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Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2001
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prize for Urban and Social Environmentalism The Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize is an annual program that awards funds to artistic projects that use literary, media, performing, or visual arts in the service of social and/or environmental awareness and change. The goal of this program is to promote awareness of the local urban environment through artwork that is driven by political activism. Up to four prizes, each a maximum of $12,500, will be awarded. For information or to receive an application, call New Langton Arts at 415-626-5416. Download the application from www.newlangtonarts.org, or send a 6” x 9” SASE to 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94103. All entries must be postmarked no later than Nov. 16 or hand delivered by 5 p.m. on Nov. 16.
ARTS
Anytown, Anytime Evri Kwong’s social commentaries of the brutality in our society is the focus of this exhibit. Approximately 20 paintings and drawings — shown at the Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara — address his interpretation of how the media represents various incidents. Kwong explores the accuracy of those events as portrayed by the media. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For more information, please call 408-247-3754.
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. Events include 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.
Conceptual Color In collaboration with the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, the College of Creative Arts’ Fine Arts Gallery presents a thought-provoking exhibition Conceptual Color: In Alber’s Afterimaging through Thursday, Oct. 18. Innovative works include Jacob Hashimoto’s Giant Yellow, three to four ceiling columns of kites fashioned from bamboo, paper and string. The gallery is located in the Fine Arts building on the SFSU campus, 19th St. and Holloway. For more information, please visit www.sfsu.edu/-artdept.
Francesca Enriquez Filipina artist Enriquez continues her explorations of the home and women’s roles through a new exhibition, which uses collage style and rich oil paint that mirrors the works’ intellectual texturing. On display Oct. 6 - 28, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Fridays 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.; and Saturdays, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. At Washington Square Gallery, 1821 Powell St. For more information, go to www.wsgallerysf.com.
Jose Anselmo Emerging artist Anselmo’s latest works will be on display Oct. 13 - 14, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., at the Lower Haight/Hayes Valley Open House Studio 2001, 383 Oak St., between Laguna and Octavia, San Francisco.
Spectrum of Colors The San Francisco Commission Chinatown Community Arts Program and the Chinese Culture Center present Spectrum of Colors, an exhibition of Chinese paintings at the Chinatown Community Arts Program Gallery, Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny St., 3/F, San Francisco, through Friday, Oct. 27. The exhibition features the artwork of He Yuan Ming, a brush and finger painter residing in Mountain View, and Ou Gong Liang, an expert of fan painting from Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China. For more information, please call Janice Hom at 415-957-1146.
The Enemy Alien Files Today, American citizens residents and visitors of Middle Eastern ancestry are targets of suspicion and harassment solely because of their ethnic origin. Sixty years ago, thousands of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants in the U.S. and Latin America, suffered relocation, internment and deportation for the same reasons. The Enemy Alien Files combines rare photographs, oral history excerpts, documents and artifacts to explore how wartime fears, anti-immigrant attitudes and racism affected men, women and children against whom no charges were made. The exhibit runs through Dec. 28, Monday - Friday, 12 - 5 p.m. at the National Japanese American Historical Society, 1648 Post Street, San Francisco. For more information, call 415-921-5007.
The Whole World's Watching The Whole World’s Watching, a documentary photo exhibition which examines the rich history of the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, runs through Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut Street in Live Oak Park, Berkeley. Admission is free. Berkeley Art Center is open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The exhibition presents 100 images taken during these turbulent times by noted photographers including Jeffrey Blankfort, Nacio Jan Brown, Cathy Cade, Bob Fitch, Robert Hsiang, Ken Light, Richard Misrach, Ronald J. Riesterer, Stephen Shames, Ted Streshinsky, Michelle Vignes and Douglas Wachter among others. For directions to the Berkeley Art Center call 510-644-6893.
Wind of Genesis Gallery Piazza presents recent mixed media works of contemporary Japanese artist Shioh Kato, a resident of San Francisco for 30 years. This show is a part of the celebration of his 60th birthday, which has a special meaning for Japanese. Kato has exhibited his work in Japan, France and the United States and has also created his artwork in performances with musicians in many diverse venues. An opening reception will be held Oct. 7, 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with guest performers: Yukiko Kamei from San Francisco Symphony (Violin) and Shunsuke Kurakata (Piano) — 4:30 p.m.; Nori Tachibana (Guitar) — 5:30 p.m. The exhibition continues through Oct. 21. Gallery Piazza Arts & Culture is located at 819 Bridgeway, Sausalito. For more information, please call 415-331-6711.
