Kabuki Club - July 17, 2010
Join us for the July meeting of the JETAANC Kabuki Club, a new club for people interested in Kabuki theatre, one of Japan's most entertaining and beautiful art forms. This time we will be watching a summertime thriller, The Ise Dances and Love's Dull Blade (Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba). Based on an actual multiple murder in the Aburaya Tea House, this play is one of the most popular in the Kabuki repertoire, combining action, intrigue and a spectacularly grotesque murder. The play is a staple of summer Kabuki performances in the belief that the audience will be cooled as they shiver with fear through the horrific killing scene. (Marty Gross) (As in all Kabuki plays, the violence is very stylized.)
We will watch with the English commentary and refreshments will be provided. Some brief background information about the play is available here: http://groups.google.com/group/jetaanc-kabuki-club/files
If you love Kabuki theatre or would like to learn more about it, why don't you join us? Everyone is welcome! This time we're returning to the Rockridge boutique shopping district of Oakland. (5-minute walk from Rockridge BART station; 5-minute drive off of Hwy 580 or 4.)
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Rockridge Library (2nd floor), 5366 College Avenue, Oakland
Contact: Mark,
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, 727-512-5420
AskJET Nomikai
We will be having a special AskJET Nomikai after this year's Alumni Led Orientation. This event gives the new out going JET participants the chance to ask JET Alumni questions in a casual atmosphere. It also gives JET alumni to meet up with friends, new and old. Feel free to invite friends.
What: JETAANC Special AskJET Nomikai
Where: Maya http://www.mayasf.com/
303 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA
When: Saturday, June 19, 2010 (after ALO) 5:30 pm - 8:00pm
Details: $2 tacos, $3 Drafts, $5 Margaritas, House Wine, Sangria, more
Hope to see you there!
***Please Drink Responsibly***
JET Alumni Led Orientation
The JET Alumni Led Orientation is a joint effort between the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alumni Association of Northern California (JETAANC) and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco to help outgoing JET Participants who interviewed and/or are departing from San Francisco. It is an all day event starting at 10 and running till 5 on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the Japan Information Center SF. For more information and to RSVP signup on their facebook event page.
The new issue of the official JETAANC newsletter, Pacific Bridge, is now available!
The new issue of the official JETAANC newsletter, Pacific Bridge, is now available! Get caught up on all of the alumni happenings in NorCal and Nevada! Read it online here.
This issue's theme is "J-Pop." Read about how alumni like you are exploring popular Japanese pop culture in their neighborhoods, as well as other goings-on in the JET alumni world, including:
- Win tickets to the K-20 movie at SF's VIZ Cinema!
- Intro to the new New People J-Pop center in SF Japantown
- I Survived "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"
- Kabuki Comes to SF and the new JETAANC Kabuki Club
- Interview with Board member Gary Mukai
- Shinnenkai, Bonnenkai and CNF reports
- Top 10 List and an all-new alumni comic!
...and much more!