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Sept. 13 - Sept. 19, 2002
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Visual Art Projects Kearny Street Workshop is interested in receiving visual art project proposals from Bay Area APA artists of all ages for an exhibition planned for the SomArts main gallery in May 2003. Proposals, which include a description of the piece, concept/theme, artist statement, resume, slides, background info and a self-addressed stamped envelope will be accepted until Oct 15. For more info: 415-503-0520 or ksw@somarts.org.
ARTS
Chen Yang-chun Watercolors The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will present an exhibition of watercolor works entitled Infinite Harmony by Taiwanese painter Chen Yang-chun. Yang-chun captures a dreamlike quality in his female portraits and rustic landscape paintings. This exhibit will run through Oct. 13 at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, 750 Kearny St., third floor, San Francisco. For more info: 415-986-1822 or www.c-c-c.org.
International Vintage Poster Fair Sponsored by Wine Spectator, the ninth annual International Vintage Poster Fair will include a wide selection of original posters for art collectors and enthusiasts with lectures by experts throughout the day. The show will take place Oct. 18 -20 at Fort Mason Center’s Herbst Pavillion in San Francisco. Tickets: $10 - $25. For more info: 650-548-6700 or www.posterfair.com.
Jun Kaneko The Montalvo Gallery in Saratoga presents On the Edge and In the Round: Ceramic Sculptures of Jun Kaneko, an exhibition of ceramic sculpture, wall slabs and drawings by one of the foremost ceramic sculptors of our time. The exhibit runs through Sept. 15. For more info: 408-961-5813.
New Sculptures Takada Gallery at 251 Post St., fifth floor in San Francisco will have an exhibition of aluminum alloy and stone sculptures along with related drawings on paper by Japan-resided artist, Seiji Kunishima. The exhibit will run until Sept. 28; a reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. For more info: 415-956-5288.
Quilts on Display The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles presents Quilts, Expressively Korean, an exhibit of 26 quilts by Korean artists influenced by American patchwork quilt. Quilts will be on display Sept. 14 - Oct. 27 at the Museum of Quilts, 110 Paseo de San Antonio, in downtown San Jose. Opening reception will be held on Sept. 15, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Admission: $3 - $4. No admission is charged on the first Thursday of each month. For more info: 408-971-0323 x10 or www.sjquiltmuseum.org.
Womyn’s Intuition In conjunction with the exhibition Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950 - 2000, the San Jose Museum of Art is organizing a series of lectures among which Hung Lui will be featured as one of the most pivotal female figures in California’s recent art history. She will speak Sunday, Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $5 and $10. For more info: 408-291-5386 or www.sjma.com.
Yun-Fei Ji Headland Center for the Arts invites New York drawer/painter Yun-Fe Ji to Project Space. Ji produces work on thick pieces of mulberry paper that are sometimes worn through or patched over, and sometimes mounted on canvas. His work has the appearance of the traditional Chinese landscape of his native country. However, a closer look will reveal things that don’t belong, such as hamburgers, ferris wheels, machine parts and basketball hoops. The exhibit will run through Sept. 16 at 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito. For more info: 415-331-2787 x28.
FILM AND VIDEO
Art of the Benshi Pacific Film Archive presents Japanese Silent Cinema and the Art of the Benshi. Benshis gave voice to the silent pictures by interpreting the plot of the film and using poetic intonations to differentiate characters and moods. The programs in this film series will be shown Sept. 13 - 15, 20 and 27 at the PFA Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Admission: $7 - $8.50. For more info: 510-642-1412.
Real to Real Real to Real: Buddhism and Film is a three-day international film festival that blurs the boundaries between East and West, old and new, and the sacred and profane. Films from Nepal, Germany, Japan and Tibet will run Sept. 20 - 22 at the Castro Theater, 429 Castro (at Market), San Francisco. Tickets: $10 - $70. For more info: 415-255-6534 or www.sfzc.org.
MUSIC
Asian American Jazz 2002 The 21st annual Asian American Jazz 2002/San Francisco presents two free performances, three featured performances and two community discussions exploring the theme: The Spirit of Improvisation. Malachi Favors Maghostut, Bobby Bradford, William Roper, Tatsu Aoki and Francis Wong are among the featured performers. The festival will run Sept. 20 - Oct. 5 in San Francisco’s Japantown. Venues include the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, Locus 1640 Post and Romeo 5 Asian Art Cafe and Bar. Admission: $12 - $15. For more info: 415-353-5732 or www.asianimprov.com.
