California State University, Long Beach will host an Asian tradition and contemporary creation performing arts program as part of the Noh mask exhibition “Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi.” The program featuring Noh performance and lecture by Japanese performer and the theatre academic Ryoko Aoki will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23,...
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University Art Museum / California State University Long Beach Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi January 25 – April 13, 2014 The human face and its expressive potential have inspired artists around the world for millennia. Arguably, Japan’s Noh theater provides an unparalleled domain for exploring emotion and representing the human countenance....
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The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in partnership with the Grateful Crane Ensemble presents musical skits of Japanese stories on Saturday, Jan 25 at 11 am and 1 pm at the JACCC’s Doizaki Gallery in Little Tokyo. Classic Japanese children’s stories such as “Saru to Kani” (“The Monkey and the Crab”), “Tsuru no...
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The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles starts the 2014 programs with the following events as parts of their New Year’s celebration: Performing Arts Kotohajime: The First Performance of the New Year Hatsu Kagami “First Mirror” Sunday, January 05, 1 pm The Aratani Japan America Theatre at the JACCC campus $20...
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Grammy Award Nominee, Hiroshima returns to Little Tokyo for its 10th “Spirit of the Season” concert on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30pm at the Aratani Japan America Theatre of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. The “Spirit of the Season” concert provides a unique and engaging program of holiday songs done Hiroshima-style, and the...
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“Home for the Holidays,” a holiday show featuring favorite songs of the season and a fond look back at Japanese American family gatherings, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 pm at the St. Francis Xavier Chapel Japanese Catholic Center (formerly known as Maryknoll) in downtown Los Angeles. Presented by the Grateful...
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Nagauta Shikinokai and Yamatogaku U.S.A. present a Kabuki music concert with shamisen master Kineya Katsuyukie from Japan on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 1:30 pm at Quiet Cannon (Salon Room), 901 Via San Cremente, Montebello, CA 90640. Tickets are $45. RSVP by Nov. 24. Call Kineya Yasoyo at (626) 872-1424, Kris Bergstrom at (310) 350-8825...
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Fresh and modern Japanese jazz group ai kuwabara trio project will perform a series of concerts in November, sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA). The band’s music is urban contemporary jazz with a strong, experimental feel and a flavor of funk. The band shows a regard for a wide-range of musical styles,...
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Senshin Buddhist Temple presents “Gamelan Pandan Arum: An Evening of Balinese Court Music” on November 9, at 6 pm. Tickets are $10. Gamalan Pandan Arum, based in Los Angeles, is the only group in America performing the repertoire of the gamelan Semara Pegulingan of Kamasan village in Bali, the last remaining link to a...
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L.A. Matsuri Taiko will present three taiko workshops by Mizuho Zako of Oedo Sukeroku Taiko in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 3 at Venice Japanese Community Center, located 12448 Braddock Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90066. Sunday, November 3 10:00-11:45 Session: Shime daiko for beginner/intermediate 13:00-14:45 Session: Shime daiko for intermediate/advanced 15:15-17:15 Session: Sukeroku Naname Style...
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Sold Out The18th Awaya-Kai Koto Concert Sunday, November 3, 2013, 2:00 pm James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance CA 90503 Tickets: General Admission, $25; At the Door, $30; Student (Under 18 years old), $20 Tickets are available at Sakuraya in Gardena at (310) 323-7117, Yoko Awaya in Gardena at (310) 329-5965, Hiromi...
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Sold Out Hongo Taiko School’s L.A. Matsuri Taiko and Venice Koshin Taiko present “One Sound Concert: Taiko Festival XII” on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 6:00 pm at Aratani /Japan America Theatre, 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Tickets are $20. For tickets, visit the website: http://jaccc.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=598629 “One Sound Concert” will...
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