THE APPA Newsletter
August 21, 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
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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
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
August
28 - September 23 A World Premiere of
WINNER
OF SILVER MEDAL PINTER REVIEW PRIZE FOR DRAMA
Written
by: Velina Hasu Houston
Directed
by: Shashin Desai
The
award-winning author of 2005's hit play TEA is back at ICT with an amazing new
World Premiere.
Keiko and
her sister were standing outside their home in Hiroshima on a sunny day in
August 1945 when the unthinkable happened. Keiko's story in the years
after the "accident" is one of anger, denial and, ultimately,
growth. This provocative play examines the destructive consequences of
past mistakes and how we can learn to make the world a better place for future
generations. An engrossing story of redemption and forgiveness, it
promotes harmony and understanding. It will touch your heart and remind
you why peace is so important in our world today.
ICT is
located at 300 E. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 in the Center Theater
of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. The Center Theatre is located behind
the larger Terrace Theater.
ictlongbeach.org
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
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.
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Orange County Museum of
Art
850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach,
CA 92660
Tel: 949-759-1122
October 12, 2007 -
January 21, 2008
Rank and Style : Power
Dressing in Imperial China
For
generations ChinaÕs rulers wore emblems on their robes that identified their
place in a complex system of rank and privilege. This exhibition explores how
this imperial hierarchy was maintained through the bestowing and wearing of
exquisitely woven and embroidered Ôrank badges,Õ as they have become known in
the West.
Identity and status, so
carefully crafted and preserved among ChinaÕs elite, were expressed primarily
through garments and their decoration, making them virtually a second skin Ð so
intimately connected to oneÕs person that even in death wearing the appropriate
badge assured a continuation of earthly status. The exhibition is rich in a
wide variety of rank and festival badges worn by the emperor, members of the
imperial household, and civil and military officials.
Rank and Style: Power
Dressing in Imperial China presents for the first time in the United States
selections from the Chris Hall Collection of Hong Kong. These rare and
exquisite rank badges date from 1500 to the mid-19th century, with many from
the Ming Dynasty (1368Ð1644). Numerous badges feature woven or embroidered
mythical creatures such as the dragon and phoenix, while others depict rabbits,
cranes and tigers. Additional pieces in the exhibition are drawn from the collections
of the Pacific Asia Museum and local collections.
Dale Gluckman, Guest
Curator
This exhibition will be
part of the fourth city-wide collaboration of PasadenaÕs cultural institutions,
ÒArt and Ideas.Ó
Related Events
Saturday,
November 3, 2007, 1-4pm,
Free Family
Festival
In
celebration of the new exhibition Rank and Style:
Power Dressing in Imperial China, this all-ages festival will focus
on activities related to Imperial Chinese culture and the symbolism of dragons,
birds, lions, tigers, flowers and lanterns in works of art. Free.
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.
Sept 16 11th
Annual Japan America Kite Festival 10AM to Sunset
Seal Beach Pier, Main
Street and Ocean Ave.
Kiteclub.org
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.
Sunday,
September 23, 2007
From
Barbed Wire to Barbed Hooks: Work in Progress 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Cory
Shiozaki explores the history of Manzanar inmates who turned to trout fishing
to escape the hardships of incarceration. The filmmaker suggests that through
fishing inmates found a much sought-after feeling of freedom, however brief, as
they matched wits with the wily trout of the famed Eastern Sierra fishing
grounds. Shiozaki will share stories of "escaping" at night from
camp, highlight Manzanar's well-known fishermen, and share examples of fishing
tackle used in camp.
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
Saturday,
September 29, 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
Oct 6 Akimatsuri Fall Festival, presented by East San Gabriel Japanese Community
Center, Inc.
12-8PM
1203 West Puente Avenue,
West Covina, 91790, 626-960-2566
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)
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
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 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.
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 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
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.
46 North Los
Robles Avenue, Pasadena California 91101 [Google Map]
Hours: Wed Ð
Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
Admission:
$7 for adults
$5 for students/seniors
Free admission
every 4th Friday of the month!
Parking: Free
parking is available in museum parking lot,
located on
corner of Los Robles and Union.
General Information & Current
Exhibitions:
(626) 449-2742
ext. 10
August 26 9th
Annual Japan Cultural Fair
Woodbride
Village Shopping Center in Irvine
1-4:30
Orange County
Japanese American Association 714-283-3551
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
Nisei
Week Parade on Sunday and saw the Nebuta float
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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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A thriving
Filipino community is anchored by a mall
By Anna
Gorman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 21,
2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-filipino21aug21,1,438140.story
Study shows
wages have improved for foreign-born Latinos
From the
Associated Press 9:37 AM PDT, August 21, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-latino22aug22,1,4191971.story
Lee? Your
party is here
Hundreds from
around the country who share the Chinese surname descend on L.A. to celebrate
heritage, ponder future.
By David
Pierson August 20, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lee20aug20,1,6482166.story
Schools chief
seeks end to learning gap
Jack O'Connell
earns praise for his candor on a sensitive subject.
By Mitchell
Landsberg and Howard Blume August 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-race19aug19,1,6409789.story
SUNDAY PROFILE
Stellar work
led her to top aerospace post
Wanda Austin
will head the scientists and engineers who provide oversight for all U.S.
rocket launches.
By Peter Pae
August 19, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sunprofile19aug19,1,1277536.story
THE WORLD /
COLUMN ONE
This cop's
life is an open book
The adventures
of a French officer are chronicled in a graphic novel. The result is Pierre
Dragon, a critical and popular smash.
By Sebastian
Rotella August 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-comicop18aug18,1,3249506.story
Float carries
Little Tokyo's hopes
Mel Melcon /
Los Angeles Times
A traditional
festival may be more than just enjoyable -- it might revive Japanese firms'
interest in the neighborhood.
By Teresa
Watanabe August 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-japan18aug18,1,5022083.story
'Superbad,' a
love story
'Superbad's'
teen raunch isn't what's shocking; it's the love story.
By Carina
Chocano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/entertainment/la-et-superbad17aug17,1,235963.story
The lost
Padilla verdict
What should've
gone on trial were the administration's tactics in detaining the one-time
"dirty bomber" suspect.
By Stephen I.
Vladeck August 17, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-vladeck17aug17,1,5031633.story
Joe O'Donnell,
85; longtime White House photographer
August 16,
2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-odonnell16aug16,1,3557610.story
Home run king
and gentleman
Japan's
Sadaharu Oh reflects on his career, Barry Bonds and cancer. 'I feel lucky,' he
says.
By Bruce
Wallace, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 14, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-wr-sp-oh0704.0802aug14,1,4143516.story
Color biases
may be nature, not nurture
Women seem to
prefer reddish hues, and men blue-green -- regardless of cultural backgrounds,
researchers find.
By Jia-Rui
Chong, Times Staff Writer August 21, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-pink21aug21,1,2612279.story