Month: July 2014
2014 Japan Film Festival Canberra Co-ordinator needed
JAPAN-RELATED SECONDHAND BOOK SALE
The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is coming to Canberra in mid-October, and is seeking a passionate candidate to join the team as a Coordinator. This is an exciting opportunity to work behind-the-scenes for the JFF and gain valuable experience. The coordinator will be responsible for local promotions, and volunteer recruitment and coordination for pre-festival flyer distribution and to assist during the film festival.
| Duration | Available from 11 August – late October |
| Location/s | JFF will be held at Capitol Cinema Manuka, Canberra. The coordinator is also expected to recommend appropriate locations and hubs around Canberra to distribute flyers. |
| Hours required | There are no set hours but workload will increase exponentially in the four weeks leading up to and during the Festival. |
| Payment | $1000 incl. GST |
| Duties | See attached PDF flyer |
2nd hand book sale, Sat-Sun, 19-20 Jul
JAPAN-RELATED SECONDHAND BOOK SALE
The Japan Centre, Department of East Asian Studies, School of Culture, History ＆ Language, College of Asia & the Pacific, ANU, in conjunction with the ANU Japan Club and the ANU Kabuki Club, is planning to hold another “Japan-related Secondhand Book Sale”. The inaugural book sale was held in 2011 as a fundraising activity for people in Japan affected by the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami, and was such a great success that we plan to continue with them into the future.
| Event | Japan-related secondhand book sale |
| Date | Sat 19th – Sun 20th July |
| Where | Level 3, Baldessin Precinct Building (BPB; commonly known as the Asian Studies Building; Bldg.#110), ANU Please see : http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/largemap.asp (Grid E-2) Please note: Parking is free on Saturday and Sunday in any car park on campus. |
| Times | 10:00am – 4:00pm each day |
| Food/drinks | Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be served along with cakes and sembei. (All proceeds will be treated as donations.) |
| Prices | Magazines&Manga ($1.00), Bunko-bon&Shinsho-ban ($2.00), Books&Monographs ($5.00-$10.00), CDs ($3.00), DVDs ($5.00), etc. |
| Info | Shun Ikeda, Co-ordinator, Japan Centre T: 6125-4030 (W) M: 0435-917-800 E: Shun.Ikeda@anu.edu.auKaima Negishi, Events Co-ordinator, Department of East Asian Studies M: 0424-370-108 E: Kaima.Negishi@anu.edu.au |
They would appreciate it if you could donate unwanted books, magazines, comic books, CDs and DVDs at any time before Friday 18 July. However, they would like to limit the offerings to Japanese-language material or material related to Japan in any language.
Please bring your donations to the “Yukari-no-ma (Tatami Room)”, Level 3, BPB (as above) by Friday 18 July. If you have many donations and they are too heavy to carry, please let them know and they will come to your place to collect them.
They are also seeking helpers before the sale to sort out books and other items as well as on the day of the sale both in the “Book Sale” section and “Refreshments” area. Those who are willing to help, please let them know. Please disseminate this notice widely amongst your family, friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.
Stars of the Tokyo stage, 19 Jul – 12 Oct
Stars of the Tokyo stage is a window into the glamorous world of Japan’s kabuki theatre during the 1920s and 30s. The exhibition focuses on the arresting actor prints created by Tokyo artist Natori Shunsen (1886–1960) during a modern revival in Japanese theatre and printmaking.
Shunsen’s portraits reveal a deep engagement with kabuki. Made for fans, they depict leading actors as characters from kabuki’s repertoire of historical dramas, domestic plays, comedies, tragedies, crime thrillers and supernatural epics. The images capture the exaggerated expressions, flamboyant costumes, makeup and dramatic poses of the theatrical form.
| Event | Stars of the Tokyo stage: Natori Shunsen’s kabuki actor prints |
| Date | 19 July – 12 October 2014 |
| Where | National Gallery of Australia |
| Web | http://bit.ly/1qKSxE4 |
| Flyer | |