Inquiries &
Resources
 
 
 
Events Calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Go to April May  2014 Go to June

Color Key

    ●IL        ●IN        ●MN        ●WI        ●IA        ●KS        ●NE        ●MO        ●ND        ●SD
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Throughout May: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

1

●May 1: Opening of Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL

2

●May 2: Japan Festival @ Wichita State

●May 2: Workshop with Nobuku Toyosawa @ Univ. of Chicago

●May 2: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration with Tsukasa Taiko @ Univ. of Chicago’s Assembly Hall

3

4

5

6

7

●May 7: Tohoku Tomo film screening in Schaumburg, IL

8

●May 8- June 8: M. Butterfly @ Court Theatre, Chicago, IL

●May 8: “Runaway Woman/Pirate Queen: Life on the Margins of the Japanese Empire” talk @ Univ. of Chicago

9

●May 9 - June 21: Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers @ Andrew Bae Gallery in Chicago, IL

10

●●May 10: The Kizuna Project @ Olathe South H.S. Theatre, Olathe, KS

●May 10: "Around the World in One Night" with Yoko Reikano Kimura on koto @ McKinley Presbyterian Church in Champaign, IL

11

12

13

14

15

16

●May 16-18: Anime Central @ Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, IL

●●May 16-18: Japanese martial arts, taiko, and dancing @ Scouting 500 event in Kansas City, MO/KS

●May 16-29: The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyzaki @ Gene Siskel Film Center

17

18

●May 18: Fort Wayne Cherry Blossom Festival

●May 18: A Celebration of Japanese Culture @ Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, MO

19

20

21

22

●May 22: Japan America Society of Indiana Annual Gala @ Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis, IN

23

24

25

●May 25: Jellyfish Eyes lecture and film screening by Takashi Murakami @ MCA Chicago

●May 25: "Spring Concert" with the New Chicago Japanese American Organization

26

27

May 27 (Deadline): MEXT Scholarships

●●May 27: General Meeting: Yayoi Shinoda, Travel in Japan @ Loose Park in Kansas City, MO/KS with the Heart of America Japan America Society

28

29

30

31

May 31 (Deadline): Eighth International MANGA Award

●May 31: 12th Annual "CelebrAsian" Asian Heritage Festival @ Des Moines, IA

 

 

          

The Chicago Consulate represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.