Japanese Conversation Table - Thursday, November 11, 2021

JASC 日本語でお話会

開催日：毎月第２木曜日

開催時間：午後2:00から3:30まで

参加費：１人/１回5ドル



日本語で交流したい方へのお知らせです。（日本語の会話クラスではありません。）

コロナ・パンデミックで過去1年以上ズームで続けてきた日本語のお話会ですが、州や市の拘束解除に伴って、今までどおりJASCで 開催できることになりました。

普段あまりほかの方との交流のない方、一人でお住まいの方、思いっきり日本語でおしゃべりしてみませんか？楽しい話題や暮らしのアイデアを分け合い、ちょっとした悩みや不安など、皆で話し合えば解決法がでてくるかも知れません。いろいろなことを日本語で話し合い、英語社会で溜まったストレスを解消しましょう。

このプログラムに興味のある方、参加したいと思われる方は、Eメールで川口ケイ[email protected]電話：773-275-0097内線226, までご連絡ください。

Date: Monthly, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Cost: $5 per person, per session

For native-level Japanese speakers to connect and socialize with others. Please note that this is not a Japanese language class.

Following the Covid-19 guidelines for the city and state, we are now resuming in-person gatherings at JASC for our Conversation Table.

JASC's Conversation Table welcomes everyone to share their experiences, ideas, and stories through social interaction, and also an opportunity to expand their social networks with others in the local community.

If you would like to participate, please contact Kay Kawaguchi at [email protected] or please call and leave a message to Kay Kawaguchi to RSVP 773-275-0097 x 226.



JASC is located at 4427 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL

Chicago Northside

Origami Group

There is a $5 fee per folder to be paid each time, and children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult (no charge for non-folding adults). Please bring paper for folding, and any models or books you would like to share.

All skill levels welcome!

For more information, please contact:

June Yamasaki, [email protected]

Our meeting dates for 2021 are as follows:

November 20

December 18

Please note, masks are required in all public areas of JASC.

2022 Winter session starts January 17, 2022

The Donguri 2022 Winter session starts from the week of January 17, 2022. The Winter session goes on for 10 weeks. 

The winter registration will open in December. Please check the JASC Donguri Kai page for more information.

2022 Session Schedule:

Registration open:

December 1, 2021

Registration close:

January 17, 2022

Winter (10wks):

January 17, 2022 – March 28, 2022 

HELP MIDWEST BUDDHIST TEMPLE FILL THE GAP!

MBT has launched an important fundraising campaign FILL THE GAP. On their website, MBT will share information about how they have been coping with the pandemic. While the long-term financial state of MBT remains strong - we never-the- less have a "gap' in our near-term budgets. Their message is simple: 

Ginza Holiday represents 1/3 of our annual operating budget

BUT we've had to cancel Ginza in both 2020 and 2021!

Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) Events Calendar

Stay up to date on Chicago Japanese and Japanese American community events! This calendar will be a central place where people can see events by CJAC member organizations, and other Japanese and Japanese American community and cultural events. Visit the calendar at bit.ly/ChicagoJJACalendar

TRI-C is looking for some help!

Part-Time Administrative Assistant

Job Summary: The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for Church Office tasks which include preparing the Weekly Sunday Bulletin, mail, phone, Email, correspondence, maintain records, documents, Calendar, Passage (newsletter), mailings, ordering office supplies, special service and events, etc. Will work with Pastor, Church leadership and volunteers.

Availability: Hours will vary, 5-7 hours weekly with hybrid home and office, as needed

Required skills:

• Good communication skills
• Proficient computer skills
• Self-directed

Interested persons can email: [email protected]

Christ Church of Chicago is an Opening and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ.

