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Calendar of Events 2009

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Throughout November:

PONYO, Now in Florida Theatres

Evangelion, Now in Florida Theatres

Annual Koi Show, Morikami, Delray Beach

Moonlight Memories, Plum Blossom Dreams, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Japan Through the Eyes of a Child, Morikami, Delray Beach

Elegance in Iron, Morikami, Delray Beach

Origami Club Meeting, (FROGS) Ruskin  

Origami Club Meeting, (Orchid) Duval

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The Japan Craze & Western Art 1880-1920, Orlando


Ikenobo Ikebana, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Bonsai Meeting, Pensacola Gulf Coast

Sumi-e Ink Painting, Morikami, Delray Beach

Sushi & Sail, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Sogetsu Ikebana, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Coconut Grove Art Stroll with Etnia Fusion, Miami

Tea Ceremony Demonstration, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Orlando Japan Festival, Orlando

Tea Ceromony Class, Morikami, Delray Beach

JClub Meeting, Orlando

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Japan & the Art of War, Bienes Museum, Ft.Lauderdale

 

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Origami Club Meeting
, Sarasota

Bonsai workshop, Miami

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SUMI-E
Ink Painting
, Hisshin Chapter, Ponte Vedra Beach

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Bonsai Meeting, 

Orlando

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Bonsai Meeting, (Gold Coast) Sunrise

Arts & Crafts, Morikami, Delray Beach

Sado, The Way of Tea, Morikami, Delray Beach

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Origami Club Meeting, Sarasota

Stroll for Well-Being, Morikami, Morikami, Delray Beach

Ikebana International, Miami

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Bonsai Meeting, Lakeland

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Kawa Bonsai Meeting, Bunnell

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Bonsai Meeting, Tampa

Bonsai Meeting, Melbourne

Bonsai Meeting, Gainesville

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Origami Club Meeting, Sarasota



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Bonsai Workshop, Orlando

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Bonsai Meeting, Boca Raton

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*Dates & times are subject to change, please verify with appropriate organization. Check your local library for anime clubs and other events. Click here for Japanese language classes.
   
  Evangelion

Date: Now Playing
Where: Check Theater Listings in Tampa & Clearwater
Details: http://www.evangelion-themovie.com
www.clearwatercinemacafe.com
Genre: Animation

Evangelion is an apocalyptic mecha anime in which a group of teenage mecha pilots working for the international organization NERV must learn to do battle in giant armored mecha known as Evangelions to protect Neo-Tokyo from the threat of the invading alien Angels. The plot of Evangelion focuses on the development of the three primary pilots and a few of their colleagues at NERV, and explores themes of religion, identity, reality, and more.

 


 

  Orlando Japan Festival

Date: November 8
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: The Village at Hunter's Creek
13574 Village Park Dr. Orlando, FL. 32837
Details: orlandojapanfest@hotmail.com

Celebrate Japanese culture and enjoy a day filled with taiko drumming, koto music, tsugaru shamisen, tea ceremony, Japanese calligraphy, Kimono try-outs, raffles. Japanese cuisine, and more!

 

 



  Annual Koi Show

Date: November 1
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446   
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required 

Come visit the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens this weekend, October 31st & November 1st, and learn more about this beautiful species at the Tropical Koi Club’s annual Koi Show. Guests will be able to view various types of Koi from all around the world as they are displayed for judging. The Koi Show will include memorabilia, as well as purveyors of bonsai and Koi related products. Experts and hobbyists alike will be on-site to provide general knowledge about the fish, special care and nutrition requirements for Koi, and pond-keeping. General Museum admission is required and there is no additional fee or ticketing requirement to view the show.


  Walt Disney Pictures Presents “PONYO”


© Disney Enterprises Inc.

Date: Now Playing
Where: Check your local listings
Details: Disney.com/Ponyo
Genre:
Animation/ Fantasy Adventure

From the Academy Award winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid." Already a box-office success in Japan, the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by NOAH CYRUS) and her quest to become human features an outstanding roster of voice talent, including CATE BLANCHETT, MATT DAMON, TINA FEY, FRANKIE JONAS, CLORIS LEACHMAN, LIAM NEESON, LILY TOMLIN and BETTY WHITE.  

