Archive 2015
2014 JUL-DEC
Thursday, July 10
ROKA AKOR
456 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60654
Sunday, July 13
Japan Day
Japan Town in San Francisco
1610 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94115
Saturday, July 19 @5pm
Evanston Festival
Centennial Park
Sheridan Rd. at Clark St. 60201
Sunday, July 20 @7am
Rock N Roll Marathon 60616
Sunday, July 20 @3pm
Clark St. Festival
Clark St. btwn. Morse & Touhy
6950 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60626
Sunday, July 20 @6pm
China Town Summer Festival
Wentworth Ave. from Cermak Rd. to 24th Pl. Chicago 60616
Monday, July 21
Montessori Language Academy @9am
Forest Park, IL 60130
(private educational program)
Saturday, July 26 @10:45am
Chicago International Dragon Boat Festival
2201 N. Windsor Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Saturday, July 26 @1pm
Millennium Park Family Fun Festival
Family Fun Performance Stage
Millennium Park, Chase Promenade North
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Sunday, July 27 @5pm
ROKA AKOR
4999 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, IL 60077
Saturday, August 2 @2pm & 6pm
Mitsuwa Bon Odori
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Sunday, August 3 @1pm & 3pm
Destination Asia Festival
The Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL 60532
Thursday, August 7 @5pm
Oak Park Festival 60301
Saturday, August 9 @8pm
Yoko Noge’s Japonesque at Ginza Festival
Midwest Buddhist Temple
435 W Menomonee, Chicago, IL 60614
Saturday, August 16 @12:30pm
Albany Park World Fest
60625
Tuesday, August 19 @ 5:30 pm
The Miyumi Project featuring Tsukasa Taiko
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Chicago)
220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60611
Cancelled
Thursday, August 21 @6pm
Argyle Night Market
Argyle between Sheridan Rd. and Kenmore
Sunday, August 24 @1pm
Millennium Park Family Fun Day
Family Fun Performance Stage
Millennium Park, Chase Promenade North
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Sunday, August 24 @4pm
United we drum “MUNTU”
The Logan Center
915 E. 60th St. 60601
Wednesday, September 3 @2pm
Omron Americas Headquarters
Hoffman Estate 60169
Tuesday, October 7
Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School
Arlington Heights 60004
Educational program
Saturday, October 11 @4pm
Japanese Culture Center
1016 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 60657
Sunday, October 19 @1pm
Fujima Recital
Northside College Prep High School
5501 N. Kedzie Ave. Chicago, IL 60625
Saturday, October 25 @2:30pm
Rotary Club World Headquarters in Evanston
Sherman Ave. Evanston, IL 60201
Monday, November 3 @7pm
Miyumi Project
Music Mondays Series
Arts Incubator in Washington Park
The University of Chicago
301 E. Garfield Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60637
Friday, November 7 @1pm
Religious Education Association
Oak Brook 60523
Saturday, November 8 @1pm & 3pm
Holiday Delight
JASC : N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
Thursday, November 27
McDonald’s Thanks Giving Parade
60602
Saturday, November 29 @12:45pm
Christmas Around the World
Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60637
Saturday, December 6 @8pm [new venue]
Miyumi Project
Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
hairpinartscenter.org
Saturday, December 20 @7:30pm
Reduction 2
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Saturday, December 20 @3pm
and Sunday, December 21 @3pm
Taiko Legacy 11
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Tickets on Sale Now @ MCA web site
Reduction 2
www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-reduction
Taiko Legacy 11
www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-taiko-legacy-11
2015 JAN-
Thursday, January 1 2015
Mitsuwa Marketplace : New Year Festival
100 E. Algonquin Rd. Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Wednesday, January 14 2015 @10:30am
Logan Center School Matinee Program
The University of Chicago
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago, IL 60637
Private Educational Program
Friday, January 16 2015
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Chicago, IL 60607
Private Educational Program
Saturday, January 17 2015 @9:30pm
Miyumi Project
Constellation Links Hall
3111 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Tuesday, January 20 2015
Everett Elementary School
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Educational Program
Wednesday, January 21 2015
Cherokee Elementary School
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Private Educational Program
Wednesday, January 21 2015
Sheridan Elementary School
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Private Educational Program
Wednesday, January 28 2015
Edison Middle School
Wheaton, IL 60189
Private Educational Program
Thursday, January 29 2015
Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School
730 N. Catalpa Ave. Itasca, IL 60143
A performance of Japanese drumming for Culture Night 2015
Saturday, January 31 2015 @1pm & 3pm
Oak Park and River Forest School
