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Jan. 26 - Feb. 1,2001
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
East Bay Open Studios Pro Arts presents East Bay Open Studios 2001 Entry. This is a great way for people to see your art in your own space. Pick up a form if you do not already have one, or mail a SASE to Pro Arts, 461 Ninth Street, Oakland. The entry deadline is Jan. 25. Open Studios will be June 9, 10, 16 and 17, with an artist’s reception on Thursday June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. For details call 510-763-9425 or check out www.proartsgallery.org.
Free Photography Contest The International Library of Photography is pleased to announce that over $60,000 in prizes will be awarded this year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers from the San Francisco area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for entry is Jan. 31. To enter, send one photograph in only one of the following categories: People; Travel; Pets; Children; Sports; Nature; Action; Humor; Portraiture; or Other. The photo must be a color or black-and-white print 8” x 10” or smaller. Photos should be sent to: The International Library of Photography, Suite 101-9009, 3600 Crondall Lane, Owing Mills, MD 21117. You can also submit online at www.picture.com.
The Media Fund The National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) is pleased to announce new deadlines for the Media Fund. Open Call for Production Funds has two deadlines — Feb. 23 and Aug. 24. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in production and/or post-production phases. Projects in research and development or script development phases need not apply. Awards will average $20,000 to $50,000. Exceptions may be made. Open Door Completion Fund has no deadline. This round of funding is for applicants with public television projects in the final post-production phase. A full-length rough cut must be submitted. Awards average $20,000 and NAATA funds must be the last monies needed to finish the project and deliver the broadcast master. For more information check out www.naatanet.org or contact the Media Fund department at 415-863-0814 x 106 or mediafund@naatanet.org.
ARTS
Atlas(t) Reviving the decades-long history of collaboration between Galería de la Raza and Kearny Street Workshop, the two organizations’ younger members are collaborating on an exhibition entitled atlas(t): a mapping expedition/exhibition by Latino and Asian Pacific American Artists. The exhibition is a conceptual atlas comprised of over two dozen maps that demonstrate the imaginative range of the Bay Area’s young Latino and Asian American artists. The show opens on Feb. 3, with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and runs through March 31. Don’t miss the panel discussion on Feb. 15 and the performance on March 31 at 8 p.m. For more information, please call Gigi Otalvaro of Galería at 415-826-8009 or Claire Light of KSW at 415-503-0520 (Galería de la Raza, 2857 24th Street, San Francisco).
Bruce Lee The Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco and the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts honor Bruce Lee with an exhibition of over 240 treasures, including diaries, personal letters, drawings and Lee’s own writings. The exhibit is on display through Feb. 18. (Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco at the Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny St., 3rd floor, San Francisco. 415-986-2825.)
Chinese Ephemera: Collected and Transformed Chinese Ephemera, an exhibit of Anna Wolf’s latest work is currently on display at the Meridian Gallery, 545 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Wolf’s work contains new and transformed structures that reflect her personal view of Asia and the persistence of its ancient and ritual cultures. The exhibition runs through Feb. 10. For more information please call 415-398-7229. Check out www.meridiangallery.org
Chinese Opera Costumes and Photographs The drama and color of Cantonese-style Chinese opera comes alive through the costumes and photographs from the collection of Chi Ming Wong. Wong is an accomplished Cantonese opera actor. He directs an annual opera performance at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. The exhibition runs through Feb. 15. (OACC, 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland. 510-208-6080. www.oaklandasianculturalcenter.com)
Imagiro In Bronze Japanese American sculptor Yoshitomo Saito has recently completed a new body of work. He continues his focus on the solitary object but has taken the three-dimensional form and flattened it into a wall mounted object that takes on a new sensibility of spatial and conceptual meaning. Saito’s unique ability to control and choreograph the actual casting process is a result of his decade-long familiarity with the material, allowing him a spontaneity in the work that exudes confidence, optimism and a memorable resonance. The exhibition runs through Feb. 24 at the Haines Gallery, 49 Geary Street, 5/F, San Francisco. For further information please contact Gina Fairley at 415-397-8114 or email info@hainesgallery.com.
