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December 2007

Who: Coca-Cola Company When:   December 1; 12:00 - 3:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium and 8th floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Be a puppeteer for an afternoon! Learn about Asia’s many puppet traditions, including shadow puppets and Bunraku. Create a puppet and perform in a puppet show.

Free with Gallery admission. Under 16 free.

When:   Saturday, December 1, 9:30pm Where: Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Rarely have films mixed fiction and documentary with the impact achieved by A
Man Vanishes, which began as a documentary about the rising number of missing
persons in Japan. The film presents one such case, that of a young man who
disappeared while on a business trip. Imamura hired an actor to play an
investigator who interacts with the missing man's fianc??e. The result is a
fascinating mixture of fact and fiction that builds through a series of
revelations to a dizzying finale.

When:   Saturday, December 1, 7pm Where: Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Ken Ogata delivers a chilling performance as Iwao Enokizu, the anti-hero who
graduates from fraud to murder in this gripping thriller. Vengeance Is Mine
represents Imamura's return to feature filmmaking after a decade making
documentaries, largely for television, an experience revealed by the film's
sober authenticity. Imamura tells his story in jigsaw-puzzle fashion, opening
with the killer's capture, turning the film from a straight crime story to a
rich character study.

When:   December 1; 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Where: 60 Washington Square South, Kimmel Center, Rm 804-805 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

An instructor from NY Jiu Jitsu will be teaching the basics of Jiu Jitsu as well as some self-defense techniques applicable to real-life situations. There will be practice drills that attendants can participate in, so they can have a good feel, not just see, how the techniques are performed. This event is opened to ANYONE (NYU and non-NYU personel).

To enter Kimmel Center:
- for NYU staff and students: swipe w/ NYU ID
- for non-NYU attendants: tell the guard that you are attending the Martial Arts Seminar

What to bring/wear:
- wear clothes that are decent for working out (shorts/sweat pants/shirt)
- if you want, you can bring a drink

When:   2nd December 2007 (Sunday) Starts : 12:30 Where: 4391 Granite Drive Rocklin, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Theme:
Asian Dreams Furniture sponsors "The Asian Arts Holiday Celebration". All of the Public is invited...To experience and enjoy the sights , sounds, and tastes of Asia !

Which is absolutely free to all !

When:
2nd December 2007 (Sunday) Starts : 12:30

Where:
The Asian Dreams Handmade Asian Furniture Showroom
4391 Granite Drive , Rocklin, Ca. 95677
(916) 652 7773
sales@asiandreamsfurniture.com

Venue: 12:30 to 3:30
2nd December 2007 (Sunday)

12:30 - 20 Piece Chinese Orchestra
Playing Traditional Chinese Instruments

Asian Artist Exhibition of Silk Paintings

Peruse the exquisite and extraordinary Asian Art of Silk Paintings

on Exhibition by the World renowned... Ywing Ming Jyang

Her works have been shown in juried exhibitions and private galleries
in the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

website: http://www.ywing-ming-jyang.com

Meet the Artist... while enjoying the sounds of Asia Performed Live...

1:15 Tai Chi Introduction and exhibition by Si-Fu Michael Jennings
Sign up for afternoon classes

1:45 - 20 Piece Chinese Orchestra

2:15 - Afternoon Tea with Free Chinese Dim Sum Horsdoeuvres & Chinese Tea

3:15 Tai Chi Introduction and exhibition by Si-Fu Michael Jennings

Starting Introductory Class with signed-up Participants


Sponsored by ASIAN DREAMS China FAMILY FACTORY
Providing the Arts of Handmade Elegant Asian Furniture
website: http://www.asiandreamsfurniture.com

Additional Info Call: 1-888-338 7778 or 916 652 7773

When:   Sunday, December 2, 3pm Where: Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Imamura as anthropologist comes to the fore in this epic tale of the primal past
subsisting within the modern world. An engineer from Tokyo is sent to a tropical
island where he encounters a strange family ostracized for its incestuous
practices. Although life on the island seems primitive to the engineer, he also
finds it strangely alluring. The film imagines a confrontation between
technology and tradition in which technology only appears to win, with the
irrational always close at hand as a counterweight to progress.

When:   December 3, 7:30pm Where: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave at 65th St) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The concert will begin with a new interpretation of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor including a movement for violin and Chinese erhu, played by Min Xiao-Fen. The concert will continue with a semi-staged performance of Rossini's opera L'Italiana in Algeri. The concert features the Orchestra of St. Luke's, violin soloist Chee-Yun, described as "... utterly magical" by Gramophone, and 20 traditional musicians from 15 countries including Min Xiao-Fen (pipa, China), Ismail Isik (Baglama, Turkey), Shyamal Maitra (tablas, India), Ara (talking drum, Nigeria), Kang Hyo-Sun (piri, Korea), Yacouba Sissoko (kora, Mali), Fawzi Al Langawi (Oud, Kuwait) in an effort to promote respect for cultural diversity and encourage a dialogue among civilizations.

When:   December 3rd at 6pm and December 5th at 1pm & 7pm Where: Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Celebrating the musical gifts that physically impaired men and women possess, Unheard Notes “Differently – Able” Pianists, is a night of special music and possibilities as part of the Piano Paralympics, an international piano music festival that originated in Japan. In its New York debut, world-class disabled pianists from eight different countries will perform as part of a demonstration concert to make people aware of the next Piano Paralympics in 2009.
Hosted by Japan’s Institute of Piano Teachers & Disabled Research Association (IPD), the Piano Paralympics, which first took place in Yokohama, Japan, in 2005, with the goals of researching better methods to teach the disabled and educating piano teachers to help teach them were first established by Japanese. Not just for the handicapped, the concert allows anyone with a physical disability to enter the competition and perform. Another important goal of the festival is to give these endowed musicians the chance to share their gifts and establish their talents while showing people that you can overcome great challenges.
With two concert performances, one being on December 3rd, at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium as part of the U.N.’s International Day of Disabled Persons and the other on December 5th, at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, this demonstration concert will undoubtedly show the great abilities that these disabled musicians possess, but also shed light on this fantastic music festival that features some great performers in their own right.

When:   Monday, December 3, 7pm Where: Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Monday, December 3, 7pm
Film Screening /The Pornographers (Jinruigaku nyumon)/, (Imamura, 1966). *
In this wicked black comedy, harried pornographer Ogata lives with a
widow vowed to chastity by the dead husband who she believes has been
reincarnated as the voyeuristic carp in her aquarium. While Ogata lusts
after the widow's daughter, the widow showers affection on her son.
Imamura's camera peeps through windows and around screens as the film
proliferates points of view, most famously that of the carp in its tank.

*Monday, December 3, 9:30pm
Film Screening /Karayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute
(Karayuki-san)/, (Imamura, 1970).*
Imamura travels to Malaysia to interview a karayuki-san, one of the many
Japanese women forced into sexual slavery by the military government.
Like many of the karayuki-san, Kikuyo Zendo, now toothless at 74 and the
widow of an Indian shopkeeper, chose not to return to Japan after the
war. Imamura probes Zendo's past and her horrifying wartime experience.

Who: Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) When:   December 03, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Where: Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 918 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents a Brown Bag Lecture with Dr. Cheng Li, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy Studies and a Director of the National Committee on U.S. - China Relations entitled, "China's Fifth Generation: Trajectory for the Future."

For further information regarding this event, please contact Caroline Batten by sending email to cb2469@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-6916.

Who: OneWorld United States When:   December 5, 2007; 5:30-7:30 Where: 3201 New Mexico Avenue, Suite 395 Washington, DC Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Share ideas, meet cool new people, and have a great time at the Nonprofit Networking Event!

