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June 2002
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Through June 30, 2002
NIck Ut: From Hell to Hollywood
Perfect Exposure Gallery
3513 West 6th St.
Koreatown, L.A.
(213) 381-1137
Hours: 11 am-4 pm Tues.-Sat.
Free admissionPhotographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut worked for the Associated Press. This exhibit examines two sides of the work of Ut, who was born in what was then South Vietnam but has lived in Los Angeles since 1977. Splitting its focus between the Indochina War and Ut's frequently humorous candids of Tinseltown celebrities like Sly Stallone, O.J. Simpson and Robert Downey Jr., "From Hell to Hollywood" juxtaposes third-world agony with first-world absurdism. Included in the exhibit is a haunting series of photos Ut took on the afternoon of June 8, 1972, in Trang Bang village, 30 miles northwest of Saigon. Ut witnessed the accidental napalm bombing of Trang Bang by South Vietnamese pilots and the subsequent flight of refugees from the fiery destruction. The central figure in his most famous image, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is of a 9-year-old girl, Kim Phuc, screaming in pain as she runs naked down a country road. For further information contact the Perfect Exposure Gallery. An article about this new collection is featured in the April 24, 2002 Los Angeles Times, under the title "Through a Lens, Darkly." Click http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-042402vietnam.story?null to view.
June 8-July 21, 2002
Emerging Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists
Doizaki Gallery
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Suite 505 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012 (213) 628-2725Curated by Mr. Tatsuzo Shimaoka, designated a Living National Treasure by the government of Japan, and Dr. Satoh Senju of the Satoh Foundation in Tokyo Japan, the exhibit will feature the work of nine of the finest contemporary ceramists from Japan. All work will be available for purchase.
Gallery hours: 12-5pm Tuesday ~ Friday (Monday closed) 11- 4pm Saturday & Sunday. For more information call Hiro Kosaka at 213.628.2725, ext 127 or Email at kosaka@jaccc.org.
Through July 14, 2002
The Way of Rama: A Prince in Exile
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
(619) 232-7931Beginning this weekend, Museum visitors can follow the twists and turns of one of India's greatest epics, The Ramayana, in paintings from the Museum's Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of South Asian paintings. The Way of Rama focuses on the adventures of the Hindu god Rama and his wife Sita. Rama, like Krishna, is an incarnation of the great god Vishnu, born as a mortal in order to bring divine powers into the course of events on earth. While Krishna brought the power of play and devotion, Rama brings the virtue of a righteous son, husband, brother, and king.
In images made at various courts on the sub-continent between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, Rama's legendary honor and nobility are witnessed. He bravely accepts banishment from his father's kingdom and battles fierce demons in the depths of the forest. When the ten-headed King of the Demons, Ravana, uses trickery to capture his beautiful wife Sita, Rama is heartbroken, but soon Hanuman and his army of monkey warriors come to Rama's aid. Together they set out to find Sita and to destroy the Demon King.
This third exhibition in the Who's Who/What's What Series of South Asian paintings from the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd runs through July 14.
Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Through June 16, 2002
Bijinga: Japanese Paintings of Beautiful Women
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626)449-2742This small exhibit will feature paintings and prints of beautiful women from the Museum's outstanding collection of Edo period (1600–1868) Japanese paintings. Such paintings, known in Japanese as bijinga (literally, "pictures of beautiful women"), depict courtesans and other women from the pleasure quarters of Japan's cities. These women often wore the most elaborate and fashionable kimonos and hairstyles of the day, the details of which are exquisitely rendered in pigments on silk and paper.
Artists from various schools, including the Kaigetsudo, Hishikawa and Hokusai schools, and celebrated artists such as Tohoharu (1763–1828) and Eisen (1790–1848) will be featured in this exhibition.
Through July 28, 2002
Japanese Fisherman's Coats from Awaji Island
Fowler Museum, UCLA
The women of Awaji Island began quilting and embroidering cotton coats known as sashiko no donza to keep the fishermen warm and dry when they made their daily trips out to sea. Ultimately, these kimono-like garments evolved into symbols celebrating the identity and social roles of Awaji fishermen. This exhibit is the first to present 22 of these rare garments. See www.fmch.ucla.edu for further information.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum and UCSB University Art Museum.