Mise-en-Scéne Mise-en-scène: New LA Sculpture, an exhibition of 31 works by six up-and-coming Los Angeles artists, will open Jan. 27, in the Logan Galleries on the San Francisco campus of the California College of Arts & Crafts and will continue through March 10. Presented by the CCAC Institute, the exhibition features works in sculpture, drawing, video and film by Liz Craft, Evan Holloway, Jason Meadows, Jeff Ono, Paul Sietsema and Torbjörn Vejvi. (1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco. 415-703-9500.)
Re-creation, Correction and Badminton Southern Exposure presents three solo exhibitions as part of its January 2001 programming: Re-creation, mixed-media work by Allison Shields; Correction, paintings by Nestor Kruger; and Badminton, an installation by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. The exhibitions run from Jan. 5 to Feb. 3. (Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, 401 Alabama St., San Francisco. 415-863-2141.)
Supply: An Installation by Indigo Som Indigo Som, an emerging artist residing in Berkeley, will “draw” on the walls of the Foyer Gallery at the Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, using office supplies such as scotch tape, liquid paper, highlighters, ballpoint pens, copy paper and post-it notes, as she explores the “office-y” feel of the space and draws on her history as an office worker. Exhibition runs through Feb. 28. (S•MOVA, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 707-527-0297)
Taoism and the Arts of China This exhibition explores one of China’s primary indigenous philosophies and religions, an understanding of which is critical to comprehending Chinese culture, both historically and today. Approximately 150 works of art will be used to explore conceptual and artistic achievements in the history of Taoism, including paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, textiles, ritual objects and rare books borrowed from nearly seventy lenders in over ten countries. Significantly, 33 works will be borrowed from institutions in the People’s Republic of China, only two of which have been previously exhibited in the West. The show runs from Feb. 21 to May 31. For museum hours and general information, call 415-379-8800 or go to www.asianart.org. (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)
The Further Eye: Painting of India Through Feb. 18, this exhibition features delicate, intensely colored paintings from the Berkeley Art Museum’s exceptional collection of Asian art, including works from the Jean and Francis Marshall collection. In particular, the exhibition illustrates the convention of Indian painting. Featured from the 17th century are the flat-patterned, traditional paintings of the state of Mewar, contrasted by the representational, historical paintings of the Mughal court. (Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For hours and directions, call 510-642-0808 for a 24-hour recorded message. For more information call 510-642-8734 or go to www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.)
DANCE
A Night in Oakland Savage Jazz Dance Company, the only all-jazz concert dance company in California, begins its 2001 Spring Season with A Night in Oakland, featuring live music performed by the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Feb. 2 - 4 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee show on Feb. 4 at Alice Arts Center in Oakland. The company will perform excerpts from the world premiere of “The Light Suite” with orginal music composed by Marcus Shelby. Tickets available through Tickets.com and by calling 510-762-2277 or 415-478-2277. (Alice Arts Center, 1428 Alice Street, Oakland)
KIN’s Sixth Annual Home Season This year, KIN will premiere Robert Moses’ works: Dirt Roads and Back Doors, Image Bank and a third yet-untitled piece. The Sixth Annual Home Season of Robert Moses’ KIN will be performed Feb. 28 through March 4 at the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center and March 9-11 at the Gershwin Theater, located at 2350 Turk Boulevard on the University of San Francisco campus. Performances are 8 p.m. nightly with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 4 and 11. Ticket prices range from $14.50 to $18.50. For more information and to charge tickets by phone call 415-441-3687.
EVENTS
Get Out of Camp Produced by the National Japanese American Historical Society, this interactive exhibit gives the audience an experiential overview of what World War II was like for Japanese Americans with replicas and photographs and music. To be on display through July 31. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post St., San Francisco. 415-921-5007.)
Godzilla West Presents: Friday Night Live Godzilla West presents Friday Night Live, a fresh new open mike venue, which will feature Asian Pacific Islander monologue artists and comedians as well as spoken word artists, musicians and dancers. The vision is to create a nurturing space where artists of any medium can come to express and create. The open mike will take place on the first Friday of every month at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. For more information call 510-208-6080. (388 9th Street, Suite 290, Oakland.)
