PERFORMANCE Edge Wednesday January 18th, 10:00pm Barbes 376 9th Street corner of 6th Avenue Park Slope, Brooklyn www.sangwonpark.com | www.jasonkaohwang.com Composer/violinist, Jason Kao Hwang and Sang Won Park (kayagum, ajang, voice) now working as a duo, have collaborated for over fifteen years in The Far East Side Band. Their cross-cultural improvisations continue to evolve. Big Bang, the latest new and all-inclusive music and mixed media series at the downtown hub of artistic exploration, The Cornelia Street Caf? Since 1980, Sang Won Park has resided in New York City and performs traditional music to western audiences and actively collaborates with many avant-garde musicians. He joined with renowned guitarist Henry Kaiser and percussionist Charles K. Noyes and produced "Invite the Spirits", a double album on the OAO/Celluloid label. He has performed with performance artist Laurie Anderson in concerts, on her record "Mr. Heart Break", and the movie "Home of the Brave". He has also appeared in Nam Jun Paik's acclaimed satellite spectacular "Bye Bye Kipling" on Public Television. As composer and violinist, Jason Kao Hwang's seminal ensemble (1990 - 2004), The Far East Side Band, released two CDs, Urban Archaeology (Victo Records) and Caverns (New World Records). The Far East Side Band has performed at the Asia Society, Beijing International Jazz Festival, the Whitney Museum, the Freer Gallery, World Music Institute (NYC), Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen (Austria), the duMaurier Ltd. International Jazz Festival (Vancouver), International Festival Musique Actuelle (Victoriaville), and many other stages. New World Records recently released his chamber opera, The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown.

READING The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual Wednesday, January 18th, 7:00pm Monroe Township Public Library 4 Municipal Plaza Monroe Township, New Jersey www.cathybaobean.com | www.monroetwplibrary.org Rooted in the telling of one family's life, The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual by Cathy Bao Bean is a story for all families. In this humorous and poignant memoir, the author, an immigrant from China, recounts how she figured out how to be herself, as well as raise a son whose artist father did things like paint the lawn. As Cathy Bao Bean attempts to satisfy disparate cultural norms, she provides us with a unique window into the experience of a bicultural family. The Chopsticks-Fork Principle also explains how anyone who steps outside the home can benefit by greater awareness of the diversity within and around us. "No father - especially an immigrant from China - says to his daughter, "Please, marry an artist" says Bao Bean.

RELEASE PARTY Wayne Hsu and Big Phony CD Release Party Wednesday, January 18th, 7:00pm Coda 34 East 34th Street between Madison and 5th Ave New York City $10 www.vergemusictour.com Come and celebrate the cd releases of Wayne Hsu and Big Phony featuring MC Lars and The Ides. Free Big Phony and Wayne Hsu cds with admission.

AWARDS SHOW The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Thursday, January 19th, 7:00pm World Premiere Broadcast January 29th, 8:00 pm AZN Television Time Warner Channel 848 Wiltern LG Theatre 3790 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010 $55 - $125, 10% discount: use code APEXNFP www.axawards.com For the first time ever on television, AZN Television will proudly present The 2006 Asian Excellence Awards, featuring the Remy Martin X. O Honors. A night of stars and stellar achievements, celebrating the Asian American community for what it is: a vital, vibrant part of American culture that is both unique and uniquely American. The evening will be hosted by Kelly Hu and MAD-TV's Bobby Lee. Remy Martin, the principal sponsor of the show, will present three special honors during the program. The Remy Martin XO Honors will be presented for Inspiration (Dr. David D. Ho), Visibility (Lucy Liu) and Bridge (Quentin Tarantino). A Lifetime Achievement honor will be posthumously awarded to filmmaker Ismail Merchant by AZN Television and Remy Martin, with special tributes from actors who have participated in various Merchant / Ivory productions, including Naomi Watts, Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson. Also scheduled to appear - Daniel Dae Kim, Jason Scott Lee, Kelly Hu, Lisa Ling, Rob Schneider, Michelle Krusiec, Dustin Nguyen, Ralph Macchio, Tamlyn Tomita, Bai Ling, Alice Wu, Karl Yune, Carrie Ann Inaba, Roger Fan, Lynn Chen, Josie Natori, Magic Johnson, and more!

