THE APPA Newsletter
Sept 4, 2007
Happy Labor Day
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
August
28 - September 23 A World Premiere of Calling Aphrodite
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
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
Sept 13 Celso Duarte
& Sonex
6:30pm
Our summer concert
series closes with a fandango jarocho featuring Celso Duarte and Sonex. Best
known for his stunning work with Lila Downs, virtuoso harpist and
multi-instrumentalist, Celso Duarte, simply dazzles. The Los Angeles Times
calls Sonex a vibrant testimony to the wealth of talent among Mexico's emerging
artists. Both are gaining a well-deserved reputation for invigorating son
jarocho with their infectious rhythms and dynamic lyrics.
FREE!
Made possible, in part, by
the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the Department of Cultural Affairs,
City of Los Angeles; the James Irvine Foundation, and the National Center for
the Preservation of Democracy. Media sponsors KPFK 90.7 FM and "Los
Angeles Downtown News."
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
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.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
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.
Saturday, September
22, 2007 Lifelong Learning
Sumi-e and Origami
Cards Ryosen Shibata
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Create beautiful
cards for those special people in your life that can be shared on birthdays,
holidays, or just because. $8 for National Museum members, $13 for non-members.
Includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended.
Made possible, in part,
by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
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
CaliforniaJapanese-Style
Gardens: Tradition & Practice
September 28-30, 2007; Los
Angeles, CA
Three day conference
presented by the California Garden & Landscape History Society and
Co-hosted by The Garden Conservancy, the Japanese American National Museum, and
the Los Angeles Conservancy.
Exotic portions of great
estates, commercial teahouse gardens, modest bungalow gardens, and public
sister city or friendship gardensÑfor more than a century the lure of Japan has
inspired a category of gardens that will be the subject of the California
Garden and Landscape History SocietyÕs conference and annual meeting.
Little Tokyo, long-time
heart of the Los Angeles Japanese American community, is the site of the
conference. Through talks, an exhibition visit, and garden tours, the
conference will focus not only on the Japanese-style garden in California but
on the Japanese Americans who designed, constructed, and maintained them.
Registration and Fees:
(Registration deadline September 7)
Members (CGLHS, JANM, GC,
LAC)
$225.00*
Non-members
$270.00*
Saturday
Dinner
$ 75.00
Pre-conference bus
tour
$ 70.00
* Includes Friday evening
reception and exhibit; Saturday lectures and walking tour of Little Tokyo;
Sunday garden tours and closing reception.
To register, fill out the
attached form. For more information visit www.cglhs.org, e-mail conference@cglhs.org or phone (323) 462-2443.
Hotel:
A block of rooms has been
reserved for Conference attendees at the New Otani hotel in Little Tokyo.
Call by September 5 for the special group rate of $105 per night: reservation
desk at 800-639-6826 or 213-253-9215, Rosalind Pargas or 213-253-9242,
Nini Whitaker and refer to Group name: California Garden & Landscape
History Society.
Conference Schedule:
Friday PM
Opening Reception & Exhibit
Landscaping America:
Beyond the Japanese Garden
Japanese American National
Museum, Little Tokyo
This multimedia exhibition
reveals the personal stories, historical journeys, communities, and creativity
that underlie the surface of the ÒJapanese garden.Ó
Saturday
Lectures
Democracy Center, Little
Tokyo
Highlights: Walking tour
of Little Tokyo during mid-day lecture break; late afternoon visit to New Otani
Hotel roof top garden and no-host cocktail reception; optional dinner includes
a reading by Naomi Hirahara.
Sunday
Self Driving Tour:
Cultivating LA: 100
Years of Japanese-Style Garden Making in Southern California
Los Angeles Conservancy
docents will be on hand to interpret five gardens and sites featured in the
JANM exhibit and discussed in SaturdayÕs lectures.
Car pools will be arranged
for Conference attendees. The day will end in a special private garden.
