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[ Comfort Women Documentary | Pittsburgh Martial Arts Tourney | A&E Calendar ] Arts & Entertainment Calendar Regions: Northern Calif., Southern Calif., Rest of the West, Midwest, East Coast
Flow The College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University will hold its 11th annual exhibit of student work on May 16, 4-8 p.m.; May 17, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and May 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (Guest Conference Room, 798 Font Blvd., San Francisco State University. 415-338-2211.) Fragments of Memory San Francisco downtown gallery HANG will exhibit the works of artist Elizabeth Tana through May 23, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. (566 Sutter St., San Francisco) Himalayan Galleries The Asian Art Museum presents new audio-enhanced docent-led tours of the museum’s Himalayan galleries, which house its rich and varied collection of artwork from Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. These free tours are accompanied by music and chants from the region. Tuesdays through Sundays, 12:30 p.m. (Asian Art Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 415-668-8928.) International Art The Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art will present Hands On: Cuba, Vietnam and California by artists Idilio Arnaud Lopez, Do Quoc Vi and Joel Bennett. The exhibition will be on display through May 27. (95 Linden St., #6. Oakland. 510-451-8840.) Printed Convictions The Mexican Museum will present a retrospective of the work of Juan Sanchez from May 13- Sept. 17. The solo exhibition will highlight 48 peicesthat address the challenge Purerto Ricans face in examing their identities in the United States. (The Mexican Museum, Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, San Francisco. 415-202-9700.) Visons of Home d.p. Fong Galleries presents the works of Zhang Shipei through June 10. (383 S. First St., San Jose. 408-298-8877.) Dance San Francisco Ballet School Student Showcase Three performances to benefit the School Scholarship Fund will be performed on May 15 at the Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University; May 17 and 18 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 415-865-2000. Smuin Ballet/SF This contemporary ballet company presents its spring repertory season throughout May. Included in the program are company premieres Medea and Shinju, as well as a world premiere performance of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Tickets are $30-35. (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 700 Howard St., San Francisco. 415-978-2787.) The Dionysian Festival Mary Sano, Megan Nicely, Junko Sodeyama and Eri Majima will celebrate the 123rd anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s birth with dance performances on May 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12. For more information, call 415-357-1817. (Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing, 245 5th St., Unit 314, San Francisco.) Tradewinds 2000 Asian Ameican Dance Performances and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center will present two programs of works. On May 18-19 works by Koichi Tamano, master artist of Butoh, hula artist Patrick Mukuakane, Claudine Naganuma and Eri Maima will be showcased. On May 20-21, works by Unbound Spirit choreographers Nancy Ng, Aileen, Kim and ChingChi Yu will be showcased. Tickets are $14. (SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Bannan St., San Francisco. 415-441-8831.) Events Film Terminal USA Director Jon Moritsugu tells a story of an unusual Asian American family of a drug-dealing son, a whore of a daughter, a skinhead-obsessed son and psychotic parents. Screens from May 16 to May 22 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 510-848-1143. (Fine Arts Cinema, 2451 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.) Music Bee Project #5 Headlands Center for the Arts will present an evening program performed by muscian/composer Miya Masaoka on May 18 at 8 p.m. Masaoka uses the sounds of insects as a basis for her musical compositions, videos and time-based live art pieces. (944 Fort Barry, Marin Headlands. 415-331-2787.) california Youth Symphony Two spring concerts featuring clarinetist Michael Chang and cellist Peggy Liu will be presented on May 14 at 2:30 p.m. Flint Center, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino; and on May 14 at 2:30 p.m. San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 650 N. Delaware, San Mateo. For more information and tickets, call 650-325-6666. Center of Sound Festival #1 The Fred Anderson Trio, featuring renowned saxophonist Fred Anderson, bassist Tatsu Aoki, and drummer Hamid Drake, will be performing at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center May 12 (with the John-Carlos Perea Quartet with Hafez Modirzadeh) and May 13 (with Jeff Chan’s big fUn philharmonic). Shows start at 8 p.m. Tickets $15, $12 in advance. For tickets and info, call 1-877-243-3774 or e-mail info@asianimprov.com. Presented by the Alliance of Emerging Creative Artists, Asian Improv aRts, and the OACC. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St.) Mitsuko Uchida San Francisco Performances’ 20th season piano series concludes with a Herbst Theater recital by pianist Mitsuko Uchida on May 14 at 7 p.m. She will perform the works of Chopin, Webern, Mozart and Schubert. Tickets are $36 and $24. (Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, San Francisco. 