Volume 04, Number 14
Things To Do
Saturday, Jul 21
Temple University's Youth and Imaginative Labor Conference: East Asia moves to Super Deluxe for a special Pecha Kucha “University” night followed by a hip hop concert. ¥1,500, email: icjs@tuj.ac.jp
Sunday, Jul 22
Learn about cricket as the Shizuoka Kytes take on the Sri Lankan Airlines Crew Team in an international, 1 day, 30-over match. 12 noon, http://shizuoka-cricket.com.
Monday, Jul 23
Enjoy an evening of Brazilian jazz with Joyce and Samba-Jazz and Other Bossas featuring Tutty Moreno at the Blue Note Tokyo through Jul. 27, 7 and 9:30pm, ¥8,400. Tel. 03-5485-0088.
Tuesday, Jul 24
Take the kids to see illustrations from the Bologna Children's Book Fair Exhibition at the Itabashi Art Museum until Aug 19. www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/art
Wednesday, Jul 25
Watch as Mika Kurosawa and Dancers perform Nanto Iu Kanyo Na Niku at the Komaba- Agora Theater. ¥3,500– ¥4,000, various times. Tel. 090-3508-0880.
Thursday, Jul 26
View the final day of the International Refugee Film Festival featuring awardwinning films. Various times and locations, free.
www.refugeefilm.org
Friday, Jul 27
Watch as beautifully decorated boats reflect in the Manazuru port during the Kibune Festival through tomorrow. The festival includes launches, dancing, and more. Tel. 04-6568-1001.
Saturday, Jul 28
Get into the spirit of Aloha at the Yokohama Hawaii Festival with Japan's largest Hawaiian market, concerts, hula dances, food, workshops, 1,000 hula dancers, 1,000 ukulele players, and more.
Tel. 04-5664-6633.
Sunday, Jul 29
Enjoy a live reading at Ben's Café in Takadanobaba at the Fifth Sunday Fiction Series from 7pm. There will also be live music with the a capella stylings of Tara Solheim between sets. hillelwright@hotmail.com
Monday, Jul 30
Take the little ones to children's fantasy opera Space Turandot (in Japanese). 11:30am and 3pm, ¥2,100, at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. Tel. 03-5352-9999.
Tuesday, Jul 31
Kids will love the production of Frog and Toad based on the famed book. At Hakuhinkan Gekijo in Shinbashi through Aug. 12.
Wednesday, Aug 1
Enjoy the playful work of artist Kentaro Yokouchi at the Kenji Taki Gallery in Nishi-Shinjuku through Aug. 4. Tel. 03-3378-6051.
Thursday, Aug 2
Focus in on the winners of the World Press Photo 2007 exhibition as it drops by the Museum of Photography. Through Aug. 4.
www.worldpressphoto.org
Friday, Aug 3
Visit Aoyama Book Center in Roppongi to browse through a large selection of English books and pick up the new Weekender, due out today.
High-tech tales of adventure at the Goethe-Institut.
by Marie Teather
A quick glance at any atlas will reveal that one third of the earth's surface consists of vast deserts and yet those who have ventured and explored some of this remote land remain few and far between. Michael Martin, explorer, geographer, and photographer, has, however, spent 20 years of his life riding through some of the most barren and hostile desert landscapes on the planet.
Riding simply on his trusty BMW R1150 and with partner and camera woman Elke Wallner, his most recent venture—a colossal five year expedition crossing through some of the most extreme living conditions in Arabia, Iran, the Middle East, Australia, South America and Africa—has been documented in over 80,000 stunning photographs, 2,200 of which will be presented at the Goethe Institue on August 1. Well-used to presenting in front of crowded auditoriums for some of the most prestigutious of institutions, Michael has been presenting his vibrant and award-winning slide shows since the age of fourteen, including one to the Royal Geographical Society in London, making him one of the most talented and respected speakers in Europe.
A collaboration with AV Studio Art of Vision Multimedia and using some of the most advanced programming techniques and projection techniques available today, accredits this slide presentation to be the most elaborate ever produced. Deserts of the Earth, a high tech and modern day equivalent of travelers tales around the camp- fire, promises to be a truly unique evening with one of the worlds most talented and exclusive of adventurers.