 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
August 31 - September 6, 2001
|
|
| 
|
|
|
| 
|
|
|
|
| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ARTS
Blind Vision Through Nov. 11, San Jose Museum of Art presents Blind Vision: Video and the Limits of Perception. What are the physical and psychological limits of vision? At a time when new technologies and virtual imaging are enabling us to visualize real and imaginary spaces with greater precision, several artists are using video to explore the ambiguity at the heart of representation. This exhibition of videotapes and installations showcases the work of both Bay Area and international artists whose works explore the dynamic between perception, cognition, surveillance, and control. Artists in the exhibition include Peter Campus, Jonathan Fung, Marie Sester, Smith/Stewart, T. Kim, Trang Tran, and Bill Viola. For more information, please call 408-294-2977 or go to www.sjmuseum.org.
Census 2000 Pro Arts announces Census 2000: Asian Pacific Islander Americans, curated by Betty Kano, to reflect the demographic proportions of APIA artists according to Census figures, at Pro Arts, 461 Ninth St., Oakland. Artists’ reception is on Thursday, Sept. 6, 6 - 8 p.m. Other related events include an artists’ talk on Saturday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m., and Wheat in India, a culinary seminar by Rama Khanna, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 12 - 3 p.m., asking $10 for Pro Arts members and $12 for non-members. For information, please call 510-763-9425.
Hall of Pioneers Gallery The Hall of Pioneers Gallery at Oakland’s Lion’s Foundation contains 12 custom-made showcases, each featuring selected individuals with historical photographs and artifacts. The 12 distinguished leaders and personalities were chosen by a Chinatown historical committee, which was formed more than 20 years ago by the late Reverend Frank G. Mar. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, please contact Ann G. Yee at 510-530-4590.
Introductions South This summer the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) collaborates with the San Francisco Art Dealers Association (SFADA) and three downtown galleries to present Introductions South. This exhibition includes a selection of works by artists features in SFADA’s annual Introductions art walk and exhibitions, as well as work by artists represented by Art Object Gallery, d.p. Fong Galleries, and Frederick Spratt Gallery. Introductions South is a survey of the best new talent in the Bay Area and is on view at the ICA, 451 South First St., San Jose, through Sept. 22. For more information, please call 408-283-8155.
Modern Photography in Japan & Intimate Eyes Two very different, but equally important, exhibitions will show, through Sept. 30, at the Ansel Adams Center, 655 Mission St., San Francisco. The modern photography movements in both the United States and Japan reached peaks of dynamic creativity in the years prior to World War II. Modern Photograph in Japan: 1915 - 1940 and Intimate Eyes: The paintings and Photography of Consuelo Kanaga provide insights into the artistic expression that emerged on both sides of the Pacific during this period. For more information, please call 415-495-7000.
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 flux innate in natural forms. The exhibition runs through Sept. 17, at the Gallery, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. For more information, please call 408-961-5800.
The Photo Group An exhibition of recent work by members of The Photo Group will be held Sept. 8 through Oct. 5 at Focus Gallery, 2423 Polk Street near Union Street, San Francisco. Gallery hours are noon - 10 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; noon - 6 p.m., Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. An artist’s reception will be held Sept. 13, Thursday, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Members of The Photo Group are Jacqueline Bruszewski-Walters, Rebecca Chang, Kay Taneyhill, Lisa Wang, Adrian Wong, and Roxanne Worthington. For more information, please contact Jacqueline Bruszewski-Walters at 415-621-1749.
SF International Art Exposition The fourth annual San Francisco International Art Exposition, presented by Thomas Blackman Associates, will be held, Sept. 21 - 24, in the Herbst and Festival Pavilions at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Hours are Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday and Monday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission; $9 for students, seniors and groups; $25 for a three-day pass; $30 for a four-day pass; and free for children 10 and under. For more information, call 877-734-2399 or visit www.sfiae.com.
Shibori: Tradition and Innovation The Museum of Craft & Folk Art presents Shibori: Tradition and Innovation — East to West through to Nov. 25, an exhibition of Japanese traditional kimonos and recent fashion innovations in shibori. The exhibition, divided between the Museum’s two galleries, will show the subtle elegance of shibori from ancient Japan plus the dramatic new uses of shibori by artists working in contemporary art and fashion in the Americas. To compliment the exhibition, the Museum will also hold a symposium on shibori and a fashion show of contemporary shibori fashion on Sept. 12 at Fort Mason Center’s Cowell Theater. For more information on the exhibition and related events, please call 415-775-0991.
