THE APPA Newsletter
May 30, 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
(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
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
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 16 Discovering
Your Japanese American Roots
Instructor Chester
Hashizume leads a comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as
getting started, identifying your ancestral Japanese home town, obtaining and
utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and
family crests--all the tools you need to discover your roots. This intensive
session includes a one-hour break. $45 for National Museum members and $55 for
non-members, includes materials and Museum admission. 10:30AM-4PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (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 23 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. 10:15AM-12:15PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
June 23 Pop-Up Cards
for Any Occasion with Ryosen Shibata
Be prepared for birthdays,
holidays, and "just because" occasions by creating whimsical pop-up
cards for that special family member or friend. $8 for National Museum members
and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations
recommended. 1-3PM
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
June 23 The Poetry of
Japanese Gardeners
To mark the opening of Landscaping
America: Beyond the Japanese Garden,
this program explores the poetry of Japanese gardeners. Author and Edgar
Award-winner Naomi Hirahara and Sunny Seki, director of the Rashin Senryu and
author of The Tale of the Lucky Cat
discuss the creative parallel between beautifully crafted senryus and Japanese gardens. Poetry readings by retired
gardener and director of the Pioneer Senryu group, Shotaro Dofuku, will be
accompanied by a presentation of photographs from the National Museum's
collection that were taken by Japanese Gardeners. 2PM
In conjunction with the
exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (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)
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
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
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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.
Not letter-perfect
"Spelling
Bee's" awkward kids sure are winning. But there's a need for more and
less.
By Charles
McNulty, Times Staff Writer
May 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-spellingbee29may29,1,7128811.story
Seeking a place
for Eastern chic, in China
David Tang sells Asian-
inspired fashions across the globe. But he's still waiting for them to catch on
at home.
By Sylvia
Hui, The Associated Press
May 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-shanghai29may29,1,691056.story
'4 Months' a small
but popular winner at Cannes
The film about abortion
takes the Palme d'Or, heralding Romania's emergence in movie-making.
By Kenneth
Turan, Times Staff Writer
May 28, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-cannes28may,1,5703182.story
Chinese see piano
as key to children's success
It's keyboard as
springboard for millions of Chinese.
By Robert Turnbull,
Special to The Times
May 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-ca-wannabes27may27,1,7832353.story
Following his
beliefs led him to Manzanar
Ralph Lazo's decision
to voluntarily join his Japanese American classmates in the internment camp
still resonates 65 years later.
By Cecilia
Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
May 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-then27may27,1,4237927.story
The next Americans
Immigrants don't
destroy our national identity, they renew it.
By Tom‡s R.
JimŽnez, TOM‡S R. JIMŽNEZ is an assistant professor of sociology and a visiting
research fellow at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San
Diego. His research focuses on immigration,
May 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-jiminez27may27,1,1802016.story
A power shift in
Koreatown
Ethnic lenders feel the
pinch as mainstream players muscle into an increasingly attractive niche.
By E. Scott
Reckard, Times Staff Writer
May 25, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-koreabanks25may25,1,2611227.story
Minority women in
L.A. County found to have higher rates of chronic disease
By Susannah
Rosenblatt, Times Staff Writer
May 24, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-womenhealth24may24,1,2239931.story
'The Zen of Fish'
and 'The Sushi Economy'
How raw fish spawned a dining
revolution
By Charles
Solomon, Special to The Times
May 28, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-book28may28,1,310538.story
An anime master
revs up the old dream machine
In Satoshi Kon's
latest, 'Paprika,' a stolen therapeutic device blurs the lines among reality,
fantasy and nightmare.
By Scarlet
Cheng, Special to The Times
May 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-paprika27may27,1,1217786.story
Grisly crimes
alarming Japan
A series of killings in
which the bodies were dismembered has unleashed a frenzy of self-examination.
By Bruce
Wallace, Times Staff Writer
May 27, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-crimes27may27,1,755679.story
Case may shine
light on Japanese interrogations
A suspect's confession
is admitted as court evidence. The move could pave the way for greater
oversight of the country's secretive investigation culture.
By Bruce
Wallace, Times Staff Writer
May 26, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-confessions26may26,1,7852068.story
'Made in USA'
losing its appeal
Foreign markets
increasingly turn to locally produced movies to fill theaters.
By John Horn
and Lorenza Mu–oz, Times Staff Writers
May 25, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-cannes25may25,1,523468.story
Tod H. Mikuriya,
73; psychiatrist who championed legal medical marijuana
By Valerie
J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer
May 25, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-mikuriya25may25,1,7626654.story
Chow Yun-Fat loses
hair for 'Pirates'
Chow Yun-Fat had to
shave his head to join 'Pirates.' But boosting his career and acquiring more
American fans was all worth it.
By Susan
King, Times Staff Writer
May 25, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-fat25may25,1,2170790.story
Too sexy for my
students
She was fired from her
teaching job after expanding her students' sexual vocabulary.
By Sarah
Miller, SARAH MILLER is the author of "Inside the Mind of Gideon
Rayburn."
May 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-miller29may29,1,6011238.story
Missing in
wartime, then fading from memory
May 28, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-martinez28may28,1,1881266.column