November 17, 10am Programming
Japanese Shinobue and Shamisen
   in-person musical performance
Yukako Ogawa Beatty and Doanh Nguyen
 in the Banyan Bowl, Pinecrest Gardens

Performance will also be live streamed via Zoom at 10am


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November 19, 11:30am and November 22, 4:30pm
Video Programming - 100 years of Kimono
Changes and Continuity from the Edo period to Present Day

 Paul MacLardy, proprietor of Arise Bazaar and co-author of Kimono-Vanishing Traditions will present rare kimono and discuss the meaning, weaving and surface finishing of kimono in the context of strict rules governing kimono production. He illuminates the ingenious ways those rules were bent during the Edo period. There will be examples of kimono ware from the simple yukata to formal court costumes.Paul highlights the changes made when Japan became a more open society allowing "common" peopleto start wearing kimono and the ingenious ways kimono producers meet this new demand, at affordableprices. Jasmine Taylor, a kimono dresser, will be assisting Mr. MacLardy in the presentation.