PERFORMANCE NTDTV's Chinese New Year Galas Friday, January 20th, 8:00 pm Saturday, January 21st, 2:00pm Saturday, January 21st, 8:00pm Radio City Music Hall 1260 Ave of the Americas between 50th & 51st Street New York City newyeargala.ntdtv.com/2006/en New Tang Dynasty Television is proud to offer you a chance to celebrate Chinese New Year in grand style with the NTDTV 2006 Chinese New Year Global Gala, spanning 17 major cities across four continents. Following the sold-out show in Madison Square Garden in 2005, NTDTV will delight you and your loved ones with three shows at Radio City Music Hall. More than 1,000 Asian and Western artists will get together for this spectacular event of music, dance, acrobatics, and world-class entertainment for the whole family. This year's "Myths and Legends," blends Chinese and Western performances into an energetic mix of song, dance, drama and humor, with a twist. While they dazzle with color and sound, the mythology conveyed through many of the performances opens a world of often forgotten Chinese culture to its audiences. The "Myths and Legends" presented provide a vehicle to reconnect Chinese people with their rich heritage, and westerners with a world of traditions unknown, but yet deeply moving. Continuing the success of past Galas, this year there will be three performances in New York. The performances will be broadcast worldwide for an estimated audience of between 200-300 million viewers.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Anna Erika Nursing Home Visit young Korean American Network (yKAN) Saturday, January 21st, 10:30am - 3:00pm Anna Erika Assistance Living Home 110 Henderson Avenue Staten Island, New York www.ykan.org | community@ykan.org On Saturday, January 21st yKAN will have their annual luncheon with the Korean Senior Citizens residents at the Anna Erika Adult Home, an elderly nursing home for those who are no longer able to care for themselves with out assistance. Most of the residents are senior citizens and there are about 20 Korean residents. For over 10 years, yKAN has held annual visits to the retirement home and provided free Korean style lunches to the Korean-American residents. Since these elderly seniors often do not get a chance to eat their native foods as Anna Erika is a state subsidized retirement home, yKAN will bring catered Korean food and serve the residents. Not only are we bringing Korean cuisine to their facilities, we are also going to provide gifts and entertainment! As we continue our annual event with Anna Erika, we need your help and participation. So come and celebrate the New Year with the Senior Citizen residents at Anna Erika! yKAN is committed to serve the 1st generation seniors, as well as, the community that we love. Also, please let us know if you need a ride from Manhattan

EXHIBITION Moving Time: An Exhibition of Video Art presenting the works of Nam June Paik + 30 Inter/national Artists Korean Cultural Service New York January 20th - February 23rd Part 1: January 20th - 31st Opening reception : Friday January 20th, 6:00 - 8:00pm Part 2: February 1st - 11th Reception : Thursday February 2nd, 6:00 - 8:00pm Part 3: February 13th - 23rd Reception : Friday February 17th, 6:00 - 8:00pm Korean Cultural Service New York 460 Park Avenue, 6th Floor New York City www.koreanculture.org Moving Time was conceived to celebrate the new time and the new beginning for the KCSNY as it marks the first exhibition of the year 2006. By making diverse range of global video art accessible to the public, the exhibition introduces the basics of video art such as medium's inherent characteristics (affordability, portability, transferability, manipulative quality, intimacy and its capacity for instantaneous transmission for image etc.) and its wide and ever expanding sub-categories. Moving Time salutes and explores video art's capacity to represent time not only as a theme but also as a constituent parameter of the nature of video art. Whether it is a work contemplating on the notions of temporal magnitude; protracted duration in ambiguous narrative and slow motion or temporal compression in electronic-collage or animation incorporating super- advanced technology, or exploring temporal matrix, temporal moment, temporal direction, or temporal event, the works in Moving Time have been selected to demonstrate individual's identification, translation and expression of time with e/motions; that is motion, emotion and electric motion. The curators of this exhibition give thanks to 30 most innovative, supportive and generous artists who have agreed in joy to pay humble but heart felt tribute to Nam June Paik who has been influential in every area of video art since he unleashed it in 1965. It is an honor to have Nam June Paik-the father of video art-as the special guest artist in Moving Time. The exhibition consists of three parts, each containing works of 10 artists to be shown for 10 days. Nam June Paik's works will be on view at all times. The Korean Cultural Service will present Nam June Paik's seminal video works from the 60's and 70's. The exhibition will also feature recent work of 30 national and international artists representing different generations and different cultural perspectives.

