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May 11 - 17, 2001
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cultural Equity Grants The San Francisco Arts Commission is offering a grants program to support the development, sustainability and growth of arts organizations deeply rooted in, and able to express the experiences of, historically underserved communities, such as African American, Asian American, disabled, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, gay/lesbian, and women. The deadline for Level One grants (up to $18,000, one year) is June 18. Proposals that build on the accomplishments of a previous CEI-supported initiative have a slight advantage. The deadline for Level Two grants (two- and three-year grants of up to $75,000 and $120,000, respectively) is April 6. Applicants need to meet a minimum threshold of organizational capacity. For a list of proposal workshop times and dates, please leave name and address by calling 415-252-2553, or e-mailing sfacceg@thecity.sfsu.edu. Visit the Web site at http://sfac.sfsu.edu, or the offices at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suites 60 and 240, San Francisco.
The Media Fund The National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) is pleased to announce new deadlines for the Media Fund. Open Call for Production Funds ends Aug. 24. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in production and/or post-production phases. Projects in research and development or script development phases need not apply. Awards will average $20,000 to $50,000. Exceptions may be made. Open Door Completion Fund has no deadline. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in the final post-production phase. A full-length rough cut must be submitted. Awards average $20,000 and NAATA funds must be the last monies needed to finish the project and deliver the broadcast master. For more information, check out www.naatanet.org or contact the Media Fund department at 415-863-0814 x106 or mediafund@naatanet.org.
Young Artist Competition Registration for California Youth Symphony Young Artist Competition begins now. The California Youth Symphony’s annual Young Artist Competition will be held at Stanford University on Saturday, June 2. Contestants must be eighteen or younger. The CYS President’s Prize, a $200 cash award, will be given to each of the two winners of the concerto competition. The winners, one pianist and one other instrumentalist, will appear as soloists with the California Youth Symphony during the 2001-2002 season. For more information and application forms, please check the CYS Web site at www.cys.org or call 650-325-6666. Application deadline is May 15.
ARTS
Code 33 Code 33 was a two-year project by a coalition of artists, activists, youth, and police that culminated in a performance event with 150 youth and 100 police officers. This installation — a condensed archive of the event in a gallery environment with video documentation, original audio soundtrack, event artifacts and ephemera, and youth-produced work — examines how art can be merged into the very fabric of community political life. The exhibition runs through June 16, at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street, between 15th and 16 Streets, San Francisco. Look out for two events in conjunction with the show: Youth Speaks and Code 33 Spoken Word Event on May 19; and Critics Roundtable with Meiling Cheng, Jennifer Gonzales, Grant Kester and Armando Rascon on June 9. For more information, call 415-626-2787.
Live Forever Korean Artist Lee Bul will show a new body of work, Live Forever: New Work by Lee Bul, that expands upon her investigation of the body in a technologically-mediated society. Related to the 1999 Venice Biennale installation of karaoke booths, Lee will fabricate a new series of pod-shaped karaoke capsules produced at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. In San Francisco, Lee will produce a new video work which explores her interest in lounge bands that inhabit that strange nomadic realm of hotels. The video Live Forever will be exhibited with the complete series of video productions Amateurs + Anthem + Live Forever. Finally, with a commitment to the process of art-making and commissioning new work, the Art Institute will exhibit an extensive body of sketches of the project in progress. The show runs through May 19 at the Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco. Visit www.sfai.edu for complete exhibition and public program information.
Paintings by Lenore Chinn The fourth Annual United States of Asian American Festival will highlight a major exhibition of paintings by Lenore Chinn in the Bay Gallery at SomARTs, 934 Brannan Street and 8 Street, San Francisco, from May 8 to June 10, with an artist’s reception on Thursday, May 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition is a collaborative program sponsored by three of the city’s cultural centers: SomArts, the Asian/Pacific Islander Cultural Center, and the Queer Cultural Center. For more information, please go to www.apiculturalcenter.org or call 415-440-7148.