Gansu Duhuang Art Academy China’s premiere performing arts troupe, the 60-member Gansu Duhuang Art Academy, makes its American debut next month in the Bay Area. The company will present two programs, the dance-drama The Heavenly Horse, and a special program featuring the choreography and music of Ancient Tunes of Dunhuang. Performances will take place Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. at Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino, and Tuesday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m. at the Calvin Simmons Theatre, 10 -10th St. (at Oak) in Oakland. For more info: 650-259-2100 or www.nanhai.com.
When the Stars Begin to Fall The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, conducted by Artistic Director Jadine Louie, will perform music in observance of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The show will be on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 8:15 p.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church, located at 1268 Sanchez St. (at Clipper), San Francisco. An East Bay concert will take place Sunday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1658 Excelsior St. (near 38th and MacArthur), Oakland. Admission is free. For more info: 415-554-0402 or www.sflgfb.org.
READING AND LECTURES
Exploring Chinatown Illustrator and artist Leland Wong will sign his children’s book Exploring Chinatown: A Children’s Guide To Chinese Culture Sept. 21, 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave. For more info: 510-548-2350 or books@ewbb.com.
Is Japan Truly the Global Partner The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim, in cosponsorship with the Japanese Consulate, presents Hon. Shigeru Nakamura who will speak on U.S./Japan relations and the pressing global agenda. General Nakamura will speak Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. at USF Lone Mountain Campus, Room 100, 2800 Turk St. (between Masonic and Parker). The lecture is free to the public; reservations are recommended. For more info: 415-422-6357.
Jacinto and Reyes Reading Poet and educator Jaime Jacinto’s work Heaven is Just Another Country is an unsentimental but fiercely emotional work that traverses history, identity and memory. He and poet/essayist Barbara Jane Reyes will read from their works Tuesday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. at the Intersection for the Arts, located at 446 Valencia St. (between 15th and 16th streets), San Francisco. Admission: $5 - $15 sliding scale. For more info: 415-626-2787 or www.theintersection.org.
Trinh T. Minh-ha Award-winning filmmaker, literary theorist, poet and educatory Trinh T. Minh-ha has consistently challenged viewers and readers through six feature-length films and seven books. She will be presenting a reading from her new work Tuesday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St. (between 15th and 16th streets), in San Francisco’s Mission district. Admission: $5 - $15. For more info: 415-626-2787 or www.theintersection.org.
THEATER
Fringe Festival Exit Theatre presents the 11th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival until Sept. 14 at Exit Theatre and Exit Stage Left, 156 Eddy St. and 277 Taylor St., respectively. Bring Your Own Venue performances will be staged in various locations in downtown San Francisco, the Mission district and South of Market. Tickets cost under $8. For more info: 415-931-1094 or www.sffringe.org.
Me Laugh You Long Time An Asian American Sketch comedy group will be performing in the 2002 S.F. Fringe Festival until Sept. 15 at the Exit Theater, 156 Eddy (between Mason and Taylor). For more info: 510-526-1434 or www.opmcomedy.com.
The Single Asian Comic Theatre of Yugen/Noh Space presents An Evening with Tina Kim, the Single Asian Comic. Former TV news reporter and executive producer of the first APA comedy festival, Kim will be performing two shows on Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. at Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets: $15. For more info: www.tinakim.com.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Acting Classes A new session of Acting Dojo, acting classes with Dom Magwili, begins Monday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Classes are held at the Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute at 3929 Middlebury St. (near the old East West Players and LACCC), Los Angeles. There will be an emphasis on scene work supported by improvisation and acting classes. The session runs six weeks; tuition is $180. For more info: 323-298-2905.
THEATER
Live, Laugh, Love East West Players announces its 37th anniversary season of plays, including three world premieres (one of which is a new adaptation of a Shakespearean classic) and a cult musical favorite. The season’s theme celebrates life with laughter and love. Plays runs through Oct. 6 at the David Henry Hwang Theater, located at 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. For more info: 213-625-7111 or www.eastwestplayers.org.