Through July 28, 2002
Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Textiles From The Nuno Studio, Tokyo
Since the 1980s, Japan has been at the forefront of a revolution in textiles. The Japanese legacy of exquisite traditional fabrics combined with recent technological advancements has opened a world of possibility in textile design. The Nuno Studio and its chief designer, Reiko Sudo, have distinguished themselves within this experimental, groundbreaking movement by adapting the refined beauty of natural fibers and historical techniques to the sophisticated materials and complex innovations of contemporary techno-culture. This unique installation, with panels of fabric hung ceiling to floor, provides an intimate view of textiles made with stainless steel, copper, rust, polyester, aluminum, feathers, and other conventional and unconventional materials.
Sponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum. Organized by UCSB University Art Museum.
June 1-30, 2002
Keepers of the Stories: Solace for the Migrant's Soul
A Filipino Cultural Exhibit
Glendale Central Library 222 East Harvard Street Glendale, CA 91206
Exhibit Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 AM - 9 PM
Friday - Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM
Sunday 1 - 5 PMThe exhibit features family heirlooms and personal memorabilia dating back from the 18th century to the early 20th century brought to the United States by Filipino immigrants. The collection is being shown to the public for the first time in celebration of Philippine Heritage Month. Highlights of the exhibit include an original 19th century woman's garment known as baro't saya made of pineapple and sinamay fibers, intricately handcrafted tamborines, artifacts from Northern Luzon such as the bulol (wooden Ifugao sculptures of rice-gods), ethnic jewelry, handwoven baskets, indigenous musical instruments, textiles, and amulets, antique jewelry, intricately beaded purses, a turtle shell comb with gold filigree trim, Spanish gold coins during the reign of Queen Isabela II of Spain, a 19th century bible, fully hand embroidered jusi fabrics from Taal and Lemery, Batangas, a complete set of "Mi Ultimo Adios" of Jose Rizal in postcards given in 1921, and pictures of an ancestral home known as "bahay na bato" in Laguna.
Library users receive 3 hours free parking at the Marketplace parking structure on Harvard Street with validation at the Circulation Desk. For more information: (818) 548-2043. Co-sponsored by "Keepers of the Stories" Project and the Glendale Public Library.
June 1-August 25, 2002
Asia's Woven Wonders: Treasures from Pacific Asia Museum's Textile Collection
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
General Information: (626) 449-2742
Free parking is available at the Museum parking lot, corner of Los Robles and Union.
Admission: $5 adults, $3 students and seniorsAn exhibition of roughly 100 Asian textiles and costumes from the Museum's extraordinary collection from China, Japan, India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. These textiles are rarely exhibited because of their fragile nature and the harmful effects of exposure to light. The exhibition will feature Chinese textiles including Dragon Robes worn by China's emperors and imperial family during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Also included in the exhibition are magnificent Japanese kimono, some dating to the Edo period (1600-1868). One striking example, a kimono bearing a phoenix dyed in indigo blue will be on display. Several patchworked silk brocade robes, or kesa, used by Japanese Buddhist monks during prayer will also be exhibited. From Southeast Asia, Indonesian ikat-dyed cloth and batik woven textiles, and pineapple-fiber, or piña, cloth from the Philippines will be on display. Colorful silk sari and elegant silk robes made for the Moghul court, as well as richly decorated costumes from the kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas will also be exhibited.
June 9, 2002-May 4, 2003
Symbols of Power: Masterpieces from the Nanjing Museum
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
2002 North Main Street Santa Ana, CA 92706This exhibit features national treasures from one of China's premier museums, the Nanjing Museum, outside of the country for the first time during Symbols of Power: Masterpieces from the Nanjing Museum. On view during this exhibit are about 260 objects dating back 5,000 years, from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.) to World War II. Objects include bronze, ancient currency, fine porcelain, religious objects, paintings and calligraphy, formal and informal attire, court objects, accessories and jewelry.
Symbolism is very important to the Chinese, particularly concerning their imperial rulers. Virtually all aspects of the imperial families' lives, from birth to death, from leisure to the formalities of the court, were surrounded by symbols of their power. A fascinating postscript to the exhibit is the cross-country journey taken by many of these objects during the 1930s and 1940s. More than half of the objects to be shown during Symbols of Power: Masterpieces from the Nanjing Museum were part of one of the great sagas of the 20th century - the 16-year journey undertaken by thousands of Chinese to save their imperial heritage from invading Japanese troops.
