THE APPA Newsletter
July 17, 2007
Obon is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obon
http://www.buddhistchurch.com/events/Obon.htm
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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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
May 20 - July 1 Yellow
Face By David Henry Hwang
A co-production of Center
Theatre Group Mark Taper Forum and the Public Theater of New York in
association with East West Players
A biting and funny new
play about race and identity in America by Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang
will have its world premiere as the final production of the Taper's 40th
Season. Hwang writes himself into the middle of his play, which is launched
with the backstage revelations of an earlier play he had written that flopped
infamously on Broadway. It appears that a white actor had been unknowingly cast
in the role of an Asian, which is especially embarrassing for Hwang who had led
the Asian American uproar when a Welsh actor was cast as a Eurasian in the 1991
Broadway opening of Miss Saigon.
PERFORMANCES HELD AT
THE MARK TAPER FORUM
Remember Promo code:
8873
to ensure 10% of your ticket benefits East West Players!
Order Tickets at the Center Theatre Group website.
(http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/productiondetail.aspx?id=506)
Regular Performances
May 20 - July 1,
2007
Tuesday - Saturday @ 8 pm, Saturday & Sunday @ 2:30 pm, Sunday @
7:30 pm
$20 - $55
American Sign
Language-interpreted performance June 16, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
For more information,
please call East West Players at (213) 625-7000 or email info@eastwestplayers.org.
Click here to visit the Mark Taper Forum online
for more details.
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
June 30, 2007 - Sept. 2,
2007 Whose Utopia
An exhibition by Guangzhou
artist, Cao Fei at The Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum
of Art launches the Pacific Initiative, an ongoing series of exhibitions,
artist residencies, and international collaborations to build relationships
with artists and institutions in Asia and Latin America. Cao Fei: Whose Utopia,
the first of these projects, presents the work of Cao, an artist born in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, who addresses the complexities of the rapidly shifting
contemporary moment. The artist spent six months at the OSRAM China Lighting
Ltd., a factory in the Pearl River Delta in China, a major manufacturing base
for everyday products for Chinese and foreign markets that has drawn workers
from throughout China in search of economic opportunities and a better life.
The installation is anchored by a video, Whose Utopia, and includes the
everyday personal mementos and metal bunk beds present in the workers
dormitories. The video is an eerily beautiful portrait of the factory and of
the workersÕ daily lives, fantasies, and aspirations. Scenes from the flow of
the regular workday are interspersed with performances by a peacock dancer, a
ballerina dressed as an angel, an electric guitar player, and a break dancer.
Whose Utopia is presented
in collaboration with the Walter & McBean Galleries at the San Francisco
Art Institute. Cao Fei: Whose Utopia was organized by Aimee Chang, OCMA curator
of contemporary art.
Admission
Adults: $10
Students (w/ valid ID)
& Seniors (65+): $8
Children under 12: free
Members: free
Thursdays are free!
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Orange County Museum of
Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach,
CA 92660
Tel: 949-759-1122
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
Persian Visions:
Contemporary Photography from Iran
June 22, 2007 - September
9, 2007
Mohammad Farnood,
Norooz, 2002
On Friday, June 22, 2007,
Pacific Asia Museum will open Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from
Iran, an exhibition that provides a
rare, revealing view of Iranian life with more than 60 photographs by renowned
Iranian photographers. Subjects include public life as well as the intimate Ð
such as family life and celebrations. This will be the only West Coast venue
for this exhibition.
The twenty artists in the
exhibition are among IranÕs most celebrated photographers, all of whom use the
medium for cultural expression and self-exploration. Many of the artists are
well known throughout Europe where they have extensively exhibited their works.
Several of these artists have lived abroad and experienced western culture
before returning to Iran to document their own culture. This perspective of
life in Iran contradicts the way many foreign photographers use the medium: to
represent Iran and its people as purely exotic.
Sadegh Tirafkan, Persepolis
Iran has distinguished
itself with the quality and international presence of its film and visual art.
Now we can extend our appreciation of Iranian artists with the photographic
work of Shokoufeh Alidousti, whose self-portraits and family photographs
explore both cultural and female identity. Esmail Abbasi draws on Persian
literature for his subject matter and adds contemporary side notes on present
circumstances in Iran. And Shahriar Tavakoli focuses on his family history
through a series of portraits capturing the mood of an Iranian family with all
its subtleties.
