UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Southern California
East Asian Calendar of Events and Exhibitions
September 2000
Ongoing Exhibitions | Lectures,
conferences and performances
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Ongoing Exhibitions
Through September 3,
2000
"Secret World of the
Forbidden City: Splendors From China's Imperial Palace"
This exhibition features the largest
collection of items (more than 300 objects) ever loaned by Beijing's Palace Museum.
According to the museum, these objects have been in storage and are now being displayed
for the first time. In addition to various items of clothing, jewelry, paintings, and
ceramics, the exhibition includes a recreation of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Bowers
Museum of Cultural Art
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, California
Exhibition website
Exhibition hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am -
4 pm; Saturday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm
Exhibition admission (price includes audio
tour):
|
weekdays |
weekends |
| adults |
$14 |
$16 |
| seniors/students |
$12 |
$14 |
| children 5-18 |
$8 |
$10 |
| children under 5 |
free |
free |
Vista Ticketing
(877) 250-8999
Through September 23
"29 Views of Hwang Chin-i"
Jenny Woo performs in an encore of 29 Views of Hwang Chin-i A one-woman
play written and directed by Stephen Legawiec. Based on the life of a
famous 16th century courtesan, "29 Views of Hwang Chin-i"
interweaves traditional Korean dance, music and poetry and explores the joys
and dangers of earthly love.
"A thing of beauty!" --Los Angeles Times
"Pick of the Week" "Woo delivers a powerful
performance." --LA Weekly
8:00 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, September 1-23, 2000
Gascon Center Theater
8737 Washington Blvd.
For more information and tickets: (310) 471-0545
Through September 30, 2000
"Footsteps of the Chinese American Dream"
The exhibition
examines the pursuit of the "American Dream" through the lives of
five Chinese immigrants
and/or Chinese Americans.
San
Diego Chinese Historical Museum
404 Third
Avenue
San Diego,
California 92101
(619)
338-9888
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday,10:30 am to 4 pm, Sunday: 12 pm to 4 pm, Closed Mondays
Admission
is free.
Directions
to the museum.
The San
Diego Chinese Historical Museum was created to provide a way to share the Chinese
American experience with fellow Americans and other interested people.
This includes the
rich heritage of the Chinese immigrants and contributions of the Chinese people
throughout history.
Through October 22, 2000
Ikebana (Living Flowers) a play by
Velina Hasu Houston
The Pasadena Playhouse hosts the world
premiere of Houston's new play. Set in 1957 Tokyo, a father, daughter, and
her two suitors have their routine upset when a mysterious and attractive
newcomer enters their world.
$15 to $42.50
Tuesdays - Fridays, 8 pm
Saturdays, 5 pm and 9 pm
Sundays, 2 pm and 7 pm
Pasadena Playhouse
39 South El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, California
(800) 233-3123
Through October 24, 2000
Japanese Paintings: Journeys Through Space and Time
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 12 noon to 8 pm, Friday: 12 noon to 9 pm
(Japanese Pavilion closes at 5 pm), Saturday, Sunday: 11 am to 8 pm, Closed
Wednesday
General Admission:
$7, adults
$5, seniors (62+) and students (18+) with ID
$1 children/younger students ages 6 to 17
Free, children up to 5 years of age.
*The second Tuesday of each month is free to all.
Through October 29, 2000
"Shifting Perceptions"
An exhibition of contemporary art in 5 venues by 17 Asian American visual
artists in L.A.. Shifting Perceptions includes installation artists Carl
Cheng, Mineko Grimmer, and Margaret Honda; video artist Art Nomura;
photographers Dinh Q. Lê and Betty Lee; ceramicist Porntip Sangvanich;
mixed-media artists Yong Soon Min, Kai Bob Cheng, Kamol Tassananchalee, and
Alan Valencia; and painters Soonja Oh Kim, Bari Kumar, Ji Young Oh, Ben
Sakoguchi, Diana Wong, and Suong Yangchareon.
Pacific
Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue,
one half block north of Colorado Boulevard in downtown Pasadena.
For more information about Pacific Asia Museum
call 626/449-2742 or fax 626/449-2754.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
September 2, 2000
LACMA Tour: Art of India and Southeast Asia
2p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 3, 2000
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
2p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 4, 2000
LACMA Tour: Japanese Netsuke
2p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 7, 2000
"Behavioral Thresholds, Multiple Equilibria, and the Price
Elasticity of a Hard Drug: Opium Consumption in the Netherlands Indies"
Siddharth Chandra
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
This paper is about the behavior of opium consumers in Indonesia during
the late colonial period.
