Southwest Chinese Journal (Stafford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1983 Page: 2 of 16
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^7 rh Ml. Southwest Chinese Journal
January, 1983
Calendar
Activities and/or announcements for
the Calendar section should be sent
to the SWCJ, P. 0. Box 18603,
Houston, Tx 77223, or call 491-5704
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Channel 8 Programming for January includes:
Jan. 19, Wed, 7:30 PM
"Magnet Schools: A Chance for a Choice"
Houston Independent School District Superinten-
dent Billy Reagan visits with HISD high school
students and their magnet school programs.
8:00 PM
1982 Skating Spectacular
Jan. 21, Fri, 9:00 PM
"Fire on the Water"
Documentary filmed in the Galveston Bay area.
Tells story of several American and Vietnamese
families caught in the conflict arising from
Texas' faltering shrimping industry, and examines
the connection between racial violence and blue
collar anxiety.
Jan. 22, Sat, 8 PM
"Jackie and Roy"
Jazz vocal duo sings standards and originals.
Jan. 23, Sun, 11 PM
Jan
"Cambodia: Tragedy in Eden"
29, Sat, 4 PM
"The Sixth Annual Humana Festival of New
American Plays"
Asian Films in January:
Rice Media Center & Asia Society present four recent
films from South Korea. Jan. 10, "Death Hut" (7 PM)
and "Seaside Village (9 PM) will be shown. Jan. 17,
"Mandala" (7 PM) and "Late Autumn" (9 PM) will be
shown. In Korean with English subtitles.
River Oaks Theatre, 2009 West Gray, features "Fire
on the Water" and "La Frontera" Jan. 10-11. "Fire,"
a one-hour documentary by Robert Hillmann, concerns
the problems between Vietnamese and American shrimp
fisherman along the Texas Gulf Coast. 524-2175.
Consulate Ceneral of the Peoole's Republic of China
presents two films at the Cultural Hall of the Consu-
late General, 3417 Montrose Blvd., on Jan. 29, 1:30
3:40 PM. Two documentaries in English, "Children of
Painters of Lijiang River" and "China Today," will be
followed by ''Romance of a Calligraphy," a feature
film with English subtitles.
Council of Asian American Organizations is sponsoring
a Feb. 10 benefit showing of the acclaimed Chinese-
American film "Chan is Missing" at the Greenway 3
Theatres, 5 Greenway Plaza East. Admission charge of
$10 includes refreshments. Tickets available at
First Oriental Seafood Market, First Oriental Market,
Golden Bo Restaurant and Chung Ya Trading Co., or
call 692-4869 or 491-5704.
Virginia Slims. Women's
Tennis Tournament of
Houston, Jan. 10-16,
will be held at the
Astroarena in the Astro-
domain complex, Kirby at
Loop 610. Many of the
world's top professional
female tennis players,
including Navratilova,
Jaeger, Austin and
Kiyomura will com-
pete in the 32-p.layer
event. For tickets, call
266-045*5.
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Science's Burke Baker
Planetarium, 1 Hermann
Circle Drive, will offer
free telescope tours on
Friday evenings, 7-9 PM,
and all day Sunday from
1 PM, beginning Jan. 7.
First come, first served.
Call 526-4273.
Museum of Fine Arts,
1001 Bissonnet, presents
"A Century of Modern
Sculpture," Jan. 14-
Sept., 1983, at Cullinan
Hall and Brown Pavilion.
Beginning Jan. 18 thru
April 10, "Japanese Not-
suke from Houston Collec-
tions" will be on display
in the Museum Library.
Netsuke are miniature
carvings of ivory, bone,
wood and lacquer.
Houston Symphony Or-
chestra will be conducted
by C. William Harwood in
a free open rehearsal,
Jan. 14, 12 noon at Jones
Hall, 615 Texas Avenue.
Shepherd School of Music,
Rice University, will
sponsor a free recital by
Laura Hunter, saxophone,
and Brian Connelly, piano,
8 PM, Jan. 18, Hamman Hall.
PEGGY P.H. KAN, M.D.
is pleased to announce
the opening of her new office
in the practice of
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
at the Fondren Doctors Centre
8449 West Bellfort
Suite 140
Houston, Texas 77071
Office Hours: M-Th: 9 AM—9 PM
Fri: 9 AM-bPM
Sat: 9 AM- 2 PM
Telephone:
271-0755
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Bulletin Board
Parents, have you ever
thought about making a
worthwhile contribution to
your child's school library
or the neighborhood one?
If you feel such libraries
and their users might bene-
fit from materials which
would increase awareness of
Chinese Americans, may we
suggest you consider order-
ing for such library a col-
lection of Chinese American
readings and learning acti-
vities called Ck-blZAe. Arr\2A-
ixLMU: Peat c.nd Vn.2A2.nt.
From San Francisco's
Association of Chinese
Teachers, this series by
Don Wong and Irene Dea
Collier consists of 20
fiction and nonfiction
slections. The wide range
of topics deal with the
history of Chinese in Amer-
ica and contemporary Chinese
American experiences. These
materials are suitable for
grades 9-12.
An entire packet, includ-
ing 20 activity sheets and
a brief chronology of Chin-
ese American history, is
available for $8.50 from
ACT, 615 Grant Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94108.
Beginning January 24, the
University of Houston Con-
tinuing Education Division
will be offering its Accele-
rated Language Learning Pro-
gram in Chinese, Japanese,
Arabic and French at UH's
West Houston Institute in
the NUS Building of Park 10
on the Katy Freeway. Other
languages, including Engl ish
as a Second Language, will
follow according to demand.
To be offered is a Study
Vacation course in Chinese,
starting with a week of in-
tensive Chinese, then cultu-
ral orientation classes and
a tour of China. For fur-
ther information, or to
register for a free demon-
stration class, call
Charlotte LeHecka, 748-4182.
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