Persian Visions will travel to the University of Michigan Museum,
the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, the Mulvane Art Museum in
Topeka, and the Missoula Museum of Art. Recently it was on view at the Honolulu
Academy of Art, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University, and the
Art Gallery of the University of Maryland.
Persian Visions was developed by Hamid Severi for the Tehran Museum
of Contemporary Art, Iran, and Gary Hallman of the Regis Center for Art,
University of Minnesota, and toured by International Arts & Artists,
Washington, D.C. This exhibition was made possible in part by the ILEX
Foundation, University of Minnesota McKnight Arts and Humanities Endowment, and
the Department of Art, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles
Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
Whose Utopia?
An exhibition by Guangzhou
artist Cao Fei at the Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum
of Art launches the Pacific Initiative, an ongoing series of exhibitions,
artist residencies, and international collaborations to build relationships
with artists and institutions in Asia and Latin America. Cao Fei: Whose
Utopia, the first of these projects,
presents the work of Cao, an artist born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, who addresses
the complexities of the rapidly shifting contemporary moment. The artist spent
six months at the OSRAM China Lighting Ltd., a factory in the Pearl River Delta
in China, a major manufacturing base for everyday products for Chinese and
foreign markets that has drawn workers from throughout China in search of
economic opportunities and a better life. The installation is anchored by a
video, Whose Utopia, and includes the everyday personal mementos and metal bunk
beds present in the workers dormitories. The video is an eerily beautiful
portrait of the factory and of the workersÕ daily lives, fantasies, and
aspirations. Scenes from the flow of the regular workday are interspersed with
performances by a peacock dancer, a ballerina dressed as an angel, an electric
guitar player, and a break dancer.
Whose Utopia is presented
in collaboration with the Walter & McBean Galleries at the San Francisco
Art Institute. Cao Fei: Whose Utopia was organized by Aimee Chang, OCMA curator
of contemporary art.
Exhibition will last from
June 30, 2007 - Sept. 2, 2007
Admission
Adults: $10
Students (w/ valid ID)
& Seniors (65+): $8
Children under 12: free
Members: free
Thursdays are free.
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Orange County Museum of
Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach,
CA 92660
Tel: 949-759-1122
July 28 & 29 West Los
Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon
Carnival, cultural
performances and exhibits
Odori (Japanese folk
dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
2003 Corinth Ave., West
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Call for event times-
(310) 477-7274
July 28 & 29 Higashi Hompa Honganji Buddhist Temple
Obon
Carnival, cultural
performances and exhibits
Odori (Japanese folk
dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
505 E. Third Street,
Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, CA, 90013
Call for event times-
(213) 626-4200
E-Mail:
HHonganji-LA@mindspring.com
Website: www.hhbt-la.org/higashi.html
Sunday, July 29,
2007, 2pm - 4pm Special Lecture
Celebration and
Conflict: A Historical Look at Nisei Week
A talk by Lon
Kurashige
Associate Professor,
American Studies and Ethnicity and History, Unisversity of Southern California
and author of "Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of
Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934 - 1990."
Do racial minorities
in the United States assimilate to American values and institutions, or do they
retain ethnic ties and cultures? In exploring the Japanese American experience,
Kurashige recasts this tangled debate by examining what assimilation and ethnic
retention have meant to a particular community over a long period of time.
This is an inner
history, in which the grooup identity of one of America's most noteworthy
racial minorities takes shape.
Sponsored by the
Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California (JAHSSC) in
conjunction with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center and USC
AMerican Studies and Ethnicity departmenrt.
Click here for informational flier on this event.
For more information,
contact Jeff Murakami at 213.200.8277 or jeffmurakami@gmail.com.
