777 Party at Supper Club
July 7th, 2007 by Kenji
Saturday, July 7, 2007
9:00 PM
657 Harrison Street
San Francisco, California 94107
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Archive for July, 2007
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Asian Art Museum hosts Blast Off!
July 7th, 2007 by Kenji
If you have some time today head on down to the Asian Art Museum for their first ever manga, anime and pop culture convention. They are located at 200 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA and will be from 11am-5pm.
Activities include:
* An opening ceremony with Gen Taiko starts the day off with a bang and hurls you into space for art and adventure.
* Hone your knowledge of manga and anime with panel discussions by local experts Frederik Schodt and Gilles Poitras.
* Learn about the influence of Japanese woodblock prints on manga with print artist Marco Flavio Marinucci.
* Listen to local Japanese pop culture critic Kelly Haines detail the relationship of dolls to cosplay (“costume play”).
* Produce your own manga inspired by your favorite comic book creator and observe artist demonstrations with local cartoonists Hellen Jo, Mark Miyaki, Jing Bentley, Derek Yu, and Anthony Wu.
* Embark on a themed, guided tour of the museum’s collection galleries, or join an Art Speak Teen Tour of Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga.
* Dress up as your favorite manga, anime, or video game character for cosplay, then wow the audience with a short performance judged for verve and win prizes.*
* Step into the Manga Lounge – create, explore, imagine, and discover manga and anime, two explosive elements of Japanese pop culture.
* Enjoy a performance by Ramen and Rice, who will play music from popular anime and video games.
* Enter the museum’s manga illustration contest beforehand to win dynamite prizes in one of the three age categories.
*Cosplay performances limited to 3-5 minutes; pre-registration required. To sign up for the cosplay contest, email your proposal to awyckoff@asianart.org
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Sex Workers Film and Art Festival
July 7th, 2007 by Kenji
Now here’s something truly San Francisco. This event will be held Today till Sunday at the Roxie Cinema 3117 16th St. San Francisco, CA
From artists’ models to muses, from hetaira to geishas, sex workers have been vital participants in arts communities through the centuries. Despite their influence on the arts and culture, polite societies rarely acknowledge the contributions of the demimonde who have also been painters and poets themselves. A growing number are working in contemporary media, film and video, and performing in solo, ensemble theater and in burlesque revues.
The San Francisco Sex Workers Festival was established in 1998 to provide a forum for the accomplishments of sex worker film and video makers and to screen works by and about sex workers and the sex industries from around the world. The Sex Worker Festivals have screened nearly two hundred works and generated much interest in the media. In addition, the festival presents performances and events. The Sex Worker Fest promotes sex worker rights, community building, outreach, educational and cultural empowerment.
The 2007 Sex Worker Film & Arts Festival will feature films by and about sex workers, live performance by sex worker artists and many other events. This year our festival is held in conjunction with the “Desiree Alliance Sex Worker Convergence” (see desireealliance.org), “We, Asian Sex Workers” art exhibit curated by Gennifer M. Hirano, Asian Princess and educational events including School for Johns and Whore College. In 2005 we produced a harm reduction panel, and in 2007 we are planning community based events to address recent issues which effect our communities.theater.
Over the past decade sex worker art and culture festivals have sprouted up around the globe from Calcutta to Taiwan to Montreal, from Portland to Cleveland and Arizona. Sex worker film, art and performance events span the globe, chronicling contemporary sexual politics and mores with a vision that penetrates our hypocrisies.
The Sex Worker Film and Video festival has screen over nearly films since 1998. Films focus on sex; prostitutes’ rights; organizing efforts and working conditions for strippers; more sex; global sex work and sex work as a labor issue on the international agenda; sex workers as heroes and heroines; sex workers as saints; sex workers as jerks and perverts; sex work and gender identities; queer sex workers; sex education; sex art; sex panic; sexual orientation; sexual identity; porn and erotica; portraits of strippers, prostitutes, doms, madams and much more.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom accused of cocaine use
July 6th, 2007 by Kenji
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Personally I don’t believe in the allegations, but who knows in the world that is politics. If you have comments on the matter please feel free to leave them.
Here’s some other stories on the matter
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iPhoneDevCamp
July 6th, 2007 by Kenji
Sorry for posting this so last minute, but hopefully some get to read this in time. The camp will be at 601 Townsend in San Francisco and start today @6pm. It will end on Sunday at 6pm
The main focuse of this camp is to develop web-based applications and optimize web sites for iPhone.
Attendees will be able to:
* Create new web applications for iPhone.
* Optimize existing web applications for iPhone.
* Migrate Dashboard Widgets to web-based widgets for iPhone.
* Test and optimize web sites for iPhone.
For more information please visit this page
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Nihonmachi Street Festival presents The Brothers Cazimero
July 6th, 2007 by Kenji
Once again the Nihonmachi Street Festival brings us The Brothers Cazimero tomorrow July 7th at 6pm. Since I grew up on Oahu I used to listen to these guys since I was little kid. Nice to have a little bit of home come up here to the states. Hope to see all you islanders out there! Have fun guys.
