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A regional roundup of events of special interest to Asian Americans

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California
California
Rest of the West
East Coast
National


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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

War & Silence Kearny Street Workshop is calling for visual art proposals from Bay Area APA visual artists for its May 2003 exhibition at SomArts, tentatively entitled War & Silence. Deadline: Fri., Dec. 20. For more info: 415-503-0520 or ksw@somarts.org.

ARTS

In the Face of War The Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War presents In the Face of War: Asian Photographers View Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Philippines & U.S.A., showing through Nov. 30 at the Asian Resource Gallery, 310 8th St., in Oakland’s Chinatown. For more info: 510-287-5353 x473.

A Tribute to Alfredo Alcala The San Francisco Public Library presents an exhibition of the art, letters, books, brushes, hats and other memorabilia of Filipino cartoonist Alfredo Alcala. On view until Dec. 31 at the Main Library, Third Floor, 100 Larkin St. For more info: 415-557-4277 or www.sfpl.org.

Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy The San Francisco Arts Commission Chinatown Community Arts Program and the Six Artists present an exhibition of Chinese paintings and calligraphy at the Chinatown Community Arts Program Gallery. The show runs until Dec. 7, 750 Kearny St., Third Floor. For more info: 415-957-1146.

Fu Dalu, The Spirit of the T’nalak Pusod Center for Culture and Ecology presents an innovative visual exploration of the unique native textiles, t’nalak, of the Tiboli people of the Philippines. The exhibition will feature not only the sacred weavings themselves, but also information about the women who weave them and the Tiboli culture. It will be on display until Jan. 11 at Pusod, 1808 5th St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-883-1808.

Manga The National Japanese American Historical Society presents an exhibition of manga artists old and new, Manga: A Century of Social Commentary by Japanese Artists in America. Works by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama, Taro Yashima, Jack Matsuoka, Pete Hironaka, Kaji Kawaguchi and Stan Sakai will be on display until Jan. 31, 2003 at the NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post, San Francisco.

DANCE

Mahea’s Birthday Salon Come celebrate the birthday of the founder of the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance with an evening of world dance and music, featuring mbira performance by Erica Azim, belly dance by Malia de Felice and the Zambalita Middle Eastern Dance Company, Hawaiian slack key guitar by Pili Moreno and hula by the KaUaTuahine Polynesian Dance Company. The party takes place Sat., Dec. 7, 8 p.m. at the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance, 729 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. Tickets: $12–15. For more info: 510-845-2605.

FILM AND VIDEO

Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune The Pacific Film Archive presents eleven masterworks by one of the most famous partnerships in world cinema, director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Showings Nov. 29, Nov. 30, Dec. 1, Dec. 6 and Dec. 8–22, at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets: $7. For more info: 510-642-1412.

MUSIC

An Island Born Christmas Keola Beamer, lauded by The New York Times as “the quintessential Master of the Slack Key guitar” will blend song, chant and hula with ancient instruments and Hawaiian folklore in an evening of Christmas-themed music. He will perform An Island Born Christmas, Sat., Nov. 30, 7 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 1, 2 p.m. at the Marin Center Showcase Theater, Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. Tickets: $22.50. For more info: 415-586-1611 or www.marincenter.org.

Crossing Currents The Red Jade Collective presents Crossing Currents: New Urban Folklore As Told Through Crosscultural Music and Dance, the newest production from the internationally acclaimed experimental multi-disciplinary performance group. Crossing Currents relates the struggle to find and retain a sense of modern urban identity, in crosscultural music and dance. Performances are Dec. 6–7, 8 p.m. at the Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets: $12–15. For more info: 415-816-9376.

READINGS AND LECTURES

Immigration Benefits in the Wake of 9/11 Kavitha Sreeharsha, staff attorney of Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, will discuss the current political climate, its effect on the enforcement of immigration laws and who will qualify for immigration relief, on Mon., Dec. 2, 7 p.m. at the Sunset Branch Library, 1305 18th Ave., San Francisco. For more info: 415-753-7130 or www.sfpl.org.

Buddhist Storytelling The Nyingma Institute presents storyteller Rima Tamar, who will tell some of the classic stories of Tibetan Buddhist writings and show how they can teach young and old alike the meaning of selfless love and karmic responsibility. Tamar’s presentation will take place Sun., Dec. 8, 6 p.m. at the Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley. Admission: free. For more info: 510-843-6812.

THEATER

Kurisumasu Karoru SFSU’s Theater Arts Department rekindles the spirit of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol in 20th century Japan with Kurisumasu Karoru, a noh interpretation of Dicken’s classic. The multicultural yuletide feast will be performed Dec. 5–7, 8 p.m. and Dec. 7–8, 2 p.m. Tickets: $8–10. For more info: 415-338-2467.

East Meets West Eth-Noh-Tec will celebrate its 20th anniversary as an innovator in educational performing arts and Asian-influenced storytelling with a night of performance and presentations. The event will include storytellers, performance artists, taiko drummers, and appearances from community leaders Janice Mirikitani, Yuri Kochiyama and Jeff Adachi, and will take place Sun., Dec. 8, 3 p.m. at the Golden Gate Club. Tickets: $40. For more info: 415-282-8705.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ARTS

Deep Take The 18th Street Arts Complex and Highways Gallery present a new multi-channel video installation by internationally-acclaimed Japanese visual artist Yuki Kimura. Deep Take fuses the quotidian elements of domestic life with the stylized perceptions of contemporary media and popular culture. An opening reception will be held Fri., Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m. and the installation will remain on view until Jan. 26, 2003 at the 18th Street Arts Complex, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. For more info: 310-453-3711.

