THE APPA Newsletter
Nov 28, 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
(dkikemi@pacbell.net)
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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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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
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
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.
December 08, 2007 Islam
Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 3)
A conference considering
the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006).
Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
Islam Re-Observed:
Clifford Geertz in Morocco
December 6-9, 2007
Participants include
American and North African scholars residing in the US, Europe, and North
Africa who will present papers on Geertz's contributions to sociocultural
theory in relation to Islam, on ideas of the sacred, colonialism and economic
development, Moroccan cityscapes and the suq of Sefrou, among other topics.
Sefrou, Morocco Observed:
The Photographs of Paul Hyman
November 28-December 16,
2007
Complementing the
conference, the Fowler Museum of Cultural History will exhibit images of
Sefrou, Morocco by photographer Paul Hyman.
Saturday, 9:00 AM - 6:00
PM
Fowler Museum of Cultural
History
Leinart Auditorium
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free and Open to the
Public
For more information
please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for
Near Eastern Studies
Tel: 310-825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Posted by: Center for Near Eastern Studies
Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, Center for Near Eastern Studies,
Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
Department of History, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA College of Letters and Science, Anthropology, Moroccan
American Cultural Center, American
Moroccan Institute, The
Wenner-Gren Foundation
December 09, 2007 Islam
Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 4)A conference considering the
work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006).
Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
December 6-9, 2007 Islam
Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco
Participants include
American and North African scholars residing in the US, Europe, and North
Africa who will present papers on Geertz's contributions to sociocultural
theory in relation to Islam, on ideas of the sacred, colonialism and economic
development, Moroccan cityscapes and the suq of Sefrou, among other topics.
Sefrou, Morocco Observed:
The Photographs of Paul Hyman
November 28-December 16,
2007
Complementing the
conference, the Fowler Museum of Cultural History will exhibit images of
Sefrou, Morocco by photographer Paul Hyman.
Sunday, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Fowler Museum of Cultural
History
Leinart Auditorium
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Cost: Free and Open to the
Public
For more information
please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for
Near Eastern StudiesTel: 310-825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
December 08, 2007
Symposium: Imperial Japan and Colonial Sensibility: Affect, Object, Embodiment
(Day 2)
Organized by Mariko
Tamanoi and Jordan Sand
This symposium assembles
scholars from a range of disciplines to consider the Japanese colonial empire
and its aftermath from the perspective of affects and aesthetics, fantasies and
reminiscences, manifestations in material culture, embodied representations,
and self-representations. Participants will examine a range of social positions
and relationships shaped by Japanese imperialism, including Japanese colonists
and non-Japanese subjects in the colonies, migrants within the empire, migrants
to the metropole, returnees from the colonies after the war, and subjects of
the postcolonial nation-states. By focusing on emotions and the senses, this
collaboration aims to expose hitherto overlooked aspects of life under colonialism.
At the same time, the symposium will explore the ways that everyday language
and private experience articulated colonial relations of power.
"Imperial Japan and
Colonial Sensibility" was a project originally conceived by Miriam
Silverberg, Professor of Japanese History at UCLA. Following MiriamÕs
retirement in 2005, MiriamÕs students, colleagues and friends decided to carry
it forward in order to honor her enormous contributions to the study of modern
Japan as both a teacher and a scholar.
Miriam received her M.A.
at Georgetown University in 1979 and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
in 1984. She studied in Japan with the political historian and philosopher
Fujita Sh™z™ and worked with numerous other scholars in Japan, including
literary scholar Maeda Ai and womenÕs historian Fujime Yuki. She joined
the UCLA faculty in 1990. In her pathbreaking study of poet and cultural
critic Nakano Shigeharu, Changing Song: The Marxist Manifestos of Nakano
Shigeharu, Miriam revealed to the
field an entirely new face to Japanese modernity and new tools for analyzing
it. Changing Song received the
1990 John King Fairbank Prize in East Asian History. A Japanese
translation was published 1998. In this work, Miriam established the
combination of theoretical depth and materialist grounding that would
characterize all of her subsequent work. Changing Song was followed by articles on feminist writer Sata
Ineko, on ethnographic approaches to urban modernity in the 1920s and 1930s, on
Japanese film, advertising and media culture during the Asia-Pacific War, and
on numerous other subjects. Her essays have been without exception
surprising, inventive and compelling, drawing on a wide range of sources, and
moving freely between the ephemeral and the canonical. Her essay ÒThe Modern
Girl as Militant,Ó published in 1991, remains the definitive work on the modern
girl in Japan. The year 2007 saw publication of her second book monograph,
Erotic Grotesque Nonsense, a work
of tremendous scope that reframes the cultural history of interwar Japan,
realizing the promise of the now classic essay she published in 1991,
ÒConstructing a New Cultural History of Prewar Japan,Ó in which she called for
a reappraisal of Japanese modernity from the perspective of JapanÕs
Òconsumer-subjects.Ó
Miriam recognized the
significance of the colonial empire to understanding modern Japan well before
the emergence of interest in postcolonial studies among scholars in Japanese
studies. Her Masters essay at Georgetown dealt with the massacre of
Koreans in Tokyo following the earthquake of 1923. At UCLA, her long
interest in the history of the empire and in Koreans in the metropole led her
to teach courses such as ÒRace and CultureÓ and ÒThe Japanese Ideology of
Empire,Ó guiding graduate students toward new studies that brought Japanese and
Korean modern experience together, exposing the vast hidden landscape of
colonial modernity.
