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Hello,

I am the father of a high school freshman--my daughter is passionate
about photography and the arts! We are contemplating a move from DC
to northern LA area and am looking for feedback on some great high
school visual arts programs. Ventura County/LA County or others will
be considered if the high school programs are primo. Please let me
know if you can help, OK to reply privately.

Thanks,

Dr. Steve Feldman

The Los Angeles County Office of Education runs an arts high school housed on
the campus of a state college. Here's a link to the school's visual arts
department, including lists of courses offered and a gallery of student work:



Here's a map of the campus with a link to a page that will show you where the
campus is in the city:


I'd be interested in seeing other replies onlist.

Cindy Cotter
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cotter1225@...
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USC-MIT conference addresses rhetoric around "digital divide"
and expands perceptions of minorities' use of technology
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What: Conference on Race in Digital Space
When Friday, 27 April, 12:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday, 28 April, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sunday, 29 April, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13, 8:30am-12pm
Where: MIT Campus, Wong Auditorium, Building E51
Full Schedule:
Registration: Registration required. Contact Brad Seawell
(617-253-3521, seawell@...) SPACE IS LIMITED

Most discussions of the "digital divide" erase the numerous contributions
of minority artists, activists, entrepreneurs, journalists, and scholars.
Researchers in MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies and USC's
Annenberg Center for Communication will host a three-day conference, "Race
in Digital Space," to explore current issues and celebrate the
accomplishments of minorities using digital technologies, Friday, 27 April
through Saturday, 29 April 2001 on the MIT campus. The conference is free
and open to the public.

"Cyberspace has been represented as a race-blind environment, yet we don't
shed our racial identities or escape racism just because we go
on-line," said Henry Jenkins, professor, director of Comparative Media
Studies at MIT, and co-organizer of the event. "The concept of 'digital
divide,' however, is inadequate to describe a moment when minority use of
digital technologies is dramatically increasing. The time has come to focus
on the success stories, to identify examples of work that has increased
minority access to information technologies and visibility in digital
spaces."

Conference organizers hope the event will serve as a touchstone for
thinking critically about race in a wide variety of digital spaces. "We
need to think beyond the screen and the mouse," said Tara McPherson,
professor at USC's School of Cinema-TV and conference co-organizer.
"Digital spaces extend to a whole range of 'tote-able' street technologies
from cell phones and beepers to Gameboys, music equipment and more. We're
interested in the way these forms constitute new publics."

Plenary panels will explore such issues as: E-Race-ing the Digital; How
Wide is the Digital Divide; Authenticating Digital Art, Expression and
Cultural Hybridity; and Speculative Fictions/Imaging the Future. Breakout
sessions, designed for focused conversations with smaller groups of
conference participants, will address: Art and Hactivism; Funding the
Arts-Creative Capital; Digital Business-From Netrepreneurs to Corporations;
Hactivist Workshop-Organizing the Million Women March; Hate Speech; Job
Opportunities and Training; and Community Best Practices. A keynote will be
presented by Walter Massey, president of Morehouse College.

"The ways in which we represent ourselves and use digital media raises
significant issues," said Anna Everett, professor at the University of
California at Santa Barbara and conference co-organizer. "We need to begin
exploring answers to such important questions as 'What cultural and social
baggage do we carry into the digital domain?' and 'How have minority
communities deployed digital tools to comment on digital culture, to
reconfigure the history of racism, and to claim a more powerful voice in
shaping the future?'"

Speakers
While the event is being planned within the academy, organizers have
invited a diverse group of speakers to address an equally diverse audience,
which will include scholars and teachers, professionals, artists, writers,
policy makers, social and cultural commentators, community leaders, and
young people. Confirmed speakers include:

Vivik Bald, (aka DJ Siraiki), Co-founder, Mutiny
Nolan Bowie, Senior Fellow, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
Karen Radney Buller, President, National Indian Telecommunications
Institute (NITI)
Farai Chideya, Editor, PopandPolitics.com
Mel Chin, Artist
Beth Coleman (aka DJ Singe), Co-director, SoundLab Cultural Alchemy
Ricardo Dominguez, Co-founder, The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT)
Coco Fusco, Associate Professor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Jack Gravely, Office of Workplace Diversity, Federal Communications
Commission
Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky), Artist, Musician, Writer
Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of English, Sonoma State University
Alondra Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies, NYU
Mimi Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate, Comparative Ethnic Studies, U.C.-Berkeley
Elizabeth Nunez, Distinguished Professor of English, Medgar Evers College,
CUNY
Alex Rivera, Digital Media Artist and Filmmaker
Kalamu ya Salaam, Poet and Community ActivistAna Sisnett, Austin Free-Net
Ana Sisnett, Executive Director, Austin Free-Net
Thuy Linh Tu, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies Program, NYU
Jamille Watkins-Barnes, Business Consultant, Classic Business Development

Art Exhibition, Digital Salon, and Dance Performance
In coordination with the conference, a concurrent video show and digital
salon is being be curated at the LIST Center for the Visual Arts. "The
exhibition will feature the work of innovators and visionary film, video,
new media, and website designers whose work deals specifically with the
intersection of race and technology," said Erika Muhammad, Ph.D. candidate
in Cinema Studies at NYU, co-organizer of the conference, and curator of
the exhibition at LIST Visual Arts Center.