Queen of the Remote Control East West Players presents Queen of the Remote Control. Written by Sujata G. Bhatt and co-directed by Bhatt and Tim Dang, this serio-comedy is about an upper middle-class South Asian American family in Calabasas. Seventeen-year-old Shilpa Shah longs to break out of the Valley and get to New York. However, her family is the roadblock to her dreams. The play takes place during the fizziness of the Silicon Valley Bubble Year, 1999, just before NASDAQ crashed and the Brave New World of the Internet Revolution flattened into the Layoff Land of today. The performance will show until Oct. 6 at the East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. Admission: $10 - $50. For more info: 213-625-7000.
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REST OF THE WEST
ARTS
Do-Ho Suh Seattle Art Museum presents the work of contemporary Korean artist Do-Ho Suh as he uses suspended diaphanous silk and nylon architectural installations to reconstruct space and explore identity. These works will be on display through Dec. 1 at SAM, located at 100 University St., Seattle. For more info: 206-654-3255 or www.seattleartmuseum.org.
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EAST COAST
ARTS
Bohnchang Koo Bohnchang Koo’s first American retrospective will open to the public on Nov. 6 at the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, in Salem, Mass. The exhibition will feature 28 photographs, representing a broad spectrum of the Korean photographer’s work. Bohnchang Koo: Masterworks of Korean Photography will remain on view through Feb. 18, 2003. For more info: 978-745-9500 or www.pem.org.
Chen Zhen The Chinese-born, Paris-based artist Chen Zhen poetically employs both his study of traditional Chinese culture and his knowledge of Western avante-garde art to create work that engages with contemporary social issues. The Institute of Contempory Art at 955 Boylston St. in Boston will showcase Inner Body Landscapes Sept. 18 - Dec. 31. Admission: $7 adults, $5 seniors and students, and free on Thursdays. For more info: 617-266-5152 or www.icaboston.org.
Munakat Shiko A retrospective exhibition devoted to Munakat Shiko, who was known to his Japanese contemporaries as an iconoclast and is often considered the 20th century’s most influential artist of the woodblock print, will debut at the Philadephia Museum of Art through Nov. 10. The museum is located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street. For more info: 215-763-8100 or www.philamuseum.org.
Salvaged Stories Salvaged Stories presents Museum of Chinese in the Americas’ unique collection of Chinatown artifacts salvaged from bachelor apartments, closing businesses and neighborhood dumpsters. This exhibit will run through October at MoCA, 70 Mulberry St., second floor, New York. For more info: 212-619-4785 or www.moca-nyc.org.
FILM AND VIDEO
Quitting This new film by Zhang Yang opens in New York on Sept. 13 at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas (30 Lincoln Plaza) and the Quad Cinema (34 W. 13th St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues), followed by a national release through Sony Pictures Classics. Quitting is a true story of a family’s determination and hope when faced with a crisis. A young Chinese film star has an emotional breakdown and locks himself in his apartment, does drugs and listens to tapes of his favorite rock music over and over again. His parents move to Beijing to rescue him. For more info: 212-586-7281.
THEATER
Wa Zu Slant, the performance ensemble of Richard Ebihara, Wayland Quintero and Perry Yung, reinvents the notion of the ritual with Wa Zu, a brand new musical, choreographic and theatrical spectacle about primitive pop culture. This performance will run until Sept. 29 at La MaMa E.T.C. (Annex Theater), 74A E. Fourth St. Tickets: $20. For more info: 212-475-7710 or www.LaMama.org.
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NATIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers Essays are invited for a collection, tentatively titled Yellow Peril, Model Minority or Karate Kid: Critical Perspectives on Asian American and Asian Diaspora Children’s Literature. Queries are welcome at any stage; one- to two-page abstracts are due on Oct. 21, and completed essays (5,000 - 6,000 words, MLA format) are due on Feb. 20, 2003. Send abstracts to Dolores de Manuel, English Department, Nassau Community College, 1 Education Dr., Garden City, NY 11530. For more info: 516-572-8154 or demanud@sunynassau.edu.
Photography Contest The International Library of Photography will award over $60,000 in prizes this year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers from the San Francisco area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try and win their share of 1,300 prizes. The contest is open to everyone, and entry is free. Deadline for entry is Sept. 30. For more info: 410-363-4800 or www.picture.com.
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