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| Volunteer millers organize March program at Windmill Cultural Center - Quad Cities Onlines Posted: Press release submitted by Fulton Chamber of Commerce The next program sponsored by Fulton's De Immigrant millers will be held at the Windmill Cultural Center across the street from Fulton's windmill at the corner of 10th Avenue and 1st Street. The event takes place on Thursday, March 31, at 6:00 p.m. in downtown Fulton, Illinois. Charles F. Fanning will present "Dueling Ethnic Cultures: The Irish Contribution to Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair 1933-34." This presentation depicts Ireland and Irish America at the Century of Progress. The Irish government opted for high culture: books, paintings, and crafts; while Irish-American entrepreneurs created an "Irish Village" with dancing girls, pubs, and bizarre events. The two visions clashed dramatically. Charles Fanning will explore these dueling representations of Irish culture. In honor of this event, the refreshments served following the presentation will highlight "new" foods from the 1930's – the time of the Century of Progress. Desserts will be prepared using Twinkies (1930), Bisquick (1931), Skippy Peanut Butter (1932), Heath candy bars (1932), Nestle Toll House chocolate chips (1933), and Ritz crackers (1934). We invite the public to taste the 1930s with us. Anyone who visited the Century of Progress is invited to attend and share their memories. This program is made possible in part by an award from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly. The free program is open to the public, and the facility is handicap accessible.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Japan ties unshaken at cultural festival - Longview Daily News Posted: Machiko Rowland considered herself lucky to leave Japan on Tuesday. She had been visiting family for three weeks and stayed with friends in Tokyo before flying back to the United States and her home outside of Kelso just before an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, rocked Japan. "It was really close," she said. Rowland said her family and friends are OK, but they are keeping an eye on the country's unstable nuclear reactors. On Sunday, Rowland — who was teaching traditional Japanese origami - was one of 70 who came Sunday to the Columbia Theatre to for the opening Japanese Culture Week events. But before a series of performances, workshops and lessons started, the event began with a moment of silence for the estimated 10,000 lost in the earthquake and tsunami. Columbia Theatre executive director Gian Paul Morelli said the hope is to make Japanese culture come alive for area residents. He said the theater is planning for several annual events to showcase world cultures. Morelli said Japanese culture will continue to flourish in the wake of the devastation wrought by the earthquake and tsunami, and "we will continue to celebrate it." About 100 people kicked off the event with an anime (Japanese animation) movie marathon Saturday night, Morelli said. Julia Bishop, a volunteer with the American Red Cross Southwest Washington chapter, manned an emergency preparedness booth. She said the Red Cross is requesting cash donations to help the Japanese because of the high cost to ship donated supplies. "It's hard to help others when you're not prepared yourself," Bishop said. She said the Red Cross offers free disaster preparedness classes. Class schedules can be accessed and donations made at swwredcross.org. Organizer Michael Cheney said the theater staff debated postponing the event but decided to push ahead. "We wanted to go ahead in hopes of raising awareness and to assist in efforts for relief," he said. Cheney expressed a deep respect for the resilience and vitality of Japanese culture, which he described as a combination of ancient traditions and modern progressiveness. "It's kind of like marring the past with the prospects of the future," he said. 'Twenty lifetimes' At one of the workshops Sunday, Marjorie Yap, an expert in the Japanese tea ceremony, demonstrated the ancient tradition in a small classroom. She said she studied in Kyoto, Japan, for a year to master the art and has taught the tea ceremony in Portland and Seattle for the past 13 years. "If you want to study Japanese culture, you study the tea ceremony," she said. "I need at least 20 lifetimes to study tea." She said the ceremony manages to combine all of Japan's higher arts, such as calligraphy, ikebana (flower-arranging) and interior decoration, into an intricate interaction between guest and host. She said she is glad people are getting exposure to Japanese culture through the theater's program, especially in the context of the earthquake. "I think this event is perfectly timed," she said. "Thank goodness everybody I know in Japan is safe and accounted for." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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