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most influential and admired directors working in animation today and is a major figure in the Japanese cinematic landscape. His films have inspired moviegoers and colleagues around the world, from Pixar's John Lasseter to fantasist Guillermo del Toro to Chinese director Tsui Hark, and consistently top the box office in his native Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

  Coconut Grove Art Stroll with Etnia Fusion
Date: November 7
Time: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm (first Saturday of every month)
Where: The Promenade at Shoppes of Mayfair in the Grove
2911 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove, Fl 33133
Cost: Free Public Event
Details: Cynthia Bettner, Marketing Director
(305)448-1700 / 1(305)726-1466 / coconutgroveartstroll@yahoo.com /
www.etniafusion.net

Another successful mix of art, food, drinks, music and live performances. Over 40 local and international artists will be participating in this 4th of July celebration. To enrich the experience, festivities will include Japanese dance performances by Etnia Fusion. This free public event offers a cultural and entertaining alternative to satisfy the entire family. Additionally, free samples will be distributed by Kilo Kia Rum, Aalchemia Vodka, Don Eduardo Tequila, Presidente Imported Beer, Nestea, and Los Ranchos Steakhouse.




  The Art of Bonsai
Date: TBA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required 

The art of bonsai creates the illusion of age and maturity of a tree that has developed and sustained the effects of nature for many years. Students will become familiarized with horticultural aspects of growing bonsai including styling, care and maintenance.

 

 

  Japan and the Art of War

Date: November 9 - March 15
Where: The Bienes Museum of the Modern Book
100 S. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33301
Details: www.broward.org/library/bienes/bienes.htm

The exhibition, drawn from the private collection of Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr. (renowned South Florida Collector and Social Historian) focuses on the period from the Meiji Restoration to the end of the Second World War (1860s -1945).  The 80 objects in the exhibition include small civilian and military design objects, books, scrolls, postcards, games, posters, ephemera, and textiles from the Sino-Japanese Wars, Russo-Japanese War, and the periods of peace between. The exhibition is about art in Japan and how artists pictured war and conflict.  Art was used to support or work against war through propagandized books, art, personal effects, and design pieces. 


  The Japan Craze and Western Art 1880-1920

Date: Now through August 2010
Where: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
445 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789, (407) 645-5311
Details: http://www.morsemuseum.org/special_exhibitions/japan_vignette.html

Japan emerged from 250 years of self-imposed isolation as a dazzling light of inspiration. Fascination with the art of Japan grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century and greatly influenced art and style in the West. Japanese compositional and formal characteristics in fact played a central role in the development of modern Western art. Like Europeans of the period, American designers produced Japanese-inspired decorative objects of all kinds. This vignette might be a contemporary room of someone who is much taken with that moment around 1900 when Japanese concepts of form, color, texture, and space were new and very fashionable. 

Image: THE BRIDGE
19th century
Colored woodblock print on paper
Katsushika Hokusai
(PR-036-82)

 

  Sumi-e ink Painting - Introduction
Date: TBA
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL33446  
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required

Sumi-e is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Primarily done in black ink, the name literally means "charcoal drawing" in Japanese. Students learn to grind their own ink using an ink stick and a grinding stone. They will also learn how to hold and utilize brushes to create the primary sumi-e brushstrokes. The course begins with a review of basic techniques and then students are guided as they create paintings of floral subjects.  

 

 

  FROGS Folders in Ruskin Origami Group Service
Date: November 2
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 

Meets on the first Monday of each month.
Where: South Shore Regional Library
15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin, FL 33573
Details: (813)273-3652 or folder1@verizon.net

 

 

 

 

 




  Sarasota Origami Club Meeting
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Where: New College of Florida, Sarasota
Robertson Hall Conference Room.
Details: Contact  swu@ncf.edu.

 

Learn about the Japanese art of paper folding.

