A Year of Events:
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Lecture: Asian Studies Department, University at Buffalo -- February 1st |
"Sibling Structure, Gender, and Caregiving in Japan." (part of the Asia@Noon, Brown Bag Symposia) Talk with Kristen Schultz Lee, UB Assistant Professor of Sociology. Lee's research interests focuses on gender and the life course, family, and education. Her current research deals with the gender equity of parental investments, beliefs about gender, and cross-national comparisons of family life. Friday, 12:00-1:00pm |
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History of Tea talk with Trudy Stern Tea enthusiast and proprietor of Elmwood Avenue's premier teahouse, tru-teas! in the Neighborhood Collective, Trudy Stern has made the education and art of tea an integral part of both her professional and personal lives (tea will be provided). Tuesday morning 10:30am For more information please contact: |
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This two day exciting event will focus on Anime as Art through exciting guests, interactive panels and workshops, culture, as well as anime and manga themed activities. Entertainment will include concerts, karaoke, a dance party, contests, vendors, and much more. Organized by the Daemen College Anime Club, proceeds from Neo NohCon 2008 will go to benefit the Matthew Foster Foundation, a charitable organization who helps families with children suffering from cancer by providing financial assistance to cover some of the extraordinary costs.
On Saturday, March 9th at 8pm, Odori no Kai and Taishogoto will perform at the Wick Center. Neo NohCon Rates & Hours of Operation: For more information -- contact Annie Stoll, President of the Daemon College Anime Club at neonohcon@gmail.com or 716-462-8682 The Daemen College Anime Club Please note: Due to weather, this event had to be cancelled. Please contact the Daemon College Anime Club at neonohcon@gmail.comor 716-462-8682 for information about future Neo NohCons. |
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War and the Environment: The Case of Japan during World War II: a talk with Bill Tsutsui, Executive Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas Does war necessarily mean devastation for nature and the environment? Ranging widely from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to wartime forestry and fisheries, to the fate of songbirds and household pets during "total war," this talk surveys the unpredictable and often surprising impact of World War II on the Japanese environment. Monday March 24th |
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April |
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Creating a container with recyclable materials Flowers are provided. Please notify Judy Tucholski by March 23rd to reserve a space. Tuesday morning 10:30am For more information please contact: |
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"The Path to Enlightened Activity and Compassion In Our Everyday Life": A series presented by the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community Friday April 4th Saturday April 5th NB: Doors will open 30 minutes prior to all events
All events with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei will be held at: $10 requested donation per event |
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei is an authorized teacher in the Mountains and Rivers Order, the main house being located at Zen Mountain Monastery in upstate New York where he is also Vice-Abbot. Shugen Sensei has been began his practice in 1976, entered into formal training at the Monastery in 1984, and received dharma transmission from MRO Abbot John Daido Loori, Roshi, in 1997. He is currently the resident teacher at the Zen Center of New York City where he teaches full time. He is also actively involved in teaching the various MRO affiliate groups and oversees the efforts of the National Buddhist Prison Sangha, a Right Action project offering Buddhist teachings and practice support for Buddhist male and female prisoners throughout the United States. Buffalo Zen Dharma Community is a Zen Buddhist practice group offering Zen meditation every Tuesday at 7:00 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, NY. For more information about the group or the workshop series, please email contact@buffalozen.org or call (716) 655-1856. |
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"Buddhist Compassion in a Troubled World" (part of the Asia@Noon, Brown Bag Symposia) Talk with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, Vice Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper, New York. Shugen Sensei completed his formal training in the Mountains and Rivers Order and received dharma transmission from Daido Roshi in 1997. Shugen Sensei is the Monastery's vice-abbot and branch president of the Zen Center of New York City. He also manages the National Buddhist Prison Sangha. He has been in full-time residential training since 1986. His teachings have appeared in various journals and in The Best Buddhist Writing 2005. Friday, 12:00-1:00pm |
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Explosive Beats: Japanese Taiko Drumming "The sound of a taiko is like a heartbeat. You can't help but feel excited in the presence of a taiko drum, and before you know it, your heart begins to beat with the same fiery passionate sounds radiating from the drum." -- faculty member, University of Pittsburgh Professional Japanese drummers, Takumi Kato and Ryo Shiobara, come to Buffalo to perform an exhilarating musical performance of traditional and modern Taiko drumming. This event is hosted by the University at Buffalo's Asian Studies program and sponsored by Student Life and the Office of International Education. Concert Information: For more information please contact the Asian Studies Program at 716-645-3474 or email efelmet@buffalo.edu |
Takumi Kato trained with one of Japan's leading Taiko groups, Kodo. Recently, he performed in the 2006 Taiko Festival at Japan's Saitama Super Arena to over 8,000 people. |
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Spring Clean-up Volunteer Day in the Japanese Garden of Buffalo All are invited to bring your garden gloves, rakes, and hoes (or just your willing hands), to join the Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo for a few hours outdoors. Help us officially start the growing season by removing winter's left-over debris and give the Garden it's annual checkup. There will be jobs for all gardeners, so join us for a fun day outside. Bring a bag lunch.
