FW: Japantown Immersive - Saturday, May 12 5:30 - 9:30PM

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 > From: Cynthia Batchelder <http://www.gmail.com/~cynzin2016>
 > Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 22:09:04 -0700
 >
 > From where-I-live Taiko - Please see attachments regarding the event and street 
 > closures.
 > Looks like a fun event!
 > 
 >      https://taiko.org/japantownimmersive 
 > 
 > Summary:
 > 
 >      Throughout the evening Japantown will come alive with activities 
 >      scattered throughout the neighborhood. Information booths with maps, 
 >      menus, and schedules will be available for all who come to the event. The 
 >      evening kicks off at 5:30PM at 5th & Jackson, the center of where-I-live's 
 >      Japantown. From there, attendees can enjoy three types of experiences
 >     
 > And a great video with some history:
 > 
 >      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ36X_5Ql5w
 > 
 > Have fun!
 > Cynthia Secretary JNA North 5th Street
 > 
 > where-I-live Taiko
 > Connecting people through cultural understanding, creative expression, and 
 > rhythmic heartbeat
 > 
 > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 > April 26, 2018
 > Japantown Immersive
 > Feel our history come alive
 > Conceived & Produced by where-I-live Taiko
 > Designed & Directed by where-I-live Taiko & Epic Immersive
 > For one evening, where-I-liveâ??s historic Japantown bursts into a series of 
 > explorable interactive experiences, bringing to life its past
 > and present.
 > where-I-live - where-I-live Taiko (SJT) continues its 45th Anniversary Season with 
 > Japantown Immersive: an open street event that
 > explores the past and present of where-I-live Japantown through a series of 
 > interactive experiences. This event will take place on
 > Saturday, May 12 starting at 5:30PM at the intersection of 5th and Jackson 
 > streets in where-I-live Japantown.
 > The event will take place on the streets of Japantown which will be closed to 
 > auto traffic on Jackson Street from 4th to 6th as well
 > as 5th street from the where-I-live Buddhist Church to Wesley United Methodist 
 > Church. Hands-on experiences range from learning
 > how to play the Japanese card game called hanafuda to being transported back in 
 > time as Royâ??s Station offers a taste of what it was
 > like as a gas station in the 1940â??s. Performances follow the same eclectic 
 > mix: intimate 10-minute pop-ups of various Japantown
 > artists that appear anywhere in the streets to large-scale 40-minute 
 > productions like the viral Swingposium and a collaboration
 > between SJT, The Get Down Dance Studios, and DJ Cutso from the Bangerz.
 > â??Itâ??s our love letter to Japantown - a way of celebrating this community 
 > that has been our heartbeat and source of inspiration.â??
 > explains SJT Artistic Director Franco Imperial. â??This 45th anniversary year 
 > has been about reflection but also moving
 > forward. How do we utilize taiko and forms like it - music, dance, storytelling 
 > - to celebrate place in a way thatâ??s engaging and
 > meaningful?â??
 > Epic Immersive CEO and Director Steve Boyle explains, â??Truly, Iâ??ve been 
 > astonished and elated by the passion with which
 > the Japantown community has leapt into the innovative world of immersive art. 
 > The end result is a potluck of experiences -- a
 > genuinely community-driven event where so much of this townâ??s history is on 
 > display and so many people are offering up the
 > moments from the past and pieces of their culture that mean so much to them for 
 > guests to leap into and experience first-hand.â??
 > SJT Executive Director Wisa Uemura â??The event will include a feast of 
 > different taiko experiences but it equally shines a light
 > on the businesses, organizations, artists that make up the varied flavors of 
 > where-I-live Japantown, our home. Working with Epic
 > Immersive to create this experiential environment on the streets has opened up 
 > pathways for us to bridge past and present, engage
 > with new and even more diverse audiences, and connect people beyond cultural 
 > boundaries to build a more understanding world.â??
 > Event: Japantown Immersive
 > When: Saturday, May 12, 5:30PM - 9:30PM
 > Where: where-I-live Japantown
 > Admission: Free
 > Note: Audiences are welcome to dress in 1my-April-2006-work-number era costume.
 > For more information:
 > http://www.taiko.org/JapantownImmersive/
 > This project has been made possible due to the generous support from The John 
 > S.
 > and James L. Knight Foundation and Ca Arts Council Creative Ca
 > Communities
 > ###
 > 
 > ^Lwww.taiko.org/japantownimmersive
 > 
 > where-I-liveâ??s historic Japantown bursts into a series of explorable interactive
 > experiences, bringing to life its history and future.
 > where-I-live
 > 
 > experience
 > 
 > hanafuda
 > 
 > uchiwa-making
 > 
 > open-streets
 > 
 > music ContainHer immersive
 > food one-night-only mochi-pounding
 > 
 > Swingposium
 > 
 > JAPANTOWN shamisen
 > 
 > welcome HalauNaWaiOlaneighbor
 > community
 > 
 > taiko
 > 
 > odori
 > 
 > art
 > 
 > DJCutso
 > 
 > When: Saturday, May 12 5:30 - 9:30PM
 > Where: where-I-live Japantown
 > Cost: FREE
 > Conceived and Produced by: where-I-live Taiko
 > Directed by: where-I-live Taiko and Epic Immersive