Two Japanese films to show at Loft Theater as part of 2016 Loft Film Fest

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Two Japanese films are part of 2016 Loft Film Fest at the Loft Cinema, Nov. 9 to 13:
“After the Storm” will be shown on Nov. 10,  at 2 p.m. and “Creepy” on Nov. 11 at 9:45 p.m.  More info on these two films is on our Calendar.
Info on all films for the Loft Film Fest is at: https://loftfilmfest.org/films/.  Southern AZ Japanese Cultural Coalition is a Community Partner for both films and will have an info table at each screening, about an hour before.  Loft Cinema is located at 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. in Tucson.
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3 exhibits on Japanese American WWII Internment Camps at Tucson Desert Art Museum

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“Gambatte!” photo show at Tucson Desert Art Museum, Nov. 4, 2016 to April 30, 2017, commemorating 75th anniversary of E.O.9066 on Feb. 19, 2017
 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Mae Yanagi, May 8, 1942; Hayward, CA
Photographer: Dorothea Lange

“GAMBATTE! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit” Photographs by Paul Kitagaki, Jr.

November 4, 2016 – April 30, 2017

“GAMBATTE! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit” is the first body of work devoted to capturing the past and the present of Executive Order 9066 through photographs and oral histories. Executive Order 9066 was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, which led to the imprisonment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Through the juxtaposition of historic images and contemporary portraits of the same individuals if their descendants, Kitagaki takes us on a visual exploration of the Japanese concept of Gambatte, or triumph over adversity.

Companion exhibits at same time/place:  “Behind Barbed Wire: Japanese American Incarceration in Arizona”, and

“Art of Circumstance: Art & Artifacts Created by Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII” .

Lectures and other events to coincide with this exhibition to be announced (see Calendar listing for January 22 and Feb. 18, 2017).

Tucson Desert Art Museum, www.tucsondart.org, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Rd. Tucson Arizona, 520-202-3888.  Hours are Wed. to Sun, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Opening reception for this exhibit on Nov 4th, 5 to 7:30 p.m. See website for details. Free for members, all others $7.00.

MUSEUM ADMISSION

Adults $10.00
Seniors $8.00
Students/Educators $6.00
Youth (7-14) $4.00 
Members
 FREE

Japanese Americans in Hawaii panel discussion on Nov. 3rd

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6:15 – 8:00 PM
Himmel Park Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave. Tucson
sponsored by SAJCC

Retired East Asian Professor Dr. Min Yanagihashi has written a paper on this topic and will be moderating a panel discussion.  Free and open to the public.

  “Questions for the panel: 1) In your family, how were traditional culture and values and behavioral norms handled?  (2) In regards to Japanese heritage, looking outside the family, comment on some events, activities, institutions, or organizations that impacted your life in Hawaii.”

Tentative schedule:
6:15 – 6:45  (30 min.)  comments on his paper on this topic (click on blue hyperlink) written by ret. Professor Dr. Min Yanagihashi (Nisei from Oahu)
6:45 – 7:45  (60 min.)  panel discussion.  After the two questions, panelists can comment on Min’s paper, ask questions of each other, etc.

Panelists will all be Japanese Americans born/raised in Hawaii: Min’s wife Evelyn Kodama Yanagihashi, M.Ed (Nisei han from Oahu), Carolyn Sugiyama Classen, JD (Sansei from Big Island), Dr. Naomi Okumura Story (Sansei from Maui), James Tokishi, B.S.(Yonsei from Oahu).  Evelyn is a retired school teacher, Naomi is an educator, and James is a transporation modeler for Pima Assn. of Governments. And I’m a former practicing attorney.

(Issei were the original immigrants from Japan, Nisei are their children, Sansei are the Nisei’s children, Yonsei are the Sansei’s children, Gosei are the Yonsei’s children, and so on.)

Poster designed by Crystal Akazawa.

 

 

“Kyoto Considered” photo exhibit opens at Yume Japanese Gardens on October 21

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  • fushimi“On Friday, October 21, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Yume Japanese Gardens will host a free reception in our art gallery to open a special photo exhibit on Kyoto by Yume Gardens founder and Executive Director Patricia Deridder. She has visited this most traditional of Japanese cities for decades, and her images capture the iconic inhabitants, buildings, and gardens of Japan’s former imperial capital with love and insight. Framed photos will be on sale throughout the exhibition, with all tax-free purchases going to the operating fund of the non-profit Gardens.

    The exhibition will run until December 31 and entrance will be free with regular Gardens admission.  www. yumegardens.org. Yume Gardens is located at 1230 N. Alvernon Way, south of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, east side.

Japanese culture at Tucson Meet Yourself in October

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The annual folk festival Tucson Meet Yourself will be on Oct. 7, 8, 9 this year, as usual at El Presidio Park and just east at Jacome Plaza (in front of the Joel D. Valdez main library, 101 N. Stone Ave.) in downtown Tucson.   Hours of operation:

Friday, October 7, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, October 8, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

and Sunday, October 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Featured Japanese cultural activities:

Takoyaki (octopus balls) food booth at Jacome Library Plaza, J2A. Plus ramen!

Tomomi Katz cooking takoyaki at her food booth

Tomomi Katz (left) cooking takoyaki at her food booth (photo credit Brandy Gannon)

Saturday October 8:

2 p.m.Odaiko Sonora taiko drumming at Church Ave. stage.  Followed by Obon dancing at 3 p.m, same stage, performed by dancers from Southern AZ Japanese Cultural Coalition and friends.  (Church Ave. stage is just west of Joel D. Valdez main library, on Church Avenue, east of old Pima County Courthouse).   www.tucsontaiko.org

4 p.m. Suzuyuki Kai traditional Japanese dancers at City Hall stage, with Mari Kaneta. (City Hall stage is just north of the Tucson City Hall in El Presidio Park, 225 W. Alameda St.).

Sunday October 9:

11 a.m.  AZ Kyudo Kai and UA Kyudo Club will demonstrate Japanese archery on City Hall stage

12:30 p.m. Akiko Victorson interview on Japanese calligraphy, Jacome Plaza lawn (just south of the Joel D. Valdez main library in the Folks Arts area)

1:30 p.m. Chi Nakano interview on origami, Japanese paper folding, Jacome Plaza lawn

All info at www.tucsonmeetyourself.org.