201 North Scoville Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Saturday, January 31 2015 @8:30pm
TACCGC Chinese New Year Party
Hyatt Regency O’hare
9300 Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, IL 60018
Friday, February 13 2015 @8:00pm
Chicago Composers Orchestra
Vittum Theater
1012 N. Noble St. Chicago, IL 60642
Friday, February 20 2015 @6pm
Bradley University
1501 W. Bradley Ave. Peoria, IL 61625
Saturday, February 28 2015
Futabakai Saturday School
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Private Event
Saturday, March 7 @12:00pm
Indiana Japan Chamber New Year Event
Mansion at Oak Hill
Carmel, IN 46033
Private Event
Wednesday, March 11 @12:00pm
Kizuna4 The Japan Earthquake Photo Exhibition
Richard J. Daley Center
50 W. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602
Sunday, March 29 @3pm
Toyoaki Shamisen and Fujima Ryu of Chicago
Master Apprentice Program Recital
Hair Pin Arts Center
2810 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60618
Saturday, April 11 @7pm
Loyola University BUNKA-SAI
1001 W. Loyola Ave. Northeast corner of the Lake Shore Campus,
Chicago, IL 60626
Sunday, April 19 @6pm
National Jazz Journalist Association award ceremony
Erastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave. #208 Chicago, IL 60647
FREE / General Admission – Register here
Wednesday, April 22
Montessori Language Academy
Forest Park, IL 60130
Private Educational Program
Thursday, April 23 @7:30pm
Metropolis Performing Arts Center
111 W. Campbell St. Arlington Heights, IL 60005
*Ticket now on sale : metropolisarts.com
Friday, April 24 @6:30pm
Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project
Celebrating 20 years of the Asian American Jazz Experience in Chicago
Hilton Orrington Hotel : 2nd floor Heritage Ballroom
1710 Orrington Ave. Evanston, IL 602012
*Join us for this FREE concert, in conjunction with the Association for Asian American Studies conference, to celebrate one of Chicago’s premier musicians and 20th year of Chicago’s Asian American Jazz Festival.
Saturday, April 25 @10:30am
HAIKU Festival
Harold Washington Library
400 South State Street Chicago, IL 60605
Wednesday, April 29 @4:30pm
Purdue University
610 Purdue Mall West Lafayette, IL 47407
Saturday, May 2 @2:30pm
Levy Senior Center
Evanston, IL 60202
Private Event
Wednesday, May 6 @6:40pm
Asian American Studies Strikes Back
Northwestern University : Hardin Hall
633 Clark St., Chicago, IL 60208
Thursday, May 7 @5:10pm
National Association of Asian American Professionals
Chicago, IL 60606
Private event
Saturday, May 9 @7:30pm
University of Chicago Japan Matsuri
Hutcinson Courtyard 5801 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637
Sunday, May 10 @5pm
Northwestern University BUNKA-SAI
Parkes Hall, 1870 Sheridan Rd., Evenston, IL 60208
Monday, May 18 @1:30pm
William H. Ray Elementary School
Chicago, IL 60637
Private Educational Program
Wednesday, May 20 @4pm
BMO Harris Bank
Chicago, IL 60603
Private event
Friday, May 22 @11:30am & 3:30pm
Cintas Corporation
Chicago, IL 60638
Private Event
Saturday, May 23 @8:30pm
Miyumi Project
Constellation Links Hall
3111 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Wednesday, May 27 @8:45am
Andrew Jackson Language Academy
Chicago, IL 60607
Private Educational Program
Wednesday, May 27 @12:15pm
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St. Chicago, IL 60605
Friday, May 29 @5:30pm
The University of Chicago
International House
1414 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Saturday, May 30 @1:30pm
Pivot Arts Festival
Loyola University St. Ignatius Plaza
1050 W. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60660
Sunday, May 31 @7pm
Kellogg Japan night
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
2169 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208
Monday, June 1 @7pm
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
Thursday, June 4 @6pm
Living Our Culture
Tatsu Aoki and friends
Floating World Gallery
1925 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60614
http://www.jasc-chicago.org/living-our-culture-2015/
Friday, June 12 @12pm
Sky Landing Groundbreaking Ceremony
Jackson Park 60649
Monday, June 15 @12pm
Make Music Chicago PR
2 N. Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606
Friday, June 19 @9am
McDowell Elementary School
Chicago, IL 60619
Private Educational Program
Sunday, June 21 @2:30pm
Make Music Chicago
http://makemusicchicago.org/
North Park Village Nature Center
5801 N. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60646
Sunday, June 28
Japan Day
Japan Town in San Francisco
1610 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94115
Saturday, July 4 @11am
The 24th Annual 4th on 53rd Parade of Hyde Park
Chicago, IL 60637
Tuesday, July 7 @7pm
Polish Triangle Coalition
Milwaukee/Division/Ashland Avenues at the Blue Line stop
Chicago, IL 60642
Friday, July 17
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL 60614
Private Event
Saturday, July 18 @1pm
Millennium Park Family Fun Festival
Family Fun Performance Stage
Millennium Park, Chase Promenade North
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Saturday, July 18 @4pm
