ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH; CULTURAL EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer It's May and Asian-Americans locally and nationwide are celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month with festivals, performances, lectures and more. More than 127,000 Asian-Americans - including Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong - Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders live in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. alone. Asian Pacific Heritage Month offers a time for different groups to share Asian cultures and customs with the general public, as well as foster understanding between various Asian ethnic communities, said Susan Ng, executive director Asian Pacific Islander Council of the San Fernando Valley. The umbrella group, based at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , oversees 11 organizations in the Valley. Heritage month is ``really to increase awareness of the diversity,'' Ng said. ``We're talking about a wide range of cultures and people from different cultures, so I think it's important that we realize that it's not a community that is homogenous.'' Here are some coming events planned for this month in the Valley and other parts of Los Angeles: Today: Korean Culture Festival, ``Bridging Our Cultures Together.'' The second part of a two-day festival offering music, dancers and martial arts will be held from 6 to 10 p.m., in the CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge campus theater. Sponsored by the Valley Korean-American Association. Tuesday: Activist Angela Oh and others discuss ``Race Relations in Los Angeles.'' A talk on race will be held at noon at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, 1010 S. Flower St., Los Angeles. Contact Sylvia Moraton at (213) 413-4042. Other speakers include Joe Hicks, executive director of the city's Human Relations Commission. Saturday: Valley-Wide Asian American Forum and Asian Buffet. Meet and learn about 11 Asian American organizations in the San Fernando Valley over dinner. From 6 to 9 p.m. Sponsored by the Asian & Pacific Islander Council of the San Fernando Valley and the Japanese American Citizens League The Japanese American Citizens League was formed in 1929 to protect Japanese Americans from the state and federal government. It fought for civil rights for Japanese Americans and assisted those in internment camps. , Valley Chapter. For reservations call (818) 886-9496. Asian Professional Exchange The Asian Professional Exchange APEX is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, community-based organization with multi-faceted goals and purposes that are charitable, cultural and educational in nature. and Service Network for Asian Pacific Islander Youth's Fourth Annual Youth Olympics, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. UCLA Drake Stadium. Annual sports event focusing on team-building and communication. Call (310) 206-4365. May 16: Fourteenth annual Children's Day Celebration. Family fun includes traditional and contemporary arts activities, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Japanese American Cultural Community Center Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro St. in Little Tokyo. Festival of the Pacific Rim. Entertainment, children's workshops, food samples, and arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . Noon to 5 p.m. Pacific Asia Museum The Pacific Asia Museum is an Asian art museum located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California, United States. The museum was founded by Grace Nicholson who was a dealer in Native American and, later, Asian art and antiques. , 46 N. Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
May 23: Hawaiian Valley Nights. A night of the sounds and sights of the islands at CSUN, featuring singer Dennis Pavao from Maui, and Akoni Malacas. Begins at 7 p.m. in the CSUN Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets call (805) 985-1833. May 30: ``A Slice of Rice.'' Presented by Great Leap, a collection of stories on being Asian in America. 11 a.m. UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion