October 2016 – Cultural News

Endo Kenny Music and Dance - Traditional Nikkei Legacy- LA Orange County Buddhist Church Taiko - Endo Kenny

2016 / Taiko: Kenny Endo conret at Orange County Buddhist Church, Oct. 30

October 30, 2016

Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Kenjinkai Community - LA Little Tokyo Community Nikkei Legacy- LA Okinawa Association of America 2016 Okinawa Traditions

2016 / Okinawa Association to participate in worldwide “homecoming” event in Okinawa, Oct. 26-30

October 30, 2016

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA

2016 / LACMA raises more than $3.6 million at sixth annual Art + Film gala

October 30, 2016

10 Yu Ooka Little Tokyo A Music and Dance - Traditional

2016 / Tokyo Manila Jazz & Arts Session in LA, Oct. 29

October 29, 2016

Aratani Theatre Aurora - Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation Music Yuki Saori

2016 OCT 29 | Aurora Concert | Saori Yuki & Sachiko Yasuda Benefit Concert at Aratani Theatre

October 29, 2016

18 Scripps College Williamson Gallery Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal Scripps Colleges

2016 / Scripps College to present Noh theater-theme day-long program, Oct. 29

October 29, 2016

Art - Contemporary 2019 Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Modern Art

2016 / Private gallery exhibition “Jun Kaneko: Mirage” Sept. 10 – Oct. 29

October 29, 2016

Community Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Nikkei Legacy- LA

2016 / Interactive Halloween-related activities in Gardena: Obake Night, Oct. 28

October 28, 2016

Aurora - Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation Yuki Saori

2016 OCT 27 | LA | Singer Saori Yuki Meets Press before Aurora Benefit Concert in Little Tokyo

October 27, 2016

Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Kurosawa Akira

2016 / Japan Foundation to present Kurosawa film “Seven Samurai” at Goethe-Institut on Oct. 26

October 26, 2016

10 Homeless Keiro Facilities Sale Issue Nikkei Legacy- LA

2016 / Interfaith Homeless Memorial Service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Covina, Oct. 26

October 26, 2016

10 East Asian Garden Lecture Series 39 Chinese Paintings Woodblock Prints

2016 / Huntington Library East Asian Library Lecture Series: “Chinese Woodblock Prints” by Suzanne Wriht, Oct. 25

October 25, 2016

enra Proxima 2016 Oct Hollywood

72 Modern Dance Music and Dance - Traditional Theater

2016 / Japanese Visual Dance Troupe Enra Defies Time and Space in New Show PROXIMA at The Montalban Theatre, Hollywood, Oct. 21.22. 23

October 23, 2016

Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Little Tokyo Community Sawtelle Reunion

2016 / West Los Angeles’ Japanese Americans to gather for “Sawtelle Japantown Reunion IV” Oct. 23

October 23, 2016

10 East Asian Garden Lecture Series 42 Origami Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal

2016 / Huntington Library East Asian Garden Lecture Series: “The Art and Science of Origami” by Robert Lang, Oct. 23

October 23, 2016

1060 Santa Barbara Little Tokyo Community Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization

2016 / Santa Barbara – Toba, Japan to mark 50th Anniversary of Sister City Relationship, Oct. 19

October 19, 2016

Films from Japan Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / ‘Shin Godzilla’ playing in North American theaters Oct. 11-18

October 18, 2016

10 Japanese Gardens Garden - Descanso Gardens Japanese Garden Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Descanso Gardens celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Japanese Garden with this family-friendly festival, Oct. 15-16

October 15, 2016

05 Price Collection Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo A Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal

2016 / World renown Japanese art “Price Collection” exhibition at Little Tokyo JACCC, Sep. 18 – Oct. 16

October 15, 2016

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Little Tokyo Community Music and Dance - Traditional

2016 / Cello Recital to Support Children’s Orchestra in Fukushima, Japan, Oct 15 at Azusa Pacific University

October 15, 2016

50 Hiroe Sekine Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Little Tokyo Community Music and Dance - Traditional

2016 / Hiroe Sekine, Jazz Pianist/Composer, to Appear at LACMA Jazz Series Concert, Friday, Oct. 14

October 14, 2016

10 Frederik Schodt 92 Japan - World Relations Little Tokyo Community

2016 / San Francisco author Frederik Schodt receives lifetime achievement award from Amsterdam because his book on Japan, Oct. 11

October 11, 2016

REDCAT Butoh

71 Butoh Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Music and Dance - Traditional REDCAT by CalArts

2016 / Los Angeles Downtown’s REDCAT to present Japan’s Butoh stage, Oct. 7, 8, 9

October 9, 2016

Little Tokyo A Nikkei Legacy- LA

2016 / Los Angeles Nisi Betsuin to host seminar and lunch with Rev. Masao Kodani, Oct. 8

October 8, 2016

Garden - Descanso Gardens Japanese Garden Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Descanso Gardens Executive Director David R. Brown announces retirement: Gardens’ Trustees begin successor national search

October 6, 2016

Germany Films - Japan Theme Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Goethe Institut to presents German feature films by Doris Dörrie with focus on Japan, Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 5

October 5, 2016

5101 Taiko from Japan Arizona - Japanese Topics Class & Workshop Kojima Chieko Koshio Ken in Phoenix Taiko Community 2010-2017

2016 / Japan’s famous taiko artist and dancer to provide workshops in Arizona, Sept. 28, Oct. 3, 4

October 4, 2016

Class & Workshop Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Japan Foundation invites Japanese language learners to chat meeting, Oct. 4

October 4, 2016

10 East Asian Garden Lecture Series 39 Chinese Paintings Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Woodblock Prints

2016 / Huntington Library East Asian Garden Lecture Series: “Chinese Woodblock Prints of the Late Ming and Qing Periods” by June Li, Oct. 3

October 3, 2016

50 Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Japanese Topics - LA 2028 UCLA Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies

2016 / UCLA screening Oct. 3: Documentary on anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo in 2011, Talk by filmmaker in person

October 3, 2016