DANCE
Dances on the Roof of the World Celebrate the successful harvest with traditional Tibetan folk dance and music. The festivities begin with a special ceremony to make offerings, and conclude with a celebratory Tibetan circle dance. Dancer Tsering Wangmo will be joined by musicians Nyima Gyalpo and Tsering Dolma. The event takes place on Oct. 14, 2 p.m. at Crissy Field Center, Building 603, San Francisco. For more information, call 415-561-7752.
EVENTS
El Día de los muertos Celebrate this observance of the circle of life with traditional art activities and tales of the Day of the Dead from bilingual storyteller Olga Loya, who interweaves personal experiences with Latin American traditional tales. On Oct. 28, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street, San Jose. For more information, call 408-271-6840 or go to www.sjmusart.org.
Tsukimi Moon Festival Gen Taiko presents Tsukimi on Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., at the Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Theater at the University of San Francisco, 2350 Turk Boulevard, San Francisco. Special guests include: Hideko Nakajima, Francis Wong’s Gathering of Ancestors, actor Suz Takeda and Afro-Cuban percussionist Jimmy Biala. Tickets available at Nikkei Traditions at 22 Peace Plaza, Japantown, by calling 415-775-6207 or by e-mailing gentaiko@yahoo.com.
Who Are You? Intersection for the Arts presents The Hybrid Project: Who Are You?, a series of public pursuits, live jam sessions, performances and discussions - with the goal of creating a truly new form of artistic expression. Join a room full of people: Djs, dancers, actors, writers, musicians, artists - starting with the fundamental questions, exchanging perspective, language, rhythm, reaching for what is beyond difference. Come to Intersection, 446 Valencia St. between 15th and 16th, San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. Pay what you can. Call 415-626-3311 for tickets and information.
Writing Workshop with Naomi Iizuka On Oct. 15, Intersection for the Arts kicks off a series of events based on the residency of playwright Naomi Iizuka in the Mission district. This writing workshop with Iizuka and Mission district residents is open to the public by advance registration only. The cost is $25 - 50 sliding scale. For registration and more information, please call 415-626-2787. (Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street, San Francisco)
FILM
Director’s Cut NAATA presents a four-part interactive screening and discussion series exploring the behind-the-scenes creative process of how a film is made and examining recent trends in Asian American cinema. All monthly events, September through December, will be held at Locus 1640 Post, San Francisco. Coming up on Oct. 17, 7 - 9 p.m., is Documenting the Personal with Trinh Nguyen and Sean O’Gara. Tickets can be ordered by calling 415-863-0814 x 117 or by fax at 415-863-7428. Fax order forms are available on the NAATA Web site at www.naatanet.org/festival. Ticket prices are $7 for general admission, $6 for members, and $5 for students and seniors.
MUSIC
Avant World SF Jazz, as part of the 19th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival presents an all-star line up on Oct. 28, p.m. Headlining Avant World are Terry Riley, Krishna Bhatt, George Brooks Trio, Fred Frith, Miya Masaoka and Larry Ochs Trio. Tickets are $18 - 30. At the Herbst Theatre, Van Ness & McAllister, San Francisco.
Folk Music of Vietnam The Association for Viet Arts (AVA) will present Dr. Tran Quang Hai, a renowned ethnomusicologist, musician and composer, and his wife Bach Yen in a program of Folk Music of Vietnam on Friday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m., as part of the Performing Arts Series (PAS) at Downtown San Jose’s Montgomery Theater. The program will feature lullabies from 3 regions of Vietnam, alternate love songs, work songs, sung poetry. Tickets are $12, $15 and $18, and are available through AVA or tickets.com. AVA also offers limited honor tickets for $25 including a reception with the artists. For more information, please call 408-514-2601 x 7442 or go to www.vietarts.com.