Silent Voices Speak Silent Voices Speak features Remembering the Holocaust, a powerful art exhibition of paintings by German-born artist Barbara Shilo, which are based on the actual black and white documentary photographs taken in Europe between 1933 and 1945. The second exhibition, curated by Eric Saul, is entitled Visas for Life. This exhibition of private photographs tells the story of diplomats who rescued more than 250,000 lives during the Holocaust. Silent Voices Speak runs through May 15 at the Herbst International Exhibition Hall in the San Francisco Presidio. Show hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To volunteer, register for docent training, or get more information, call 415-928-2992.
Taoism and the Arts of China This exhibition explores one of China’s primary indigenous philosophies and religions, an understanding of which is critical to comprehending Chinese culture, historically and today. Approximately 150 works of art is used to explore conceptual and artistic achievements in the history of Taoism, including paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, textiles, ritual objects and rare books borrowed from nearly seventy lenders in over ten countries. Significantly, 33 works are borrowed from institutions in the People’s Republic of China, only two of which have been previously exhibited in the West. The show runs through May 31. For museum hours and general information, call 415-379-8800 or go to www.asianart.org. (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
West and Far East/ Harmony in Spirit Gallery Piazza Arts & Culture celebrates its 11th Year Anniversary Exhibition with works by artists Doug Coffin, Chizuru Miyasako and Koichi Tanikawa. Doug Coffin is Potowatomi/ Creek Native American. His art is a synthesis of colorful, modern design and traditional symbols. A native of Hiroshima, Japan, Chizuru Miyasako was born in 1947. She is a successful painter, an author with over 20 books to her credit and a well-respected critic and essayist. Her most outstanding works are bright color artwork that give us visual pleasure, and wonderful peace of mind and freedom. Koichi Tanikawa was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1938. He carries the dual challenge of being a remarkably accomplished artist and a recognized art critic and author. Tanikawa’s works can be found in the collections of the Tokyo and New York Metropolitan Museums of Art. The exhibition continues through June 10 at Gallery Piazza Arts & Culture, Sausalito Piazza Building, 819 Bridgeway, Sausalito. For more information, call 415-331-6711.
Youth Art Every year, the Palo Alto Art Center spotlights the imaginative spirit of the students from the Palo Alto Unified School District in the exhibition Youth Art. The artwork, by students in grades K-12, is selected by class instructors for innovation and accomplishment within the curriculum, featuring work in several media such as sculpture, drawing, painting and mixed media. The show runs from May 13 to June 3, with a reception on Tuesday, May 15, 6-8:30 p.m. For more information, call 650-329-2366.
DANCE
Ethnic Dance Festival The magnificence of traditional dance, vibrant, fresh dance fusions, and contemporary innovations are celebrated as 30 of the Bay Area’s most dazzling companies take the stage for the acclaimed 23rd San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. For this one-of-a-kind festival of world dance, three weekends of performances are slated beginning Saturday, June 9 through June 24, at the Palace of Fine Arts, Bay and Laguna Streets, San Francisco. Festival times are 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Each weekend is under artistic direction of one of three stage directors: Jeff O’Connor, Barbara Damashek, and Ellen Sebastian Chang. For further information, please call 415-392-4400 or visit the Web site at www.worldartswest.org.
Three Concerts Asian American Dance Performances (AADP) in association with the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and the South of Market Cultural Center, celebrates its 27th home season by presenting three concerts: (f)Roots of the Blood Orange Tree on May 5 and 6; Ceremony of Angels on May 10, 11 and 12; and Pacific Breeze on May 19. The concerts showcase the talents of Eri Majima, Yasen Sorab Mehta and Moki Hulamanu Engler. All shows begin at 8 p.m. at the SomARTS Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street and 8th Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $12-15. Please call 415-441-8831 for tickets and information.