JACCC Conference
Rooms, 2nd Floor
Admission Free
2pm Authors on Asia
Rattle of Bamboo: A Haiku
Anthology. Join us for a reading and signing of a splendid new anthology of
haiku by Southern California haiku poets. Program co-sponsored by The Southern
California Haiku Study Group. Founded in 1997, The Southern California Haiku
Study Group is devoted to studying, writing, and sharing haiku in English based
upon traditional Japanese haiku. The group currently meets on the third
Saturday of every month from 2Ð4 p.m. at Pacific Asia Museum. Free w/admission,
call ext. 20 to RSVP
449-2742
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun:
10:00am-6:00pm
Aug 4, 5 GARDENA BUDDHIST
CHURCH
OBON DANCE
AND
CARNIVAL
Sushi Ð Udon Ð Teriyaki
Chicken Ð Rides Ð Games Ð Crafts Ð Dry Goods Ð Dancing
August 4th -Saturday: 3 -
10pm
August 5th - Sunday: 2 - 9pm
OBON Dancing Saturday
& Sunday 6 - 8pm
Carnival, cultural
performances and exhibits
1517 W. 166th Street,
Gardena, CA 90247
Website: http://www.gardenabuddhistchurch.org/
Call for event times-
(310) 327-9400
August 9, Led by Artistic
Director Shida Pegahi, Ney Nava Dance Theatre has been
performing fine Persian classical and contemporary dance since 1994. They will
bring their beautifully costumed classic dances to Pacific Asia Museum for an
evening of timeless beauty. $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Includes
museum admission.To register, call (626) 449-2742, ext. 31. Space is limited.
Thursday, 8pm
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
Community Photography
Exhibition
Friday thru Sunday,
August 10-12
Photos by and of the Southern California Persian community
will be displayed in the Foyer Gallery. For entry information click here [PDF: 46KB, 2pg]. Contest begins June
15. Free with admission.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun:
10:00am-6:00pm
August 18-26 Nisei Week
Sunday, August
19, 6pm
Nisei Week Grand
Parade
Downtown
Los Angeles, Little Tokyo
Central Avenue
to Second Street
Los Angeles
Street to First Street to Central Avenue
Saturday &
Sunday, August 25 & 26
Nisei Week
Street Arts Festival and Carnival
San Pedro Street
Sunday August 26
Nisei Week
Closing Ceremonies & Ondo Community Dance Celebration
First Street/
San Pedro & Central
Aug 18-19
Tofu Festiva http://www.tofufest.org/
67th Annual Nisei
Week Japanese Festival Events at the Japanese American Cultural & Community
Center
Saturday &
Sunday, August 18 & 19 and
August 25 & 26,
2007
A celebration of Japanese
American (JA) culture and Japanese heritage through exhibits, concerts and
demonstrations.
Nisei Week Events on the
JACCC Plaza
Sunday, August 19
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
1pm
Sumo Demonstration
2:30pm
Martial Arts Demonstration
Shorinji Kempo of Los Angeles Branch
Concerts on the JACCC
Plaza
Saturday, August 25, 2 -
6pm
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
Next Generation Remix
Concert
A celebration of Nikkei
culture! This showcase features the 'next generation' of rising young artists
from the community expressing their own voice through taiko, modern dance, music and hip-hop performance.
Sunday, August 26, 11am -
4pm
JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
14th Annual Taiko
Gathering
Experience the sheer power
and spirit of Japanese American taiko. Taiko groups from throughout greater Los Angeles area showcase the
growing performance styles of taiko
today.
Presented by the JACCC and
Nisei Week Japanese Festival.
67th Annual Nisei
Week Japanese Festival Events at the Japanese American Cultural & Community
Center
Community Center
244 South San Pedro
Street, Suite 505
(between 2nd and 3rd
Streets)
Los Angeles (Little
Tokyo), CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
Saturday &
Sunday, August 18 & 19 and
August 25 & 26,
2007
The annual celebration of
cultural heritage and transformation, the Japanese American Cultural and
Community Center is pleased to host a variety of exhibitions that are rooted
deep in the traditions of Japanese and Japanese American culture.
This year's exhibitors
include; Ikebana by Nanka Ikebana Kyoju-kai; Ceramics by the California
Japanese Ceramics Guild; Sumie by
Long Beach Sumie Club and Kawai Sumie; Calligraphy by Nichibei Godo Shodo; a Samurai Sword
display by the Nihon Token Hozon-kai; two Japanese Doll exhibitions by the
Ukari-kai and Hirofumi-kai; Tea Ceremony by Urasenke School; Bonsai by Nampu-kai; and Textiles by Akane-kai.