"In the ever-changing terrain of new media productivity, issues of race and
ethnicity ferment in digital space. Artists who tackle issues of race in
their work are faced with fresh challenges and opportunities as they build
and define what will be the most powerful networks on earth," Muhammad said.

Included in this digital salon, video program and soundscape are works by
artists who are building digital habitats and laying political foundations
through the use of hi-tech documents. Spanning the past 20 years, the
program will include experimental film and video, net.art, CD-ROMS, websites
and aural mixes.

A performance event featuring DJs and live video mixing by Vivek Bald (DJ
Siraiki), Beth Coleman (aka DJ Singe), and Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
will be held for conference participants and students on the evening of
Saturday, 28 April 2001. MIT Assistant Professor Tommy DeFrantz will also
perform "My Digital Body," an original dance piece developed for the event.

Pre-Conference Workshop
A pre-conference workshop for Boston metropolitan and New England regional
educators, artists, and technology center directors will be held on
Wednesday, 11 April 2001, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Bartos Theater, MIT Campus.
"We want to spotlight community 'best practices' and encourage conversations
among the dozens of Boston-area technology centers that support minority
communities," said Paula Robinson, founder of the Institute for the
Integration of Technology and Education and conference co-organizer.

All events are free and open to the public. To learn more and register,
visit:


Organizers and Sponsors
The Race in Digital Space Project is organized by the University of
Southern California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
conjunction with New York University and University of California at Santa
Barbara. The conference is sponsored by USC Annenberg Center for
Communication, USC School of Cinema-Television, MIT School of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences, MIT Program in Comparative Media Studies, MIT
Communications Forum, MIT Council for the Arts, MIT LIST Visual Arts
Center, MIT Program in Women's Studies, and the NYU Department of Cinema
Studies. Major financial support has been provided by the Ford Foundation
and Rockefeller Foundation. Microsoft is an in-kind sponsor.

- Exit Communication -


Christiane Robbins
Associate Professor / Director
Matrix Program for Digital Media
University of Southern California
Watt Hall 103
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292

Tel: 213.821.1539
Fax: 213.740.8938

email: robbins@...

Alibi 13 presents a poetry reading with Kamau Da'ood, Steve Abee and Jamie
O'Halloran Saturday afternoon, March 31 at 3 o'clock at the Tropical in
Silverake.

The esteemed Kamau Da'ood founded the literary programs at The World Stage
and is author of the critically-acclaimed cd "Leimert Park." Steve Abee is
author of KING PLANET, poems and stories. His most recent chapbook is
entitled LOVE DOG. Jamie O'Halloran is author of the chapbook SWEET TO THE
GRIT.

This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has
received from The James Irvine Foundation.

Cafe Tropical is located at 2900 Sunset Blvd. at Parkman.




Jamie O'Halloran
ohalloran@...

The Friends of the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library present an evening of
Celtic music with Highland Sun on Tuesday evening, March 27 at 7:00 pm. The
event is free and everyone is welcome.

Sunland-based Highland Sun plays jigs, reels and songs from Ireland,
Scotland and Celtic outlands. Members of this popular ensemble have played
with The Chieftains, including fiddler Howard Chin and bodrain player Ian
Abramovitch.

This program is part of the Friend's monthly series Branch Music which is
held the fourth Tuesday of the month. In April, jazz pianist and composer
will be back, by popular demand, to showcase songs of George and Ira Gerswhin.

The branch is located at 7771 Foothill Blvd., just east of Mt. Gleason.
Call (818) 352-4481 for directions or more information.



Jamie O'Halloran
ohalloran@...

...Please forward....

Great Leap presents Nobuko Miyamoto in "A GRAIN OF SAND"

a song story to waken sleeping warriors

WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2001, 7:00 pm

WHERE: University Theater
CSU Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria St., Carson

COST: Admission is Free!

See Nobuko in her only Southern California performance of "A Grain of
Sand" this Spring!

