February 2018 Calendar 2018/2/27 Calendar Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat The Arranged Flower: Ikebana and Flora in Japanese Prints at the Art Institute of Chicago Ondekoza taiko performances in Midwest February 4 - March 10 Yamato taiko performances in Midwest February 8 - 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Illinois February 7: Cooking Class: Japanese Comfort Foods February 7: Japanese Economy: Successful Recovery, Challenges, and Foreign Policy with the Japan America Society of Chicago Iowa February 7: 4th Quarter Japan America Society of Iowa Business Meeting 8 Deadline for submissions: MEXT Scholarship Japan Studies Illinois February 8: Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa with the Japan America Society of Chicago 9 10 Nebraska February 10: Japanese Festival @ Univ. of NE Kearney 11 12 13 Illinois February 13: Artist Talk: Yuri Suzuki at the Art Institute of Chicago 14 Deadline for submissions: 32nd Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest 15 Illinois February 15: Big in Japan: 2018 Photo Essay Presentation featuring Carlo Heathcote with the Japan America Society of Chicago Missouri Making It & Breaking It in Japan: One American’s 15 Year Journey of Songs, Sins, and Solitary with the Japan America Society of St. Louis 16 17 Illinois Traditional Snow Viewing Tea Ceremony @ Anderson Japanese Gardens Folding Screen Workshop with Shozo Sato @ Japanese Culture Center Chicago Nabe-Mono (One Pot Dishes) Cooking Class with the Japan American Services Committee Mini-Course: Asian Art at the Art Institute Ikebana for the New Year with Ikebana on Halsted 18 Illinois February 18: Stop Repeating History: Day of Remembrance 2018 Mitsuko Uchida @ Chicago Symphony Orchestra 19 20 Missouri February 20: Japan Update: Urban Farming and Gardening in Japan and the United States with the Japan America Society of St. Louis 21 Minnesota Corporate Roundtable with the Japan America Society of Minnesota 22 23 24 25 26 27 Kansas/Missouri February 27: General Meeting with the Heart of America Japan America Society 28 Illinois Phyllis Lyons discusses the “lost” book by Junichiro Tanizaki in Evanston, IL