Date: Sunday, April 27th |
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May |
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Coffee, Tea and Topics: The Sunday Salon Series in the Gardener's Cottage Frank Lloyd Wright's fascination with Japan led him to first travel there in 1905. Thereafter he extolled the beauty of Japanese decorative arts. The serenity of Ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arranging, will be demonstrated by Takako Michii who will prepare three different arrangements according to Ikebana principles. Elegant and graceful, Ikebana offers a meditative exercise for its practitioners.
Date: Sunday, May 4th For more information on this lecture or on other two lectures in the Coffe, Tea and Topcis: The Sunday Salon Series call 716-856-3858 or visit the Darwin D. Martin House Complex website at http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ |
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The Japanese Group of Buffalo's Cherry Blossom Picnic
Date: Saturday, May 17th |
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Exploring Japanese Gardens Lecture Series Join the Friends of the Japanese Garden and the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society for the first lecture in a three-part series on the aesthetics of Japanese garden design. Jeffrey Albert, Project Manager and Designer at the architectural firm, Foit-Albert and Associates, will explore the symbolism and meaning behind the architectural design of Japanese gardens in his lecture, The Art and Architecture of the Japanese Garden. Comparing the philosophy of Japanese garden design to other art forms like ukiyo-e (woodblock printing) and cha-no-yu (tea ceremony), Albert will give insight into the sense of well-being one hopes to achieves when entering the space created in a Japanese Garden.
Date: Sunday, May 25th |
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Tickets: $8 (free with new membership to the Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo
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Ikenobo School demonstration and workshop Ikebana orginated in Kyoto, Japan during the 17th century as a Buddhist floral offering called Ikebobo. Passed down through generations of the Ikenobo family and from teacher to student, Ikenobo has spread throughout Japan and around the world. Tuesday morning 10:30am For more information please contact: |
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The Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo and the Buffalo-Kanazawa Sister City Committee cordially invite you to a Champagne Brunch to honor our guests from Kanazawa Time: 11:00am, June 22, 2008 Please RSVP by June 15th |
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Exploring Japanese Gardens Lecture Series Join us for the second lecture in a three-part series on Japanese Gardens. Elements of Japanese Gardens will explore the many elements found in Japanese gardens design. Join one of the visiting expert gardeners from the Japanese city of Kanazawa in a talk about how the Japanese gardens are cared for. Learn about the relationship between the Japanese Garden in Buffalo and the exquisite Kenroku-en Garden in Kanazawa.