The Peking Acrobats Daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, treacherous wire walking, amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control — The Peking Acrobats perform all of these feats and more at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and at 3 p.m. Jan. 28 in Zellerbach Hall at U.C. Berkeley. The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra provides live musical accompaniment on traditional string, wind and percussion instruments. Tickets available by calling 510-642-9988, or visiting www.ticketweb.com , or emailing tickets@calperfs.berkeley.edu. The Jan. 28 performance is a Family Fare show featuring half-price tickets for children 16 and under. (Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Bancroft Way, Berkeley)
Youth Speaks On Feb. 3, young adults from the Bay Area pick up microphones and present their original poetry as they strive to go on to the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam and the National Finals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information call 415-626-2787. For teens to register call 415-661-6927. (Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco)
FILM
Dreamers Dreamers is the American feature film debut of Chinese-born writer/director Ann Lu. The film is an official selection at the 2001 Filmjunkie Underground Film Festival this February 2-4 in San Francisco. To find out more about Lu and the film go to www.dreamersthemovie.com and home.earthlink.net/~darklantern. The Filmjunkie Underground Film Festival celebrates the use of video and film as a medium for storytellers. Dreamers screens on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. at the Victoria Theater. For more information about the festival, go to www.fineartscinema.com, email festinfo@filmjunkie.com or call 510-655-3364.
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker Join Radical Women for a video showing on the life of civil rights activist and leader Ella Baker. Baker worked tirelessly for racial equality for more than 50 years, and was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which recruited student of all colors to travel to the South and become involved in the fight against segregation. Suggested donation at the door is $2. The presentation is on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at New Valencia Hall, 1908 Mission Street, San Francisco. A Southern buffet dinner, with vegetarian option, will be served at 6:15 p.m. For more information, please call 415-864-1278.
My Neighbor Totoro Dedicated to presenting family-quality fine art films on the big screen with excellent sound, Zeum is proudly featuring animation movies this month in its state-of-the-art theater. All shows are free with Zeum admission. From one of the greatest classic animators of Japan, Hayao Miyazaki, comes Totoro, the story of two sisters who move to the countryside and discover mythical creatures living there that help them cope with their mother’s illness. Showtimes are 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11 at the Zeum Theater. (Zeum, 221 Fourth St., San Francisco)
MUSIC
Berkeley Images In association with San Francisco Performances, Maestro Kent Nagano will continue the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra’s 2000-2001 season with a Berkeley Symphony commission, Berkeley Images by young French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus. Berkeley Images premieres on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. at the Zellerbach Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus, and Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. at Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts. This work was originally inspired by a collection of Margaretta K. Mitchell’s photographs of several Berkeley sites that celebrate the originality and spirit of freedom that emanated from Berkeley during the early part of the 20th century. For details, please call 510-841-2800.
Cultural Exchanges Stanley Sperber makes his debut with Oakland East Bay Symphony conducting Cultural Exchanges, featuring the works of Brahms, Harlap and Lampl, on Friday Jan. 26. Acclaimed pianist Evelyn Chen will perform the world premiere of “Piano Concerto No. 1 in b Minor” by Kenneth Lampl. Chen, whose recent engagements have taken her to five continents and to such prestigious venues as Avery Fisher Hall and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, has been praised by The New York Times as the “pianist to watch...gifted with a brilliant technique, warm clear tone, and exacting musical intelligence.” The evening begins at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theater at 2025 Broadway St., Oakland. For more information please call 510-444-0801 or visit the Symphony’s Web site at www.oebs.org.