6047 N Rockwell, Chicago

Okaeri 2021 Virtual Conference

November 12-14^th online

Our friends over at Okaeri LA are bringing their biannual conference to the virtual space this year! With 24 workshops and a guest appearance from Gia Gunn, Okaeri LA’s mission is to create visibility, compassionate spaces, and transformation for LGBTQ+ Nikkei and our families by sharing personal stories and providing culturally-rooted support, education, community-building and advocacy. Three workshops will be held in Japanese. The registration link is available at: https://www.okaeri-losangeles.org/conference We hope to see you there! 

AIRMW and Arts + Public Life presents:

SUDDEN IMPACT:

KIOTO AOKI

Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 7:00 PM

Limited in-person audience |

Free Admission

Ticket Registration

Green Line

Performing Arts Center

329 E Garfield Blvd,

Chicago, IL 60637

Livestream on stream.airmw.org

AIRMW and Arts + Public Life present the inaugural performance of the Sudden Impact Series 2021 at Green Line Performing Arts Center, featuring Kioto Aoki on October 28th at 7 pm. Tatsu Aoki brings together this series to facilitate catalytic events, providing a substratum for Chicago’s musical artists to explore and musically experiment. Streaming and limited in-person audience event. 

Kioto Aoki is an artist, educator and musician descending from the Toyoakimoto performing arts family in Tokyo, with roots dating back to the Edo period. Studying under her Tokyo-born father, Kioto is carrying on the artistic family lineage in Chicago playing taiko, shamisen and tsuzumi. Kioto plays in both traditional and contemporary musical contexts and is active within the experimental and creative music communities in Chicago and the Bay Area. She also leads the National Gintenkai Project – the performance unit within Tsukasa Taiko, the Japanese drumming program at Asian Improv aRts Midwest.

Musical projects include Yoko Ono's SKYLANDING, Tatsu Aoki's The MIYUMI Project, The Reduction Ensemble, and the Taiko Legacy / Reduction series at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and a solo album released this year, No Traffic in Space. Kioto is also a multi-year Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program Awardee from the Illinois Arts Council

2021 Bridge Dance Festival

Curated By Yoshinojo Fujima

Friday, November 12-Saturday, November 13, 2021 | 7:00 PM

Streaming Event from Links Hall

Nov 12 Tickets 

Nov 13 Tickets 

Identity, aesthetics, and expression. Bridge Dance Festival Curator Fujima Yoshinojo (Rika Lin) invites dancers who manifest a connection to their Asian heritage. This year, the artists present digital pieces reflecting on their journey through the pandemic; as we exist in nature’s world, there is a reaction and a response.

The artists of the

2021 Bridge Dance Festival include:

The Yuko Takahashi Dance Company (Sendai, Japan)

Marina Fukushima

(San Francisco, CA)

Ray Nakazawa

(Tsu City, Japan)

Pranita Nayar and Ashwaty Chennat

(Chicago, IL)

The individual is in a continuous flux. The fluid, dynamic state of being that is shaped by variable experiences within the environment is surrounded by culture and aesthetics. This is presented in a visible, observable release and transference known as “dance.” The Bridge…is the individual.

Youtube Livestream Link will be sent with Ticket Receipt.

Grandmaster Fujima Shunojo presents an exploration in gender presentation within Japanese Classical Dance. A new choreographic piece, “Trans-figure-ation”, based on the love-suicide play Umegawa Chubei, by Chikamatsu Monzaemon.

In collaboration with Ozashiki shamisen player Toyoaki Sanjuro and Grandmaster Fujima Yoshinojo.

A Streamed Performance and Panel Discussion

Nov. 14, 2021 7pm Streamed from High Concept Labs

The MIYUMI Project at

Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 7:30 PM CT

$30 Premier Seat | $20 Cabaret Seat | $15 GA Seated | $12 GA Standing

*All tickets have additional processing fees.

Tickets Available

The MIYUMI Project will be performing live in Arlington Heights! Grab your tickets today to see the current roster of Tatsu Aoki’s MIYUMI Project including creative musicians Mwata Bowden, Coco Elysses, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Jamie Kempkers, and Kioto Aoki.