Arts

A Winding RIver Eighty paintings, lacquers, prints and mixed media works by 50 Vietnamese artists are on display through Sunday. (St. Mary’s College, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga. 925-631-4379.)

Absorb Paintings by Mao Yao and sculptures by Josh Kretzmann, which highlight absorbent materials, are on exhibit. (Crucible Steel Gallery, 2050 Bryant St., San Francisco.)

Face to Face An exhibition of portraits by child artists around the world is on display through May 15. 50 cents-$1. (International Children’s Art Museum, World Trade Center, First Floor, San Francisco. 415-772-9977.)

Gladys Wong Charcoal works on paper by Gladys Wong are on display through April 30. (Evolving Space, 536 Pacific Ave., San Francisco. 415-989-2992.)

New Stories from an old chapter Works by renowned Filipino artists Elmer Borlongan, Santiago Bose, Brenda Fajardo, Karen Flores, Mark Justiani and Noel Soler Cuizon are on display. (Pacific Bridge, 95 Linden St. #6, Oakland Calif. 510-451-8840.)

Pacific Crossing Sculptor Yoshitomo Saito’s bronze-cast works of organic objects like tree trunks, are on exhibit through Saturday. (Haines Gallery, 49 Geary St., Fifth Floor, San Francisco. 415-397-8114.)

Painting Paradise: The Art of Ting Shao Kuang Prints by the renowned Chinese American artists are on exhibit to honor his contribution of the commissioned piece Beautiful Dreamer to the United Nations. Through May 30. (Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. 415-557-4430.)

Resilient Images: Reflections on internment Artworks by Katherine Aoki, Ellen Keiko Bepp, James Cline, Carolyn and James Grew-Sheridan, David Izu, Ken Kaji, Chiura Obata, Ruth Okimoto, Ben Sakoguchi, Jos Sances, Roger Shimomura, Henry Sugimoto, Gayle Tanaka and Takeshi Yamamoto are on exhibit through May 31. (National Japanese American Historical Society, 1684 Post St., San Francisco. 415-431-5007.)

Urban Yearnings Twenty-four paintings by Chinese artists Liu Qinghe, Su Xiping and Zhang Yajie, which are on loan from the Read Gate Gallery in Beijing, will be on display. Their work focuses on the artists’ vision of cosmopolitan life in a rapidly changing society. Through May 2. (Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., Third Floor, San Francisco. 415-986-1822.)

Views from the 1940s Woodblock and linoleum block prints by the late Henry Sugimoto are on exhibit through Monday. (The Ren Brown Collection, 1781 Highway One, Bodega Bay. 707-875-2922.)

Visual Artists Critique Group Participants receive feedback on their works through this diverse group, which meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. Call 415-821-7282 for more information.

Dance
Common Ground Lily Cai and Deborah Vaughan combine music and dance narrative traditions of China and Africa to create a new dance language demonstrating racial reconciliation. April 28, 7 p.m. Free. (Bayview Opera House, 4705 Third St., San Francisco. 415-824-0386.)

Khan Ju Ling Magicians with a Message presents a dream trilogy about a 19th century descendent of Kublai Khan who is lured to California by the Gold Rush. This month, performances will be held Saturday; 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $18, $15 seniors, $6 students under 18. (Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., Third Floor, San Francisco. 415-986-1822.)

Events
Asian Pacific Culture Week UC Davis presents a series of events, including the festival kick-off (Monday, 10 p.m.), the west coast premiere of Vivek Bald’s documentary Mutiny! (Monday, 7 p.m.); and culture night (April 30, 7 p.m.), will include performances by Classified recording artist Julie Plug and comedian Kevin Kataoka. (UC Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis. 530-754-2729 or 530-754-0417.)

Pilipino Cultural Night UC Berkeley’s Pilipino American Alliance presents this 200-plus student production featuring drama vignettes and contemporary and folk dance and music. Doors open at 3 p.m. Saturday. $10 students, $11 general. (Zellerbach Auditorium, Dana and Telegraph, Berkeley. 510-642-6766.)

Film
Hong Kong Fest The Roxie Cinema presents a series of Hong Kong double features, including Full Contact and High Risk (April 30-May 1), Bullet in the Head and A Better Tomorrow (May 2), Naked Killer and Viva Erotica (May 3-4), and Peking Opera Blues and God of Gamblers (May 5). (Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St., San Francisco. 415-863-1087.)

Music
A harmonious concert Sitar master Shujaat Khan, vocalist Shweta Jhaveri and tabla master Pranesh Khan perform Indian classical music. May 2, 4 p.m. $20, $25, $12 students. (Cal State University Theater, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward. 925-828-6127.)