Kazue Sawai On Jan. 27 at 8 p.m., New Langton Arts presents dynamic musician Kazue Sawai, who has been developing unlikely sounds and techniques for the bass koto since she began studying the instrument at age eight. This one-night-only performance of koto and computerized music with Kazue Sawai includes Bay Area guests Carl Stone, Michiyo Koga, Tamie Kooyenga, Shirley Muramoto, and Noriko Tsuboi from Japan. For reservations call 415-626-5416. (New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. www.newlangtonarts.org)
Kodo Kodo, renowned for its heart-stopping taiko energy, brings its 20th anniversary tour to Stanford University’s Memorial Hall on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 1, 2, and 3 at 8 p.m. The performances are presented by Stanford Lively Arts. (Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University Campus, Serra Street at Galvez, across from Hoover Tower. For information and tickets, please call 650-725-2787 or order online at livelyarts.stanford.edu)
Liu He-Cheng Liu He-Cheng is a renowned artist from Beijing, China, specializing in Chinese traditional music. He is an outstanding pipa (lute) and gu qin (ancient zither) virtuoso of remarkable talent. He has been a member of the prestigious National Traditional Orchestra of China since 1984, touring all over the world performing and teaching. On Feb. 2 at 8 p.m., he will perform traditional repertoire for the pipa and gu qin, with accompaniment from members of the Jumping Buddha Ensemble. (Clarion Music Center, 816 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. 415-391-1317. www.clarionmusic.com)
Russian Festival San Jose Symphony presents Russian Festival from Jan. 5 through Feb. 18 at various locations. On Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. the Maestro’s Choice concert will feature “A Night on Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”, and “Symphony No. 5” by Shostakovich. The soloist will be the extraordinary 15-year-old Korean violinist Yura Lee, who made her debut at age seven with Korea’s leading orchestra, the KBS Symphony, playing Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1.” She moved to the United States in 1994, and has since appeared with major orchestras throughout the country. For tickets please call 408-288-2828 or go to www.sanjosesymphony.org. (The San Jose Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose)
READINGS & LECTURES
Bell Hooks Reads from Her New Book Renowned writer, feminist, activist and cultural critic bell hooks is the author of such powerful and influential books as Ain’t I A Woman, Teaching to Transgress, Killing Rage: Ending Racism and Black Looks. Recently referred to as one of America’s leading public intellectuals by The Atlantic Monthly, hooks is devoted to fostering critical consciousness through her writing and speaking engagements. On Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., hooks will read from her new book Salvation: Black People and Love at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street, Mission District, San Francisco.
Bird in a Cage Stanley B. Lubman is the author of Bird in a Cage: Legal Reform in China After Mao and is a consulting professor at Stanford Law School. He is also a practicing attorney who for more than 25 years has specialized in advising clients on transactions and disputes in China. On Feb. 6 from 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lubman will discuss his highly praised book on changes in China’s legal system from Mao’s era to the present, with implications for U.S. foreign policy at the University of San Francisco, Dorraine Zief Law Library, 2101 Fulton Street. For more information and free reservations, please call 415-422-6357 or visit www.pacificrim.usfca.edu.
Japan: Year in Review Japan Society of Northern California presents the Third Annual Japan: Year Review - Society and Culture, a summary of trends and developments in film and the arts, education, family and popular culture, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. with a sushi reception at 5:15 p.m. Speakers include: Dr. Merry White, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University; Peter Grilli, President, Japan Society of Boston and formerly Executive Director of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University; and independent, Tokyo-based journalist, Kaori Shoji. (World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter Street, 2/F, San Francisco)
Megumi Tales Megumi’s storytelling calendar for January and February includes: “Japanese Stories” on Jan. 20, for children in kindergarten through 3rd grade, as the kickoff event for the KTEH Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, Westgate Shopping Center, 1600 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose (contact 408-795-5400 x 218); “Traditional Japanese Folk Tales” for families on Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese Shoto-kan Karate Studio, 915 C Main St., Pleasanton (contact Mark Withrow at 925-484-1954); “Japanese American Internment Experiences” on Feb. 7, for adults and older children, 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue (contact Nancy Johnson at 925-931-3404). All events are subject to change. Please confirm time and place by contacting the venues.
