 JAPANESE
CULTURE & LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Aurora Foundation will present "Japanese Culture and Language
Program" from April 2009 to March 2010 at Thousand Cranes
Restaurant at Kyoto Grand Hotel & Gardens. The ten-session
course will be designed to give an introduction to selected aspects
of the Japanese culture and useful language relevant to the culture.
It will provide information and experience to develop "survival"
communication skills and strategies. Particular attention will
be given to two areas: understanding culture-specific information
on Japan, and developing "survival" communication abilities
in Japan. Participants are encouraged to explore their own cultural
heritage in comparison to the Japanese culture and language,
which will enhance to define self-identity and help them to function
in a new environment and experience. Each session will be lead
by specialists in its field.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 5:00
PM
"GEGE" Film Screening (with English Subtitles)&
"Live! Aurora Show"
Aurora Foundation presents the U.S. premiere screening of the
film "GEGE" in Japanese with English subtitles. The
screening will begin with a special presentation of U-ZO Co.,
Ltd.'s aurora borealis digital video show "AURORA FANTASY
SHOW". The screening will be presented at the Aratani Japan
America Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
SHOW TIMES:
5:00 PM: AURORA FANTASY SHOW
6:15 PM: GEGE (with English Subtitles) |
GEGE FLYER
PRESS RELEASE (in
Japanese) |
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
For more information contact the
Aurora Japanese
Language Scholarship Foundation at
(323) 882-6545
Event Location:
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
244 S. San Pedro St.,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: (213) 680-3700
Tickets: $20 (Film & Aurora Show included.
Discount is $2 per ticket; For 10 or more tickets, Students,
JACCC and Aurora Club Members)
PURCHASE TICKETS
ONLINE AT www.auroraevent.org
Presented by: Aurora Foundation / Co-presenter: JACCC
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Friday October 3, 2008
10th Anniversary Aurora Benefit Dinner & Gala Celebration!
Kyoto Grand Hotel & Gardens |
Saturday, October 4, 2008
10th Anniversary Symposium & Panel Discussion on Japanese
Language Education in the USA |
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Masashi Sada Aurora Benefit Concert!
El Camino College Marsee Auditorium
Tickets on sale: June 27th
Purchase tickets online
at
www.auroraevent.org |
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Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM
"BIZAN" Film Screening & "AURORA FANTASY SHOW"
Digital Slide Show
Aurora Foundation presents the U.S. premiere screening of the
film "BIZAN" in Japanese with English subtitles. The
screening will begin with a special presentation of Tetsuya Nakagaki's
aurora borealis digital photo slide show "AURORA FANTASY
SHOW". The screening will be presented at the Aratani Japan
America Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
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Aratani/Japan America Theatre
For ticket prices, tickets, and information contact the Aurora
Japanese
Language Scholarship Foundation at (323) 882-6545
Event Location:
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
244 S. San Pedro St.,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: (213) 680-3700 |
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THE GOSPELLERS
AURORA CONCERT
in LA
Sunday, October 28,
2007, 6PM
Marsee Auditorium at
El Camino College, Torrance
and, the Aurora
Foundation Benefit Dinner & Auction on Oct 26th at the New
Otani Hotel. |
Press Release:
(english)
Flyer:
(japanese)
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Mako Iwamatsu ©
Masako Togo |
Mako Iwamatsu Film Screening
presented by the
Aurora Foundation and
Kasloff Foundation |
Taro Yashima
© Masako Togo |
Sunday, April 29, 2007
1:00 PM: Documentary - "Taro
Yashima -Itsukushimu Inochi" (45 min.)
Taro Yashima (1908-1994) always had his theme,
"praising one's life," and expressed it through his
paintings. This documentary film features Taro Yashima himself
as well as his two sons, actor Mako Iwamatsu, and non fiction
writer Chihiro Isa.
Ceremony: The Second Kasloff Foundation Japanese-American
Pioneer Award
Video message: Yoji Yamada (10 min.)
2:30 PM: "The Homeland" (108
min.)
Directed by Tonko Horikawa, written by Yoji Yamada
Starring Takaya Kamikawa, Mako, Yoshino Kimura
Master writer/director Yoji Yamada, acclaimed
worldwide for the "Twilight Samurai," and Mako, team
up in this new drama about war, homeland, and family. A young
man meets an old former Kamikaze pilot (Mako) on a southern island,
and becomes involved in a poignant mystery.
Both films are in Japanese. (No English
subtitles) |
Location:
Aratani/Japan America Theatre
244 S. San Pedro St.,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tel: (213) 680-3700
Tickets: $15 (General Admission) (For
informantion on discounts, please contact the Aurora Foundation)
Click here for FLYER
Click for press release in
Japanese
and in English |
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The
Fourth Annual Aurora Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation
All-USA High School
Japanese Speech Contest
Saturday,
May 19, 2007
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
at the Hitachi Chemical Research Center.
Click
here for more info |
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All participants at the
2006 Aurora Speech Contest
Photo by Tetsuya Fukui |
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Both the Aurora
Concert and the Aurora Award Dinner were great.
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated
for your help in making these events a success!
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2006 AKIRA FUSE
AURORA CONCERT
in LA
Sunday, October 29,
2006, 6PM
Marsee Auditorium at El Camino College,
Torrance
and, the Aurora
Foundation Benefit Dinner & Auction on Oct 27th at the New
Otani Hotel. |
Press Release:
(english)
(japanese)
FLYER:
(front)
(back) |
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FLYER
(front)
(back) |
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2005 RIMI NATSUKAWA
AURORA CONCERTS in LA
The Aurora Foundation
Benefit Dinner and the Rimi Natsukawa Aurora Concerts were all
sold out and were a big success. Thank you for your support!
SOLD OUT! Sat., Oct.
1, 2005 / Sun.,Oct. 2, 2005
Aratani /Japan America Theatre |
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2005 AURORA Film Screening,
"Shoro Nagashi"
("The Boat to Heaven") by
Mitsutoshi Tanaka FLYER |
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2004 TOKIKO KATO AURORA CONCERT
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College Center for the Arts |
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2004 AURORA SCREENING, "Yukie"
& "Oriume"
Two films by Hisako Matsui
FLYER |
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"AURORA NEWS" July 2003
Newsletter (Aurora Club member benefit) |
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UPDATES ON PREVIOUS
JLSF Scholarship and Aurora Challenge Grant winners! |
2003 AURORA SCREENING "A
LAST NOTE",
by Kaneto Shindo FLYER |
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