A GRAIN OF SAND is a solo saga of one Asian American woman breaking
through the forces of silence to find her own song. In a poetic
fusion of story, song, movement and video imagery, Nobuko unravels
her tales from days of Japanese relocation to the recent events of
the Los Angeles uprising. As a young and willing subject of American
culture and media, she rejects the ties to her own traditions to
'make it' in show biz. But during the late 1960's, the rhythms of
change inspire a compelling pilgrimage as she finds her voice as an
activist and singer in the Asian American movement, crossing borders
into the Black, Latino and Native American struggles.

Sponsored by: Toro Productions, Women's Resource Center and the
Office of Student Life. For directions or more info, contact
310/243-3559.

If you are interested in information about bringing this production
to your campus or theater, contact Monica Sahagun at our NEW Great
Leap office 213.250.8800, mailto:booking@... or check out
our web site at .
--
Monica Sahagún
Booking Assistant
Great Leap, Inc.
1145 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100-D
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 250-8800 phone
(213) 250-8801 fax

mailto:booking@...

NOTE: New address/phone effective March 12, 2001.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
Please come & tell your family, friends and neighbors!

WE'RE BACK!!!
3 PERFORMANCES ONLY

About Productions '
BY THE HAND OF THE FATHER
RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES MARCH 30. 31 , APRIL 1
WITH PERFORMANCES AT
THE GETTY CENTER, THE AUTRY MUSEUM, & 24TH ST. THEATRE

BY THE HAND OF THE FATHER
combines original music, poetry , storytelling and video to drmatize the
unique 20th century experience of the Mexican-American father.

Written by Theresa CHAVEZ, Eric GUTIERREZ and Rose PORTILLO
Music written and performed by Alejandro ESCOVEDO
Directed by Theresa CHAVEZ Video by Janice TANAKA
Performed by Rose PORTILLO and Kevin SIFUENTES
Special Guest Appearance by PERLA BATALLA


BY THE HAND OF THE FATHER
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Friday, March 30 7:30pm---- SOLD OUT!!!!
THE GETTY CENTER Harold Williams Auditorium
1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood
For reservations/info: 310/440-7300
(Getty Center Drive exit off the 405 Fwy)
PARKING $5

Saturday, March 31 7:00pm $10 members $15 non-members
AUTRY MUSEUM of Western Heritage
4700 Western Heritage Way in Griffith Park (across from the L.A. Zoo)
For reservations/info: 323/667-2000 x243
(At the junction of the 134 and 5 Fwys)
FREE PARKING

Sunday, April 1 2:00pm Benefit Performance & Reception $50
24TH STREET THEATRE
1117 W. 24th Street, Los Angeles (University Park; north of USC)
For reservations/info: 323/906-8724
(Hoover exit off the 10 Fwy; 2 blocks south of 10 Fwy @ 24th & Hoover)
FREE PARKING

OTHER PERFORMANCES: CHICAGO's Mexican Museum, May, 2001; SEATTLE's Experience
Music Project, July, 2001
and many more on the way!!!

Please spread the news! Thanks much!
Issue # 9 Editorial Board
Los Angeles
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2001 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - DISORIENT JOURNALZINE-ISSUE 9
Disorient, an Asian Pacific American literary arts publication invites
submissions for an upcoming issue devoted to Pilipina/o American writers &
visual artists from Los Angeles. This issue's aim is to provide a showcase
for the diverse and emerging talents of writers and visual artists from the
LA Pilipina/o American community. Submissions will be accepted through
e-mail and postal mail.

DEADLINE
Submissions must be postmarked/sent to Editorial Board member's e-mail In
Boxes by May 1st, 2001. Targeted release date is July 2001.

CATEGORIES
1) Poetry & Prose
… We invite traditional and experimental work and highly encourage
submissions from new voices & emerging writers.
… Submit two typewritten copies of each prose or poetry submission if sent
by post.
… Prose maximum word count: 2,500 words

2) Critical essays, commentaries or nonfiction narratives
Reviews of poetry publications, performances, or performance spaces
Interviews of poets or organizers of poetry events
… All submissions should ultimately help illustrate the diversity as well
as the distinctiveness, comprising the landscape of Pilipina/o poetics in
Los Angeles.
… Submissions are encouraged to address any of these topics: Histories,
Evolution and/or adaptation, Specific styles, genres and themes, Diversity
and/or "common threads," Poetry in the context of margins and mainstreams.

3) Black and White Art (photographs, sketches, drawings, paintings, graphic
art, doodles on napkins)
… Visual Artists & Photographers must submit original work.
… Photographs/Photocopies of artwork are acceptable, as well as high res
scans (please no 72 dpi jpegs).
… Submissions must lend themselves to black & white reproduction.
… Please attach title(s) to your submission(s).