THEATER
Fifty-Two Percent The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, in association with FootLoose at Venue 9, present this world premiere. Fifty-Two Percent delves into these issues: The first Asians to cross the Bering Straits land bridge experienced discrimination from nativist grizzly bears; the FBI treated Wen Ho Lee like Hannibal Lecter; most APIAs have to fight their own complacency. One solution: a cabal of extreme activists plot to assassinate George W. It’s not going to help but hilarity ensues. Tickets are $13. The show runs from Oct. 4 - 28, Thursdays - Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 7 p.m., at Venue 9, 252 Ninth St. at Folsom, San Francisco. For more information or to make reservations, call 415-646-0868.
READINGS & 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 from 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 on the LIVE! series, please check the Web site at www.sjpl.lib.ca.us.
Investigating the Mission Hosted by playwright Naomi Iizuka and Sean San José, this performative reading extravaganza features historians, sociologists and investigators excavating a Mission that no longer exists. On Oct. 16, 8 p.m. at Intersection for the Arts, 466 Valencia St., San Francisco. Tickets are $5-15. For more information, call 415-626-2787.
Sounds of Poetry Considered by many to be the heir of Pablo Neruda, Jimmy Santiago Baca will read from his recent collection of poetry, Healing Earthquakes, which explores themes of transformation, metamorphosis and self-actualization. Karina Oliva and Amilca Mouton-Fuentes will join him. On Oct. 23, 8 p.m. at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco. For more information, call 415-626-2787.
Storytelling at the Center Stanford University, Cantor Arts Center presents a day of storytelling in its galleries for visitors of all ages. Listen to legends from around the world — Africa, Asia and North American — and gain a new perspective on the art on view. Hear ballads that tell the tales of the Gold Rush. Consider the role that narrative plays in electronic games. Admission is free. Nov. 4, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Lomita Drive and Museum Way. For more information, call 650-723-3469.
Sweatshop Warriors On Saturday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m., Miriam Ching Louie presents her book Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take On the Global Factory. In this up-close and personal look at Chinese, Mexican, Korean and Thai immigrant workers, Louie records the voices of working-class heroines sounding the charge for the anti-WTO legions. The reading will take place at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave., Berkeley. For more information, please call 510-548-2350.
Yell-Oh Girls! The editor and authors of Yell-Oh Girls!, a new Asian teen anthology, will meet with teens and sign copies of the book on Oct. 9, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Chinatown Branch Library, 1135 Powell St. near Jackson, San Francisco. The program is free. For more information, please call Library Public Affairs at 415-557-4277 or visit http://sfpl.org.
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ARTS
The Armenian Gospels of Gladzor This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see more than 60 unbound pages of the Gladzor Gospels, famous for its brilliantly colored miniatures illustrating the life of Christ. The manuscript, a treasure of medieval Armenian illumination, is on loan from the Department of Special Collections of the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. The exhibit runs through Dec. 2 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles.
FILM & VIDEO
Hong Kong Neon Oct. 3 - 7, the UCLA Film and Television Archive continues their trend of being L.A.’s purveyor of quality Asian cinema with a survey of the newly revitalized Hong Kong film scene, Hong Kong Neon, presented in conjunction with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco. Highlights of the program include an in-person appearance by filmmaker Stanley Kwan and his producer Zhang Yongning with Kwan’s new film, the U.S. premiere of director Lawrence Ah Mon’s Spacked Out and two free receptions for screening ticket holders. An eclectic film mix including Twelve Nights, Victim, Juliet In Love, Expect The Unexpected, Ge Ge, and Gen-X Cops rounds out the series and most screenings in the program will be U.S. or West Coast premieres. All films and events are at the James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall, located on the northeast corner of the UCLA Westwood campus, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. Tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime. Admission is $7 general, $5 students, seniors and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. For further information, please call 310-206-FILM or 310- 206-8013, or visit www.cinema.ucla.edu.
THEATER
Achievers This new play by Michael Golamco looks at Asian Pacific Islander Americans in transition between post-college adolescence and adulthood, faced with two futures, one imposed by society and the other self-determined. Directed by Naoya Imanishi and produced by Cindy Yoshiyama, the play stars Teddy Chen Culver, Anh Nguyen, Randall Park, Mariza Rivera and Michael Shen of ProperGander Productions. It runs from Oct. 5 - Nov. 11, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 - 15. Tickets are available by phone at 323-655-TKTS. Achievers plays at the Century City Playhouse, 10509 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, go to www.propergander.net.
