Albert T. Wong - 黃頌言

OCA is co-sponsoring one of the films at the Los Angeles Asian Film Festival. It’s my first time going to the film festival and to be quite honest, it was totally awesome. It’s nice to see asian americans in the big screen. It’s nice to see movies written, directed and played by asian americans. We *should* support other asian americans. Sooo the movie that I saw was Purity. It was very, very cool. Very well polished and very funny if you had an asian american hertiage.

VC FILMFEST 2006 - Presented by Honda
PURITY

(United States, 2005) Dir.: NaRhee Ahn

Nineteen year old Grace Kim is the standard of purity in her small town Korean church and the pride of her Reverend father. All of her life she has followed the rules, obeyed her family’s wishes and upheld the expectations of her community. Until now. When Grace’s mother dies in a tragic car accident, her world falls apart. She loses faith in God, her father and herself. Paralyzed by grief, Grace refuses to leave the house. She spends her days cooking and cleaning obsessively to distract her mind from her increasingly disturbing dreams that turn into nightmares. Her father, her best friend Naomi and her counselor Jonah, the Youth Minister try their best to cheer Grace up. But try as they might, they can’t bring back their friend from the depression she has fallen into. Grace needs the one person that has suffered the kind of pain she’s going through….

VC FILMFEST 2006 - The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 13, 2006

The 22nd edition of VC FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Honda will feature a record number of feature films from Asian American filmmakers during its eight-day film fest beginning May 4 - May 11 in Los Angeles. Visual Communications (VC), the nation�s pioneering premiere Asian American media arts resource and education center will present over 140 films, shorts and videos with an unprecedented 16 feature films from 18 Asian American artists.

“This is truly an historic number of feature films from our own artists,” states VC executive director, Leslie Ito. “This year�s showcase of Asian American films underscores the fact that these filmmakers are not waiting for Hollywood to call and are doing it on their own. With Ang Lee being the first non-white director to win the Oscar for Best Director, we are hopeful that these emerging storytellers will also become future contenders. For VC, these artists and their stories illustrate the strength that our organization has in terms of developing, shaping and supporting their works.”

Established in 1983, VC FILMFEST is Southern California�s leading showcase for Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema. This year, the eight-day movierama will also include a complement of filmmaker seminars and panel discussions, workshops, and filmmaker awards. The Festival will take place at the Directors Guild of America, Laemmle�s Sunset 5 Theaters, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy/JANM, and the Aratani/Japan America Theatre.

MORE!

VC FILMFEST 2006 is presented by Honda and supported by the following sponsors:

PREMIUM - Directors Guild of America;PLATINUM - L.A. Weekly, National Endowment for the Arts, Workplace Hollywood;GOLD - Multicultural Radio Broadcast, Inc., Project by Project, Sony

Pictures Entertainment, Wahoo’s Fish Taco, Heineken; SILVER: Department of Cultural Affairs -City of Los Angeles, Eastman

Kodak Company, FOX, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Mole-Richardson Co., MTV Films, MUSE, Tiger Cinema BRONZE - Diskovery Center, East West Players, Hitachi, Ltd., Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy/JANM, SAG Indie, Southwest Airlines, Union Bank of California, Warner Independent Pictures, and Writers Guild of America, West Inc.

Pictures!
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Hey everyone,

*** I know everyone’s a procrastinator, so deadlines extended to this Friday! ***

OK, this is my big event for April - the OCA National Board is in town, and to entertain them - and YOU - the Orange County chapter of OCA is hosting its first fundraising dinner with a special Asian American themed murder mystery dinner format :-)! It’s going to be a fly-by-the-seats-of-our-pants production, since (with a lot of input from others) I’m handling the writing, directing and likely some of the performing of this. This will be really fun, I guarantee it :-).

I don’t want to have to chase you all down for money, so please pay via the official Mollyguard site (if you want to use your credit card) or via my PayPal link here (if you have a functioning PayPal account - please note that my PayPal account doesn’t take credit cards - use the Mollyguard site for that).

See you then!
Jhemon

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OCA-Orange County Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Presents: “Asian
American SuperIdol!”
Saturday, April 22
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Seafood Place #2
420 S. Brookhurst St.
Anaheim, CA 92804

Cost (must register by April 16!)
OCA Members: $30
Non-Members: $35 through April 14, $40 after
Table of Ten: $300 ($30 per seat; only through April 14)

Buy and reserve online! http://ocamurdermystery.mollyguard.com

“It’s tough to make it in the music business, but someone’s about to
make a killing on thei r next record when someone dies on the set of
“Asian American SuperIdol!” Whodunnit? The disdainful and insulting
judge? The desperate starlet? The jealous ex-boyfriend? The
scheming corporate executive? And the hapless detective needs your
help to break the case! Join us for a night of fun, comedy, intrigue
- and murder - as OCA-Orange County hosts its first fundraising dinner
with a unique murder mystery format and an Asian American spin. Enjoy
a 9 course Chinese banquet while the story unfolds on stage, then put
your sleuthing caps on! Can you solve the mystery before the murderer
gets away?”

