Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Letters to A Student Revolutionary
The Visual Artists Guild presents a play to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.
When:
February 28, 2009 12:00am to March 1, 2009 12:00am
From Ann Lau & Ken Aaron of The Visual Artists Guild
A Play by Elizabeth Wong
Directed by Peter J. Kuo
A Special ONE WEEKEND ONLY Benefit Performance to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Poignantly moving and at times disarmingly funny, LETTERS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY traces the decade-long correspondence and search for true democracy between two pen-pals--one Chinese, the other Chinese American--which ends abruptly with the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.First staged in 1991, this is the first play in the United Stated to respond to the tragic historical event.
WINNER! Best of Fest -- 2008 Fullerton College Director's Festival
FEATURING:
Carin Chea | Julia Cho | Edward Gunawan | Ruffy Landayan | Joon Lee | Nghia Luu | Sheila Tejada | Tina Tong
DAY, DATE & TIME:
Saturday, February 28th @ 8:00 PM
Sunday, March 1st @ 3:00PM* & 7:30 PM
*A panel discussion with playwright & human rights advocates will follow Sunday matinee 3:00 PM performance
VENUE:
At the Democracy Forum of
The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 N. Central Avenue (Little Tokyo - Downtown L.A. near 1st and Central)
TICKETS:
$20 for General Admission
$15 for Students, Seniors, Group (10+), Affiliated APA + Theatre Groups and Japanese American National Museum Members
TICKET RESERVATION:
Online: www.addwordproductions.com
Email: addwordproductions@gmail.com
Phone:(310) 594-3068
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Two Special Events just added :
TIANANMEN STORY: A Photograph Exhibit
All Weekend Long - Open 2 Hours Before Performance Time
PANEL DISCUSSION after Sun, Mar 1 @ 3 PM matinee performance with
- LETTERS playwright Elizabeth Wong
- China Specialist Amnesty International Representative James Zimmerman
- Photographer and 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre eye-witness Catherine Bauknight
- Chairwoman of Visual Artists Guild Ann Lau
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.