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WHAT TIME IS IT? We had a little victory this week. What a relief. And today is EARTH DAY!! LET'S DANCE!

Tune in now for a conversation about the beginning of the Asian American movement!!!

Check out this conversation and music at the birth of the Asian American movement. Still relevant today! Yellow Pearl: Celebrating the Birth of the Asian American Movement TIME: Wednesday, April 7, 11:30 to 12:30 PT (2:30 to 3:30ET) - just before the start of the AAAS Conference... Hear a song from the Grain of Sand album and join a conversation about the Basement Workshop, Asian Women United, dear friend Corky Lee, the Yellow Pearl Project, and the early days of the Asian American Movement. Featuring Nobuko Miyamoto, Elizabeth (Liz) Young, Arlan Huang, and moderator Phil Tajitsu Nash. The program will be co-sponsored by the Association for Asian American Studies and the Smithsonian Institution. Catch the program here: https://smithsonianapa.org/heritage-irl/ https://m.youtube.com/user/smithsonianapa https://m.facebook.com/SmithsonianAPA/

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to announce '120,000 Stories,' the new solo album by Japanese American songwriter, dancer, theater artist, and activist, Nobuko Miyamoto! Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity. '120,000 Stories' is a retrospective double album that compiles powerful new songs, reinterpretations of old ones,... and recordings from across her career that speak to past and present struggles. Most of all, these songs unite communities with a fire for justice. Pre-Order Now: https://orcd.co/nobuko-miyamoto

Wow...it's real now! I'm grateful I can share this with you all. Thanks to the many who helped make this possible. Nobuko Miyamoto Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to announce '120,000 Stories,' the new solo album by Japanese American songwriter, dancer, theater artist, and activist, Nobuko Miyamoto! Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity. '120,000 Stories' is a retrospective double album that compiles powerful new songs, reinterpretations of old ones, and recordings from across her career that speak to past and present struggles. Most of all, these songs unite communities with a fire for justice.

We are proud to announce '120,000 Stories,' the new solo album by Japanese American songwriter, dancer, theater artist, and activist, Nobuko Miyamoto! Since t...he early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity. '120,000 Stories' is a retrospective double album that compiles powerful new songs, reinterpretations of old ones, and recordings from across her career that speak to past and present struggles. Most of all, these songs unite communities with a fire for justice. See more

Join us today!!! Wednesday, October 28 from 1 - 2 PM (Pacific Time) on Zoom. Learn how to make a retablo or small altar for Dia de Muertos to remember and celebrate your loved ones. Maestras Ofelia Esparza and Rosanna Esparza Ahrens will be guiding us through this ceremony of honoring our family and friends who are no longer with us.... Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79128511177 Meeting ID: 791 2851 1177 Passcode: tD2faP

TZICATL CDC is proud to announce that they have been awarded a five-year multimillion dollar competitive grant has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to implement American Indian Resurgence (#AIR) Initiative: Uplifting Native Voice and Native Choice in Los Angeles. #Indigenous #TZICATL #grants

Join the Obon workshop with Elaine Fukumoto, Chie Saito, Nobuko Miyamoto, and host Jahanna Blunt. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3408895972536731

Join us this Satuday, October 10 at 2pm for some #Obon with Elaine Fukumoto, Southern District Dharma School Teachers League Music Chairman, Chie Saito, theater artist born and raised in Japan, and Nobuko Miyamoto, writer of the contemporary obon songs #Mottainai" and #Bambutsu". #Obon is a Japanese tradition of ancestor remembrance which includes a lively culture of music and dance that brings together community each summer. Join a conversation on obon and the differences in Japan and America. Then GET ON YOUR FEET AND DANCE! Live: Link in the Bio

MOTTAINAI! Don't waste this moment...

Join us this Satuday at 2pm for some Obon with Elaine Fukumoto, Southern District Dharma School Teachers League Music Chairman, Chie Saito, theater artist born and raised in Japan, and Nobuko Miyamoto, writer of the contemporary obon songs Mottainai" and Bambutsu". #Obon is a Japanese tradition of ancestor remembrance which includes a lively culture of music and dance that brings together community each summer. Join a conversation on obon and the differences in Japan and America. Then GET ON YOUR FEET AND DANCE! https://fb.me/e/6mooeGl6d

My son Kamau and my granddaughter lead this workshop! In a time of division and uncertainty, we need to come together! Join the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1S5oQpJnF

Join FandangObon Festival 2020: Live Workshops + Grand Finale to stay up-to-date with the latest news! The next workshop, "Praise Songs and Presence: the Art of Qasidah and Hadrah" is this Saturday at 2PM! https://fb.me/e/31ysPeRnI

Masked, distanced and sweaty, we danced together and it felt so good! We were making a teaching video for our FandangObon workshop on Obon, October 10 @ 2pm. Join us! And save November 15 for the FandangObon Virtual Festival.

Watch Maestro Cesar Castro aka Jarochelo and Xochi Flores, discuss Fandango. Its capacity to connect communities and how this transnational relationship between Veracruz and Los Angeles spawned a whole new movement. Together with Julio Mizzumi and Belen Torres, who will be streaming from Ocotlan, Veracruz, Cesar and Xochi will share song and dance from the Son Jarocho genre as well as their participation in #FandangObon! https://fandangobon.com/

Join the fun with Nobuko Miyamoto!!

We are very excited to host a virtual FandangObon workshop with Rio Hondo Arts and Cultural Programs. The workshop will take place online tomorrow on the Facebook event below at noon, and will replay at 7pm. #fandangobon #dance #workshop