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February
15-18, 2007, 10am - 4pm
All Veterans Reunion
Exhibition
An
exhibition of artifacts, memorabil;ia, and photographs
from the collections of families across the United
States to honor the fallen soldiers of World War II, the
Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Presented by the
Japanese American Korean War Veterans, Americans of
Japanese Ancestry WWII Memorial Alliance, and the
Japanese American Vietnam War Memorial Committee.
George J. Doizaki Gallery
Admission
Free
Sunday,
February
18, 2007, 10 am
All Veterans Reunion Memorial
Service
The reunion will conclude with a
memorial service at the Killed in Action all-wars
monument in the Japanese American National Memroial
Court at the Japanese American Cultural and Community
Center. The service will honor those who sacrificed
their lives during the country's many wars and conflicts
throughout the years. Veterans who have passed away
since serving duty will also be
remembered.
Immediate families, relatives and
friends of the Killed in Action of all wars are invited
to the reunion and to the special memorial service on
Sunday. There will be a special tribute for the five
recently fallen Japanese Americans in the Iraq
War.
For more information, contact Sam Shimoguchi
at (310) 822-6688 or Victor Muraoka at (818)
368-4113.
Japanese American National Memorial
Court, JACCC Plaza
Admission Free
Saturday,
February 17, 2007, 7:30pm - 11pm
F.F.F.
Championship
Fatal Femmes Fighting
All
Women's Cage Fighting
After much anticipation, the first ever All
Women's Mixed Martial Arts Championship cage fight
invades Los Angeles.
Don't miss out on this once
in a lifetime opportunity to witness these women going
toe to toe in no-holds barred action with one goal in
mind: taking home a Fatal Femmes Fighting championship
belt. See top ranked fighters from Japan come to battle
the good 'ole girls from USA.
This is not pro
wrestling, this is the real deal!!!
These
brawling beauties meet in the CAGE in less than thirty
days! The event will sell out fast, seating is very
limited. Doors open at 6:30pm. Watch history in the
making.
For more information or ticket
information call JIMM, LLC at (310) 866-9381 or (909)
948-2291 or visit their website: www.fatalfemmesfighting.com.
$95,
$75, $45 Reserved Seating
Aratani/Japan
America Theatre
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Sunday, February 18, 2007,
10am - 1pm
KASA Workshop
"Kasabayashi"
Chieko
Kojima, principal dancer of KODO
Kaoru
Watanabe, former fue and taiko player and artistic
director of KODO
Participants will be
taught dance, fue, and taiko elements of a simple
festive piece and will be encouraged to develop
their own variations and arrangements of this
piece.
Presented by Kodo Arts Sphere
America (KASA), this workshop is made possible in
part by the City of Los Angeles, Department of
Cultural Affairs.
For more information,
contact KASA, kodoarts@earthlink.net.
$35,
$30 JACCC Members
JACCC Garden Room
A
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Sunday, February 18, 2007,
4pm
KASA Concert: Chieko Kojima and Kaoru
Watanabe
Following the KASA
workshop, "Kabayashi," Chieko and Kaoru will
transform the Garden Room into a magical space
that traverses time and cultural boundaries with
their unique mix of Japanese traditional and
modern improvised music and
dance.
For more information, contact
KASA, kodoarts@earthlink.net.
$10
General Admission
JACCC Garden Room A
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Sunday, February 18, 2007,
2pm
"Turn Over: An Angel Is Coming On a
Bicycle"
(2005)
In Japanese with
English subtitles
(1 hr., 51
minutes)
Set in an old Kyoto
neighborhood, the everyday serenity of an elderly
artisan and his ailing wife, are disrupted when a
college student, whose love of magic enters their
life. Their chance encounter sets off a chain
reaction that brings change for
all.
Directed by film pioneer Keiichi
Nomura, who also helped pen the film, features
shiho Fujimura from the Nemuri Kiyoshiro series,
Asahi Kurizuka of long-time TV series Abarenbo
Shogun fame and Toshiki Kashu as the college
student.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
Admission Free
Call for
Reservations, ticket required (213)
680-3700
Copyright: Hyogo-cinema-center,
Co., Ltd.
Presented by The Japan
Foundation, Los Angeles
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