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Dec. 20, 2002 - Jan. 1, 2003
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| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kularts Bindlestiff Studio is looking for Pilipino American writers, dancers, poets, actors, spoken word artists, ages 18–25, for a 12-week theater program, culminating in the performance of an original multidisciplinary work. Ten artists will be selected; a stipend is available. Deadline: Dec. 23. For more info: 415-239-0249 or www.kularts.org.
ARTS
No War Show The Luggage Store, an innovative new space for art, announces the No War Show, showing until Jan. 11 at the Luggage Store gallery, 1001 Market St., San Francisco. Fax your own contribution to the show to 415-863-5504. For more info: 415-255-5411.
Harmony in Motion The San Francisco Arts Commission Chinatown Community Arts Program presents Harmony in Motion, an exhibition of the paintings and watercolors of two local artists. The work of Victor Keung Wong, better known as a film actor, and his sister, musician-painter Shirley Wong-Frentzel will be on display until Jan. 4 at the Chinatown Community Arts Gallery, Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-957-1146.
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 until 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. 21–22, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., at 2240 Grant St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-849-1427.
"u 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 at the NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post, 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.
Action Theatre at Metreon Metreon presents free anime events for the holidays. 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.
Movies at the Library The San Francisco Library film series presents: Postmen in the Mountains, a feature film by Huo Jianqui, in Mandarin with English subtitles, Mon., Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m. at the Sunset Branch Library, 1305 18th Ave.; and a special showing for kids, The Chinese Word for Horse and Bears, Tue., Jan. 7, 4 p.m. at the Chinatown Branch Library, 1135 Powell St. For more info: 415-557-4277 or www.sfpl.org.
MUSIC
Community Music The Community Music Center’s Orchestra and Chorus present a program of classical music for the new year, featuring Antonia Joy Wilson as guest conductor. The evening will include works by Kimbell and Beethoven, and will take place Wed., Jan. 1, 1–4 p.m. at Mission Dolores Basilica, 3321 16th St. For more info: 415-647-6015 or www.sfmusic.org.
Japanese Music Summit Bay Area masters representing disciplines from traditional to contemporary music will gather to share their music in the second annual Japanese Music Summit, sponsored by Old First Concerts. The evening of performance will take place Fri., Jan 10, 8 p.m. at the Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco. Tickets: $9–12. For more info: 415-454-1608 or www.oldfirstconcerts.org.
FREADINGS AND LECTURES
The Magical Monkey King Ji Li Jiang, author of Red Scarf Girl, will read from her new book The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven and present a slide show about her childhood as part of the San Francisco Public Library’s public programming. The free event will take place Sat., Jan. 11, 3 p.m. at the Richmond Branch Library, 351 9th Ave. For more info: 415-557-4277 or www.sfpl.org.
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.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ANNOUNCEMENTS
LA: Asian American Style Wide Eyed Workshops is looking for APA writers and arts organizers to participate in its creative writing workshop series, Exploring Los Angeles: Asian American Style. Writers interested in working with the topic of APA Los Angeles should submit a writing sample and statement of purpose to: Brandy Liên Worrall, 3230 Campbell Hall, Box 951546, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 or brandy22@ucla.edu by Jan. 11.
ARTS
Visions of Enlightenment The Pacific Asia Museum explores the art and symbolism of Buddhism in Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism, an exhibit presenting paintings, sculptures and ritual objects from India, Tibet, China, Thailand and Japan. In concurrence with the main exhibit, the museum will highlight the traditional fabric arts of Tibet, as interpreted by Leslie Rinchen Wongmo, in the exhibition Sacred Stitches: Tibetan Buddhist Images Pieced in Silk. Both will be on view until Jan. 12 at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. For more info: 626-449-2742 or www.pacificasiamuseum.org.
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 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.
THEATER
Kung Pao Kosher Come celebrate Christmas the Jewish way, in a Chinese restaurant. OK, so the stand-up comics of Kung Pao Kosher are Jewish, not APA. But the Chinese food is the real thing, and there should be more humorous alternatives to Christmas. Shows are Dec. 23–26 at New Asia Restaurant. Tickets: $35–50. For more info: 415-522-3737 or www.koshercomedy.com.
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MIDWEST
ARTS
Bamboo Masterworks The Asia Society presents an exhibition focusing on the art of Japanese basketry, Bamboo Masterworks: Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, at Chicago’s Field Museum. The Japanese art of basketry is intimately connected to the better-known art of ikebana, flower arrangement, and reached its height in the 19th and 20th century works presented in this exhibition. The exhibition will be on display until Feb. 23 at the Field Museum, 1400 Lake Shore Dr., Chicago. For more info: 312-992-9410 or www.fieldmuseum.org.
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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 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. For more info: 978-745-9500 or www.pem.org.
THEATER
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.
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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, 5 p.m. For more info: 415-921-5007 or www.njahs.org.
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