Nov 24

JETAA Chapter Beat – 11.24.08

Freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JETAA community…

Texoma (aka JETAA Chapter 9)

*  Friday, November 28th —  Beaver’s BBQ – Come support a local legend-in-the-making at Beaver’s BBQ around 7pm.

JETAA Northern California

* November 1, 2008 — December 17, 2008  Madame Kawakita, ongoing film series

Cinema Japan: A Wreath for Madame Kawakita ($5.50 – 9.50 per movie)

– Friday, November 28 — 8:40 p.m. Her Brother

Kon Ichikawa’s powerful family drama, set in the Taisho era, with virtuoso performances by Kinuyo Tanaka and Keiko Kishi

– Saturday, November 29 — 5:00 p.m. Zigeunerweisen

Seijun Suzuki weds surrealism to ghost story to evoke the late 1920s in Japan as a period of changing mores akin to Weimar Germany.

– Sunday, November 30 — 3:00 p.m. Tora-san’s Sunrise and Sunset

A Japanese populist classic from Yoji Yamada’s Tora-san series. Our bumbling proletarian hero has adventures in the Tokyo suburbs and in the arts.

Check out the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive for more dates!

JETAA Southern California

* Saturday, December 6 — Nihongo Dake Dinner. Time and place TBA

* Saturday, December 13 — JETAASC Bonenkai. Time and place TBA

JETAA Portland

* Saturday, December 6 — 2008 JETAA Portland Bonenkai.

Time: 6:30 p.m., Location: Bush Garden, Cost: $12 per person.

Join JETAA Portland’s end of the year party. Make sure you bring a gift for the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Bring your unwanted or most hilarious omiyage from Japan (ike a dancing Pocari Sweat can). One of our most attended events of the year, reserve your spot now. Seating limited!

What happened at your chapter’s event? If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them.  Just email Jonathan Trace with any info, stories or comments.


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