Advance Ticket Sales for this exhibit begin May 8, 2002. Prices: $14 adults; $10 seniors and students; $8 children. For ticket information, call (714) 567-3680.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
June 1, 2002
Music of Bali & Music of Korea
7:30 pm
Schoenberg Hall
1100 Schoenberg Music Bldg, UCLA
All concerts are free of chargePart of the 2002 Festival of World Music. I Nyoman Wenten, director of Music of Bali; DongSuk Kim, director of Music of Korea. The Bali Ensemble features gamelan music (the generic Indonesian word for orchestra) and dance. The Balinese gamelan gong kebyar is famous for its fast tempos, abrupt changes of texture and brilliantly costumed dancers who act out stories from the Ramayana. The Music of Korea Ensemble presents a variety of styles of court and folk music and dance traditions. The ensemble includes both students and professional Korean musicians and dancers.
Sponsored by UCLA Dept. of Ethnomusicology. For further information please call (310) 206-3033.
June 2, 2002
California Sumo Open tournament
2-4 pm
Wooden Center, UCLAPlease RSVP to "afreund@ucla.edu" by Tuesday, May 28. Include the full names of all competitors and fans who would like to attend. Space for this free event is limited.
Visit http://www.usasumo.com/ for further information.
June 2, 2002
Annual Speakers Forum & Dinner and Tiananmen Commemoration
5:30 pm Registration
6 pm Dinner
Golden Dragon Restaurant
960 North Broadway, LA Chinatown
213-626-2039Guest Speakers:
Li Shaomin, Noted Economist, Author, and Political Activist
Helie Lee, Leading Author and Activist for Freedom.About Li Shaomin-Dr. Li is a business professor at the City University of Hong Kong. In February 2001, Dr. Li was secretly arrested in China while he was invited to give a lecture. Under international pressure, he was released in July 2001. Please click on http://www.visual-artists-guild.org for more information on Dr. Li. About Helie Lee-In 1996, Helie Lee went into North Korea and smuggled her uncle and his family out of North Korea while trying to avoid detection by the North Korean and Chinese guards. Please click on http://www.visual-artists-guild.org for more information on Helie Lee.
Dinner Ticket : $25.00 Donor Ticket : $50.00. Dinner is Chinese banquet style, vegetarian table available. Parking available for $1 at Restaurant Lot.
For information and reservation please call 310-539-0234 or e-mail alau@visual-artists-guild.org. For more information, please click on http://www.visual-artists-guild.org. Please mail check payable to Visual Artists Guild postmarked by May 27, 2002. Visual Artists Guild, P.O. Box 861132, L.A., Ca. 90086-1132.
Sponsored by Visual Artists Guild.
June 3, 2002
The Great Divergence? The Roots of Economic Development & Underdevelopment in China and Europe
1-5 pm
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLASpeakers:
Robert Brenner (History, UCLA)
Cameron Campbell (Sociology, UCLA)
Jack Goldstone (Sociology, UC Davis)
Philip Huang (History, UCLA)
Chris Isett (History, Univ. of Minnesota)
James Z. Lee (History, Caltech)
Kenneth Pomeranz (History, UC Irvine)
Wang Feng (Sociology, UC Irvine)
Arthur Wolf (Anthropology, Stanford Univ.)
For further information, please contact: Richard Gunde Tel: 310 825-8683 Email: gunde@ucla.edu.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and UCLA Center for Social Theory & Comparative History.
June 4, 2002
2002 ASEAN Ambassadors Luncheon
12:15-1:45 pm
Gold Room, The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
Cost: $45 members; $55 nonmembers
The newly appointed U.S. ambassadors to the ASEAN countries, with their senior commercial officers, will visit Southern California for briefings with the business community and media before traveling to their posts in Southeast Asia. Please join a luncheon and program to meet with these distinguished leaders. Call 213-624-0945 for further information or email aslastaff@asiasoc.org.
Co-sponsored by California Council for International Trade, U.S.–ASEAN Business Council, and Asia Society Southern California Center.
June 5, 2002
The Urban Revolution in Late Imperial China
Yang Xiaoneng
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art2 pm
4357 Bunche Hall, UCLAAccording to archaeological discoveries, urbanization in China, represented by walled settlements, emerged in the late fourth millennium B.C.E., but took definitive shape during the following millennium. This development was not just a response to an advancement in the forms of settlement, but was actuated by deeper societal, political, religious, economic, and cultural transformations. Dr. Yang will outline the evolution of settlement patterns in prehistoric China, highlight representative discoveries of walled settlements dated to the late prehistoric period in various regions of China, elaborate their social settings, and discuss the nature of the emergence of complex societies.