Date: Sunday, June 22nd Tickets: $8 (free with new membership to the Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo |
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July |
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Annual meeting and picnic Location and time to be announced For more information please contact: |
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co-sponsored by the Western New York Peace Center, The Year of Japan Committee and the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society The event includes a FREE screening of the HBO documentary film, WHITE LIGHT, BLACK RAIN: THE DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI at 7pm followed by a brief memorial service with floating lanterns at Mirror Lake adjacent to the Japanese Garden behind the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. White Light, Black Rain is an 86 minute documentary directed by Steven Okazaki that provides a graphic, unflinching look at the reality of nuclear warfare through first-hand accounts of both survivors and American men who carried out the bombing missions. Immediately following the film at approximately 8:50 PM a floating lantern ceremony will commence at the edge of Mirror Lake in the Japanese Garden located behind the Historical Society Building. This free event is being co-sponsored by the Western New York Peace Center, Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo and the Historical Society. Although the event is free and open to the public, because of graphic and sometimes disturbing material presented in the film, adults are advised not to bring children below the age of thirteen to see it. Children of any age are encouraged to participate in the lantern ceremony taking place in the Japanese Garden after the film. |
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"In August 1945 the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing unprecedented destruction, and precipitating the end of World War II. In this extraordinary HBO documentary film, Academy Award winning filmmaker Steven Okasaki (Days of Waiting), presents shocking archival footage withheld by the US military for decades, stunning photography and heartrending interviews - from both Japanese survivors and the Americans who thought their involvement would help end a brutal conflict - for a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first use of nuclear weapons in war." Read more about this event on Buffalo Rising online: "An Important Anniversary"
Date: Sunday, August 17th |
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Join the Buffalo Kendo Club for a demonstration of Kendo at the America's Fair, Erie County Fair as part of CNN's 2008 Fit Nation tour. Kendo, or the way of the sword, is one of the oldest and most revered martial arts. Kendo is based on the fencing techniques and philosophy of the samurai, Japan's feudal warriors.
Date: Saturday - Sunday, August 9-10 |
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Exploring Japanese Gardens Lecture Series Join us for the last lecture in a three-part series on Japanse Gardens. In Japan, An Observer's Notebook will focus on a site by site visit investigating the Japanese cultural aesthetic as it relates to the art of placemaking and historical interpretation. Join Architectural Designer, Jeffery Albert on a tour of his most recent visit to Japan exploring the relevance of the Japanese experience to contemporary and historic architecture in both gardens and architectural masterpieces.
Date: Sunday, August 17th Tickets: $8 (free with new membership to the Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo |
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Join Yasuko Tokushige for a special event at the Buffalo Zen Center in West Seneca. As an instructor of chanoyu for over 35 years, Ms. Tokushige has a very close relationship with the Japanese tea ceremony as she describes in this short essay called "Saturday Tea Lesson": |
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Date: Sunday, August 24th
Time: 11:30am
Location: Buffalo Zen Center | 104 Aurora Avenue | West Seneca, NY, 14224 |
phone: (716)825-1144 | email: info@contemplativeliving.com
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Join us for a special opening reception Sunday September 7th from 1:00 - 4:00pm
John Daido Loori, Roshi, is a first generation American Zen Master and the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in the Catskill Mountains of New York, where he integrates his background as an artist and naturalist with his spiritual teachings. He maintains a particular interest in using artistic expression as a way to communicate the teachings of Zen, continuing the spirit of the timeless aesthetic of the Artless Arts of Zen.
John Daido Loori is the author of numerous books including: Making Love With Light: Contemplating Nature With Words and Photographs, Hearing With the Eye: Photographs from Point Lobos, The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life, and Zen Art Box. For more information on John Daido Loori see his website: http://www.johndaidoloori.org/
Date: September 5th – October 26th image captions: image #1: Water Seeing Water by John Daido Loori | image #2: John Daido Loori |
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The Tao of Water is a visual reflection on various ways of seeing water. It is an attempt to go beyond appearances to capture the direct experience of water in its myriad manifestations.
Although the artist is unable to attend the opening event on September 7th, Zen students of Daido Roshi and members of ZMM's local meditation group, the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss his work. Under Daido Roshi's direction, ZMM offers an extensive retreat schedule, including a number that address artistic expression via both ancient and modern art forms.
