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Wednesday, August 4 from 12:30 to 12:45pm
Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:30pm
Friday, August 6 at 7:30pm
Saturday, August 7 from 4:00 to 7:00pm
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Thursday, July 1, 2004 at 7:30pm September 11: Bearing Witness to History opens to the public with a concert of reflection and hope from America's premier chorus. The program will include works by William Bryd, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, and Palestrina. GRANT GERSHON, music director. Advance ticket purchase required. Tickets will go on sale beginning Tuesday, June 22. $20 for National Museum Members, $25 for the general public, includes Museum admission. Call 213.625.0414. Limit four per caller.
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 from 12:30-12:45pm Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. The series begins with a performance by one of the leading taiko drummers in the United States, KENNY ENDO, and noted dancer/choreographer CHENG-CHIEH YU.
Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 7:30pm Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was not reinstated post-9/11, the need to defend the Constitutional rights of all people has never been more relevant than now. This screening will be followed by a discussion featuring award-winning Japanese American, Arab American, and Muslim American journalists, including photographer STAN HONDA; Knight Ridder Washington Bureau correspondent, KEN MORITSUGU; Detroit Free Press Staff Writer, NIRAJ WARIKOO, and LORRAINE ALI, contributing editor for Newsweek. VAL ZAVALA, Host of KCET's Life & Times will moderate.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 from 12:30 to 12:45pm Theater, opera, and film director, Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, MacArthur Fellow PETER SELLARS. Please refer to the July 7 calendar listing for more information.
Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 7:30pm Moderated by KPCC's KITTY FELDE, this lively panel discussion includes, architect Greg Lynn of Greg Lynn FORM, who led the United Architects team's entry in the World Trade Center design competition; author EDWARD T. LINENTHAL, who has written eloquently about the Oklahoma City National Memorial; and Curator KARIN HIGA, Director of the Curatorial and Exhibitions Department and Senior Curator of Art at the Japanese American National Museum. The program will be aired on KPCC’s Talk of the City on Friday, July 16, from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 17, 2004 from 10:00am to Noon Photographer, PAMELA MAYER-SCHOENBERG, teaches youth (ages nine to thirteen) to look beyond everyday objects and explore the meaning and history behind them, especially as it relates to their own community. They will learn the basics of photography and have a week to "bear witness" and take pictures of their neighborhood. Photographs will be developed by the National Museum and participants will select final shots for a special viewing with parents, family, and friends. Attendance is required for part two of the workshop on July 31. Limit fifteen participants, $25 materials fee, reservations required. Cost includes disposable camera.
Sunday, July 18, 2004 from 4:00 to 6:00pm Bring your family and friends to hear music of compassion and hope. This concert features the MASS ENSEMBLE creators of large-scale, architecturally-inspired stringed instruments such as the Peace and Wing Harps, the celebrated AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR, and acclaimed singer/songwriter, PERLA BATALLA. Hosted by YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS, Wednesday host of the Global Village on KPFK/90.7 FM. Co-produced by Community Arts Resources, Inc. (CARS).
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 from 12:30 to 12:45pm Attorney, activist, author, and teacher ANGELA OH. Please refer to the July 7 calendar listing for more information.
Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 7:30pm The filmmakers of and selected subjects from the film discuss the making of this timely project. Please refer to the July 8 calendar listing for more information.
July 27 - August 1, 2004 50% off admission (with ID) for educators, college and university staff, school district employees, youth workers, librarians, and their immediate families.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 from 12:30 to 12:45pm Master musician, UCLA Professor of Ethnomusicology, and author ALI JIHAD RACY and celebrated percussionist, SOUHAIL KASPAR. Please refer to the July 7 calendar listing for more information.
Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 7:30pm In conjunction with the National Museum's "Educators Appreciation Week" and the National Summer Institute for Teachers. Produced in partnership with The HeArt Project, a non-profit organization that facilitates long-term, dynamic learning experiences between professional artists and hard-to-reach teenagers. Young visual and performing artists along with poets and writers from The HeArt Project envision the future post - 9/11. Moderated by SARA WOLF, Dance Critic, LA Weekly and freelance writer, Los Angeles Times.
Saturday, July 31, 2004 from 10:00am to Noon Photographer, PAMELA MAYER-SCHOENBERG, teaches youth (ages nine to thirteen) to look beyond everyday objects and explore the meaning and history behind them, especially as it relates to their own community. They will learn the basics of photography and have a week to "bear witness" and take pictures of their neighborhood. Photographs will be developed by the National Museum and participants will select final shots for a special viewing with parents, family, and friends. Attendance is required for part two of the workshop on July 31. Limit fifteen participants, $25 materials fee, reservations required. Cost includes disposable camera.
Wednesday, August 4 from 12:30 to 12:45pm REV. ALTAGRACIA PEREZ, Rector, Holy Faith Episcopal Church in Inglewood; Organizer, Coalition for a Better Inglewood; Member, President Clinton's Commission on AIDS. Please refer to the July 7 calendar listing for more information.
Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:30pm Following the screening, a group of Japanese American and Muslim American youth from The MANZANAR 9/11 COMMITTEE will lead a discussion about the upcoming Pilgrimage of Retrospection and Solidarity to Manzanar, which will take place September 11, 2004. Moderated by KAREN ISHIZUKA, Media Arts Producer for the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Please refer to the July 8 calendar listing for more information.
Friday, August 6 at 7:30pm ICY SMITH, Voices of Healing editor, joins WTC survivor ROBERT IDEISHI, Port Authority Officer DAVID LIM, and others featured in the book to examine loss, survival, and bravery, and the impact of the September 11 terror attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Presented in collaboration with the Chinese American Museum. Moderated by GITA AMAR, West Coast correspondent for WABC radio.
Saturday, August 7 from 4:00 to 7:00pm This year's family celebration features an afternoon of music, movement, and workshops on the National Museum's courtyard. The concert will begin with a ceremony welcoming new Courtyard Kids. HULA HALAU O KEALI`I O NALANI will delight kids and adults with ancient and modern-style hula. Also performing are ASHA'S BABA, who combine West African and African American storytelling, poetry, music, and song, and ZENSHUJI ZENDEKO, a taiko ensemble consisting of second, third, and fourth generation Japanese Americans. Co-produced by Community Arts Resources, Inc. (CARS). Courtyard Kids Family Concert coincides with Nisei Week. For more information about Nisei Week in Little Tokyo, visit www.niseiweek.org. For information about Courtyard Kids, visit www.janm.org.
Wednesday, August 11 from 12:30 to 12:45pm ROBIN TOMA, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations Please refer to the July 7 calendar listing for more information.
Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 7:30pm The exhibition's final public program looks at the faith community's continuous call for justice tempered by compassionate understanding. This ecumenical panel includes some of the region's foremost religious leaders, including RABBI ALLEN FREEHLING, executive director of LA City Human Relations Commission. JONATHAN KIRSCH, book columnist for the Los Angeles Times best-selling author, will moderate the panel. Presented in collaboration with the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
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