Asian American Jazz Orchestra The orchestra, with special guests San Jose Taiko, Brenda Wong Aoki and George Yoshida, perform Last Dance and Far East Suite. April 30, 7 p.m. $8, $10. (San Francisco State University, Creative Arts Building. 415-338-2444.)

Jumping Buddha Ensemble The band performs traditional and contemporary Asian music as well as new pieces. Monday, 8 p.m. $13.50, $14.50. (Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison St., Berkeley. 510-548-1761.)

Kundirana This internationally renowned boys chorus of De La Salle-Greenhills in the Philippines will perform at 8 p.m., April 30. Proceeds benefit street children in Manila and at the Orphanage Home in Bacolod City, Philippines. $15. (Calvin Simmons Theater, Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland. 510-792-7770.)

Tori no yoni Koto player Shoko Hikage performs with guests Noriko Tsuboi, Shirley Muramoto and Tamie Kooyenga. Sunday, 6 p.m. $8-$10 advance, $ $10-$12 at the door, children under 5 free. (Issei Memorial Hall, 1840 Sutter St., San Francisco. 415-567-5505.)

U.S.-Japan Taiko Festival Thunderous works will be performed by Japanese ensembles Sakae Furusato and Awa Hachiman Taiko and American ensembles from San Francisco, Sacramento and Sonoma County. Saturday, 7 p.m. $15, $20. (Kabuki Theater, Post and Fillmore streets, San Francisco. 415-928-2456.)

Readings
ruth ozeki The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize winner for the novel, My Year of Meats, discusses her work. May 5, 6 p.m. Registration is recommended. (Main Library, Koret Auditorium, Civic Center, San Francisco. 415-986-4383.)

Theater
Hiroshima Mon Amour Divina Commedia Productions presents the story of a French woman and a Japanese man 14 years after the drop of the atomic bomb. Monday, $8.50; Tuesday, $10-$12. (Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. 415-621-7978.)

Pieces of the Quilt The Asian American Theater Co. and Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center present original short plays about the AIDS epidemic from the Alma Delfina Group’s performance project. The performance features music with Sean San Jose, Josh Jones, Scheherazade Stone, DJ Fuze and Baby Al Dog. April 29-30, 8 p.m. $12, $10 students and seniors. (SOMAR Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St., San Francisco. 415-440-5545.)

The Joy Luck Club TheatreWorks wraps up its 1998-’99 season with the West Coast premiere of Susan Kim’s adaptation of Amy Tan’s novel. The production includes Lisa Lu, who appeared in the film version of the book. Through May 2. $35. (Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro and Mercy streets, Mountain View.

The Nanjing Race Reggie Cheong-Leen’s cross-cultural drama about a gay Japanese American metals trader in Asia makes its West Coast premiere through May 8. $12 Wednesdays, $16 Thursdays and Sundays, $20 Fridays and Saturdays. (New Conservatory Theater Center, 25 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. 415-861-8972.)

Wayang Bali ShadowLight Theater presents a Balinese puppet show by Larry Reed, accompanied by gamelan music. A workshop on the art of shadow-making will follow the performance. May 2, 2 p.m. Free. (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission, San Francisco. 415-978-2787.)

Workshops
Mokuhanga: Japanese Woodblock Printing without a press Tomoko Murakami teaches a two-day workshop focusing on woodblock printing. Participants will prepare and carve blocks using traditional Japanese tools and methods, resulting in a small edition of multicolor prints. May 1-2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $75 members and students, $100 nonmembers. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 415-379-8839.)

Arts
Estelle Akamine The works by the Hawaiian textile sculptor will be on display for her exhibit, Ride the Red Rain. Through Sunday. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. 626-449-2742.)

Van Gogh and Japanese Print Prints reinterpreted by Van Gogh into paintings, which include Hiroshige’s Sudden Shower on the Great Bridge near Atake and Eisan’s Courtesan will be on display. Prints by Hiroshige, Eisan and Kunisada that Van Gogh reproduced in the background of two portraits of Pere Tanguy are also on display. Ongoing. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 213-857-6000.)

Film
hundred percent Eric Koyanagi’s film, which stars Tamlyn Tomita, Garrett Wang, Keiko Agena, Stan Egi and Dustin Nguyen, screens at a benefit for the Columbia College Chicago. Sunday, noon. $10. (Grauman’s Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. RSVP at 323-468-8089.)