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In collaboration with the Darwin D. Martin House Complex and Buffalo Tours One of Western New York's most famous architects is Frank Lloyd Wright. Learn more about Wright's influence on the architecture of Japan and Japan on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's September 19th Gusto at the Gallery. The event will feature University of Oregon Professor of Architecture Kevin Nute who is author of the A.I.A. award-winning monograph, Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan which examines "Wright's particular perception of traditional Japanese art and architecture in terms of his own 'organic' design principles." Also enjoy an architectural tour of the exterior of the Gallery and the Japanese Gardens at Delaware Park before participating in Chanoyu, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
Date: Friday, September 19th |
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October |
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The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo is working in cooperation with Buffalo Seminary, a leading private school in the region, to bring Theatre of Yugen to Buffalo. Theatre of Yugen is based in San Francisco. It is an experimental ensemble dedicated to portraying the spirit of yugen, commonly expressed in Noh theater of Japan and in Kyogen, short comic plays conducted in interludes between the acts of a Noh performance. Theatre of Yugen will bring six actors for a performance of a newly created piece adapted by Lluis Valls titled Llanto which revisits Federico Garcia Lorca's famous ode to a dying bullfighter. Combining the contemplative restrained power of Noh drama and movement with the fiery passion of Flamenco guitar, Llanto delves deep into the mystery of memory, life and death. How we live our lives is how we live on. Llanto is accompained by the Kyogen play, Shuron (A Religious Dispute).
Date: Friday, October 3rd Financial support for the performance is made possible through the generosity of the Prince Family Lecture Series of Buffalo Seminary and Astellas Pharma Manufacturing, Inc. |
(r) Lluis Valls and (l) Jubilith Moore |
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Join us for Neglia Ballet Artists' spooky family Halloween production of the classic Russian folk-tale, Baba Yaga featuring one of Japan's most promising dancers, Risato Hayakawa dancing the role of Misha. The evil witch, Baba Yaga, lures young Misha to her strange cottage built on chicken legs and prepares to eat her, aided and abetted by crows, skeletons, and other spooks. The excitement builds as friendly woodland creatures try but fail to rescue Misha -- until finally her father arrives in the nick of time to do battle with Baba Yaga. The production is a feast for the eyes, ears and imagination, with beautiful and eerie sets, colorful costumes, magical lighting affects and the music of three Russian Masters: Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Glazunov. (description from Performing Arts Center website)
Date: Saturday, October 18th |
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Come out and help support the Japanese Garden of Buffalo. Volunteers will help prepare the Garden for the coming winter.
Date: Saturday, October 25th |
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November |
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Join us at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens for our second annual Bunka No Hi celebration. In Japan, Bunka No Hi is a national holiday celebrating arts and culture. Our celebration will also promote Japanese art and culture from the Buffalo-Niagara region. This year's celebration will feature:
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Date: Sunday November 2nd Event in coordination with the Buffalo-Kanazawa Sister City Committee, Friends of the Japanese Garden, Japanese Group of Buffalo, Ikebana International Buffalo 50, Buffalo Bonsai Society, Curly's Bar and Grill, Buffalo State College Design Department, and the Buffalo Kendo Club |
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Buffalo Seminary will present At the Hawk's Well by William Butler Yeats for three performances during the month of November. This 1916 work by the Irish poet Yeats was the first English play to use Japanese Noh Theatre techniques. The play is based on the mythological Irish hero Cuchulain. The young Cuchulain searches for and finds a fountain of youth, guarded by a mysterious Hawk spirit. Seminary students will work with artist-in-residence, Jublith Moore, artistic director of Theatre of Yugen to learn some Noh techniques... The San Francisco based Theatre of Yugen is a 30 year old experimental theatre ensemble dedicated to the pursuit of the intangible essence called yugen, (Yu – deep, quiet, other worldly; gen – subtle, profound, dark). With a foundation in traditional Japanese theatre forms they create new works of world-theater as well as maintaining an active repertoire of traditional Kyogen comedies in English. We are pleased that the program will begin with a Japanese Tea Ceremony performed by Buffalo Seminary students under the direction of Atsuko Nishida-Mitchell.
Date: November 20, 21, 22 |
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