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J-Club Hanami Party Event

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
Join J-Club for an evening of flower-viewing in the spirit of the Japanese tradition of Hanami! We will hang out and make and enjoy various Japanese snacks in this end-of-the-year celebration.

Anderson Freeman Resource Center

Rakugo Night

Sponsored by:
Language Schools and Japanese School
Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided). Sponsored by the Japanese School.
Closed to the Public

Rakugo Night

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided). Sponsored by the Japanese School.

Wright Theatre

Closed to the Public

Centennial Celebration - Rakugo Night

Sponsored by:
Language Schools and Japanese School
Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided).

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Rakugo Night

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided). Sponsored by the Japanese School.

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Paper Lanterns

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
Film Screening of Paper Lanterns. On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. Little known is the fact that among the estimated 140,000 casualties of that day were 12 American prisoners of war held at the Hiroshima Military Police Headquarters since July 28, when they had been shot down during a bombing raid. For decades, many of the families of these 12 Americans were never informed as to the fates of their loved ones. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Mr.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

Japanese Studies Senior Reception

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
The Japanese Studies Department cordially invites senior majors and minors and their commencement guests to a Zoom reception in their honor from 1 -2 PM EDT on Friday, May 22.

Virtual Middlebury

School of Japanese: Burlington Taiko

Sponsored by:
Japanese School
Performance by Stuart Paton, Founder and Artistic Director of Burlington Taiko, followed by student workshop.

Stuart Paton apprenticed with Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka, the founder of the first taiko group in North America (San Francisco Taiko Dojo) and founded the Burlington Taiko Group in 1986.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Open to the Public