
of Films Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program
The National Museum will
host a mini festival of films funded by CCLPEP. Titles include From a Silk
Cocoon, 9066 to 9/11, and Stand Up for Justice, among others.
This program is made
possible by the generous support of the California Civil Liberties Public Education
Program.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Adults $8.00
Seniors (62 and over)
$5.00
Students (with ID) and
Children (6-17) $4.00
Children 5 and under and Museum
Members, Free.
Free general admission
every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. and every third Thursday of the
month.
Special group rates and rentals available.
For reservations call
(213) 625-0414.
August 18-26 Nisei Week
Aug 18-19
Tofu Festival
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)
May 17 "We Do,
Too": APIs and the Marriage Equality Debate
6PM
A panel of experts discuss
the historical, political, religious, and legal implications of the debate on
equal marriage rights for lesbians and gays. Presenters include Reverend Mark
Nakagawa, senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Little Tokyo,
attorney Karin Wang of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and
author/activist Helen Zia, who in 2005 married her long-time partner in San
Francisco. Moderated by Marshall Wong, co-chair of the coalition, API
Equality--LA. Welcoming remarks by George Takei*, Chair Emeritus of the
National Museum Board of Trustees. Reception to follow. More information at www.gapsn.org/wedotoo.pdf
This program is
co-sponsored by APAIT, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, API Equality-LA,
APAs for Progress, API P-FLAG, API Pride Council, and the UCLA Asian American
Studies Center.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
*Appearance
subject to cancellation based on professional obligations.
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 19, 2007 Voices Gone
Wild Semiscon
A performance by an award
winning A Capella group from Taiwan at Ford Theatres
In celebration of Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month and Taiwanese American Heritage Week, The
Taiwan Center and TUF present a performance by the winner of International A
Capella Competition and Asia's top music award. This "East meets
West" ensemble whirls movie themes, Taiwanese melodies, golden oldies and
pop favorites into a spell binding array of sound and motion. Performance will
also include a guest appearance by the White Heron Dance Ensemble.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets $40, $25
Please visit:
www.FordTheatres.org
Or Call: 323.461.3673
Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00
PM
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
May 19, 2007 Bureaucracy
and the Arts of Rulership in Historical Asia and the Modern World
Commentaries on Alexander
Woodside's "Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of
World History," in Conversation with the Author
A one-day workshop
presented by the UCLA Asia Institute, in collaboration with the University of
Washington East Asia Center
This brief book based on
four Reischauer Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 2001 offers a
lively and learned study of bureaucratic principles and policies that represent
important and distinctive traits of states in late imperial China, Korea and
Vietnam. Alexander Woodside, Emeritus Professor of History at the
University of Brithish Columbia and a specialist of both China and Vietnam,
extends his range to include Korea where bureaucratic rule was based on the
same repertoire of ideas and institutions available in China and Vietnam.
He invites us to consider connections among these three cases of bureaucratic
government that develop their capacities and priorities separate from those
that would later characterize the more familiar Euro-American developments of
bureaucratic administration.
During the morning
session, specialists from the three countries considered in the book will offer
perspectives on the features of bureaucratic and state development in local and
historical context. During the afternoon session, scholars will offer
additional theoretical insights from the broader Asian and world historical
contexts. There will be ample time for discussion during the sessions, with
responses by Professor Woodside. By viewing his contribution from both regional
and more global perspectives we are challenged to consider how his arguments
and evidence can affect the kinds of research that specialists pursue and the
ways in which teachers at the secondary and college levels teach the histories
of China, Korea and Vietnam.
Program Schedule
9:00-12:00
Lost
Modernities: Perspectives from China, Vietnam, and Korea
Opening Remarks Ð R. Bin
Wong, History & Asia Institute, UCLA
Introductory Presentation
Ð Alexander Woodside, History, University of British Columbia, Emeritus
Response from China Ð R.
Kent Guy, History, University of Washington
Response from Vietnam Ð
Charles Wheeler, History, UC Irvine
Response from Korea Ð John
Duncan, Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA
Discussion
12:00-1:30
Lunch 10367 Bunche
Hall
1:30-4:30
Perspectives
from World History
Japan Ð Luke Roberts,
History, UC Santa Barbara
India Ð Sanjay
Subrahmanyam, History, UCLA
Comparative Social History
Ð Daniel Chirot, Jackson School of International Studies, University of
Washington
Response from Alexander
Woodside
Discussion
Saturday,
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Lunch will be provided
to those who RSVP by May 11 to kanara@international.ucla.edu.
For more information
please contact
R. Bin Wong
rbwong@international.ucla.edu
May 20, 2007 Sarod Concert
by Rajeev Taranath
Presented by SPICMACAY
Society for the Promotion
of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst Youth
presents
NAVODAYA
An Indian Classical
Instrumental Concert (Hindustani)
by Sarod Maestro Rajeev
Taranath
Accompanied by Abhiman
Kaushal (Tabla)
NOTE:
Lecture-Demonstration on Monday, 21 May 2007 - 4pm, Gamelan Room, 1659
Schoenberg Bldg., UCLA
Rajeev Taranath is an
internationally acclaimed performer and is one of the leading exponents of the
Sarod. A distinguished disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, he has also received
training from his father Pandit Taranath and other eminent musicians.
His distinctive
musicianship demonstrates striking imaginative power, technical excellence and
emotional range. He is respected for the clarity of musical understanding which
he brings to the unfolding of a raga and the beauty of the tone he evokes from
the sarod. His performances masterfully combine the depth and rigor of the
tradition of Hindustani classical music with an inspired imagination and
emotional intensity.