4) Special Section - Discourses is a literary project that seeks to
de-essentialize questions of Asian Pacific American identity though
collaborations between APA writers and those beyond the APA community.
Because this issue of the journal is devoted to LA Pilipina/o American
writing, Discourses will reflect the breadth of our diasporic communities
by encouraging a global dialogue.
… Emerging and established writers and artists dealing with issues related
to the local and global Pilipina/o community are encouraged to submit work
that addresses any of these topics: Place, Body, Time, Masters & Slaves,
Possession, Imagining, Emergence, Memory, Territory, Labor, Gender &
Protest. There can be numerous sites of address & the themes merely serve
as an interstice between texts from one side of the globe and another.
… Writers and artists must be from either Los Angeles or outside the United
States.
… Please specify which topics the submission addresses.
… All fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry submissions under 3000 words
will be considered.
… Visual Art (to be published in black and white) may be submitted
electronically.
… Preference will be given to unpublished material. Simultaneous
submissions to other publications are unacceptable.
… Please send submissions to:
Michelle Dizon
Discourses Editor
Disorient Journalzine
2008 S. Robertson Boulevard #1
Los Angeles, CA 90034

GENERAL GUIDELINES
… Geographic restrictions: writers and visual artists must be from Los Angeles.
… Non- English writing is welcome if accompanied by English translation.
Work will be published in both original language and translation.
… Unpublished material is preferred. Simultaneous submissions to other
publications are unacceptable.
… Submissions must include a cover letter stating your name, category of
submission, the title(s) of your piece(s) contact address, telephone
number, e-mail address (if applicable) and a brief 2-4 sentence author bio.
… Materials will be returned if a self-addressed envelope and appropriate
postage accompanies the submission, otherwise it will be recycled.
… Rights revert to the author upon publication with the provision that
Disorient receives credit.
… Please allow six to eight weeks for editorial consideration of submissions.
… As a non-profit journal, we do not offer payment for accepted submissions
but will provide contributor's a complimentary copy of Issue 9.

CONTACT INFORMATION
… E-mail submissions by category/editor:

Allan Aquino
Non-Fiction
arevalo1905@...

Rebecca Baroma
Prose
rebecca.e.baroma@...

Michelle Dizon
Discourses
discourses@...

Wendell Pascual
Visual Art
wpascual@...

Irene Suico Soriano
Poetry
isoriano@...

… Please send all submissions (except Discourses submissions) and general
correspondence to:
Disorient - Issue 9
Editorial Board
PO Box 486
Glendale, CA 91209

… For general inquiries about Issue 9, advertisement space, etc. please use
AisaremaLit@...

Disorient is sponsored by Aisarema, a non-profit Asian Pacific American
literary arts organization made possible through funding from the
California Arts Council (CAC).

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L.A. Theatre Works is presenting a special performance of Radio
Mambo:Culture Clash Invades Miami at the Skirball Cultural Center
Saturday, March 31, 2001 @ 8pm. Tickets are specially priced @ 22.50
and include a post show reception with food and wine. If you have not
seen Culture Clash or this particluar performance, think about coming
and/or spread the word. The performance is recorded for a future
broadcast on NPR.

Update regarding mural by Hector Ponce featuring Emiliano Zapata and
Chiapas leader Marcos at 6th and Westlake.

Thanks to all who called Joe Smoke at Cultural Affairs.

I have now learned that the Dept. of Building and Safety is planning to
paint out the mural any day. The Senior Inspector is Brad Neighbors at 213
738-5674. His reason is that it has no permit and he can't reach the owner.

I reached the owner's representative and discovered the building owner has
no problem with the mural. The original complaint was made by someone at
the Ramada Hotel down the street who objects to there being a gun in the
mural.

Since the owner is ok with the mural, I am trying to submit an application
for a permit right away.

We need people to call Brad Neigbors at Bldg and Safety to postpone
destruction of the mural so that the permit application can be submitted by
the beginning of next week.

Also, letters of support for the mural wouldn't hurt to submit with the
application, says Joe Smoke at Cultural Affairs.

Please fax letters of support on organization stationary, if possible, to
the Mural Conservancy of L.A. at 818 763-7647.

Thank you.

Robin Dunitz
MCLA

Ivri-NASAWI presents

Conversations on Roots & Identity 5: Iraq with Joyce Dallal, Lev Hakak and
Salaam Yousif.
Thursday, March 29 L.A. 7:30 pm

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd., Venice CA 90291
Tickets $7 general, $5 members of Ivri-NASAWI, Beyond Baroque.
RSVP: (323) 650-3157

This popular series raises issues of cultural roots, literary explorations
and adjusting to a bicultural American and Middle Eastern identity. Part five
of the series features American-born multimedia artist Joyce Dallal, who
reflects on the journey of her Iraqi Jewish parents from Baghdad to the
U.S.A., her father's past as a member of Iraq's Communist Party, and her own
struggle to find the meaning of home.

