Oshogatsu Matsuri - New Year Celebration

Saturday, January 5, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO) celebrates Japantown's annual Oshogatsu Matsuri - Year of the Rat.  Activities include arts & crafts for children, a children's art contest, traditional mochitsuki (New Year rice pounding), food, cultural performances ( including odori, kendo and taiko) and much more!  Bring a t-shirt and have it screen printed with the Oshogatsu logo.

This event is sponsored by APILO with support from other community organizations.

For more information on the Children's Art Contest and/or Festival, please contact Dean Ito Taylor at(415) 567-6255

For more information on the Children's Art Contest and/or Festival, please contact Dean Ito Taylor at (415) 567-6255

Location: JCCCNC Nisei Community Hall (gymnasium)
Fees: Free and open to the public

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents.

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Las Vegas Trip

Sunday-Tuesday, January 13-15, 2008

This annual JCCCNC members-only event is a popular favorite.  45 avid participants receive group airfare and accommodations at the Plaza Hotel. They will spend their 3 days enjoying the scenery, shopping, nightlife, food, and fun.

Location: Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

More info: Call Marjorie Fletcher at 415-567-5505

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents or inquire with our online form.

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Saturday Nagata Dance

Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Dates are subject to change)

Instructor: Corrine Nagata

With their hearts pumping and muscles flexing, children will dance up a storm!  In this loving, learning environment dancers will be challenged with fun sequences of movement, floor patterns and jazzy foot work.  They will practice active listening skills and creative problem-solving while working together as a team to perform a lively class dance.  Most importantly, as individuals their self-confidence flourishes and they develop an authentic positive image of their bodies.

Location: JCCCNC Issei Memorial Hall
Fees: $40 JCCCNC members/month

           $45 non-members/month

           $12 drop in rate

           $205 unlimited class rate

          (need based scholarships are available)

All monthly rates are paid for on the first dance class of each month and above rates are based on four dance classes per month and will be prorated accordingly.  There are no make-up days.

More info: Download

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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Day of Remembrance

Carrying the Light for Justice

Saturday, February 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.

This year the Day of Remembrance will be commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

Join us at this annual gathering to pay tribute to those who were interned.  Learn about unfinished redress issues and how civil liberties are again under attack, this time targeting Muslim, South Asian and Arab Americans.

CoMc's:         Aaron Kitashima and Amanda Wake

Video:           Whose Children Are These? by Theresa Thanjan

Multimedia:   Voices of Redress featuring photos by Isao Tanaka

                     Rosa Parks Elementary School/JBBP presentation

                     Candle Lighting Ceremony

Music:           Masayuki Koga (shakuhachi) and Tsukimi Kai Taiko

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $10 JCCCNC members (purchase at JCCCNC office)

           $12 in advance, $15 at the door

More info: Please call 415-921-5007 or visit www.dayofremembrance.org

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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Kaiseki Cooking Workshop

Saturday, February 23, 2008

1:00-3:30 p.m.

Instructors: Kimika Soka Takechi and Larry Sokyo Tiscornia

Kaiseki  ryori, seasonal Japanese cuisine served during the traditional Chanoyu (tea ceremony) gathering, has its roots in the simple seasonal vegetarian cuisine served in the Zen temple.

Kaiseki cuisine uses fresh seasonal ingredients, simple seasonings and cooking techniques to create dishes that are beautiful to look at, tasty, and in harmony with the season. Strictly vegetarian in earlier times, kaiseki cooking has changed with modern tastes and customs and now often includes seafood, poultry and meat in its many dishes.

This early spring class will feature a mukozuke, first course, wanmori, or nimonowan, main course and an azukebachi, side dish. The mukozuke will be hirame no kimiae, thinly sliced raw flounder (or lightly poached scallops) tossed with hard boiled egg yolk. The wanmori will be ebishinjo, steamed fish dumplings with prawns. Gomaae, seasonal greens in a sweet-tart sesame dressing, will be the azukebachi. The class will be mostly demonstration, with some hands-on arranging, and participants will be able to sample the dishes that are prepared.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $30/members and $35/non-members (Workshop limited to the first 20 paid participants)

More info: Please call (415) 567-5505 for more information or to register.

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents or inquire with our online form.

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Only The Brave

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

2:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

"ONLY THE BRAVE" is the first motion picture about the 100th/442nd as seen through the eyes of the men who lived it.

1400 Hawaiian Nisei became the 100th Infantry Battalion after successfully petitioning the U.S. government to allow them to serve.

In June 1944, they were joined by the 442nd - comprised of Nisei volunteers from the internment camps and Hawaii -  and proceeded to liberate five towns in Northern Italy.

They were shipped to Southern France and freed three towns, before being recruited for what would become one of the top ten most important battles of World War II - the dangerous rescue of the Texas "Lost Battalion."

This film is based on actual experiences of Lane Nishikawa's three uncles, as well as other veterans who shared their memories with him over the years.

Location: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas

                  1881 Post Street, San Francisco

Fees: $8 JCCCNC members

           Admission free for U.S. Armed Forces veterans

More info: Please call 415-567-5505 to reserve your ticket today!

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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Unfinished Objects Quilting Workshop CANCELLED

(Future Date to be Determined)

March 22, 2008

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Instructor: Ellen Nakai

Do you have unfinished quilt projects?

Do you have a quilt top that needs finishing?

Do you need space to baste your quilt?

Do you need help with quilting or binding?

If you answered yes to any of these questions then this is the workshop for you! Come spend the afternoon with others like you and turn your unfinished objects into works of art.

Instructor Ellen Nakai has 20 years of quilting experience and has been teaching at the JCCCNC for over one year.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $35 Members; $45 General

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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Fast Break: Spring Basketball Camp

March 24 - 28, 2008

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Kids ages 9-12 will have the opportunity to spend their Spring Breaks learning basic basketball skills of dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding in a fun and safe environment.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $85 JCCCNC members; $105 non-members

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How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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