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May 18 - 24, 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. 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.
Electronic Art Seeks Partner The Center for Electronic Art is offering three scholarships for low-income youth and is seeking a partner from the Asian American nonprofit community to help select winners. The Center is a nonprofit school teaching individual classes and certificate programs in Web design and production, animation, and print design. Each scholarship covers full tuition in a CEA certificate program. Recipients must be high school graduates between the ages of 18 and 25, and be able to demonstrate past services to the community. Recipients will be required to use their new skills by volunteering in the nonprofit sector once they have finished their coursework at CEA. Applications (available on the Web at www.cea.edu/support/scholarhip.html) are now being accepted. Completed applications should be sent to: Scholarships, Center for Electronic Art, 250 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Scholarships will be awarded by CEA’s Digital Bridge Advisory Committee, which is composed of representatives from SFMOMA, Galleria de la Raza, OICW, Opnet, and a yet-to-be-determined partner from the Asian American nonprofit community. The Center is also seeking help from individuals and other nonprofit agencies to continue developing the scholarship program. Call 415-512-9300 or visit CEA’s Web site (www.cea.edu) for more details. Deadline: June 30.
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.
ARTS
‘Air Purity Inc.’ Parodying the hyperbolic tone of market-driven fads (e.g., Pokeman, Susan Summer’s Thighmaster, etc.), Shane Montgomery’s ‘Air Purity Inc.’ is an ongoing project that uses a fictitious company and its products as a metaphor to question notions of social space and social interaction. ‘Air Purity Inc.’ is on view through June 3 at p o n d: a place for art, activism, and ideas, 214 Valencia St. between Duboce and 14th St. For more information, go to www.mucketymuck.org, or contact Marisa Jahn or Steve Shada at 415-437-9151, or bigmarshproductions@yahoo.com.
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 young people 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 shows 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 fabricates a new series of pod-shaped karaoke capsules produced at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. In San Francisco, Lee produces 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.
Nature on the Grid The Gallery at Montalvo presents Nature on the Grid, an exhibition of the work of Kyoung Ae Cho. Korean-born Cho’s large-scale “quilts” incorporate pine needles, hair and wood. Cho meticulously arranges these found natural materials using the geometry of a grid to reveal both the order and the flux innate in natural forms. The artist will host a gallery talk Thursday, May 31, at 6 p.m. at the Gallery, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. For more information, please call 408-961-5800.
Paintings by Lenore Chinn The fourth Annual United States of Asian American Festival highlights a major exhibition of paintings by Lenore Chinn in the Bay Gallery at SomARTS, 934 Brannan Street and 8th Street, San Francisco, from May 8 to June 10. 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.
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 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. For more information, call 650-329-2366.
DANCE
Ethnic Dance Festival Tickets are now on sale for the 23rd annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, which features 30 Bay Area dance companies performing during three weekends. All performances take place at the Palace of Fine Arts, on Bay and Laguna Streets, San Francisco, on the weekends of June 9-10, 16-17, 23-24. Saturday and Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m., and Saturday evening shows begin at 8 p.m. Each weekend is under the artistic direction of one of three stage directors: Jeff O’Connor, Barbara Damashek, and Ellen Sebastian Chang. Stay tuned for more details on each week’s program, or visit www.worldartswest.org. Single tickets are $20, $25 and $30. Charge-by-phone by calling City box Office at 415-392-4400.
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
Chalk Art Festival The sidewalks along Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany are the target of artists young and old, professional and amateur, during the 5th annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival Saturday, May 26 beginning at 9 a.m. Rain date is June 2. With no fees to artists, areas of sidewalk will be assigned to participants to create their own chalk paintings. Registration begins 9 a.m. at Peralta Park, 1561 Solano Avenue, Berkeley. For more information, go to www.solanoavenueassn.org.
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)
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 year’s performances 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 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, a three hour 40 minute, 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 are intertwined thereon after. The film runs daily at 5 p.m. at the Lumiere Theater, 1572 California Street at Polk, San Francisco.
Mandala As part of 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 address 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. 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.
Visions in Light and Sound Oakland Asian American Film and Video Showcase is a two-day event, May 25 and 26, presenting the best in recent film works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Screened works will include documentary, narrative, experimental and animated film and videos, with many highlights and encores from this year’s San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. A special musical performance by Turn of The Century Ensemble led by saxophonist/composer, Jeff Chan, is also on the program for the closing night of the showcase. Visions in Light and Sound is presented in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the first annual Asian Pacific American Arts and Heritage Festival, coordinated by Asian Improv aRts (AIR). The Oakland Asian Cultural Center is located at 388 Ninth St., Suite 290, Oakland. For more information on the films, or to inquire about price of day passes for this event, please visit www.naatanet.org or call 510-208-6080.
