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J-Sei At the Movies: Watch Party in-person/online

Friday, October 14, 2022 – 6:30 pm hybrid event (at J-Sei and on Zoom)

                         

RSVP with “Oct Movie Night” in the subject line & indicate if you want to join in-person or online.
We will send everyone Zoom information prior to the October 14 event.

 J-Sei Movie Night Bento – October 14

For movie night, you can order specially made obento from My Friend Yuji for pickup on Friday, October 14 in conjunction with Movie Night. Here are Chef Yuji’s mouth-watering offerings:

Tarekatsu Donburi (two choices)

Pork & Vegetables: Llano Seco Pork and vegetables panko-fried and marinated in tare over Koshihikari rice with cabbage and pickles – $18

Seafood & Vegetables: Scallop, Shrimp and Oyster with vegetables panko-fried and marinated in tare over Koshihikari rice with cabbage and pickles – $24

You can click on the button below to place your order. Pick up your meal at the selected pick-up time at J-Sei on Friday, October 14th. Please remember to wear a mask and observe social distance protocol. Thank you!

To order: When you click on the button above, it will take you directly to a pop-up order form on the My Friend Yuji webpage, where you first select a pickup time. In the next window, click anywhere inside the box frame to open another pop-up and select the number of bento you want to order, then click on “Add item” to close the pop-up. Click the “View order” bar at the bottom to confirm your order and click “Continue to payment” to sign in and pay for your order.

Support J-Sei At the Movies

Thanks to you, J-Sei At the Movies will soon be celebrating its Fifth Year anniversary! We look forward to more creative programming with educational and inspiring Japanese and Japanese American films. We are especially grateful for the up close and personal chats with filmmakers as we learn so much from the exchange.

We love having a growing and enthusiastic audience. We welcome any donations to help us offset costs for Movie Night. Thanks for considering this.

Join J-Sei’s Virtual Book Club with it’s next pick “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro.  Through regular email prompts, book club members read at their own pace and post comments along the way.  As thoughts occur and questions are posed, the conversation is enriched by various perspectives and experiences shared.  Together, we read deeper between the lines and reflect on the stories and the wisdom they impart.  At the end of the 6-8 weeks, we meet virtually on ZOOM for a discussion.  For more info, click on the home page: Book Club

Interested in joining email jill@j-sei.org with “Klara” on the subject line.   You can order the book from Eastwind Books and receive a 10% discount by adding “JSei” in the coupon code. You can have it shipped to your home or ask for delivery to J-Sei,

In Klara and the Sun, his eighth novel and first since winning the Nobel Prize, author Kazuo Ishiguro takes readers to a vaguely futuristic, technologically advanced setting to present a moving parable about love, humanity, and science. Klara, the title character and narrator, is a solar-powered Friend (AF), a humanlike robot designed to be a child’s companion. When Klara is acquired to become AF to a bright fourteen-year-old named Josie who appears to be ailing, Klara is able to explore the wide world beyond the four walls of the retail store she’s been inhabiting. Written in Ishiguro’s characteristic spare and reserved prose, he creates an unforgettable protagonist in Klara, whose astute observations and utterly sincere behavior provide lessons for all humans to learn from.

“moving and beautiful”  – Los Angeles Times

“Klara and the Sun [is] a masterpiece that will make you think about life, mortality, the saving grace of love: in short, the all of it.” – NPR