Cultivating LA is included with conference registration. Additional
tickets for people not attending the conference are available at
www.laconservancy.org
Speakers (partial list)
Kendall H. Brown,
Associate Professor, Asian Art History at California State University, Long
Beach is the foremost scholar of AmericaÕs Japanese gardens. He is the author
of Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast, Rizzoli, 1999. In addition to giving us a general
overview of California Japanese-style gardens he will speak on ÒKinzuchi Fujii
and the Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden.Ó
Naomi Hirahara is an
award-winning author of a mystery series set in Los Angeles featuring Japanese
American gardener and atomic bomb survivor, Mas Arai. Hirahara is the editor of
Green Makers: Japanese American Gardeners in Southern California, and she has written or edited numerous other works.
Her short film, MamoÕs Weeds,
featuring another fictional Los Angeles gardener is part of the exhibit Landscaping
America: Beyond the Japanese Garden.
Takeo Uesugi, Ph.D, FASLA,
taught landscape architecture for several decades at Cal Poly (CSPU) Pomona,
and is much sought after as a designer of Japanese-style gardens. His James
Irvine Garden at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center will be
featured during the Conference. Dr. Uesugi, in his talk ÒFrom Japanese Garden
to California Landscape,Ó will discuss the future of California Japanese-style
gardens based on his experience in the design, construction, and maintenance of
gardens and his knowledge of the history and concepts of Japanese gardens.
William Noble, Director of
Preservation Projects for The Garden Conservancy will moderate a panel
discussion, Traditions in Transformation. This panel will examine issues
surrounding the preservation of three southern-Californian Japanese-style
gardens: the Huntington Japanese Garden; the James Irvine Garden and the Ganna
Walska Lotusland Japanese Garden.
The panelists
include:
Bill Noble, Moderator, The
Garden Conservancy
Chris Aihara, Executive
Director, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Jim Folsom, Director of
the Huntington Botanical Gardens
Greg Kitajima, Japanese
Garden Specialist, Lotusland
Trudi Sandmeier, Director
of Education, Los Angeles Conservancy
Gardens to be visited
during the Conference (partial list)
Garden in the Sky, New
Otani Hotel, Little Tokyo
Huntington Japanese Garden
James Irvine Garden,
Seiryu-en, Little Tokyo
Norton Avenue
Garden of Peace, Roosevelt
High School, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Storrier-Stearns Japanese
Garden, Pasadena
San Gabriel Nursery
UCLA Hannah Carter
Japanese Garden
Pre-Conference Options for
Friday, September 28
There are several public
Japanese-style gardens of note in the Los Angeles area. Conference attendees
are encouraged to visit some of these gardens during the day on Friday. A list
of public gardens will be included with registration confirmation.
Bus Tour 9am-5pm:
Designed for out-of-town
guests, this tour will visit two important public Japanese-style gardens. The
tour departs from the New Otani Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and travels to
west Los Angeles to the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden. After lunch in the
Sawtelle area, the tour continues across town to Pasadena to visit the Japanese
Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. At both gardens there will be a
guided special tour. Please reserve early as space is limited.
Self Drive to UCLA Hannah
Carter Japanese Garden:
This garden is open to the
public by appointment only. The Conference is making special arrangements with
the University to visit on Friday. There will be a fee to park on campus and
for a shuttle to the garden. Information about this special opportunity will be
sent with the registration confirmation.
Carolyn Bennett
Landscape Historian
Nancy Goslee Power &
Associates
1660 Stanford Street
Santa Monica, CA
90404
310.264.0266
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
Sept 30 Samurai Films at
the JACCC in Little Tokyo
11AM
Three Outlaw Samurai
Bandits vs Samurai
Squadron
Samurai Rebellion
Throne of Blood (MacBeth in feudal Japan)
Festival pass $30 or $10
single
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
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
2007
U.S. Tour - Bunraku: The National
Puppet Theatre of Japan
Because
Bunraku is based in Osaka, Japan, special attention was given to Kansai-area
Sister Cities in the United States.
The troupe will perform in Boston, MA; Champaign, IL; Evanston, IL; Berkeley, CA;
San Francisco, CA;
concluding its tour in Los Angeles with four performances at the
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Aratani/Japan America
Theatre. In 2007, San Francisco
celebrates its 50th anniversary of Sister City Affiliations with the city of
Osaka.
