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New hire: audrey Kaneko
The Cultural Center would like to
welcome Audrey Kaneko as the new
Public Programs Coordinator. Kaneko
is responsible for planning a majority of
the Cultural Center’s public programs. Prior
to joining the staff, she assisted with the
planning and preparation of the exhibition:
Celebrate!: The Evolution of Japanese
Celebration in Hawai‘i.
Kaneko worked in Los Angeles for 10
years at the Japanese American National
Museum as a project manager on
exhibitions such as Fighting for Democracy:
Who is the “We” in “We, the People”;
Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese
Garden and Companion Short, Mamo’s
Weeds; Living Flowers: Ikebana and
Aloha!
In December, the Cultural Center said goodbye
to Chief Operating Officer/Director of Development
& Communications Allicyn Tasaka and
Volunteers Coordinator Jennifer Seki.
Tasaka will now serve as Director of Operations
for Governor Neil Abercrombie’s admi nistration.
Tasaka joined the Cultural Center
staff in 2005 and has been a tremen dous
asset over the years. The Cultural Center
wishes her a fond farewell, a debt of gratitude
and best wishes in her new position.
Contemporary Art;
Big Drum: Taiko in the
United States; and
From Bento to Mixed
Plate: Americans of
Japanese Ancestry in
Multicultural Hawai‘i.
Kaneko most recently
coordinated the exhibition Textured Lives:
Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the
Plantations of Hawai‘i and is the producer
for the documentary, Barbara Kawakami:
A Textured Life, which made its Hawai‘i
premiere at the 2010 Hawaii International
Film Festival. She is a graduate of the
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a
degree in Asian Studies.
On December 2, staff and volunteers gathered to say farewell to Allicyn Tasaka after 5½ years of serving
the Cultural Center as Chief Operating Officer/Director of Development & Communications..
The Cultural Center would also like to
say goodbye and thank you to Volunteers
Coordinator Jennifer Seki for her many
contributions to the staff and volunteers.
Seki is a teacher licensure candidate at
Chaminade University and will be student
teaching this semester. Seki officially joined
the staff in 2009 but has been a long­time
volunteer and friend of the Cultural Center.
The Cultural Center wishes Tasaka and Seki
well in all their future endeavors!
thINKINg
outLoud
TaLKINg ISSuES•TaKINg aCTION
Mondays 6:30–7:30 p.m.
KZOO Phone: (808) 941­5966 (KZOO)
AM1210 Email: jcch@am1210kzoo.com
TOL
You won’t want to miss the
Cultural Center’s weekly
talk­story com munity forum
called Thinking Out Loud: Talking Issues,
Taking Action (TOL) Monday evenings on
radio station KZOO­AM 1210. Thinking
Out Loud is hosted by Michiko Kodama­
Nishimoto and Warren Nishimoto, George
Tanabe and Christine Yano. Willa Tanabe
hosts the JCCH Book Club on the last
Monday of each month.
January 3
Why I Like What I Hated
About Japan
(Guest: Yukio Ozaki)
January 10
Sustainable Agriculture
with a Passion
(Guest: David Sumida)
January 17
Gen’s Legacy
(Guest: Linda Fujikawa)
January 24
Singing and
Ethnic Identity
(Guest: KZOO
Karaoke Winners)
TOL host
George Tanabe
with guests
Bishop Shingyo
Imai and Eric
Kawatani
talking about
Nichiren
Buddhism in
Hawai‘i.
January 31
JCCH Book Club:
One Man’s Paradise
(Guests: Doug Corleone)
February 7
A Retrospective of
Japan-Watcher’s Views
(Guest: Richard Halloran)
So tune in, call in, and start thinking out loud!
Call in your questions or comments live during
the program at (808) 941-5966 or email anytime
at jcch@am1210kzoo.com.
For the most up-to-date show schedule or to
download past shows, visit www.jcch.com.
Thinking Out Loud is sponsored by the Hawai‘i Council
for the Humanities, “We the People” Initiative of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, University
of Hawai‘i Center for Japanese Studies, University of
Hawai‘i College of Social Sciences, and Barnes & Noble.