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Feb. 7 - Feb 13, 2003
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| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Everywhere is War The Asian Arts Initiative invites APA performance artists and collectives to participate in Everywhere is War: An Artists Exchange. In a program that will include a retreat weekend May 9–11 and a public performance June 20, artists will explore the many understandings of war and how they relate to the APA experience. Deadline: Feb. 17. For more info: lena@asianartsinitiative.org.
ARTS
Arts of Pacific Asia Nearly 80 dealers from around the United States, specializing in Tibetan, Nepalese, Southeast Asian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, will transform the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center into a showcase for Asian art, Feb. 7–9. In addition to featuring works in metal, paper, textiles, wood and stone, the exhibit will include walking tours and demonstrations by ceramic artists Esther Shimazu and Vicky Chock. For more info: 310-455-2886 or www.caskeylees.com.
Chinese New Year, SF Images from Asian Pacific America’s (unofficial) capital, in full celebration mode: it’s Chinese New Year, San Francisco, the work of photographers Kieran Ridge and Hiromi Oda documenting the Lunar New Year festivities, and it’s on display at Borders Bookstore, Union Square, San Francisco, until Feb. 15. For more info: www.thestreetsofsanfrancisco.com.
Bayan Muna Images of the Filipino people, from the urban poor to indigenous communities, make up the exhibit Bayan Muna: Images of Strength and Struggle in the Philippines. The exhibit, which addresses issues such as reform, civil rights and globalization will be on display through Feb. 28 at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St. A special program on the exhibit will be held Wed., Feb. 12, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. For more info: 415-557-4277 or www.sfpl.org.
Youth Enduring The FiftyCrows Gallery will open its 2003 season with an examination of youth experiences worldwide, Youth Enduring: A Will to Survive. Featuring the work of the winners of International Fund for Documentary Photography awards, including Shedzad Noorani and Li Lang, the show will run until Feb. 28 at the FiftyCrows Gallery, 1074 Folsom St., San Francisco. An opening reception will be held Thur., Feb. 6, 5–9 p.m. For more info: 415-551-0091.
A Brush with Truth Zen ink painting began when eccentric (or inebriated) masters dipped a brush, a handful of straw or the edge of a robe into ink and create rough forms on paper. The Berkeley Art Museum will feature such paintings, portraits of Zen patriarchs and haboku landscapes in an exhibition entitled A Brush with Truth, through June at BAM, 2626 Bancroft Way. For more info: 510-642-0808 or www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Character Heaven Scott and Saitoe Haile met designing robotic shows for Sanrio’s Hello Kitty theme park in Japan. These days they are still working with cartoon characters: their collaborative work, Character Heaven, plays with sculpted and reinterpreted cartoons to spectacular, unexpected effect. It and other works of this San Francisco-based couple will be on display until March 15 at the Glama-Rama Gallery, 417 S. Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. For more info: 415-861-GLAM or www.glamarama.com.
Long Walk to Freedom The extraordinary contributions of Yuri Kochiyama will be celebrated in a new living-history exhibition, along with those of 11 other civil rights pioneers. The Long Walk to Freedom, 1900 – Now: Portraits of Civil Rights Activists Then and Now will be on display at the San Francisco Main Branch Library, 100 Larkin St., until March 20. For more info: 415-557-4277 or www.sfpl.org.
DANCE
Voice of the Dragon The new Mondavi Center will host a multicultural performance explosion, when Fred Ho brings his Afro-Asian Music ensemble, martial arts choreography and revolutionary spirit to Davis on Thur., Feb. 13, 8 p.m. The Voice of the Dragon combines kung fu, capoeira, jazz and hip hop to tell the story of the secret scroll of Shaolin Temple. Tickets: $22–32. For more info: 530-752-1915 or www.mondaviarts.org.
Gum Saan Haak As part of its year-long 40th anniversary celebration, the Chinese Historical Society of America presents a screening of seminal documentaries of Chinese American history. The first, Gum Saan Haak: A History of Chinese in America, originally aired on television in 1974, and will be presented in two evenings: parts 1–3 on Tue., Feb. 18, 7 p.m. and parts 3–6 on Thur., Feb. 20, 7 p.m., both at the CHSA, 965 Clay St., San Francisco. Admission: free. For more info: 415-391-1188 or www.chsa.org.
