January 2018 Events Calendar 2017/12/22 Calendar January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Minnesota December 23, 2017 - May 13, 2018: Mizusashi: Japanese Water Jars from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection @ Minneapolis Institute of Art Missouri August 5, 2017-March 18, 2018: Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection @ Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 1 Illinois January 1: New Year’s Day Service with Midwest Buddhist Temple 2 3 4 Illinois January 4: Heritage Japanese Language Speech Contest application deadline 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Illinois January 11: Celebrate The Year of the Dog (戌年 ) Sumi-e Workshop with Japanese Culture Center Illinois January 11: 2017-18 Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture @ University of Chicago 12 13 Illinois January 13: Introduction to Tea Ceremony (Chanoyu - 茶の湯) with Japanese Culture Center Illinois January 13: Kagami-Biraki with Japanese American Service Committee 14 Minnesota January 14: Shinnenkai 2018 – Japanese New Year Celebration with Japan America Society of Minnesota Illinois January 14: 2018年度 JCCC新年会with Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago (JCCC) 15 16 17 18 19 20 Illinois January 20: Ramen Noodles Cooking Class with Japanese American Service Committee Illinois January 20: Introduction to Calligraphy Workshop (書道 - Shodo) with Japanese Culture Center 21 Missouri January 21: Shinnenkai - Japanese New Year's Celebration with Japan America Society of St. Louis 22 23 24 25 26 27 Missouri January 27: 2018 Shinnenkai Celebration with Heart of America Japan America Society 28 Illinois January 28: Heritage Japanese Language Speech Contest @ Consulate General of Japan in Chicago 29 30 31