Japan Night at Arlington International
2200 W. Euclid Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60006
Sunday, July 19 @7am
Rock’n’ Roll Marathon
24th Place and Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60616
Sunday, July 19 @3pm
36th Annual Chinatown Summer Fair
Cermak & Wentworth, Chicago, IL 60616
Saturday, July 25 @10am
Chicago International Dragon Boat Festival
Lake Arlington
2201 N. Windsor Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Thursday, July 30 @3:45pm
Jazz Academy Camp by Chicago Philharmonic
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL 60628
Private Event
Saturday, August 1
Mitsuwa Bon Odori
100 E. Algonquin Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Saturday, August 1 @11am & 2:15pm
Sunday, August 2 @11am & 2:15pm
The Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL 60532
Sunday, August 2 @10am
Miyumi Project
The Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL 60532
Wednesday, August 5 @6:30pm
Night Out in the Parks featuring Fujima Ryu of Chicago
Midway Plaisance Park
1130 Midway Plaisance North, Chicago, IL 60637
Thursday, August 6 @5pm
Downtown Oak Park’s Thursday Night Out
North Marion St. / Westgate St., Oak Park, IL 60301
Saturday, August 8 @6:30pm
Night Out in the Parks featuring Fujima Ryu of Chicago
Ping Tom Park
1700 S. Wentworth Ave., Chicago, IL 60616
Saturday, August 8 @8pm
Yoko Noge’s Japonesque at Ginza Festival
Midwest Buddhist Temple
435 W. Menomonee St., Chicago, IL 60614
Sunday, August 9 @4:30pm
Ginza Holiday with Fujima Ryu of Chicago
Midwest Buddhist Temple
435 W. Menomonee St., Chicago, IL 60614
Tuesday, August 11 @6:30pm
Night Out in the Parks featuring Fujima Ryu of Chicago
Haas Park
2402 N. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Friday, August 14
Project UI-ssi-gu 2015
Wrigley Square
Downtown Chicago Millennium Park
Chicago, IL 60601
Sunday, August 16 @1pm
Millennium Park Family Fun Festival
Family Fun Performance Stage
Millennium Park, Chase Promenade North
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Tuesday, August 25 @5:30pm
Miyumi Project at MCA Tuesdays on the Terrace
*Miyumi Project : Taiko & Contemporary Jazz
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/tuesdays-on-the-terrace-tatsu-aoki-miyumi-project-2/
Saturday, September 12 @3pm
JCC Open House
1016 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60657
Monday, September 21 @5:30pm
Fujima Ryu of Chicago Fundraiser Event
Miyumi Project *Taiko & Contemporary Jazz
Floating World Gallery
1925 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60614
Saturday, September 26 @1pm
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Miyumi Project *Taiko & Contemporary Jazz
Smart Museum of Art ‐ the University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60637
http://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org/tatsu-aoki
Friday, October 9 @5:30pm
Asian American Jazz Festival
Miyumi Project *Taiko & Contemporary Jazz
Gray Center – the University of Chicago
929 E. 60th St., Ste 112, Chicago, IL 60637
Thursday,October 15
New Runway ceremony
O’Hare Airport
Chicago, IL 60666
Saturday, October 17 @12pm
McKinley Park Public Library
1915 W. 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609
Sunday, October 18 @1pm
Fujima Recital
Northside College Prep HighSchool
5501 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60625
Friday, October 23 @8:30pm
Miyumi Project *Taiko & Contemporary Jazz
Constellation Ticket: $10
3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60618
Friday, October 23
Saturday, October 24
Sunday, October 25
UNIQLO Opening ceremony
830 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611
Tuesday, November 10 @5:30pm
Miyumi Project : Taiko & contemporary Jazz
Constellation
3111 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Thursday, November 12 @11am
NIU : Northern Illinois University
1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115
Saturday, November 14 @11:30am & 3pm
Holiday Delight
JASC: Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640
Tuesday, November 24
OPRF
Oak Park, IL 60302
Private Educational program
Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving Parade on TV
Chicago, IL 60602
Friday, November 27 @3:15pm
Christmas Around the World
the Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60637
Thursday, December 10
Ovation Chicago
Chicago, IL 60612
Private Event
Friday, December 11
Barrington High School
Barrington IL 60010
Private Event
Saturday, December 12
Amada
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Private Event
Saturday, December 19 @3pm
Taiko Legacy 12
MCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-taiko-legacy-12/
Saturday, December 19 @7:30pm
Reduction
MCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-reduction-2/
Sunday, December 20 @3pm
Taiko Legacy 12
MCA: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
http://www2.mcachicago.org/event/tsukasa-taiko-taiko-legacy-12/
Wednesday, December 23 @8pm
Winter Solstice
Constellation
3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60618