To Kill a Nation On Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m., Michael Parenti will present his book To Kill A Nation at the Modern Times Bookstore. For 78 days in 1999, the U.S. and NATO forces launched round-the-clock aerial attacks against Yugoslavia, dropping 20,000 tons of bombs and killing upwards of 3,000 people in the name of humanitarianism. Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia, Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war and uncovers the real agendas underlying the Western talk of “genocide”, “ethnic cleansing” and “democracy.” To Kill A Nation reveals a decade-long disinformation campaign waged by Western leaders and NATO officials in their pursuit of free-market reforms. Michael Parenti is the author of 14 books including Democracy for the Few, Against Empire, Dirty Truths and History as Mystery. (Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St, San Francisco. 415-282-9246. www.mtbs.com)
THEATER
Cafe Depresso Cafe Depresso, a new dark comedy by Tom Vegh, follows four San Franciscans, in group therapy for depression, as they encounter an onslaught of change and surprises when two group members disappear. Performances are scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. from Jan. 26 to March 3 at Exit Theater in San Francisco. For reservations please call 415-776-7427 after Jan. 8. Check out the Web site at www.cafedepresso.com. (Exit Theater, 156 Eddy St., San Francisco)
Contagion: An American Book of the Dead Campo Santo + Intersection with Alma Delfina Group present the World Premiere of John Steppling’s Contagion: an american book of the dead Feb. 15 through March 11 at the Intersection. Contagion is directed by Sean San José and features Michael Cheng, Nina Gold, Comika Griffin, Steve Marvel, Luis Saguar, Machiko Saito and Paul Santiago, designed by Temple Crocker, Annie Kunjappy, Alex Nichols, Tom Ontiveros and Drew Yerys. Music by Scheheradze Stone and choreography by Emiko Lewis. In Contagion seven people who have lived lives of deception, prostitution, pornography and drug abuse struggle from the shadows to put their pasts in order. These are ghostlike people who dwell in the marginal, but very real, places in this world; American expatriates who travel farther and farther from home — to China, Pakistan, Africa and beyond — in order to get closer to their own histories. With a visceral and lyric intensity, Steppling exposes a diseased American soul journeying recklessly toward imperfect enlightenment. In the end, only one person’s story will survive. For tickets and information please call 415-626-3311. (Intersection, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco)
My Own Private Sukiprata The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, an Asian Pacific Islander American comedy theater group, presents My Own Private Sukiprata, the second workshop production of original comedic material about a mythical Asian nation. The show runs Wednesdays through Sundays, 8 p.m., opening Jan. 17 and closing Jan. 28 at Theater of Yugen/Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa Avenue, San Francisco. For more information and reservations, please call 415-646-0868 or email hornbuck@sfsu.edu.
Theater Artaud The forecast for Theater Artaud’s winter 2001 season calls for gusts of powerful artistry, chilling emotionalism and hot world premieres. The forefront of the performing arts will storm through San Francisco’s best performance space from Feb. 2 to March 24 with artists Karen Finley, Company Chaddick, Paul Dresher with Rinde Eckert and Kim Epifano. From the icy reality of Below Zero to the sweet stickiness of Shut Up and Love Me, unexpected shifts in tempo and temperature make the stage a wildly unpredictable gathering point fot this heat wave of creativity. For ticket information call 415-621-7797 or visit www.theaterartaud.org.
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More Than a Game The Japanese American National Museum presents this ongoing exhibit that tells the story of an immigrant group’s journey in America through the universal theme of sport, using artifacts such as team uniforms, photographs, news clippings, interactive kiosks and videos. The exhibition runs through Feb. 18. (Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First St., Los Angeles. 213-625-0414.)
Shimaoka Retrospective In celebration of this artist’s 80th year, Mingei International Museum will present the first retrospective of the pottery of Tatsuzo Shimaoka, who in 1996 was designated by the Emperor of Japan a Living National Treasure. The exhibition will include 60 new works of pottery and runs through Feb. 2. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. (Plaza de Panama, Balboa Park. 619-239-0003.)
Superflat Superflat surveys a tendency in Japanese art, animation, fashion and graphic design towards two-dimensionality through work by 19 artists. The inaugural exhibition at the MOCA Gallery at the Pacific Design Center opens Jan. 14 and remains on view through May 6. Organized by artist Takashi Murakami with MOCA, the exhibition will feature painting, photography, works on paper, video, computer animation, fashion, cartoons and sculpture by some of the most provocative artists working in Japan. (8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, Los Angeles. 213-621-2766)
EVENTS
Tools for Peace On Saturday, Feb. 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 4: 30 p.m. Pacific Asia Museum is holding a Mandala Making Workshop. Visitors are invited to discover the sacred mandala through this hands-on workshop that offers practical methods to reveal one’s personal spiritual blueprint. Participants will create their own “personal wheels of peace” as they identify the things that are sacred and precious to them, and analyze the ways that their everyday actions influence their lives. The Mandala Making Workshop is by Tools for Peace, a community outreach program of the Shi-tro Mandala for Universal Peace Project. (46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena. 626-449-2742)