Spotted Darkness Don Soker Contemporary Art, 49 Geary, San Francisco, will have an exhibition of recent works on paper by Japanese artist Hiroyuki Kitano. Spotted Darkness opens Sept. 4 and runs through Sept. 29. Kitano combines an unusual variety of mediums to produce an intriguing effect. A gelatin silver print on paper is modified with applications of pigment, linseed oil, and acrylic medium. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday. For more information, please call 415-291-0962.
Urban Figures Local artist Sandra Wong’s horizontal rows of small, intricately drawn black and white figures against a large white background illustrate Market Street pedestrian diversity in the series of new posters, collectively titled Urban Figures and exhibited by the San Francisco Arts Commission on sidewalk kiosks along Market Street, between the Embarcadero and Van Ness Avenue, through Nov. 15. For more information, call 415-252-2559.
World of Bamboo Gallery Piazza is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Peace Treaty Exhibition with an exhibition World of Bamboo with Wakako and Yukio Shimizu from Japan from Sept. 7 to Sept. 16. at Gallery Piazza Arts & Culture, Sausalito Piazza Building, 819 Bridgeway, Sausalito. The artists’ reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7. For more information, call 415-331-6711, or go to www.gallery-piazza.com.
DANCE
Crazy Horse Theater of Yugen presents a Native American and Japanese Noh theater production, Crazy Horse, on Sept. 14 and 15, outdoors in the Japantown Peace Plaza. The production is inspired by the Native American story of the hero of the Lakota Sioux in the 19th century, directed by Yuriko Doi, written by Erik Ehn, composed by Richard Emmert, with songs by Darrell Paskimin, and choreographed by Hanay Gieogamah and Masashi Momura. For more information, please call 415-621-7978 or visit www.theatreofyugen.org.
Dance, The Spirit of Cambodia Cal Performances brings Dance, The Spirit of Cambodia to Berkeley for the United States’ tour first West Coast performances Saturday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. in Zellerbach Hall. A program of classical and folk dance and music from Cambodia, the project is a public celebration of more than a decade of documentation, preservation and cultural exchange fostered between the Royal University of Fine Arts and supporting organizations in the United States, conceived in part to rebuild Cambodia’s cultural infrastructure. Repertory for the Zellerbach Hall performances will include works from folk (village) and classical (court) traditions, as well as an extended excerpt from the centuries-old Reamker dance-drama, a tale of love and war that comes to life through dance, theater, and shadow puppetry. Free Sightlines pre-performance talks with Artistic Director Proeung Chhieng will take place immediately preceding performances on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. For more information, call Cal Performances at 510-642-9988, or visit the Cal Performances Web site at www.calperfs.berkeley.edu.
EVENTS
Guiding Spirits First Voice, in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, presents Guiding Spirits: Ghost Festival I, Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001 at 2p.m., at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at Third), San Francisco. Hawaiian treasure slack key guitarist Keola Beamer, Taiko master Kenny Endo, Storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki and Jazz composer Mark Izu weave together music and legends inspired by the ancestors. This performance is part of the US-Japan 21st Century Project in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the peace treaty signing between the two countries. Visit www.us-japan.org for information. Advance tickets are $19, or buy 10 tickets and get 1 free. Tickets are $23 at the door. For tickets, contact 415-978-2787.
In The Streets The 7th Annual In The Street theater festival is here again. This year’s 70-plus Bay Area artists include some of AsianWeek’s favorite artists, such as: Ledoh with Rev. Marcus Hawkins, the San Francisco Youth Taiko Dojo, STEAMROLLER, The Living Word Project and Shabazz (formerly known as the Ali Khan Band). The event kicks-off on Sept. 14, 5 - 11 p.m., free at the Afro-American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton St., between Webster and Buchanan, San Francisco, and continues through Sept. 15 and 16 on the 500 block of Ellis St., between Leavenworth and Hyde, San Franciso. For complete line-up and schedule information, please call 415-255-5971.
FILM
Kon Ichikawa James Quandt of Cinématheque Ontario and the Japan Foundation have put together 26 Kon Ichikawa films, including Fires on the Plain, An Actor’s Revenge and The Burmese Harp, to tour in the first North American retrospective in 30 years. This series demonstrated Ichikawa’s gift for innovation, visual beauty, dark humor, social satire, and deep emotion. Screenings will take place through Friday, Aug. 31 at New PFA Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. General admission is $7 for one film and $8.50 for double bills. For more ticket and program information, please call 510-642-1412.