FEATURED TOPIC: Gifts That Make a Difference

GlobalGiving Marketing & Business Development Interns Johanna Womer Benjamin and Robert Dubois will discuss how GlobalGiving provides ways for you to give gifts that make a difference this holiday season.


Date: Wed., Dec. 5
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Location: Teaism at Penn Quarter
400 8th Street NW
(202) 638-6010

Click here to RSVP.


This event is co-hosted by OneWorld.net & GlobalGiving.

Don't forget to bring information to share about your organization--brochures, business cards, upcoming events announcements, etc.! You can also bring items for the free raffle--books, bags, etc.!

To find out about the next networking event and other local events, to subscribe to the OneWorld DC list, visit http://lists.us.oneworld.net/lists/info/owdc.

For more information, email uspartnership[at]oneworld[dot]net.

Who: Asia Society Northern California and the Asia Foundation When:   December 5; 5:30 - 7:00 pm Where: The Asia Foundation's Haydn Williams Conference Room, 465 California Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

"Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation," an exquisite book of photographs, tells the story of how its people are conserving it for future generations. The book is the product of many years’ work by natural historians, Tibet experts, and a diverse team of photographers.

Free and open to the public.

When:   December 5; 12 - 2:30 pm Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Panelists
J. Patrick Adcock, Senior Vice President for Environmental Markets, World Energy Solutions, Inc.
Kevin Butt, General Manager and Chief Environmental Officer, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Takamitsu Sawa, Professor, Kyoto University & Ritsumeikan University

Moderator
Joshua Giordano, President, Energistics LLC

Global climate change began gradually attracting the world’s attention only in the late 1980s, but today it is recognized as an issue of vital economic and humanitarian importance. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report in February 2007 citing human activities as the primary cause of global warming and warned of a future marked by droughts, floods and hurricanes, more intense and devastating than in the past, as well as food and water shortages. The international community, including the U.S. and Japan, has launched discussions to create a post-Kyoto Protocol international framework to tackle climate change, but proactive cooperation from industry specifically is essential to this process. Our panel of experts explores business solutions that will confront global warming issues while providing for sustainable economic development and examines how industry in the U.S and Japan is responding to consumer demand for eco-friendly manufacturing methods and products.

Agenda
12 - 12:30 pm Registration & reception
12:30 - 1 Luncheon
1 - 2:30 Panel presentations

Admission: This is a free event open to the public, but you must pre-register for the program online below or by emailing register@japansociety.org. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. For additional information, please call Tomoko Okuno at (212) 715-1247.

Who: The Nippon Gallery When:   December 5-11 Where: 145 W. 57th St New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Though they utilize different mediums and express themselves differently through their work, Koharu and Max Fujishima share the same view of the universe. Both seize the moments that touch their minds. Expressing those moments through their art, they seek to eternally touch the hearts and minds of those who view their work.

Fee: Free

Info: 212-581-2223 or info@nipponclub.org

Who: Cosmos Press and Shaolin Wahnam Institute When:   December 5; 6:30 - 9:30 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

What do emperors/generals of ancient China and some modern day business executives have in common? Apart from demanding occupations, both have realized the benefits of practicing Shaolin Chi Kung, the ancient art of developing one’s vital organs. Originating more than 2,000 years ago, this once ‘secret’ of the elite (sometimes referred to as Qigong) has been known to develop tremendous internal power. It has not only aided in the general health of keeping the practitioner healthy and stress free by clearing and calming the mind, it has also been said to expand the mind to limitless resources of the universe and realize spiritual joy. All of these benefits are of the utmost importance as increased pressure, demands and decisions, both in and out of the office, are placed on business executives.

Please join us as Ti-Hua Chang from WCBS-TV engages the world-renowned Shaolin Gradmaster, Wong Kiew Kit, in an interview as he shares with us how the ancient art of Shaolin Chi Kung can help improve today’s fast paced corporate world. This interview will also be followed by an amazing demonstration of Shaolin Chi Kung, as well as book signing of Master Wong’s latest book and a reception. (Grandmaster Wong has been awarded a “Qigong Master of the Year Award” at the World Qigong Congress in San Francisco, and has been sought by many business executives, doctors, surgeons, country officials and presidents throughout the world.)


Members and students $15, nonmembers $30

When:   December 3rd at 6pm and December 5th at 1pm & 7pm Where: Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Celebrating the musical gifts that physically impaired men and women possess, Unheard Notes “Differently – Able” Pianists, is a night of special music and possibilities as part of the Piano Paralympics, an international piano music festival that originated in Japan. In its New York debut, world-class disabled pianists from eight different countries will perform as part of a demonstration concert to make people aware of the next Piano Paralympics in 2009.
Hosted by Japan’s Institute of Piano Teachers & Disabled Research Association (IPD), the Piano Paralympics, which first took place in Yokohama, Japan, in 2005, with the goals of researching better methods to teach the disabled and educating piano teachers to help teach them were first established by Japanese. Not just for the handicapped, the concert allows anyone with a physical disability to enter the competition and perform. Another important goal of the festival is to give these endowed musicians the chance to share their gifts and establish their talents while showing people that you can overcome great challenges.
With two concert performances, one being on December 3rd, at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium as part of the U.N.’s International Day of Disabled Persons and the other on December 5th, at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, this demonstration concert will undoubtedly show the great abilities that these disabled musicians possess, but also shed light on this fantastic music festival that features some great performers in their own right.

When:   12/6: 6.30 - 9.30pm Where: KSW's space180, 180 capp street, @ 17th street San Francisco, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

oin Kearny Street Workshop on Thursday, December 6th, to celebrate 35 years of art and community at our annual holiday party & art auction, at KSW's SF Mission District home, space180.

Gather with familiar and new faces, enjoy some food and drink, and view and bid on the original artwork on display by some of our most talented community members.

The silent auction features artwork by Binh Danh, Betty Kano, Favianna Rodriguez, Nancy Hom, Bob Hsiang, Choppy Oshiro, Truong Tran, Kevin B. Chen, Sharon Hing, Stephanie Lie, Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Susanna Kwan , and others.

In addition to the silent auction, there will also be live drawing by Lawrence Yang, Iranshid Ghadimi, and others, whose work will be available for bidding, and musical and literary performances.

Date: Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Time: 6.30 - 9.30pm (silent auction bidding closes at 9pm)

Location: KSW's space180, 180 capp street, @ 17th street, San Francisco

Cost: $10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Auction registration: FREE with admission

Kearny Street Workshop is a community-based arts nonprofit based in San Francisco. Founded in 1972, KSW's mission is to produce and present art that enriches and empowers Asian Pacific American communities. Our vision is to achieve a more just society by connecting APA artists to community members to give voice to our cultural, historical, and contemporary issues. KSW offers workshops, visual exhibitions, readings, artist salons and panel discussions, an annual arts festival, and more. For more information, please visit www.kearnystreet.org

Who: Korea Society When:   December 6; 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Half-day Conference

Keynote Speakers:
- His Excellency Lee Tae-sik, Ambassador of Korea to the United States
- Alex Arvizu, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, United States Department of State (invited)

Session I: After the Summit: Toward Reconciliation?
- Charles Armstrong, Professor of History, Columbia University
- Victor Cha, Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University (invited)
- Jonathan Park, Director, Korea Working Group, USIP
- L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation (moderator)

Session II; Korea at a Crossroads: Domestic Leadership and Regional Stability
- Haeran Lim, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
- Scott Snyder, Senior Associate, International Relations, The Asia Foundation
- J.J. Suh, Associate Professor and Director of the Korea Studies Program, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
- Charles Pritchard, President, Korea Economic Institute (moderator) (invited)

2007 was a year of much activity on the peninsula. In early-February the six-party talks resulted in an agreement to de-nuclearize the Korean Peninsula. In October, the Presidents of the two Koreas met for the first time at the second inter-Korean Summit. In addition, South Korea has elections on the horizon, which have the potential to change the political landscape at home and abroad. Please join us for a discussion of these and other pressing issues.