EVENTS
Get Out of Camp Produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society, this interactive exhibit gives the audience an experiential overview of what World War II was like for Japanese Americans, with replicas, photographs and music. The exhibition is on display through July 31, and is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post St., San Francisco, 415-921-5007)
Godzilla West Presents: Friday Night Live Godzilla West presents Friday Night Live, a fresh new open-mike venue, featuring Asian Pacific Islander monologists and comedians, as well as spoken word artists, musicians and dancers. The vision is to create a nurturing space where artists of any medium can come to express and create. The open mike takes place the first Friday of every month at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center — Oakland. For more information, call 510-208-6080. (388 9th Street, Suite 290, Oakland)
Intersections III Intersections III: Five Nights of Literature and Music, the third annual literary and music performance series by the San Jose Museum of Art, will be held on five consecutive Monday evenings: May 21, 28 and June 4, 11, 18 at 7:30 p.m. Organized by Quincy Troupe, Intersections III features stimulating, eclectic and unpredictable performances by some of our nation’s most brilliant and adventurous artists. Among this years perfomances are: Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott; preeminent American poet Adrienne Rich; best-selling novelists Maxine Hong Kingston and Bebe Moore Campbell; jazz innovators Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams and Hamiet Bluiett; Pulitzer Prize 2000 poet C.K. Williams; playwright and poet Amiri Baraka; and newer voices such as novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka and Alfredo Véa, and poet Arthur Sze. All programs will be presented at the San Jose Repertory Theater, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. For advance ticket purchase or a brochure, call 408-271-6840, or go to www.sjma.com. For more information, go to www.sjmusart.org, or call 408-271-6840.
Satsuki Arts Festival & Bazaar Satsuki Arts Festival & Bazaar this year will be held on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 at the Berkeley Buddhist Temple, 2121 Channing Way (at Shattuck), Berkeley. Satsuki Arts Festival & Bazaar is a weekend celebrating multicultural entertainment and the blossoming of azaleas (satsuki), featuring performances on Sunday by Julio Bravo (salsa) and Delta Wires (R & B) bands; Kulintang Dance Theatre; Naginata (long sword) martial arts; Kaulana Na Pua Hawaiian Dance; booths selling ethnic foods, arts & crafts, plants & flowers; and games for children. The event is free and open to the public. For further information, call 510-841-1356.
FILM
Eureka The Shooting Gallery presents the last film of the spring film series, Eureka for three hours 40 minutes, this beautifully composed black & white film explores a transcendent story of redemption. on what seems to be a normal morning in southwest Japan, a crazed killer, apparently without motive, hijacks a city bus. The three survivors’ lives an intertwined thereon after. The film runs through May 10 at the Lumiere Theater, San Francisco. For show times, please call 415-352-0810.
Mandala As part of the Real to Real: Buddhism and Film series presented by the San Francisco Zen Center and the Asian Art Museum/Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, Mandala addresses the nature of Buddhism in the modern world. The film is directed by well-known South Korean director Im Kwon Taek, and will be presented by Buddhist scholar Robert Buswell. The screening is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18 at the Asian Art Museum, Trustees Auditorium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. For more information on the series, please call 415-863-3133.
MUSIC
Maestro Ali Akbar Khan Alma Khan on sarode, and Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, join Maestro Ali Akbar Khan on May 12 at 7:30 p.m. for a musical event at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley. Tickets are $30 reserved section, $20 general, $15 AACM members, students and Basant Bahar members. For more information, 415-454-6264.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Bolo! Bolo! On Saturday, May 12, 7 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley, editor Zenia Wadhwani and three other authors read from Bolo! Bolo!, a new 370-page anthology, including over 70 works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by over 50 second-generation South Asian Canadian and American writers. Call 510-548-2350 or e-mail books@ewbb.com for more information.
THEATER
Beach Blanket Babylon Now in its 27th year, Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon plays Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 7 and 10 p.m., at Club Fugazi, 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. (Green St.), between Columbus and Powell, San Francisco.