 

 

 

  ORCHID Origami Recreational Club Meeting
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Date: November 2
Time: 7:30 pm

Meets on the first Monday of each month.
Where: Roasters on San Jose, north of 295, Duval, FL
Details: Contact amberh@coj.net.

Origami is the art of paper folding.

 

 

 

  Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Arrangement
Date: November 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where:
 The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required 

 

The Ikenobo Ikebana School is the oldest in Japan. Using fresh flowers, students are taught traditional flower arrangement according to the Ikenobo discipline.  

 

 

  Sumi-e Ink Painting Floral & Landscape

Date: November 5, 12, 19
Time: 10:30 am - Floral 1:30 pm- Landscape
Where:
 The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org  Advance Registration Required

Sumi-e is a form of Japanese ink painting brought from China in the 12th century. Primarily done in black ink, the name literally means "charcoal drawing" in Japanese. Students learn to grind their own ink using an ink stick and a grinding stone. They will also learn how to hold and utilize brushes to create the primary sumi-e brushstrokes. The course begins with a review of basic techniques and then students are guided as they create paintings of floral subjects.

   

 

 

  Pensacola Gulf Coast Bonsai Society Meeting
Date:  November 5

Meets on the first Thursday of each month.
Where: Gulf Breeze Public Library

1060 Shoreline Dr., Gulf Breeze, Florida
Details:  www.bonsai-bsf.com 





  Sogetsu Ikebana Flower Arrangement
Date: November 6, 13, 20
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Where:
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required

 

Using fresh flowers, students are taught contemporary Japanese flower arrangement according to the Sogetsu School .

 

 

 

  Sushi & Sail

Date: November 5
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Lady Atlantic on the Delray Intracoastal - Veterans Park
802 NW 1st Street, Delray Beach
Details:(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required

Taishi welcomes guests aboard for an enjoyable evening on the Lady Atlantic, sailing from downtown Delray Beach’s Veterans Park. Guests will enjoy a stunning South Florida sunset among friends as they take advantage of gorgeous views, great music, a fabulous offering of sushi and fantastic company. For four years in a row, more than 130 young professionals enjoyed a magical evening cruising the Intracoastal. This year will be even better as Taishi invites other area young professional groups to participate in this anticipated event.


  Stroll for Well-Being: Garden Walks at The Morikami
Date: November 17
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Where:
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach, FL 33446   
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org

 

Participants will visit the Morikami Gardens for quiet contemplation as often as they wish over a 3-month period. A specially developed Journal, designed to enhance the experience, will be used as a guide and a means to record personal thoughts through the 12 themed garden strolls. There will be three meetings with the Journal's author, Associate Professor at the Christine E Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University. An explanation about the program will be provided during the first meeting; the second one, which will take place halfway through the program, will be used to answer any questions that may appear during the first few walks. Finally, the last meeting will take place at the end of the program and will include a discussion of participants' experiences.

 

  Japanese Tea Ceremony Workshop

Date: November 7
Time: 1:00 pm
he Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach , FL 33446   
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org

Participants will learn the basics of sado - Tea Ceremony - necessary to know in order to either learn more about the aesthetics of sado or better understand and fully enjoy the tea ceremony itself. They will become familiar with how to be a guest should you be invited to a Tea Ceremony, make a bowl of tea and serve it to a guest.

 




  Central Florida Bonsai Club

Date: November 13, 27
Time: 7:30 pm

Meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month.

Where: Orange County Cooperative Extension
6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando, Florida 32812
Details: http://www.centralfloridabonsaiclub.com/ 


Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.

The CFBC was founded in 1969 and is a member of BSF. 

They meet twice a month, once for a meeting and demo and once for a hands on workshop, no holds barred, bring in what you want fun Bonsai night.  

 

 

 

  Raising Orchids

 

Date: TBA
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd.,
Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required
 
Students will learn the secrets of growing orchids. Topics covered include orchid culture as well as repotting, pests, diseases, fertilization and the many varieties of orchids.

