{"id":33339,"date":"2014-01-03T22:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T02:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=33339"},"modified":"2014-01-03T22:55:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T02:55:18","slug":"nippon-in-new-york-evangelion-3-0-stanley-clarke-trio-k-pop-concert-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/03\/nippon-in-new-york-evangelion-3-0-stanley-clarke-trio-k-pop-concert-debuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: \u2018Evangelion: 3.0,\u2019 Stanley Clarke Trio, K-pop Concert Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Evangelion:<\/a>

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo<\/em> makes its New York theatrical debut at Big Cinemas Manhattan Jan. 10. (\u00a9 khara. Licensed by FUNimation\u00ae Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Start 2014 off right by heading down to your local concert hall, cinema or arts center for some fantastic new year\u2019s fare. Whether you enjoy cutting edge anime, a performance from Grammy-winning and pop sensations, or a classic film favorite of the legendary Donald Richie, treat yourself and catch a break from the cold.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s highlights include:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 5, 7:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

MIKA<\/b><\/a> Samba Jazz Trio<\/b><\/p>\n

Somethin’ Jazz Club<\/b><\/a>, 212 East 52nd Street, 3rd Floor<\/b><\/p>\n

$12<\/b><\/p>\n

Presented by <\/span>Mar Creation<\/a>, New York-based samba jazz pianist and recording artist MIKA will have her first concert in 2014 at midtown\u2019s venerable Somethin\u2019 Jazz Club, supported by Rafael Barata (drums) and Eduardo Belo (bass). A native of Rio de Janeiro, Barata brings the bossa nova, Belo brings the bottom, and MIKA knits it all together, evoking the warm, soothing sounds of Ipanema and beyond to kick off the new year in style.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 8-12<\/b><\/p>\n

Niwa Gekidan Penino\u2014The Room Nobody Knows<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Japan Society<\/b><\/a>, 333 East 47th Street<\/b><\/p>\n

$28\/$22 Japan Society members<\/b><\/p>\n

North American debut! Two brothers inhabit a mysterious, dreamlike apartment. On the day of the elder’s birthday, the younger, who is supposed to be studying for college entrance exams, is preoccupied with creating unusual objects for the celebration. Meanwhile, in the upper room, the younger brother’s alter egos\u2014derived from his wild imagination and taking the form of two creatures, one with a sheep’s head and another with pig features\u2014help with the party preparations. Written and directed by psychiatrist turned most-talked-about theater artist Kuro Tanino and performed by his company Niwa Gekidan Penino, <\/span>The Room Nobody Knows<\/i> lures you into a weird yet funny world hidden deep within the Tokyo metropolis. <\/span>Performed in Japanese with English subtitles. A MetLife Meet the Artists Reception follows the Jan. 8 performance.<\/i><\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

U-KISS: The First U.S. Tour<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Buy Theater<\/b><\/a>, 1515 Broadway<\/b><\/p>\n

$50-$180<\/b><\/p>\n

Forming in their native South Korea in 2008 and <\/span>big in Japan<\/a> (where they have toured and released albums since 2011), boy band U-KISS is finally touring America for the very first time! U-KISS (an acronym for Ubiquitous Korean International Super Star) consists of members Kevin, Eli, AJ, Soohyun, Kiseop, and Hoon. The band will kick off a new series of concerts titled “THE HEADLINERS,” which promises to bring spectacular 360-degree content of these rising pop princes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here\u00a0for related stories. Start 2014 off right by heading down to your local concert hall, cinema or arts center for some fantastic new year\u2019s fare. Whether you enjoy cutting edge anime, a performance from Grammy-winning and pop sensations, or a classic film favorite of the legendary […]<\/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":[75,4,53,263,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-film","category-justins-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8FJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33339","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=33339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33343,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33339\/revisions\/33343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}