Nihon Buyo Dance with Live Traditional Music Friday, March 3 at 8:00 p.m. (followed by a Metlife Meet-the-Artists Reception) Saturday, March 4 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at 4:00 p.m. (Family Program) Japan Society – 333 E. 47th Street (between First and Second Avenues) Admission on March 3 and 4: $55/$45 Japan Society members (includes a comprehensive into and demo at 6:30 p.m.) … Continue reading Traditional Japanese Dance at Japan Society

  Kodo directed by Tamasaburo Bando – Dan ndan, 2017 Wednesday, March 1 through Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Peter Jay Sharp Building – 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn Admission: $30-$65 Emanating an ancient cavernous thunder, a group of disciplined, muscled bodies pound traditional Japanese drums with sticks the size of a forearm. In the New York premiere of Dadan, … Continue reading Kodo at BAM

  Japanese Samurai Fashion by Everett Kennedy Brown Tuesday, February 28 until Saturday, March 25 Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 28 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK – 434 Greenwich Street (at the corner of Vestry Street) Admission: Free Japan-based artist and cultural interpreter Everett Kennedy Brown brings Japanese Samurai Fashion, an exhibition of mixed media images, to hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK. … Continue reading Japanese Samurai Fashion at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK

    This Could Save Your Life: Creative Design and Disaster Preparedness Thursday February 23 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Parsons School of Design, Starr Foundation Hall, University Center – 63 5th Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets) Admission: Free Japan is rife with natural disasters – earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, volcanic eruptions and floods. As a result, the country is a leader in disaster preparedness. … Continue reading This Could Save Your Life: Creative Design and Disaster Preparedness