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FEB.5-19 |
TOKIO CONFIDENTIAL
Atlantic Theater Stage 2
330 W. 16th Street New York Japan. 1879. Isabella Archer, a young American war widow crosses an ocean in search of a lost love-and is about to cross a line from which she can never return. It’s a journey across the boundaries between pleasure and pain, art and artifice, the secrets of the flesh and the sins of the heart. When Isabella falls in love with a renowned Japanese tattoo artist, she enters a world of extreme beauty, becoming an object of unexpected desire-in a realm of unspeakable danger. (Show is in English only)
Admission:$45 Ticket Available at:www.ticketcentral.com or 212-279-4200 WEB:www.tokioconfidential.com |
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February 26 |
Visa Voices: international student showcase
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway (entrance on Chambers Street), New York Twice annually, students in Dance New Amsterdam’s International Student Visa Program are invited to show their original choreography at Visa Voices. This spring we are excited to have several students from Japan showing work including Masanori Asahara, Ayaka Habata, Kashimi Asai, Ryoji Sasamoto, and Suiso Ogawa. We also have special guest choreographer Makiko Tamura of small apple co. choreographing a piece specially commissioned by DNA and open to any of our international students who wish to perform. In addition, we are pleased to have alumni artists Mika Yanagihara and Akiko Tomikawa who, along with two other dancers will be performing in a piece that was choreographed by three of our faculty members and is currently touring in Japan. Akiko will also be showing a duet of her own choreography.
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March 11 |
Silhouette Theatre TSUNOBUE presents "Princess Kaguya"
Kodomonokuni Kindergarten
252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, NY Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japan’s gift of cherry blossoms to New York City and commemorate
the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake/tsunami disaster,
Shadow Puppet Theatre TSUNOBUE will present Princess of Kaguya.
TSUNOBUE is going to share this ancient, uplifting and heartwarming tale of love, hope, loss and a touch of magic
to show a sense of appreciation to Americans for praying for and supporting Japan and Japanese citizens.
Admission:$10 adult/$5 child/Free under 2 more info.:www.tsunobue.co.jp |
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FEB. 10 - 12
9:30-19:00 (Feb. 12th: till 6:00pm)
Media Preview:
FEB. 9th
17:00 - 20:00
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"Future Tradition WAO"
Capsule Studio
873 Broadway # 204 New York, NY 10003-1235 This exhibition will signify the merging of New World and Old World methods to include "future tradition" products created through collaboration with well-known designers, producers and leading brands. The project represents a new world of Japanese craftsmanship and a movement to introduce the arts and crafts of the 21st century.
Admission: Free Inquiry : Future Tradition WAO US Press Contacts: Karen Brooking, BDE:Karen@bdeonline.biz / Emily Levin, BDE: Emily@bdeonline.biz WEB:http://cooljapan-wao.com/ |
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Storytelling in Japanese Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) New York Japan has a long and rich history of pairing narrative texts with elaborate illustrations-a tradition that continues to this day with manga and other popular forms of animation. Featuring more than sixty works of art in a range of mediums and formats, this exhibition invites you to explore myriad subjects that have preoccupied the Japanese imagination for centuries-Buddhist and Shinto miracle tales; the romantic adventures of legendary heroes and their feats at times of war; animals and fantastical creatures that cavort within the human realm; and the ghoulish antics of ghosts and monsters.
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January 6 - February 11 |
Date Painting(s) in New York and 136 Other Cities by On Kawara
David Zwirner Gellery
525 West 19th Street, NYC For over four decades, On Kawara has created paintings, drawings, books, and recordings that examine
chronological time and its function as a measure of human existence. The artist began making his now signature
date paintings in 1966 in New York City, and continues to make them in different parts of the world. Following the
same basic procedure and format, each of these works is carefully executed by hand with the date documented
in the language and grammatical conventions of the country in which it is made (Esperanto is used when the
first language of a given country does not use the Roman alphabet). The artist has created a version of the sans
serif typeface, which he uses to meticulously paint the letters and numbers in white on a monochrome surface.
Each painting, when not on display, is encased in a cardboard box handmade by the artist. On certain days,
a newspaper clipping from the city in which the painting is executed is selected and used to line the interior
of the box.
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January 15 - March 5 |
COLOR-TEXTURE-LIGHT
Exciting & Innovative New Works
The Great Neck Arts Center
113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck, NY The Great Neck Arts Center presents exhibitions of art works by accomplished New York, National and International contemporary artists, as well as special exhibits originating from the collections of notable galleries and museums worldwide.