MUSIC
Composers in Performance Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents composer Pauline Oliveros. Returning for the fourth year in a row to Meridian Gallery is one of the most important musicians of our time. This time she will play solo and in a unique trio with artists Shoko Hikage and Toyoji Tomita on Friday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. Meridian Gallery is located at 545 Sutter (between Mason and Powell), San Francisco. Tickets are $10 general admission, $ 5 for students and impoverished artists. Reservations are not accepted. For more information, please call 415-398-7229, e-mail ryokan@value.net, or go to www.meridiangallery.org.
Pacific Overtures TheatreWorks presents a 25-year anniversary production of Stephen Sondheim’s unforgettable musical, Pacific Overtures. This musical masterpiece chronicles the Westernization of the island empire of Japan, the Floating Kingdom, left undisturbed for centuries. With haunting music and stunning visual theatricality, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim and author John Weidman combine elements of traditional Japanese theatre with the dazzle of Broadway at its most inventive. Pacific Overtures plays through Sept. 23 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets ($22-$40), call 650-903-6000 or visit www.theatreworks.org.
Tear Down the Walls Fred Ho and The Eddie Gate Unit will be featured in a benefit concert Saturday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Alice Arts, 1428 Alice St. at 14th, Oakland. Proceeds will go to support the upcoming Tear Down the Walls Conference in Havana to win amnesty for all U.S. political prisoners. Admission is $12 at the door. Fred Ho is a one-of-a-kind revolutionary Chinese American baritone saxophonist, composer, writer, producer, political activist and leader of the Afro Asian Music Ensemble and the Monkey Orchestra. For more information about Tear Down the Walls, call 510-539-0050, or e-mail teardownthewalls@lycos.com.
THEATER
Reunion Sponsored by Alliance For Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War and co-sponsored by Hwayi Performing Group, a Japanese Performing group “Imagine21” will present Reunion in San Francisco in Japanese with English and Chinese subtitles. Reunion is a personal testimony of the suffering inflicted upon both Chinese and Japanese people by the Japanese militarists during the Second World War — a genuine and emotional reflection of the war crimes. It is written, directed and starring Yoshiji Watanabe, the son of a Japanese Imperial Army Officer, who has experienced the lingering post-war consequences first hand. Performances are scheduled for Aug. 31, 7 p.m., and Sept. 1, 2 p.m., at the Florence Gould Theater, California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1000 34th Ave., San Francisco (415-750-3600); and Sept. 2, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the Santa Clara Convention Center Theater, 5001 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara (408-748-7000). Locations for purchasing tickets include: World Journal Book Store, 415-397-8473; Dong Feng Book Store, 415-772-5888; 4 Star Theater, 415-666-3488; Mountain View and San Jose areas, 408-973-0688, 650-967-4647, and 415-274-2284.
READING & LECTURES
An Evening with Gus Lee San Jose Public Library presents a series of author programs as part of the LIVE! @ Your Library project, an initiative of the American Library Association. The Calabazas Branch, with additional sponsorship of the Asian American Parent Association, is proud to present An Evening with Gus Lee on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, and the evening will be a great experience for trans-cultural and trans-generational sharing. For more information of the LIVE! series, please check the Web site at www.sjpl.lib.ca.us.
Readings at Eastwind Books of Berkeley Eastwind Books of Berkeley offers readings by two authors. On Saturday, Sept. 15, 5 - 7 p.m., on tour from Japan, author Jintaro Ishida with translator discusses his controversial book about WWII Japan’s Imperial Army war crimes in the Philippines, The Remains of War: Apology and Forgiveness. On Sept. 29, Saturday at 7 p.m., Award-winning videomaker, performance artist, and pop-culture provocateur Kip Fulbeck reads from his first novel Paper Bullets, a fictional autobiography. Eastwind Books is located at 2066 University Ave, Berkeley. For more information, call 510-548-2350, or e-mail books@ewbb.com.