Japanese Outlaw Masters American Cinematheque presents a series of Japanese action films and pop-art thrillers from the 1960s and ‘70s. Screenings include Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse 41; Mission: Iron Castle; School of the Holy Beasts; Gate of Flesh; Wolves, Pigs and People; Black Tight Killers; Hara Kiri; Pale Flower; Blind Beast; Hoodlum Soldier; Fight, Zato Ichi, Fight; Zato Ichi and the Chest of Gold; The Wanderers; Hiroku - The Goblin; Red Angel and Samurai Assassin. May 6-16. $5 members, $7 general. (Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. 323-466-FILM.)

Crossing Waves: Documenting Taiwan in the 1990s The UCLA Documentary Salon presents a program of Taiwanese documentaries, including Hsu Ming-Chun’s I Love Taipei, Wu Yi-Feng’s Chen Tsai-Gen and Tung Chen-Liang’s Every Odd-Numbered Day. Lee, Tung, Wu and filmmaker Kuan Hsiao-Jung are scheduled to attend. Monday, 7 p.m. Free. (UCLA, James Bridge Theater, Melnitz Hall, Los Angeles. 310-206-3235.)

Readings
common ground Authors Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (Farewell to Manzanar), Stewart David Ikeda (What the Scarecrow Said), Lawson Fusao Inada (Drawing the Line), Julie Shigekuni (A Bridge Between Us) and Hisaye Yamamoto DeSoto (Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories) will discuss a variety of issues surrounding the topic of writing about Japanese Americans. Saturday, 1 p.m. Reservations required. (Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., Los Angeles. 213-625-0414.)

Duong Van Mai Elliott The author of The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family presents her book. Saturday, 2 p.m. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. 626-449-2742.)

Theater
Hanako Chungmi Kim’s play about Korean comfort women abducted to Japan during World War II runs today and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. $20-$27. (David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts, 120 N. Judge Los Aiso St., Los Angeles.)

Invasion of the Yellow Menace Stir-Friday Night!, the midwest’s first Asian American comedy troupe, features Daisy Castro, Wayne Eji, Maria Faelnar, Paul Lim, Jennifer Liu, Ron Mok, Eddie Shin, Quincy Wong and Joe Yau. Fridays and Saturdays, April 30-May 8, 10:30 p.m. $10. (ImprovOlympic West, 6468 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. 323-962-7560.)

Margaret Cho Cal State L.A. presents the standup comic as part of the student union’s “Spring Fling ‘99—A Jammin’ Good Time.” April 27, 7 p.m. $10 students, $20 general. (Luckerman Theater, Cal State Los Angeles. 323-343-5110.)

Arts
Chinese Shadow Puppets A collection of Chinese shadow puppets collected in Beijing during the 1930s are on display. The collection includes 360 puppets dating from the 19th century. Ongoing. (Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect, Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill, Seattle. 206-654-3100.)

Web of Confession: paintings by Masami Teraoka The University of Oregon Museum of Art presents an exhibition of 21 paintings that survey Teraoka’s work from 1992 to present. (Museum of Art, 1223 University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. 541-346-3027.)

Woven Legacies Art and social history merge in this exhibit, which aims to illustrate the transition of traditional Asian clothing to Asian American clothing. It traces trends in Asian clothing from the upper classes to certain styles popular in Seattle. Ongoing. (Wing Luke Asian Museum, 407 Seventh Ave. S., Seattle. 206-624-5124.)

Arts
A good place to land one’s feet An exhibit documenting Brooklyn’s new Chinese American community, based on oral histories and photographs, is on display. Ongoing. (Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., New York City. 212-619-4785.)

Devi: The Great Goddess An exhibition of 120 paintings and sculptures of the Hindu goddess are on exhibit. Ongoing. (Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1050 Independence Ave., Washington, D.C. 202-357-2700.)

Evolution in Taiwan: Contemporary Ceramics I This exhibit provides an overview of how ceramic arts have developed in Taiwan between 1910 and 1960. Artists included in the exhibit are Tseng Yung-hung, Winnie Yang, Shen Tung-ning and Tseng Ai-chen. Through April 30. (Taipei Gallery, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York City. 212-373-1854.)

literati life in the 20th century Calligraphy works by the late Chinese scholar and artist Wang Fangyu as well as works from Fangyu’s personal collection by Bada Shanren, Qi Baishi and Zhang Daquin are on exhibit. Ongoing. (China Institute, 125 E. 65th St., New York. 212-744-8181.)

Where Is Home? Chinese in the Americas Artifacts and personal testimony documenting the Chinese diaspora—as it relates to women, faith, youth and home—are on display. Ongoing. (Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York. 212-619-4785.)

Theater
The Joy Luck Club Susan Kim’s play based on Amy Tan’s novel makes its New York premiere. Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 8 p.m. Through May 15. $35. (St. Clement’s Theater, 423 W. 46th St., New York City. 212-279-4200.)