Who: Asia Society When:   December 6, 2007, 6:30-7:30 PM Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Frank Ames is a textile and oriental carpet expert and has specialized in the Kashmir shawl for the past 30 years. His book "The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence" has become the standard reference work on the subject, and he is currently completing a new book on the Sikh period of the Kashmir shawl. He is one of the co-curators and co-authors of the current exhibition and catalogue "The Arts of Kashmir."

Who: Asia Society When:   December 6; 6:30 - 7:30 PM Where: 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Hear from textile and oriental carpet expert Frank Ames, a specialist in the Kashmir shawl for the past 30 years. His book "The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence" has become the standard reference work on the subject. Ames is co-author of the exhibition catalogue "The Arts of Kashmir" and an exhibition advisor. Books available at AsiaStore and www.AsiaStore.org.

When:   December 6; 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Where: Cantor Film Center 36 East 8th Street Theater 200 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

This James Shigeta film festival features the actor who gave hope for Asian males to cross into lead actor roles in the Hollywood studio. Two of the three films presented in these 2 evenings of programs discussed taboo issues of interracial relationships at a time when Asian leads were few to non-existent on the silver screen. Shigeta’s role in tonight's screening of Samuel Fuller’s 1959 noir “The Crimson Kimono” featured the actor as detective Joe Kojaku in a rare mixed-race on-screen kiss between an Asian male actor (Shigeta) and lead Caucasian actress (Christine Downs). The film that follows, “Bridge to the Sun,” tells of the struggles of a Caucasian Gwen Terasaki (Carroll Baker), married to Japanese diplomat Hidenari Terasaki (Shigeta) during WWII. Released in 1961, “Bridge to the Sun” is also the actor’s favorite film. The final film in the festival is the 1960’s Western “Walk Like A Dragon,” starring Shigeta as Cheng Lu opposite actress Nobu McCarthy, and is not to be missed. Among Shigeta’s other well-known films includes the musical “Flower Drum Song.”

A Q&A with James Shigeta follows the screening of “The Crimson Kimono” moderated by Sukhdev Sandhu, Assistant Professor of English and Asian/Pacific/American Studies at NYU and the chief film critic for the London Daily Telegraph.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, December 4th


Co-sponsored by: Co-sponsored by the Japanese American National Museum; Tisch School of the Arts, The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, the Directors Series; the Japanese American Citizen’s League, Asian Cinevision and series co-sponsor NYU Center for Media, Culture and History/Center for Religion and Media.

Who: Center for Chinese Studies When:   December 6, 2007, 4 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

By Julia Straus, Senior Lecturer, Political Studies, SOAS; Editor, The China Quarterly

This talk will be on The China Quarterly - its operations, standards, processes, what to expect when submitting articles for publication, and how to make things go smoother with the review process...

Who: Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) When:   December 06, 2007 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Where: Columbia University Morningside Campus International Affairs Building, Room 918 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents a Brown Bag Lecture with Zhang Guilin, Vice President of China University of Political Science and Law for Teaching and Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Politics and Public Administration, and Professor of Political Science entitled, "Current Issues in Central-Local Relations and Policy Choice in China."
For further information regarding this event, please contact Caroline Batten by sending email to cb2469@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-6916.

Who: IBM When:   December 7; 12:00 - 2:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Volatile fuel costs, energy security, scarce commodities, increased focus on climate change, and intense demand growth—particularly in China and India—are driving the need to look beyond coal and fossil fuel and harness the power of renewable energy sources. Consumers have begun to question why they don’t have more control over their personal energy experience – the act of consuming power plus the satisfaction of cost, environmental, availability, and other goals that are implicit in the transaction. Evidence of this shift can be seen in the U.S. and in Asia, where individual customers and savvy companies are deploying new, cleaner generating technologies in the first steps of what could grow to be a mass movement “off the grid.” The spirit of consumer empowerment that the Digital Age has brought to consumers in other industries, such as media and communications, is migrating irreversibly to the power industry. How is Asia leading the way?

$50 members; $75 non-members; $50 students w/ID

Who: Berkeley China Initiative When:   Friday-Saturday, December 7-8 Where: Lipman Room, Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

China's environment has become a subject of great
domestic and international interest and
importance. Pollution of the air, water and
soil; climate change; deforestation;
desertification; water shortage; animal and plant
species extinction; public health concerns--the
list of topics is extensive and growing. The
Chinese leadership has given high priority and
publicity to environmental cleanup and
sustainable development. The international
community-­government agencies, scientists,
universities, think tanks, businesses,
non-governmental organizations, media--on their
own and in collaboration with Chinese
counterparts, have undertaken wide-ranging
research and published numerous reports calling
attention to the internal and global impact of
China's environmental problems. Given China's
size and complexity, as well as complicated and
at times conflictual relations between the center
and localities, many experts have raised
questions about the reliability and validity of
the data that have comprised the basis for our
understanding of China's environment and the
formulation of policies to address problems, as
well as the extent to which policies have
actually been implemented as reported.

On December 7-8, 2007, the Berkeley China
Initiative will host a conference at the
University of California, Berkeley, on the theme,
"China's Environment: What Do We Know and How Do
We Know It?" Acknowledging that the problem has
scientific as well as social, political,
economic, public health and cultural aspects, the
BCI will bring together an international lineup
of experts from a diverse range of
fields--science, media, policy, business, NGOs,
social science, humanities--to share data on
China's environment, as well as reflect on how
the data are collected, verified, disseminated, and utilized.

The format includes 4 keynote speakers and 6
panels which bring together experts from
different fields who may not ordinarily converse
with each other. The goal is to generate fresh
and unexpected questions, connections, insights
and recommendations. The conference will be
webcast and a report prepared for wide dissemination.

This conference is funded by a generous grant
from the Luce Foundation as part of BCI's 3-part
series on "The Production of Knowledge About China."

When:   December 7-9 Where: Jacob K. Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The inaugural New York Anime Festival is a celebration of classic and cutting-edge anime, manga, and Japanese culture taking place December 7-9 in the heart of New York City!

When:   December 7, 2007 Where: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Given by Don Watkins.

The recent convergence of several economic and social changes has led to widespread transformation of China's post-secondary education to meet changing labor market and social needs and simultaneously to develop a corps of world-class universities assumed to be needed for China's growing importance as a major leader in world affairs. The presentation will consider some features of the transformation, including consequent tensions related to this two-fold priority.

When:   December 8th from 10am-11:30am Where: Doelger Center, Westlake Park, 101 Lake Merced Blvd. Daly City, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Highlights of the 5-week class. This one and a half hour classsession will be intensive. Great for review and/or those with scheduling conflicts.
Pre-register in room 9 at Daly City Park & Rec Office in Westlake Park, or call 650 991 8001 to register and charge the fee to a credit card.
Instructor: Lucy Shih
Fee: $15 Daly City Resident/$19 non-resident.
Time: December 8th from 10am-11:30am in room 4.

For a seperate fee, another class is held on December 15th.
Classes are held at Doelger Center, Westlake Park, 101 Lake Merced Blvd., Daly City, plenty of free parking and handicapped accessible.

