Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii : Programs : Thinking Out Loud : 2011 Past Shows

2011 Past Shows

December 26

JCCH Book Club: Big Happiness: The Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior (Guest: Mark Panek)

December 19

Ukulele, Slack Key, and Everything Else (Guest: Benny Uyetake)

December 12 REPLAY

Spreading Compassion; Aloha as a Way of Being (Guest: Keola Beamer)

December 5

The Hawaii Herald (Guest: Karleen Chinen and Joe Udell)

November 28

JCCH Book Club: Murder Leaves Its Mark (Guest: Vicky Kneubuhl)

November 21

The Arts and Why Our Community Needs Them (Guest: Wei Fang and Ben Trevino)

November 14

Japanese Studies at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa (Guest: Robert Huey and Gay Satsuma)

November 7

Family Life in the Public Eye (Guest: Jean and Donn Ariyoshi)

October 31

JCCH Book Club: Theatres in Hawai`i (Guest: Lowell Angell)

October 24

A Sansei's Story: Beyond the Struggle (Guest: Jocelyn Fujii)

October 17

Reading Aloud as a Community (Guest: Lynne Waihee)

October 10

The Theater Scene in Honolulu (Guest: Eden-Lee Murray)

October 3

Rock and Roll and Other Musical Memories (Guest: Tom Moffatt)

September 26

Poetry as Community Theater (Guest: Actors from Honolulu Theatre for Youth)

September 19

Rape Free Zone (Guest: Fawn Koopman and Hadas Zachor)

September 12

MIS Experience in WWII & Korean War (Guest: Ted Tsukiyama, Edgar Hamasu, and Andrew Sato)

September 5

Living as a Gay Family (Guest: David Gere)

August 29

JCCH Book Club: Na Kua`aina Living Hawaiian Culture (Guest: Davianna McGregor)

August 22

Reaching Out to Elderly Through Music (Guest: Fumi Nitta)

August 15

Theater and Youth: Why Our Community Needs It (Guest: Eric Johnson)

August 8

Okinawan Identity (Guest: Peter Doktor)

August 1

Stemming the Brain Drain Through Local Commitment (Guest: Nicole Velasco)

July 25

JCCH Book Club: How Sakura Saved New Year's (Guest: Andrea Hiura and Marissa Machida)

July 18

Building a Community of Readers - Read Aloud America (Guest: Jed Gaines)

July 11

The National Park Service and the Honouliuli Site (Guest: Suzanne Bott)

July 4

Community-Based Repatriation: Whose Culture is it? (Guest: Aaron Fox)

June 27

JCCH Book Club: Long Nights Alone: Love and Sorrow in Ancient Japan (Guest: Fumiko Halloran)

June 20

Loving Brazil (Guest: Sandy Tsukiyama)

June 13

Filming Local Issues (Guest: Stuart Yamane)

June 6

Locals Making it Big (Guest: Henry Kapono)

May 30

Putting Hawai`i's Stories on Stage (Guest: Ed Sakamoto)

May 23

Great Grandfather's Drum (Guest: Kay Fukumoto)

100th Show!!!!

May 16

JCCH Book Club: Lottery (Guest: Patricia Wood)

May 9

Hawaii Book & Music Festival (Guest: Roger Jellinek)

May 2

Eating Disorders - A Community Issue

April 25

JCCH Book Club: One Man's Paradise (Guest: Doug Corleone)

April 18

Poetry and Activism (Guest: Lyz Soto, Travis Thompson, Darron Cambra)

April 11

The Hawaii Independent: Local News Online (Guest: Ikaika Hussey)

April 4

Aging with Grace and Dignity (Guest: Cullen Hayashida)

March 28

JCCH Book Club: Backstage at Bureaucracy (Guest: Richard Pratt)

March 21

Revisiting Waialua (Guest: Wayne Muromoto)

March 14

Activism: Taking the Political as Personal (Guest: Kim Coco Iwamoto)

March 7

The Film Industry in Hawai`i (Guest: Walea Constantinau)

February 28

Japanese American Internment During World War II (Guests: Jane Kurahara and Betsy Young)

February 21

JCCH Book Club: Guardians of the Sea (Guest: John Clark)

February 14

Romance and the Internet (Guest: Web-Based Dating Users)

February 7

A Retrospective of a Japan-Watcher's Views (Guest: Richard Halloran)

January 31

JCCH Book Club: Okage Sama De (Guest: Jane Komeiji)

January 24

Singing and Ethnic Identity (Guest: KZOO Karaoke Winners Marissa Machida and Guy Kokubun)

January 17

Gen's Legacy (Guest: Linda Fujikawa)

January 10

Sustainable Agriculture with a Passion (Guest: David Sumida)

January 3

Why I Like What I Hated About Japan (Guest: Yukio Ozaki)