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 […]
Spotlight #3 – Alec Yoshio MacDonald
Full Name: Alec Yoshio MacDonald Age: 31 years old Profession: Writer/EditorFavorite Pro Sports Team: Chicago White Sox I’ve written lots of profiles of Japanese Americans, but never of myself, and it feels a little weird. So let’s keep this brief. I joined Chicago JACL five or six years ago, editing the chapter newsletter, serving on […]
Liberty Live Tour 2008
At this summer’s JACL National Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, the National Youth/Student Council (NYSC – where both Jenn and I sit as reps.) passed a resolution for the JACL to support North Korean Human Rights. Check out Jenn’s post to learn more about the resolution here. After reading Angry Asian Man this morning, […]
August Meeting
What: Monthly MeetingWhen: Sunday, August 31, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.Where: JACL Headquarters – 1765 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115Who: You! Join us next Sunday for our monthly meeting. We’ll be talking about this month’s events, giving feedback to help us make future events ever more fabulous. We’ll also be discussing upcoming events and the […]
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 […]
spotlight #2: Megumi J. Kaminaga
Full Name: Megumi Jennifer Kaminaga Age: 24 years old Sign: Aries Profession: Marketing Coordinator @ TechInsights Before I became involved with Nakayoshi, I was active in various student orgs at UC Santa Cruz. My love and commitment to community organizations and desire for social change began during my undergrad years and through meeting so many […]
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 […]
Growth
We’ve been hearing a lot about J-towns dying, being sold off, disappearing. This is a little old, but I just came across it today. There’s a chunk of land up for sale in Los Angeles, and “the competition for the land at 1st and Alameda streets is seen as a critical test of the Japanese […]