The gallery focuses on three Japanese artists; Cato Friend, Kei Hirano and Sho-ichiro Matsuoka from January to March. Please don't miss this opportunity to meet these extraordinary artists and learn about their jaw-dropping works!
More Info.:Georgia Vahue -
georgia@greatneckarts.org or 516.829.2570
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Jan.21-Feb.3 |
STOCK BOX by Hideto Imai
Onishi Gallery
521 West 26th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues) Onishi Gallery is proud to present Hideto Imai in a solo show, Stock Box. This exhibition’s theme, “Stock Box,” was born from the experience of the recent earthquake in Japan. Since the earthquake, Imai has increasingly felt the importance of “daily life.” He recognizes the significance of obtaining “things” and “food” in everyday life. Today we are surrounded by all our necessities and subsequently lose a sense of striving to obtain them.
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Jan.27 - Feb.11 |
Michele Kong + Yosuke Ito Exhibition - Circulation
M55 Art
44-02 23rd Street Long Island City, NY This two-person show creates a dialogue and exchange of ideas
between artists Michele Kong (NY) and Yosuke Ito (Tokyo).
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Feb.2-March 10 |
Painting Flowers Through Photography by Takashi Tomo-oka
Ippodo Gallery New York
521 West 26th St. NYC Ippodo Gallery NY is delighted to announce that from February 2, 2012 it will
host the very first overseas exhibition of a Kyoto born photographer, Takashi Tomo-oka, who specializes in
creating beautiful pictures of flowers and trees that resemble paintings. These photographs of seasonal
plants have been printed on handmade Japanese paper, evoking the image of traditional paintings, and
twenty-five of these have been mounted in the form of contemporary hanging picture scrolls.
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Feb.3-25 |
Kiyoshi Otsuka exhibits new paintings
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A West 13th Street, New York "Commanding Gestures" curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos, is a
series of large abstract acrylic paintings created by Kiyoshi Otsuka
for the Tenri Gallery. The theme, Mizuumi, lake, continues Otsuka's
exploration of the element water. Water provides nourishment through
roots, and the intensity of roots energy is powerful. "The element of
water is evident in the liquid surfaces of his works as is the energy
with which he moves his brush."
Admission:free
WEB:www.tenri.org |
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- Presentation
February 13th, 2012 (Mon)
6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Showroom exhibition
February 14th (Tue) to 16th (Thu), 2012
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Leather Japan 2012
- Presentation
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
"The BOX" at the Lincoln Center - Showroom exhibition
NEXUS showroom (39 West 56th St. NY)
Brands, like "genten" run by KUIPO, who plans, products and sells handbags and total fashion goods will participate the event, "LEATHER JAPAN 2012" featuring the presentation during The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in February 2012 and will also showcase in a showroom in New York.
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February 10 - March 1 |
Midori Furuhashi Explores the Nature of Love at Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery
530 West 25th St, New York Midori Furuhashi, dives deep into Japanese artistic tradition to create her one-of-a-kind, dreamily updated visions of the sublime. Employing the ancient materials of handmade paper and pigment derived from metal, shell, and rock, Furuhashi recreates the delicate, radiant tracery of the best-known Japanese pen-and-ink painters, such as Katsushika Hokusai. However, her addition of a female figure intertwined with flowers, animals, and symbolic elements is unmistakably modern and irrepressibly imaginative, showing her vision beyond the confines of tradition.
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Feb. 15 - |
Poetic Pastimes
Japan and the Art of Leisure Newark Museum
49 Washington Street Newark, New Jersey Poetic Pastimes: Japan and the Art of Leisure brings to life the Japanese passion for play and it's long-held affinity with nature through more than 100 pieces of fine and decorative arts spanning the last two and a half centuries. The pursuit of pleasure and self-cultivation has been central to Japanese life and culture since the development of an aristocratic court life in the classical Heian period (794-1185). Leisure activity across social classes was elevated to a refined art form based on highly ritualized behavior and mediations on nature and the transition of seasons-the migration of birds, blossoming flowers and trees, autumn foliage under a harvest moon and brances laden with snow.
Admission:Adults: $10 / Children, Seniors & Students with Valid I.D.: $6 / Members: FREE (Suggested) WEB: www.newarkmuseum.org |
ONGOING |
Exhibition: "The Oriental Division"
The New York Public Library
NYC Information:(212)930-0716 |
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March 25, 2012 |
L'Arc~en~Ciel Live at Madison Square Garden Arena
Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza,
NYC 10001 L'Arc-~en~Ciel will perform live in the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. They will be the first Japanese band ever to headline a show at the Garden. This is part of their 2012 World Tour, which will also take them to London and Paris.
