UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
September 2001
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Through September 2, 2001
"Paintings, Prints and Drawings by Hokusai"
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 449-2742, ext. x19Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and other works from Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), one of Edo Japan's most distinguished artists, are on display.
Open 10 am - 5pm on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and 10 am - 8 pm on Thursdays.
Admission: $5, Seniors: $3, Students: $3, Children, free.
Information: 626-449-2742, ext. x19
Through September 30, 2001
"The Nature of the Beast: Portrayals of Animals in Japanese Paintings"
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 449-2742, ext. x19In forty paintings, visitors can see different Japanese approaches to depicting animals. Among the artists being exhibited are Katsushika Hokusai, Mori Sosen, Ito Jakuchu, and Minol Araki. The exhibit has three parts: "Drawing From Tradition: Capturing the Ideal"; Capturing the Form: Drawing From Reality"; and "Capturing the Essence: Drawing From the Imagination."
For information on hours and admission prices, please see the above announcement.
Creation of the Sand Mandala portion of the Shi-tro Mandala
10 am - 4 pm
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
(619) 232-7931The three-dimensional Buddhist mandala of Universal Peace measures 8 feet square and 10 feet high and represents a palace or residence for 100 deities, Shi-tro meaning 100 Buddha families.
The public is also invited to witness the monks' daily progress in the creation of the sand mandala. Each day Nepalese monks will work diligently to compose grain-by-grain the elaborate and colorful temporary mandala. During these dates, admission will be only 75 cents in celebration of the Museum's 75th anniversary.
Through November 11, 2001
The Shi-tro Mandala at the San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
(619) 232-7931The three-dimensional Buddhist mandala of Universal Peace measures 8 feet square and 10 feet high and represents a palace or residence for 100 deities, Shi-tro meaning 100 Buddha families. As described above, a sand mandala will also be created. This is the first time ever that a mandala in both its three- and two- dimensional forms have been on view simultaneously in the U.S. The mandala can be seen in the museum's Asian court.
Between August 28 and September 7, admission is just 75 cents. Ordinarily admission is: adults $8, seniors (65+) $6, young adults (18-24) $6, college students (w/I.D.) $6, military (w/I.D.) $6, children (6-17) $3, 5 and under free.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
September 4-5, 2001
Imagine 21, a Japanese theatrical group presents: Reunion
Tuesday, Sept. 4 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 5 2 pm and 7:30 pm
The David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts
120 North Judge John Aiso Street (Little Tokyo),
Los Angeles, California 90012
Box Office: (213) 625-4EWP (4397)Reunion was written and is directed by WANATABE Yoshiji and will be performed by Imagine 21, a Japanese theatrical group. It examines the "sufferings inflicted upon both Chinese and Japanese people by the Japanese militarists during World War II - a genuine and emotional reflection of the war crimes. Wanatabe, the son of a Japanese Imperial Army officer, has experienced the lingering post-war consequences first hand. Wanatabe wrote the play as his own atonement for what he regarded as the sins of his father and to confront his family's past. Canadian Bob McWilliams wrote, 'To say that the play, Reunion, is explosive is too mild. It is like attending an operation on a beloved person who has a great malignant tumor eating away at their life and seeing the tumor removed and the patient granted a new chance at life. This plays tells of the terrible injustices, the degradation and slavery of war and the suffering, guilt and loneliness that are its product.'"
The play is in Japanese and English and Chinese subtitles will be shown to the side of the stage. Tickets: general admission $25, donor tickets $50. $15 for seniors and students. Group discounts are available (10 ticket minimum, $15 each). A limited number of student tickets are available for $5.
September 6, 2001
A Digital Roadmap to the Future: Live Internet Panel on US-Japan Relations
4-6 pm
Three locations:
Southwestern College
900 Otay Mesa Rd. Chula Vista, CA
Spectrum Academic Center, National University
9388 Lightwave Ave. San Diego, CA
Universidad Xochicalo, Blvd. Insurgentes
16902 Col. Los Alamos, Tijuana, MexicoIn two sessions, scholars, businessmen, and legislators will address questions about US-Japan relations in the 21st century over an interactive Internet broadcast. Audiences at more than 15 universities in the U.S., and more than 200 people in Japan will watch and can participate with their questions and comments.
Session A: The Geopolitics of Security in East Asia; Session B: Has Japan Figured Out the New Global Political Economy?Open, free, RSVP needed. For information, contact: Ms. Ritsuko Nakanishi (619) 233-6873 or by email: rjssdt@us-japan.org. For additional information: www.japan-society.org.
