Events
at the Little Tokyo Library Branch
Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
10 AM
Monthly used book sale
featuring magazines, paperbacks and hardbacks, including materials in
Japanese. Call 213.612.0525 for schedule. Little Tokyo Branch Library
New Otani Hotel &
Garden's Genji Bar to serve Japanese gourmet appetizers
The New Otani Hotel
& Garden, located at 120 S. Los Angeles St. in Downtown L.A. (phone:
213-629-1200), is now serving Japanese gourmet appetizers in their sleek
main bar, Genji. Come to
the bar for meeting with someone, for just dropping by, or for no
particular reason at all! Enjoy
select seasonal dishes with your favorite sake!
A la carte dishes are
also available from Senbazuru Sushi or Tempura Bars.
Menu items from the Tempura Bar are not available on Sunday and
Monday.
The Japanese appetizers
listed below are available b/n 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm.
| Beef Rolled Asparagus |
$ 5.50 |
| Deep Fried Baby
Sardines |
$ 6.50 |
| Spicy Jumbo Calamari |
$ 7.50 |
| Idaho Potato Skin
Tempura with Garlic |
$ 7.50 |
| Tekka & Kappa Roll
Sushi |
$ 9.00 |
| Bacon Chips and Shrimp
with Quail Eggs |
$ 9.50 |
| Kushiyaki Chicken and
Beef (Skewers) |
$11.50 |
| Jumbo Shrimp Tempura |
$12.50 |
| Nigiri Sushi of the
Day |
$19.50 |
| Buffalo Wings |
$ 5.95 |
| Homemade Pizza |
$ 7.95 |
| Crab Cake with Lemon
Butter Sauce |
$ 8.00 |
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ADD A DASH OF SUMMER SEASONING...
– Andrea
Rademan
East West Players
38th anniversary season opens with the musical, PASSION (James Lapine-book,
Stephen Sondheim-music and lyrics, who also did SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH
GEORGE and INTO THE WOODS). On a remote military outpost, a handsome
army captain, separated from his beautiful (but married) mistress, is
forced to re-evaluate his beliefs about love when he becomes the object
of the obsessive, unrelenting passions of Fosca, his Colonel’s plain,
sickly cousin. Previews Sept. 4-7, 2003, opens Sept. 10 and runs through
Oct. 5. * MASHA NO HOME, by Korean American playwright Lloyd Suh has
its West Coast premiere. Masha and Whitman mourn the death of their
mother but the love of money becomes the root of all evil as a kae (a
self-help community bank for Korean immigrants) of $30,000 cash is found
and becomes a hot potato – and a test of character – as it passes
through the hands of everyone in the play. Previews Nov. 6-9, 2003,
opens Nov. 12 and runs through Dec. 7. * Los Angeles premiere of WIND
CRIES MARY by Philip Kan Gotanda (SISTERS MATSUMOTO, YOHEN), loosely
based on Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. In San Francisco 1968, Vietnam War
protests are sweeping college campuses and young Asian Americans are
becoming conscious of their ethnic identities through the Yellow Power
Movement. Previews Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2004, opens Feb. 4 and runs through
Feb. 29. * Final play will be announced later. * Performances
Thursday-Sunday at the David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso
St., in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles.
 GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE’S
2003-2004 season opens with the West Coast premiere of Stephen Jeffreys’
I Just Stopped By to See the Man (September 9 – October 19), directed by
Geffen Artistic Director Randall Arney. In a bare, shotgun house in the
thick of the Mississippi Delta, the greatest living bluesman, long
believed dead, lives out his simple life with his daughter. Stumbling
into their solitude is a famous English rocker, living off the legend’s
tunes, with a desperate and devilish deal. * The Los Angeles premiere
of Sugar Plum Fairy (November 11-December 21), written and performed by
Sandra Tsing Loh and directed by David Schweizer. The story of a 12-year
old girl who dreams of dancing the lead in The Nutcracker, however, due
to “cruel, Darwinian pecking order,” ends up pushed to the back of the
chorus. A hilarious coming-of-age story about the fickle finger of fate
and the humbling experience of dreams not realized. * Bryan Davidson’s
War Music (January 13-February 22), directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Based
on dramatic events in the lives of composers Frank Bridge, Anton Webern,
and Olivier Messiaen, weaves together three musically-driven playlets
linked by warfare, madness, redemption and, ultimately, the resilient
spirit of the human condition. * The West Coast premiere of The
Underpants (March 9-April 18). Steve Martin’s hilarious adaptation of
Carl Sternheim’s 1910 German farce Die Hose, introduces a newly married
couple who must cope with the madness that results when the wife’s
underwear falls down at a parade for the king. * The season closes
with a new play, to be announced at a later date. * Geffen Playhouse,
10886 Le Conte Avenue, Westwood. Info 310-208-5454.
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