415-392-4400.) Pan Pacific Stern Grove Festival will kick off its 63rd season with a performance featuring the Asian American fusion ensemble Hiroshima and Hawaiian contemporary jazz group Daniel Ho and Kilauea on June 11 at 2 p.m. For more information, call 415-252-6252. (Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat Blvd., San Francisco.) Rhythmix Experience the magical world of percussion featuring Carolyn Brandy, Janet Koike, Tina Blaine, Naomi True and Terri Wright. Inspired by the music traditions of Cuba, Japan, Africa and the Middle East, their inventive performances take cross-cultural expession to new level. On May 27 at 8 p.m. at the Dance Palace Community Center, Point Reyes Stateion, 415-663-1075. On June 2 at 8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Community Center, 388 9th St., Oakland, 510-451-1132.) San Francisco World Music Festival Building bridges through exposure to the diversity of musical culture, this first annual event will feature over 20 different performance groups over the course of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend, and will also include classes, workshops, discussions, and ongoing performances through May 28. For tickets and information call the Clarion Music Center at 415-391-1317 or the Cowell Theater Box Office at 415-441-3687. Readings/Lectures Tokyo, Old and New Yoshiko Kobayashi, visiting professor at the Monterey Institute of Interanational Studies will present a lecture on 400 years of Tokyo history on May 12 at noon. (Conlan Hall 101, City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco. 415-239-3580.) Theater company The Young People’s Teen Musical Theatre Company, sponsored by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will present the musical Company about a 35-year-old who contemplates his bachelorhood, on May 19, 20, 27, 28, at 8 p.m. and May 21, 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $7. (Randall Museum Theatre, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco. 415-554-9523.) Game of Life Performer and writer Suz Takeda performs her play about the search for a Japanese American identity in Oakland. It is part of the Best of Writers Who Act series. Game of Life will debut May 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. New American Playwrights Festival The San Jose Repertory Theatre presents staged readings of new plays directed and performed by the Bay Area’s brightest theatre artists. Included in the line-up are Cherylene Lee’s Lost Vegas Acts on May 20 at 3 p.m., and John Henry Redwood’s The Darkest Hour is Just Before Day on May 21 at 11 a.m. Tickets are $5. (Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd., Saratoga. 408-367-7255.)
Mingei of Japan An exhibition of objects of daily use from Japan made from a variety of material is on display including indigo-dyed textiles, brushes and cabinets. Also on display are works from Keisuke Serizawa, among other artists. Through June 2. For more information call 619-239-0003. (Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, Plaza de Panama, La Jolla.) Shifting Perceptions The Pacific Asia Museum will present a major exhibit by 17 Asian American visual artists that probes the question, “What is Asian American art?” The show will run through Oct. 29. (46 North Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. 626-449-2742.) The Four Seasons: Visual Haiku The symbolic collages of mixed media artist Julie Smith are inspired by the shapes, colors and textures of Japanese kimonos as well as the simplicity and depth of haiku poetry, on display through June 11. For more information call 626-449-2742. (Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Robles Ave, Pasadena.) Finding common ground in L.A. The Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles and the Mexican Cultural Institute bring together the works of Kyu Sam Lim and Sergio Ladron de Guevara through June 1. (Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, 5505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 323-936-7141.) Events Evening of API Culture Santa Monica College will celebrate heritage month wih music, dance and theater on May 19 at 7 p.m. Highlights include readings from Velina Hasu Houston, performances by dance troupe Keali’i O Nalani, and a screening of film clips and a discussion with Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker Renee Tajima-Pena. for more information, call 310-434-4003. (Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., San Monica.) Kodomo no Hi Come celebrate Children’s Day with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center for a family festival on May 20-21, featuring crafts, dance performances, a demonstration by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a basketball tournament. (JACCC, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles. 213-628-2725.) Film PYASSA This 1957 Indian musical tells the story of an artist’s struggle in Calcutta’s mean streets, made by Guru Dutt. Screens May 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $4 to $6. It screens as part of the UCLA Film and TV Archive annual presentation of rare, international musicals. For more information call 310-206-FILM. (James Bridge Theater, UCLA at Sunset Blvd. and Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles.) Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Fest 2000 This is the 15th celebration of eight days of film and video presentation from Asian Pacific and Asian international filmmakers, from May 18-25. More more information on the festival, call Visual Communications at 213-680-4462 ext. 69 or visit www.vconline.org on the Web. Theater Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend Brend Wong Aoki will perform this duet about the true story of the first Asian-Caucasian marriage in California, on April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Japan American Theater, 244 South San Pedro, Los Angeles; and on May 25 at 7 p.m. at the McCullum Theater, 73000 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert.
Mountain Patterns: Survival of Nuosu Culture in China Patterned clothing, silver jewelry and lacquered wood utensils will be on display at this exhibit featuring the handiwork of the mountain-dwelling Nuosu people of Southwestern China. The exhibit runs through Sept. 4; admission is $2.50-5.50. (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, NE 45th St. and 17th Ave., University of Washington, Seattle. 206-543-7907.) Paul Horiuchi Honored An exhibition celebrating the art of the late Paul Horiuchi will be on view through June 11. (Seattle Art Museum. 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. Visit their Web site at www.SeattleArtMuseum.org.) Events Film Readings & Lectures Theater
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