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See the events calendar of the

●Japanese Culture Center,

●Japanese American Services Committee,

●Anderson Japanese Gardens,

your local Japan America Society and more to learn about more upcoming events!

**Throughout May: Asian Pacific Heritage Month**

 

The following art exhibitions will end soon:

●●Flowers to Frost: Four Seasons in East Asian Art

●Gifts of Japanese and Korean Art from the Mary Griggs Burke Collection

●Japan's Great Female Poets

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●May 3: In the Garden of the Phoenix: The Shoji Osato Story with the Japanese American Services Committee of Chicago & Chicago Japanese American Historical Society

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●May 4: I AM MONK Movie Screening with Asian Pop-Up Cinema & Japan America Society of Chicago

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●May 5: “New for Three Centuries: Japanese Woodcuts in the Chazen’s Collection with the Univ. of WI-Madison
●May 5 & May 26: Yakitori Boogytori Social with the Young Professionals Committee of the Japan America Society of Chicago

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●May 6 – 8: AniMinneapolis in Minneapolis, MN

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●●May 7: Midwest Tea Festival with the Heart of America Japan America Society
●May 7: Children’s Day @ Japan House, Univ of IL. Urbana-Champaign
●May 7: Opening Celebration @ Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL
●May 7: Dou kyu sei anime screening @ The Music Box Theatre, Chicago

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●May 9: Gallery Week @ Japan House, Univ. of IL. Urbana-Champaign

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●May 11: Corporate Roundtable feat. Steve Dickinson, attorney for Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. with the Japan America Society of Minnesota

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●May 13-15: Anime St. Louis in St. Charles, MO

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May 14: Kansas City Japanese School Benefit Sale with the Heart of America Japan America Society
●May 14: “Coasters for a Cause” Six Flags Great America benefit for the Japanese American Service Committee
●May 14: Japanese Appetizers cooking class with the Japanese American Services Committee
●May 14: World Bonsai Day @ Chicago Botanic Garden

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●May 15: Cherry Blossom Festival in Fort Wayne, IN

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●May 17: Asian American Action Day at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, IL
●May 17 & May 21: Harmony anime screening @ The Music Box Theatre, Chicago

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●May 19: “Nichibei Lecture Series” feat. Dr. Rochus K. Voeller, MD with the Japan America Society of Minnesota
●May 19: Duo YUMENO Concert with the New Chicago Japanese American Association and supported by the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School

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●May 20-22: Anime Central

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●May 21 & 22: Malott Japanese Garden Children’s Festival at the Chicago Botanic Garden
●May 21 & 22: Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Bonsai Exhibition
●May 21 & 22: Skokie Festival of Cultures

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●●May 24: “May General Meeting: Jan Kennedy, Transformed Images: Christian Art in Japan during the Momoyama and Edo Periods” with the Heart of America Japan America Society

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●May 28: Free Haiku Workshop with William Seiyo Shehan at Japanese Culture Center

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