April 2008 Community Calendar

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Hello Friends,

 

Just wanted to pass along to you a list of this month's great community events.

Our community is filled with a wide variety of events and culture, we are so lucky that we have so many to choose from and enjoy!

Hope you have a great week!

 

Joy

 

Jocelyn C Pakingan
Secretary, Asian Accountants of San Diego
Direct: (619) 723-0963
eFax:     (858) 410-7826
Email:  jo...@gen-probe.com



Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:39:59 -0700
From: linda_a...@yahoo.com
Subject: Community Calendar 2008.04.01
To: linda_a...@yahoo.com

Dear Friends,

 
-  Coming up! SD Dragon Boat Festival, Saturday, May 3rd
at Playa Pacifica in Mission Bay Park , 9am-5pm
Join Alliance and SD Dragon Boat Team as
dragon boats and festivities return to San Diego Bay !
 
On land, immerse yourself in Asia !  Celebrate
Asian Pacific Islander music, dance, foods, art & heritage crafts!
 
On water, race with the dragons!  Form your teams now.
Registration fees for 16-paddler boats are $500,
or $640 with 16 Festival t-shirts.  Student teams $320,
IDs required.  Registration forms at www.sdalliance.org.
 
Same-day, on-site training by SD Dragon Boat Team
No boats, paddles or experience needed.
 
-  Also ASIA Media’s gala to honor CA Sen. Leland Yee
Asian Heritage Awards, Saturday, May 10,
At the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego
Nominations for achievement in 12 categories accepted
through March 31, www.asianheritageawards.com
 
-  And SD Asian Film Foundation’s screening of Planet B-Boy,
Friday, March 28, 7pm or 9:15pm
Landmark’s Ken Theatre , 4061 Adams Ave, SD 92116
Live b-boy performances before each show
Free after-party at Red C Lounge, 756 Fifth Ave
SDAFF member price $5, www.sdaff.org
 
Here’s April in our richly multi-cultural San Diego :  
 
1)
Sunday, March 30 – Monday, June 30
Museum of Contemporary Art SD Downtown presents
MAYA LIN: SYSTEMATIC LANDSCAPES at MCASD D’town
Jacobs Building, 1100 Kettner between Broadway & B St
 
Friday-Monday 11am-5pm, closed Tuesday
Wednesday, 11am-5pm, Thursday 11am-7pm
General admission $10, military/seniors $5
25 and under free; MCASD members free
Admission valid for 7 days at all MCASD locations
 
2)
Tuesday, April 1, 11:30am-12:30pm
JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN demonstrates
traditional Tea Ceremony in Exhibit House
by licensed tea instructor Soryo Katayama Stott
assisted by Junko Kawa, Chizu Kakitani, Takako Nishii
Free with Garden admission, www.niwa.org
For info, Miho Ishida 619.232.2721, mi...@niwa.org
 
3)
Thursday, April 3, 9pm PST (6pm Hawaii time)
 
Congratulations to Edieann Heali’i ‘O Nalani Stanley, of
San Diego’s Halau ‘O Heali’i/ Heali’i’s Polynesian Revue, &
Carson City’s Halau ‘O Lilinoe, chosen to compete
in Miss Aloha Hula 2008 at the Merrie Monarch Festival,
the World Cup and Olympics of hula!
 
Merrie Monarch Festival broadcast live on TV (in Hawaii )
and the Internet worldwide on TheHawaiiChannel.com
Thursday April 3rd - Saturday April 6th.
 
