Long Beach high school students Alyssa Krug and Sean Rickter and Melinda Ramsey, a teacher in the Long Beach Unified School District, have been selected as goodwill ambassadors to represent the City of Long Beach in its Sister City of Yokkaichi, Japan, for three weeks this summer. They will leave July 20 and return...
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Community members can discover why people have been enchanted by the art of origami — Japanese paper folding — for centuries as the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) hosts the annual Origami Festival on Sunday, July 17, from 10 am to 4 pm. Guests will have hands-on...
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Pool in “pleasure park” in Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams. (Source: The Library of Congress) The idea of self-empowerment and resistance by way of garden cultivation intrigues landscape historian and architect Kenneth I. Helphand, who explores the universal capacity of humans to endure extreme situations and their powerful responses via the...
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The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach Concert under the Stars: Kokoro Taiko Kai & Yoko Awaya Conservatory present the Art of Japanese Drumming and the Soul of Japanese Harp and Flute Friday, September 24, 6:30 – 9 p.m. The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University,...
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5 Cal State Long Beach Graduates will teach English in Yokkaichi for 2 Years Five California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) graduates have been selected as Yokkaichi English Fellows and will begin teaching English in Long Beach’s Sister City of Yokkaichi, Japan, in August. Rachelle Devera, Tim Hendricks, Payal Pancholi, Joshua Sensabaugh and David...
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki On the 65th Anniversary of the Bombing An Interfaith Service Under 2500 Peace Cranes Under a canopy of 2,500 origami peace cranes in the historic sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, there will be an interfaith service of remembrance and recognition of the 65th anniversary of the bombing of...
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Community members can discover why people have been enchanted by the art of origami—Japanese paper folding—for centuries as the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) hosts the annual Origami Festival on Sunday, July 11, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Guests will have hands-on experience creating a three dimensional object...
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Cultural News, February 2009 Issue By Takeshi Nakayama and Shige Higashi Dr. Takeo Uesugi, professor emeritus of landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to the Design of Japanese Gardens Outside Japan on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Long Beach Hilton Hotel during the...
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