Manzanar Fishing Club Returns

For those who missed the last screening, Manzanar Fishing Club returns for Special Engagement Sat & Sun April 21 & 22 at 11:00 a.m. in Santa Monica, Pasadena, North Hollywood & Claremont. For more info:

Manzanar Fishing Club Site:
http://www.fearnotrout.com/

Special Engagement info:
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0dc0130dc3574b287e77cfbcc&id=cb4fafbb95

Rafu Shimpo articles:
http://rafu.com/news/?s=manzanar+fishing+club&x=0&y=0

APALA Social, Friday, Feb. 17

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with APALA over a delicious dinner at the Golden Era Vietnamese on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, from 7-9pm. If you are in Northern California, please come and celebrate with us. Bring your friends. Meet new friends. This is a great opportunity to network, share ideas and raise money for APALA’s scholarship fund.

 

When:  Friday, February 17^th, 7-9pm

Where:  Golden Era Vietnamese, 572 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102,  http://www.goldeneravegan.com/

Cost:  $25/person ($5 or any donation above the requested amount will be tax deductible and go to our APALA Scholarship Fund)

RSVP:  no later than Wednesday, 02.15, 5pm PST to wee@smcl.org

 

Again, our fabulous menu is organized by Janet Tom (tea, tax, tip included):

 

1. Spring rolls: Fresh rolls w/ lettuce, mint leaves, cilantro, seasoned tofu. Served with peanut sauce.
2. Tofu salad: Shredded cabbage, lotus root, tofu, carrot, mint leaves, sesame seeds, peanuts tossed in plum vinaigrette sauce.
3. Lemongrass Deluxe: Spicy lemongrass soy “chicken”. Served w/ steamed broccoli.
4. Stir-fried Chinese broccoli.
5. Truly Sea: Crispy pan fried soy “fish” served w/ sweet ginger sauce.
6. House Rice Claypot: Tofu, soy “chicken”, mushroom, bean thread, onion, and ginger cooked w/ fragrant rice.
7. Brown or white rice..

TWO EXCITING APALA EVENTS DURING ALA MID-WINTER IN DALLAS!

APALA social dinner will be held on Sunday, January 22 at 6:00pm at Zenna Thai & Japanese Restaurant, 1914 Laws Street Dallas, TX 75202. The menu is available at:http://zennarestaurant.com/

Please fill out the form below and let us know if you are coming. Space is limited so please RSVP soon:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGJZMVZscnI2U240VDVUVlJMZDJFX3c6MQ

In addition, APALA will be touring the Crow Collection of Asian Art on Friday, January 20 at 12:50 PM. The Crow Collection is located at 2010 Flora Street Dallas, TX 75201 and is near the Aloft Hotel, which is APALA’s hotel block.

The tour will include the exhibits, Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives, Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: South and Southeast Asia and East Asia, and the Crow’s signature collection of Chinese Jade. Each tour will last approximately 45-55 minutes.

Directions to the Crow Collection can be found at http://www.crowcollection.org/. Admission is free and lunch is on your own.

If you would like to attend the tour, please RSVP at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFZVMVh0bF9tYXR3WVdYMXBBY2VxOHc6MQ

For additional questions, please contact Eugenia Beh, our local arrangements chair – Dallas,eugenia_beh@yahoo.com

Northern California Gathering, October 14th!

Catch up with old and new friends at the next APALA dinner gathering on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at 7pm at Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant <http://enjoyveggie.com/>, in San Francisco Chinatown at 839 Kearny St. between Jackson & Washington Sts. Parking available at Portsmouth Square <http://www.sfpsg.com/> or off-street parking. Usually we get about a dozen librarians & library students we have a lot of fun exchanging news about our work, lives and play. Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant has been one of our favorite gatherings. Their food is delicious and reasonbly-priced. Our vegetarian connection, Janet Tom, will select several dishes, some with mock meats, which are made from soy, yam or seitan. Price is only $20 which includes rice, tea, tax and tip.

 

Please RSVP to Sandy Wee (wee@smcl.org) no later than Tuesday, October 11, 12 noon with the number in your party.  We look forward to seeing and meeting our APALA friends.

 

Best,

 

-Janet, Sandy, Sherise

APALA Versailles Village Bus Tour & Luncheon

APALA organized a bus tour during the ALA Annual Conference.