September 7, 2001
Hong Kong Today
Donald Tsang Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
12 pm
Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant
112 N. Chandler Ave.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 300-8446Mr. Tsang is the chief administrative officer for the government of the Hong Kong SAR. The government employees 190,000 individuals. He assumed office on May 1, 2001. Prior to his appointment, he had served for six years as the government's financial secretary. He has been a Hong Kong civil servant since 1967. His service to the colonial government was rewarded in 1997, by the departing British government. Mr. Tsang was made a knight in June 1997. Sponsored by the Hong Kong Schools Alumni Federation and the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies.
September 8, 2001
Japanese American National Museum Crafts Class
with Ryoko Shibata1 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
(213) 625-0414This class will focus on Sumi-e (ink brush painting)
September 8-9, 2001
Tenth Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture
10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Point Fermin, 807 West Paseo del Mar, San Pedro, California 90731This is the 10th anniversary of presenting the largest gathering of Filipino arts and culture in the nation. The festival features authentic arts and crafts, savory Filipino food from the "Marketplace by the Sea," poetry slam, ballroom dancing, vegetable contest, health fair, Higante parade, booksigning, and continuous entertainment on three stages overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Admission is free. Salsoul/funk/latin jazz legend, Joe Bataan, will be making a rare West Coast appearance at this Filipino American event. Bataan, who was born in Harlem to a Filipino father and a Puerto Rican/African American mother, will play for the first time to an audience of "his own."
The 10th annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture is produced and administered entirely by the Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture (Fil-Am Arts, Inc.) -- a non-profit organization which aims to present, promote, produce and preserve the rich and diverse arts and culture of the Philippines and the Filipino people.
For additional information on the festival, including updated program schedules, directions, and parking maps, call the FPAC offices at (213) 389-3050 or log on to www.filamarts.org.
September 9, 2001
Traditional Japanese Music in the Japanese Garden
2:30 pm
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108The Japanese music group Tokyo Chigakukai will perform traditional chamber music--jiuta--in the Japanese Garden at The Huntington.
For information, call (626) 405-2100. Free with museum admission ($10, Sr.; $8.50, student; $7, child). No RSVP needed.
September 10, 2001
Workshop: Social Structure for the New Millenium
9-10:30 am
San Diego State University
5500 Camapile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182How has Japan remained the same, how has it changed in recent years? Three discussion panels will take on this question. Featured panelists: Ms. Mieko Takenobu, Staff Writer for the Asahi Shimbun; Mr. Masao Kikuchi, Graduate student of Political Science at Meiji University; Mr. Kenji Tamiya, Advisor to Sony Corporation.
Open, free, RSVP needed. Contact: Ms. Ritsuko Nakanishi (619) 233-6873 or email: rjssdt@us-japan.org. For additional information: www.japan-society.org.
September 10, 2001
Panel Discussion: Japanese Business vs. Global Business
3:30-5 pm
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
402 West Broadway #1000
San Diego, CA 92101Two Japanese top executives with tremendous international experience, an American executive, and an American attorney with in-depth knowledge about Japan will discuss business issues the two countries face in a competitive global market place.
Open, free, RSVP required. Contact: Ms Ritsuko Nakanishi (619) 233-6873 or email: rjssdt@us-japan.org. For additional information: www.japan-society.org.
September 11, 2001
Chairwoman, Tsai Ing-Wen
Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.7:30 pm, Dinner
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
404 South Figueroa St.
Downtown Los Angeles
Hotel Valet Parking-$12.00
World Trade Center-$6.50Chairwoman Tsai represents the chief policymaking body in the cross-straits dialogue between Taiwan and mainland China. She is a prime mover behind Taiwan's just announced decision of August 26, 2001 to expand trade, investment, and transportation links with China. Regarding this decision, Dr. Tsai stated, "It is a significant step forward."
For further information, call: (213) 628-8141. After obtaining a registration form, mail it with payment to: Town Hall Los Angeles, 900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90017-4716, or fax the registration form to: (213) 489-3327. Visit the Town Hall website at www.townhall-la.org.
September 12-13, 2001
Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia
7 pm both evenings
The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center
California State University, Long Beach
6200 Atherton Street, Long Beach, California 90815-4500
(562) 985-7000Long Beach's Carpenter Center presents Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia. A company of more than 40 of the world's best Cambodian dancers and musicians resurrect the stunning grace, facetious humor and amazing virtuosity of traditional court and folk dances. Writing in the Boston Globe, Christine Temin reported,
"Three gorgeously garbed women are enshrined in a trio of niches. The image is unmistakable to anyone who has ever opened a picture book on Cambodia: These are the legendary Apsaras, celestial dancers who are carved by the hundreds onto the walls of the great stone temples of Angkor.