 

 

 

 

  Gold Coast Bonsai Society Meeting
 

Date: November 14

Time: 9:30 am

Meets on the second Saturday of each month.
Where: City of Sunrise Parks & Leisure Department
6800 Sunset Strip, FL
Detailswww.goldcoastbonsai.com 

 


 

  Sado Omote Senke Tea Ceremony Class

Date: November 1, 8
Time: 11:00 am
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd.,
Delray Beach, FL 33446  
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org 
Advance Registration Required  

The class affords a unique opportunity to study the traditional art of Sado, The Way of Tea. Attending a Tea Ceremony Workshop (offered in November, January and March) is required for those who have never taken a Tea Ceremony Class but wish to start studying Sado.

 
  Bonsai Society of Miami

Date: November 10
Time: 7:30 pm

Meets on the second Tuesday of each month.
Where:  Fairchild Tropical Garden

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Miami
Details:  www.bonsaisocietyofmiami.org              


Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.

 

 

 

 

  Hisshin Chapter Sumi-e Ink Painting

Date: November 12
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Meets on the second Thursday of each month.
Where: The Players Senior Community Center

175 Landrum Lane, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

Details:  rondawncoleman53@bellsouth.net or joescotty@comcast.net

 

Sumi-e is the Asian art of ink painting that has been in existence for thousands of years. The Four Treasures - Ink (Sumi), Inkstone (suzuri), brush (fude) and paper (kami) are the beautiful tools used in this art form. Guests are welcome to attend meetings/paint-ins. Scotty Thorton will lead a painting session on Shikhisi boards.

 

 

 

  J.Club Meeting
Date: November 8
Where:
Orlando, FL.
Details:
http://ld-e.com/jclub/upcomingevents.html

Orlando Japan Festival


  Kawa Bonsai Society 
Date: November 20
Time: 7:30 pm
Meets on the third Friday of each month. 
Where: 
Flagler County Agricultural Extension Office,  
Sawgrass Road,Bunnell , FL .
Details:
http://www.kawabonsai.com/, (386) 586-3437
GPartelow1@cfl.rr.com

Besides monthly meetings, visiting artists, an annual three day show called the Joy of Bonsai, Kawa also participates in the statewide Convention of the Bonsai Societies of Florida.

 

 

  Ikebana International Meeting & Free Class- Miami Chapter

Date: November 17
Time: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens
10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL. 33156
Visiters Center Ballroom
Details: Please contact Ms. Mieko Kubota at (305)665-2141
or miekokubota@bellsouth.net

Program life with furoshiki and holiday table arrangements.

FREE Ikebana Flower Arranging Class: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  Sado, The Way of Tea
Date: November 14
Time: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where:
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach, FL 33446   
Details:
(561)495-0233, www.morikami.org
Advance Registration Required  

Observe the Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Seishi-an Tea House, an ever-changing demonstration rich in seasonal subtleties. Your involvement in the true spirit of the ceremony of tea; harmony (wa), reverence (kei), purity (sei), and tranquility (jaku), along with a sip of green tea and a sweet, will help bring a calm perspective into your busy life.  


  Bonsai Society of Brevard Meeting

Date: November 21
Time: 2:00 pm

Meets on the third Saturday of each month.
Where: Melbourne Library
540 E. Fee Ave., Melbourne
Details:  www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org  

Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.




 

  Gainesville Bonsai Society Meeting

Date: November 21
Time: 9:30 pm

Meets on the third Saturday of each month.

Where: Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
4700 S.W. 58th Drive, Gainesville
Details:  www.afn.org/~bonsai/ 

Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.





 

  Hukyu Bonsai Society Meeting
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Date: November 21
Time: 9:30 pm

Meets on the third Saturday of each month.

Where:  University of South Florida Botanical Gardens, Tampa
SW corner of the USF Tampa Campus.  

Intersection of Pine and Alumni.
Details:  www.hukyubonsai.com


Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.





  Bonsai Society of Lakeland Meeting

Date: November 19
Time: 7:00 pm

Meets on the third Thursday of each month.
Where: First United Methodist Church
72 Lake Morton Dr., Lakeland, FL 33801
Details:  www.lakelandbonsai.com.

