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SUMMARY:Japanese Fall Festival
DESCRIPTION:Free\, open to the public! \nJapan Society of Fairfield County family-friendly fall festival\, featuring taiko drum performances\, Japanese folktale play – Bamboo cutter\, martial arts\, ikebana flower arranging\, calligraphy\, J-pop dance\, traditional Obon dancing\, and Japanese-related activities. Saturday 9/19\, raindate 9/20. Japanese Marketplace will open at 12:30. Performances 1pm-4pm \nLocation: Jesup Green\, Westport\, CT
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SUMMARY:The Art of Gaman with Nancy Beck (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, May 22\, 2025 at 6:30 PM there will be a presentation about Arts & Crafts of Japanese Americans Incarcerated during WWII. This virtual talk will be given by the Essex Library Association only on Zoom. It will be presented remotely by Nancy Beck\, Secretary/Treasurer of the Japan Society of Fairfield County. For details and to register\, go to: \nhttps://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=1314&EventID=555301&PK= \nDuring World War II\, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120\,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps\, mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens. \nFor her presentation Nancy will show pictures of objects made in the camps. She will also show footage from the 2011 documentary\, Art of Gaman\, in which Delphine Hirasuna\, author of the book “Art of Gaman”\, discusses the history of the camps\, and the Japanese word gaman\, meaning “enduring what seems unbearable with dignity and grace.” \nNancy is a third-generation Japanese American (sansei). Her mother and many other relatives were incarcerated during World War II because of their Japanese ethnicity.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-art-of-gaman-with-nancy-beck-virtual/
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SUMMARY:Japan Society of Fairfield County Cherry Blossom Picnic
DESCRIPTION:JSFC is cosponsoring a Cherry Blossom Picnic with ASCENDCTW at Mill River Park in Stamford\, on Sunday\, April 13 from 12 to 2:30pm. ASCEND CTW is the CT/Westchester chapter of Ascend\, the largest non-profit Pan-Asian membership organization for business professionals in North America. We have rented the area outlined in red in the bird’s eye view of the park.(The location in the park is different from last year). This event and the park are open to all. Ascend will provide picnic food for their members. JSFC and our guests are welcome to eat at their table for $20 per person; if you wish to do that\, please use this registration link www.ascendctw.org/cherry-blossom-picnic-april  (“Member” on the registration page refers to ASCEND member\, so chose “Non-member” there) Alternatively\, JSFC members and guests can BYO picnic. JSFC Corporate supporter Maruichi Select Japanese market has a selection of takeout bento at 191 Summer St\, one block away from the park\, so you may wish to buy your lunch there\, or at their other location at 1980 W Main St\, Shop Rite Plaza. In that case you need not register\, but we’d appreciate it if you email info@japansocietyfc.org to let us know you are coming. \nAfter lunch\, children and parents can enjoy a carousel ride inside the park\, on the opposite side of our picnic site (across the river). Feel free to bring blankets\, lawn chairs etc.  You can park free on the street\, or in the nearby Target Mall\, UConn parking lot. \nMr. Nori Ishikawa played shakuhachi at the 2024 picnic\, and is coming again this year. He teaches Blues Harmonica\, Drums\, Saxophone and Shakuhachi in English or Japanese. You can read about about his Aun Music School HERE.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/japan-society-of-fairfield-county-cherry-blosson-picnic/
LOCATION:Mill River Park\, 1050 Washington Blvd\, Stamford\, CT\, United States
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