FILM
Tribute to Director Kinji Fukasaku The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater presents Battles Without Honor and Humanity: An In-Person Tribute to Director Kinji Fukasaku from Jan. 18-28. Fukasaku was known mainly in the West for his most atypical films such as the phantasmagoric cult favorite Black Lizard. But in Japan, Fukasaku is renowned for such gritty, high-octane yakuza films as Battles Without Honor & Humanity and Wolves, Pigs & People, movies that have had an enormous impact on the younger generation of outlaw directors, including “Beat” Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Ishii. The program begins on Jan. 18 with a sneak preview of Battle Royale, Fukasaku’s latest, then continues through Jan. 28 with Battles Without Honor and Humanity; 9:30 p.m. Under the Fluttering Military Flag; Modern Yakuza - Outlaw Killer; State Police vs. Organized Crime; The Geisha House and many more. For 24-hour recorded program information, please call 323-466-3456 or go to www.egyptiantheatre.com. (Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles)
MUSIC
Sounds of L.A. This free weekend concert series at the Getty Center opens its fourth season and the new year with an array of afternoon programs exploring Los Angeles’ rich musical geography. Sounds of L.A. kicks off with the sensuous, vivacious new Brazilian sounds of Katie Moraes and Sambaguru on Jan. 27 and 28. The series continues with the jazz, funk and soul of B Sharp Jazz Quartet on Feb. 10 and 11; Okinawan artists Katsuko Teruya, Aiko Tokonaga, and Yasukazu Takushi perform on Feb. 24 and 25; and Tlen-Huicani and Macuilxochitl interpret folk music from Vercruz on March 3 and 4. Concerts take place in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at 1200 Getty Center Drive. All concerts begin at 3 p.m., except the January shows, which begin at 3:30 p.m. Each caller may reserve up to four seats per reservation. For required seating reservations please call 310-440-7300.
THEATER
The Year of the Dragon Frank Chin’s epic drama directed by Mako will once again grace the stage at East West Players. The first production premiered at the old Santa Monica stage in 1974 with much controversy and enormous uproar. The production begins previews Jan. 25, opens Jan. 31, and runs through Feb. 25. The cast members are Keone Young, Dana Lee, Mimosa, Trieu D. Tran, Momo Yashima, Shizuko Hoshi and Brian Mulligan.Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling Telecharge at 1-800-233-3123. Call 213-625-7000 for group/senior/student rates. East West Players is located at the David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles.
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Blue-and-White Japanese Porcelain Approximately 100 pieces of exquisite Japanese porcelain will grace the gallery at the Seattle Art Museum in Hirado Porcelain of Japan from the Kurtzman Collection. The exhibition runs through July 8. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality This installation of Japanese hanging scrolls, screens and textiles features works from the 17th through 20th centuries. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (Seattle Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Volunteer Park, Seattle)
The Art of Protest A cross-cultural exhibition of works from Seattle Asian Art Museum’s collection that use a wide range of media and visual imagery to make social comment, address political issues and advocate for change. For more information, call 206-654-3100 (SAAM, Volunteer Park, 14th Avenue at East Prospect St.)
MUSIC
Japanese Music in Seattle This winter, visit Seattle Asian Art Museum during a special exhibition of Japanese porcelain on Sunday afternoons, and hear local Japanese American musicians perform different forms of traditional Japanese music. Co-sponsored by Nippon Kan Heritage Association and the Japan-America Society: Music for Shakuhachi, Bamboo Flute; Feb. 4 at the Stimson Auditorium, Northwest Taiko. For more information, please call 206-625-8900 or visit www.seattlemuseum.org.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Calls for Entries: 8th Annual Chicago Asian American Film Festival The Chicago Asian American Film & Video Festival presents works dealing with issues and concerns of Asian American communities. Work can be in any format, e.g. 3/4 inch video, 16mm film, etc. and they can be in any genre, e.g. short film, feature, documentary, experimental, animation, etc. Directors are free to enter the same work in other film festivals, and there is no restriction as to the number of entries. Send 1/2 inch VHS video tape for preview. It must be accompanied by a brief description of the work, including its original format, total running time, year of production, and a brief biographical sketch of the director. The deadline for submission is Feb.15. Send entries to: Dr. Yvonne Lau, Director, Asian American American Studies Program, Loyola University Chicago, 6525 N., Sheridan Road, Damen Hall, Room 105, Chicago, IL 60626. Phone contact 773-508-8997.
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Asian Arts Initiative Rap Series The Asian Arts Initiative (AAI) announces a call for proposals for the Rap Series 2001/2 Fall and Spring Season. The Asian Arts Initiative believes in the arts as a powerful force for challenging misperceptions and catalyzing social action. AAI is a community arts center where artists and everyday people engage in the arts to explore and express their diverse experiences as Asian Americans. AAI’s monthly Rap Series features prose, poetry, dance, music, theater, film/video, and performance art. Through this series it, invites local and national creative Asian Americans to raise social concerns facing our communities. Deadline for submission: Jan 26. For further information, please contact Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2/F, PA 19107. Call 215-557-0455 or email alien@libertynet.org.
