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From: "Jonathan Parfrey" <psrsm>

**REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN LOS ANGELES**

NOW thru SEPTEMBER 4
The *Atomic Age Film Series* reflects on the past fifty
years of the nuclear era through nineteen films,
including On the Beach, Barefoot Gen, Hiroshima Mon
Amour and Black Rain. A special speaker follows each
screening. Playing Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00 AM,
Laemmle Monica Theater, 1332 Second Street, Santa
Monica. Sponsored by Los Angeles Physicians for Social
Responsibility. Call 310 458-2694.

JULY 15 - AUGUST 26
Many artists including Robbie Conal, Mark Spencer, Lita
Albuquerque, Chris Spanovich, Zara Kriegstein, Clayton
Campbell, Sheila Pinkel and others are joining forces
to create *Fifty Years, Hiroshima* at the New Gallery,
1629 18th Street #4, Santa Monica. Call 310 453-0217.

JULY 16   Trinity Day
Haskell Wexler's *Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang*,
will screen 2:00 PM. Midnight Special Bookstore, 1318
Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. Sponsored by Los
Angeles Physicians for Social Responsibility. Call 310
458-2694.

JULY 16 - AUGUST 5
A Don't Waste America car caravan, sponsored by the
Nuclear Information and Resource Center, starts in
Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16 and arrives in
Washington, DC August 5. Contact NIRS, 1424 16th Street
NW, #601, Washington, DC 20036; 202 328-0002.

JULY 16 - AUGUST 9
The *Atomic Mirror Pilgrimage* will retrace the steps of
bomb, moving from Alamogordo and Los Alamos, New Mexico
to Hiroshima, Japan. Call 805 985-5073.

JULY 20
As a prelude to its *Hiroshima* film, the Showtime cable
network is sponsoring a debate on Hiroshima. Panelists
include Barton Bernstein (Stanford University), Frank
Gibney (former Navy intelligence), John Weiner (Univer
sity of California Irvine), Tracy Alexander (Showtime),
Dr. James Yamazaki (University of California  Los
Angeles) and moderated by Michael Jackson (KABC radio).
7:00pm. Director's Guild Theater, 7920 Sunset, Los
Angeles. Call Rachel MacCallister and Associates, 213-
939-5991.

JULY 29
The American Society of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bomb
Survivors is hosting an afternoon memorial service at
Koyasan Buddhist Temple, 342 E. First Street, downtown
Los Angeles. Kaz Sueishi. 213 413-6661.

AUGUST 2
Southern California premiere of Nagasaki documentary,
*Rain of Ruin* from Oregon Public Television. 7:00pm.
Lequita Vance-Watkins, translator and editor of White
Flash/Black Rain, a collection of poetry by Japanese
women on the bombings, will also speak. Midnight Special
Bookstore, 1318 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica.
Sponsored by Los Angeles Physicians for Social Responsi
bility. Call 310 458-2694.

AUGUST 3
*Nagasaki Journey*, a new documentary film by Chris
Beaver and Judy Irving, will screen accompanied by Dr.
James Yamazaki, author of Children of the Atomic Bomb,
and former medical director of the Atomic Casualty
Committee, Nagasaki. 7:00pm. Midnight Special Bookstore,
1318 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. Sponsored by
Los Angeles Physicians for Social Responsibility. Call
310 458-2694.

AUGUST 4
Nevada Desert Experience is offering a send-off event
for the Nevada Test Site weekend at Saint Camillus
Chapel, 1911 Zonal Avenue, near LA County Hospital.
12:30 pm. Call Fr. Chris Ponnet: 213 223-9047.

AUGUST 4-9
*Nevada Desert Experience* will remember Hiroshima at
the Nevada Test Site and in Las Vegas. Presenters
include Terry Tempest Williams, Shoshone leader Corbin
Harney, Fr. Miguel D'Escoto. Call 702 646-4814.

AUGUST 5
*Race to Oblivion* is an Academy Award-nominated
documentary produced by LAPSR in 1982. After the film,
activists will imagine future campaigns. 7:00pm.
Midnight Special Bookstore, 1318 Third Street Promenade,
Santa Monica. Sponsored by Los Angeles Physicians for
Social Responsibility. Call 310 458-2694.

AUGUST 5
The *New Gallery of Santa Monica* will host a reception
for their Hiroshima exhibits, 3:30 - 8:00pm. Denise
Uyehara will offer a performance piece on Hiroshima at
6:30pm. The New Gallery is located at 1629 18th Street
#4, Santa Monica. Call 310 453-0217.

AUGUST 5
Judy Teru Imai will offer a lecture on her 1990 *Global
Peace Walk* to Hiroshima, 2:00pm at the Japanese
American National Museum, 369 East First Street, corner
of Central and First Street, in Little Tokyo in downtown
Los Angeles. Admission to the museum is $5. For informa
tion call: 213 625-0414.

AUGUST 5 - SEPTEMBER 16
"1945" is an exhibition of artists works addressing the
context of the atomic bombings to events of 1945. Side
Street Projects, 1629 18th Street #2, Santa Monica CA
90404; 310-829-0779. Director: Karen Atkinson. Gallery
hours, Wed - Sat, 12:00-6:00pm.

AUGUST 6   Hiroshima Day
Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director of Los Angeles
Physicians for Social Responsibility will speak on
*Hiroshima the Eternal Fire*, Sunday morning at 10:30am
at Pacific Unitarian Church in Rancho Palos Verdes. For
information call: 310 378-9449.

AUGUST 6
Hiroshima will be the main theme of worship services at
All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, 9:00AM and
11:15AM. Hibakusha Kai Kanamato will speak. At 12:45 PM
Dr. James Yamazaki will speak during the a special
luncheon. All Saints Church, 132 North Euclid Avenue,
Pasadena, 818-796-1172.

AUGUST 6
The Japanese American Church Coalition is hosting a
**Hiroshima/Nagasaki memorial service** at the Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center Plaza, 244 South
San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Rev. Grant Higiya. Call 213 617-
9097.

AUGUST 6
Centenary United Methodist Church, 300 So. Central
Avenue, will sponsor a dialogue on the diverse genera
tional and philosophical perspectives of Hiroshima among
Japanese Americans. 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM.

AUGUST 6
Showtime will present a 4 hour docu-drama, *Hiroshima,*
over the cable network. A Canadian/Japanese co-produc
tion, with directors Roger Spottiswoode and Koreyoshi
Kurahara.

AUGUST 12
Jordan Peimer, performance artist, visits Nagasaki, the
Sinai desert and modern America. At Highways Gallery in
Santa Monica. Cost $10. Performance: 8:30pm. Tickets and
reservations: 213 660-8587.

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Revised: July 7, 1995
Jonathan Parfrey, Physicians for Social Responsibility