When:   12/8: 7PM-12AM Where: 260 South California Avenue Palo Alto, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Let us dance the night away with fun professionals. Even a progressive dinner can be your choice by calling Rich at 415-507-9962.

Place: Illusions, 260 South California Avenue, Palo Alto 94306
Time: 7PM-12AM

Cost: Pre-register on the website $15
At the door: $20

First 30 Ladies arriving the first 1/2 hour with Christmas color dress will get in for $10. There will be a surprise gift for the 10 ladies who are voted best dressed.

Please feel free to check out our website: www.yourasianconnection.com/events/calendar.php or call Your
Asian Connection at 408-557-8885.

Who: Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook When:   Saturday, December 8, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m Where: Wang Center, Room 301 Stony Brook, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Led by Dr. JoAnn Rosen, Assistant Director for Consultation and Outreach, University Counseling Center, and Dr. Cheryl Kurash, Clinical Psychologist, University Counseling Center. This workshop will offer traditional Mindfulness Meditation instruction, principles and practices, with a particular focus on developing Loving Kindness towards oneself and others. Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a cushion, towel, socks, and sweater. Free for students. Suggested donation for non-students $20. To register, please e-mail asriversflow@yahoo.com or haideelee@yahoo.com. Sponsored by the
Buddhism Study & Practice Group.

When:   12/8-12/9 Where: Indonesia Consulate 5 East 68th St. New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Gamelan Dharma Swara presents a concert of traditional Balinese music, dance and shadow theater.The two-day event will feature an experimental shadow play combining traditional wayang puppets and kinetic imaging, and a premiere of Legong Jobog, a dance narrative of the Sugriwa-Subali story from the Ramayana epic. Sunday performances features a Balinese shadow puppet play (great for kids!), as well as the Barong dragon dance, and Topeng masked-dance repertoire.

Sat. 8pm, Sun. 2pm


Prices: $15 general, $10 students/seniors/children
(suggested donations)

Who: Japanese American Citizens' League When:   December 8th between noon and 3 p.m. Where: Peking Park Restaurant, which is located in Midtown Manhattan at 100 Park Avenue (near 40th Street), New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The New York Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens' League is honoring artist Jimmy Mirikitani at its annual winter holiday luncheon on Saturday, December 8th.

Jimmy Mirikitani is the star of the documentary film, "Cats of Mirikitani". The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006 and subsequently aired on the PBS series “Independent Lens” in 2007. “Cats of Mirikitani” relates how Linda Hattendorf, the film's director and co-producer, encountered a homeless Mirikitani on the streets of Lower Manhattan in 2001 and, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, helped him find housing and work and reestablish contact with his family. Mirikitani examines his past experiences in an American concentration camp during the Second World War, as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and as a homeless person.

Jimmy Mirikitani, Linda Hattendorf, and film co-producer Masa Yoshikawa are expected to attend the luncheon.

The luncheon will be held at the Peking Park Restaurant, which is located in Midtown Manhattan at 100 Park Avenue (near 40th Street), on December 8th between noon and 3 p.m.

The cost is $50 per person. For reservations or more information, please telephone either Aileen Yamaguchi at 212-873-4170 or Lillian Kimura at 973-680-1441. Please RSVP no later than Sunday, November 25, 2007.

When:   12/8/07 2pm-5pm and 1/26/08 7pm-10pm and 3/28/07 7pm-10pm Where: 2366 PELHAM AVENUE Los Angeles, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

You will learn how to buy the freshest, most delicious fish, and how to cut and prepare it properly for all of the dishes we will be making. Learn the creative art of sushi making as we design an Asian meal for you and your friends. We will show you how to make Sushi Rice, a variety of Sushi Rolls (Nori), Sushi on Rice (Nigiri), Spicy Sushi, and how to display and serve them decoratively with the garnishes and sauces that we will be making. Add some home made Pickled Cucumbers, Pickled Ginger, Teriyaki Sauce and Sibiu Sauce to the mix for a flavorful array. We’ll also make authentic Vegetable Tempura with Daishi and Ginger Dipping Sauce and Hot and Sour Soup to balance out your meal. CHEF ERIC will show you how to cut Oranges to finish off your fabulous Sushi experience.

WELCOME TO CHEF ERIC’S CULINARY CLASSROOM

Offering professional and recreational cooking classes and cooking instruction for every level of student. Whether your desire is to take a single recreational class, or our professional-level, multi-week Culinary Chef and Culinary Baking Programs, we provide the service, ingredients and equipment you need to learn while making new friends and having fun. You will learn all you need to succeed in today's restaurant kitchens, as well as master techniques that you can use at home. Classes encompass current cooking techniques and recipes to rival the finest dining establishments and culinary publications so that your meals taste fantastic.

The CULINARY CLASSROOM is a great place for connections to future employment using the postings on our active job board. We also assist in career guidance and job placement as we have many past students who have successful restaurants, bakeries and catering operations. We invite you to stop by and see why people from Catalina Island, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and even Colorado and Hawaii take the time to learn from CHEF ERIC at CHEF ERIC'S CULINARY CLASSROOM.

WHY THE CULINARY CLASSROOM?


• Professional Commercial Kitchen and Equipment – Wolf Ranges
• CHEF ERIC’s Credentials, Experience and Culinary Wisdom
• Culinary Chef I Certification Program
• Culinary Chef II - Certification Program
• Culinary Baking I Certification Program
• Culinary Baking II Certification Program
• Culinary Basics – Home Ec Revitalized

• Lots of Recreational Classes – Cooking and Baking - All Hands-On/Special Couples Nights
• Team Building Events for Corporations
• Private Cooking Parties for Groups
• Children/Teen Culinary Academy/Summer Camp
• Chef Eric limits Class Size to 12 Students for more One-on-One Instruction
• Student Testimonials confirm the food is fantastic!
• Great Location/Convenient Parking


Maintaining student and client satisfaction is our primary goal at
Chef Eric’s CULINARY CLASSROOM

We look forward to seeing you here - Until then, eat well and be well!

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PHONE: 310-470-2640 - FAX: 310-470-2642
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When:   December 8 and 9 Where: Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

*Saturday, December 8, 7pm
Film Screening /Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan)/, (Imamura, 1961). *
This absurdist depiction of a postwar Japan supposedly imbibing
democracy while prospering from the presence of the U.S. military is
generally considered to be Imamura's first masterpiece. The pimping
gangsters in Yokusaka port contrive a plan to raise pigs for the black
market, feeding the swine with kitchen scraps from the U.S. Navy. Young
Haruko tries to steer her teen hood boyfriend away the scheme but lands
in trouble herself. In a film crowded with energy and camera movement,
the climax is a standout: an anarchic shoot-out amidst a melee of
stampeding pigs.

*Saturday, December 8, 9:15pm
Film Screening /The Insect Woman (Nippon konchuki)/, (Imamura, 1963). *
In a brilliant film that bears comparison to Fassbinder's The Marriage
of Maria Braun, two generations of brash, no-nonsense Imamurian women
survive cataclysmic misfortunes and betrayals by relying on their
"entomological" instincts for self-preservation at any cost. After the
death of her lovers, the illegitimate Tome leaves her village to work in
a brothel that she will eventually usurp from its madam. In time, Tome's
own illegitimate daughter will grow to repeat this cycle... Imamura uses
the grotesque to explode the sentimental connection between femininity
and family values and to mock masculine pretensions of strength and
reliability.