Lev Hakak is a Baghdad-born fiction writer and UCLA professor of Hebrew whose
work reflects his journey from Iraq to Israel and on to the States. A poet,
novelist and critic, among his many works are the novel, "Strangers Among
Brothers." His poetry appears in the anthology, "Keys to the Garden, New
Israeli Writing" (City Lights 1996) Hakak was one of the first Mizrahi
writers of the generation that grew up in Israel to confront the social
issues confronting Mizrahi Jews through his academic and literary activities.

Salaam Yousif is a Baghdadi-born scholar and essayist who reflects on Iraqi
writing, at home and in exile.

Tickets $7, $5 members of Ivri-NASAWI and Beyond Baroque. Seating is limited;
you must reserve by phone or email. Call for directions. RSVP to (323)
650-3157 or email
ivrinasawi@...

Ivri-NASAWI, founded in 1996, is a national grassroots organization which
promotes the arts and cultures of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews and other cultures of
the Middle East. Visit www.ivri-nasawi.org.

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From Al Maitland, CEO, CALAA

"ALL ARTS ALL AGES ALL PEOPLE"
The Joint Congress of Arts will take place on June 7 and 8, 2001 in
Sacramento and invitations will be mailed and distributed over the next two
weeks. There are two messages: 1)The arts are important to California's
future- to its economy, the education and job preparation of its children
and to the civic health of its communities; and 2) the arts are everywhere.

CALAA is facilitating the conference in cooperation with California Arts
Council and numerous arts and education organizations statewide. The CALAA
Board of Directors meeting and the CALAA District Chairs conference will
take place at the Joint Congress on Friday. The rally on the Capitol steps,
coordinated by California Arts Advocates will take place on Thursday.

Every artist, arts organization, arts education program, regional dance,
theater and music coalition and service organization needs to be at the
Joint Congress of Arts to support the development, the diversity and
expansion of the arts in California.

OPEN STUDIOS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN

CALAA is coordinating two "Open Studio" pamphlets, one for Northern
California and one for Southern California, that publicizes the open studio
programs taking place May, 2000 to October, 2000. All counties , visual arts
studios and organizations will receive an inquiry form, which can be faxed
or e-mailed to CALAA. The response time must be at super speed to enable the
publication to be issued in April. Contact Kristen at CALAA.

YEAR OF THE ARTS AWARDS NOMINATIONS NEEDED

CALAA is coordinating the nominations for awards in every discipline
honoring achievement and contributions by artists, patrons and
administrators and setting up monthly award presentations throughout the
state. These presentations could be be part of another existing major event
or festival or celebration. Contact Kristen@....

LAST NOTES

Please remember, if there is a time to invest in a conference and a time to
make the arts visible, the Joint Congress is our opportunity to unite to
make the work of local arts agencies, the California Arts Council, the
numerous artists and organizations who create our artistic heritage and the
many donors, foundations and corporations visible and intrinsic to our
lives. This is the time for you to invest in making the case for the arts in
return for the many grants and support we have all received over the years.
See you at the Joint Congress of Arts.

Reserve your tickets and DON'T MISS CONDORS FRIDAY
MARCH 23 at 8pm!

The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
(JACCC) proudly presents

The U.S. Premiere Tour of JAPANS Most Outrageous
Dance Theater Troupe!
C O N D O R S
"Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter Love You Live"
Friday, March 23, 8pm at the Japan America Theatre

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American Cultural &
Community Center (JACCC) proudly presents Condors,
Japans most outrageous dance theater company, in
"Love You Live," on Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm at
the Japan America Theatre (JAT) in Little Tokyo in
Downtown Los Angeles. The performance is part of
the
first U.S. tour of the wildly playful, all-male
group
that Dance Magazine Japan describes as "eros with
madness and joyfulness." The JAT is located at 244
S.
San Pedro St. Tickets are $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15
JACCC Members, $12 Students/Seniors/Groups.

