J-Sei’s 35th Annual Crab Feed

J-Sei’s 35th Annual Crab Feed

by | Dec 1, 2025 | News

J-Sei’s 35th Annual Crab Feed

Sunday, February 1, 2026
Fratellanza Club, 1140 66th Street, Oakland
(1 block east of J-Sei with on-site parking)

Live band, no host bar, and raffle drawing : 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Doors to dining room and seating open : 6:00 pm
Dinner : 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Enjoy fresh Dungeness crab, Asian salad, garlic noodles,
rolls, desserts, and beverages with your family and friends
at J-Sei’s in-person, sit-down, family-style crab feed!
(Menu subject to change depending on availability of crab)

Early Bird Special, purchase by January 18 : adults $80
Dinner tickets : adults $90, children 12 & under $40
(Sorry, no to-go meals)

Please purchase your ticket(s) by Sunday, January 25
.

Reserve Online

To pay by check, click on the button below to print out the Crab Feed 2026 flyer.  Make check payable and send or drop off to J-Sei, 1285 66th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608. Pre-orders must be received by Sunday, January 25th. 

A very limited number of dinners may be purchased at the door.  For more info, email suzanne@j-sei.org or call 510-654-4000.

Crab Feed 2026 Flyer
Improve Your Qi – Try Qi Gong

Improve Your Qi – Try Qi Gong

by | Nov 18, 2025 | Classes & Events, Other News

Improve Your Qi – Try Qi Gong at J-Sei

Mondays, 10 – 11 am 

Try a new practice and get grounded by learning Qi Gong. 

Improve your overall health, reduce stress and practice movement. Breathe easy, meditate, and improve the flow of Qi – life energy.  Lois Brady is a practitioner and teacher of Qi Gong Dayan or Wild Geese style.

This class will continue as an in-person offering. Sign up for this on-going class.

Harvest Lunch 2025

Harvest Lunch 2025

by | Oct 7, 2025 | Classes & Events, Other News

Harvest Lunch

Thursday, November 13

Join with Congregate Diners, J-Sei volunteers & staff, and  invite friends to celebrate all that we are thankful for. Enjoy sultry smooth jazz music by The Larry Walter Trio, featuring Larry Walter (piano), Wayne Samdahl (bass) and Glen Iwaoka (drums). We are grateful for the many hands that plant, grow, harvest, prepare and deliver the foods that sustain us.  We are thankful for your health, nourishment, and connection to J-Sei.

The special luncheon will feature roast turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing, spring mix salad, and dessert. Suggested donation: $12.

To reserve your lunch, please pay online or send a check to J-Sei, 1285 66th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608.  Include the names, contact info, and number of meals. If you have any questions, call (510) 654-4000 or email tara@j-sei.org

Hibiku Kotoba – a podcast conversation with Mia Ayumi Malhotra

Hibiku Kotoba – a podcast conversation with Mia Ayumi Malhotra

by | Oct 6, 2025 | Classes & Events

Hibiku Kotoba, a podcast series

Episode 2: Mia Ayumi Malhotra

On becoming a poet, Mia Ayumi Malhotra reflects on the challenges and joys of becoming an author. She found a deeper connection with her Nikkei roots while writing her latest release, Mothersalt.  She reflects on pregnancy, childrearing, mothering, past and present ways we nurture and sustain ourselves. Mia shares her poem, “To My Many Mothers, Issei and Nisei” from her book, Isako, Isako. 

Host: Kathleen Wong

Listen, follow and subscribe to Hibiku Kotoba on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

OR CONNECT HERE.

Mothersalt, book reading & workshop

Mothersalt, book reading & workshop

by | Oct 4, 2025 | Classes & Events

Book Talk and Workshop with Mia Malhotra

Mothersalt, a book reading

Saturday, November 15, 1 pm

Mothersalt (May 2025, Alice James Books) is an embodied look at birth, motherhood, and child-rearing.  With haunting precision, Mothersalt digs into the experience of pregnancy and early motherhood, where the self is split apart and stitched back together. Interspersed with tender addresses to a child in utero, Mothersalt recounts the fraught disorientation of giving birth in America, where birthing bodies are not always recognized as empowered agents of their own story.

Charting a struggle of failures and reversals to reclaim the experience of childbirth, Mothersalt asserts a powerful narrative of what is possible, not only in the birthing room, but in all forms of human relationships. At its heart, this is a book about resilience, healing, joy, and the sustaining life that emerges from practices of embodied care.

RSVP for this free event.

 

Hibiku Kotoba, a podcast series

Episode 2: Mia Ayumi Malhotra

On becoming a poet, Mia Ayumi Malhotra reflects on the challenges and joys of becoming an author. She found a deeper connection with her Nikkei roots while writing her latest release, Mothersalt.  She reflects on pregnancy, childrearing, mothering, past and present ways we nurture and sustain ourselves. Mia shares her poem, “To My Many Mothers, Issei and Nisei” from her book, Isako, Isako. 

Host: Kathleen Wong

Listen, follow and subscribe to Hibiku Kotoba on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

OR CONNECT HERE.

Mia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of Isako Isako, a California Book Award finalist and winner of the Alice James Award, Nautilus Gold Award for Poetry, National Indie Excellence Award, and Maine Literary Award. She is also the author of the chapbook Notes from the Birth Year. A Kundiman Fellow and a founding member of The Ruby SF, a gathering space for women and nonbinary artists, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Making Motherhood: a creative workshop

Saturday, November 15, 10 am- 12 pm

In this creative writing workshop, we will think about what it means to make art from life, drawing from family practices (gardening, mending, seamstressing, cooking, origami, ikebana, etc.) that have been handed down for generations by mothers and makers of every kind. Led by local poet Mia Ayumi Malhotra, we will reflect on these practices and respond through a series of written exercises inspired by the life and art of Ruth Asawa and The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon.

Come join us for a morning of making, remembrance, and—best of all—make new friends and memories in a warm, supportive circle of artist-makers. No previous writing or art experience needed; all are welcome at the table! 

Sign up required.  Limited space.