DANCE PERFORMANCE Korean Contemporary Dance Showcase 2006 Korean Culture Service Various Various Free / RSVP required for the Kaye Playhouse performance www.koreanculture.org Six Korean dance companies have been handpicked by the Korean Ministry of Culture & Tourism to represent Korea at the 2006 Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference. Explore innovations in contemporary dance through a Korean sense and sensibility with our six featured dance companies acclaimed throughout Europe and Asia. Showcase Dates & Venues: Saturday, January 21st 12:00 - 1:00pm City Center Studio 4 130 West 56th Street, between 6th & 7th Avenue Presenting Lee K. Dance, Won Kim/Group Collaboration or the Jeon Mi-sook Dance Company Saturday, January 21st 3:00 - 5:30pm Trisha Brown Studio 625 West 55th Street, between 11th & 12th Avenue Presenting all six companies Sunday, January 22nd 5:00 - 7:30pm The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College 68th Street, between Park & Lexington Avenue Presenting all six companies, and a meet-the-artists reception follows in the lobby (APAP members & presenters only) Monday, January 23rd 1:00 - 2:30pm Trisha Brown Studio 625 West 55th Street, between 11th & 12th Avenue Presenting Dance On & Off, Doo Dance Theater, Jeong-ho Nam & KNUA Choreography Troop

SCREENING AND DISCUSSION The Coachman (Maboo) Korean Cultural Service New York Thursday, January 26th, 6:30pm Korean Cultural Service New York 460 Park Avenue, 6th Floor New York City www.koreanculture.org The Coachman (Maboo) (1961) South Korea, Korean with English subtitles, color, 96min Directed by Kang Dae-jin Starring Kim Seung-Ho, Shin Young-Kyun, Hwang Jeong-Sun, Cho Mi-Ryeong, and Kang Dae-Jin The Coachman tells the tale about single father with two sons and two daughters makes a living by operating a horse-drawn cart. However, in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making such carts obsolete, and he struggles to make ends meet. The family's younger generation is also experiencing difficulties.The eldest son hopes to pass the bar exam to become a lawyer, but he has flunked twice already and is feeling pessimistic about his third try. The eldest daughter, who is mute, is married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to move up in life by posing as a rich university student, while the youngest son has a penchant for petty theft. At its heart, this film is a drama told with warmth and sympathy about a family trying to life its way out of poverty and into the middle class. The challenges they face would have been familiar to many of its viewers in 1961, from the cruel and dismissive attitude of the upper classes to the pressure to pay back debts.The Coachman was the first Korean film to win a major overseas award, taking home the Silver Bear (Special Jury Prize) from the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival. Guest Speaker Ms. Hyun-Ock Im will briefly introduce the film and lead a discussion after the end of the movie.

FESTIVAL New York 3rd Annual Lunar New Year Flower Market: Artists Booths, Stage Performances and Flower Arrangement Contest to Entertain Visitors in Chinatown's Columbus Park Asian American Arts Alliance, The Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MoCA), and United East Athletics Association (UEAA) Friday, January, 27th, Noon - 10:00pm Saturday, January, 28th, 10:00am - 6:00pm Columbus Park Mulberry Street between Bayard & Worth Streets New York City www.explorechinatown.com January 29, 2006 is the first day of the Lunar New Year for 4704 - the Year of the Dog. Celebrations will last for fifteen days afterwards, but preparations including cleaning and ecorating the home can begin as early as two weeks prior. The market, typically held one to two days prior to the New Year, is a significant kick-off event in many Asian countries. The flower is one of the most important and symbolic decorations: "fa" in Cantonese shares homonymic qualities to the word for fortune, "fat." Therefore, to have flowers blooming in one's home during the New Year is a prosperous and fortuitous sign. Among the propitious plants and flowers are azaleas, dahlias, chrysanthemums, peach and plum blossoms, peonies, narcissi and small orange trees. The Flower Market bursts with the colors and fragrances of auspicious plants and blossoms widely used decoratively by Chinese as symbols of prosperity, fortune and abundance. This year, the Flower Market reinvents tradition by incorporating performers and artists, who will contribute to the festive, family atmosphere. Last year's Flower Market attracted a diverse, multi-generational audience of 70,000 visitors and was attended by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, and Council Members Alan Gerson and John C. Liu. This year, the organizers have also invited participating florists to compete for a $100 prize for Best Floral Design. Several Chinese artists, arts organizations, and performers are confirmed to participate in the two-day event. They include: Jean Liu, Chinese Knotting Demo Winnie Tsai, Calligraphy Demo Kunqu Society: Make-up & Costume Demo New York Chinese Cultural Center: Face Painting & Paper Cutting Demo Duc Sun Tong, Chinese Culture Art Association: Portrait Panting Demo Guan Zi Yuan, Chinese Culture Art Association: Calligraphy & Seal Engraving Demo Rong En Zhao, Chinese Culture Art Association: Calligraphy and Painting