"Both mysterious and nuttyIf there had been an
applause meter on the premises, the needle would
very
likely have swung off the high end for Condors."
NEW
YORK TIMES

WHO: CONDORS - This crowd-pleasing, all-male "bad
boys" of comedic dance theater from Japan premiered
their signature brand of sexy, spoofy dance theater
to
rave reviews in NYC in January 2000. With a corps
of
"utterly untrained and vicious" dancers, the company
consists of a dozen neer-do-wells who perform
hilarious and high-energy skits as sumo wrestlers,
bowling pins, and smirking bald brides and grooms,
among other iconic images. Director/choreographer
and
lead dancer Ryohei Kondos weightless and razor
sharp
movement is combined with unique and kinetic
stagecraft, taking the audience on a wild, rock and
roll ride through pop culture. Utilizing a casual,
free-form, streetwise, movement style reminiscent of
Stomp!, most of the dancers are formally untrained
but
all possess unique stage personalities. The groups
standard costume is the gakuran, a traditional
military-style uniform worn for decades by most
Japanese schoolboys. The use of the gakuran within
the context of performances that subvert Japans
patriarchal male identity has gained them much
fashion/style publicity in their home country. The
company performs regularly to enthusiastic audiences
throughout Japan. This performance is part of their
U.S. premiere tour, which begins in New York.

WHAT:"Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter Love You
Live"
The newest stage show from Condors.

WHEN: Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm

WHERE: Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St.
in
the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles

TICKETS: $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15 JACCC Members,
$12
Students/Seniors/Groups.
Call the JAT Box Office, 213-680-3700, Mon.Sat.,
12-5pm or Sun. after 12pm on show days.


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Hello LACN folks,

I'm hoping you can help spread the word that the city is about to destroy
(for the 2nd time) a mural of Chiapas's heroic Sub-Commandante Marcos (it
also shows Zapata). It's at 6th and Westlake and was painted by Salvadoran
sign painter, Hector Ponce.

Joe Smoke, representing the city, should be flooded with phone calls. His
number is 213 473-8346. Last week he told me I could fill out some paper
work for Hector to get him a permit for the mural. Now he says that won't
do as the owner of the building wants it gone. It's been there for weeks
if not months and not a word from the owner.

The Zapatista struggle in Mexico has broad popular support. They've just
marched to Mexico City as part of their struggle for indigenous rights. I
hope there are enough people in L.A. who support their struggle who can be
called upon to rally to save this symbol of that struggle, the only mural
of its kind in L.A. It was already quietly destroyed once before. Let's
not let it happen again.

Judy Baca of the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)(310
822-9560) has been notified and is talking about putting out a press
release to the local papers.

Please pass this on to others.

Robin Dunitz
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles

Don't miss out!

PRESS RELEASE
The Series Continues........Join KCET TV's "Life &
Times" taping of the...
All Stars of LA Performance Art Part V - Hosted by
The Dark Bob

March 18
John FLECK
Andy DICK
Erika SCHICKEL
Rochelle FABB
Michael SAKAMOTO
The DARK BOB

Los Angeles performance artist, The Dark Bob, returns
to host the Fifth installment of the ongoing series,
All Stars of LA Performance Art. These events have
spotlighted some of LA's most renowned and influential
Performance Artists - artists whose innovative and
groundbreaking work helped establish Los Angeles as
one of the most dynamic breeding grounds for this
important movement
in contemporary art.

Here's what the press says about the series:
"witty, often riveting...something for everyone" -
Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times

"That's PERFOTAINMENT!" - Peter Frank, LA Weekly "Pick
of the Week"

WHEN: Sunday, March 18, 7:30pm Sharp
Doors open at 7pm TICKETS: $10

RESERVATIONS : 310-581-5369

WHERE: KNITTING FACTORY, HOLLYWOOD MAIN STAGE 7021
Hollywood Blvd. (one blk W of Mann's Chinese Theater @
Galaxy Cineplex) Easy/safe parking

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On the day recently-elected Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon visits the
White House
for a talk with George W. Bush, Israelis/Jews and Palestinians/Arabs and
their friends
will express their solidarity together at a performance by one of Israel's
foremost
musical peacemakers...Yair Dalal.


March 20, Tues., 7/8 pm., L.A.

***Yair Dalal Performs with Houman Pourmehdi in a Concert Benefit for Peace***
"Yair Dalal takes you on a captivating journey," writes the Jerusalem Post. An
Israeli musician who performs in the Mizrahi tradition, Dalal is a natural
peacemaker
through his cross-cultural collaborations on the world music scene. He was a
featured
performer at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Gala Concert honoring the late
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. Houman
Pourmehdi, cofounder of the Lian Ensemble, is one of the most amazing Persian
percussions now living in Los Angeles. The evening includes a reception with
fine art by Lidia Shaddow, Nahid Hagigat and Daphna Shalom.

