“【持ち物 / Bring】シェア用お料理一品 / A dish to share
椅子または敷物 / A lawn chair or picnic blanket
【参加費 / Fee】無料 (寄付歓迎 / Free, donations welcome)
準備のため、必ず下記リンクからRSVPをお願いします！Please RSVP at the link below for games & crafts preparation!　https://www.signupgenius.com/…/20F0D4CA5AF2BABFBC25…

9月25日は中秋の名月。秋のちょうど真ん中で、一年で最も美しい月と言われています。少しずつ暑さが和らぐ頃、ポットラックで親睦を深め、新しい友達を作りませんか？日本文化が好きな方、日本語を勉強中の方など、どなたでも大歓迎です！子どもから大人まで楽しめるゲームやクラフト、綿菓子などを用意してお待ちしています。浴衣や甚平、はっぴなど、日本の衣装でのご参加も大歓迎です。ぜひ秋の夜長を一緒に楽しみましょう。
Join us for the harvest moon-viewing potluck party. It’s a Japanese tradition to view the beautiful autumn full moon with friends and family while enjoying the cooler evening weather ( hopefully in Tucson too!). Anyone who speaks Japanese, is learning Japanese, or is interested in Japanese culture, from children to adults, are welcome! We will have fun games, Tsukimi crafts, and cotton candy ready for everyone. If you’d like to wear a Yukata, Jinbei, or any Japanese outfit, we highly encourage it. Let’s celebrate the autumn together.”

“Manga Studio is a 2-session illustration workshop by Gerrie Young. All skill levels welcome. Cosplay encouraged. Ages 10 & up

Manga Studio at Temple Arts Collective, 267 S. Stone Ave. Tucson

Fri & Sat., 6-8pm. Aug 28-29, 2026

What to Bring: 

Drawing utensils, sketch pad, plain T-shirt (to print on), some water to drink and a mind ready to illustrate! 

Manga Studio is the first illustration workshop in an ongoing Manga/Anime illustration series created by arts educator Gerrie Young, MFA. Gerrie lived in Japan for 4 years.

In this 2 hour per day workshop, participants will learn to draw the basics of Manga illustration techniques and explore the genres of manga comic book illustration. On Day 2, participants will learn how to make linoprint cells and print them on to their t-shirts.

This workshop is great for artists of all ages and skill levels who want to learn this style of Japanese illustration. Cosplay is welcome and encouraged.”

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manga-studio-at-temple-arts-collective-tickets-1996055552891?aff=oddtdtcreator

“Takuya Nakamura joins the Soundquest Festival lineup! Tokyo-born, Brooklyn-based trumpeter, producer, and sonic explorer Takuya Nakamura blends jazz, jungle, electronics, improvisation. Catch him live closing out the festival in Sunday, August 30th!”
Doors open 6:30 p.m. concert at 7:30 p.m

La Rosa is at 800 N. Country Club Rd. in Tucson.

www.larosa.com
https://wl.eventim.us/event/soundquest-festival/690001?afflky=LaRosaTucson

Joy Mills will teach sumi-e inspired practice, stand alone classes, $35. Monthly, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Aug. 29 Grass orchid
Sept. 26  Koi fish
Oct. 24 bamboo
Nov. 21 bird

“The idea of Sumi-e is the Art of Leaving Out.  The aim to simplify a subject to it’s basic Essence. There is an honoring of the viewer”s own imagination by stripping away all but the most essential spirit of a subject.”

Materials provided by The Drawing Studio.

https://thedrawingstudiotds.coursestorm.com/category/sumi-e

“We wish to invite you to our event this year on the Sunday before Hiroshima Day, August 2nd. It may be part of the main church service (10:30 a.m.) and afterwards in Goddard hall.

We have our service at 10:30AM and our music director knows somebody who plays the Koto or another Japanese instrument. So there should be Japanese music. Rev. Jamili Omar, our minister, will say some words to mark this solemn anniversary.

Afterwards, she would like to invite a representative of your coalition (retired Prof. Min Yanagihashi) to come to the pulpit and say a brief speech about what the day means. Then we’ll move to our social hall, Goddard Hall, where we’ll have some posters from Hiroshima, Japanese snacks, kanji peace stencil drawing, and origami-making.”

UUCT website: https://uuctucson.org/.