DANCE

Remembering An award-winning movement-theater piece about Afghan women, Remembering will be part of the Synapse Dance Theater’s newest modern dance program, Dec. 6–8 at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. Tickets: $12. For more info: 310-434-3000.

EVENTS

Reading Buddhist Art The Pacific Arts Museum will host a sale of unique treasures from the Himalayas, including Nepalese folk art, Tibetan Buddhist and Hindu prayer items, sculptures, masks, jewelry, children’s toys, and more. A portion of all sales will benefit the museum’s education programs. The sale will take place Sat., Nov. 30, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena. For more info: 626-449-2742 or www.pacificasiamuseum.org.

MUSIC

Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys The Getty Museum hosts L.A.’s sassy ukulele chanteuse Janet Klein and her all-star Parlor Boys, performing forgotten gems and naughty tunes from the late ragtime and early jazz era. The performance will be held Fri., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. at the museum’s Harold M. Williams Auditorium, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Admission: free. For more info: 310-440-7300 or www.getty.edu.

Big Mouth Open Mike Wide Eyed Workshops, an APA arts organization bringing together emerging APA writers and artists in Southern California, will host A Big Mouth Open Mike, to celebrate the inauguration of its creative writing workshop series, Exploring Los Angeles: Asian American Style. The open mike will take place Wed., Dec. 11 at Blue in Hollywood. Suggested donation: $3. For more info: info@wideeyedworkshops.org.

Hiroshima The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center presents legendary jazz fusion group Hiroshima in a special holiday concert, featuring music from their debut Christmas CD release. The L.A. area band will play Sat., Dec. 14, 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 15, 2 p.m. at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Tickets: $30–35. For more info: 213-680-3700.

THEATER

The Tempest East West Players presents Shakespeare’s Tempest in a new adaptation written and directed by Andrew Tsao. The production blends Eastern and Western techniques to create a hip, young, sexy production of one of Shakespeare’s most mythic and abstract plays. The show will run until Dec. 15, at the David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. Tickets: $20–30. For more info: 213-625-7000 or www.eastwestplayers.org.

CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Locked In, Locked Out The National Japanese American Historical Society is offering $100–500 prizes to California high school students who submit essays, spoken word/poetry or visual art on the subject of how the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII relates to modern society. Entries must be received by Jan. 2, 2003, 5 p.m. For more info: 415-921-5007 or www.njahs.org.

REST OF THE WEST

ARTS

The First 100 Years The Ling Luke Asian Museum presents the return of Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years, an exhibition showcasing 49 intimate stories of Seattle’s Chinatown community prior to 1965. An opening reception will take place Thur., Dec. 5, 5–7 p.m. The show continues until March 30 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, 407 7th Ave. S., Seattle.

Do-Ho Suh Seattle Art Museum (SAM) presents the work of contemporary Korean artist Do-Ho Suh, who 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, 100 University St., Seattle. For more info: 206-654-3255 or www.seattleartmuseum.org.

EAST COAST

ARTS

Bohnchang Koo Bohnchang Koo’s first American retrospective features 28 photographs representing a broad spectrum of the Korean photographer’s work. Bohnchang Koo: Masterworks of Korean Photography will remain on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, Mass. 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 avant-garde art to create work that engages contemporary social issues. The Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St., Boston, will showcase Inner Body Landscapes until Dec. 31. Admission: $5–7, free on Thurs. For more info: 617-266-5152 or www.icaboston.org.

MUSIC

Juillard’s Pre-College Division Conductor Ki-Sun Sung will lead the Juillard School’s Pre-College Chamber Orchestra in works by Humperdinck, Bruch, Sibelius and Mozart as part of a special free concert series, featuring soloist Chee-Yun. The concert takes place Thur., Dec. 5, 8 p.m. at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City. For more info: www.juilliard.edu.

THEATER

No Foreigners Beyond This Point Center Stage presents the world premiere o f a new play by Tony Award-winning playwright Warren Leight. Dramatizing his own experience as an English teacher in rural China, No Foreigners Beyond This Point will run until Dec. 22 at The Pearlstone Theater at Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore. Tickets: $10–50. For more info: 410-332-0033 or www.centerstage.org.

Macbeth The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Yukio Ninagawa’s Macbeth as part of its 20th annual Next Wave festival. The production, in Japanese with English subtitles, will run Dec. 4–7, 7:30 p.m. at the Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Tickets: $25–50. For more info: 718-636-4111 or www.bam.org.

Democracy in Islam Bina Sharif’s eye-opening and timely new play Democracy in Islam hits the New York theater circuit with a portrayal of a South Asian Muslim family in New York City. The play opens Thur., Dec. 5 and will run through Dec. 29 at the Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave. Tickets: $10. For more info: www.theaterforthenewcity.org.

Agitprops: The Recycling Project Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks present Agitprops: the Recycling Project, an after-life cararet for objects. The collaberative dance and performance project takes place Dec. 5–15 at La Mama, 74A E. 4th St., New York City. Tickets: $15. For more info: 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.

NATIONAL

ANNOUNCEMENTS

VC Filmfest The Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival is seeking entries in video and film media with themes involving, but not limited to, the APA experience, from APA and Asian international producers. Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 18. For more info: 213-680-4462 x68 or www.vconline.org.