Learn about the Japanese art of bonsai.




  Arts & Crafts Workshop
Date: November 14
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where:
 The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446   

Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org    

Family Fun Programs are for those who want to explore and learn about Japanese culture through hands-on arts and crafts projects designed for the whole family. Families can create projects in an open workshop.  

  Furoshiki Workshop by Etnia Fusion

Date: TBA
Details: (561)312-6619 / nefertiti@etniafusion.com
http://etniafusion.com

Discover this ancient art of gift wrapping and accessorizing using versatile and Eco friendly textiles called Furoshiki. In this interactive workshop Nefertiti from Etnia Fusion will be showing multiple ways how to use this charming Japanese invention to suit the needs of your daily life such as go shopping, present a gift, pack for a picnic and more. This activity is suitable for all ages and genders. Feel free to bring the item of your choice to be wrapped in a one on one demonstration. Amenity bags will be given to the first 50 people to register.

 

  Lighthouse Bonsai Society Meeting

Date: November 28
Time: 9:30 am

Meets on the fourth Saturday of each month.
Where:  Boca Raton Community Center
150 N.W. Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton
Details: Contact the Lighthouse Bonsai Society 

at www.lighthousebonsai.com 

        

Lighthouse Bonsai Society is a group of novices as well as experienced enthusiasts. The more experienced are more than helpful. Our meetings are fun and educational. They have Visiting Masters, Hands On Workshops, Demonstrations plus much more. Ask to be placed on their mailing list.  

 

 

 

  Japan Through the Eyes of a Child
Date: New Permanent Exhibit
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446 
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org  

Japan Through the Eyes of a Child transports young visitors from Florida to far-off Japan, allowing them to step into the world of Japanese culture. Inside the redesigned Yamato-kan, children will experience the super fast “Bullet Train,” the Shinkansen, an elementary school classroom, a street of shops, and a traditional Japanese home.  On Saturday, November 7, enjoy free admission for kids 17 and under as you check out the new exhibit. Learn More 



  Elegance in Iron: The Art of the Japanese Tetsubin
Date: September 29 - December 6
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446 
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org  

In 18th century Kyoto, literary men with an interest in Chinese learning rebelled against the formalized manner of the Japanese tea ceremony and took up the Chinese habit of drinking steeped tea. By century's end, this act of defiance had led to the development of the tetsubin, the Japanese cast-iron teakettle. This exhibition draws from the outstanding collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kramer and features more than 90 tetsubin from the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the affluence of the urban merchant class, which had begun to enjoy steeped tea as well, supported the cost of producing tetsubin with raised decoration and inlays of precious metals. Elegance in Iron showcases the variety in shape and surface decoration of Kyoto tetsubin while also featuring kettles of northern Japan's Nambu region, where a folk tradition, little affected by Kyoto culture, fostered a dynamic aesthetic in iron tea kettles that complemented the region's robust lifestyle. Exhibition of Elegance in Iron is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation and the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation.

 

  Moonlight Memories and Plum Blossom Dreams: Japanese Woodblock Prints
Date: September 29 - December 6
Where: The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446 
Details: (561)495-0233, www.morikami.org  

Plum blossoms and the moon were secondary motifs commonly depicted in Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th century. This exhibition features images of beautiful women, actors of the kabuki stage, and heroes from Japanese history and legend incorporating these motifs for their auspicious connotations or to set mood. Works are by such well known print designers as Utagawa Toyokuni, Tsunoda Kunisada, Ikeda Eisen, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, and Kobayashi Kiyochika. The exhibition is funded in part by Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation and the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation.


  Permanent Bonsai Display
Where: Brevard Zoo
8225 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne, FL 32940
Details: (321)254-9453 or www.brevardzoo.org

A wonderful exhibit with eight bonsai trees.




  Permanent Bonsai Display
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Where: University of South Florida Botanical Gardens
4202 E. Fowler Avenue NES107, Tampa, FL 33620

Details: (813) 974-2329 or www.cas.usf.edu/garden/

Approximately nine bonsai trees displayed with guide.