12 noon
Rand Corporation
1700 Main Street, Santa Monica
Please call Nelie Gill at (310) 393-0411 ext 6330 for access to the Rand
building and for room information for this talk. Directions to Rand
are available on the web via http://www.rand.org/REACHING/sm.directions/
September 8, 2000
"Generating Reforms and Reforming Generations: Military Politics
in Indonesia's Transition to Democracy"
Siddharth Chandra and Douglas Kammen
This paper is about the role of the internal dynamics of the Indonesian
military and its implications for Indonesia's transition to democracy.
12 noon
Rand Corporation
1700 Main Street, Santa Monica
Please call Madeleine Taylor at (310) 393-0411 ext 6423 for access to the
Rand building for this talk. Directions to Rand are available on the
web via http://www.rand.org/REACHING/sm.directions/
September 8, 2000
LACMA Tour: Korean Art
2p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 9, 2000
"The Joy Luck Club"
This
movie will be screened, followed by a discussion with the author Amy Tan, moderated
by the Professor of Political Science at USC, Dr. Stanley Roseen.
1 pm to
4 pm
Mark
Taper Auditorium
Los
Angeles Public Library
630 West
Fifth Street
Los
Angeles, California
(213)
624-0945
Sponsored by Asia Society of Southern California and California
Council for the Humanities.
September 9, 2000
LACMA Tour: Art of India and Southeast Asia
2p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 12, 2000
LACMA Tour: Art of Nepal and Tibet
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 14, 2000
LACMA Tour: Arts of
Japan
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September 15,
2000
LACMA Tour: Arts of
Japan
3 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
September
21, 2000
China Briefing 2000: The Continuing Transformation Sponsored by the
Asia Society and RAND Corporation
11:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Main Conference Room, RAND,
1700 Main St.,
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138.
Tel: (310) 393-0411.
The new millennium in the United States, as the Presidential 2000
campaign gets underway, is likely to be a critical period of public
discourse on US-China relations. Asia Society Southern California Center
cordially invite you to join a panel discussion with Dr. Joseph Fewsmith and
Dr. Barry Naughton, contributors of China Briefing 2000: The Continuing
Transformation, on the political and economic development in current China.
Admission with lunch included for AS members: $15; non-members: $20. Due to
limited seats, please call the Asia Society at (213) 624-0945 ext. 12 to
RSVP by Tuesday, September 19.
September
22, 2000
LACMA Tour: China’s Splendid Dynasties
3 p.m.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum
admission must be purchased.
September
23, 2000
Bead Society Chinese Jewelry
Naomi Lindstrom
10 a.m.
Bowers
Museum of Cultural Art
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, California
Avid collector, lecturer and global traveler, Naomi Lindstrom holds one of
the most comprehensive private collections of beads and ornaments in the U.S.
As a noted speaker Ms. Lindstrom's adventures, enthusiasm and engaging
storytelling have delighted audiences throughout the U.S.. BSOC members free,
guests $3.
September
23, 2000
LACMA Tour: Korean Art
3 p.m.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum
admission must be purchased.
September
25, 2000
LACMA Tour: China’s Splendid Dynasties
1 p.m.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum
admission must be purchased.
September 26, 2000
"Vietnam and East Asia in the 21st Century"
H.E. Mr. Nguyen Dy Nien
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Gold Room, The Biltmore Hotel
506 S. Grand Street, Los Angeles
Fee: Members $33; Non-members $43
Join a special luncheon featuring a historic visit of H.E. Mr. Nguyen
Dy Nien, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Mr.
Nguyen Dy Nien will discuss the development of current and future
U.S.-Vietnam business and political relations as well as Vietnam's
relations with East Asia.
H.E. Mr. Nguyen Dy Nien graduated from Banatas Hindu University. He
participated in the National Liberation Movement in 1951 and entered the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs three years later. He was appointed as
Minister of Foreign Affairs in January 2000. H.E. Mr. Nguyen Dy Nien is
married with three daughters.
Please RSVP by September 22, 2000
Tel: 213.624.0945 ext. 12 Fax: 213.624.0158
Sponsored by Asia Society
Southern California Center.
September 26, 2000
"Japanese Animation: A Secret History"
Carl Gustav Horn
4:15 pm
Hahn 101
420 North Harvard
Claremont, California 91711
Pomona College -- directions
Mr. Horn wrote the anime section and manga introduction to Japan
Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture (Cadence
Books). His work has appeared in Newsweek, Animag, Protoculture
Addicts, Anime UK, Anime FX, Animerica Extra, j-pop.com, Wizard: The Guide
to Comics, Animerica and PULP. He is a regular speaker to anime
and manga conferences, including last year's Anime
Convention. Click here
to see manga he hopes to see translated into English. Contact Prof. Lynne
Miyake for additional information.
September 28, 2000
LACMA Tour: Japanese Ceramics
2 p.m.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum
admission must be purchased.
September 30, 2000
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
3 p.m.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)
The tour is free, but museum
admission must be purchased.
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