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ARTS
Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture Beginning about 1700, fashionable Japanese men used netsuke — intricately carved sculptures used as toggles to secure objects such as tobacco cases or purses, suspended from kimono sashes. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston presents an exhibition of these small masterpieces through March 10, 2002. Located on 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. For more information, call 617-267-9300 or go to www.mfa.org.
Four Visions from NantongIn an exhibit especially created with a group of artists from abroad, the Chamot Gallery, 111 First Street, Jersey City, will show Four Visions from Nantong. This groundbreaking international exhibit is part of the cultural exchange program between Jersey City and Nantong, China, which have been “Sister Cities” since 1996. Last year, Pro Arts, an arts organization in Jersey City, exhibited work by six local artists in the Nantong Museum. Pro Arts then approached Chamot Gallery about exhibiting artists from Nantong. For information, call 201-610-1468 or visit the gallery’s Web site at www.chamotgallery.com.
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.
Poetry of the Loom Persian textiles have long been central to the cultural life of Iran. Persian poets use metaphors such as “weaving words together” to describe their art, and many of the images on Persian textile have been inspired by poetic literature. Sixty Persian textiles, spanning 15 centuries, will be on display through Jan. 21, 2002 at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 265 Huntington Ave., Boston. Museum hours are Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. For more information, call 617-267-9300 or go to www.mfa.org.
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 Street, 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 $15 for seniors and students. For tickets, please call the Box Office at 212-346-8510.
FILM & VIDEO
White Man’s Burden White Man’s Burden, a compilation of five video shorts by Julia Cowing, will be shown at Asian American Arts Center’s 11th Annual Exhibit. The videos mix found footage, songs, and articles with contemporary scenes and staged performances. It’s a humorous piece that plays with people’s prejudices and stereotypes. Opening reception is Oct 12, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Exhibition runs through Nov. 2. For more information, call 212-233-2154. (Asian American Arts Center, 26 Bowery Street, New York City. Gallery hours: Monday -Friday, 12:30 - 6:30 p.m.)
THEATER
Bye-Bye Tokyo-based theater group Gekidan Kaitaish make their New York debut performing their latest work Bye-Bye: The New Primitive. Artistic Director Shinjin Shimizu, known for his thought provoking productions, asks performers to transform their bodies to bring forth issues of social relevance, which may have been hidden for many years. Taking place in a time when no higher spiritual power or God existed, the work is part-theater, part-dance and part-installation. Tickets are $22. Showing Oct. 4 - 6 at 8 p.m., Japan Society, 333 East 47th St., New York. For more information, call 212-832-1155 or visit www.japansociety.org.
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Casting Call Where’s the Party, Yaar? is a hilarious, light-hearted, romantic comedy in English about an American-born Indian, Mohan Bakshi, and his frustrations in dealing with his family’s new "houseguest" from India, Harishkumar Patel. The movie centers on a college radio program promoting an upcoming party and Mohan’s constant efforts to win the girl of his dreams, while preventing Harishkumar from finding out the details of the party. Throughout the turns and twists of the movie, Harishkumar relentlessly seeks to find out Where’s the Party, Yaar? Music Masala Films, L.P. is conducting national casting calls in September and October for its main characters. Casting calls will be held at desi parties in Houston, New York, New Jersey, Sacramento, San Francisco, Chicago, and other cities. The production team is seeking energetic, talented individuals to audition for Where’s the Party, Yaar? The cast consists of six lead male and female roles ages 18-26, one male age 45+, one male age 9-12, as well as many supporting characters and extras. Music Masala Films is producing and filming Where’s the Party, Yaar? in Houston, Texas from November through December 2001. The movie is scheduled for release in early 2002. For more information regarding casting call locations and timings, check out the Music Masala Web site at www.musicmasala.com. Otherwise, please e-mail pictures/resumes to info@musicmasala.com, fax at 281-313-6874, or call 281-277-6874.
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