Nisei Week Cultural
Exhibits
Saturday & Sunday,
August 18 & 19, 10am - 4pm
Ikebana: Flower Exhibit
Nanka Ikebana Kyoju-kai
Ceramics Exhibit
California Japanese
Ceramic Guild
Sumie: Japanese Brush Painting Exhibit
Long Beach Sumie Club
George J. Doizaki Gallery,
Main Floor
Japanese Doll Exhibit
Yukari-kai
Library, Second Floor
Tea Ceremony
Urasenke School of Tea
Cultural Room, Fifth Floor
Brush Painting Exhibit
Kawai Sumie
Room 302, Third Floor
Nisei Week Cultural
Exhibits
Saturday & Sunday,
August 25& 26, 10am - 4pm
Bonsai: Miniature Tree Exhibition
Nampu-kai
Textile Exhibit
Akane-kai
Calligraphy Exhibit
Nichibei Godo Shodo
George J. Doizaki Gallery,
Main Floor
Japanese Doll Exhibit
Hirofumi-kai
Library, Second Floor
Brush Painting Exhibit
Kawai Sumie
Cultural Room, Fifth Floor
Sunday August 26
Nisei Week Closing
Ceremonies & Ondo Community Dance Celebration
First Street/ San Pedro
& Central
For more information on
the Nisei Week Schedule of Events visit: www.niseiweek.org.
August 18-26
Shojo
Manga
"Girl
Power"
Manga (Japanese
comics) has played an important role in Japanese society. Blending ink and
storytelling, the Manga can simultaneously be viewed as entertainment, art and
a reflective study in pop culture. This exhibition of Manga focuses on those
published specifically for Shojo (young girls) and features a variety of
posters, prints andbooks spanning over 60 years of art and style.
While the early
Shojo Manga remains timeless in its unique style and storytelling, it is the
contemporary Manga and artwork that has transcended borders and has received
great interest throughout the world.
Through the vast
examples showcased, this exhibition will provide a look at the role Shojo Manga
has played and continues to play in Japanese society and through reflection of
60 years of artwork, observe how the lives of young girls and women hanve
changed in Japan since the post-war era through today.
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
Saturday,
August 18, 2007
9th
Annual Summer Courtyard Kids Festival: It's Good to be Green!
11:00am
- 5:00pm
Join
Courtyard Kaeru and help make the world a greener place! In conjunction with
the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden, this year's
Courtyard Kids events are tailor-made to raise families' awareness about the
environment in a fun and creative way! With whimsical arts and crafts,
workshops, and lively music, the afternoon will be a celebration of the beauty
of our environment. FREE Museum admission all day!
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
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.
Saturday,
August 25, 2007
Little
Tokyo Walking Tour
10:15am
- 12:15pm
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
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.
Saturday,
August 25, 2007
A
Special Screening of Mamo's Weeds
2:00pm
- 4:00pm
Produced
by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, Mamo's Weeds is
about Mamo Ikeda, a Kibei gardener, besieged with a destructive weed epidemic
and a series of strange phone calls. In his search for answers -- from the
Southern California Gardeners' Federation to a retro Little Tokyo chop suey
house to the lawns of Japanese American neighborhoods -- Mamo finds that the
weeds are keys to both his past and his future. Following the screening,
scriptwriter Naomi Hirahara joins technical adviser Roy Imazu, director Akira
Boch, and actor Ken Takemoto in conversation. Reservations recommended. Free
with Museum admission. Dessert reception to follow.
Mamo's
Weeds is included in the Beyond the Japanese Garden: Short Stories and
Documentaries exhibition DVD available through the Museum Store Online.
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
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.
Sunday, August 26,
2007
Water
in the Japanese Garden
2:00pm
- 4:00pm
In
conjunction with the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese
Garden, the National Museum presents a four-part series of gardening
demonstrations led by horticultural experts.
PART 3
Dr.
Vergil Hettick, curator, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State
University, Long Beach, explores aspects of water in Japanese gardens including
its use as a source of meditative inspiration. Topics include pre-industrial
water effects in Japan, modern circulatory pumps, water recycling and
filtration, and the Japanese influence on modern reflective ponds. This
demonstration will feature a sample water recycling setup complete with live
fish. Single demonstration price: $8 National Museum members, $10 non-members.