Dates: October 2 Ð 20, 2007
Program: An Introduction to Bunraku (25 minutes)
Tsubosaka Kannon Reigenki Ð
Miracle at the Tsubosaka Kannon
Temple (55 minutes)
Date Musume Koi no Higanoko Ð
OshichiÕs Burning Love (25 minutes)
Company: 16 Puppeteers, Musicians and
Narrators, with an 17 additional
touring
staff of wig masters, costumers, and stage technicians.
October
12, 2007
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
October
13 & 14, 2007
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Berkeley
October
18, 19 & 20, 2007
Aratani/Japan America Theatre, Los
Angeles, CA
Japanese American Cultural &
Community Center
An
Exclusive Southern California Engagement
Experience
Bunraku in its first full-scale U.S. performance in nearly two decades!
Presented
in Japanese with English super titles.
Thursday
October 18, 2007 8pm
Friday
October 19, 2007 8pm
Saturday
October 20, 2007
2pm
& 8pm
Aratani/Japan
America Theatre
$100
Opening Night Gold Circle Seating (includes Reception)
$65
orchestra, $58 balcony
$60,
$55 JACCC Members
To purchase tickets,
or for more information call the Aratani / Japan America Theatre box office at
(213) 680-3700 from noon to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday and Sundays only on
performance days.
Fax orders to (213)
680-1872 or send email inquiries to boxoffice@jaccc.org.
Call 213-628-2725 to become a JACCC Member and receive Priority
Handling!
The
2007 U.S. Tour of Bunraku: The National Puppet Theatre of Japan is
produced and coordinated by the Japanese
American Cultural & Community Center.
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)
Saturday, September
8, 2007
Shake, Rattle &
Bang!
11:00am - 4:00pm
Target Free Family
Saturday
Don't miss this
opportunity to make some noise! Spend the afternoon moving to the beat of the
National Museum's special drum circle. Kids of all ages can make their very own
percussion instrument and then join in the fun by trying their hand at playing
drums from around the world.
FREE!
Also on this day...
Karaoke
Ice Comes to the National Museum
a delicious pop culture
mash-up
created by Nancy Nowacek, Katie Salen, and Marina Zurkow
Popsicles, Squirrels
and Songs!
Los Angeles
Contemporary Exhibitions presents KARAOKE ICE in LOS ANGELES, a mobile public
art project that contributes to the unique expressions of Los Angeles street
culture. Lucci, an ice cream truck-turned-mobile-karaoke-show, is deployed to
local streets to activate communities through song. The artists believe this is
a marriage of necessity; the ice cream truck needs a better soundtrack (one
that reflects the interests of neighborhood), and karaoke singers need an
audience. Karaoke Ice will debut on Labor Day Weekend, making its way through
the spaces of metropolitan Los Angeles. To view a short documentary of Karaoke
Ice in action, go to www.o-matic.com/isea/documentation/
2007 Target Free Family
Saturdays
July 14 - Let's Go Fly a Kite!
September
8 - Shake, Rattle, and Bang!
November 10 - Flower Power!
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Sept 8 Nikkei Album
Workshop
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Learn how to browse
and contribute to Nikkei Album, an exciting and versatile online tool on the
National Museum's award-winning DiscoverNikkei.org
web site. Nikkei and others from around the world share personal family
stories, community histories, lesson plans, and more through photos, text,
audio, and video. Free with National Museum admission. Reservations are
required; space is limited. For information and reservations, e-mail editor@DiscoverNikkei.org.
Made possible by the
generous support of The Nippon Foundation.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
September 8, 2007 ONLY
THE BRAVE begins it's national tour in Los Angeles!
See it on the big screen!
A searing portrait of
war and prejudice, this new motion picture will take you on a haunting journey
into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of World War II Ð the
all-volunteer, Japanese-American 100th/442nd Regimental
Combat Team.
In 1941, when Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor, there were 5,000 Japanese Americans serving in the U.S.
Armed Forces. Overnight, these second-generation citizens were stripped
of their official duties Ð simply because they looked like the enemy.