As a scholar, Miriam has
consistently pushed the boundaries of the field, posing bold questions and
pursuing her own answers with both intellectual rigor and astonishing creative
imagination. As a teacher, she has encouraged students to read widely, to
think imaginatively, and to write history that is both personally meaningful
and meaningful to the world. In recent teaching and writing, she has
turned to the problem of how to historicize the subject of intimacy. This
symposium thus synthesizes several of the topics and methodological issues that
Miriam has done so much over the years to reveal to the field. We hope it
will be a first step toward responding to the many challenges she has posed us
as scholars of modernity and of imperial Japan.
Saturday, 9:30 PM - 4:30
PM
314 Royce Hall
Humanities Conference Room
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Download File: colonial
sensibility symposium program.pdf
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/files/colonial%20sensibility%20symposium%20program.pdf
Saturday, December 8,
2007 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, December 9, 2007 2pm & 8pm
A Magical Holiday Event
The Marat Daukayev Ballet
Theatre
ÒThe NutcrackerÓ
Music by Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky Choreography by Vasily Vainonen Adapted/staged by Marat Daukayev
The students of the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet are featured in the annual
holiday production of the holiday classic, ÒThe Nutcracker.Ó
For information visit
Marat Ballet at www.maratdaukayev.com
or contact Marat Ballet at (323) 965-0333
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre $25
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, December
08, 2007
Holiday Cards
Workshop
In this second
gift-making workshop, Ruthie Kitagawa shows you how to make your very own
holiday cards to share with family and friends.
$8 National Museum
members; $13 non-members; includes materials and Museum admission. Reservations
highly recommended, limited to 10 participants, ages 14 and up.
1:00pm
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
www.janm.org
December 15, 2007
Hiroshima in Concert
Join us for our
annual holiday concert! Celebrate the holiday season with family and friends
young and old. The (nearly acoustic) concert features cuts from ÒLittle TokyoÓ
the latest Hiroshima CD and their critically acclaimed ÒSpirit of the SeasonÓ
and ÒObonÓ CDs all on Heads Up International Records. Special guest artists
will join the band to make this annual concert a special treat for our
community. Check out our website at www.hiroshimamusic.com
The artists will be available to autograph CD after the concert.
Saturday, 7:30pm
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre $35 orchestra, $30 balcony $32, $27 JACCC Members $33, $28 Groups
(10+), Seniors & Students
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
December 16, 2007
Masterpiece of Buddhist Art: The Works of Korean Living Treasure Master Jin
Hyung Lee
Silk Roads Gallery, along
with the Korea Sah International Temple is hosting an exhibit of the works of
Master Jin Hyung Lee, a Korean National Treasure from October 20th to December
16th at Silks Roads Design Gallery on La Brea Avenue.
It is the first tine
Master LeeÕs works will be exhibited outside of Asia. Entitled Masterpiece
of Buddhist Art: The Works of Korean Living Treasure Master Jin Hyung Lee, the exhibit will feature over 30 bronze and wood
statues gilded in 24 carat gold of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and monks, as well as
ritual implements, including a life size seated triad of Shakyamuni Buddha
flanked by Manjushri and Samantabhadra. All the work in the exhibition will be
available for purchase.
Master Jin Hyung LeeÕs
works are in over 60 Buddhist Temples throughout Korea, including the Song
Kwong Sah (one of the ÔThree JewelsÕ of Korean Buddhist Temples and a National
Treasure) and Beob Ryun Sah.Ó The Korea Sah International Temple in Koreatown,
Los Angeles has a remarkable collection of Master LeeÕs work including an
unusual relief of ÔThe Thousand BuddhasÕ behind the main alter.