MOVIE RELEASE Annapolis Friday, January 27th All over New York City annapolis.movies.com Annapolis (2006) USA, English, color, 108min Directed by Justin Lin Starring James Franco, Jordana Brewster, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Donnie Wahlberg, and Tyrese Gibson When he won a coveted admission spot tothe Naval Academy at Annapolis, local kid Jake Huard (James Franco) thought all his dreams had come true - but his battle to become the man he wants to be is only just the beginning. Now, uncertain if a regular kid from a poor blue collar family can fit into the Academy's pressure-cooker atmosphere, and barely making the grade as a Freshman "plebe," Jake has one last shot at proving he has what it takes to become an officer in an institution that boasts a venerable 137-year history of focused discipline and determined excellence. With nothing left to lose, Jake decides to enter the notoriously fierce Navy boxing competition known as the Brigade Championships -- and face off against his arch-nemesis, Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson). Everything Jake has ever hoped for stands in the balance: the chance to make his father proud, to validate his Lieutenant's faith in him, to stand up for his fellow plebes, and most of all, to forge a different future.

EXHIBITION In America: Paintings by Haejae Lee, Photographs by Sandra Nydegger Opening Thursday, February 2nd, 6:00pm - 8:00pm February 3rd - March 12th 317 East 9th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues New York City www.kerrigancampbell.com | www.haejaelee.com info@kerrigancampbell.com Kerrigan Campbell art + projects is pleased to present "In America", a two-person show exploring aspects of American identity as perceived by two artists born into other cultures. Our perception of the world is formed by a set of beliefs, accumulated over many years. In the media age these beliefs are filtered first through the mainstream media; movies, television, radio and now the internet. Over the last half century American popular culture has become the dominant cultural source worldwide. For Korean-born Haejae Lee and Swiss-born Sandra Nydegger the American West as portrayed by John Wayne and Clint Eastwood movies and TV shows like Bonanza typified their image of the quintessential "American" culture because of the influence in their of youth of U.S.-exported mass media.

CONCERT Rain (Bi) Thursday, February 2nd, 8:30 pm Madison Square Garden 7th Avenue and 32nd Street New York City $60 - $150 www.rainstonelive.com Korean superstar Rain (a.k.a. Bi) will make his U.S. solo debut at New York City's Madison Square Garden on February 2nd. The highly anticipated concert, presented by DreamVille in association with ImaginAsian TV and Rainstone Live, continues the pop megastar's global "Rainy Day" global tour, which has already sold over 100,000 tickets across Asia. The "Rainy Day in New York" concert is highly anticipated as Rain's initial step onto the worldwide stage beyond Asia. Dubbed "the first Asian artist who could be proudly introduced to the U.S. market" by Universal Music Asia President Harry Hui, Rain has already set off a media frenzy from Time Asia, CNN, and other major press across the world. His three hit albums have also put him at the forefront of the recent cultural phenomenon known as the "Korean Wave" (or "hallyu"), the rising global trend of Korean pop culture.

