{"id":7699,"date":"2009-07-29T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7699"},"modified":"2010-01-31T17:30:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:30:34","slug":"jetaa-chapter-beat-7-29-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/29\/jetaa-chapter-beat-7-29-09\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Chapter Beat 7.29.09"},"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 for another edition of <strong><a href=\"..\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/category\/jetaa-chapter-beat\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA Chapter Beat.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7700\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hanabi1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"hanabi\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hanabi1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hanabi1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA New York<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Happy Hour &#8211;<\/strong> Wednesday, July 29th, 6:00 at Whiskey River. There will be a Wii available, so come relax and play some games with gang at JETAANY.<\/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>Summer Bonfire at Bolsa Chica &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, August 8th, 3:00 at Bolsa Chica. Potluck style BBQ with smores, snacks and drinks provided. Spend the afternoon relaxing with JETAASC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>69th Nisei Week Festival <\/strong>&#8211; Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th. This year&#8217;s event includes three mini Nebuta floats from Aomori Prefecture and the 1st Annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival.<\/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>2009 JET Send Off Nomikai &#8211; <\/strong>Friday, July 31st, 8:00 at O! Izakaya Lounge. Don&#8217;t miss this last opportunity to celebrate with the new JETs before they head out for Japan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Japanese Discussion Group \u201cTaboo\u201d \u2013 <\/strong>Saturday, August 1st, 3:00 at Sakurai&#8217;s. The topic of this month\u2019s discussion is \u201cThe Month of World War II Part I: The beginning of the war: Attack of Pearl Harbor.&#8221; Join in for this interesting discussion.<\/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>Movie Night: Tampopo \u2013 <\/strong>Friday, July 31st, 7:00 at Narrabundah. JETAA Canberra will be screening Itami Juzo\u2019s classic film \u201cTampopo\u201d with pizza and popcorn.<\/li>\n<li><strong>O-Shaberikai \u2013 <\/strong>Wednesday, August 5th, 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><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicago.jetalumni.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JETAA Chicago <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7703\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/yoshimoto-7630491-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"yoshimoto-763049\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/yoshimoto-7630491-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/yoshimoto-7630491.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JIC Book Club Returns! &#8211; <\/strong>Tuesday, August 11th, 6:00 at the Japan Information Center&#8217;s library. This month&#8217;s selection is &#8220;Asleep&#8221; by Banana Yoshimoto. Give it a read then drop by for the discussion.<\/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>2009 JET Program Pre-Departure Reception &#8211; <\/strong>Friday, July 31st, 6:30 to 8:00 at the Ambassador&#8217;s Old Residence. Come share a few last minute bits of advice to the soon departing 2009 JET Participants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>J-Lunch &#8211; <\/strong>Saturday, August 1st, 12:00. This <strong><strong><strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>month&#8217;s Lunch is being held on Yukie&#8217;s rooftop and is a potluck party.<\/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 for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat. JETAA New York Happy Hour &#8211; Wednesday, July 29th, 6:00 at Whiskey River. There will be a Wii available, so come relax and play some games with gang at JETAANY. 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