Dr. Taranath's credentials
as a teacher are as impressive as his track record as an artist. He was a Ford
Foundation scholar (1989 to 1992) and researched during this period on the
Teaching Techniques of the Maihar-Allauddin Gharana. From 1995-2005 he was a
member of the music department faculty at the prestigious California Institute
of the Arts in Los Angeles, California.
ABOUT THE INDIAN SAROD
The instruments of Indian
classical music fall into two main categories: those that carry the main melody
and those that accompany. Of the many melodic instruments, the most prominent
are the plucked lutes, sitar and sarod in the north and vina in the south.
In terms of prominence and
popularity among connoisseurs of Hindustani music, the sarod is second only to
the sitar. It has been made famous around the world by artists such as Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
The conventional Sarod has
18 to 19 strings - 4 to 5 main ones, one or two drone strings, two chikari
strings and ten to eleven sympathetic strings.The lack of frets and the tension
of the strings make it very technically demanding to play, as the strings
must be pressed hard against the fingerboard. There are two schools of sarod
playing. One involves using the tip of one's fingernails to stop the strings;
certain strength and stiffness of the fingernails is a prerequisite for
accuracy of pitch. The other uses a combination of the nail and the fingertip
to stop the strings against the fingerboard. The technique which uses the
fingernails produces a ringing tone, while the fingertip technique produces a
flatter tone.
ABOUT SPICMACAY
SPICMACAY is a movement formed to help
disseminate the best of India's and the world's classical heritage with their
attendant legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy in educational
institutions. It seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of this rich and
heterogeneous cultural tapestry amongst the youth through focus on the
classical arts, and to facilitate an awareness of their deeper and subtler
values. The UCLA chapter of SPICMACAY is a non-profit voluntary student group.
Sunday, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tom Bradley International
Hall
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles,
CA 90095
Cost: Admission is FREE.
Special Instructions
Please register at
http://www.internationalcenter.ucla.edu/ (Under Special Events). Directions:
Exit Wilshire Blvd from 405. East on Wilshire, towards Westwood. Left on
Westwood Blvd, continue to parking info, park at Lot 8 on Strathmore.
Tel: 310 435 0650
http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/spicmacay/
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CBS cans two more
shock jocks
From the Associated Press
May 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quick15.2may15,1,4976251.story
Kate Webb, 64;
pioneering UPI foreign correspondent was captured in Vietnam War
By Elaine Woo, Times Staff
Writer
May 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-webb15may15,1,6597419.story
Anti-gay crimes
are hate crimes
Federal laws should be
expanded to cover this real and present threat.
May 13, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-hate13may13,1,1857172.story
Reclaiming
cultural ties
As it throws a party to
draw Japanese Americans, Little Tokyo ponders how to safeguard its future amid
a changing cityscape and increasing assimilation.
By Teresa Watanabe, Times
Staff Writer
May 13, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-japan13may13,1,4956547.story
True stories and
other modern-day fantasies
In a world where fact
and fiction blur, sometimes invention is the shortest route to truth.
By David Henry Hwang,
Special to The Times
May 13, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-hwang13may13,1,3772460.story
UCLA to get twice
as many black freshmen in fall
Incentives and a
'holistic' admissions process have improved numbers that troubled the school.
By Larry Gordon, Times
Staff Writer
May 12, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla12may12,1,4111434.story
Agency accuses
Cisco of racial bias
The EEOC urges it to
settle job applicants' allegations or risk a suit.
From the Associated Press
May 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cisco11may11,1,1778586.story
Paramount may join
Korean park
From Times Staff and Wire
Reports
May 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-paramount11may11,1,5576423.story
Southland summer
festivals: Fun, food, music
Southland festivals
have it all: music, dancing, rides, animals and food that's really bad for you.
By Justin Hampton, Special
to The Times
May 10, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-wk-fests10may10,1,6310000.story
Malietoa
Tanumafili II, 94; king of Samoa for more than four decades
From the Associated Press
May 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-tanumafili16may16,1,769516.story
Sake rocks it old
school
Part of an artisanal
revival, the robust kimoto style has depth born of hand crafting and natural
ingredients.
By Linda Burum, Special to
The Times
May 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-sake16may16,1,7785032.story
The fine art of
kaiseki
The world's most
forward-looking chefs have a new obsession: a 500-year-old Japanese cuisine.
By Leslie Brenner and
Michalene Busico, Times Staff Writers
May 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-kaiseki16may16,1,2986070.story
James Abegglen,
81; management consultant wrote 9 books on Japan
From Times Staff and Wire
Reports
May 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings15.2may15,1,4406103.story
China cites gains
made by women
It says the gender gap
is narrowing, but outside reports paint a dimmer picture.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Times
Staff Writer
May 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chiwomen16may16,1,7110412.story
Engineer in China
case convicted
Chi Mak, who worked for
an Anaheim company, conspired to pass sensitive military documents.
By H.G. Reza, Times Staff
Writer
May 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chimak11may11,1,3634363.story
Illicit fashion
shows thrive in Islamic Iran
Stealth, careful
planning, imported models and fabulous designs go into one Tehran woman's
exhibit.
By Borzou Daragahi, Times
Staff Writer
May 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-fashion11may11,1,7972693.story
Political foe
seeks prosecution of Nguyen
Ally of her opponent in
the O.C. supervisorial race files a complaint with the D.A. over contributions.
By Christian Berthelsen,
Times Staff Writer
May 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nguyen15may15,1,2501896.story