Dr. Yang Xiaoneng is Curator of Chinese Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which houses one of the finest Chinese collections outside China. Dr. Yang was trained as an archaeologist at Beijing University and obtained his doctoral degree in Art History and Archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis. During his career Dr. Yang has published several books and organized numerous exhibitions. His recent exhibition, The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology, opened at The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., traveled to Houston, San Francisco, and the Tokyo National Museum, and was selected by Chinese authorities to be the opening exhibition at the new Millennium Monument Hall in Beijing to celebrate the beginning of the 21st century. The exhibition catalogue was selected by Choice Magazine as an outstanding academic title for 2000.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. Call (310) 825-8683 for further information.
June 7, 2002
Language and Nation
A one day conference
9 am-5:30 pm
314 Royce Hall, Humanities Conference Room, UCLAHow do we talk about language and nation? And how do we do so in different disciplines? What is at stake in talking about language in conjunction with nation-building, nationalism, or national identity? What alters the terms of such a discussion from one discipline to another, or from one historical period to another? How is such a discussion impacted by issues of translation, colonization, globalization, and postcolonial or transnational identity? This conference aims to foster discussion among people from the humanities and the social sciences that will address some of these issues.
Conference Schedule:
9 am Welcoming Remarks
Vincent Pecora, Director, UCLA Humanities Consortium9:15 am
Moradewun Adejunmobi (African American and African Studies, University of California, Davis)
"ImaginNations of the Local and Non-native Languages in a Postcolonial Context"10:15am
John Zou (German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, Bates College)
"English Idiom and Republican China: Repatriated Subject in Wong-Quincey's Chinese Hunter"11:15 am
Vicente Rafael (Communication, University of California, San Diego) "Translation and Revenge: Nationalism and Language in the Novels of Rizal"12:15-1:45 pm Break
2 pm
Amacar Antonio Barreto (Political Science, Northeastern University)
"I Speak, Therefore I Am: Language and the Progression of Puerto Rican National Identity"3 pm
Richard Blanke (History, University of Maine)
"Language and National Identity in Eastern Europe - and an Exception to the Rule: The Masurians"4 pm Keynote Address
Eugen Weber (History, UCLA)
"Language, Nation and Outsiders"5:30 pm Reception
Limited seating available, no reservations required. For further information, please contact Mark Pokorski: mpok@humnet.ucla.edu or (310)206.0559.
Sponsored by UCLA Humanities Consortium Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar Series Nations and Identities: Between Culture and State. Organized by Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows: Jose Cartagena-Calderon, Mara Loveman, and Laura Schattschneider.
June 9, 2002
Authors on Asia: Noel Alumit, Letters to Montgomery Clift
2-4 pm
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
General Information: (626) 449-2742
Free parking is available at the Museum parking lot, corner of Los Robles and Union.Montgomery Clift, Ferdinand Marcos politics and a young boy's search for his parents are interwoven in Letters to Montgomery Clift, the debut novel by Nöel Alumit. In this coming-of-age story, Bong Bong Luwad, a Filipino boy, enlists the spirit of 1950's screen idol Montgomery Clift to help him find his mother who is imprisoned in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. Alumit will read from his new novel and perform excerpts from two of his recent solo performances. Books will be available for purchase and signing at all events. Authors on Asia programs are presented free of charge but RSVPs are strongly recommended. For further information or reservations, please call 626.449.2742 ext. 20.
June 10-16, 2002
Red Thread
Gascon Center Theatre
8737 Washington Blvd. Culver City
Tickets & information: (310) 842-5737Set During the Tang Dynasty, this 1200-year-old story follows three days in the life of “Red Thread” a legendary female assassin. Written & directed by Stephen Legawiec. Featuring Jenny Woo who was also in 29 Views of Hwang Chin-i. Shows are Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm; Sunday at 7 pm. For directions click on http://www.ziggurattheatre.org/news.htm.
June 11, 2002
Luncheon with China Ambassador to the U.N.