Silk Roads encourages educational
or other interested groups to contact them to set up individual tours and
lectures on Master LeeÕs work and Korean Buddhist Art in the Gallery and at the
Korea Sah International Buddhist Temple during the exhibition dates.
Sunday, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Silk Roads Gallery
145 N. La Brea Ave Suite C
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Cost: Free
For more information
please contact
Cari Markell Tel: (323)
857-5588
Sunday, December 16,
2007
Shibori Workshop with
Yoshiko Akane
1PM
In the last of the
gift-making workshops, learn the ancient Japanese art of colorful shibori
dyeing with Yoshiko Akane. $10 National Museum Members; $15 non-members,
includes materials and Museum admission.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
www.janm.org
Thursday, December 27,
2007 10am & 3pm
Friday December 28,
2007 10am & 3pm 2008
Year of the Rat
ChildrenÕs Oshogatsu Workshops
Celebrate the coming of
2008 during this one-day workshop learning about the symbols and traditions
surrounding Oshogatsu or Japanese New Year. Learn about this special holiday
celebration through hands-on craft activities and workshops as well as
demonstrations led by local artists and community members. Workshops are
designed for children ages 7 to 12.
Registration is limited
to 30 participants per session, pre-registration is required and will be filled
on a first come first served basis. For more information or to register, please
contact Jessie Kikuchi at (213) 628-2725 ext. 142 or jkikuchi@jaccc.org.
JACCC, Second Floor
Conference Rooms $30 per child $25 JACCC Members
Saturday, December
29, 2007
Little Tokyo Walking
Tour
10:15AM
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
www.janm.org
*NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Chinese American Museum, El
Pueblo de Los Angeles, www.camla.org
Jake Lee exhibit opens.
THE CHINESE AMERICAN
MUSEUM AND AUTO CLUB GIVE LEGENDARY CALIFORNIA PAINTER DAY IN SUNSHINE
California Artist Fused
Chinese Heritage with California Scenes
(LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31,
2007) ÐÑ Jake Lee, a highly respected, yet quiet and enigmatic painter who
influenced numerous other artists in California for decades, has not been the
subject of a major retrospective, until now. ÒSunshine & Shadow: In Search
of Jake LeeÓ an exhibition hosted by the Chinese American Museum of Los
Angeles, co-produced with the Automobile Club of Southern California, marks the
first comprehensive and critical review of a prolific artist who embraced
California landscapes and city scenes through watercolor.
Showcasing at the Chinese
American Museum (CAM) from Dec. 1 to April 13, 2008, ÒSunshine & ShadowÓ
will highlight more than 60 watercolors, including eight from the Auto ClubÕs
WESTWAYS cover art collection. The collection will also illustrate with photos
and letters more details of the artistÕs professional career and his family
life, which he kept distinctly separate for many years.
ÒJake Lee is
among the most well known and prolific watercolor artists of the 20th Century,
yet we found very little published about his personal life as we researched
this exhibition,Ó said Dr. Pauline Wong, Executive Director of the museum. ÒWe
had no problem locating his art and his influence Ð it lives in collections
throughout the state and in the hearts of his many students. But it was more
challenging to find the man. We believe this exhibition and catalogue will
result in new appreciation for his artistic production and his influence.Ó
*SPRING 2008
Corky Lee exhibit opens.
JANUARY 2008
Sunday, January 6 2008,
1pm
KOTOHAJIME
First Performance of the
New Year: Hatsu Mukashi (FirstÐLong Ago) Created by Hirokazu Kosaka
Both solemn and festive,
the closing of an old year and the beginning of a new one are viewed as a time
of reflection as well as festivity. Kotohajime is the JACCCÕs annual
celebration featuring both traditional and contemporary performances in
observance of the New Year. This yearÕs Kotohajime celebration includes a
unique collaborative performance arranged and led by Hirokazu Kosaka. Viewing
Los Angeles as the contemporary Silk Road, where the routes for commerce, culture,
language, and art intermingle as they migrate, the performance combines an
eclectic blend of traditional and contemporary arts.
JACCC Plaza Free
Admission
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
January 6 Ð February 24,
2008
10TH Annual SHIKISHI
Exhibition
One of the most
interesting and popular annual exhibitions in Los Angeles returns to mark its
10th year. The exhibition is open to anyone with a creative spark who looks to
express their hopes for the New Year through the shikishi. This year's exhibit
continues to showcase shikishi signed by dignitaries, and will feature art work
based on this yearÕs theme Hatsu Mukashi (FirstÐLong Ago) as well as references
to the Year of the Rat, the animal which sits atop the 12-year Lunar Calendar
cycle.