Series price: $25 National Museum members, $35 non-members. Includes Museum
admission. Reservations strongly recommended.
Made
possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
and The Boeing Company.
Four-Part
Gardening Demonstration Series
July 28 - The Herbal and Healing Garden
August 11 - An Introduction to the Art of Bonsai
August
26 - Water in the Japanese Garden
September 9 - Urban Gardens for Small Spaces: A
Container Gardening Demonstration
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
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.
JACCC North Gallery
Sunday, August
26 1-3pm Lecture/Demonstration
The Tale of
Genji Comes to Life: Courtly Kimonos of JapanÕs Golden Age. Following a
presentation by Shikoku UniversityÕs Professor Hiroaki Sera on the lifestyle
and language of the courtly class during JapanÕs Heian period, the fashions of
the time will be showcased. Historically accurate costumes used in period
dramas will be shown by instructors visiting from Seo Shizuko Kimono School.
Presented in Japanese with English translation. Free with admission. To
R.S.V.P., call (626) 449-2742, ext. 31. Space is limited.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
Saturday, September
15, 2007
The Sushi Economy by
Sasha Issenberg
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Over a generation,
sushi in the United States has gone from the unknown to ubiquitous, but even
aficionados will be surprised at the true history and complex economics behind
their favorite food. The Sushi Economy jumps from Mediterranean docks to the
multimillion-dollar tuna auctions of Japanese fish markets, and from the
shopping streets of Shanghai to the cargo holds of intercontinental jumbo jets
-- all while making a surprising case against eating local. Sushi tasting and
book signing to follow. Free with Museum admission.
This book will be
available from the Museum Store Online in September.
Runs September 20 -
October 14, 2007 DURANGO
By Julia Cho
Directed by Chay Yew
When Boo-Seng Lee is laid
off from the job to which he has devoted the last 25 years of his life, he
decides to take his two sons Jimmy and Isaac on a road trip to Durango,
Colorado. As they make their way across the Arizona desert, they confront
family secrets, peeling back the layers of identity, alienation and duty that
define being Asian in America. DURANGO promises to be a thought-provoking
examination of the fears, fantasies, and failures of a family standing in the
shadow of the American Dream.
Single Tickets Available
Starting August 20th!
WEST COAST PREMIERE
Previews September 13 -
16, 2007
Opens September 19, 2007
Wednesday - Saturday @ 8
pm, Sunday @ 2:00pm
$60 Opening Night
$35 Regular Tickets
$30 Students &
Seniors
$20 Preview Tickets
American Sign
Language-interpreted performance October 7, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
$20 Tickets for Deaf
& Hard of Hearing Patrons
For more information,
please call East West Players at (213) 625-7000 or email info@eastwestplayers.org.
Click here to visit the Mark Taper Forum online
for more details.
Saturday, November 03,
2007Forty-eight Buddhas of Measureless Life: Court Eunuch Patronage at the
Sculpture Grottoes of Longmen
Amy McNair presents the
Twentieth Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology & Art
PARKING: Enter UCLA from
Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Plaza. Proceed directly ahead to Lot 4. There is
an elevator at the southeast end of Lot 4 and a stairwell at the northeast end,
closest to the museum. Parking is $8.
The centerpiece of the
sculpted cave-shrines at Longmen is the colossal Vairocana assembly sponsored
by Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu during the Tang dynasty (618-907). Fifty
years after its completion, however, a consortium of court eunuchs added a
display of forty-eight Buddha figures to its walls. This intrusive project
allows us to explore questions about the spiritual and social purposes of
Buddhist statuary and patronage in medieval China.
Amy McNair is the author
of Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese
Buddhist Sculpture, published in
2007 by the University of Hawaii Press. She is Associate Professor of
Chinese Art at the University of Kansas, where she teaches and researches early
and medieval Chinese art.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart
Auditorium
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
UCLA
Los
Angeles, CA 90095
For more information
please contact
Richard Gunde
Tel: 310 825-8683
DAWN'S LIGHT: THE JOURNEY
OF GORDON HIRABAYASHI
By Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Jessica
Kubzansky Based on a true story. During the Japanese Internment of WWII, UW
student Gordon Hirabayashi refused evacuation orders as a violation of his
civil rights and became a federal prisoner. His 1942 conviction was not overturned
until 1987.