Bring Your Mama Oakland Public Theater showcases a Strindberg one-act in this Mother’s Day Weekend Fundraiser called Bring Your Mama. O.P.T.’s first fundraiser offers a theatrical stew — with poetry and song as well — on the theme of that experience we all share in one way or another: Motherhood. Performances are May 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., May 13 at 7 p.m., at Mills College Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland. For driving directions, call 510-430-3250. For information and reservations, call 510-534-9529.
Gaijin Pamela Z, noted composer, performer, and audio artist, presents a major new work that explores the concept of being “foreign” beyond the confines of nationality. Inspired in part by her six-month residency in Japan, Z’s Gaijin incorporates live, electro-acoustic music, with text, Butoh dance, and projected video. Special guest artists include Shinichi “Momo” Koga, Leigh Evans, and Kinji Hayashi. Performances are May 17-19, at 8 p.m., at Theater Artaud, 450 Florida Street and 17th Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $18-22. For tickets, call the box office at 415-621-7797.
Mapping the Box Mapping the Box, which opens C.A.F.E.’s (Combined Art Form Entertainment) fourth season is a dazzling compilation of classic and contemporary masters featuring pieces by Ursula K. LeGuin and Bay Area playwrights. Mapping the Box runs through May 26 at The Next Stage, 1620 Gough Street, San Francisco. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $15-$20, sliding scale, $12 for seniors, students and TBA members. For tickets and information, please call 415-673-0304 x3, or visit www.cafearts.com.
Penthesilea In the heart of the Trojan War, both the armies of the Greeks and Trojans are besieged by an uninvited guest. The Amazons, led by their queen, Penthesilea, have seemingly declared war on all men. One of Germany’s most controversial Romantic writers, Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), rewrites this classic myth of war, sex, and violence and brings the action to a most bloody and unexpected conclusion. Produced by Theater Rhubarb and directed by Jeffery Nishimura and Mark Nishimura, Penthesilea runs May 5 to 25 at Studio 210, 3435 Cesar Chavez near Valencia, San Francisco. For times and ticket information, please contact Theater Rhubarb at 415-751-0439, JMNish@aol.com or www.theaterrhubarb.com.
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ARTS
Munakata Shiko Through June 30, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a retrospective of Munakata Shiko’s work. Shiko is considered one of the greatest Japanese artists of the twentieth century. He received the Imperial Order of Culture from the Japanese government, achieving a higher status than Living National Treasure. Receiving first prize at the São Paulo Bienal in 1955 and the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale, Shiko was the first Japanese artist to receive international recognition in the post-war era. Through his work, he brought about the general acceptance in Japan of woodblock printing as a fine art; until his time, wood block printing had been considered a production craft. The exhibition includes 128 prints, calligraphy, paintings, and ceramics primarily borrowed from the holdings of the Munakata Museum in Kamakura, established as a foundation in the artist’s residence and studio after his death. For more information on museum programs, please call 323-857-6035.
EVENTS
Children’s Program of Asian Literature and Art Reading Explorers is a new program for children 5-10 years old, held on Saturdays, May 12 and 26, and June 2, starting at 2 p.m., at the Pacific Asia Museum. Participants will learn about the arts and cultures of Asia through literature and art activities. Reading Explorers combines Asian stories and folktales with hands-on art activities, as well as guided explorations of art in the museum’s galleries. After each session, young explorers will take home their completed project. Sessions are $5 per day. Pacific Asia Museum is located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena. The museum is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information and pre-registration, call 626-449-2742 x41.
