(Editor’s note: We welcome public service announcements from readers. Please email details to info@asianfortune.com on the 15th of the month, or earlier. Events listed here are subject to change, and readers are urged to check with the organizers.) 

FEBRUARY 3-4

Washington D.C Leadership Summit

Where: Madison Hotel, 1177 15th St, NW, Washington, D.C

Speakers and topics will focus on an overview and update from the National Park Service, tips on fundraising, goals for Fiscal Year 2011, and presentations from former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and retired U.S. Senator Alan Simpson. Registration: Fee is $50. To register, contact Jean Shiraki in the JACL Washington DC office at 202-223-1240 or email inouyefellow.dc@gmail.com

Note: National Park Services grant application question-and-answer session held with the summit: February 3; Time: 12noon-2:00 pm. Location: The Madison Hotel (Carlton Room); Contact: Kara Miyagishima, NPS: 303-969-2885 

FEBRUARY 5, FRIDAY

Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Membership Meeting and Installation Luncheon: Welcoming 2010 Chairman of the Board, Esau Liu of Cathay Bank, Executive Officers, and Board of Directors.

Time: 11:30 am-1:30 pm. Where: Prestonwood Country Club, 15909 Preston Road, Dallas, Texas 75248

FEBRUARY 12, FRIDAY

World-wide opening day: Fox Star Studios and Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “My Name Is Khan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

The first trailer to the film has premiered online. Watch it now at http://mynameiskhanthefilm.com/

A Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment Production, the film is directed by Karan Johar. Writers are Karan Johar and Shibani Bathija, producers are Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan and music is by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

FEBRUARY 13 - MAY 15, 2010

The Sacred Arts of Asia; Where: Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts

Curator’s Talk and Opening Reception: February 13, 2-4 p.m.

Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1- 4 p.m. Closed on Easter weekend.

This exhibition highlights selected artworks from 12 private collections of paintings and sculptures from South and Southeast Asia as well as the Far East. Viewers will be able to see the depth and range of Asian sacred arts, the forms of its multi-level functioning, and the transformation of the profound into the world of today. Ancient and modern artworks will be seen from Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Tibet. Guest Curator: John Gilmore Ford. Admission is FREE.

The Center for the Arts is on the left at the corner of Osler and Cross Campus Drives. The Asian Arts Gallery is on the second floor of the building, Room 2037. You can walk to the Center for the Arts or take a free shuttle. To ride the shuttle, please call on a cell phone: TU Paratransit at 410-704-RIDE (7433) and a shuttle will pick you up and drive you to the Center for the Arts.

FEBRUARY 20, SATURDAY

Annual Day of Remembrance; “After the War: Japanese American and African American Community Relationships in post-WWII California,” with playwright Philip Kan Gotanda and Professor Scott Kurashige; Time: 2 p.m. Location: Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, 14th Street & Constitution Ave. NW. Metro: Smithsonian (Blue or Orange lines)

To mark the 68th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt which led to the imprisonment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program welcomes award-winning playwright Gotanda and historian Dr. Kurashige to the American History Museum stage. 

FEBRUARY 21, SUNDAY

Chinatown Community Cultural Center Hosts Lunar New Year Festival 2010: Year of the Tiger; Time: 12 pm-5 pm. Where: Chinatown Community Cultural Center, 616 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001.

Info: For updates and more program information, visit www.ccccdc.org.

Program features live music and dance performances, traditional Chinese calligraphy, children’s crafts, face painting, tai chi and kung fu demonstrations, lion dancing, poetry readings, film screenings, art and photo exhibits, raffle prizes, New Year souvenirs, free giveaways, etc.

FEBRUARY 27, SATURDAY

“As 1 Concert,” Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera

Time: 4 p.m.; Where: DC Armory, 2001 E Capitol Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003

Tickets: $38, 58, 88, General Admission; $100, $125, Reserved Seating; $150, VIP.

RSVP: Lutlut Chan, (703) 928-1655; Josie Licardo, (703) 594-9193 

EVERY MONTH

If you are looking for a Telugu Fellowship, people of the Washington metro area are invited to gather for the great commission: to preach the good news to the poor; to heal the brokenhearted; to preach deliverance to the captives; recovering of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised. The goal of this group is to gather and grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ to live a practical Christian life and influence others through the teachings of Christ. The group meets on the second and fourth Saturday of the month at Guilford Baptist Church: 1001 Ruritan Circle, Sterling, VA. For more information, please visit www.teluguchristianfellowship.net 

CURRENT TILL MARCH

National Geographic Museum’s Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor. Considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century, the First Emperor’s enormous tomb complex contains thousands of terra cotta warriors intended to protect him in the afterlife. The exhibition offers an in-depth look at this historical site and showcases 100 sets of objects, including the 15 life-size terra cotta figures, representing soldiers, servants, musicians, acrobats, and animals.

