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Dec. 6 - Dec. 12, 2002
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| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
War & Silence Kearny Street Workshop is calling for visual art proposals from Bay Area APA visual artists for its May 2003 exhibition at SomArts, tentatively entitled War & Silence. Deadline: Fri., Dec. 20. For more info: 415-503-0520 or ksw@somarts.org.
ARTS
Lewis Suzuki Berkeley’s Artisans Holiday Open Studios program presents the work of painter Lewis Suzuki, on view in his studio Dec. 7–8, 14–15, 21–22, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., at 2240 Grant St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-849-1427.
Fu Dalu, The Spirit of the T’nalak Pusod Center for Culture and Ecology presents an innovative visual exploration of the unique native textiles, t’nalak, of the Tiboli people of the Philippines. The exhibition will feature not only the sacred weavings themselves, but also information about the women who weave them and the Tiboli culture. It will be on display until Jan. 11 at Pusod, 1808 5th St., Berkeley. For more info: 510-883-1808.
Manga The National Japanese American Historical Society presents Manga: A Century of Social Commentary by Japanese Artists in America, an exhibition of manga artists old and new. Works by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama, Taro Yashima, Jack Matsuoka, Pete Hironaka, Kaji Kawaguchi and Stan Sakai will be on display until Jan. 31, 2003 at the NJAHS Gallery, 1684 Post, San Francisco.
DANCE
Mahea’s Birthday Salon Come celebrate the birthday of the founder of the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance with an evening of world dance and music, featuring mbira performance by Erica Azim, belly dance by Malia de Felice and the Zambalita Middle Eastern Dance Company, Hawaiian slack key guitar by Pili Moreno and hula by the KaUaTuahine Polynesian Dance Company. The party takes place Sat., Dec. 7, 8 p.m. at the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance, 729 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. Tickets: $12–15. For more info: 510-845-2605.
FILM AND VIDEO
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune The Pacific Film Archive presents eleven masterworks by one of the most famous partnerships in world cinema, director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Showings Dec. 6 and Dec. 8–22, at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets: $7. For more info: 510-642-1412.
Energy Rangers in Soot City Artist/Activists Pratap Chatterjee and William Sievert team up to create a new movie/website/ video game that makes environmental activism fun for kids and adults. The Energy Rangers in Soot City, an animated 12-minute digital video, will be unveiled Thur., Dec. 12, 8 p.m. at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St., San Francisco. Tickets: $7 sliding scale. For more info: 415-821-1155.
MUSIC
Crossing Currents The Red Jade Collective presents Crossing Currents: New Urban Folklore As Told Through Crosscultural Music and Dance, the newest production from the internationally acclaimed experimental multi-disciplinary performance group. Crossing Currents relates the struggle to find and retain a sense of modern urban identity, in crosscultural music and dance. Performances are Dec. 6–7, 8 p.m. at the Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets: $12–15. For more info: 415-816-9376.
Lush Life Players The San Francisco-based jazz ensemble Lush Life Players, fronted by chanteuse Teri Untalan, will perform Sat., Dec. 7, 1–3 p.m. in the Japan Center’s Kinokuniya Building, Post and Webster, San Francisco. Admission: free. For more info: 415-202-0353.
Balinese Gamelan San Francisco State University’s Balinese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of Wayne Vitale, will perform a free concert Tue., Dec. 10, 1 p.m., Knuth Hall on the SFSU campus, 19th and Holloway. For more info: 415-338-1432.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Positive/Negative aunt lute books presents an evening of staged readings, jazz and food celebrating the release of Positive/Negative: Women of Color and HIV/AIDS, a collection of plays edited by Imani Harrington and Chyrell D. Bellamy. The celebration will take place Thur., Dec. 5, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at SomArts, 934 Brannan St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-826-1300 or www.auntlute.com.
Buddhist Storytelling The Nyingma Institute presents storyteller Rima Tamar, who will tell some of the classic stories of Tibetan Buddhist writings and show how they can teach young and old alike the meaning of selfless love and karmic responsibility. Tamar’s presentation will take place Sun., Dec. 8, 6 p.m. at the Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley. Admission: free. For more info: 510-843-6812.
All that Glitters Christina Fe, chairperson of the Locke Community Advisory Committee, will discuss the history of Locke, one of the early Chinese settlements in California, and its prospects for the future. Sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society, the lecture will take place Tue., Dec. 10, 7 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Foundation Learning Center, 965 Clay St., San Francisco. Admission: free. For more info: www.chsa.org.
THEATER
Kurisumasu Karoru SFSU’s Theater Arts Department rekindles the spirit of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol in 20th century Japan with Kurisumasu Karoru, a noh interpretation of Dicken’s classic. The multicultural yuletide feast will be performed Dec. 5–7, 8 p.m. and Dec. 7–8, 2 p.m. Tickets: $8–10. For more info: 415-338-2467.
