Renee McCue presents a preview of the sixth annual Japan Summer Festival, a free, one-day celebration of Japanese culture that will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Blue Back Square, from noon-5:30 p.m. (The rain date is Sunday, June 16, 2018, noon-5:30 p.m.) Watch a video! >>Read More...
Cosplay Contest at Japan Summer Festival
The Cosplay Contest is coming back to JSGH’s Summer Festival on June 15, 2019! (Blue Back Square, West Hartford, CT) Do you love dressing up as your favorite Japanese anime, manga or video game character? Come join us for the Summer Festival Cosplay contest! Please make sure your costume has a Japanese theme and is appropriate for all ages. Cash prizes for the winners! 3:00-4:00 Cosplay Contest Winners will be announced at 4:10! You can >>Read More...
2019 Japan Summer Festival
6th Annual Japan Summer Festival Saturday, June 15th, 2019 (Rain date: Sun. June 16th) Blue Back Square, West Hartford, CT Noon – 5:30 pm This is a free event open to the public. Mountain River Taiko Karate & Kendo Demonstrations Shishimai Lion Dance Bon Dance *Cosplay Contest (If you’d like to enter the contest, please see here for the detail.) Balloon Storytelling Tea Ceremony Yukata Experience Sumi-e (Japanese ink painting workshop) Paprika Dance – Tokyo >>Read More...
Palestinian-Japanese Soprano Mariam Tamari to Tour U.S. East Coast
Palestinian-Japanese Soprano Mariam Tamari to tour U.S. East Coast with Palestinian Pianist Fadi Deeb Woodbridge, CT — Internationally-acclaimed Palestinian-Japanese opera singer Mariam Tamari will give a series of three concerts on the East Coast hosted by the Palestine Museum US. She will be accompanied by award-winning pianist Dr. Fadi Deeb of Bir Zeit University / Edward Said Conservatory. With thriving careers, Tamari and Deeb are two of the most accomplished artists of Palestinian origin in >>Read More...
May Nihongo Night – Drug Abuse
The recent opiate epidemic in the US has affected Connecticut as well. Since 2012 over 5000 people died in Connecticut of an accidental opiate overdose. However, it is not well known that many of these deaths resulted from the combination of opiates and other drugs plus alcohol. While opiate addiction has been a major concern in recent years, drug and alcohol abuse have been with us since colonial times. We will present an overview of >>Read More...