Don’t forget to check out the Nihonmachi Street Fair website for more upcoming events.
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Chinatown Files
July 6th, 2007 by Kenji
Here’s a quick synopsis of this movie
THE CHINATOWN FILES, a powerful documentary that charts the effects of the Cold War on Chinese Americans during the 1950s and ’60s, took director Amy Chen and her film crew over 10 years to make. Well-researched and stunningly honest, the film includes archival footage taken from Chinese and American propaganda films, old cartoons stereotyping Chinese Americans, home movies of San Francisco and New York Chinatowns, and old photographs. In addition, a group of Chinese Americans are interviewed throughout the film, and their stories deliver this historical, cultural narrative. Henry Chin, one of the more prominent voices in the film, tells his story of immigration to the United States. Seeking a better way of life than the one he lead in China, he settled into a laundry business that allowed him to send money back home. However, the government made this practice illegal, then accused Chin of exchanging money with an enemy nation. Followed and questioned by the FBI, Chin’s story was not unique, as Chinese Americans were frequently being accused of communist activity and spying. An educational film telling an often ignore chapter of America’s past, THE CHINATOWN FILES is a rigorous work.
This film was screened at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art as part of a New Documentaries series, featuring films of a political and social nature.
See what other people thought about this movie
The Chinese Culture Center is going to be showing this movie tomorrow July 7th at 4pm.
Here is the information in Chinese as well
《唐人街档案》影片记录麦卡锡主义的恐怖
张庆松
据旧金山记事报报道，由华人记录片制片人艾米陈拍摄的记录影片《唐人街档案》最近在旧金山首映。这部影片详细描述了美国华人社区在1950和1960年代遭受到的美国麦卡锡主义的迫害。
二战以后，东西方分成资本主义和共产主义两个阵营。美国国内也发起了以麦卡锡参议员为首的迫害左派势力的浪潮。美国的华人社区也被这波浪潮严重冲击。由于 华人持着忍耐和沉默的态度，受到迫害的情形却少为外界所知。《唐人街档案》将帮助人们了解这段几乎被忘却的惨痛历史。
《唐人街档案》费时十年才制成。其中记录了七名华人的历史，其中五人住在旧金山。
影片表明，麦卡锡主义的迫害使得美国华人不敢表达自己的意见，不敢表态同情自己的祖国，不敢给中国寄钱。更严重的是，这种迫害使得整个美国华人社区从主流 社会中撤退，形成自己的小社区，希望通过躲避和孤立来避免引起美国政府的注意和怀疑。
艾米陈指出，由于对过去的恐惧，而且这种恐惧至今还在美国华人，特别是亲身经历过麦卡锡主义迫害的老人心中存在，所以至今为止这段历史还不为外界知道。
一位68岁的华裔老人查克告诉记者说，当年的情况十分恐惧。联邦调查局探员会向他的父母和朋友询问他的活动情况。查克当年是”美国华人青年民主团”的成 员。自从中国参与朝鲜战争后，这个团体就不断地受到联邦调查局探员的调查。探员们怀疑这个组织是中共的间谍组织。
查克说他为看到中国的成长而高兴，觉得中国终于不再受欺负了。他曾为纽约的一家中文报纸写稿，呼吁美国同中国建立正常外交关系。1953年他加入美军。但 是在1955年他突然被逮捕并遭到开除。原因他过去写的文章。后来一个组织帮助他打官司，才获得光荣退役的证书。
在那个时期，华人也不能给中国寄钱，否则就会被看成是通敌。有的华人就因为寄钱而被捕。影片也透露，美国政府曾经考虑使用对付二战中日裔美国人那样，把华人也关到集中营里去。这个建议遭到杜鲁门总统的否决。
美国华人找工作也是问题。没有雇主愿意雇佣一个不停受到联邦调查局探员”关注”的人。华人青年都知道，找工作应该避免那些需要安全身份检查的机关，因为他们肯定不会通过检查。许多人也在那个时期失去了美国公民身份。
那是一个充满恐怖的时期。这样的恐怖至今还留在人们的心中。特别是像李文和这样的事情发生后，不但唤醒人们对麦卡锡主义的回忆，而且也让人们相信种族歧视 仍然是一个现实存在。美国华人普遍相信，李文和是因为他的种族背景而受到特别的司法调查。所以，他们相信”时代还没有太大的改变。”
看过《唐人街档案》后，人们就会对历史和现代社会的认识更加深刻。
笔者在这个问题上曾经有过专门的研究，也收集了很多资料。因此对这部影片中描述的情况是了解的。有时间将把自己的研究写出来，在《时局分析周刊》上刊登。
《时局分析周刊》，总第11期，2001年3月18日出版
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Big Wheel Racing on Lombard st.
July 5th, 2007 by Kenji
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This is why I love living in San Francisco. There’s always some group of people doing crazy things. Too bad I missed out looks like lots of fun!
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