White on Rice at SFIAAFF
Along with so much of the good stuff going on that you might want to check out at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival this month, here’s a plug for the movie “White on Rice”. Friend of Nakayoshi Tim Koide worked on some of the music in the score of the film, and […]
67 years ago today…
Although our community in the Bay Area will be observing our Day of Remembrance this coming Sunday, let us remember that 67 years ago today, the path of our community was drastically altered by the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President FDR. For the Japanese American community, February 19th, 1942 would be the day […]
Nakayoshi Monthly Update – February 2009
Hey everyone, sorry we’ve been a little late this month in sending out our update, but luckily, we’re just getting started on our events for February! This month’s main focus will be on the Bay Area Day of Remembrance on February 22nd as we join the rest of the community to pay our annual respects […]
There are Bigger Fish to Fry Than Miley Cyrus
The following is a guest posting from Conrad Ohashi, another JACL young professional and friend of Nakayoshi: Asian American Nation, what is wrong with us? There is an economy in shambles, rampant unemployment, 3 wars that we need to pull out from, and for another 330 days we have our generation’s “internment camp” right across […]
Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2009
As you may have read in our Monthly Update at the beginning of January, Nakayoshi will be taking part in this year’s Bay Area Day of Remembrance event on Sunday, February 22, 2009. Before you read more details on the event below, we’d like to give the following announcement: The Day of Remembrance committee is […]
Nakayoshi Monthly Update – January 2009
Akemashite Omedetou! (Happy New Year!) Happy New Year everyone! We hope you have a lot to look forward to in 2009 – Nakayoshi certainly has a lot in the works for the upcoming year! Since our first Meet & Greet BBQ event in June until now, we really appreciate everyone who has come to our […]
MANIFESTO – Monologue from UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union’s 6th Annual Culture Show
For those of you who missed it, the UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union held their 6th Annual Culture Show, (r)evolutions a couple weeks ago on Sunday December 7, 2008. I really enjoyed the stories presented in this year’s show, as well as the fun dance sequences and an amazing performance from Cal Raijin Taiko. Following […]
Hyphen Magazine Issue #16 Release Happy Hour – 12/18
Our friends over at Hyphen Magazine are releasing their 16th issue in time for the holidays, and are having a happy hour to celebrate! Here are the details: ConsumeCarouseand Celebrate! Ring in the holiday season with Hyphen at our #16 issue release happy hour!Thursday, December 18th, 6 – 10pm $5 – 10 sliding scale donation […]
Nakayoshi covered in AsianWeek
AsianWeek just published their article on Nakayoshi this morning. You can read the original article at http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/05/young-ja-professionals-bridging-the-gap/ Young JA Professionals Bridging the GapDecember 5, 2008New Bay Area group helps maintain connection to the Japanese American community SAN FRANCISCO — On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Japantown, a group of energetic twenty-somethings got together at the […]
Nakayoshi Monthly Update – December 2008
Happy Holidays from Nakayoshi! We’re switching the format of our updates to a monthly basis to keep all your inboxes from getting cluttered. December is generally a busy month for everyone with the holidays, so we’re consolidating our events this month so that the Pregame Mixer/Warriors game will serve as this month’s social event for […]