Dinner/Book Discussion: Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin

Date: Thursday, Nov. 15th
Time: 5:15 pm. at Koba Tofu Grill, Fullerton

The November book selection is Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin. When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. The story is told through the voices of So-nyo's daughter, son, husband, and mother.

Annie Liu put a copy of the book at the Reserve Desk in the library under LIBRARY Ishibashi if you'd like to check it out.

Conversation with the author available on this page

Dinner will be at Koba Tofu Grill  at 5:15-6:30 pm 

1993 W Malvern Ave
Ste B
Fullerton, CA 92833

(714) 879-5500

http://kobatofugrill.com/

Allegiance the Musical

On Oct. 20th, members and friends of APIA (the Asian Pacific Islander Faculty Staff Association) drove down to San Diego's Old Globe Theatre to catch the world-premiere run of the musical, Allegiance, starring Tony award winner, Lea Salonga, and George Takei from the original Star Trek series. (Mr. Takei is not singing if you're wondering.)  Allegiance explores the injustices and difficult choices facing Japanese and Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps during WWII. Much of the musical deals with the conflict and confusion between the Japanese Americans who chose to show their allegiance and patriotism by joining the ranks of the all-Japanese troops and fighting on European battlegrounds and others who chose to protest their incarceration by their "no, no" responses on the controversial loyalty oath resulting in their incarceration at the Tule Lake internment camp which segregated those labeled "disloyal". 

 Afterwards, there was some discussion about the portrayal and negative emphasis on one of the characters, but all in all, the group enjoyed the performances and quality of the singers.  Several members were able to dine at a nearby izakaya-style restaurant.