NIBEI FOUNDATION

presents

 

JAPAN STUDY CLUB

Dinner and Lecture Series

on various aspects of Japan

 

Dinner at 6:30 pm, presentation at 7:30 pm.

 

March 13:  Bill Crowley:  Rakugo Performance

                         Traditional Japanese sit-down comedy, in English

 

March 27:  Andrew Freund:  Sumo

                         With a demonstration by 2 sumo wrestlers

 

April 10:    Mme Bando Hidesome: Japanese dance  

                    First in our series, “Introduction to Japanese Culture and  Art”

 

April 24:    Prof. Donald McCallum, UCLA Professor of Japanese Art History:

                     Themes in Japanese and  Western Art

 

May 8:      Dr. Michael Marra, UCLA Professor of Japanese Literature, Aesthetics and Hermeneutics:

                 Playing Japanese Songs: Politics or Pleasure? 

                       

 

May 22:      Ben Oki

                       Bonsai: Art of Miniaturization of Trees

 

June 5:       Glonia Gonik

                       Matsuri - Japanese Festival

 

June 19:      Jonny Mori

                       Taiko

July 10:       Mme. Yoko Awaya

                       Koto

July 24:       Kyoko Kassarjian

                     Ikebana

August 7:    Masakazu Yoshizawa

                       Shakuhachi

September 18: Mme. Hiroko Ikuta

                     Shodo-Japanese Caligraphy

October 16:  Yo Hakomori

                         Japanese Architect

November 16: Robert Hori

                            Japanese Cuisine

Admission including dinner:  $10 per person

At the Terasaki Foundation Building

11570 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

Parking in rear of building, with ample street parking available

 

Please RSVP to Kate Hopp

Japanstudies@nibei.org     

(310) 479-6101 ext. 134     

fax: (310) 445-3381

 

Please respond promptly as space is limited.