{"id":18748,"date":"2011-04-11T11:17:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T15:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=18748"},"modified":"2011-04-11T11:17:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T15:17:36","slug":"justin%e2%80%99s-japan-one-month-after-the-tohoku-earthquake-new-york-offers-more-japan-benefit-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/11\/justin%e2%80%99s-japan-one-month-after-the-tohoku-earthquake-new-york-offers-more-japan-benefit-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin\u2019s Japan: One month after the Tohoku Earthquake, New York offers more Japan benefit events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Catch the Rock 4 Japan benefit concert at Brooklyn Bowl on April 12. (Cathyland & Packrat Planet)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em> JQ magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0\u00a0page <\/strong><\/em>here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The massive aftershocks<\/a> reported in Japan earlier today symbolized the island nation\u2019s continued appreciation of support from around the world one month after the Tohoku Earthquake. Here are some of this week\u2019s benefit and lecture events in New York.<\/p>\n

Monday, April 11, 2:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Are One<\/a><\/p>\n

Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Crisis Relief Exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n

Featuring artist talk \u201cDialogue with Mariko Mori and Ingo G\u00fcnther\u201d moderated by Reiko Tomii and live performances<\/p>\n

Gallery 61, New York Institute of Technology, 16 West 61st Street. 11th floor<\/p>\n

Donations welcome<\/p>\n

Just one month ago, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and aftermath rocked the nation of Japan. The death toll is still climbing, with over 10,000 people who lost their lives, and almost 20,000 people reported missing.\u00a0Over 300,000 people lost their homes and\u00a0are now living without adequate food and water. Millions of people are living with anxiety and fear of being exposed to the dangers of raising radioactive levels. And their struggles are far from over.
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\nWe Are One features artwork donated by Japanese artists living in New York to support the people in Japan. Their mission is to raise money to help with the relief efforts of the Japan earthquake and nuclear crisis, spread awareness of what has happened, and what we can do among the international community. On display are donations from approximately 100 professional Japanese artists living in New York in painting, drawing, mixed media, prints, and photography. All donated artwork will be sold at a reasonable price of $100-$200.\u00a0All proceeds will go to Japan Society\u2019s \u201cJapan Earthquake Relief Fund<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Give Up, Japan! Project<\/a><\/p>\n

iNFiNiTY\u00a0cooperation\u00a0cross-cultural mass choir performance<\/a><\/p>\n

Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Center, Lower Auditorium<\/p>\n

34 West 134th Street(Between Lenox and Fifth Avenues)<\/p>\n

Donations welcome<\/p>\n

“Don’t Give Up<\/a>” is a song written by the American gospel composer Danny Eason<\/a>. It was recorded by Eason in Japan in 2010 with Japanese blind artist Kohshi with the Japanese choir Gospel Now Japan.\u00a0For this special charity rehearsal event managed by NY Hallelujah Company LLC<\/a>, you can join the choir for Japan and sing with the group, raising your voice for Japan and encouraging its people. All voices and all musicians are welcome, prior to an upcoming performance in May with Eason.<\/p>\n

According to the Japanese Red Cross, over $223,000,000 in donations were received in just one week from Japan\u2019s friends overseas and from corporations. Over 20,000 people have been rescued by the Japanese Ministry of Defense and they are trying to save even more lives. Over 10,000 lives have been lost, but the number of victims will continue to rise with an additional 18,000 people unaccounted for, and 240,000 people have been forced to leave their homes to stay in temporary shelters. To participate, contact project leader Ms. Kyoko Uchiki at NYHCLLC[at]gmail.com or (212) 996-4302. For additional information, visit www.myspace.com\/dont-give-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 12, 8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock 4 Japan Benefit Concert<\/a><\/p>\n

Featuring The Orion Experience<\/a><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Bowl<\/p>\n

61 Wythe Ave.(between N 11th & N 12th Streets)<\/p>\n

$10 suggested donation, 18+ only.<\/p>\n

The critics are raving about The Orion Experience’s upcoming EP NYC Girl<\/em>. USA Today<\/em> says it “recalls ’70s-era Electric Light Orchestra,” while Time Out New York<\/em> exclaims “The Orion Experience…impresses with its buoyant, hooky tunes, making awesome use of a coed tag-team vocal approach on a new EP.”\u00a0The band also recently released their song “Nippon Ga Dai Suki (Japan We Love You)” for the first time in the U.S., with all proceeds from purchases via CDBaby<\/a> and iTunes<\/a> going to The Jewish Federations of North America’s Japan Relief Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a complete listing, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By JQ magazine\u2019s\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0\u00a0page here\u00a0to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0\u00a0 The massive aftershocks reported in Japan earlier today symbolized the island nation\u2019s continued appreciation of support from around the world one month after the Tohoku Earthquake. Here are some of this week\u2019s benefit and lecture events in New York. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,53,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-justins-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-4So","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18752,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions\/18752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}