Fumie and I spent the night together eating at Musha in Torrance and also catching a show at Spectrum. Musha was… hmmm…. okay (I have had better food but the env was very hip) and the comedy show was good. Company of course was excellent!

Musha Restaurant - Torrance, CA, 90501-2822 - Citysearch

Comedian John Heffron - The Irvine Improv at The Irvine Spectrum Center
Winner of NBC’s hit reality series “Last Comic Standing,” Heffron has become the comic to watch and love. The Detroit funnyman, who Phyllis Diller referred to as “the cute one,” has won a talent contract with NBC, and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,” and his own half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” special.

I LOVED THIS MUSICAL. It ranks as one of my top 10 musicals that I’ve ever attended. There was tons of dancing and I got to see dance moves that I’ve never seen before and it was just sooooo cool. Fumie and I had a great time!

“Swing!” - La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Swing! is a six-time Tony-nominated musical that jumps and jives, featuring such classic swing tunes as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Jumpin’ At The Woodside,” “Stompin’ At The Savoy,” “It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing,” and “Sing, Sing, Sing.” Originally conceived by Paul Kelly, Swing! was described by the New York Post as “a sure winner.”

Me going…. all the money will go to a good cause - UCI Scholarships

Anteater Calendar of Events
Prove you are the ACE of poker! Join us at the University Club for the Student Alumni Association Poker Night on Friday, February 24th at 6:30 p.m. Student buy-in $15.00. Staff, faculty or alumni buy-in $25.00. Giveaways for participants and prizes for winners! Proceeds benefit the UCI Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship fund. Email ucisaa@uci.edu to reserve your seat, or contact Aaron Thoams at (949) 824-4554.

Updated:
I ended up placing 11th.

I’m going!!!

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “A Grand Night for Singing” - Curtis Theatre - Brea Civic & Cultural Center
Take a journey of love in a bold, new staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing. This upbeat and contemporary musical revue features the talent of the Chance Theatre, along with innovative musical arrangements of songs from your favorite musicals including Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King & I and The Sound of Music. This fun-filled show demonstrates how impressively up-to-date Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable songs remain.

Hmm… sounds like fun!

2006 Lantern Festival
Come with your friends and family and enjoy a day filled with exciting live dance, musical and acrobatic performances! Admission is free.

Afterwards, visit Southern California’s newest cultural landmark, the Chinese American Museum, and enjoy a special FREE ADMISSION rate that day!

I’m going… are you?

Updated….
Didn’t get the tix in time so no go….. sniff sniff

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Host: Vivienne Khan
Location: Pantages Theater
6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA View Map
When: Friday, February 10, 8:00pm
Phone: 323-468-1770
Yes, It’s back!!

Few shows have touch audiences like RIVERDANCE, now in its 10th Phenomenal Year! This thunderous celebration of joyful music, song and dance has thrilled millions of people around the world. Of all the performances to emerge from Ireland in the past decade, nothing can compare to the energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of RIVERDANCE. An innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song, RIVERDANCE draws on Irish traditions and the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music to the present day capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures.

“A Phenomenon” raves The New York TImes. “An explosion of sight and sound that simply takes your breath away,” cheers the Chicago Tribune.

For those of you who are interested in going, you may purchase the tix via Ticketmaster.Com for max of $68/person, or you can purchase discounted tickets with great seating through Goldstar Event.Com (http://www.goldstarevents.com/events/event/6216.html) at the max of $42/person. Just register yourself with the site then you have access to discounted tix for many great events!! For seating chart, click into the following link: http://www.broadwayla.org/pantages/seating.asp

I’m going (unless this is the day that I have party box tix to Lakers)… are you?

UCI Alumni Association | Calendar of Events - Homecoming 2006
Homecoming 2006

Saturday, February 11, 2006

4 P.M. - UCI Women’s Basketball vs. Cal State Northridge

4 P.M. - BBQ & Fun Zone: Live music, student group performances, games and activities for everyone

7 P.M. - UCI Men’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Picture with the Student Alumni Association

Want to celebrate the New Year with great young professionals like yourself and get a chance to show your karaoke talents? Here is your chance. YGAP is hosting our first mixer for 2006 to ring in the Lunar New Year. Price includes 2 drinks (limited cocktail selection and beer) and snacks and unlimited use of the karaoke. It will also be our chance to introduce our new board for 2006. Additional drinks will have special rates (limited selection). We will also have giveaways in the spirit of the New Year. We hope you could come and celebrate with us, see you there!

When:
Friday, January 27, 2006
6:30pm-9:45pm

Where:
Lounge 9PM (Located Inside Diamond Plaza)
1390 S. Fullerton Rd. #104
City of Industry, CA 91748
626-839-6006