*Sunday, December 9, 3pm
Film Screening /Lights of Night (Nishi Ginza eki-mae)/, (Imamura, 1958). *
For his second film, Imamura was assigned by the studio Nikkatsu to
direct this vehicle for singer-comedian Frank Nagai. The result is a
comedy about a hen-pecked drugstore owner who spends his days
reminiscing about a wartime romance in the tropics. Even in this studio
exercise, Imamura uses the feminine and the pre-modern as markers of a
soulfulness lacking in contemporary Japan.
*Film Screening My /Second Brother (Nianchan)/, (Imamura, 1959).*
This studio assignment finds Imamura venturing into the kind of realism
he would later use as a launching pad for his own obsessions. The film
is based on a true story, adapted from the diary by a real little girl
of Korean descent, one of four siblings in a working-class family. When
their father dies, the children are left to fend for themselves. While
not a typical Imamura film, My Second Brother looks forward to the
filmmaker's future investment in the vitality of the impoverished social
outcasts.

*Sunday, December 9, 7pm
Film Screening /Stolen Desire (Nusumareta Yukujo)/, (Imamura, 1958). *
Stolen Desire, Imamura's film debut, can be seen as a ribald, contrarian
reworking of Ozu's A Story of Floating Weeds. An idealistic director
quits school to join a traveling theater troupe and finds himself
trapped in a love triangle between the leading player's wife and her
younger sister. Imamura has claimed the disillusioned protagonist was
modeled after himself.

*Sunday, December 9, 9pm
Film Screening /Endless Desire (Hateshi naki Yukujo)/, (Imamura, 1958). *
On the tenth anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender, a motley group of
five gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of
morphine buried during the war. Imamura initiates a grimly humorous tale
of twisted relationships, prefiguring similar entanglements to come in
his later films.

Who: Asian Women in Business When:   DECEMBER 11, 6 PM Where: 12 West 18th Street, #3E, (btw 5th & 6th) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Join AWIB as we toast the season at our Annual Holiday Party - a time to make new friends and catch up with old ones. As always there will be a buffet dinner, an open beer & wine bar and raffles with a dazzling array of prizes to be won. Click here to view our party invitation.

Cost: AWIB Member: $20 Non-Members: $40. At the door: $45. Includes food and open wine & beer bar.

Registration: RSVP with payment by Dec 7 or register online.

For more information, call 212.868.1368 or email info@awib.org

When:   6:00pm - 10:00pm Tuesday of each week Where: Intelligentsia Coffee, 3123 N. Broadway Street Chicago, IL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

We meet every Tuesday and have players of all strengths come out, beginners are welcome as well.

When:   12/11; 6:30 PM Where: KAMPO CULTURAL CENTER 31 Bond Street (bet.Lafayette St. and Bowery St.) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Japanese Culture and Language Group (www.japanese.meetup.com/407) will run an exclusive Caligraphy (shodo) class in Dec 11th. Will be taught by Mr. Tsuyoshi Takemori (Takemori-sensei) , a fifth rank instructor in shodo (calligraphy) who received his degree from Japan's premiere calligraphy academy, the Japan Calligraphy Education Foundation.

Takemori-sensei has over twenty five years of experience in this field and has taught at the University of Rochester and at the Gannet School of Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

He has also demonstrated calligraphy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asia Society in New York and throughout the United States.

The fee includes all the material that you can borrow for the workshop and special HANSHI papers, lesson fee, studio rental fee.


THIS IS OUR GROUP'S EXCLUSIVE EVENT-
IF YOU SAY "YES", PLEASE COME TO THE EVENT BY ALL MEANS. WE ASKED THE SENSEI FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT BASED ON TRUST & GOOD WILL, WHICH I DO NOT WISH TO RUIN- PLEASE KINDLY UNDERSTAND AND BE ATTENTIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

NOTE: THE CHECK $30 FOR THE EVENT TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO SENSEI ON SITE. Please make checks payable to J.C.C.I. (JAPAN CALLIGRAPHY CENTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.)

The class begins at 6:30 PM sharp. Please don't come late; otherwise, you'd miss the important stroke!

KAMPO CULTURAL CENTER is located 31 Bond Street (bet.Lafayette St. and Bowery St.)
, if you take Subway, take #6 at Bleeker Street or # FVQD at Broaddway and Lafayette For going through the intricate technique, the size of class is very limited.
Shodo is meditating and soothing- must be ideal around this hectic time of the year. Please join us and have a wonderful experience with Takmori-sensei in mid December!

Who: Asian Women in Business When:   December 12 Where: Asian Women In Business, 358 Fifth Avenue (between Fifth Avenue and 34th Street), Suite 504 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

AWIB will hold a workshop on getting certifed as a Minority/Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE). The workshop will walk you through the New York City certification requirements and how to gain valuable access to City contracting opportunities. You can even start the process of getting certified right at the workshop. If you know another business owner interested in becoming certified, please feel free to bring her/him as your guest. To qualify for M/WBE status, business owners mus be in operations for at least one year. The workshop is being conducted as part of AWIB's role as Community Outreach Partner for New York City Small Business Services to help Asian-owned businesses get M/WBE certification and access to City contracts.

Time: Session #1: 12:30pm - 2:00 pm or Session #2: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Cost: Free but you must RSVP by December 10th.

Who: Japan Society When:   Wednesday, December 12, 6 PM Where: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Speaker
Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science; Director of the Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presider
George R. Packard, President, United States-Japan Foundation

For the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan's security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military profile of Asia is changing rapidly, however. Korea's nuclear program, China's rise, and the relative decline of U.S. power have prompted strategic review in both Tokyo and Washington. What does the future hold for Japan's security policy? Will confluence with U.S. interests--and the alliance--survive intact? Or will Japan become more autonomous?

Professor and author Richard J. Samuels demonstrates that over the last decade, revisionist policymakers have consolidated power in Japan, and as reflected in the policies of the Koizumi administration, have taken bold steps to position Japan's military to play a global security role. Successor administrations have continued to further define and legitimate Japan's new grand strategy, sparking vigorous debate both at home and in the region.

Agenda
6 - 6:30 Registration
6:30 - 7:30 Lecture and Q&A
7:30 - 8:00 Reception and book signing

Admission: Corporate members are entitled to a designated number of free admissions to this event, based on their company’s current membership level. These reservations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the event. Additional corporate registrants and Japan Society individual members at the Patron level and above pay the discounted corporate member rate of $10 for the panel discussion. Nonmember admission is $15. The academic and government admission rate is $10. When payment is required, prepayment must be made, or registration secured, with a credit card. All registrations and cancellations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the event. Substitutions are welcome.

Who: AAMA CONNECT 2007 Conference When:   Wednesday, December 12th Where: Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel in California Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 274

Dear Friends of AAMA,

We are delighted to announce this year's AAMA CONNECT conference to be held at the Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel in California on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007.

For years the annual Connect Conference has been facilitating meetings between thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and high-level executives. This event lays the groundwork for many multimillion-dollar deals every year. Given the current state of China's booming economy, and the changes and development taking place in the Asia Pacific Rim, 2007 is sure to be the most promising and invigorating conference to date.

So save the date and stay tuned for more conference details!

We encourage you to learn more about AAMA Membership or become a member today. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.aamasv.com.

Contact Information
Name: Angel Huang
AAMA Program Associate
Email: aama@aamasv.com
Phone: 650.738.1480

Who: A/P/A Institute When:   13 Dec; 6-9 PM Where: Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South Rooms 405 & 406 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The annual holiday party is an A/P/A Institute tradition. Come and meet the community and celebrate the year with friends, food and music!

RSVP by Tuesday, Dec. 11 to apa.rsvp@nyu.edu, 212-992-9653, or online.

