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Thu, Dec 22 2011

Vision of Snowflakes

Also tagged: ballet, Bridge Magazine, Cara Tao, dance, El Camino College, John-Paul Simoens, Masako Kagasaki, Natalie Chinn, Norika Matsuyama, PERFORMING ARTS, South Bay, South Bay Ballet, Teru Okada, The Nutcracker, Yumi Kanazawa

John-Paul Simoens as the Prince and Yumi Kanazawa as Clara are surrounded by cast members who are dancing as the snowflakes in the South Bay Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker” last Saturday...

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Fri, Oct 28 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Maria Kwong Solves the Case of the Missing ‘Manzanar’

Also tagged: actors, ANNE FRANK, clyde kusatsu, CRUZ BUSTAMANTE, entertainment, Farewell to Manzanar, film, Hiro Narita, James Houston, JANE-ELLEN DAWKINS, janm, Jeanne Wakatsuki, John Korty, Mako, Maria Kwong, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, Paul Chihara, SHELLI HILL, Yuki Shimoda

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 28, 2011.) === Ever since seeing the telefilm adaptation of “Farewell to Manzanar” at the Japan America Theater in May of 2001...

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Thu, Oct 6 2011

VOX POPULI: A Welcome Debut of Soka Performing Arts Center

Also tagged: Aliso Viejo, EVENTS, Jun Kawasaki, music, PERFORMING ARTS, SOKA PERFORMING ARTS, SOKA-GAKKAI, vox populi

By JUN KAWASAKI === The Sept. 17 debut of Soka Performing Arts Center with a season opener recalled the May 7 10th Anniversary International Festival held at Soka University of America (SUA), Aliso Viejo. The...

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Thu, Sep 8 2011

Sugihara Film Screening Raises Funds for Japan Relief

Also tagged: akemi kikumura yano, Chiune Sugihara, Conspiracy of Kindness, Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles, Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, Diane Estelle Vicari, disaster relief, film, go for broke national education center, higashi honganji, Hiroki Sugihara, Holocaust, janm, Japan Earthquake, junichi ihara, Ken Watanabe, little tokyo community council, movies, NORIAKI ITO, Oskar Schindler, Robert Kirk, Roz Wolfe, skirball cultural center, tateuchi democracy forum, tohoku, U.S.-Japan Council, Unite for Japan

Event organizer June Aochi Berk and filmmaker Diane Estelle Vicari at the “Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness” screening. (J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) === By J.K. YAMAMOTO Rafu Staff Writer === A screening...

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Thu, Jul 7 2011

SENIOR MOMENTS: Manzanar

Also tagged: Columnists, Dan Taguchi, jacl, manzanar, Mary Oda, Nancy Gohata, Phil Shigekuni, Ralph Lazo, SFV, SFVJACC, theater

By PHIL SHIGEKUNI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 2, 2011.) === On Saturday, June 18, at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center, Dan Taguchi, working with East West Players, produced...

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Fri, Jan 14 2011

The Other Hafu of Japan

Also tagged: DAVID YANO, EDWARD SUMOTO, film, FILMMAKERS, HAFU, hapa, Kyushu, KYUSHU NATIONAL MUSEUM, LARA PEREZ TAKAGI, MASARU TAMAMOTO, MEGUMI NISHIKURA, mixed race, MIXED ROOTS, WASEDA UNIVERSITY

Film makers Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi grew up mostly outside Japan. Their upcoming film examines being half-Japanese, but doesn’t attempt to be an explanation for everyone with similar heritage. By...

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Thu, Nov 18 2010

When Love is a ‘Crime’

Also tagged: Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart, David Henry Hwang Theater, east west players, Elizabeth Liang, ewp, j-town, Kimiko Gelman, Leslie Ishii, little tokyo, Maya Erskine, PERFORMING ARTS, Pulitzer Prize, theater

Sisters Babe Botrelle (Maya Erskine, left), Meg Magrath (Kimiko Gelman, center), and Lenny Magrath (Elizabeth Liang, right) share a light-hearted moment after looking at their family photo album, in “Crimes...

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Sat, Oct 30 2010

Fujita, 89; Designs Defined 20th Century

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, AIKO TAMAKI, ANDY WARHOL, ARTISTS, BEN SHAHN, CAL ARTS, CHARLES MINGUS, CHOUINARD ART INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA RECORDS, DAVE BRUBECK, FAA, GENERAL FOODS, GENERAL MILLS, GEORGES BRAQUE, GRAPHIC ARTS, GRAPHIC DESIGN, heart mountain, IN COLD BLOOD, JOHN UPDIKE, JOHNNY MATHIS, KENJI FUJITA, MARIO PUZO, MILES DAVIS, MILTON GLASER, NORTON SIMON, PABLO PICASSO, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, PAUL KLEE, PAUL RAND, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COLLEGE OF ART, PRATT INSTITUTE, ROY DECARAVA, RUFINO TOMAYO, SADAMITSU NEIL FUJITA, THE GODFATHER, TONY BENNETT, TRUMAN CAPOTE

By JORDAN IKEDA Rafu Staff Writer === Sadamitsu Neil Fujita, a graphic designer who used aspects of abstract expressionist painting and photography to create some of the most memorable album and book...

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Thu, Oct 21 2010

Cold Tofu Improv Presents ‘Hiroshi Show’ in Little Tokyo

Also tagged: Amy Hill, ARMANDO DIAZ, Cold Tofu Improv, comedy, helen ota, improv, little tokyo, tateuchi democracy forum, terry hara, THE ARMANDO, THE HIROSHI SHOW, theater

The comedy improvisation group Cold Tofu will be performing Oct. 21 and 28 in Little Tokyo. (MPALMA Photography) Cold Tofu Improv, the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improv group, presents the...

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Thu, Oct 7 2010

STAGE REVIEW: Getting Beneath the ‘Skin’

Also tagged: Ayame Kousaka, DAVID HENRY HWANT THEATER, east west players, ewp, little tokyo, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, PERFORMING ARTS, REVIEW, STAGE, theater

Brian (Scott Keiji Takeda) and Avalyn (Elizabeth Liang, right) identify the person who can solve the answers to his past, in “Mysterious Skin.” (Michael Lamont/East West Players) By AYAME KOUSAKA RAFU...

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Tag Archives: arts

Vision of Snowflakes

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Maria Kwong Solves the Case of the Missing ‘Manzanar’

VOX POPULI: A Welcome Debut of Soka Performing Arts Center

Sugihara Film Screening Raises Funds for Japan Relief

SENIOR MOMENTS: Manzanar

The Other Hafu of Japan

When Love is a ‘Crime’

Fujita, 89; Designs Defined 20th Century

Cold Tofu Improv Presents ‘Hiroshi Show’ in Little Tokyo

STAGE REVIEW: Getting Beneath the ‘Skin’

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