George J. Doizaki
Gallery/ North Gallery Free Admission
George J. Doizaki Gallery
Hours Tuesday Ð Friday 12noon to 5pm Saturday & Sunday 11am to 4pm Closed
Mondays and holidays
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
Sunday January 27, 2008
9am
4th Annual Kyokushin
Karate U.S. Weight Category Karate Championship Competitors from ten countries
come to represent the diversity and spirit of Kyokushin Karate. Competition
opens with (Kata) to Knockdown Fighting (Kumite) leading up to the all weight
category finals.
For information contact
Kyokushin Karate L.A Branch at www.kyokushinkaratela.com
or call (877) 662-7947
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre $40 VIP, $20 General Admission
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
See LA
Library DiverseCity events at http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/events/diversecity/index.html
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This Weekend (and earlier/later)
December 1, 2007 at 2pm A Special Event to Celebrate the Holidays! Back
by Popular Demand!
NIHONMACHI The Place to Be
A Musical Journey to the Whole Family
Written by Soji Kashiwagi
Musical Direction by Scott Nagatani
Featuring The Grateful Crane Ensemble Yoko Ibuki, Haruye Ioka, Keiko
Kawashima, Kurt Kuniyoshi, Merv Maruyama, and Helen Ota
Featuring nostalgic Japanese and popular American songs, ÒNihonmachi:
The Place to BeÓ will take you back through time to the special place where it
all began: Nihonmachi. ¥ A third-generation manju maker decides to shut down
his family manju-ya after 99 years in business. But as his doors are about to
close, the spirit of his Issei grandfather returns to Nihonmachi to take him to
J-Town the way it used to be. Through this journey, he learns his family story,
finds his roots and in the end, discovers himself.
Aratani/Japan America Theatre $35 orchestra, $30 balcony $30, $27 JACCC
Members, $32, $28 Groups (10+), Senior, & Students $20 Children 13 and
under with adult purchase Post performance reception
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
Dec 1, 2 Japan Expo 2007
Japan Expo, now in its
28th year, is the largest US/Japan event that strengthens the ties of
friendship between the United States and Japan. Japan Expo will be held on
December 1st and 2nd, 2007 at the Los Angles Convention Center in South Hall K.
Admission is $12.00. Children under 12 are free.
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December, 1(Sat) |
10:00am ~ 7:00pm |
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December, 2(Sun) |
10:00am ~ 6:00pm |
Event Schedule: http://www.japanexpo.org/spevents.html
LOCATION:
Los Angeles Convention
Center (Down town Los Angeles)
<SOUTH HALL-K>
1201 South. Figueroa
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Tel: (213) 741-1154 *www.lacclink.com
PARKING
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90015
Phone: (213) 741-1151
Parking: $10.00/day
Parking and Traffic Information: Radio Station 1630 AM
The Los Angeles
Convention Center is conveniently located at the intersection of the Santa
Monica Freeway (10) and the Harbor Freeway (110). Japan Expo 2004 is accessible
from the the South Hall Parking Garage.
December 01, 2007
Comparative Perspectives on Rhetorical Narratives
A day-long conference
presented in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium
Oganizer: Professor Lisa
Raphals (University of California, Riverside)
A great deal of
scholarship in recent years has focused on the rhetorical dimensions of
historical, philosophical and religious narratives. That scholarship tends
to be embedded in one discipline or one genre. A particularly interesting
example is the problem of women's biography, which tends to be considered in
isolation from other comparable rhetorical narratives. The papers in this
panel attempt to open new ground, each examining a rhetorical narrative context
through a comparative perspective, with significant attention to how and whether
rhetorical narratives can be approached comparatively by genre, by area, or by
time period. One session will focus on hagiographies and other
biographical narratives. The other will address other comparative asepcts of
rhetoric.
Details soon.
Saturday, 9:30 PM - 5:00
PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
For more information
please contact
Richard Gunde
Tel: 310 825-8683
Posted by: Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies
Dec 1 Books and
Conversation
American Inquisition:
The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II
2PM
by Eric L.