A portion of proceeds go to seed Open Tent's UCLA conference on the
Israeli/Palestinian crisis.
7 pm artist reception. 8 pm concert. $25 general admission, $20 members of
Ivri-NASAWI,
Open Tent, Levantine Center, $25 at the door, $30 limited Preferred seating.
Refreshments served.
RSVP (323) 650-3157.

March 29, Thurs., 7:30 pm, L.A.
***Conversations on Roots & Identity: Iraq, with multimedia artist Joyce
Dallal,
fiction author Lev Hakak and essayist Salaam Yousif. At Beyond Baroque
Literary
Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Tix $7 general, $5 members of
Ivri-NASAWI and Beyond Baroque. Refreshments served. RSVP (323) 650-3157.

for complete details visit www.ivri-nasawi.org
also Open Tent's web site at www.opentent.org



Ivri-NASAWI
New Assn. of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers Int'l.
www.ivri-nasawi.org
1033 N. Orlando Ave
Los Angeles CA 90069
(323) 650-3157

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Luckman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles

FOCUS ON ASIA / SPRING 2001
Please join the Luckman Fine Arts Gallery this spring for its special series
of programs
entitled Focus on Asia. Anchoring this series are TWO EXHIBITIONS that
highlight the people, histories, and cultures of this continent.

Indochina: The Art of War
Co-presented by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
a facility of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Hei, Han Khiang; H. Lan Thao Lam; Din Q. Le; Hanh T. Pham; Sheila Pinkel;
William Short and Willa Seidenberg
Curated by: Tran, T. Kim-Trang
March 17 - April 28, 2001
Opening reception: Saturday, March 17, 4-6:00 p.m.
Curator's talk: Wednesday, April 4, 6:00 p.m.
Film presentation - Regret to Inform (by Barbara Sonneborn with discussion
by Chorswan Ngin):
Monday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.

April 2000 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of Indochina and the end
of its war with America, inspiring this exhibition of works by artists with
connections to Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Indochina: The Art of War
addresses the relationships between the East and West, history, personal and
institutional memories, and the complexities of experience and the place of
culture in our lives. Working primarily in photography, these artists aim
to remember and understand, and to make us aware of what took place during
the war and its aftermath.


Hard-Boiled Wonderland
Jacci Den Hartog, Gajin Fujita, Tom Knechtel, Joseph Lee,
and Sandeep Mukherjee
Curated by: Julie Joyce
May 26 - July 5, 2001
Artists' talk: Thursday, May 24, 6:00 p.m.
Opening reception: Saturday, May 26, 6-8:00 p.m.

Los Angeles is highly influenced by elements of Eastern invention, from
philosophy to technology to aesthetics and even cuisine. Regarding the
visual dialogue among Eastern convention and local contemporary art,
Hard-Boiled Wonderland focuses on five Los Angeles-based artists whose works
utilize traditional Asian art and culture in new, diverse, and engaging
ways.
This exhibition is funded in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance.

For further information regarding these programs, please call:
Julie Joyce, Gallery Director
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8116
tel. (323) 343-6608 direct / fax (323) 343-6670
email: jjoyce@...

Catalina Summer Arts Camp ( ) will take
place this year from June 17 through 24 at White's Landing on Catalina
Island, with programs in music, dance, visual arts and theater for
students entering 5th through 10th grades. Cost per child is $425 for
eight days and seven nights including transportation. Some scholarships
are available to non-profit organizations who work with low income
children; volunteer and employment opportunities as well; for more
information call the Catalina Island Performing Arts Foundation at (310)
510-7469, or arts@....

Don't miss out on the fun and frolic of CONDORS on
March 23 at the Japan America Theatre. Call box
office for tickets at 213-680-3700.

The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
(JACCC) proudly presents Condors, Japans most
outrageous new dance theater company, in "Love You
Live," on Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm at the Japan
America Theatre (JAT) in Little Tokyo in Downtown Los
Angeles. The performance is part of the first U.S.
tour of the wildly playful, all-male group that Dance
Magazine Japan describes as "eros with madness and
joyfulness." The JAT is located at 244 S. San Pedro
St. Tickets are $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15 JACCC
Members, $12 Students/Seniors/Groups.

"Both mysterious and nuttyIf there had been an
applause meter on the premises, the needle would very
likely have swung off the high end for Condors."
NEW YORK TIMES

CONDORS: This crowd-pleasing, all-male "bad boys" of
comedic dance theater from Japan premiered their
signature brand of sexy, spoofy dance theater to rave
reviews in NYC in January 2000. With a corps of
"utterly untrained and vicious" dancers, the company
consists of a dozen neer-do-wells who perform
hilarious and high-energy skits as sumo wrestlers,
bowling pins, and smirking bald brides and grooms,
among other iconic images. Director/choreographer and
lead dancer Ryohei Kondos weightless and razor sharp
movement is combined with unique and kinetic
stagecraft, taking the audience on a wild, rock and
roll ride through pop culture. The company will film
footage in L.A.s Little Tokyo for use in their West
Coast premiere production at the Japan America
Theatre.

