{"id":5337,"date":"2009-04-22T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2010-01-31T17:43:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:43:32","slug":"jetaa-chapter-beat-42209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/jetaa-chapter-beat-42209\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Chapter Beat 4.22.09"},"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\u2026<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5338\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/maruyamapark_kcb-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"maruyamapark_kcb\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/maruyamapark_kcb-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/maruyamapark_kcb.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaa9.org\/wpb\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JETAA Texoma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Japan Festival &#8211; <\/strong>April 25th and 26th in Hermann Park, Houston.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shushi Course Mixer &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, May 23rd at the Mirage Clubhouse. JETAA Texoma along with the Japan America Society of Houston and the Japanese-American Citizen&#8217;s League-Young Professional Group are hosting a sushi making course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaasc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>JETAA Southern California<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nihongo Dake &#8211; <\/strong>Sunday, April 26th at 2:00. Brush up on your Japanese skills and join in on a day of conversation, food and JETAA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iron Chef Potluck &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, May 9th, 6:00 at a location yet to be determined. Come put those culinary skills to the test with JETAASC&#8217;s annual Iron Chef competition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camp JET at Lake Arrowhead &#8211; <\/strong>May 29th &#8211; May 31st at Lake Arrowhead. Spend the weekend roughing it with JETAASC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaanc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Northern California<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5339\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/may08_cupertino_cb_pg-230x300.gif\" alt=\"may08_cupertino_cb_pg\" width=\"161\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/may08_cupertino_cb_pg-230x300.gif 230w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/may08_cupertino_cb_pg-786x1024.gif 786w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/may08_cupertino_cb_pg.gif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AskJET Volunteers Needed! &#8211; <\/strong>Volunteers wanted for May, June and July dates to be announced for informal question and answer sessions for departing 2009 JETs. Lend your experience to a new crop of hopeful JETs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Secrets of Haiku from Master Basho &#8211; <\/strong>Thursday, April 23rd, 5:30 at the Commonwealth Club Office. Learn about the art of Kaiku from a well-known translator of the medium, Jane Reichhold, author of Basho the Complete Haiku.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival &#8211; <\/strong>April 25th and 26th, 10:00 to 5:00 at Memorial Park, Cupertino. Spend the weekend outside under the cherry blossoms. Events include martial arts expeditions, taiko, and dance groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnw.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yoshida Brothers Concert &#8211; <\/strong>May 20th, 7:00 and 9:30(two shows) at the Triple Door. Do not miss these highly talented shamisen masters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberra.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Canberra<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>O-Shaberikai &#8211; <\/strong>Wednesday, April 29th, 5:30 at the Holy Grail in Civic. Join in and meet Japanese people living in Canberra and other locals interested in Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA D.C.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5340\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/n306976-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"n306976\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/n306976-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/n306976.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JBook Book Club &#8211; <\/strong>Monday, May 18th, 6:30 at Penn Quarter Teaism. May&#8217;s topic of discussion is &#8220;Moribito&#8221; by Nahoko Uehashi. New members always welcome, so drop on by.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filmfest DC &#8211; <\/strong>April 16th &#8211; 26th. This year&#8217;s Washington DC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmfestdc.org\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Filmfest <\/a>includes the theme, &#8220;New Japanese Cinema.&#8221; Films from Yojiro Takita, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Sunishi Nagasaki are being highlighted this year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>JETAA DC Alumni Social Event at Pimlico Race Course &#8211; <\/strong>May 23rd at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. The first race is 11:30 and admissions is free.<\/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 email <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\u2026 JETAA Texoma Japan Festival &#8211; April 25th and 26th in Hermann Park, Houston. 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