THEATER
A Dirty Secret Between the Toes Lodestone Theatre Ensemble presents the World Premiere of A Dirty Secret Between the Toes, a comedy by Annette Lee about racism, class warfare and a forbidden passion for horticulture. This hilarious comedy is a follow-up to the successful production of American Monsters. The production is a presentation of the East L.A. College Artists-in-Residence Program, directed by co-artistic director Chil Kong. The play runs through May 13, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m., Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. (except on April 21), and Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m., at the East LA College, Little Theatre, 1301 Cesar Chavez Avenue, Monterey Park. General ticket prices are $13. Senior and student ticket prices are $11. Group ticket prices (10 or more) are $9. For tickets and general information, call the Lodestone Theatre hotline at 323-993-7245, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please note the contents of this play include mature adult themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
Yankee Dawg You Die Two very different generations and sensibilities clash when veteran actor Vincent Chang meets up-and-coming star Bradley Yamashita at a Hollywood party. This now-classic Asian American play, explores where film, identity, politics, and art converge. As relevant today as when it was first workshopped at East West Players, Philip Gotanda’s work takes a look at stereotypes and hard choices in this serio-comic paean to Asian American actors, past and present. The play opens May 20 at 8 p.m., and continues Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., through June 17. David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso Street (formerly San Pedro Street), Los Angeles.
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ARTS
Blue-and-white Japanese Porcelain Approximately 100 pieces of exquisite Japanese porcelain grace the gallery at the Seattle Art Museum in Hirado Porcelain of Japan from the Kurtzman Collection. The exhibition runs through July 8. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality This installation of Japanese hanging scrolls, screens and textiles features works from the 17th through 20th centuries. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (Seattle Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
The Art of Protest A cross-cultural exhibition of works from Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection that use a wide range of media and visual imagery to make social comment, address political issues and advocate for change. For more information, call 206-654-3100 (SAAM, Volunteer Park, 14th Avenue at East Prospect St.)
EVENTS
Boun Bang Fai The 5th Annual Lao Fire Rocket Festival will take place Saturday May 12 at the Burke Museum. Since 1995, the Northwest’s Lao community has gathered at the Burke in the spring for a lively parade of traditional fire rockets, music, and mime. This year, the dazzling parade of 20-foot bamboo bursts from the Burke at 2 p.m. and process through the University of Washington campus to Red Square for dance and music performances. The Burke Museum is located at the corner of NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue on the University of Washington campus. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and until 8 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, call 206-543-5590 ot visit the Web site at www.burkemuseum.org.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Third World Newsreel Applications are now available for the 2001 Film & Video Production Workshop at Third World Newsreel. An application and general information about the workshop are available on the Web site www.twn.org under Artist Services. If you have any questions, call 212-947-9277 x 301 or e-mail twn@twn.org.
ARTS
Garden of Export Delights Asian American Arts Alliance and the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at New York University present the art of Swati Khurana, which employs sculpture, video and installation to investigate construction of “India.” NYU A/P/A Studies is located at 269 Mercer Street, Suite 609. Open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition is on view through May 11. For further information, please call 212-998-3700 or fax 212-995-4705.
Living Heritage From now until June 10, China Institute presents Living Heritage: Vernacular Environment in China. Originating in Hong Kong, this exhibition features photographs, furniture and architectural components depicting the living environments from different regions of China. The Chinese house is viewed as a microcosm of Chinese society, representing its organization, economy, technology, traditions, beliefs and aspirations. (China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York City. 212-744-8181. www.chinainstitute.org)
Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents A new exhibition featuring rare artifacts and documentary materials illustrating Tibetan society and history is on view for the first time in New York at the Paine Webber Art Gallery until June 22. Drawn from the unrivaled Tibetan collection of the Newark Museum, Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents explores the ancient culture of Tibet through artifacts and ornaments of the aristocracy, herders and traders dating back to the 13th century, as well as a documentary film and photographs from the early 1900s. Paine Webber’s Corporate Headquarters, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, between 51st and 52nd Street, New York City. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission. For recorded information, call 212-713-2885.