MUSIC
246(i) WORLD REMIX Cellspace Soundlab presents a monthly concert series celebrating music traditions from around the world and all the cross-cultural collaborations flourishing in the global community. The opening event June 1 is: The Ali Khan Band, an incredibly rich synthesis of Qawwali, jazz fusion, rap, and Bhangra featuring two of the most powerful voices in Qawwali/Indian-Pakistani today, Riffat Salamat Ali Khan and her brother Sukhawat; the extraordinary instrumentalist Richard Michos and ensemble with Joujou (Balkan, Appalachian, Italian, and Greek songs — goofy international folk jazz); and Mixtape from Mars (an otherworldly techno tribal collective specializing in odd sounds from homemade and store-bought instruments, with emphasis on extreme vocal techniques, improvisation, looped beats, and audience participation — check out www.mp3/mixtapefrommars) with your hosts the Cellspace Soundlab/Legumes crew with DJs happy ft and pod p. creating a World Remix Café where you will be immersed in global community culture(s). CellSpace, 2050 Bryant St. at 18th St., San Francisco. Doors open 8:00 p.m., show begins 8:30 p.m. $12-15 sliding scale for reservations; $15 at the door. For information and reservations, contact sound@cellspace.org or call 415-430-1269 x2126.
READINGS AND LECTURES
KSW & CCAP Present Continuing their quarterly collaboration begun in 2000, Kearny Street Workshop and the San Francisco Art Commission Chinatown Community Arts Program present an afternoon reading of fiction by three Asian Pacific American women on May 20, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at CCPA, 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor (Holiday Inn), San Francisco. Poet and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and emerging writers Jhoanna Wade and Diana Ip will shares work that mines both personal experiences and the richness of the fiction writers’ imagination. For more information, please contact Claire Light at 415-503-0520, or ksw@somarts.org.
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.
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 through May 25 at Studio 210, 3435 Cesar Chavez Avenue near Valencia St., San Francisco. For times and ticket information, please contact Theater Rhubarb at 415-751-0439, JMNish@aol.com or www.theaterrhubarb.com.
The Clouds, the Ocean and Everything in Between Asian American Theater Company is proud to present the world premiere of Michael P. Premsrirat’s The Clouds, The Ocean and Everything in Between, directed by Pamela Wu, at the New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. The show features actors Lisa Hori-Garcia, Samantha Chanse, Biraj LaLa and Matt Dingess. The Clouds is a dark comedy that follows two girls and a guy of mixed heritage from the optimism of college to the harsh realities of our post-Dot-Com-apocalyptic landscape. The play opens Thursday, May 17 and runs through Sunday, June 10. For reservations and times, please call 415-440-5545, or contact info@asianamericantheater.org.
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ARTS
American Families American Families by artist Momo Nagano, which commemorates the names of Japanese Americans who lived in a specific neighborhood of Los Angeles prior to World War II when the U.S. government unlawfully forced them to leave their homes forever, will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum, 244 South San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Los Angeles, through Oct. 7. For more information on American Families, call the Japanese American National Museum at (213) 625-0414. For more information on Momo Nagano: Personal Visions, call the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center at 213-628-2725.
Mexico And Korea: Images Of Female Creativity The Mexican Cultural Institute and the Korean Cultural Center are joining in celebration of the Cinco de Mayo Festival with an art exhibit that features Mexican and Korean female painters and sculptors. The exhibit at the Institute runs through June 15, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Korean Cultural Center gallery, 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. The exhibit features the works of art of three Mexican and three Korean renowned women who have been breaking boundaries throughout their careers. Going hand in hand with their fellow Korean painters, Lidice Figueroa Lewis and Norma Michel, both from Mexico, bring their contemporary paintings to life through vivid colors and shapes in images that provide the viewers a sensation of motion and life. Artists Ji Young Oh and Hee Nam Jung’s works reveal an ideal of existence that implies to the spectator a realization of the modern age in which we live. Sculptors Lourdes Huerta Galvez and Yoonchung Park Kim present a variety of three-dimensional works, ranging from vessel shapes to figurative forms, expressing the reality of life itself with remarkable details. For more information, please call 323-936-7141.
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 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
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.)
MUSIC
Kyông Sôdo Sori Asia Pacific Cultural Center in collaboration with NorthwestFolklife (sponsored by the Allen Foundation of Music) present a special concert of Kyông Sôdo Sori: folksongs from North and South Korea by master musicians who are recognized as “national living treasures.” They are designated by the Korean government as the Bearers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties #19 (Sôn Sori T’aryông), #29 (Sôdo Sori), #57 (Kyônggi Minyo), and #104 (Seoul Saenam Kut). Six musicians (three singers and three instrumentalists) from Seoul will perform regional folk songs and instrumental music from both North and South Koreas. This festival concert of music is in celebration of the historical beginning of diplomacy between the North and the South after fifty-five years of separation. The Seattle performance takes place May 26 as part of the Northwest Folklife Festival, 7 p.m., at the Seattle Center Opera House. Admission there is free due to a grant by the Allen Foundation of Music. The Asia Pacific Cultural Center Performance in Tacoma takes place on Sunday, May 27, at the Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway Street, Tacoma. Performance tickets are $15 for students, seniors and members $20 general. Send check addressed to APCC, P.O. Box 112157 Tacoma, WA 98411. Visa and Mastercard is accepted. For more information, please call Tine Lee Johnson at 253-383-3900.
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ARTS
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 from April 12 to 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, opens 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 up through the diverse face of Asian immigration in the last 30 years. For more information, please call 202-357-2700.
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 will open Friday, May 4 and run 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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