Can We Feed Ourselves ? For more than 20 years Hiroji Kubota has traveled and photographed the countries and cultures of Asia, continually finding compelling evidence that Asia is facing an imminent crisis of food production, population explosion and environmental destruction. Opening on Jan. 31 and running through April 1, the Asia Society presents an exhibition of Kubota’s photographs. Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia: Photographs by Hiroji Kubata will be on view at the Asia Society at Midtown, 502 Park Avenue, New York City. For more information call 212-288-6400 or go to www.asiasociety.org.
Photographs of Asian American Community Ramon Gil Art & Design and the Asian American Federation of New York is looking for color and black and white photographs to use in a nonprofit print and multimedia project to encourage strategic philanthropy within the Asian American community. We are looking for emotionally moving imagery with interesting angles and eye-catching subject matter. Photographers will receive an honorarium, as well as photo credit for all images used. Interested parties should contact Ramon Gil at 1-800-874-7442 or RSGil@aol.com. For a list of descriptions of requirements, visit www.ramongil.com/aafny. Deadline: Jan. 31.
Public Art Project Arts Benefit All Coalition Alternative (ABACA), a partnership between Artists Space, Thread Waxing Space, Art in General, The Drawing Center and Satellite Academy, an alternative public high school on the Lower East Side, invites submissions for a public art project to be featured June/July 2001 at Artists Space and throughout the Lower East Side and SoHo. The public art exhibition will be curated by approximately eight high school students from ABACA’s Satellite Academy Curatorial Studies class, ages 16 to 20. Submission deadline: Feb. 28. For a copy of the Call for Proposals and submission guidelines, please call 212-677-3591 and leave a contact number and address.
Third World Newsreel Applications are now available for the 2001 Film & Video Production Workshop at Third World Newsreel. An application and general information about the Workshop are available on our Web site www.twn.org under Artist Services. If you have any questions, call 212-947-9277 x 301 or email twn@twn.org.
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2 Generations, 1 American 2 Generations, 1 American is the first solo show by New York-based, emerging artist Julia Cowing. The exhibit consists of ten color photographs of a Chinese mother and her American daughter. Images express the relationship’s tension and chasm. Diptychs explore the divided nature of being from two different cultures. Julia Cowing works and lives in New York. She is American born Chinese. Opening Reception: Jan. 18, 6-9pm. Exhibition runs through March 2, 2001. For more information, call 212-228-9910 (Zefer Gallery, 622 Broadway, 5th fl, New York City. Gallery hours by appointment only).
Little Gems A new series of small-scale, cut-and-burnt paper pieces by Mary Ting will be included in a four-person exhibition. Now through Feb. 1 at the Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, 215 West 88 Street 8C, New York City. 212-579-8485
Living Heritage From now until June 10, China Institute presents Living Heritage: Vernacular Environment in China. Originating in Hong Kong, this exhibition features photographs, furniture and architectural components depicting the living environments from different regions of China. The Chinese house is viewed as a microcosm of Chinese society, representing its organization, economy, technology, traditions, beliefs and aspirations. (China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York City. 212-744-8181. www.chinainstitute.org)
Tong Zhi/Comrade: Out in Asia America The first one-person exhibition by New York-based, Hong Kong-born artist Ken Chu. Chu has a fascinating background of travel and activism. Tong Chi/Comrade brings the discourse of sexual orientation into our communities, and looks at what might be a safe public space for Asian Americans in Chinatowns, Koreatowns, Manilatowns, Little Tokyos, Little Saigons and Little Bombays across the country. Exhibition runs through April 14, 2001. (Museum of Chinese Americas, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, New York.)
Worlds Revealed The dawn of Japanese and American cultural exchange is charted in this exhibition that showcases more than 200 artworks, cultural objects and documents, dating from as early as 1800 when the Salem ships began making trips to Nagasaki and bringing back beautiful arts and crafts. The exhibition runs through March 17 at the Peabody Essex Museum. (East India Square, Salem, Mass. 978-745-9500)
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