Muller
Ever the astute researcher and engaging writer, University of
North Carolina Professor of Law, Eric Muller, has written a thought provoking
book that tells the story of the government bureaucracy that existed between
1943 and 1945, adjudicating which Americans of Japanese ancestry were
"loyal" and which were "disloyal." Light reception to
follow.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Sunday, December 02, 2007 Osechi-ryōri
With Robert Hori
How did foods like
date-maki and namasu end up on the Oshogatsu table anyway? In this informative
hands-on workshop, not only will chef and author, Robert Hori, share the
history of Japanese New Year's foods, he will also pass along useful
preparation tips and recipes. $15 National Museum members; $25 non-members,
includes materials and Museum admission. Limited to 20 participants, ages 16
and up.
Sponsored by the
California Rice Commission.
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles,
California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414
fax: (213) 625-1770
Sunday, December 02, 2007 Lifelong
Learning
Lei-Making Workshop
with Elizabeth Asawa
1PM
Just in time for the
holidays, the National Museum presents a series of three workshops with the
season of gift-giving in mind. In this first workshop, Elizabeth Asawa shows
you how to make a beautiful, everlasting pikake lei from cording. Come to the
first hour to learn basic crocheting techniques. If you have needlework
experience, come to the second hour to start creating your lei. $10 National
Museum Members; $15 non-members, includes materials and Museum admission.
Limited to 15 participants, ages 16 and up. Advance registration required.
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
Last
weekend (or so) I went to:
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Links to selected
articles from the LA Times. To actually access the articles, you may have to
sign up for a free account.
Dodgers interested in
Japanese pitcher
Saito was part of group
that went to Tokyo last week to meet with Kuroda.
By Dylan Hernandez, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 28, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers28nov28,1,6081027.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
BOOK REVIEW
'Finding Iris Chang' by
Paula Kamen
A friend explores of the
life and legacy of the talented historian.
By Edward Champion
Finding Iris Chang
Friendship, Ambition, and
the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind
Paula Kamen
THEATER REVIEWS
'Love' is adultery and
extortion
Also: 'Frida Kahlo,'
'Hero,' 'Grand Delusion' and 'Lessons'
November 23, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-stage23nov23,1,4479587.story?ctrack=3&cset=true
Language gaps hinder
doctor-patient relationships
People who are insured but
speak little or no English often experience embarrassment, stress and
confusion. State regulations aim to help.
By Francisco Vara-Orta,
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 23, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-language23nov23,1,2670969.story?ctrack=4&cset=true
Ambitions propel Asian
nations into space
For China, India and
Japan, it's a matter of recognition as global powers. There's also the
commercial satellite market, and -- maybe, one day -- lunar mining.
By Mark Magnier, Bruce
Wallace and Shankhadeep Choudhury, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
10:51 PM PST, November 18,
2007
Bill Hosokawa, 92;
journalist overcame internment and prejudice
He worked for the Denver
Post after World War II and spent 38 years there as a reporter, editor and
columnist. He also wrote 10 books, including 'Nisei: The Quiet Americans.'
By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles
Times Staff Writer
November 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-hosokawa18nov18,1,5453581.story?ctrack=6&cset=true
State summit targets
ethnic gap in student achievement
Institutional racism and a
lack of resources are among the possible causes cited in frank discussions at a
Sacramento gathering.
By Howard Blume, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 18, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gap18nov18,1,7329571.story?ctrack=7&cset=true
A New York-style vision
for Little Saigon
Land-use experts propose
transforming the district into a destination with lofts, high-end stores,
hotels and sidewalk cafes.
By My-Thuan Tran, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 15, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-littlesaigon15nov15,1,2523972.story
Online bone marrow drive
continues
After the success of 'Help
Vinay,' organizers extend a Web-based effort to recruit more South Asians for
the U.S. marrow registry.
By Shazia Haq, Special to
The Times
November 12, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vinay12nov12,1,3566527.story
African-American clout
isn't going anywhere
Some say L.A.'s
demographics are weakening black influence. History says something else.
By Susan Anderson
November 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-anderson11nov11,1,1271990.story
Japan's welcome mat
getting prickly
New rules requiring
fingerprints and digital photos of visitors are revealing about attitudes
toward foreigners, critics say.
By Bruce Wallace, Los
Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-screening11nov11,1,4675245.story
WORLD CINEMA
They want to make you
swoon
'Saawariya' is a
boy-meets-girl love story with India's typical emphasis on visual appeal. It
just came with support from Sony.
By Scarlet Cheng, Special
to The Times
November 11, 2007
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-bollywood11nov11,1,4014079.story
THE EXTRAS FILE
'Waitress' is well-served
on DVD
The romantic dramedy is a
thoroughly delightful film about a young woman working at a diner with a
penchant for baking.
By Susan King, Los Angeles
Times Staff Writer
November 27, 2007
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