Heali’i’s Polynesian Revue will screen Miss Aloha Hula Night
Thursday, April 3, 9pm, at 6749 Top Gun St, Suite 110 , SD 92121
Come cheer for Edieann (Miss PIFA 2005) as she performs
 Kahiko and Auana; www.healiis.com, 858.450.3355
 
4)
Friday, April 4, 7 pm
SD Museum of Art & Museum of Contemporary Art SD co-present
MAYA LIN in 9th annual SDMA/MCASD Axline Lecture
 
MCASD La Jolla , Sherwood Auditorium
700 Prospect St, La Jolla 92037
MCASD/SDMA members free, $7 non-members
 
5)
Saturday, April 5, Sunday, April 6, 11am-5pm
Lao New Year’s Festival at Market Creek Plaza
5160 Federal Blvd 92105
(Near corner of Euclid Ave & Market St)
 
6)
Saturday, April 5, 7:30pm
TERRY MATSUOKA with fellow singer-songwriters
Brenda Xu & Lindsey Yung at Milano Coffee Co   
8685 Rio San Diego Dr, Mission Valley , SD 92108
 
7)
Sunday, April 6, 7-8pm
California Center for the Arts presents
SHIDARA TAIKO: Heart of the Immortal Mountain
11 performers, 3,000 lbs of drums
Traditional Taiko drumming, music & dance
from deep within the mountains of Japan
 
California Center for the Arts
340 N. Escondido Blvd, Escondido 92025
 
8)
Monday, April 7, 10am-12pm
JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN Balboa Park
Craft Club meets every 1st Monday to make items
from washi paper for sale for the Garden 
Instructor Sandra Erbetta; $5 members & non-members
9)
Wednesday, April 9, 5-7pm
JAPAN SOCIETY of SD & TIJUANA
Meishi Mixer at Café Japengo
8960 University Center Lane, SD 92122
Evening of great appetizers, cocktails, networking
JSSDT members $30, non-members $40
 
10)
Saturday, April 12, Sunday, April 13, 9am-5pm
Celebrate LAO NEW YEAR at WAT LAO BOUPHARAM
Nang Sangkhan, parade, blessing from monks,
Baci ceremony around the flower tree,
Ceremony to tie white strings to wish good luck
Classical & folk Laotian dances
205 South 65th St at Skyline
Saturday, April 14, Sunday, April 15, 9 am – 5 pm
Lao New Year Celebration & Cultural Fair, 619.266.1717
 
11)
Saturday, April 12, 10am-12pm
JAPANESE FREINDSHIP GARDEN Balboa Park
Oh Boy Origami! $8 members & non-members
(No younger siblings accompanying please)
Instructor Lisa Koide Halverson
 
12)
Saturday, April 12, 7-9 pm
Terry Matsuoka plays Kirin on Point Loma,   
4111 Voltaire St, Point Loma , SD 92107
Get loaded on sushi, sake and beer.
 
13)
Sunday, April 13, 9am-
METTA FOREST MONASTERY (Wat Mettavanaram)
Celebrates SONGKRAN, Thai New Year
At the Metta Forest Monastery,
13560 Muutama Lane, Valley Center 92082
 
9 am Oms round, ceremony for refuge, precepts,
Chanting of blessing, Dhamma talk, potluck 10:30 am
Presentation of gifts to monks 12:30 pm
Monks chant blessings for ancestors
Water ceremony blessing 2 pm
 
14)
Sunday, April 13, 10:30am-1:30pm
WAT BUDDHAPARAMEE celebrates
SONGKRAN, Thai-Cambodian-Laotian New Year
3785 Cherokee Ave, SD 92104
 
Monks teach Dharma, ceremonies for good actions, 5 precepts,
Offer food and gifts to monks, blessings to ancestors,
Water blessings to monks, Buddha, common people
 
15)
Thursday, April 17, 7 pm
Filmmaker’s Screening: Director Freida Lee Mock
introduces program and discusses making of
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Academy Award winner Best Documentary Feature 1995
 
Museum of Contemporary Art SD Downtown
Copley Building, free with Museum admission
 
16)
Friday, April 18, 7 pm
Terry Matsuoka plays Kirin at Santee   
Kirin, 8790 Cuyamaca Rd , Santee 92017
Come eat sushi and drink sake
 
17)
Tuesday, April 22, 12pm-1:30pm
ASIAN BUSINESS ASS’N’s April Rice Club Luncheon
Guest Speaker Derek J. Cartwright,
Executive Director, San Diego Museum of Art
Jasmine Seafood Restaurant, 4609 Convoy St, SD 92111
 