Utilizing a casual, free-form, streetwise, movement
style reminiscent of Stomp!, most of the dancers are
formally untrained but all possess unique stage
personalities. The groups standard costume is the
gakuran, a traditional military-style uniform worn for
decades by most Japanese schoolboys. The use of the
gakuran within the context of performances that
subvert Japans patriarchal male identity has gained
them much fashion/style publicity in their home
country. The company performs regularly to
enthusiastic audiences throughout Japan. This
performance is part of their U.S. premiere tour, which
begins in New York.

RYOHEI KONDO (Director/Choreographer) Ryohei Kondo
was selected as one of the top 100 21st Century
Cultural VIPs by Japans SPA Magazine. Kondo is
credited as the new Messiah of the Japanese
contemporary dance by creating his own world of a
comedy dance theatre, which overturned the
pre-existing concept of dance in Japan. "He may be
the Messiah who turns Japanese contemporary dance
world into mainstream entertainment." Bridge
Magazine. Born in Peru and raised in Argentina,
Ryohei Kondo founded Condors in 1996 in Tokyo. He has
directed and choreographed nearly a dozen works for
the company while also working with other artists and
maintaining a solo performance career. His work,
"P-kies Summer Concert 1995," was created for Fuji
Television and toured to more than 40 venues in Japan.
He has also helped international screen and stage
star John Lone realize Lones stage show, "Night and
Day." Kondo made a major international debut as the
lead dancer in Kota Yamazakis "Inflection" in 1994 at
the prestigious International Choreographic
Competition in Bagnolet, France. He has also performed
with butoh pioneer Akira Kasai and such well-known
choreographers as Kuniko Kisanuki and Toshiko Takeuchi
among others.

DIRECTIONS & TICKETS: The Japan America Theatre (JAT)
is located at 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd
and 3rd Streets) in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los
Angeles. For tickets, call the JAT Box Office,
213-680-3700, Mon.Sat., 12-5pm or Sun. after 12pm on
show days.
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Selected Year 2000 PRESS QUOTES for Condors:

"A comfortable, harmonious world is instantly
overturned by the group who call themselves the
Condors, a rough gang of bad boys. They are
criticizing dance which heretofore exhibited a taste
for conventional beauty and emphasis on technique.
But rather than loudly critiquing or laughing, they
snicker and play on the stage as though to say, "It's
more fun this way." (Dance Magazine, June 2000)

"Condors clearly are aware of "the second
possibility." Such limits as dance and what is not
dance, male and female, hairdo and physique, white and
black are critiqued along with laughter."
(Ballet, July 2000)

"They dash alone through the Japanese dance scene with
their unprecedented performance full of humor."
(Hanako, February 2000)

"For those who want to laugh all they want to and be
submerged in a little bit of nostalgia. For all those
who were once boys."
(Men's Extra, March 2000)

" They move ceaselessly, shed sweat, fill the theater
with their energy. Winds of frenzy and humor they
stir up as they prepare for their next performance
place, Europe."
(Dance Magazine, May 2000, "Contemporary Dance
Frontier")

"The distance between street dancers and dance on the
stage is far apart. But Condors have that feeling of
familiarity of the street dance. Their attitude of
giving preference to uncommon absurdity over formal
beauty
Is thrilling."
(Beyond Da Vinci, Color Lead Story)

"Full of a daring and lighthearted desire to laugh off
the idea of established dance, they continue to double
betray the audience's expectations and predictions.
Their sense of play communicates itself
to the audience, and the whole theater was enveloped
in laughter.
(Dance Magazine, October 2000)




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"The Israeli/Palestinian Crisis: New Conversations for a Pluralist Future"

is a day-long conference with six roundtables, a plenary session and
a reception, followed by a world music/Middle Eastern concert, all at UCLA.

We are seeking showcase performances from 5-20 minutes in length.
Middle Eastern, Jewish and other world music styles are welcome. Modern
and ethnic dance is also a possibiliy. Emerging performers and stars alike
will be
a part of this televised effort.

The concert is produced by Ivri-NASAWI (www.ivri-nasawi.org).
The conference is produced by Open Tent Middle East Coalition.

For more information, contact Munir Shaikh or Jordan Elgrably
at 323/650-3157, and visit www.opentent.org to read about the
conference in detail (from the home page scroll down below the
photo of Jerusalem).



Open Tent Middle East Coalition
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www.OpenTent.org
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