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Arts & Entertainment, Community, Events

Setsuko Winchester’s Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project Artist Talk at AAARI 🗓 🗺

Asian American/Asian Research Institute Artist Talk: Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project with Setsuko Winchester Friday, October 25 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. The City University of New York – 25 W. 43rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), 10th Floor, Room 1000 Admission: Free Setsuko Winchester, Japanese American ceramic artist, photographer and journalist will discuss her conceptual art work, Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project. … Continue reading Setsuko Winchester’s Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project Artist Talk at AAARI 🗓 🗺
Susan
9.11, 3.11, Circle Wind Concert, Kaufman Music Center, NYC, Japan, Ave Maria, Asako Tamura, Circle Wind Boys & Girls Choir, Yurika Mihara, Japan Choral Harmony "TOMO", Circle Wind Chamber Ensemble
Arts & Entertainment, Community, Events, Remembering 3/11

12th Annual Circle Wind Concert 🗓 🗺

12th Annual Circle Wind Concert Wednesday, September 11 from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center – 127 W. 67th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue) Admission: $10 The Circle Wind Concert commemorates the September 11th tragedy as well as the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster in Northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. Japan Choral Harmony “TOMO” will … Continue reading 12th Annual Circle Wind Concert 🗓 🗺
Susan
Vangeline Theater, Butoh, avant-garde, NYC, Japan, dance, creative movement, 9/11, Times Square
Arts & Entertainment, Community, Events

Butoh Performance on 9/11 in Times Square 🗓

Butoh Performance on 9/11 in Times Square Wednesday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. Times Square between 46th and 47th Streets Admission: Free Vangeline Theater will lead Butoh dancers and enthusiasts in a public performance in Times Square on 9/11. The performance is dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks that took place on that day in 2001. Butoh is the avant-garde performance art movement … Continue reading Butoh Performance on 9/11 in Times Square 🗓
Susan
Bon Odori, Japan Performing Arts, obon, Japanese traditions, Japanese festivals, Governors Island, NYC, Japan
Arts & Entertainment, Community, Culture, Events

Japan Performing Arts Bon Odori Festival on Governors Island 🗓 🗺

Japan Performing Arts Bon Odori Festival Friday, August 30 from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday, August 31 from noon until 9:00 p.m. Governors Island – Outlook Hill and Nolan Park Admission: Free Japan Performing Arts (JPA), a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing Japanese traditional performing arts to New York, is hosting a two-day Bon Odori Festival on Governors Island. In the Buddhist observance of … Continue reading Japan Performing Arts Bon Odori Festival on Governors Island 🗓 🗺
Susan
Kyoto Animation, NYC, Japan, anime, arson, fundraiser, A Silent Voice, Kristen Sullivan
Arts & Entertainment, Community, Events

Kyoto Animation Fundraiser 🗓 🗺

Kyoto Animation Fundraiser Hosted by Yuzuru of A Silent Voice Friday, August 23 from 6:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Madame X – 94 W. Houston Street (between Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place) Admission: $14.99 in advance/$25 at the door On July 18 an arsonist set fire to the three-story building housing Kyoto Animation, an animation production company, killing 35 people, including anime director Yasuhiro Takemoto, … Continue reading Kyoto Animation Fundraiser 🗓 🗺
Susan