Free and open to the public

Who: The Sunny Jain Collective When:   Thursday, December 13, 9:30pm Where: 425 Lafayette Street (between East 4th and Astor Place), adjacent to The Public Theater New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Sunny Jain Collective presents TABOO, inspired by the ancient poetic form of ghazal and addresses topics often glossed over in the South Asian community. Taboo was created with support from Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation Program, funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and features Sunny Jain - drums/dhol, Marc Cary - piano/keys, Steve Welsh -saxophones/effects, Gary Wang - bass, Samita Sinha - vocals, and Achyut Joshi - vocals. This event is co-sponsored by SAKHI for South Asian Women and Breakthrough. All proceeds will be donated to both organizations.

Tickets: $15
By Phone: 212-967-7555
In Person: At The Public Theater Box Office from 1pm to 6pm and at Joe's Pub from 6pm to 10pm (both located at 425 Lafayette St.)
Table Reservations: 212-539-8778
(Purchase of tickets does not guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats.)

Who: AAARI When:   December 14, 2007 Where: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Ms. Kuang-Yu Fong will share her story of why she chose to perform Chinese theater in the United States. The mission of her company, Chinese Theatre Works, is to "preserve and promote classic Chinese theater through performance, research and teaching; and to create new works that fuse Chinese theatrical aesthetics with contemporary western performance methods and social concerns."

This statement indicates Ms. Fong’s two major artistic concerns, which are to hold onto and nurture tradition while allowing for its growth and evolution in the new social environment of the United States. Ms. Fong will illustrate this with examples from some of Chinese Theatre Works' projects from the last decade, and will also talk some about the process and difficulties of creating this kind of theatre with a small, non-profit company.

Who: RENAISSANCE CHINESE OPERA SOCIETY When:   December 16, 2-4:30pm Where: Queens Library (Flushing), 41-17 Main St. Flushing, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Full-costumed Chinese opera highlights from four traditional Peking operas. A preeminent position as the foremost exponent in America of Chinese classical opera, the traditional Peking drama, the most important and highly regarded type of performing art of China.

FREE Admission.

When:   December 16, 2007 , 5:30pm Where: White Hall Room: 208 Emory Atlanta, GA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

"Hindi Urdu Sanjhe Bol." An evening dedicated to Poetry/Ghazals. Dinner provided. For more information contact, Manju Tiwari at mtiwar2@emory.edu.

When:   December 16, 7-9pm Where: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th St) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Taikoza uses the powerful rhythms of the Taiko drums to create an electrifying energy that carries audiences in a new dimension of excitement. The Taiko is a large, barrel-like drum that can fill the air with the sounds of rolling thunder. Drawing from Japan's rich tradition of music and performance, Taikoza has created a new sound using a variety of traditional instruments. In addition to drums, Taikoza incorporates the shakuhachi, the fue (both bamboo flutes), and the Koto (a 13-string instrument). Members of Ondekoza (the group started the renaissance of taiko in Japan in the 60s) created Taikoza in 1995.

Admission: $32 general, $22 students/seniors, $18 children
Venue: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th St) NYC

Who: Fairbank Center When:   Monday, December 17, 2007 4:00pm Where: Common Room 2 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Given by Alexander Des Forges, UMASS Boston.
For more information email: *vleung@fas.harvard.edu*

When:   Monday, 17 December 2007, 4:00pm Where: 1730 Cambridge St., CGIS South, Room S050 Cambridge, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Chang Xinxin, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center; Discussant: Ji Humin,
Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture; Chair: Zheng Yu, Postdoctoral
Fellow, Fairbank Center.
For more information email: xchang@fas.harvard.edu
/**Please note: the working language will be Chinese.//*

When:   6:00pm - 10:00pm Tuesday of each week Where: Intelligentsia Coffee, 3123 N. Broadway Street Chicago, IL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

We meet every Tuesday and have players of all strengths come out, beginners are welcome as well.

Who: New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) When:   7:30 PM, December 18-26, 2007 Where: Beacon Theatre, 2124 Boradway (btwn 74th and 75th) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Now in its 5th year, New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) and its producing partner Divine Performing Arts are proud to return to New York this holiday season with HOLIDAY WONDERS, performed live at the Beacon Theatre (Broadway and 74th Street) December 18-26, 2007.

Blending the divine charm of the East with the holiday spirit of the West, HOLIDAY WONDERS presents performances that range from classic European ballet to theatrical Chinese dances, all of which are introduced to you in both English and Chinese. This celebration of our shared values truly brings the spirit of the season to life.

Grand performances by 100+ artists.
World-class dancers and musicians.
Live orchestra with original scores.

Tickets: $48, $68, $98, $128, and VIP tickets.

Who: Korea Society When:   December 18, 2007; 6:30-9 Where: 950 Third Avenue Eighth Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

In the year of the golden pig and our 50th anniversary, we have had much to celebrate, and there's a lot more to come! As a valued friend of The Korea Society, we invite you to join us in our newly renovated offices to celebrate the holidays and another eventful year with other supporters, members, old friends and new acquaintances.

Please RSVP by December 7
to Jiyoung Suh
by phone at 212-759-7525 x 311,
by email to jiyoung.ny@koreasociety.org
or by website below.

Who: Korean Cultural Service When:   December 19: 6:00 - 10:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium & Garden Court, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The latest feature film from South Korean director Lee Chang-dong, (Green Fish, Peppermint Candy, and Oasis) is a compelling contemporary drama. Lee Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) a young widow leaves Seoul with her young son, Jun (Seon Jeong-yeob), to make a new life in the small town of Miryang (literally meaning "Secret Sunshine"). As she tries to come to terms with life in her husband’s hometown, another tragic event takes over and the film veers into suspenseful mystery. Jeon Do-yeon won Best Actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, only the second Asian actress to receive this honor. Director Lee Chang-dong previously served as Minister of Culture and Tourism in 2003-4. His previous credits include a Special Director’s Award at the Venice Film Festival and Best Film nominations in Venice and at The Independent Spirit Awards. Followed by discussion with director Lee Chang-dong and Richard Pena, Film Society of Lincoln Center, moderated by Helen Hyung-In Koh, Asia Society, and a reception.

$10 members, students w/ID, and seniors; $12 nonmembers

Who: AAJA-NY When:   Tuesday, December 19 @ 8 p.m. - 11 p.m Where: Blue Chili: (http://www.bluechilinyc.com) 251 W. 51st Street (@ 8th Ave. and Broadway) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Cost: $15 for members/$20 for non-members (CASH AT THE DOOR)

RSVP to rebecca@nalstudio.com with AAJA HOLIDAY PARTY in the subject line.

When:   Thursday, December 20, 2007 Where: The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

11:30 PM - 12:15 PM ♦ Registration/Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM ♦ Discussion

The upcoming presidential election in South Korea on December 19 could mark a critical turning point in U.S.-ROK relations and the ongoing negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear programs. At stake are potential realignments in economic, political and military relationships that will have a significant impact on all the countries of the Northeast Asian region, including China and Japan.

The outcome of this pivotal election will be analyzed in an informal discussion led by leading experts on Korea and the region, including Donald P. Gregg and Evans J.R. Revere, the chairman and president of The Korea Society; Don Zagoria, project director, Northeast Asia Projects, National Committee on American Foreign Policy; and Leon Sigal, director, Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, the Social Science Research Council.

Come join us for this timely event on Thursday, December 20 at 12:00 PM, just 24 hours after the election.

This program is free, but RSVP is required before the end of the business day on Wednesday, December 19.

