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A regional roundup of events of special interest to Asian Americans

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California
Rest of the West
East Coast
National


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NORTHERN 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.

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

The Enemy Alien Files Five community organizations are sponsoring an exhibit of photographs, documents and artifacts examining the treatment of “enemy aliens” by the U.S. government during World War II. The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II will be on display until Dec. 19 at the Berkeley Central Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. For more info: 415-921-5007.

Speak Truth to Power Speak Truth to Power, an exhibition of powerful black-and-white portraits of human rights defenders by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Eddie Adams will be on view until Feb. 23 at San Francisco Main Library’s Jewett Gallery, 100 Larkin St. For more info: 415-557-4277.

No Ghost Just a Shell The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents No Ghost Just a Shell, a joint multi-media project of Philippe Parreno and Pierre Huyghe. Inspired when the artists acquired rights to a Japanese manga character named Annlee, the exhibition presents 12 works associated with the project, from video animations to a neon sculpture. On view until March 16 at the SFMOMA, 151 3rd St. For more info: www.sfmoma.org.

JungEun Ha The innovative oil paintings of South Korean artist JungEun Ha will be on view Dec. 17 – Jan. 28 at the Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art Gallery, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., San Francisco. An opening reception featuring the artist will be held at the gallery Thur., Dec. 19, 6–9 p.m. For more info: 415-397-2000 or www.baxterchangpatri.com.

Lewis Suzuki Berkeley’s Artisans Holiday Open Studios program presents the work of painter Lewis Suzuki, on view in his studio Dec. 14–15, 21–22, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., at 2240 Grant St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-849-1427.

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 Manga: A Century of Social Commentary by Japanese Artists in America, an exhibition of manga artists old and new. 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 St., San Francisco.

FILM AND VIDEO

Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune The Pacific Film Archive presents 11 masterworks by one of the most famous partnerships in world cinema, director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Showings until Dec. 22, at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets: $7. For more info: 510-642-1412.

Energy Rangers in Soot City Artist/Activist Pratap Chatterjee and William Sievert team up to create a new movie/website/ video game that makes environmental activism fun for kids and adults. The Energy Rangers in Soot City, an animated 12-minute digital video, will be unveiled Thur., Dec. 12, 8 p.m. at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St., San Francisco. Tickets: $7 sliding scale. For more info: 415-821-1155.

Action Theatre at Metreon Metreon presents two free anime events for the holidays. The Mobile Fighter G Gundam Marathon tournament will take place Dec. 13, 5–9 p.m., and Dec. 15, 12–7 p.m. The Bandai Christmas Weekend, with advanced screenings of the new series Meltylancer and other new releases will take place Dec. 20, 6–9 p.m. and Dec. 22, 12–8 p.m. All events are at the Metreon, 101 4th St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-369-6089 or www.metreon.com.

MUSIC

Bill Tapia Henfling’s Tavern presents Bill Tapia, 94-year-old Hawaiian and jazz master, as part of its International Folk Series, on Thur., Dec. 12, 8 p.m. Henfling’s is located on Highway 9, in Ben Lomond. Tickets: $12. For more info: 831-335-1642.

Festival/Festiv The San Francisco State University Symphony joins James Manganaro on tuba, in a concert for the holiday season. The performance will take place Sat., Dec. 14, 8 p.m. at the McKenna Theatre, 1600 Holloway Ave. Tickets: $3–5. For more info: 415-338-2467 or www.collegeofcreativearts.org.

Mele Navidad George Kahumoko Jr., Hawaiian slack key guitar master, and William Faulkner, maestro of the Jalisco harp, will join forces in a performance combining the traditional music of Hawai’i and Mexico, featuring hulu and Zapateado dancing as well as other “delightful surprises.” One performance only, Sun., Dec. 15, 6 p.m. at Unity Christ Church, 2690 Ocean, San Francisco. Tickets: $20. For more info: 415-586-1611.

READINGS AND LECTURES

Inspiring Stories from Human Rights Defenders Amnesty International and the Center for Justice and Accountability will join together with three of the human rights defenders featured in the San Francisco Public Library’s Speak Truth to Power exhibit to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Harry Wu, Van Jones and Sister Dianna Ortiz will be featured speakers at the program, Sat., Dec. 14, 3 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library, 100 Larkin St. For more info: 415-557-4277.

THEATER

Haroun and the Sea of Stories The Berkeley Repertory Theater presents Salman Rushdie’s tale of a boy’s adventure into strange new lands, a dream world of water genies and mechanical birds, where chatter and silence battle for control and a boy must follow an elusive path toward adulthood. Haroun and the Sea of Stories plays until Jan. 7 at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, 2025 Addison St. Tickets: $43–54. For more info: www.berkeleyrep.org.

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. 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.

Munakata Shiko The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Munakata Shiko, long considered one of Japan’s greatest 20th century artist. Munakata Shiko: Japanese Master of the Modern Print will be on view until March 2 in the Pavilion for Japanese Art, 59-9 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For more info: www.lacma.org.

FILM AND VIDEO

Separate Lives, Broken Dreams The Chinese American Citizens Alliance Youth Council presents a showing of Separate Lives, Broken Dreams, a video about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The screening and discussion will take place Sun., Dec. 15, 1 p.m. at the Bruggemeyer Memorial Library, 318 S. Ramona Ave., Monterey Park. For more info: 626-307-1368.

MUSIC

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.

EAST COAST

ARTS

Gotta Sing Gotta Dance! The Museum of Chinese in the Americas revisits the nightclub area of the 1930s to 1950s in Gotta Sing Gotta Dance!, a new exhibit that takes an intimate look at Chinese American nightclub performers and their contribution to American entertainment. The exhibit of videos, music, artifacts and photographs will open with a reception Mon., Dec. 16, 6:30–8:30 p.m. and continues until May 31 at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, 70 Mulberry St., Second Floor, New York City. For more info: 212-619-4785 or www.moca-nyc.org.

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.

FILM AND VIDEO

The Happiness of the Katakuris The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries presents a free screening of Takashi Miike’s The Happiness of the Katakuris, a musical comedy telling the dark tale of an eccentric family, on Sun., Dec. 15, 2 p.m. at the Freer Gallery, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, Washington D.C. For more info: 202-357-2700.

THEATER

No Foreigners beyond this point Center Stage presents the world premiere of 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.

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 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 cabaret for objects. The collaborative dance and performance project will run until Dec. 15 at La Mama, 74A E. 4th St., New York City. Tickets: $15. For more info: 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.