New Orleans has a sizable and vibrant Vietnamese community that began in the mid 1970s. Everything changed after Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill as the community was displaced, jobs were lost, and everyday life was disrupted. But the community of Versailles has organized and now is in the process of rebuilding. Their struggles and triumphs were captured in the documentary A Village Called Versailles. We invite you to join us on a guided tour through New Orleans East that will take you to various sites, including non-profit organizations, the intercultural charter school, youth community center, the future urban farm, and New Orleans East library (under construction), the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, and the landfill site that became a rallying point for the community.

The tour was led by Minh Thanh Nguyen, one of the main organizers. Presently, he is the Executive Director of the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA) of New Orleans. The tour began with a lunch stop at a local Vietnamese Restaurant in Versailles.

ALA Annual 2011 Events

The 2011 ALA Annual Conference is right around the corner and there are plenty of APALA events to keep in mind as you work on your conference schedule. If you are new to APALA and ALA, don’t miss our Social Dinner on Saturday night. Please RSVP by emailing Sherise Kimura at kimura@usfca.edu by June 17.

Thursday  6/23/2011

• 6-10pm  JCLC Steering Committee Meeting (Florante & Alanna only)
• 7-9pm Spectrum Professional Options Fair (Sandy Wee, Eileen Bosch, Candice Mack) – Royal Sonesta, 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA

Friday  6/24/2011

• 8am-Noon  ALA Committee on Diversity Town Hall Meeting
• 11:30am -4:30pm Lunch and Bus Tour of Vietnamese Community (Versailles) – Meet at the W Hotel – Cost $30 (RSVP with Gary Colmenar at colmenar@library.ucsb.edu by June 10)
• 5-7pm Evening Executive Board Dinner (RSVP with Sandy Wee at wee@smcl.org  by June 20) – Singha Thai Cafe, 413 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA 70130 (5 blks west of W Hotel)
• 8-10pm  JCLC Fundraiser (Raffle Basket /APALA 30th BAG- Donations go to Eileen Bosch & Linda Ueki Absher ) – Deadline to turn in stuff for basket is Friday Morning before the tour. Hilton Riverside  - River Room  2 Poydras St, New Orleans, US, 70130 (note – NOT at the Convention Center – Down the Street from the W Hotel – past the Casino)

Saturday 6/25

• Noon-1:30pm Many Voices – One Nation (Diversity Authors) – Hotel Monteleone – Queen Anne BR, 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, US, 70130
• 1:30-3pm – Program sponsored by AILA, APALA, BACLA, CALA, REFORMA – “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me That! Reflections from Librarians in the Trenches” with Cecilla Siu-Wah Poon (APALA Speaker) – Doubletree Hotel – Rosedown A
• 3-5pm ALA Diversity Fair (table /poster session) – Convention Exhibit Hall
• 6pm APALA Social Dinner (RSVP with Sherise Kimura at kimura@usfca.edu by June 17 – Location TBD
• 8-11pm Spectrum Scholarship Bash – National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 (Entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive)

Sunday  6/26

• 8:30-10am APALA Literature Awards – Convention Center – MCC-Rm 287 – Complimentary Breakfast Reception and Literature Awards Presentation
• 10:30am-Noon President’s Program – Panel & Video Screening of “A Village Called Versailles” (download pdf flyer)
• 1:30-3:30pm Program sponsored by CALA,  APALA, BCALA, AILA, RFEFORMA – “Embracing the Changes: Diversity and Global Vision in a Digital Age” – MCC – Rm 284
• 1-4pm REFORMA 2011 Pura Belpre Award and 15h Anniversary “Quinces” Celebracion – Morial Convention Center – Rm 293-296
• 4-5:30pm  AILA program – “Trickster: Engaging Readers, Honoring Traditions” – Morial New Orleans Convention Center.- room 284
• 7-10pm CALA 2011 Award Banquet (RSVP for APALA Table with Cecilla Siu-Wah Poon at hummingbird98227@yahoo.com) – The Five Happiness Restaurant, Imperial Room, 3605 Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

Monday  6/27

• 1:30-5:30pm JCLC Publicity & Program Working Committee Meetings – Conv. Ctr. MCC – 264
• 10:30-Noon (Diversity Council) – “Diversity is Everyone’s Business: Sensitivities in the Workplace” with Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts (Joy)– APALA speaker – Room 342, Convention Center
• 7-8:30pm REFORMA program – “Remembering, Re-positioning, and Re-Igniting the Torch” – New Orleans Marriott – Mardi Gras F-H

Tuesday  6/28

• 5:30pm-Midnight ALA Awards Ceremony and President’s Inaugural Banquet