Registration, questions or concerns? Contact Samuel Jamier by mailing samuel.ny@koreasociety.org with the subject: S Korea Presidential Elections 12/20
Tel: 212-759-7525 ext. 358, Fax: 212-759-7530

Who: Crow Collection of Asian Art When:   Today Until January 6, 2008 Where: 2010 Flora Street (Between Harwood & Olive) Dallas, TX Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

China has one of the most glorious ceramic traditions in the world. This exhibition of over one hundred works from the collection of Robin and R. Randolph Richmond Jr. celebrates the great artistic quality and technical virtuosity of Chinese potters from the Neolithic era through the Yuan dynasty (approximately 4000 B.C. through the fourteenth century). Featuring works from the major traditions and kilns, the exhibition showcases the extraordinary achievements of Chinese potters in both earthenware and stoneware, and in ceramics made for use in this world as well as in the afterlife.

This exhibition traces the development of Chinese ceramics through a chronological presentation that ranges from the sculptural forms and bold painted decoration of Neolithic and early dynastic wares, to the engaging tomb ceramics of the Han through Five Dynasties era (220 B.C.–A.D.970), concluding with the subtle monochromes and exuberantly decorated wares produced during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan eras (1279–1368).

When:   Until 12/23 Where: The Public Theater 425 Lafayette St. (at Astor Place) New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Catch YELLOW FACE, a backstage comedy from the Tony Award-winning author of M. Butterfly that is definitely, sort of, not entirely autobiographical.
Prices: $50 general, $25 students
Buy Tickets | Call 212-967-7555
Subway: 6 train to Astor Place

When:   Dec 22-25 Where: New Asia Restaurant, 772 Pacific Ave San Francisco, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The 15th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy -- Jewish comedy on Xmas in a Chinese restaurant (in Chinatown)

Dec 22-25

New Asia Restaurant, 772 Pacific Ave, SF's Chinatown

Click here for all the details including tix: http://www.koshercomedy.com

Come alone or with a group. There are 10 people to a table. If you go alone, you won't be or feel alone!

We're THE event for: Jews who don't do Xmas, Xmas orphans, people far from home, in interfaith relationships, everyone! The audience is straight, gay, singles, couples, families, teens, people in their 80's...

Dinner Shows: $60 / Cocktail Shows: $40

Headliner: Shelley Berman (Larry David's dad on Curb Your Enthusiasm; comic since 1957).

Also featuring Scott Blakeman (New York's premiere Jewish comic), Esther Paik Goodhart (a Korean Jewish comic), and Lisa Geduldig (Your hostess).

Tix: http://www.koshercomedy.com and 925-275-9005

Who: Book Off When:   December 24th to 30th Where: 14 E. 41st St New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The famous Japanese second hand bookstore, Book Off will offer a great Christmas Sale. Selected English books will be on sale 30% off from December 24th to 30th, and selected Japanese books will be 30 % off on December 24th and 25th. It would be a great surprise to find your favorite books at such reasonable prices. The selection is very diverse, having many categories. Book Off also has a large DVD and video selection as well. A paradise for booklovers, it’s open 7 days a week, from 10am to 8pm.

Who: Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center When:   Dec. 24 at 7pm and Dec. 25, 2007 at 6 pm Where: Ming's Restaurant 1700 Embarcadero Rd Palo Alto, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The ALSJCC's much-anticipated "Chopshticks" is an annual local tradition of great Comedy and fabulous Chinese Food. It's a yearly sell-out and tickets must be purchased in advance.

This year's program features two rising and very funny comics from the East Coast: Lenny Marcus and Brad Zimmerman.

Lenny abandoned the life of a computer programmer for the security and benefits of doing standup! Since he began his second career, he's performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival, Aspen Comedy Festival and has on NBC's Friday Night and Comedy Showcase with Louie Anderson. He's also been featured in commercials and short films. He has a full calendar of comedy showcases at top venues around the country. This funny guy hails from Oceanside, Long Island.

Brad is well-known for his acting, writing and stand up talents. He has opened for many famous comedians like George Carlin and Joan Rivers in Las Vegas and other major comedy venues. His one-man show "Atta Boy Zimmy" recently ran at The Flea Theatre in New York that showcases his gifted storytelling skills. He's had a number of tv and movie roles, including playing Johnny Sack's lawyer in the award-winning Sopranos series on HBO.

Attendees will enjoy a gourmet vegetarian (and fish) dinner at Mings, a beautiful Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto noted for its fine dining and upscale atmosphere.

DATE & TIME:
Dec. 24 at 7pm and Dec. 25, 2007 at 6 pm

LOCATION:
Ming's Restaurant
1700 Embarcadero Rd
Palo Alto, CA, 94303
650-855-9479
http://www.mings.com

COST & REGISTRATION:
$70 each or $700 for tables of 10.
http://www.paloaltojcc.org/index.php?src=events&srctype=profile&id=151696&category=Chopshtick

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.paloaltojcc.org
Email: jhantgan@paloaltojcc.org
Phone: 650-852-3512
Contact: Jacqueline Hantgan

About Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center:
The ALSJCC serves Jewish and non-Jewish individuals of all ages through educational, social, recreational, wellness and cultural programs.

When:   December 24 at 3:00-9:00 p.m Where: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center Los Angeles, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Choirs, music ensembles, and dance companies reflecting the vibrant spectrum of cultures found in southern California express the joy of the season in the 48th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration from 3:00-9:00 p.m. on Monday, December 24 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center. The show is a gift from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to the community at large. Admission is FREE, as is the parking under the Music Center.

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, producer of the L.A. County Holiday Celebration, scouts the regions talent for the show each year. The 2007 edition features around 45 performing groups. Highlights include Persian music from the Lian Ensemble, Mexican folkloric dance from Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet, a combination of Chinese traditional dance and tango from Mandarin Orange, klezmer music from Klezmer Juice, choral selections from the Colburn School Children's Chorus, Filipino music and dance from Kultura Philippine Folk Arts and Ladino music from Stefani Valadez. Please scroll down for a complete list of groups scheduled to perform this year.

Complete program information will be available after December 7 at www.holidaycelebration.org and 213-972-3099. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Patrons may come and go throughout the six hour performance. Reservations for tickets to the show or parking are not necessary. Those who cant make it to the Music Center can watch the live broadcast of Holiday Celebration on KCET.

When:   6:00pm - 10:00pm Tuesday of each week Where: Intelligentsia Coffee, 3123 N. Broadway Street Chicago, IL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

We meet every Tuesday and have players of all strengths come out, beginners are welcome as well.

When:   Through Sunday, January 13 Where: Avenue of the Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

One of the finest private holdings of Japanese art outside Japan, Dr. John C. Weber's collection has been formed over the last decade, a period during which the bursting of the economic bubble has forced several private museums and collectors to part with some of their most treasured possessions. The largest loan of its kind ever shown at the MFA, "Arts of Japan: The John C. Weber Collection" will give Bostonians the chance to experience aspects of classic Japanese art not usually accessible to American museum-goers.

This exhibition of around eighty masterworks ranges in date from the early twelfth to the mid-twentieth century and encompasses paintings in both scroll and screen format, lacquers, textiles, and ceramics. In certain areas, notably paintings of beauties from the "Floating World" of the pleasure quarters, the Weber Collection overlaps with that of the MFA. In others, such as men's and women's garments, sacred and secular calligraphy, tea ceramics and lacquers from the years around 1600, and earlier red-lacquered vessels for use in Zen temples, the differences between Dr. Weber's taste and that of the early Boston collectors is clearly apparent.