Wang Yingfang,
China Ambassador to the United Nations12:00 p.m. Registration
12:30 p.m. Lunch and Program
1:00 p.m. Press registration
Gold Room, Millennium Biltmore Hotel 506 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-2607
Members $34; Non-Members $44Wang Yingfang will provide China's view on combating terrorism after 9/11, the foreign policy of the Middle Eastern crisis, prospects for the aftermath of China's accession to WTO, and for China-Taiwan cross-Strait relations. Ambassador Wang is currently serving his first term as his country's representative to the United Nations. Prior to his new appointment, Ambassador Wang was Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. He began his foreign service career in 1964 as a staff member at the Office of the Charge d' Affaires of China in the United Kingdom. In 1967, he joined the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked at the Department of Translation and Interpretation, and later as an Attache in the Chinese Embassies in Ghana and the Philippines. From 1994 to 1995, he served as Assistant Foreign Minister, and from 1990 to 1994 as Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Department of Asian Affairs. He began at that Department in 1978 as Deputy Division Director, and when he left in 1988, to serve as China's Ambassador to the Philippines for two years, he held the post of Deputy Director-General.
Call Tiffany Chen at Asia Society Southern California Center at (213) 624-0945 by June 10, 2002. Parking: $8.50 with validation; $12 valet.
Co-sponsored by Asia Society Southern California Center, Business Council For The United Nations, and Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
June 11, 2002
Keepers of the Stories: Solace for the Migrant's Soul
A Filipino Cultural Exhibit
Tour of Exhibit & Symposium: Library Auditorium
Glendale Central Library
222 East Harvard Street Glendale, CA 91206Free Admission. Seats are limited.
For reservations please call: (818) 244-8394The exhibit features family heirlooms and personal memorabilia dating back from the 18th century to the early 20th century brought to the United States by Filipino immigrants. The collection is being shown to the public for the first time in celebration of Philippine Heritage Month.
Co-sponsored by "Keepers of the Stories" Project and the Glendale Public Library.
June 14, 2002
Newly Discovered Manuscripts of Son Chin T'ae
Kwang Sik Choe,
Dept. of Korean History
Korea University3-4:30 pm
243 Royce Hall, UCLASponsored by UCLA Center for Korean Studies. Call 310-825-3284 for further information.
June 15, 2002
Family Festival Costumes of Asia Festival
1-4 pm
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
General Information: (626) 449-2742
Free parking is available at the Museum parking lot, corner of Los Robles and Union.
Admission: $5 adults, $3 students and seniorsFamilies will enjoy this afternoon celebrating the colorful and varied traditional clothes of Asia. The Museum is pleased to host Japanese culture lecturer, Tomi Kuwayama who will illustrate the art of wearing kimono with a demonstration. Throughout the afternoon, children may participate in paper costume making workshops featuring the clothes of Pakistan, Qing Dynasty Imperial China and Japanese kimono. Visitors may participate in tours of the current exhibition, Asia's Woven Wonders. Tea tasting stations will be available. This event is free to the public.
June 20, 2002
Dinner with KMT Chairman
Lien Chan, leader of the KMT,
opposition candidate for the next Taiwanese elections7:30 pm
The Omni Hotel 251 S. Olive Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Members $43; Non-Members $53The Taiwan elections of 2000, while a setback for the KMT and its candidate, Dr. Lien Chan, nonetheless demonstrated the maturation of Taiwan's democratic political system as the KMT was peacefully replaced by the Democratic Progressive Party. Lien Chan, formerly Vice President of Taiwan, is now the Chairman of the KMT, spearheading party efforts to learn from the electoral setback of 2000 and implementing comprehensive party reforms. Dr. Lien, who received his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Chicago, began his career as a professor of political science at National Taiwan University. He later became Dean of the University's graduate Institute of Political Science. He went on to a career in diplomacy, beginning with a posting as Taiwan's ambassador to El Salvador. He later served as Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Governor of Taiwan Province, and Premier of Taiwan before joining the 1996 KMT electoral ticket with Lee Teng-hui in Taiwan's first popular presidential election.
Call Tiffany Chen at Asia Society Southern California Center at (213) 624-0945 by June 19, 2002. $8 self parking (California Plaza Garage); or $10 valet.
Co-sponsored by Asia Society Southern California Center and The Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
June 20-29, 2002
8th Annual IFP/West - Los Angeles Film Festival
Over the past eight years, the Los Angeles Film Festival has evolved into a world-class event, uniting emerging filmmakers with film critics, scholars, masters and the film-going public. Last year, IFP/West took over the festival. The festival expands this year to include international films, and a variety of special events and screenings throughout Los Angeles. Richard Raddon continues as Festival Director. Rachel Rosen, formerly of the San Francisco International Film Festival, was appointed Director of Programming in September 2001.
Films on Asia:
Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America
Directors: Mei-Juin Chen, Martha Burr Writers: Mei-Jun Chen, Martha Burr Producers: Mei-Juin Chen, Martha Burr Cast: Shi Guolin, Zhang Li Peng, Shi Xing Hao, Shi Ye Shan, Shi Xing Hong. Narrated by Beau Bridges.
Though their numbers once dropped to only eight, the fighting monks of the Shaolin have seen a resurgence throughout the world -- their training village in China now among the largest martial arts schools in the world. Aided at least in part by the popularity of kung-fu movies among the hip-hop set, Shaolin fighting styles are now revered as among the most graceful and powerful in martial arts. Following a handful of Shaolin monks who have brought the style to America, the film follows their adventures in New York City, Houston, and Las Vegas.The Cabbie(Yun Zhuai Shou Zhi Lian)
Directors: Chen Yiwen, Chang Hwa-Kun Writer: Su Zhao-Bin Producers: Huang Lin-Shyang, Chiu Shun-Ching, Chang Hwa-Kun Country: Taiwan Cast: Miyazawa Rie, Chu Chung-Heng, Tai Bao, Cheng Hsiu-Ying, Cheung Ka Nin, Leon Dai, Duan Chun-Hao
This Chinese comedy takes a light-hearted look at life -- one fare at a time. A young man grows-up around his father's cabstand, eventually becoming a driver himself. After getting a ticket from a beautiful traffic cop one day, he begins to intentionally commit traffic violations to see her.Harmful Insect(Gai Chu)
Director: Akihiko Shiota Writer: Yayoi Kiyono Producers: Hiroyuki Nectishi, Takashi Hirano Country: Japan Cast: Ari Miyazaki
13-year-old Sachiko dresses each morning in a regulation high school uniform and baggy white socks, bids her (occasionally suicidal) Mom a glum farewell - and promptly takes a series of wrong turns on her way to coming-of-age. The title is dismissive slang for those who refuse to conform to rigid social demands, nibbling away at society's foundation instead.Seafood (Haixian)
Writer/Director/Producer: Zhu Wen Country: China Cast: Jin Zi, Cheng Taisheng, Ma Daming, Jin Hairi
Zhang Xiaomei arrives in the beach-resort city of Beidaihe in the middle of a snow-blasted winter, checks into a hotel with one of her many fake I.D. cards, and tries to prepare herself for suicide. However, the androgynous poet in the room next door beats her to it: now there's a local cop with a taste for seafood and a decidedly psychotic streak asking questions about her background and forcing her -- in the worst possible ways -- to recover her will to live. This is novelist-turned-director Zhu Wen's first film.For event information and tickets, call (866) FILM-FEST or visit www.lafilmfest.com. Venues and dates of specific films are not yet posted online. Passes are available now. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 22.
June 21-26, 2002
Japanese Outlaw Masters 4
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd. (between McCadden Place and Las Palmas Ave)
Tickets: $8 general; $7 seniors and students (with i.d.). Box office hours: Tues.-Sun. 1-4 pm. For further information: 323-466-FILM.This is the Cinematheque's fourth Japanese Outlaw Masters film series. The series includes films by established masters like Seijun Suzuki and Kon Ichikawa, and two rare films from the 1960s. Sponsored by the Japan Foundation.
