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	Surf’s Up Diego Piñón Japanese New Wave spins New West at the 7th Annual SF Butoh Festival By Yafonne Festival Snapshots Hundreds of Butoh dance fans turned out for Dance Network’s 7th Annual San Francisco Butoh Festival held at Theater Artaud this past weekend. This year, festival producer Brechin Flournoy drew on a wide palette of contemporary and emerging artists from Japan, a.k.a. the Japanese New Wave. From coherent to incoherent, from crafted to near total chaos and spurts of pure force — they offered three entirely different takes on reality in young Japan. Yet, the most unexpected and profound encounter of the festival turned out to be old classic Butoh master Kastura Kan of Thailand whose amazingly translucent solo in “Time Traveler” arrested the entire house last Friday night. In his premiere of “Curious Fish”, sheer beauty, childlike wonder, touching absurdity and animal physicality find uncommon kinship. COMPLETE STORY...		A Place to Call Home (Feature) Justice Department Releases Excerpts of Wen Ho Lee Report (in National News) Ex-Dot-Commers Make the Move to Teaching (in Bay Area News) Get Ready for Cyberwars (in Business) Your Dream Vacation - Softball? (in Sports) Surf's Up (in A&E) Emil Amok: No Evidence of Racism? (in Opinion)

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Makin’ Rent, Makin’ It and More... Kristen Oei in Aida By Gerrye Wong When the hit Elton John musical Aida opened at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theater this week, hometown girl Kristen Oei was loudly applauded by her many family members and friends from the Chinese community. The 22-old singer and dancer said she was thrilled to be back on home turf for the first time with a show, and gave AsianWeek this exclusive interview. COMPLETE STORY...

The Down Low: Our brand new celebrity spotlight — it’s bright. This week: Janet Choi lives beyond The Real World. Burton Rejuvenates the Ape Franchise: No silly rubber masks here — the incredibly realistic makeup effects bring the apes to life in remarkably ... human ways. Social Notes: Justice Glows in Portland Members of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance met at their 46th Biennial National Convention in Portland, OR, to continue the discussion on Asian American civil rights. A&E Calendar Arts, entertainment, and community events around the country, listed alphabetically by region and category.

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