[ May 3, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 3
7:00 PM
CaChaCa Jazz Club - 35 W. 8th Street, New York, NY

Misha Tsiganov (P) Bob Bowen (B) Doug Richardson (Dr) Taeko Fukao (Vo).  There is a $10 music charge and $10 minimum.

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[ May 7, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Wednesday, May 7
6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Nippon Club, 145 West 57th St, New York, NY

Enjoy the opportunity to network and exchange buseness cards over cocktails while Dr. Napier, professor of Japanese Literature at Tufts University introduces themes from her recent book “From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of [...]

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[ May 5, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]

Monday, May 5
6:30 PM
Japan Society - 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY

The currency of made-in-Japan cultural goods has skyrocketed in the global marketplace during the past decade.  Drawing on popular examples from Pokémon to Sailor Moon, Anne Allison speaks about the popularity of Japanese goods today and the relationship to the cultural and historical [...]

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[ June 1, 2008; ]

Sunday, June 1

Part 1: Japan Run 4-Mile Race at 8 am (Kids’ Run at 9:30 am)
The race is sponsored by New York Road Runners and limited to the first 3,000 entrants.  To register, go to www.japandaynyc.org and click “Japan Run.”

Part 2: Japan Day Festival from 10 am to 6 pm
East Meadow in Central Park
Main Entrance [...]

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[ May 9, 2008 12:00 pm to May 10, 2008 6:00 pm. ]

Saturday, May 10
12 pm - 6 pm

at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues

Enjoy live music and dance, martial arts, children’s activities, arts and crafts and over one hundred participating organizations. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival is the largest pan-asian outdoor event on the East Coast.

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[ April 23, 2008 to May 5, 2008. ] The Nippon Gallery will exhibit the work of Japanese paper cutout artist Shu Kobo from April 23 to May 5, 2008. Mr. Kubo is well regarded in Japan’s contemporary art scene and his work has appeared on postage stamps and on New Year’s greeting cards in Japan.

Kubo creates the paper cutouts using handmade Japanese washi [...]

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[ April 24, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, April 24, 6:00 PM
Japas 38 Karaoke Pub, 9 East 38th St (btw. 5th and Madison)

Once again our monthly happy hour is approaching, yay!

JETAANY happy hour is a great way to relieve some of that work/school/whatever stress over a drink and chat with fellow JET alums and FOJ’s.  This month’s happy hour will be held [...]

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[ April 18, 2008 to May 31, 2008. ] From ChelseaArtGalleries.com:
In touch me, Yoko Ono will present an interactive painting, film, conceptual photography and sculptures that comment on different facets of the female experience, calling upon the viewers to make direct and deeply personal connections. Ono’s first New York exhibition since Odyssey of a Cockroach at Deitch Projects in 2003, touch me affords the [...]

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[ April 12, 2008; 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Saturday, April 12
12:00 - 5:30 PM
Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY

This symposium will feature graduate students (including one of our very own JET alums!) exploring the connections between Japanese and American visual cultures in conjuction with MURAKAMI and Utagawa: Master of the Japanese Print, two exhibitions on display at the museum. This is [...]

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[ April 17, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Date: Thursday, April 17
Time: 7 PM
Place: Satsko, 245 Eldridge Street (btw. Houston and Stanton)
Cost: JETs $15 / Friends of JETs $35

Thinking to be a Sake Connoisseur? Or want to get warmed up for the hanami season? Here is an event for you! It includes a tasting of six types of sake and also some yummy [...]

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