"But these Apsaras are flesh and blood and they move, starting with their leader, Mera, who according to myth is the mother of Cambodia. Eventually, half a dozen other women join her in a spellbinding processional. They speak through fanned fingers and twirling wrists, bobbing gently up and down like a calm sea. Their golden headdresses suggest temples in miniature. The dance's dynamic is utterly even. Its virtuosity lies in a degree of concentration Westerners encounter in martial arts, and a degree of coordination that resembles rubbing your stomach while patting your head while also moving every other part of your body in exquisite synchronization - and not letting any effort show."
In describing the Robam Tunsaong, a village dance with a plot involving people, oxen and a tiger, Temin says: "One of the marvels of Cambodian dance is how perfectly the performers recreate themselves as animals. The monkey characters that are staples of the repertory lope around the stage and scratch themselves so convincingly you might think you're at a zoo rather than in a theater."
Jennifer Dunning wrote in The New York Times, "Best of all is the excerpt from "Reamker," a Khmer version of the Ramayana, which depicts the adventures of two very human gods (Khieu Sotheavy and Eath Kompheak Neary), a captive maiden (Sam Sathya), a mermaid queen (Ouk Salichumnith), resplendent monkey generals (Soeur Thavarak and Pum Bun Chanrath) and an assortment of monkey soldiers, ogres, mermaids and candle dancers. The beautifully realized monkeys are alone worth a trip to the Joyce, pausing to scratch themselves frequently, ill-advisedly stir up trouble and simply tilt their heads in the mysteriously purposeful way of attentive animals."
This is the only Southern California appearance in the group's two-month tour. Call (562) 985-7000 for tickets or order online at our website, www.carpenterarts.org. More information on Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia is available at www.asiasource.org/cambodia/
September 15, 2001
Pacific Asia Museum: Family Festival Day
Chusok: Korean Thanksgiving Festival1-4 pm
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 449-2742, ext. x19Activities will include a dance performance by Hi-Za Yoo's Korean Music and Dance Institute, a Tae Kwon Do demonstration, and story-telling by Martha Stevens. In addition, crafts workshops will make fans and collages (Pojagi). Korean treats will also be available. On family festival days, there is no admission charge.
September 15, 2001
A Celebration of Okinawa Culture Drama and Ryukyu Dance
DaiDo Jyuku7 pm
Okinawa Performing Arts- North America Exchange Group
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgThis 21-member ensemble makes its first U.S. appearance in a festive program of drama and Ryukyu dance to celebrate the centennial of Okinawan immigration to the U.S.
For further information call the Okinawa Association of America, Inc. (310) 532-1929.
Tickets: $20 General Admission. To purchase tickets and information call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700
September 16, 2001
Struggle and Success: The African American
Experience in Japan [Postponed Indefinitely -- contact JANM]1-3 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
(213) 625-0414Join award-winning filmmaker Regge Life in a screening and discussion of Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan, which is the first documentary to thoroughly examine the complex relationship of African Americans and Japanese.
Mr. Life first went to Japan as an Artist Fellow with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission in 1990. At the end of his six-month fellowship, he began planning this documentary on African Americans and their experiences living in Japan. Co-sponsored by the USC Program in American Studies and Ethnicity and the USC Asian Pacific American Student Services.
September 16, 2001
Japanese Classic Film Series
A monthly series of post war Japanese films. Screening are presented with support from The Japan Foundation.
1 pm & 5 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.org1 pm
"Ballad of the Narayama"
(Shochiku 1958)
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Featuring Kinuyo TanakaWinner of the Grand Prix Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the story is about a brutal custom in the old Japanese countryside. When a family is too poor to support all its members, the son must take his parents into the mountains and abandon them. The color aesthetics of the set designer are reminiscent of the style of Grand Kabuki.
5 pm
"Carmen Comes Home"
(Shochiku 1954)
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Featuring Mineko Takamine, Chishu RyuThe first technicolor film produced in Japan. The heroin (Mineko Takamine) is a stripper who symbolizes the new era of post-war Japan. This film is a human drama filled with social satire.
Ticket price: $6 general admission, $4 JACCC members, Seniors and students with ID and groups. To purchase tickets and information, call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700.
September 16, 2001
Chinese Acrobat and Talent Show
7 pm
East Los Angeles College
East Los Angeles College Auditorium
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey ParkThe Chinese Acrobat and Talent Show promises to be an exciting and visually stunning evening filled with spectacular acrobatic performances and fascinating music.
