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● September 19-October 17: Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibit @ JIC

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October 1: Center for Global Partnership Grant Program – Grassroots Exchange and Education (deadline for concept papers)

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October 3: Registration for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) [deadline]
● October 3-29: Nagisa Oshima: His Will on Film" Film Series @ Gene Siskel Film Center
● October 3: Musical Soiree: Soprano & Piano Song & Chopin" dual recital by pianist Kanae Tsuruga and Kaori Williams in Palatine, IL
● October 3: Justin Nozuka Concert @ City Winery in Chicago, IL
● October 3-5: Maneko Neko Con @ Matteson Community Center in Matteson, IL

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●October 4-5: Omaha Japanese Ambience Festival
●October 4: Kimono Show by Omaha Sister Cities International
● October 4: "Ichi-go Ichi-e, a Sake Dinner" @ Ani Restaurant with Japan House (Univ. of IL Urbana-Champaign)

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● October 5: Moon Concert by NCJAA @ Emily Oak Nature Center in Skokie, IL

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● October 8: "Cooking Workshop: Japanese Soup Stock, Umami, and Shinjo" @ Japan House (Univ. of IL Urbana-Champaign)

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● October 9: "Learning to Lead: Lessons Learned from Japan" with the Japan America Society of Chicago
● October 9: Tea and Talk Lecture: The Rage of the Returned Soldier in Wartime Japan" @ Univ. of KS

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October 10: Institutional Project Support – Small Grant Program (deadline)
● October 10: 50th Annual Chicago International Film Festival - Words With Gods

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● October 11: Greater Kansas City Japan Festival
● October 11: Japanese Culture Center of Chicago Open House
● October 11 & 20: 50th Annual Chicago International Film Festival - The World of Kanako
● October 11-January 4: Ghosts and Demons in Japanese Prints @ The Art Institute of Chicago

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● October 12: Cheering Section for Chicago Marathon with Chicago Sister Cities International

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● October 14: JET Promotion in Iowa

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● October 15: JET Promotion in Iowa
● October 15: Tokyo Type Director's Club Exhibition with the Japan America Society of Minnesota

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● October 16: North American Japanese Garden Association International Conference @ Chicago Botanic Garden

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● October 17: 84th Anniversary Concert @ Nichols Concert Hall by the Japan America Society of Chicago
● October 17: "Dam Close: Water Mediations and Productions of Harmony in Japan's Kiso Valley" @ Indiana University
● October 17-19: Anime Fusion @ Ramada Mall of America in Bloomington, MN

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● October 18: Anime DeMoii with the Japan America Society of Iowa

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● October 23: Beyond the Kimono: Japanese High Fashion from Hanae Mori to Comme des Garcons" with the Japan America Society of Chicago
● October 23: Strings and Serpents" @ PianoForte in Chicago, IL

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● October 24-25: Ryoji Ikeda Superposition @ Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN
● October 24-26: Four Japanese ice skaters @ 2014 Skate America in Chicago, IL

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● October 25: Fall Open House @ Japan House (Univ. of IL Urbana-Champaign)
●● October 25: Anime Getaway in Collinsville, IL/St. Louis, MO

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October 27: Performing Arts Japan (deadline)
● October 27: 40th Anniversary of Suwa-St. Louis Sister City relations

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● October 28: "Precarious Japan" with the Japan America Society of Chicago

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● October 29: Osaka Monaurail in Minneapolis, MN

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●October 31-November 2: Anime NebrasKon @ Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Omaha, NE
● October 31-November 2: Meta Con @ Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, MN

● November 1: Walter Mondale Dinner with the Japan America Society of MN

 

 

 

 

    

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