Have you registered to vote yet?
Have you registered to vote yet? You have until October 20th, 2008 to register by mail in California. This post was supposed to coincide with APIA Vote‘s Day of Action on October 4th to encourage people to register to vote in the next big election, but what can I say? I was too busy registering […]
Nakayoshi in Hokubei Mainichi
Looks like we got a photo and a brief article in the Hokubei Mainichi newspaper highlighting our contributions at the past National AIDS Memorial Grove volunteer workday! Here’s the link to the online edition: http://www.hokubeionline.com/en/news/2008/10/Making-Difference-AIDS-Memorial-Grove
Nakayoshi Bi-weekly Update No. 1 – Oct 2, 2008
Nakayoshi Bi-weekly Update No. 1 – October 2, 2008 Nakayoshi is implementing a biweekly update on upcoming Nakayoshi events that we will send every two weeks to all members of our e-mail list, Facebook group, and post on the Nakayoshi Blog at http://nakayoshi-jacl.blogspot.com/.Hey Nakayoshi members! We’ve come out of our planning meeting this past Sunday […]
"Salute to a Vision" JCCCNC Annual Event Recap
Nakayoshi members suited up last Saturday night to volunteer at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of California‘s annual fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square in San Francisco. The event, titled “Salute to a Vision,” commemmorated the 35th anniversary of the community center in Japantown, and featured a roast/toast to the […]
September Events
Wow… September is a pretty busy month for Nakayoshi! Those of you in our Facebook group have been sent invitations to our events, but for everyone else, here’s what we have going on:9/13/08: Volunteering at JCCCNC’s Annual Event, “Salute to a Vision†Nakayoshi will be joining other volunteers at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center […]
Goh Nakamura Album Release Recap
Ok, so this was over a week ago, but better late than never. For those of you who missed it, last Wednesday’s album release show at Cafe du Nord for Goh Nakamura‘s new album Ulysses was a rockin’ good time with the Nakayoshi crew. Seriously. Legendary. Opening acts Michelle Amador and Scrabbel started things off […]
August Event: Goh Nakamura "Ulysses" Album Release Show!
Support your local JA and API artists/musicians! If you haven’t already received our invitation sent out to the members of the Nakayoshi Facebook group, here’s the scoop: Thanks to Kurt Kurasaki, we’ve been generously given tickets for Nakayoshi members to the record release show for local singer/songwriter Goh Nakamura’s new album, “Ulysses” next Wednesday (August […]
More coverage re: Nihonmachi Street Fair
I just came across this posting on Curbed SF reporting that… there’s nothing new to report regarding the complaints put forth by the 1600 Webster Street Developer and the President of its Homeowners Association. Well, maybe that’s based off of what we posted previously, although we thought it was pretty damn cool in the first […]
Nihonmachi Street Fair Recap
First off, a big THANK YOU!!! for those of you who came out to volunteer in the Children’s Village at the Nihonmachi Street Fair this past Saturday, including Graig, Lisa, Emily L, Naomi, Aileen, Megumi and Daniel. We had a great time helping out JCYC with the game booths and seeing all the cute kids […]
SAVE OUR JAPANTOWN COMMUNITY FESTIVALS
I’m posting a mass e-mail sent from Paul Osaki, Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) in Japantown regarding a complaint and response sent to the planners of the Nihonmachi Street Fair from the real estate developer and President of the Homeowner’s Association of 1600 Webster Street (Across the […]