Presale ticket prices are $75.00 for Prime Seating, $40.00 for Preferred Seating, and $20.00 for General Seating. Ticket prices at the door are $100.00, $75.00 and $25.00 respectively. Tickets can be purchased at the Monterey Park Recreation and Parks Department offices located at 320 W. Newmark Ave. in Monterey Park. Proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit the Monterey Park Lions Club and the Recreation and Parks Department. For more information contact Monterey Park Recreation and Parks Department at (626) 307-1388.
Sponsors for the show are the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Monterey Park Recreation and Parks and East Los Angeles College.
September 16, 2001
9th Annual Thai Culture Day [Postponed Until Oct. 14, 2001]
11 am
Parade begins at Thailand Plaza in Hollywood and ends at Los Angeles City College (LACC).Sponsored by the Thai Community Arts and Cultural Center (310) 827-2910. Traditions presented include Thai classical dance and music, storytelling, fruits and vegetable carving, and food demonstrations.
September 17, 2001
Mongolian Performance Traditions:
Urna Chahar-Tugchi and Ensemble12 pm
Pomona College
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
333 N. College Way
Claremont, California 91711This performance is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
September 19, 2001
From The Postwar To The Present: An American Expatriate Writer Looks Back: Donald Richie
6:30 pm
The Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office & Language Center's Japan Foundation Hall
The Water Garden, 2425 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90404
(310) 449-0027Donald Richie is a well-known film and book reviewer whose essays appear regularly in publications such as the Japan Times and the International Herald-Tribune. Richie's more than forty books include The Memoirs of the Warrior Kumagai, Public People, Private People, A Lateral View, Partial Views, Tokyo: A View of the City, Japanese Cinema: An Introduction, The Films of Akira Kurosawa, and The Scorching Earth. Richie's travel memoir, The Inland Sea, was turned into a film which received international honors and was broadcast on PBS in 1996. After his talk, Mr. Richie will sign his most recent book, The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan, published this summer by Stone Bridge Press.
The program is sponsored by the Japan America Society and co-presented by the Japan Foundation Los Angles Office & Language Center. Copies of The Donald Richie Reader will be available for purchase and signing at this event for $20 paperback, $30 limited edition hardcover. Admission is free, but space is limited and reservations are required. For reservations and more information, please call (213) 627-6217, ext. 202, or email Japan America Society at JapanAmerica1@hotmail.com.
September 19-24, 2001
Tomohiro in L.A.
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, CA 90503A special exhibition of paintings and poetry by Tomohiro Hoshino. Mr. Hoshino is an artist who is permanently paralyzed and paints by holding a brush in his mouth. In Japan, his works have been seen by audiences numbering more than five million.
For information, call: (714) 375-2775 or look on the web: www.jaccc.org. Tickets: Adults--$7; Children--$5.
September 22, 2001
Japanese American National Museum Crafts Class
with Ryoko Shibata1 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
(213) 615-0414This class will work on Tsumami Zaiku (traditional Japanese hair ornaments made of silk).
September 22, 2001
Japan and the United States: Fifty Years after the Peace Treaty
Double Tree Hotel
1707 Fourth St.
Santa Monica, CaliforniaJapan, the United States, and forty-seven other countries met in San Francisco on September 8, 1951 to sign the peace treaty that officially ended the war in the Pacific. Fifty years later, U.S.-Japan relations have become key in U.S. relations with all of Asia. What are the prospects for the next fifty years? The Claremont Institute International Affairs Center, the USC East Asian Studies Center, and the UCLA Asia Pacific Media Network are co-sponsoring this event.
Admission is $60, which includes the program and the lunch. Currently enrolled students may attend at the scholarship rate of $35. Program schedule is as follows:
8:30 am Registration
9 am Welcome Thomas Silver, President, The Claremont Institute Bruce Herschensohn, Conference Chairman
9:15 am The History of U.S.-Japan Relations Since the 1951 Treaty
Thomas Plate, Asia Pacific Media Network, University of California Los Angeles
Gordon Berger, Professor of History and Director, University of Southern California East Asian Studies Center
Chairman: Bruce Herschensohn, Distinguished Fellow, The Claremont Institute10:30 am Our Shared National Security Interests, with Consideration of Missile Defense
Rachel Swanger, Acting Director, Center for Asia-Pacific Policy, RAND
David Arase, Pomona College
Chairman: Brian Kennedy, Vice President, The Claremont InstituteNoon Lunch and Program: U.S.-Japan Relations
Masaharu Kohno, Consul-General of Japan, Los Angeles1:45 pm Our Shared Commitment to Constitutional Democratic Government that Protects Human Rights as a Basis for Mutual Foreign Policy Objectives that could Secure the Peace
E. Barry Keehn, President, Japan American Society, Los Angeles John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
Chairman: Michael Warder, Vice President for Development, The Claremont Institute3 pm Closing Remarks Bruce Herschensohn, Conference Chairman
For more information, call Michael Finch at (909) 621-6825 or contact him at: The Claremont Institute (Attn: Michael Finch)
250 West First Street, Suite 330 Claremont, CA 91711
September 23, 2001
3rd Annual L.A. Kagetsu 2001 [Postponed, will be rescheduled, contact JACCC]
2 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgA Japanese comedy featuring Katsura Bunchin. Produced by Teleport USA and Yoshimoto Kogyo. Well-known Rakugo (Japanese comic storytelling) comedian, Katsura Bunchin headlines the shows. Performances are in Japanese, no English subtitles.
