{"id":11139,"date":"2010-03-18T11:19:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=11139"},"modified":"2010-03-18T11:19:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T15:19:49","slug":"jetaa-chapter-bear-3-18-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/18\/jetaa-chapter-bear-3-18-10\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Chapter Beat 3.18.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Freelance writer\/editor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jonathantrace#h150-180\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Trace<\/a> <\/strong>(Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08)  takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition  of <strong><a href=\"..\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/jetaa-chapter-beat\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Chapter Beat.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2304532520_fef9c3cd43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11140\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2304532520_fef9c3cd43-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2304532520_fef9c3cd43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2304532520_fef9c3cd43.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaaportland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JETAA  Portland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hanamikai &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday,  April 10th, 12:00 to 4:00 at Portland&#8217;s Waterfront Park. Welcome spring  outdoors surrounded by friends and family at this year&#8217;s potluck cherry  blossom picnic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA D.C.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2010 JETAADC Rally Scavenger Hunt \u2013 <\/strong>Saturday, March  20th, 1:00 at Shaw\/Howard University Metro Station. Join JET alumni and  friends for this year\u2019s scavenger hunt rally around DC. Prizes and the  title Rally Champion are up for grabs, so don\u2019t miss out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nihongo Dake Happy Hour \u2013 <\/strong>Tuesday, March 23, 6:00  at Cafe Citron. Practice your Japanese and have a fun night out with the  gang at JETAADC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010 Cherry Blossom Festival Volunteers Needed \u2013 <\/strong>The  National Building Museum is looking for JET alumni volunteers to help  with the yukata dress-up station at the Cherry Blossom Festival\u2019s  Opening Day Kickoff on Saturday, March 27th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florida.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Florida<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Ramen Girl <\/strong><\/em><strong>Showing &#8211; <\/strong>Friday, March 19th, 6:30 to 9:00 at the USF in the TECO Conference Room. JETAA Florida Tampa Subchapter is hosting a screening of the movie <em>Ramen Girl<\/em>, as well as a presentation about Ramen in Japanese Culture and a free cup of noodles for all those in attendance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaanc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Northern California<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Book Club <em>Date Change \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>Thursday, March  25th at 6:30. Book Club has been pushed back one week, so mark your  calendars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kabuki Club \u2013 <\/strong>Saturday, March 27th, 2:00 at the  Rockridge Library in Oakland. JETAANC is forming a new Kabuki Club and  the first meeting is in two weeks, so check it out if you\u2019re interested  in Kabuki theater or just want to try something new.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hanami Picnic &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, April 10th, 11:00 to 3:00 at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Celebrate the coming spring Japanese style with JETAANC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nejetaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JETAA New England<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March Happy Hour &#8211; <\/strong>Friday, March 26th, 6:00 at Kingston Station, Downtown. Celebrate St. Patty&#8217;s Day a week late with the gang over at JETAANE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaahawaii.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JETAA Hawaii<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kujira Hike \u2013 <\/strong>Sunday, March 21st, 9:30 at Kujira.  Enjoy the sun with a \u201cLet\u2019s Enjoying Kujira\u201d Hike, followed by lunch at  Kona Brewing Co. in Koko Marina Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>What happened at your chapter\u2019s event? <\/em><\/strong><em>If  you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear  about them. Just contact <strong>Jonathan Trace<\/strong> with any info,  stories or comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freelance writer\/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat. JETAA Portland Hanamikai &#8211; Saturday, April 10th, 12:00 to 4:00 at Portland&#8217;s Waterfront Park. Welcome spring outdoors surrounded by friends and family at this year&#8217;s potluck cherry blossom picnic. 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