Pistol Opera
June 21, 2002
June 26, 2002
7 pm
(Seijun Suzuki, 2001)
This film, a sequel to Suzuki's 1967 Branded to Kill, is full of masked lesbians, dying goldfish, and a bulldozer filled with red poppies. The film is an ultra-stylized, nearly stream of consciousness narrative.Black Rose Mansion (Kuro Bara No Yakata)
If You Were Young (Kimi Ga Wakamono Nara)
June 21, 2002
9:30 pm
Double Feature
(Kinji Fukasaku, 1969 & 1970)
Black Rose Mansion is about wealthy Eitaro Ozawa who installs songbird "Black Rose" in his elegant private men's club to bolster business-but he gets more than he bargains for. If You Were Young is a gritty, hardhitting portrait of post-war Japanese society. One of the boys in the film perishes in a violent student demonstration, another is arrested for robbery, and a third gets married; the remaining two try to persevere.Ichi The Killer (Koroshi Ya Ichi)
June 22, 2002
5 pm
(Takashi Miike, 2001)
Adapted from an ultra-popular manga comic banned in several Japanese prefectures, this film is described as one of the funniest, most horrific, blood-drenched yakuza thrillers ever made. Contains scenes of extreme graphic violence, no one under 18 admitted to this screening.Female Convict "Scorpion"-Jailhouse 41 (Joshu Sasori Dai 41 Zakkyobo)
Black Tight Killers (Ore Ni Sawaru To Abunaize)
June 22, 2002
8 pm
Double Feature
(Shunya Ito, 1972; Yasuharu Hasebe, 1966)
Female Convict is about the legendary Scorpion, breaking out of stir with fellow prisoners. Black Tight Killers features a combat photographer trying to rescue his stewardess girlfriend from an alliance of American mobsters and Japanese yakuza.Vengeance for Sale (Sukedachiya Sukeroku)
Dora Heita
June 23, 2002
5 pm
Double Feature
(Kihachi Okamoto, 2001; Club of Four Knights, 2000)
Vengeance for Sale is about Sukeroku the Helper, who "believes himself a cool rambling gambler," but is in reality a comically deluded bumpkin. Dora Heita is about a canny samurai magistrate who uses his gift of gab and conman wiles to lull the outlaws in his corrupt town into a false sense of security, all the better to later dispatch the lot of them.Japanese Devils (Riben Guizi)
June 25, 2002
7:15 pm
(Mingru Matsui, 2000)
A sober, unflinching documentary that examines the atrocities committed by Japanese troops against Chinese civilians during the invasion of Manchuria in the 1930s.The Happiness of the Katakuris
June 26, 2002
9:30 pm
(Takashi Miike, 2001)
A cheerfully grotesque, anything goes musical comedy about a quaint family-run inn in the Japanese mountains, where all the guests seem to die in a bizarre fashion.
June 22-23, 2002
Images of Vietnam 1969-1970
A Photographic Exhibition
Michael Burr10 am-8 pm
Asian Garden Mall, Suite 230
9200 Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon, Westminster, CAThis exhibition opened at the 2002 Tet Festival and was recently on display at My House Restaurant and the Bao Quang Temple. The images were created by Mr. Burr during his one-year tour of duty in Viet Nam serving as a U.S. Air Force English Language Instructor to the Republic of Viet Nam Air Force. They show daily life in and around Saigon. There are no images of violence in this exhibition. For further information contact: m.burr@gte.net or call (310) 399-4767 or visit www.mburrphoto.com.
June 22-26, 2002
Heritage Language Institute
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
The UC Consortium Summer Institute on Heritage Education will seek to familiarize foreign language educators with the state of the art research and practices in heritage language education and will culminate in formulating UC Guidelines on heritage education. It is the first such endeavor by a major university in this country that is system-wide and includes the full spectrum of languages.
Program:
Saturday, June 22.
10 am Registration and Coffee
10:45 am Introduction (Olga Kagan, LRC) and Welcome (Robert Blake, UCCLLT)
11 am -12:30 pm G. Valdés: Teaching Heritage Languages: Principles, Practices, and Future Possibilities
12:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 - 3 pm T. Wiley: Promoting Heritage Languages: Policy Challenges and Prospects
3 - 3:15 pm Break
3:15-4:15 pm J. Schumann: Variation in Neural Structure and Variation in Learning
4:15- 5:15 pm Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl: Heritage Languages in the UC system: Identifying the Learners and Reassessing the Pedagogy
5:15 pm Wine and Cheese Reception
Sunday, June 23.
9 -11 am M. Polinsky: What Linguists Can Learn from Heritage Speakers
11 -11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 -12:15 pm R. Clifford: Assessing the Language Skills of Heritage Learners
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm J. Oh: Does Heritage Language Loss Affect Family Relationships?
