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A regional roundup of events of special interest to Asian Americans

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California
Rest of the West
East Coast
National


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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Beyond Manzanar Beyond Manzanar is a 3-D interactive exhibit by artists Tamiko Thiel and Zara Houshmand that dramatically casts visitors into the role of internees inside the Manzanar, Calif. internment camp. The work contrasts the experiences of Japanese Americans during WWII and the more contemporary situation of Iranian Americans and the attempts by both groups to achieve the American dream while being characterized by their own country as “the enemy.” This permanent installation at the San Jose Museum of Art opens Sun., Nov. 3, 3 p.m. at 110 S. Market St., San Jose. For more info: 408-271-6840.

ARTS

Heroes of the Homeland A visual exploration of the contemporary lives of overseas Filipina workers and Filipino World War II veterans, from Hong Kong to San Francisco, through the black and white photography of Bay Area photojournalist Rick Rocamora. On exhibition until Dec. 7 at BABILONIA 1808, 1808 Fifth St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-883-1808 or www.bwf.org/pusod.

In the Face of War The Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War presents In the Face of War: Asian Photographers View Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Philippines & U.S.A., showing through Nov. 30 at the Asian Resource Gallery, 310 8th St., in Oakland’s Chinatown. For more info: 415-274-6760 x310.

Kearny Street Workshop’s 30th Anniversary GAla Kearny Street Workshop, the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American mulidisciplinary arts organization is celebrating its 30th anniversary with performances by some of the West Coast’s finest APA artists. The gala will take place Fri., Nov. 15, 6 – 10 p.m. at Club NV, 525 Howard St., San Francisco. Admission: $75. For more info: 415-503-0520 or www.kearnystreet.org.

Shelf Life Shirley Tse Capp Street Project artist-in-residence, uses white Styrofoam, vacuum-formed acrylic and “memory foam” to transform the California College of Arts and Crafts’ galleries into an otherworldly space. The show opens Weds., Nov. 6, 7 p.m. and continues until Jan. 10 at the CCAC’s Logan Galleries, 1111 Eighth St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-551-9210.

DANCE

There Once Was a Princess... Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose presents There Once Was a Princess... performed by Mythili Kumar and the Abhinaya Dancers. The performance features tales of princesses from Indian mythology, literature and contemporary times. Showing Sat., Nov. 9, 7 p.m. at the Mexican Heritage Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose. Tickets: $10-15. For more info: 408-983-0491 or www.abhinaya.com.

Kokoro Jill Togawa, the Purple Moon Dance Project and butoh artist Judith Kajiwara will blend butoh, hula and belly dance in Kokoro: Expressions of Cultural Blends, Mon., Nov. 11, 7 p.m. at SomArts Gallery Theatre, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco. Tickets: $15–25. For more info: 415-552-1105 or www.purplemoondance.org.

READINGS AND LECTURES

Maya Lin The Stanford Humanities Center will open its Presidential Series with a lecture by Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, entitled Maya Lin: Projects, Tues., Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. at 370 Serra Mall, Science and Engineering Quad, Room 200, on the Stanford campus. For more info: 650-725-1219 or e-mail peilin@stanford.edu.

Adeline Yen Mah The author of the New York Times bestseller, Falling Leaves, will read from her new work, A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China’s Past Through Proverbs. The reading will be held on Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Latina/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St. For more info: www.sfpl.org.

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices The Mechanics’ Institute and the Asia Society presents a reading entitled The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices. Bejing journalist Xinran Xue’s book gathers together interviews from a 1990s radio call-in show in which she invited Chinese women to speak about their lives. Mon., Nov. 4, 6 p.m. at the Mechanic’s Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco. Admission: $7. For more info: 415-393-0100 or www.milibrary.org.

THEATER

Kuan-Yin: Our Lady of Compassion Ghost Festival 2 presents the world premiere of a new performance work by Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu. Musicians and actors from Japan, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and the Bay Area will join together in an exploration of the figure of Kuan-Yin, at the Yerba Buena Center Theater, San Francisco, Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Tickets: $15–25. For more info: 415-978-2787.

WORKSHOPS

Build Your Own Taiko-style Drum The Crissy Field Center presents a workshop for families to build their own Taiko-style drum. In this workshop, add a modern twist to tradition by building a big drum of your own using a clean, recycled garbage can, and experience its power and excitement by drumming with the group. Sat., Nov. 9, 1 – 4 p.m. at the Crissy Field Center in the Presidio, 603 Mason at Helleck. Tickets: $20. For more info and to register: 415-561-7752.