THEATER Samuraization: One Woman Learns to Eat Her Sushi and Have It, Too! Sunday, February 19th, 8:00pm Stage Left Studio 438 West 37th Street Suite 5A between 9th and 10th Ave New York City $15 www.pandorascooter.com |  d_jones84@hotmail.com Stage Left Studios' No Frills Series presents Pandora Scooter's brand new solo show Samuraization: One Woman Learns to Eat Her Sushi and Have It, Too. This witty, sharp and one-of-a-kind show delighted sold-out crowds for its premiere in September. Inpsired by the life of Nobel-nominated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, Samuraization explores the space between wanting and getting the most out of life. It's a show about life and death, served up raw on a bed of laughs! Not to be missed! Pandora Scooter "...entertains masterfully..." - nytheatre.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Open Call for Performers for the 27th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival The Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) Friday, February 17th www.capaonline.org On May 7th, from noon - 6pm, selected performing arts groups will perform in front of an audience of over 10,000 on the main stage in Union Square Park. We are currently seeking submissions from Asian or Asian-American artists and companies working in music and/or dance, including folk, traditional, and contemporary expressions. Each performance showcase must be appropriate for a family-oriented, 15-minute presentation on an outdoor stage and is paid a honorarium. To submit, please mail complete contact information and a press kit including a biography, past performances list, and a copy of a DVD or VCD video disc (DVD-video, mpeg, or avi format) of a recent performance with at least 5 minutes of highlights. The video will be the primary tool to evaluate submissions. Supplementary CD recordings, photographs and letters of recommendation are also accepted. Press kits and videos will not be returned.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Event Slanted Vagina Monologues: Asian Pacific Women Word Warriors in the Americas Saturday, July 1st www.projektnewspeak.com | svmbook@gmail.com This anthology, co-edited by Fred Ho and E. C. Chang, will feature cutting edge literary (poetry, short stories, one woman plays and performance texts, biography and autobiography, creative fiction) and political (theory, analysis, summation) writings by Asian Pacific women in the Americas, from Alaska to Argentina. Special focus will be upon unpublished writings that convey transgressive, radical and revolutionary form and content from straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, mixed heritage, young and older women's experiences. Guidelines Initially, proposals, inquiries, fantasies, descriptive offerings may be submitted to the editors with a final deadline for finished work due by July 1, 2006; the earlier, the better; We are looking for explosive, powerful, passionate, gloriously different and unique subject matter and writing styles with a preference for brevity and compactness; Non-academic (though well-researched, including with footnotes and bibliographies for essays), anti-elitist, anti-jargon writing is a must; Writings may or may not be in the English language (since we are soliciting throughout the hemisphere); however, non-English submissions should be accompanied with an English translation (best version to be determined by author); For plays, we prefer solo, monologues, though we aren't strict about this; and due to length restrictions, authors should select the appropriate excerpt to best convey their work; Sorry, we won't be able to publish graphics that are integrated into text.

JOB OPPORTUNITY Boat People S.O.S., Inc. Seeks Case Managers - Katrina Aid Today Boat People S.O.S. (BPSOS) www.bpsos.org | pharia.le@bpsos.org BPSOS seeks 19 Case Managers to provide services to Asian Katrina victims under BPSOS' CLASS Program funded by United Methodist Committee on Relief's (UMCOR) Katrina Aid Today National Case Management Consortium. The CLASS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Social Services) program is an innovative model that helps the Vietnamese & Asian evacuees navigate through the social services system and other community resources to access benefits that will promote self-sufficiency as they recover and resettle post-disaster. Location(s): Houston, TX; Bayou La Batre, AL; Biloxi, MS; New Orleans, LA; Falls Church, VA; Atlanta, GA; Orange County, CA Responsibilities: Work closely with the Relief and Recovery team and the staff of BPSOS' partner organization to complete development of a comprehensive services model Conduct outreach on identification of and services available to Katrina hurricane victims Complete intakes and needs assessments for Asian Katrina hurricane victims Assist clients in accessing social services provided by BPSOS and by the community at large, including ESL classes, housing, health care, employment, and public benefits Recruit and supervise volunteer navigators to accompany clients to appointments to provide advocacy, interpretation, and translation; Access and process donations and assist in volunteer development; Maintain confidential case files and input case data into software Provide monthly report to Disaster Relief Operations Manager. Requirements: Bachelors degree, preferably in social work; or experience in related field Fluency in English and another language, preferably an Asian language Case management experience with disaster relief efforts preferred Ability to mobilize community resources Ability to work independently and as part of a team Bicultural background preferred Valid driver's license and vehicle for transporting clients, with expenses reimbursed.