Members $25, non-members $35, door $40
RSVP by April 18, www.abasd.org, 858.277.2822
 
18)
Wednesday, April 23, 5:30-8PM
ASIAN BUSINESS ASS’N
Mixer at the Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa
Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa
3999 Mission Boulevard, SD 92109
 
19)
Thursday, April 24, 6-7:30pm
Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law (SCAPAL)
in collaboration with UCSD’s Community Law Project
presents free Community Law Clinic:
“CONSUMER LAW: Abuses & Overcharges by Utility Co’s
at Montgomery Middle School , 2470 Ulric St , Linda Vista
Reps from UCAN (Utility Consumer Action Network) will speak
Spanish and Vietnamese translators available at clinic.
 
20)
Saturday, April 26
LINDA VISTA MULTI-CULTURAL FAIR & PARADE
In partnership with Bayside Community Center
Linda Vista Rd between Comstock & Ulric St , SD 92111
For info Marta Lester, Coordinator
 
21)
Saturday, April 26, 10am-7pm
One Vision One Voice Filipino American Movement (OVOV)
Presents Fil-Am Trade and Cultural Expo
At Community Concourse, Golden Hall, 202C St
Free and open to the public
 
Celebrate “The Heart of a Community”, showcasing businesses,
assets, talents, traditions & culture of SD’s Filipino community;
Workshops, entertainment, job and career fairs  
 
22)
Saturday, April 26, 2-3:30pm
Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law (SCAPAL)
at Fil-Am Expo presents "REDISTRICTING--WHAT IS THIS
AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOUR VOTING RIGHTS":
Panel of attorneys, professors & other professionals
educate the public about redistricting and voting rights
& how to improve political empowerment in SD's API community.  
 
SCAPAL’s co-sponsors of Redistricting Clinic are
SD Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans & One Vision One Voice.
 
23)
Saturday, April 26 or Sunday, April 27, 8:30am-3pm
JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN Balboa Park presents
1-day seminar (Sat or Sun)
Principles of maple pruning technique, emphasizing spring maples
Instructor Yuki Nara; Continental breakfast & lunch provided
Fee $60 member, non-member
 
24):
Sunday, April 27, 10am-5pm
WAT BUDDHAJAKRAMONGKOLRATANARAM
Celebrates SONGKRAN, Thai New Year
Ceremonies to pour water on Buddha’s statue,
Offer food and daily necessities to monks,
Festival with Thai food and festivities!
At the Temple , 139 W. 11th Ave , Escondido 92025
 
 
Notes from the Community:
 
-  From Lee Ann Kim, SDAFF Executive Director, announces
SD Asian Film Foundation’s 4th Annual REEL VOICES program,
paid internship for local high school students, Asian & non-Asian,
to learn art of documentary filmmaking & make own documentary
Students receive $500 scholarship upon completion of internship
Applications at http://www.sdaff.org/education.php, deadline April 25

-  From Seema Sueko, Artistic Director, Mo'olelo Performing Arts:
Tuesday, April 8-Tuesday, May 13, 6-8:30pm
Your Mo'olelo Playwriting Class, taught by Seema Sueko
Fee $250/ $200 for AASD, AEA, SAG or AFTRA members
To register, cla...@moolelo.net, 619.342.7395

For novice to intermediate-level playwrights:
Intro to playwriting tools, elements or tactics; exercises to explore tools
to begin writing your play, or re-write it
For more info, see www.moolelo.net
 
-  Don’t forget to Race with the Dragons!
Alliance and SD Dragon Boat Team team up to sponsor
SD Dragon Boat Festival, Saturday, May 3, 9am-5pm
Playa Pacifica , Mission Bay Park , San Diego
Register teams by April 18; www.sdalliance.org
 
 
Stay well!
 
Sincerely,
Linda


Linda Tu, President
San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans
7750 Dagget Street, #212
San Diego, CA 92111 
linda_a...@yahoo.com
www.sdalliance.org

 
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