CaveWomen The Dance Brigade, San Francisco’s most provocative dance theater company returns with CaveWomen … The Next Incarnation! This boundary-pushing production features taiko-wushu-dance-theater-site-specific work, juxtaposing hot political topics with visceral stories about the 10th century yogini women of India and Tibet. Whew! We’re tired just thinking about it. Perfomances will be held until March 2 at the Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-273-4633 or www.dancemission.com.
Footprint Lost in Sand Japanese artist Tatami will explore the forces of time and nature in a mobu–(modern butoh) performance, also featuring the sculpture of Coreen Abbot and the video and music of Terry Hatfield. The performances will take place Feb. 7, 8, 8 p.m. at the Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets: $15. For more info: 415-621-7978 or www.theatreofyugen.org.
FAMILY
Stories and Quilt Sharing In conjunction with the Quilted Journeys exhibit, the Museum of Craft & Folk Art and the San Francisco Quilters’ Guild will sponsor an afternoon of quilt and story sharing for ages six and up. Families are invited to bring their quilts to share and to learn about their fabrics and patterns on Sat., Feb. 8, 2–4 p.m. at the Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco. Admission: $5 per family. For more info: 415-775-0991 or www.mocfa.org.
All City Festival Get your little music makers all revved up about their future as slightly older music makers at the yearly concert of the Association of Instructors in Music. Featuring students from around SFUSD, the benefit concert for AIM will take place Sat., Feb. 8, 7 p.m. at the McKenna Theater, SFSU, 1600 Holloway Ave. For more info: 415-333-4202.
Koto Tales It’s a family night at the library when Elizabeth Falconer tell Japanese folktales and plays the koto, at the Parkside Branch Library, 1200 Taraval St on Wed. Feb. 12, 7 p.m. and at the Richmond Branch Library, 351 9th Ave. For more info: 415-557-4277.
MUSIC
Helobung Cultural Troupe A collective of ten indigenous T’boli master artists of the Philippines will bring the music and dance of their endangered culture to the Brava Theater Center, 2789 24th St., San Francisco, Feb. 7–9. The Helobung Cultural Troupe will also present various exhibits, lectures, demonstrations and workshops in connection with the performances. Tickets: $12. For more info: 415-239-0249 or www.kularts.org.
Gamelan Anak Swarasanti Got gamelan? If not, get your fill on Sat., Feb. 15, 8 p.m., when the Gamelan Anak Swarasanti, a Santa Cruz-based gamelan ensemble, comes to the Community Music Center of San Francisco, 544 Capp St. Tickets: $10. For more info: 415-864-4980.
Things Aren’t Always Hip hop flautist and storyteller Tim Barsky will be joined by Shree Shyam Das and assorted other guests for a series of performances exploring love and dissent through a mélange of beats, grooves and folktales. The joy and sorrow goes down (together) Wednesdays at 8 p.m. until Feb. 26 at the Black Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph St., Oakland. Tickets: $10–20. For more info: 510-451-1932.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Panoply Four artists will meet in the storefront window of Modern Times bookstore to explore issues of gender, power and representation, and you can be there too. kari edwards, Kirth Nath, the Erika Shuch Performance Project and Camille Roy present an evening of writing, performance and film, Sat. Feb. 15, 7 p.m. at Modern Times, 888 Valencia St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-282-9246.
THEATER
Halo-Halo Halo-Halo is more than a Philipino dessert, it’s a history-making production that will feature, for the first time, the queer Pilipino experience. Based on the variety programs of the Philippines, Halo-Halo: A Queer Pinay Revue will showcase issues of identity through the artists’ individual pieces. On stage Feb. 6–8, 8 p.m. at Bindlestiff Studio, 185 6th St., San Francisco. Tickets: $15. For more info: 415-974-1167.
