November 2019 Events Calendar 2019/10/25 Calendar November 2019 February 22 – December 8 Indiana ”Step into the Seasons of Japan” Exhibit at Indianapolis Museum of Art April 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Indiana ”Fashion Redefined: Miyake, Kawakubo, Yamamoto” Exhibit at Indianapolis Museum of Art May 10 – November 17 Indiana ”Nihonto: The Samurai Sword” Exhibit at Indianapolis Museum of Art July 19 – November 17 Indiana ”47 Ronin: A Tale of Honor and Loyalty” Exhibit at Indianapolis Museum of Art October 2 – April 12, 2020 Nebraska ”The Story Quilts of Rumi O’Brien” exhibit at International Quilt Museum October 2 – December 14, 2020 Illinois ”Tetsuya Ishida: Portrait of Other” exhibit at Wrightwood 659 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Illinois November 1-3: Chicago International Tea Festival Illinois November 1: Ancient Manga – Stories by the Foot workshop at Wrightwood 659 Illinois November 1: JCCC Fall Networking Event Illinois November 1-10: Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (featuring four Japanese films) Iowa November 1: Japanese Culture Festival at Iowa City Public Library 2 Illinois November 2: Intro to Shodo at JCC Minnesota November 2: JASM Mondale Gala Minnesota November 2: JASM Japanese Speaking Club Meeting Nebraska November 2 – April 12: “The Story Quilts of Rumi O’Brien” exhibit at International Quilt Museum 3 Illinois November 3: YUIDEN Okinawan Cultural Performance Celebration at New Trier High School Illinois November 3-4: Ikebana International Chicago Chapter’s 60th Anniversary Celebration Minnesota November 3: Japanese violist Nobuki Imai in concert with Chamber Music Society of Minnesota 4 Illinois November 4: Chicago Council on Global Affairs Symposium – China’s Rise and the US-Japan Alliance 5 6 Missouri November 6: JASSTL 2019 Annual Dinner and Meeting 7 Illinois November 7: “Woodblock as Mirror – Self-portraits in Japanese Prints” with JASC 8 Indiana November 8: National Conference on US-Japan Relations (open to the public) at University of Indiana 9 Illinois November 9: JASC’s Annual Holiday Delight Minnesota November 9: JASM Japanese Speaking Club Meeting 10 Illinois November 10: JCCC Bowling Taikai 11 Minnesota November 11: JASM Nihonjin-kai Pot Luck 12 Nationwide November 12: Subtitled Screenings of Japanese Film “Konosuba” in select theatres nationwide 13 14 Nationwide November 14: Subtitled Screenings of Japanese Film “Konosuba” in select theatres nationwide Illinois November 14: “Asian Americans and Environmental Justice” hosted by JASC 15 Illinois November 15: Tsukasa Taiko performs at the opening of Uniqlo on State Street in Chicago 16 Illinois November 16: Japanese Tea Ceremony at Japan House, UIUC Illinois November 16: Tsukasa Taiko perform at MSI’s Christmas around the World Minnesota November 16: JASM Japanese Speaking Club Meeting 17 Nationwide November 17: Dubbed Screenings of Japanese Film “Princess Mononoke” at select theatres nationwide 18 Nationwide November 18: Subtitled Screenings of Japanese Film “Princess Mononoke” at select theatres nationwide 19 20 21 22 Indiana November 22: Japanese Violinist Shoji Tabuchi performance in Shipshewana 23 Minnesota November 23: JASM Japanese Speaking Club Meeting 24 25 26 27 28 Illinois November 28: Tsukasa Taiko perform at Thanksgiving Parade 29 30 Minnesota November 30: JASM Japanese Speaking Club Meeting