{"id":38449,"date":"2015-09-06T09:12:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T13:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=38449"},"modified":"2015-09-06T09:12:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T13:12:32","slug":"nippon-in-new-york-attack-on-titan-taylor-anderson-memorial-luckyrice-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/06\/nippon-in-new-york-attack-on-titan-taylor-anderson-memorial-luckyrice-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nippon in New York: \u2018Attack on Titan,\u2019 Taylor Anderson Memorial, Luckyrice Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The live-action film debut of Attack on Titan<\/em> premieres at Village East Cinema Sept. 30. (Courtesy of FUNimation)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

As the summer winds fade into fall colors, the weeks ahead are shaping up with these exciting events, ready to be enjoyed after Labor Day.<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese Design Today: Unique, Evolving, Borderless<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

UL105, University Center, The New School<\/a>, 63 Fifth Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free (click here<\/a> to register)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese design has been proven capable of transcending language barriers and fostering communication and understanding between cultures, enthusiastically embracing elements of other cultures while developing and retaining its own unique sense of design aesthetic, which today is recognized and appreciated throughout the world. But as Japanese society has transformed socially, geopolitically, and economically, so has Japanese design transformed to accommodate these changes which has given way to a new era. Hiroshi Kashiwagi, professor at Musashino Art University, and architect\/ furniture designer Yoshifumi Nakamura will each discuss the evolution, distinguishing characteristics, and current state of Japanese design today. A Q&A session will follow the presentations.<\/p>\n

Friday, Sept. 11, 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Circle Wind Concert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Concert Hall \u2014 New York Society for Ethical Culture<\/a>, 2 West 64th Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

$20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrating its eighth annual concert, this year Circle Wind will give tribute to Taylor Anderson, an American victim of the the Great East Japan Earthquake\/Tsunami on March 11, 2011. Anderson was dispatched to Ishinomaki under The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program<\/a> in 2008 and was teaching English to schoolchildren there. The newly formed \u201cNever Give Up Taylor\u2019s Choir\u201d from the Ishinomaki\/Higashi-Matsushima area will perform an original piece symbolizing their appreciation for the American people\u2019s support to recover from the devastation in 2011. Maestro Gregory Singer and his Manhattan Symphonie Orchestra also returns to perform some tribute songs for Taylor together with koto soloist Masayo Ishigure and other prominent artists. Hosted by New York\u2019s choral harmony group Tomo.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Sept. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Double feature: Live Your Dream<\/em> and Dream Beyond 400 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nippon Club of New York<\/a>, Rose Room, 145 West 57th Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

$10 per film (at 5:00 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live Your Dream<\/em> is a story about the courage and sacrifice of Taylor Anderson and for all the young people who travel the world trying to make a difference. Taylor was an extraordinary American who on the JET Program dedicated herself to teaching Japanese children, living her dream right up to the disaster of March 11, 2011. In the New York premiere of Dream Beyond 400 Years<\/em>, local choir Tomo took a journey to Coria Del Rio in Spain, representing a journey going beyond 400 years. In this town, they met \u201cJap\u00f3n-san,\u201d the descendants of Japanese travelers to Spain 400 years ago. The members of Tomo and Jap\u00f3n-san form a lifelong friendship in this touching real-life story. An after-screening reception featuring Circle Wind Concert participants and members of Taylor Anderson\u2019s family will be held at 7:30 p.m. ($40)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For the complete story, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/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. As the summer winds fade into fall colors, the weeks ahead are shaping up with these exciting events, ready to be enjoyed after Labor Day. This month\u2019s highlights include: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m. Japanese Design Today: Unique, Evolving, Borderless UL105, University Center, […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,378,53,263,318,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-earthquake-tsunami","category-events","category-film","category-jets-in-the-news","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-a09","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38449","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=38449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38451,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38449\/revisions\/38451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}