East Meets West Eth-Noh-Tec will celebrate its 20th anniversary as an innovator in educational performing arts and Asian-influenced storytelling with a night of performance and presentations. The event will include storytellers, performance artists, taiko drummers, and appearances from community leaders Janice Mirikitani, Yuri Kochiyama and Jeff Adachi, and will take place Sun., Dec. 8, 3 p.m. at the Golden Gate Club. Tickets: $40. For more info: 415-282-8705.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men The Theatre of Yugen features Paducah Mining Co.’s production of James Agee and Walker Evans’ American masterpiece, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Part of Yugen’s monthly series, performances will take place Dec. 9–10, 8 p.m. at the Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco. Tickets: $10–15. For more info: 415-621-7978 or www.theatreofyugen.org.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ARTS
Deep Take The 18th Street Arts Complex and Highways Gallery present a new multi-channel video installation by internationally-acclaimed Japanese visual artist Yuki Kimura. Deep Take fuses the quotidian elements of domestic life with the stylized perceptions of contemporary media and popular culture. An opening reception will be held Fri., Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m. and the installation will remain on view until Jan. 26, 2003 at the 18th Street Arts Complex, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. For more info: 310-453-3711.
DANCE
Remembering An award-winning movement-theater piece about Afghan women, Remembering, will be part of the Synapse Dance Theater’s newest modern dance program, Dec. 6–8 at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. Tickets: $12. For more info: 310-434-3000.
MUSIC
Big Mouth Open Mic Wide Eyed Workshops, an APA arts organization bringing together emerging APA writers and artists in Southern California, will host A Big Mouth Open Mic, to celebrate the inauguration of its creative writing workshop series, Exploring Los Angeles: Asian American Style. The open mic will take place Wed., Dec. 11 at Blue in Hollywood. Suggested donation: $3. For more info: info@wideeyedworkshops.org.
Hiroshima The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center presents legendary jazz fusion group Hiroshima in a special holiday concert, featuring music from their debut Christmas CD release. The L.A. area band will play Sat., Dec. 14, 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 15, 2 p.m. at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Tickets: $30–35. For more info: 213-680-3700.
THEATER
The Tempest East West Players presents Shakespeare’s Tempest in a new adaptation written and directed by Andrew Tsao. The production blends Eastern and Western techniques to create a hip, young, sexy production of one of Shakespeare’s most mythic and abstract plays. The show will run until Dec. 15, at the David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. Tickets: $20–30. For more info: 213-625-7000 or www.eastwestplayers.org.
CALIFORNIA
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Locked In, Locked Out The National Japanese American Historical Society is offering $100–500 prizes to California high school students who submit essays, spoken word/poetry or visual art on the subject of how the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII relates to modern society. Entries must be received by Jan. 2, 2003, 5 p.m. For more info: 415-921-5007 or www.njahs.org.
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ARTS
The First 100 Years The Ling Luke Asian Museum presents the return of Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years, an exhibition showcasing 49 intimate stories of Seattle’s Chinatown community prior to 1965. An opening reception will take place Thur., Dec. 5, 5–7 p.m. The show will run until March 30 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, 407 7th Ave. S., Seattle.
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EAST COAST
ARTS
Bohnchang Koo Bohnchang Koo’s first American retrospective features 28 photographs representing a broad spectrum of the Korean photographer’s work. Bohnchang Koo: Masterworks of Korean Photography will remain on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, Mass. 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.
READINGS AND LECTURES
BAMdialogue The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents a dialogue with Chinese composer Tan Dun, whose score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won an Oscar. Tan will speak about his newest work, Water Passion After St. Matthew, Wed., Dec. 11, 6 p.m. at the BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Tickets: $8. For more info: 718-636-4100 or www.bam.org.
THEATER
No Foreigners Beyond This Point Center Stage presents the world premiere of a new play by Tony Award-winning playwright Warren Leight. Dramatizing his own experience as an English teacher in rural China, No Foreigners Beyond This Point will run until Dec. 22 at The Pearlstone Theater at Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore. Tickets: $10–50. For more info: 410-332-0033 or www.centerstage.org.
Macbeth The Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Yukio Ninagawa’s Macbeth as part of its 20th annual Next Wave festival. The production, in Japanese with English subtitles, will run Dec. 5–7, 7:30 p.m. at the Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Tickets: $25–50. For more info: 718-636-4111 or www.bam.org.
Democracy in Islam Bina Sharif’s eye-opening and timely new play Democracy in Islam hits the New York theater circuit with a portrayal of a South Asian Muslim family in New York City. The play opens Thur., Dec. 5 and will run through Dec. 29 at the Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave. Tickets: $10. For more info: www.theaterforthenewcity.org.
Agitprops: The Recycling Project Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks present Agitprops: the Recycling Project, an after-life cabaret for objects. The collaborative dance and performance project takes place Dec. 5–15 at La Mama, 74A E. 4th St., New York City. Tickets: $15. For more info: 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.
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