Here We Are In collaboration with the Shih Yu-Lang Central YMCA of San Francisco, the Theatre of Yugen embarks on a new educational outreach program targeting the Pan-Asian communities of the Tenderloin and SOMA neighborhoods. This outreach provides free training and creative performance opportunities for youth ages 9–18. Here We Are will run through Nov. 8 at the Central YMCA, 220 Golden Gate Ave. (at Hyde), San Francisco. For more info: 415-621-0507 or www.theatreofyugen.org.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ARTS

L.A. Enkanto Kollective Community Arts Resources presents L.A. Enkanto Kollective, celebrating the release of their recent CD In Our Blood: Filipina/o American Poetry and Spoken Word from Los Angeles. Performers will mix hip-hop, balagtasan, dialogues, song and poetry to reveal the many dynamics of Filipina/o American life in Los Angeles. The event takes place Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Getty Museum. For more info: 310-440-7300.

THEATER

Freak storm Lodestone Theatre Ensemble presents the world premier of Freak Storm, a haunting and provocative examination of the nature of responsibility, the mysterious shifting bonds of friendship and the unknowability of the ones we love. The show will run until Nov. 17 at the Little Theatre, 3326 Victory Blvd., Burbank. Tickets: $12–14. For more info: 323-993-7245 or www.lodestonetheatre.org.

REST OF THE WEST

ARTS

Do-ho suh Seattle Art Museum (SAM) presents the work of contemporary Korean artist Do-Ho Suh, who uses suspended diaphanous silk and nylon architectural installations to reconstruct space and explore identity. These works will be on display through Dec. 1 at SAM, 100 University St., Seattle. For more info: 206-654-3255 or www.seattleartmuseum.org.

EAST COAST

ARTS

Bohnchang Koo Bohnchang Koo’s first American retrospective will open to the public on Weds., Nov. 6 at the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, Mass. The exhibition will feature 28 photographs representing a broad spectrum of the Korean photographer’s work. Bohnchang Koo: Masterworks of Korean Photography will remain on view through Feb. 18, 2003. For more info: 978-745-9500 or www.pem.org.

Chen Zhen The Chinese-born, Paris-based artist Chen Zhen poetically employs both his study of traditional Chinese culture and his knowledge of Western avant-garde art to create work that engages contemporary social issues. The Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St., Boston will showcase Inner Body Landscapes until Dec. 31. Admission: $5–7, free on Thurs. For more info: 617-266-5152 or www.icaboston.org.

Munakat Shiko A retrospective exhibition devoted to Munakat Shiko, who was known to his Japanese contemporaries as an iconoclast and is often considered the 20th century’s most influential artist of the woodblock print, runs through Nov. 10 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway (at 26th St.). For more info: 215-763-8100 or www.philamuseum.org.

FILM AND VIDEO

From Hanoi to Hollywood BAMcinématek presents From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War on Film, a month-long program that features examinations of the war by filmmakers Hal Ashby, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Davis, Dang Nhat Minh and others. BAM will also host a spoken word performance Thurs., Nov. 14; two nights of songs about war Nov. 15–16; a symposium Sat., Nov. 16; and a BAM dialogue Tues., Nov. 19. The series will run until Nov. 30. All events are at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. For more info: 718-636-4111, or mgross@bam.org.

THE INDIAN DIASPORA The Indo-American Arts Council presents The Indian Diaspora, a film festival exploring the experiences of Indians around the world, featuring directors as diverse as Merchant and Ivory and Mira Nair. The festival will take place Nov. 6 – 10 at the Clearview Cinema, 239 East 59th Street, New York City. Tickets: $10–15.For more info: 212 759 4631 or www.iaac.us.

THEATER

Raisins Not Virgins South Asian League of Artists in America presents a staged reading of Sharbari Z. Ahmed’s Raisins Not Virgins, a fresh and often hilarious take on how passionate idealism can wreck havoc on one’s love life. The performance will take place Tues., Nov. 5, 7 p.m., at SALAAM at AAWW, 16 W. 32nd St., 10th Floor, New York City. For more info: 212-330-8097 or www.salaamtheatre.org.

NATIONAL

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Open Poetry Contest The International Library of Poetry announces that $58,000 in prizes will be awarded in the International Open Poetry Contest this year. Poets from the San Francisco area, particularly beginners, are welcome to submit. Entry is open and free to everyone. Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2002. For more info: www.poetry.com.

South Asian Film Day Peripheral Productions is seeking short, feature and documentary films to screen at South Asian Film Day. Programming at the event will include a screening of a short documentary about Academy-Award winning director Satyajit Ray, an interview with Mira Nair and a film by Ray. Deadline for submission is Nov. 6. For more info: www.sulekha.com.