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Events and Films at the Japan Society
LOCATION: Unless noted otherwise,
all programs are held at Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New
York, NY 10017 (between First and Second Avenues).
TICKETS: Call the Japan
Society box office, Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4:45 pm at
(212) 715-1258.
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FUTURES: ASIAN VIDEO ART
New Works by Three Artists at Japan Society
Tuesday, May 23
5:30 - 8:00 pm
Japan Society Gallery, along with other museums and galleries
in New York City belonging to the Asian Contemporary Art Consortium,
will take part in the annual week-long and city-wide Asian Contemporary
Art Week that begins on Monday, May 22.
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MEMBERS-ONLY
EVENT Noguchi Museum Tour & Lunch
Wednesday, May 24
10 am - 2 pm
Join us for a one-hour tour of The Noguchi Museum’s
permanent collection and the special exhibition Best of Friends:
R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi. The exhibition
documents the close friendship between Noguchi and architect
and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller through sculptures, photographs,
drawings and models. Following the tour, participants will
return to Japan Society for a traditional bento box lunch.
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Traditional
Dance Intensive: from Edo & Kyoto, to Okinawa with Sachiyo
Ito
Wednesday - Friday, May 31 - June 2, 6 - 9 pm
Saturday & Sunday, June 3 & 4, 12 - 3 pm
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Buy-out
Firms: Japan’s Engine for Recovery
Corporate Luncheon
Thursday, June 1
12 - 2 pm
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Japan
Society Annual Dinner
Wednesday, June 7
6:30 pm
Held at the Hilton New York (53rd Street at Avenue of the
Americas).
Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Mark R. Warner, Former Governor of Virginia
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Tea Ceremony (Chanoyu): Art Cart Discovery Program
Sunday, June 11
2 - 4 pm
Enjoy the fragrance of matcha (powdered green tea) in an informal
setting with an introduction to the history and significance
of the tea ceremony in Japan. In the second part of the
program, Ashley Takayama, New York Branch Director of
Mushanokoji Senke, Kyoto, conducts a condensed version of the
tea ceremony suitable for children and families.
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Asia’s
Shifting Balance of Power: China’s Impact on Japan’s
Economic Future
Corporate Conference
Tuesday, June 13
1 - 7 pm
Conference keynoters will examine the dependent relationship
between Japan’s economic recovery and sustained growth
in China, and how this shifting relationship alters the economic
playing field regionally and the geopolitical landscape globally.
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LOCATION
Unless noted otherwise, all programs are held at Japan Society,
333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (between First and Second
Avenues).
TICKETS
Order tickets online or call the Japan Society box office, Monday
through Friday, 10 am to 4:45 pm at (212) 752-3015.
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