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Don't Miss July 14-27, 2011 LITTLE TOKYO DESIGN WEEK: FUTURE CITY
LITTLE TOKYO DESIGN WEEK: FUTURE CITY (LTDW) JULY 14 - 17, 2011
Japan
and
California
are
two
of
the
world's
centers
of
innovation
in
design
and
technology.
Come
learn,
meet,
and
celebrate
the
power
and
energy
of
cutting
edge
design
and
technology
emerging
from
Japan
and
its
intersection
with
current
trends
materializing
in
Los
Angeles.
LITTLE
TOKYO
DESIGN
WEEK's
community-wide
events
from
art
installations,
seminars,
film
screenings,
and
much
more
are
planned
beginning
Thursday
July
14
to
Sunday
July
17.
For
event
times
and
locations
go
to
www.LTDesignWeek.com
and
at
the
end
of
this
article
(subject
to
change).
LTDW presents a series of programs that integrate Little Tokyo¹s Big Three cultural institutions Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC), and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Community partners, retailers, and restaurants and others will engage local and international designers, artists, architects,filmmakers, corporations, and students from the California region to explore possible scenarios for a New Urban Lifestyle.
Produced
in
collaboration
with
Community
Arts
Resources
(CARS).
A night out with Gordana Rashovich, Flora Goforth in The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore
Delighted to be working with director Michael Wilson again, who directed her as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Ms. Rashovich can be seen as Flora on Wednesday, March 30th at 7:30pm.
Williams’ haunting drama takes place in Flora’s picturesque Italian mountaintop home, where the wealthy American widow, in denial over her impending demise, has sequestered herself from the world in order to write her memoirs. When Christopher Flanders (Darren Pettie), a handsome and mysterious young poet arrives without warning to keep Flora company in her final hours, this dreamlike play blossoms into a fascinating meditation on life and death.
Restaurants Respond for Relief, Chef Arnold Wong Hosts Benefit for Japan Night at E&O Trading Co. in SF on 4/10
On
Sunday
April
10th,
Chef
Arnold
Wong
is
hosting
a
Special
Benefit
for
Japan
Night
at
E&O
Trading
Co.
314
Sutter
Street
in
San
Francisco
to
aid
Japan
following
the
country’s
devastating
natural
disaster.
This
amazing
evening
brings
together
San
Francisco’s
finest
restaurants,
wineries
and
mixologists
to
raise
funds
for
the
victims
of
the
Earthquake
and
Tsunami
that
hit
Japan
on
March
11th.
Liam Mayclem of Eye on the Bay will preside as emcee from 5-9pm, live entertainment will feature local favorite Chef Joey Altman & The Backburner Blues and burlesque dancers, and the Bon Vivants will be mixing up amazing cocktails during this evening of great food, wines, spirits, live music, entertainment and a silent auction.
Tickets for the event are priced at $75 and 100% of proceeds from the evening will be donated directly to Give2Asia. …Representatives from Give2Asia will be in attendance to speak about their involvement with the Japanese community and outreach underway. Click here to purchase tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door based on capacity!
http://www.give2asia.org/documents/Give2Asia-JapanTsunami-HowToHelp.pdf
Participating
Restaurants:
Betelnut
Butterfly
Contigo
Range
Slanted
Door
Grand
Cafe
StarBelly
Beast
&
Hare
One
Market
Tres
Citizen’s
Band
Live
Sushi
Le
Soleil
Basil
Canteen
&
More
Desserts:
Cocotutti
Kara’s
Cupcakes
Nash
Baker’s
Raison
d’etre
Bakery
Pinky’s
Bakery
Namu
Restaurant
Beverages:
Wu Xia (USA: "Dragon") premieres to rave critical reviews at the Cannes Film Festival by Stephen Rakower
By Stephen Rakower
Wu Xia (U.S. title: "Dragon") directed and produced by Peter Ho-sun Chan, and written by Aubrey Lam premiered this past weekend at the Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews. The movie is set in the early 1900's in a village in Yunnan province. Liu Jin-xi, played by Donnie Yen ("Hero"), is a papermaker and his wife, Ayu, played by Tang Wei (Lust, Caution), and two young sons, live a seemingly normal life in the remote village. However, the arrival of a detective, Xu Baijin , played by Takeshi Kaneshiro ("House of Flying Daggers") soon threatens to tear them apart. Critics are raving about the story, the cinematography, and the martial arts scenes.
Here are some of the early reviews coming in for the film:
First Showing's Alex Billington.
ChannelNewsAsia.com's Han Wei Chou
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