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Pacific Media Expo 2015 Is This Weekend
This year’s guests include: * Femme Fatale (music guest of honor) — U.S. debut of the new Visual Kei band, helmed by PMX 2008 music guest...

Rafu Shimpo
Sep 4, 20152 min read


Ooka Featured in Weekend Blues Festival
ARCADIA — The first annual Southern California MADCatfish Blues Festival will be held Labor Day weekend, this Saturday and Sunday, from...

Rafu Shimpo
Sep 4, 20152 min read


Hiromi on the Broad Stage
Hiromi: The Trio Project will perform on Monday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts...

Rafu Shimpo
Sep 1, 20151 min read



Rafu Shimpo
Aug 21, 20150 min read


Solid Sister Act
Actress Brittany Ishibashi has worked with her father, Gerald, to organize the Stonebridge Music Festival in La Mirada. By J.K. YAMAMOTO,...

Rafu Shimpo
Aug 7, 20154 min read


Becca Confirmed for Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival 2015
Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival 2015 in Los Angeles announces the addition of singer and voice actress Becca as a performance guest of honor...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 31, 20153 min read


Sembazuru Bon Dance to Debut at JACCC
Nobuko Miyamoto at a “Sembazuru” workshop with Camp Musubi kids. Come to the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center on Saturday,...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 27, 20152 min read


Summer Evening Concerts at JANM
Magnetic North and Taiyo Na The Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo, presents a new series of summer...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20151 min read


Seiji Ozawa to Receive Kennedy Center Honor
WASHINGTON — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on July 15 announced the selection of six honorees who will receive the...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 21, 20154 min read


Grateful Crane’s “J-Town Jazz Club” Coming to Little Tokyo on July 25
The cast and musicians of the “J-Town Jazz Club” include (from left) Kenny Elliott, Scott Nagatani, Keiko Kawashima, Loryce Hashimoto,...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 17, 20152 min read


MCZ Ready to Rock the Expo
Gathering for a press conference Wednesday are Momoiro Clover Z members (from left) Momoka Ariyasu, Ayaka Sasaki, Kanako Momota, Shiori...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20153 min read


JACCC to Launch ‘Twilight in the Garden’
This summer, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center presents four intimate outdoor concerts on consecutive Sundays from 5 to...

Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20151 min read


Jon Hatamiya and Friends at Blue Whale
Jon Hatamiya Trombonist/composer/arranger Jon Hatamiya will showcase his distinct fusion of jazz, rock and electronica on Monday, June...

Rafu Shimpo
Jun 29, 20151 min read


TaikoProject Brings Summer Beat to UCLA on June 27
TaikoProject (Photo by Rob Hammer) High-energy taiko songs and melodic taiko fusion converge to create a bass-pounding drum spectacular...

Rafu Shimpo
Jun 23, 20152 min read


A Generational Jazz Journey
Pianist Rene Paulo will fly in from Hawaii to play with his son Michael Paulo for the first Asian Heritage Jazz Festival on June 20 at...

Rafu Shimpo
Jun 18, 20154 min read


Jazz Event to Benefit Tsunami Survivors
Ark Sano GARDENA — A charity event hosted by Mako Jazz and featuring pianist Ark Sano will be held on Saturday, June 27, from 7 to 10...

Rafu Shimpo
Jun 17, 20151 min read
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