- Tickets are available at the Madison Square Garden web site: www.thegarden.com/events/2012/l-arc-en-ciel.html Price is $54-$99.50 - L'Arc website: http://www.larc-en-ciel.com/en/index2.html - Big Hassle website: http://bighassle.com/ inquiry: Steven Trachtenbroit at Big Hassle Media Tel: 212-619-1360 steven@bighassle.com |
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Nov. 5, 2011 8pm- |
Tokyo String Quartet Subscription
92nd Stree Y
1359 Lexington Avenue NY The Tokyo String Quartet begins a two-year salute to a modern master of the string quartet, Bela Bartok. Hear ground-breaking works by this great innovator alongside those by the "father"of the quartet, Franz Joseph Haydn.
WEB:www.92y.org/
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Feb. 18 |
Music From Japan North American Tour 2012
Merkin Concert hall at Kaufman Center
129 W 67th St, New York Pre-concert Lecture:
Japan's recovery lies in Iitate's spirit of "Madei" Speaker: Norio Kanno, Mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Resonances of the Kugo: Fuyuhiko Sasaki, kugo with Mayumi Miyata sho, Hitomi Nakamura hichiriki, Takeshi Sasamoto haisho Kyoko Kato, hokyo Wonjung Kim, soprano Commissioned Chamber Premieres: works by Chikage Imai, Noriko Koide, Jummei Suzuki, Toshiya Watanabe and Akiko Yamane
Special Benefit Tickets to support Iitate Village, Fukushima: www.musicfromjapan.org mfjrc@aol.com or 212-529-1888 Tickets: $20 Individual concetrt ticket, $35 Festival weekend pass To buy tickets: Merkin Concert Hall Box Office 212-501-3330 WEB:musicfromjapan.org/ kaufman-center.org/ |
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FEB.22 8:00 |
Mari Asakawa plays Elliot Carter
Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall
881 7th Ave New York Internationally renowned pianist, Mari Asakawa, brings a very special recital to Carnegie Hall. Praised by Ongakunotomo for playing "...with much fullness and maturity, reaching the core of the music and outlining the hidden richness of the work," Ms. Asakawa will perform her All Elliot Carter program, all from a single piano. Join Mari Asakawa as she honors the artist New York Times calls "the most respected and admired of American composers," and be a part of an unforgettable celebration of life and music.
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Feb.25 8:00- |
Hoichi the Earless: from 'Kwaidan' Ghost Story
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) New York The Japan Foundation is organizing a tour of the culturally unique production of Hoichi the Earless, which will feature a Biwa player Akiko Sakurai, a Butoh dancer Kumotaro Mukai from Dairakudakan, and a Saz (Baglama) player Kiyoshi Ohira. The group will perform the ghostly story of the same name, which first appeared in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek born Irish writer who later became a Japanese citizen.
Admission:$20 members; $22 seniors/students with ID; $25 nonmembers
Ticket Available at:asiasociety.org/ WEB:asiasociety.org/ |
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March 27 8:00PM
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Susumu Aoyagi (Piano) New York Debut Recital at Weill Recital Hall
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue, NYC Admission:$20 /$10 Students and Seniors
Ticket Available at:CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800, www.carnegiehall.org or Box Office at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and 7th Avenue WEB:www.carnegiehall.org/ |
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Feb.2 |
The Healthy Power of Tea
92nd Stree Y
1359 Lexington Avenue NY The medicinal benefits of tea are considered among the first herbal remedies, and have been examined for centuries.
Gain an understanding of the current research regarding tea's impact on cardiovascular, oral, bone, immune system and cognitive health and its role in disease risk reduction. Discover which vaieties should play a role in your personalized wellness plan.
WEB:www.92y.org/
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May 9 9am - 5pm |
LaGuardia Community College Asian Heritage Celebration 2012
LaGuardia Community College, the City University of New York
31-10 Thomson Avenue Long Island City, NY The Asian Heritage Planning Committee at LaGuardia Community College is committed to bringing together the diverse Asian and Asian American groups on campus. Our main campus event is the celebration of Asian Heritage Month during the month of May. A series of activities are planned to appreciate the vibrancy, honor, and accomplished careers of various Asian cultures. We are looking forward to providing the college with a wonderful array of educational, cultural and engaging programs that will heighten the awareness and contributions of Asian and Asian American groups in New York City.
Admission:Free WEB:www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ahc/ |
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