On the mainland,
120,000 innocent men, women and children were rounded up and swept into remote
internment camps, where they would remain behind barbed wire for the duration
of the war.
Determined to prove
their loyalty, the discharged Hawaiian Territorial Guardsmen of Japanese
descent successfully petitioned the U.S. government to allow them to
serve. These 1400 Hawaiian Nisei (second-generation Japanese-Americans)
became the 100th Infantry Battalion.
Saturday, 2:00 pm - 7:00
pm only!
Aratani Japan America
Theatre
244 South San Pedro
Street
Los Angeles, CA
Call the box office at
(213) 680-3700 to reserve your tickets.
$10.00 General Admission
- $8.00 for JACCC Members, Seniors, Students and Groups (10 or more)
Admission free for our
U.S. Armed Forces Veterans.
This limited engagement
made possible by KYOCERA Corporation, co-sponsored by the Japanese American
Cultural & Community Center and support from the Japanese American National
Museum.
http://www.onlythebravemovie.com/
Sunday, September 9,
2007 Closing of the exhibition Akio Morita
Developed by members of
the Akio Morita family, this exhibition commemorates the remarkable life and
achievements of Mr. Akio Morita (1921-1999), co-founder of Sony Corporation.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California
90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Sunday, September 9,
2007
Urban Gardens for
Small Spaces: A Container Gardening Demonstration
2:00pm - 3:30pm
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
4
Horticultural consultant and LA Times garden writer Lili Singer shows
you how you can improve your green thumb -- even in small spaces -- through
container gardening. 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
2:00pm - 3:30pm
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
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
Sept 7-9 Mikomicon anime
convention at Cal State Northridge
http://www.mikomicon.com/Welcome.php
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
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China gains in drug trials
The country surpasses
India as a site for testing of new medicines.
By Andrew Jack and Amy
Yee, Financial Times
September 3, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-drugtrials3sep03,1,2796377.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
BOOK REVIEW
'Shortcomings' by Adrian
Tomin
A graphic novel takes a
literary look at issues of race, gender and alienation.
By Peter Terzian
September 2, 2007
Shortcomings: A
Graphic Novel
Adrian Tomine
Drawn & Quarterly: 104
pp., $19.95
Congregations remove the
language barrier
Two Lutheran churches
share a building and, thanks to a new bilingual book, they also share services
four times a year.
By K. Connie Kang, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs1sep01,1,7094028.story?ctrack=4&cset=true
State's API results a
mixed bag
Schools' average scores go
up, but fewer campuses meet their targets.
By Howard Blume and
Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
September 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-scores1sep01,1,603645.story?ctrack=5&cset=true
China pop festival with a
rock-hard edge
Unthinkable a few years
ago, Public Enemy and Nine Inch Nails will headline a concert in Beijing.
By Peter Spiegel, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 31, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-chinapop31aug31,1,2390392.story?ctrack=6&cset=true
Study finds whites still
outlive blacks
Health issues and homicide
are among the reasons for a persistent disparity in groups' life expectancies,
but some findings are puzzling.
By Mary Engel, Los Angeles
Times Staff Writer
August 30, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mortality30aug30,1,4986634.story?ctrack=8&cset=true
'Tale of Genji' translator
dies.
Edward Seidensticker was
86.
From Times Staff and Wire
Reports
August 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-seidensticker29aug29,1,4505058.story
When East meets Midwest
Two of the seven U.S.
female gymnasts at world championships are coached by Chinese-born men,
including Iowa's Shawn Johnson
By Diane Pucin, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 1, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-gym1sep01,1,2994955.story
Wealth, mystery surround
donor Hsu
Fugitive Democratic
fundraiser Norman Hsu is linked to shadowy businesses and unsavory episodes.
By Greg Miller and Chuck Neubauer,
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
August 31, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-na-hsu31aug31,1,487411.story
MOCA's Chinese future
In 2026, the museum will
acquire the recent artwork just purchased by East West Bank.
By Suzanne Muchnic, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 29, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-moca29aug29,1,2150128.story