NGC 6093 The first major New York installation by artist Hiro Yamagata, NGC 6093, will open May 15 at the Ace Gallery New York, 275 Hudson Street. Combining laser beam technologies with refractive surfaces and techniques, the artist makes use of the entire 25,000 square-foot gallery space to present his monumental exploration of the solar system’s impact on human existence. The installation changes several times during the course of the exhibition, offering a new and equally unexpected experience each visit. For more information, please call Ace Gallery at 212-255-5599.
On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience, an exhibition organized by the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles and based on an acclaimed book by Lisa See, open May 18 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive S.W., and continues through Sept. 30. The exhibit is organized chronologically and thematically, beginning with the journey from China to America, continuing with Chinese labor in the 19th century West, the adoption and repeal of the Exclusion Act, the evolution of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, and ending with the diverse face of Asian immigration over the last 30 years. For more information, please call 202-357-2700.
EVENTS
TOkYO 2001 DIGital LiFE TOkYO 2001 DIGital LiFE is presented by Takarajimasha Publishing, a leader amongst Japan’s cutting-edge glossies. What to expect: a Digital Tea Room — a virtual experience of tradition and innovation; Fashion Brands Exhibit - an experimental photo session of digital imagery; Runway — featuring designers & stylistic trends from the editorial pages of Spring & Cutie magazines of Takarajimasha Publishing; the Celebration — a gathering of one of NYC’s most colorful array of movers and shakers, live performance, DJs, VJs and cocktails. All participating artists whose genre of work is presented at TOkYO 2001 DIGital LiFE have been curated and are represented by Intergaia. On Thursday, May 17, from noon to midnight, TOkYO 2001 DIGital LiFE will take place at Milk Studio, 450 West 15th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues. For general information, please call 212-946-4548. For invite requests, please fax 212-243-7807.
FILM
The Masterworks of Hou Hsiao-Hsien The Screening Room is pleased to present a retrospective of acclaimed Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, beginning May 4. Voted “Director of the Decade” in the Village Voice Critics’ Poll, Hsiao-Hsien’s films, filled with long held shots and a slow-burn melancholy, have had a profound effect on the fundamental rules of cinema as we know it in the Western world. The retrospective comprises the seven key films of Hsiao-Hsien’s oeuvre, as originally screened during last year’s celebrated show at Lincoln Center: A Time to Live and a Time to Die; Dust in the Wind; The Puppetmaster; Good Men, Good Women; A City of Sadness; Goodbye South, Goodbye; and Flowers of Shanghai. The two-week retrospective runs through May 17. Tickets are $9 for adults and $6 for seniors and children under 12. The Screening Room is located at 54 Varick Street, just below Canal in Tribeca. To reach The Screening Room box office, please call 212-334-2100.
MUSIC
Creative Music Coalition Inaugural Concert The Creative Music Coalition is a new, artist-run presenting organization with a commitment to innovative aesthetic investigation by artists of color. For its inaugural event on May 24, the CMC draws from its ranks to assemble a program of challenging, cutting-edge improvisational music. The program is as follows: Pre-concert discussion with Reggie Workman, Vijay Iyer, Miya Masaoka and Aaron Stewart, moderated by Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley, Professor of History & Africana Studies, New York University, at 7 p.m.; Third Pole at 8 p.m.; and Brew at 9 p.m. Concert admission is $10. RSVP to 212-242-1063. For more information, please contact Vijay Iyer at 212-866-3643, or sonocentric@hotmail.com.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Voices Award Lee & Low Books, the award-winning publisher of multicultural books for children, is pleased to announce the second annual New Voices Award. The award will be given for a children’s picture book story by a writer of color. The award winner will receive a cash grant of $1,000 and our standard publication contract, including an advance against royalties. An honorary award winner will receive a cash grant of $500. Manuscripts will be accepted through Sept. 30, 2001, and must be post-marked by that date. Submissions should be sent to: New Voices Award, Lee & Low Books, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. For details on eligibility, please e-mail info@leeandlow.com
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