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Upcoming Events

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  EXHIBITION

  Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics

  Friday, March 6 — Sunday, June 14

  Boro (“rags” or “tatters”) are patchwork textiles hand-pieced by peasants in Tohoku. This expansive exhibition rediscovers this traditional handcraft, its history of survival and creative ingenuity, and its continued influence on creative practices today.
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  LANGUAGE CENTER EVENT

  Japanese Trial Lesson for Beginners

  Friday, April 3, 6:30 PM
  Monday, April 6, 12 PM
  Tuesday, April 21, 6:30 PM
  Tuesday, April 28, 12 PM

  Have you always wanted to learn Japanese, but were unsure where to start? Come for a Japanese Trial Lesson for Beginners, taught by Japanese instructors at the Language Center. These lessons are meant for persons with no previous knowledge of Japanese.
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  WORKSHOP

  Visible Mending with Christina Kim

  Saturday, April 4, 10:30 AM

   
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  FAMILY

  Creative Play (ages 3-5)

  Sunday, April 5, 1 PM

  Play, sing, dance and create! Explore Japanese culture and customs with a master storyteller and artist in interactive classes with seasonal themes.
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  FAMILY

  Family Workshops (ages 6-10)

  Sunday, April 5, 2:30 PM

  Immerse yourself in the many aspects of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture through uniquely themed visual art and performance workshops led by teaching artists.
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  TALK

  Painting Edo: Early Modern Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection

  Tuesday, April 7, 6:30 PM

   
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  FILM SERIES

  Aim for the Best: Sports in Japanese Cinema

  Friday, April 10 — Saturday, April 25

  A 12-film series celebrating the Japanese sports film from wartime Japan to the present, including classics, documentaries, anime and commercial crowd-pleasers.
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  WORKSHOP

  Crash Course for Travelers to Japan

  Friday, April 10, 6 PM
  Friday, April 24, 6 PM

  This crash course for travelers offers a quick introduction to the Japanese language as well as Japanese customs, which can be very helpful for first-time or even veteran travelers to Japan.
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  FILM

  Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t

  Friday, April 10, 7 PM

  A light-hearted comedy from Masayuki Suo (Shall We Dance?) about a ragtag group of reluctant misfits who eventually find their self-worth by resurrecting a nearly defunct university sumo club.
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  FILM

  Sanshiro Sugata

  Saturday, April 11, 2 PM

  Akira Kurosawa’s first film as a director, based on a novel about one of judo’s earliest disciples—a fascinating debut that showcases the great filmmaker’s thematic interests and stylistic trademarks despite wartime censorship.
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