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2010
Calendar
| Date |
Event |
| 9/13
(Mon) |
11th
Sister City Jazz Night with Kobe's 2010 Jazz Vocal
Queen
Where: Dimitriou's
Jazz Alley |
| 6/19
(Sat) |
General
Membership Meeting
4pm-8pm
Where: Museum
of History and Industry (MOHAI)
McCurdy Gallery
2700 24th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112 >>
Map&
Direction
We will vote on incoming board members.
Please RSVP: Stacey Jehlik, stacers @ speakeasy.net
or 206-229-5738 (and indicate the potluck item
you will bring: main dish, side dish, dessert,
beverage). |
| 4/29
(Thu) |
Seattle
Sister Cities 2010 Annual Reception
Mayor Mike McGinn, City Council President Richard
Conlin,
Icelandair Sales Executive Beth Ann Young, and
members of the Seattle City Council at the 14th
Annual Seattle Sister Cities Reception.
Enjoy international entertainment and cuisine,
as well as a raffle, silent auction and no-host
bar. The evening's program will honor the representatives
of
Chongqing, China; Mazatlan, Mexico; Mombasa, Kenya;
and Pecs, Hungary.
6pm- 8 pm (doors open at 6 pm)
Bertha Landes Room, City Hall
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98124
To Purchase Tickets
Tickets are $20 per person for any sister city
member and $25 for non-members.
To purchase tickets, please send
(1) a check made payable to SKSCA and
(2) a self-addressed stamped envelope to the following
address:
Jonathan Bannister
18201 - 76th Avenue West
Edmonds, WA 98026
Tickets will be mailed upon receipt of your check.
If you have any questions about obtaining tickets,
please contact Jonathan Bannister at 425-771-6816
or info@pacificbudo.org.
Thank you for supporting Seattle's sister city
programs! We look forward to seeing you at the
reception! |
| 4/16
(Fri) - 4/18 (Sun) |
Kimono/Yukata
Dress-Up Booth
Start: 12:25pm
Cherry Blossom Festival, Seattle Center
Come join us for an enjoyable weekend of stage
entertainment, booth exhibits, demonstrations
and food stalls featuring Japanese culture and
arts at the 35th Annual Seattle Cherry Blossom
& Japanese Cultural Festival!
Volunteers Wanted:
We need your help at our annual Kimono/Yukata
dress-up booth, hosted by the SKSCA and Hyogo
Business and Cultural Center!
We're currently seeking volunteers for two- or
three-hour time slots to help people dress up,
take photos, organize the people in line, and
to distribute information about SKSCA and HBCC.
Please feel free to sign up for as many time slots
as you wish. We cordially invite you to take advantage
of this wonderful opportunity to share Japanese
culture with those who come to our booth.
To volunteer, please contact Roselle Kingsbury
at 206-728-0610 or roselle@hyogobcc.org.
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| 4/12
(Mon) - 4/21 (Wed) |
Photo
Exhibit - "Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years
of Postwar Japan"
Exhibit Hours: 12pm-4pm daily
(special extended hours: 10am-6pm, April 16 -
18 only)
Preview reception: 4pm, Sunday, April 11
Place: Seattle Center Pavilion (just west of the
new skate park)
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Admission: Free
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ratification
of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce,
and the arrival of spring, this year's Seattle
Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival*
will feature a special traveling exhibit provided
by the Japan Foundation.
"Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar
Japan" unveils 100 historic photographs that
focus on the daily lives of Japanese children,
dating from the end of the Second World War to
the present. Selected by the Japan Professional
Photographers Society from over 30,000 photos,
these are the fixed memories of children that
remain in the hearts and minds of those who personally
experienced the post war era and offer a memorable
visual history of children.
In addition to serving as a testimony of the photographers'
view of children, the 100 works in this exhibition
serve as a historical record of the children themselves
and simultaneously capture specific moments and
scenes from across Japan and take the viewer on
an interesting journey through time spanning over
60 years.
"Human beings begin to enact their own personal
dramas from the moment they are born, developing
from childhood to youth and then adulthood. The
children who are given life in every period of
history embrace their dreams and march into the
future. That is what it means to be a child."
(Takeyoshi Tanuma, President, the Japan Professional
Photographers Society).
The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation,
the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, and
the Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural
Festival Committee.
*This exhibit will be showcased at the 35th annual
Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival,
April 16-18, Festival Hours 10am to 6pm. |
| 1/16
(Sat) |
Kobe
Earthquake 15th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony
Start: 12:25pm
Moment of Silence observed at 12:46 p.m., the
time of the earthquake
Where: Kobe Bell in the Seattle Center grounds
(Located north of the International Fountain and
south of the Opera House)
Kobe Bell:
The Kobe Bell was a gift from the City of Kobe
to the City of Seattle in 1962 in honor of the
World's Fair. In 1961 the City of Seattle gave
Kobe a Native American Totem Pole, which stands
next to Kobe City Hall and serves as the major
symbol of the sister city relationship in Kobe.
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the calendar for 2009.
>> Click here to view
the calendar for 2008.
>> Click here to view
the calendar for 2007. |
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