Join us at the Special Collections Library on Feb. 11 @ 10:30 a.m. OR the International Library on Feb. 25 @ 2:30 for our JACL Players performance of Confinement in the Land of Enchantment. Led by Nikki Nojima Louis, the Player portray what it was like during WWII when Executive Order 9066 was signed by […]
Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble KODO
At The Lensic Feb. 23 KODO performs 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23 at The Lensic in Santa Fe. Courtesy/LPAC LPAC News: Internationally renowned taiko performing arts ensemble KODO brings heart, history, and high-energy taiko drumming 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23 to The Lensic Performing Arts Center (LPAC) in Santa Fe. Striving to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese […]
Chinese American Film Festival
Albuquerque Chinese American Film Festival – Our Common Humanity Oct 15th, 9:00am MDT – 5:30pm MDT Grace Church – 6901 San Antonio Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA
2022 Aki Matsuri Performance Schedule
9:50 – 10:00 – BK Taiko (Anita Gallegos, Sensei) – Signaling the start of Aki Matsuri 2022 with drumming 10:00– 10:15 – Highland High School Navy JrROTC Color Guard (Under the direction of Capt. Bill Lane/ Presentation of the Colors/Flags), with Yoko Tadda (Singing of the National Anthem) 10:15 – 10:25 – Welcoming Remarks 10:25 am […]
80th Anniversary of Topaz
Join Tessaku and JAMP as they commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Topaz confinement site. This Topaz descendant led event will take place from September 8-10. If you would like to attend in person, click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/WakasaRegistration . There are a limited number of seats available. If you cannot attend in person, the […]
Only Yesterday （おもひでぽろぽろ）(lit. Tearful Memories)
Playing at the Century Cinemark Rio 24 Director and Screenplay: Isao Takahata – 1993 – 118m – Japan Aug 28 Sunday at 7:00pm (English dub) Aug 29 Monday at 7:00 pm (In Japanese with English subtitles) It’s 1982, and Taeko (Daisy Ridley) is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She […]
Review: ‘Inu-oh’ is a psychedelic Japanese anime rock opera for the ages
Review provided by Paul Mayer NMACL’s J-film/anime resident Otaku. By Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Film Critic Aug. 11, 2022 4:14 PM PT The phantom that haunts the eccentric Japanese rock opera “Inu-oh” is not the comeliest of creatures — not at first, anyway. Like most of the hallucinatory sights and transporting sounds in this feature-length […]
Finding Moon Rabbit
written by JC Kato and JC2 Koko’s family is removed from their homes and sent to Heart Mountain, WY during WWII. She tries to become a Girl Scout so she can greet her father when he joins them from Santa Fe camp. While living in the internment camp, she learns the true meaning of GAMAN, […]
Speaking Nikkei
Join the JACL Young Professionals Caucus for their latest podcasts! In the episode above, Zara and Dylan interview the newly elected JACL YPC representative and a long-time JACL member to discuss, Enough is Now, Weaving Together our Intergenerational Stories. You can find Speaking Nikkei on your favorite podcast sites. About the Podcast Once, long ago, […]
Japanese Films
COMING IN AUGUST to THE GUILD CINEMA3405 CENTRAL AVE. NEALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106tel: (505)255-1848fax: (505)232-9385www.guildcinema.com INU-OH – view a trailerAug 28 to Aug 31Sunday thru Wednesday 8pmDir. Masaaki Yuasa – 2021 – 97m – Japan – In Japanese with English subtitles From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (MIND GAME. THE NIGHT IS SHORT WALK ON GIRL), hailed by IndieWire as “one of […]