When:   Through January 8, 2008 Where: Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center 121 NW 2nd Avenue Portland, OR Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

ONLC will host Window on a Community, a new exhibit presenting and celebrating the early history of the first generation Japanese settlers in the Hood River area. The exhibit opens on Sunday, August 26, with a public reception from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. The show will remain on view until January 6, 2008.

The Nikkei community of Hood River was one of the largest and earliest established Japanese communities in the state of Oregon outside of Portland. Agriculture was a significant occupation for many area residents, and that proud tradition is still carried on today by many families. This new exhibit gives insight into how the Hood River area Issei got started, struggled, and persevered in the growth of a community.

Japanese immigrants began to arrive in the Hood River area by 1900. Hopes and dreams brought them to this verdant valley along the Columbia River, with the promise of a better life and good fortune in America, adventure, and new opportunities. The Issei, the first generation, exuded courage and determination in common. They traveled from many parts of Japan, settling in the Pacific Northwest and building a strong, vibrant community in Oregon's Hood River area. Shinbo - the Japanese principle of patience, endurance and perseverance - guided their paths.

The Nikkei community of Hood River was one of the largest and earliest established Japanese communities in the state of Oregon outside of Portland. Agriculture, including vegetable growing and fruit orchards, was a significant occupation for many area residents, and that proud tradition is still carried on today by many families. Visitors to the exhibit will learn about how the Hood River area Issei got started in early occupations, early starts in orchards, and the growth of the community.

U.S. immigration policy and land laws affected the lives of the Issei, before and during World War II. The entire community was removed to U.S. concentration camps on or before May 13, 1942. These events, and rebuilding their lives after World War II, are disucssed. Many wonderful, previously unpublished photographs are included.

Window on a Community is curated by the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center and has been funded in part by the Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

When:   Through January 8, 2008 Where: Plaza Lobby and Steinberg Room Gallery The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Hours: Tues, Wed & Fri: 11 to 6; Mon, Thurs: 12 to 8; Sat: 10 to 6

Men at Dance–from Noh to Butoh, a photography exhibition by Miro Ito, is a visual representation of the dichotomy that characterizes Japanese performing arts of the past and present. The exhibition is supported in part by a grant from The Japan Foundation and The Consulate General of Japan in New York. Ito’s work focuses on two distinct forms of Japanese dance – Noh and Butoh – capturing the intrinsic qualities of each form, establishing a unique relationship between them. Noh, a traditional dance form, began in the 14th Century, whereas Butoh is a modern form, characterized by a subversion of conventional notions of dance. The exhibition is presented in cooperation with the 2007 New York Butoh Festival.

Miro Ito searches for a way to express the synergy that exists within the dichotomy of two forms that are separated by 600 years of history and development. Despite obvious aesthetic differences, both Noh and Butoh share certain common features, and the photographer seeks to use each dancer’s body as a bridge between the visible and the invisible, the tangible and the intangible, movement and meaning. The exhibition will display fifty images, each a portrayal of one of Japan’s most distinguished Noh or Butoh performers. Using specialized techniques of studio photography, Miro Ito seeks to portray each performer as if his/her body itself is the performance.

A display of fifty photographs, "Men at Dance–from Noh to Butoh,” will introduce viewers to the forms, lines, and images that characterize the two traditional performing arts styles, Noh and Butoh. Presenting the photographer’s vision of these forms, the exhibition explores the impact of the history and origin of each style, focusing on the juxtaposition of past and present. The photographs depict both continuity and contrast existing within the distinct styles.

Noh, a traditional Japanese dance form, developed from a shamanistic tradition and offerings to deities. Traditionally performed by patriarchs/men, this dance form originally derived from Buddhist rituals, such as Shunie, which was performed annually by monks beginning in the 7th Century. The Noh art form eventually shifted from a purely religious form to an “art of drama,” however, it is often performed in temples in Japan’s ancient, former capital, Nara, incorporating dance, recitations, music, masks, and costumes into the representative traditional performing art form in Japan.

Butoh, conceived in the 1950s, is the foremost contemporary performing art form in Japan, overwhelmingly expressionistic in contrast to the hyper-stylized aesthetics of Noh. Butoh is regarded as reflecting the traditional perception of the body, wherein the body performance serves as a portal connected to the universal spirit of a particular aesthetic training and tradition.

The renowned performers documented in the exhibition are Butoh Performers: Ko MUROBUSHI (Butoh Dancer and Choreographer); Sal Vanilla (Butoh troupe) – Giga HIZUME, KIK_07, et al.; and Noh Masters: Yukifusa TAKEDA, Tomoyuki TAKEDA, Fumiyuki TAKEDA (Kanze School), Hodaka KOMPARU (Komparu School. For additional information on the Butoh Festival, please contact http://nybf.caveart.org

When:   Through January 4 Where: Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

The Japanese word gaman means "enduring what seems unbearable with patience and dignity." In this spirit, 120,000 Japanese Americans -- including men, women, children, the elderly, and the infirm -- survived the internment camps of World War II. Despite these hardships, they whittled and carved, painted and etched, stitched and crocheted—fashioning furniture from scrap lumber, carving teapots from slate, and making pendants from toothbrush handles -- to add beauty to the bleak surroundings and purpose to their daily life. What they created is a celebration of the nobility of the human spirit in adversity. This exhibition shows the amazing range of their creativity.

Based on the book The Art of Gaman, by Delphine Hirasuna, the exhibition originated and was first shown at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco.

When:   December 29; January 5, 12, 19, 26 Where: Second City (1608 N. Wells Street, 4th floor) Chicago, IL Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

Stir-Friday Night!--Chicago's premier Asian American sketch comedy and improv troupe--presents its new revue, "Buddha Call," from December 22, 2007, through January 26, 2008. Performances will take place on Saturdays at 7:30 pm at Donny's Skybox Theatre at Second City (1608 N. Wells Street, 4th floor, Chicago). For tickets, see www.secondcity.com, or call 312/337-3992.

In its more than 10 years of existence, Stir-Friday Night! has provided an opportunity for Asian American artists to work together to create original comedic works that educate a broad spectrum of audiences about the Asian American and the human experience.

When:   12/31: 8:30PM-1:00AM Where: CPAA Arts Center, 6148 Bollinger Road West San Jose, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

We always have a nice, good-sized crowd each year. Join over 300 plus fun singles for a nice dance party on beutiful hardwood dance floor.

Included will be buffet, singles game, live countdown, karaoke, party favors, champagne toast at midnight and lots of dancing and fun.

Place: CPAA Arts Center, 6148 Bollinger Road, West San Jose 95129
Time: 8:30PM-1:00AM

Cost: Advance ticket purchase on website:
Members $25
Sina Members: $30
Non-Members $35

At the door prices:
Members $30
Sina Members $35
Non-Members $40

Please feel free to check out our website: www.yourasianconnection.com/events/calendar.php or call Your
Asian Connection at 408-557-8885.

When:   December 31, 2007; 8 PM-2 AM Where: Wakatay Restaurant 1630 W. Redondo Beach Bl. # 9 Gardena, CA Warning: Undefined array key "postalcode" in /home/sites/asianloop/www.asianloop.com/htdocs/events/index.htm on line 275

New Year's Eve Party at Wakatay Restaurant
specializing in Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine

December 31, 2007
8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

You are specially invited to Wakatay's New Year’s Eve celebration. Please R.S.V.P (limited space) to (310) 329-6033.
$40 dollars include: Entrance, Dinner, and New Year’s Party Kits
Dress code: formal

Wakatay Restaurant
1630 W. Redondo Beach Bl. # 9
Gardena , Ca 90247
(310) 329-6033