For more information/tickets, contact Teleport USA (213) 620-1500.
Tickets: Reserved Seating: $43 & $38; Teleport USA: $40.00-orchestra, $35.00-balcony. To purchase tickets and information call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700. Tickets are also available at Mitsuru Cafe (213) 613-1028 and Marukai Gardena (310) 660-6300.
September 23, 2001
Japan Culture Fair
1-4 pm
Woodbridge Village Shopping Center
and Irvine Yamaha Music Center
4620 Barranca Parkway
Irvine, CA 92604An exciting day of Japanese culture. Exhibits include taiko (drumming), tea ceremony, flower arrangement, shodo (calligraphy), minyo (folk songs), Okinawan buyo (dance), Japanese buyo (dance), and Wado-ryu karate. Bazaar, raffles prizes, and more.
Open, free, no RSVP needed. For information, call: Mr. Jack Naito, (714) 283-3551 or (949) 559-5440.
September 25, 2001
"The Japanese Banking System"
Dr. Iwao Tomita
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International4:15 pm
Hahn 101
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This lecture is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
September 25, 2001
Javanak Folk Dance Troupe from India
7 pm
Main Stage
Seaver Theatre
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This performance is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
September 29, 2001
Hanayui- First North American Tour
8 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgThis fall, the JACCC launches a special series dedicated to exploring the folk arts and culture of Japan. Hanayui and Warabi-za keep these "living traditions" alive, and pass them on to future generations through their performances and workshops. Their workshops provide the public with a unique chance to deepen their understanding of these folk traditions. As part of this series, the JACCC provides hands-on cultural workshops and activities for adults and children in an on-going effort to perpetuate Japanese folk arts and culture in the U.S. The acclaimed folk ensemble Hanayui launches its U.S. tour with a dynamic evening of Japanese and Okinawan folk songs, dances, music and drumming. Composed of the "women of Kodo," the Hanayui trio includes the awe-inspiring, solo dancer Chieko Kojima, the ethereal vocalist Yoko Fujimoto, and the Okinawan dance master Mitsue Kinjo. Hanayui is accompanied by Kodo's senior-most Odaiko soloist, Yoshikazu Fujimoto.
For more info on the artists, visit their website: http://www.kodo.or.jp/perf/soloperformances/hanayui.htm
Reserved Seating: $24 & $21; JACCC Members: $21 & $18; Groups: $21. To purchase tickets and for information call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700.
September 30, 2001
Kome Kome Festival: Inekari: Harvest Celebration
1 pm
Plaza
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgCelebrating Rice in Japanese culture, this new program series focuses on the importance of rice in Japanese and Asian culture, with a broad range of performances, exhibits, workshops, community events, lectures and activities. The Kome Kome Festival began in the fall of 2000 when six JACCC staff members traveled to Koda Farms in Dos Palos, California and harvested mochigome in order to experience first-hand the growing of rice. The harvested rice was transported to Los Angeles and dried for several months on the JACCC Plaza. The grains were extracted from the rice and much of the straw was fashioned into shimenawa (rope of twisted straw). Rice grains were germinated in small containers as part of this continuing learning experience and as the seedlings grew they were transplanted to large planter boxes on the Plaza at the Planting of the Rice event on June 3rd. The mature rice plants will be harvested at the Inekari Harvest Celebration on September 30th. This event is free to the public.
September 30, 2001
Hanayui Workshops
2-6 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgHanayui conducts a special workshop open to the public in basic folk dancing, singing, and taiko drumming. This event is a chance to learn from these four artists from Sado Island. Capacity is limited to 30 participants. Call (213) 628-2725 to make reservations. This performance received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation), and the Kodo Cultural Foundation
There is a $35 Registration Fee. To register call Bryan Yamami at (213) 628-2725 ext. 130 or email at yamami@jaccc.org.
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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