YAT-KHA The Monterey World Music Festival brings back transforming music and musicians Sept. 14, 15 and 16, this time from Tuvan singers and Moroccan trance music to the Khac-Chi Ensemble from Vietnam. The Tuvan group YAT-KHA will be accompanying Storm Over Asia, a silent film by V.I. Pudovkin (1928), on Friday night and performing a full set Saturday afternoon. The Saturday performance will be part of an afternoon program, Honoring Asia, and includes the Khac-Chi Ensemble, Urna and the San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Visit their Web site, and listen to YAT-KHA and any of the other artists who are performing this year, at www.montereyworldmusic.org/artists.htm. Friday evening’s performance will be held at Monterey Institute of International Studies, Irvine Auditorium, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey. Saturday evening’s performance will be held at Royal Chapel, San Carlos Cathedral, Church Street, Monterey. Both afternoon performances are at Monterey Custom House Plaza. For more information, please call 831-622-9595 or 800-465-5575.
BACK TO TOP
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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, will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum, 244 South San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Sts., 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.
THEATER
Master of the (Miss) Universe Highways Performance Space is proud to present the world premiere of Master of the (Miss) Universe, “a rollicking statement about sexuality and race, competition and defeat, beauty pageants and more beauty pageants,” written and performed by Noel Alumit, directed by Anne Etue, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 7 and 8 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. For reservations and groups sales call 310-315-1459. (Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica. http://highwaysperformance.org)
BACK TO TOP
REST OF THE WEST
ARTS
Tangible Grace The stately yet subtle lines of Chinese furniture from the Seattle Art Museum’s permanent collection are highlighted in the new installation, Tangible Grace: Chinese furniture from the Museum Collection, running through July 2002 at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle. For more information, visit the museum’s Web site at www.seattleartmuseum.org.
BACK TO TOP
EAST COAST
ARTS
Fly to Freedom Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA) presents Fly to Freedom: The Art of the Golden Venture Refugees at the Smithsonian Institute, sponsored by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program under the leadership of Dr. Franklin Odo. The exhibition runs through Sept. 30, and is housed in the Arts & Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. The show consists of 25 selected works of folded-paper and papier-mâché art. Along with the paper sculptures, the traveling exhibit presents the background history of the Golden Venture story and the outcome of the refugees’ struggles. For further information, please call MoCA at 212-619-4785 or visit www.MoCA-nvc.org.
Not on the Menu Not on the Menu: From Asian/Pacific Islander Roots to American Reality is an exhibit by Corky Lee of private and public moments of Asian American daily life. The show runs through Nov.30 at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., 2/F, New York City. For more information, call 212-619-4785.
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 the acclaimed book by Lisa See, continues through Sept. 30 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building, 900 Jefferson Drive S.W, Wash., D.C. 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.
DANCE
The Kathak Ensemble & Friends The Kathak Ensemble & Friends perform New York Delhi Mix on Friday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St., New York City. Choreographed by the Ensemble’s Artistic Director, Janaki Patrik, with modern/tap choreographer Robin Tribble, this production follows a quartet of Indian dancers as they join four Americans in exploring the New York dance scene. From dawn to midnight to new dawn, the ensemble joins eight musicians in dancing and playing American gospel, bop, jazz and swing, and Indian folk, classical, sacred and Bollywood rhythms. Tickets are $20 general admission, and $l5 for seniors and students. For tickets, please call the Box Office at 212-346-8510.
EVENTS
Worshipping the Ancestors Chinese opera, ghost story films, gallery talks, storytelling and activities for children complement Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits, an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, through Sept. 9. Highlights of the exhibition include intricately detailed and brightly colored life-size portraits, textiles, jewelry, furniture and other Chinese objects used in the ritual of ancestor worship created between 1451 and 1943. For more information, call 202-357-2700 or 202-357-1729 (TTY) or visit www.asia.si.edu.
MUSIC
Ahn Trio Cheney Hall presents the Ahn Trio on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. The Ahn Trio performs over 100 concerts annually in such places as Lincoln Center, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Chicago’s Ravinia, and Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall. The Ahn Sisters have been creating a new wave of energy for classical music ever since. The three sisters, Angella on violin, Lucia on piano, Maria on cello, are superb musicians with a mission of sharing with the world the music they love, and the music they are discovering. The Ahns are firmly committed to playing the new works of contemporary composers, as well as to exploring new ways to enjoy, understand and interpret the best-loved works of the ageless masters. Tickets to this extraordinary event are $20 and $25, available by phone at 860-647-9824 or at the Cheney Hall box office open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday and Friday. Cheney Hall is located at 177 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT. For more information go to www.cheneyhall.org or ahntrio.com.
BACK TO TOP
NATIONAL
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 a 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
BACK TO TOP
Send an E-Mail to Our Calendar Editor
Feature | National | Bay Area | Business
Sports | Arts & Entertainment | Opinion