Hybrid Project On the second Tuesday of every month (don’t check, it’s Tues., Feb. 11) a group of dancers, performers, musicians and poets come to the stages of Intersection to create an interactive exploration of the boundaries of culture and art. Be part of the experience at the Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco. Tickets: $5–15. For more info: 415-626-2787 or www.theintersection.org.
Chhenra Collage Safe Water for All, Inc. presents a Bengali drama by ENAD, Chhendra Collage (A Collage Torn), to benefit arsenic affected people in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The performance will take place Sun., Feb. 16, 2:30 p.m. at the Davis Veteran’s Memorial Theater, 203 E. 14th St., Davis. Tickets: $10. For more info: 530-758-8254 or www.safewaterforall.org.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Money for Folk Art Los Angeles County folk artists are encouraged to apply for the California Arts Council’s Traditional Folk Arts Program, which provides funds of up to $5,000 for eligible folk arts projects. Deadline: March 7. For more info: www.folkculture.org.
ARTS
Transformers The artists invite you to imagine a set of water buffalo twins separated at birth, one of them raised by a wealthy family of lions, the other by a six-pack of root beer… Not sure what’s going on? Neither are we, but the multi-media meditations of identity and transformation of Transformers: More Than Meets Thee I are bound to be interesting. Mutating until Feb. 8 at the Crazy Space Gallery, 1629 18th St., #2, Santa Monica. For more info: 310-829-9789.
THEATER
Little Shop of Horrors Feed me (noodles)! East West Players moves Seymour, Audrey and the whole Little Shop of Horrors crew to L.A.’s Chinatown, in an all-new, all-APA production of the camp musical classic. Get a lesson in carnivorous botany until March 2 at the David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. Tickets: $25–30. For more info: 213-625-7000.
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EAST COAST
ARTS
Alia Syed The Talwar Gallery plays host to two film works of Alia Syed, in her first solo exhibition in the United States. Spoken Diary and Swan will be on display until Feb. 13 at the Talwar Gallery, 108 E. 16th St., New York City. For more info: www.talwargallery.com.
Image and Empire Colonial India, as seen by South Asian and Western artists, will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Harvard University, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, Mass. Image and Empire: Picturing India During the Colonial Era includes works from 16th century Portuguese jewelcases to 1937 modernism, and will be on display until May 25. For more info: www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.
EVENTS
Lunar New Year in the Big Apple The Museum of Chinese in the Americas sponsors a whole host of events to ring in the Lunar New Year in New York City: Feb. 7–8, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., groove with the Chinese Folk Dance Company and the traditional sounds of the Ba Ban Chinese Music Society at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. For more info: www.moca-nyc.org.
THEATER
Takeout Comedy Join Takeout Comedy (“We Deliver Fun”) for a night of comedy, music, magic, games and fun in celebration of the Lunar New Year. It’s the only live show in NYC Chinatown, and it’s happening Thur., Feb. 6, at Asia Roma, 40 Mulberry St. Tickets: $10. For more info: 212-385-1133.
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NATIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Cure The Asian American Theater Company, Youthspeaks, Locus and the Jon Sims Center in San Francisco are looking for actors of diverse hues for The Cure, a new play by Joel Barraquiel Tan and Ginu Kamani. Auditions are scheduled for Sat., Feb. 15, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more info: 415-543-5738.
Artwallah What is Artwallah? A) The fourth annual Festival of the South Asian Diaspora, held in Hollywood, June 26–29. B) A grassroots initiative providing a platform of expression for South Asian diasporic artists and their communities. The answer is All of theDAbove. Submissions for the upcoming show are encouraged. Deadline: Feb. 15. For more info: www.artwallah.org.
Slant Attention APA artist: Slant wants you. Now in its third year, the festival of APA film and art is soliciting submissions from filmmakers, musicians and spoken word artists for the May 2003 show. Deadline: Feb. 15. For more info: www.aurorapictureshow.org.
Katha India Currents, the nation’s leading Indian American monthly, is calling for submissions of short works to Katha: The Indian American Fiction Contest. Deadline: Feb. 20. For more info: 408-274-6966 or www.indiacurrents.com.
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