WORLD PREMIERE
Previews - November 1 -
4, 2007
Opening Night - Wednesday
November 7, 2007
Performance Run -
November 8 - December 2, 2007
Wednesday - Saturday @ 8
pm, Sunday @ 2:00pm
*NO PERFORMANCE Thursday,
November 22, 2007
$60 Opening Night
$35 Regular Tickets
$30 Students &
Seniors
$20 Preview Tickets
American Sign
Language-interpreted performance Sunday, November 25, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
$20 Tickets for Deaf
& Hard of Hearing Patrons
For more information,
please call East West Players at (213) 625-7000 or email info@eastwestplayers.org.
Click here to visit the Mark Taper Forum online
for more details.
Dec 1, 2 Japan Expo 2007
*NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Chinese American
Museum
Jake Lee
exhibit opens.
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and earlier/later)
July 21 & 22 Venice
Buddhist Temple Obon
Carnival, cultural
performances and exhibits
Odori (Japanese folk
dancing) begins at 6:30 pm
12371 Braddock Drive,
Culver City, CA, 90230
Call for event times-
(310) 391-4351
Website: http://www.vhbt.org
July 22 Sozenji Buddhist
Temple Community Obon Festival
One day only
12 noon ~7:30pm
Carnival and entertainment
2pm- Obon Service
3020 Beverly Blvd.
Montebello
More info 323-724-6866
www.sozenji.org
July 26, 8pm The Fish
Fall in Love tells the story
ofpolitical prisoner Aziz, returning after 25 years to take possession of his
family estate only to find his former flame, Atieh, is now running it as a
restaurant. Director Ali Rafiee uses the language of food to tell a story of
passions over generations. Starring Reza Kianian, Roya Nonahali, Golshifteh
Farahani. With English subtitles. $6 for members, $10 for non-members. Includes
museum admission. To register, call (626) 449-2742, ext. 31. Space is limited.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena California 91101
[Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
Oxnard
Obon
Pasadena
Obon-caught part of the tea ceremony, nagainata demonstration, and a little of
the kendo
In
general, the taiko groups al all of these obon festivals are getting better and
better.
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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.
Blaze destroys bit of
history in Alhambra
A fire destroys a
75-year-old mall at Atlantic and Valley boulevards, the crossroads of L.A.'s
Chinese community.
By David Pierson, Times
Staff Writer
July 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-alhambra17jul17,1,6939997.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
China heats up food
battle
Suspension of imports of
pork ribs and other products from seven firms comes after U.S. acts on many
items.
By Don Lee, Times Staff
Writer
July 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chinafood16jul16,1,1985716.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
'Tekkonkinkreet' goes
for dark moments in anime
By Robert Abele, Special
to The Times
July 13, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-tekkon13jul13,1,185293.story?ctrack=3&cset=true
Funny-book funk
briefly brightens
Comic books have been
selling well for half a decade Ñ not that you'd know to look at them.
By Tim Cavanaugh
July 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/web/la-oew-cavanaugh17jul17,1,3711731.story?ctrack=4&cset=true
Mayor not unlike
other men in power
July 16, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-martinez16jul16,1,2067376.column?ctrack=5&cset=true
Saito saving his high
notes
After becoming frustrated
because of injuries and contemplating retirement in Japan, Dodgers closer has
won over his teammates with his relief pitching on the field Ñ and his karaoke
singing off.
By Dylan Hernandez, Times
Staff Writer
July 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/la-sp-saito15jul15,1,194570.story?ctrack=6&cset=true
Scorched, but still
standing
Independence, Calif., lost
some homes and its reservoir in the Inyo fire, but most residents are counting
themselves blessed.
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Times
Staff Writer
July 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-aftermath15jul15,1,1592544.story?ctrack=7&cset=true
Chinese media star
gives Starbucks a jolt
His blog helps oust the
chain from the Forbidden City. He says he still likes the coffee.
By Mitchell Landsberg,
Times Staff Writer
July 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-starbucks17jul17,1,4326649.story?ctrack=8&cset=true
Chinese court rules
against writer
From the Associated Press
July 14, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quick14.1jul14,1,5697148.story