Info: Visit www.nationalgeographic.com

CURRENT TILL MARCH 2

Montgomery County Department of Recreation and Dance to Health Society are offering Bhangra/Bollywood dance classes, from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., at the Potomac Community Center. Learn dance while doing aerobic exercise. Join the class and get on the latest craze of dancing. The classes are for youth and adults. You can also learn solo or group dance in Bollywood style for a wedding or for a social gathering in four weeks. For details, call Mrs. Kumud Mathur at 301-299-3334 or go to www.dance2health.com

CURRENT TILL MAY

“Children at Play in Chinese Painting,” A collection of Chinese paintings, ceramics and slate carving depicting children at play from the past two millennia

Time: 10 am-5:30 pm every day, except Dec. 25. Admission is FREE.

Where: Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Independence Avenue SW, DC. (Metro: Blue and Orange lines). Info: Visit www.asia.si.edu 

CURRENT TILL AUGUST

Creating Hawai‘i debuts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History on August 21, 2009, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Hawai‘i becoming the 50th state in the union.Where: National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

UPCOMING EVENTS 

MARCH 5, 2010 THRU JAN. 30, 2011

The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents “The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946”

Where: Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W. Hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except December 25. Admission is free.

Info: Visit www.americanart.si.edu.

The exhibition is presented under the patronage of Norman Y. Mineta. Mineta, a former congressman and Regent of the Smithsonian, was interned at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. These objects—tools, teapots, furniture, toys and games, musical instruments, pendants and pins, purses and ornamental displays—are physical manifestations of the art of “gaman,” Japanese for bearing the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience.

SUNDAYS: March 7, 14th, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25and May 2

Sessions with Counselors Helping (South) Asians, Inc, (CHAI)

Time: 3-4:30 pm. Where: Maryland Non Profits –8720 Georgia Ave. Ste. 303;

Silver Spring, MD 20910, Red Line Metro Silver Spring stop

Fee: $75 for seven sessions; Sliding scale available

Contact: Call 443-615-1355, or email:raziakosi@chaicounselors.org

Info: www.chaicounselors.org

CHAI Women’s Wellness Group CHAI invites South Asian Women to a dynamic and confidential group. Topics include relationships, family, women’s roles, career, marriage, anger and conflict resolution, taboos & secrets, and other topics relevant to South Asian women. 

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 23

Ma-Yi Theater Company will present “Rescue Me,” by Michi Barall; directed by Loy Arcenas, choreographed by Julian Burnett

Where: The Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012

The post-modern tragi-comedy is acontemporary dance-theatre adaptation of Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris. Iph is 34 and stuck in a dead-end job.

MARCH 08, 2010

AWIB New Jersey Chapter Kick Off Reception!

Join us as we kick-off the much anticipated Asian Women In Business New Jersey Chapter!

In response to the growing Asian American population in New Jersey, AWIB is excited to bring its programs and services to the New Jersey area. Remaining true to the AWIB mission, the new Chapter will focus on developing workshops and networking activities for Asian women entrepreneurs and professionals within NJ.

This event is open to business owners and leaders looking to explore new skill-building opportunities, networking and learning about the benefits of joining the AWIB community. It is also a great platform for existing AWIB members and supporters to connect, share ideas and kick-off the first of many events in New Jersey

Date: Monday, March 08, 2010

Time: 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

Location: 751 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102

Cost: Free

Please register for this event at www.awib.org/events or call us at 212-868-1368

MARCH 19, 2010

Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund Annual Benefit Dinner

Cocktails and Silent Auction begin at 6:00 p.m. Dinner begins at 7:00 p.m. 

The Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation established by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) of the Greater Washington, DC Area in 1993 to engage exclusively in charitable and educational activities. AEF was created primarily to grant fellowships to law students and to engage in other educational activities related to the legal profession and the Asian Pacific American community. The main purpose of the fellowships is to allow law students to accept summer internship positions with public interest or government organizations that benefit either the Asian Pacific American community or the metropolitan Washington, DC community-at-large. Funding for these summer fellowships has come from generous grants from national corporations, such as Anheuser-Busch, local law firms, and our Annual Benefit Dinner.

Venue: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045

Ticket Prices: $120 adults; $90 individuals with government or non-profit organizations; $70 students

Contact: Call (202) 408-4171 or visit www.aefdc.org

MAY 10, SUNDAY

Free Hepatitis B Vaccination

Time: 12:30-3pm. Where: Chinese Community Church, 500 I (Eye) Street, NW;

Organizers: Dr.Mark-Li Chinese American Medical Society, Chinatown Service Center, Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, DC

Fortunately, HBV can be prevented with a very safe and effective vaccine. The HB vaccine series is usually given as 3 shots during a 6-month period.

Contact: Lisa Ma: 202-898-0061 or email coordinator@chinatownscdc.org; Jane Pan, 571-274-0021 or email j.pan@hepbinitiative.org

MAY 11, TUESDAY

16th Annual Gala, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)

Where: JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC