Amerasia Week starts March 3
The 2010 Amerasia Week begins at 7 p.m. March 3 at the Satellite Student Union with an event sponsored by the Laotian Student Association, which will include dance, drama and a fashion show exhibiting traditional Lao clothing. The 2010 presentations, all of which are free and open to the community, include the following:
- March 4 – The Japanese Student Association presents karate and kendo demonstrations and a Taiko performance.
- March 5 – The Hmong Student Association stages skits, music and dancing.
- March 6 – Various Asian student organizations jointly host a festival of dance, song and skits representing several cultures.
Other campus Asian Cultural Heritage Month observances include the following:
- An exhibit, “The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882” through March 16 on the second floor of the Henry Madden Library.
- A lecture at 2 p.m. March 15 on “Yellow Tide Rising? Asian American Political Engagement” by Dr. Jane Junn, a professor of political science at the University of Southern California. The lecture is presented in Room 2206 of the library by the Fresno State Asian Faculty/Staff Association.
- The Southeast Asian Educational Leadership Conference on March 20 at the Satellite Student Union starting at 9 a.m. for high school and community college students.
For more information about Amerasia Week call 278-3037 or e-mail vangv@csufresno.edu.
Lecture Series features Kuroda March 4
Emily Kuroda (B.A. Theatre Arts 1977), an award-winning television, stage, and film actress, speaks March 4 at 2 p.m. at Studio A in the Speech Arts Building. Kuroda completed seven years as Mrs. Kim in Warner Brothers’ Gilmore Girls. She was also a series regular on Under One Roof. She has performed in numerous plays, including Luis Alfaro’s Straight as a Line at Playwrights Arena. She is the recipient of five Dramalogue Awards, a Garland Award for outstanding performance, an L.A. Ovation award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Playwrights Arena Award and the EWP Award for Outstanding Contribution to LA Theater. For more information visit http://www.csufresno.edu/artshum/lecture_series/EmilyKuroda.htm.
 Madhubani, Mithila Artists exhibition starts March 8
Joan Sharma will introduce the Madhubani community of artists through photographs taken during her 2009 sabbatical project to visit artists in the remote villages of Bihar State, India. Artists in this region were traditionally women and passed their techniques and motifs down through the generations from mother to daughter. The tradition continues to evolve and reflects the rapid change occurring in India, the largest democracy in the world. The dates of the exhibition are March 8 through April 9 and the reception will take place on March 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Pete P. Peters Ellipse Balcony Gallery in the library.
 Keyboard Concerts series
features Gutiérrez March 17
Considered one of the great pianists of our time, Horacio Gutiérrez is consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for the poetic insight and technical mastery he brings to a diverse repertoire. He performs on Wednesday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Since his professional debut in 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gutiérrez has appeared regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras and on its major recital series. Horacio Gutiérrez is a winner of an Emmy Award and has also been welcomed three times by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. Admission to the concert is $18 general, $12 seniors, and $5 for students.
 Upcoming University Theatre productions
Campus student stage productions this semester begin March 12-20 with Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney, directed by Brad Myers. Set in the 1860s, the action of the play centers on the desire of the Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina (Mark Halverson) to bring the word of God to a remote valley plagued by brutal violence and grinding poverty. General admission is $17 and $15 for faculty, staff, seniors, military, and non-Fresno State students. Admission for Fresno State students is $10. The next production will be Time Again in Oz by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Susan L. Zeder, with music by Richard Gray and directed by J. Daniel Herring. The production will be staged May 7-15. Performances begin at 8 p.m., except Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. ID must be presented to claim discounted tickets. Tickets can be purchased noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the University Theatre Box Office at the north entrance of the Speech Arts Building, 278-2216. Ticket order forms and more information are available at csufresno.edu/theatrearts.
Madden Library exhibit focuses on Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Exhibit at the Henry Madden Library examines government-sanctioned discrimination against Chinese immigrants that extended more than 80 years. The exhibit, which runs Feb. 19-March 16, leads into Asian Cultural Heritage Month observances on campus. Housed in the Henry Madden Library Auditorium 2206 on the second floor, the exhibit focuses on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 approved by Congress to prevent Chinese immigrants from entering the United States . The exhibit also will explore the historical debate from its origins through the act's repeal in 1968; the civil rights struggles of Chinese-Americans and their allies; and the historical importance of habeas corpus in the Chinese-American community. See the full story here.
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