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm L. Jensen and L. Llosa: Heritage Language Students at the University: a Survey of HL Reading Abilities and Attitudes
3:45 - 4:30 pm Documentary "Growing Up with English Plus", Monash University, Australia
Monday, June 24
9-10 am S. Sohn and C. Merrill: Teacher Training Project in Korean
10 -10:15 am Break
10:15 am -12 pm Panel discussion of UC Heritage Language Programs
12- 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 - 2 pm K. Dillon, Presenter and Discussion Leader: Issues of Heritage Instruction on UC Campuses/What Goes into the GuidelinesAfternoon: Drafting the Guidelines of UC Heritage Language Instruction
Tuesday, June 259 -10 am R. Campbell, L. Jensen: Web-Based Reading Programs in Korean and Thai
10 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 - 11:15 am V. Pagani: Culture-Based Web Materials
11:15 am - 12:15 pm O. Kagan: A Textbook for Heritage Learners - How Is It Different?
12:15 - 1:30 pmLunchAfternoon: Drafting the Guidelines of UC Heritage Language Instruction
Wednesday, June 26
9 am -12 pm Finishing the Drafts and General Discussion. Future Plans for Intercampus. Collaboration on Heritage Instruction
12 pm Closing lunch
The first two days of the workshop will be open to anyone who wants to attend. RSVP to Kathryn Paul at kathryn@HUMNET.UCLA.EDU. The last three days are limited to UC faculty who will write the UC guidelines for HL instruction, but if interested in a particular speaker on these days, please contact Kathryn Paul to see if arrangements can be made.
Sponsored by UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching (UCCLLT). Organized by the UCLA Language Resource Center (LRC).
June 23, 2002
Symbols of Power in Ancient China
2-3:30 pm
The Bowers Museum
2002 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Located at the corner of 20th & Main Streets in Santa Ana - one minute from the 5 freeway, (Main St. South exit) and just minutes from the 57, 55 and 22 freeways.Lydia Thompson, Ph.D., consultant for the Symbols of Power exhibition, explores the changing functions and meanings of bronze, jade and terracotta objects from the Neolithic Age (c. 5000 B.C.) through the Qin and Han dynasties (3rd century B.C.-3rd century A.D.). These objects found from the tombs of ancient Chinese rulers were symbols of political and spiritual power. A lecturer in Chinese art for UCLA and UCSD, Thompson's areas of specialization include early Chinese art and archaeology. Exhibition catalogs are available in the Gallery Store, and a signing follows.
June 27, 2002
Asian Arts Committee: Kazuo Kowabara discusses "Japanese Baskets, Textiles, and Lacquerware"
1-2:15 pm
Copley Auditorium
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Phone (619) 232-7931
Click here for directions.Lectures are free for museum members, $5 for nonmembers. For information call Don Sohlin, (619) 435-7052. For information on Asian Arts Committee meetings and programs, call Joan Metzger at (858) 459-7913.
June 29, 2002
Shasta Taiko and On Ensemble
8 pm
George and Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Suite 505 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012 (213) 628-2725This special intergenerational concert will showcase original works by Shasta Taiko, one of the nation's pioneer taiko groups, and innovative new works by On Ensemble. Russel Baba, Jeanne Mercer and their son Masato are one of the only 'taiko families' in the U.S.
The On Ensemble is a powerful taiko drumming quartet that seamlessly combines the koto and guitar, exploring both natural and experimental sounds. $20,$17 Reserved seating, $15,$13 JACCC members. For tickets and information call the box office at 213.680.3700.
June 29-30, 2002
Images of Vietnam 1969-1970
A Photographic Exhibition
Michael Burr10 am-8 pm
Asian Garden Mall, Suite 230
9200 Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon, Westminster, CAThis exhibition opened at the 2002 Tet Festival and was recently on display at My House Restaurant and the Bao Quang Temple. The images were created by Mr. Burr during his one-year tour of duty in Viet Nam serving as a U.S. Air Force English Language Instructor to the Republic of Viet Nam Air Force. They show daily life in and around Saigon. There are no images of violence in this exhibition. For further information contact: m.burr@gte.net or call (310) 399-4767 or visit www.mburrphoto.com.
June 29-30, 2002
Sun Valley Buddhist Temple Obon Festival
Valley Japanese Community Center
8850 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley, CA 91352
Call for event times- (818) 767-9921Carnival, cultural performances and exhibits Odori (Japanese folk dancing) begins at 7 pm.
Where to send announcements:
Please send announcements of East Asia-related events, performances, and exhibitions to
Clayton
Dube
UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
11266 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1487
email: <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>
fax: (310) 206-3555
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