OFFICIAL 2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE EVENTS

Mid-February through Mid-March
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building Gallery, University of Utah, 215 S. Central Campus Drive - map
An exhibit of photographs by DOROTHEA LANGE & ANSEL ADAMS
depicting the wartime internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans
presented by the Ethnic Studies/Asian Pacific American Studies Programs, University of Utah

Thursday, February 19, 4pm
Location TBA, University of Utah
free public lecture by Gary Y Okihiro, PhD, Columbia University,
author of Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
presented by the Ethnic Studies/Asian Pacific American Studies Programs, University of Utah

Thursday, February 19, 8pm
Studio Theatre @ Rose Wagner, 138 W 300 S
fundraising preview performance of BLOCK 8 benefitting the Topaz Museum
Email Rick Okabe at the Topaz Museum to reserve tickets

Friday, February 20 thru Sunday, March 8, times vary
Studio Theatre @ Rose Wagner, 138 W 300 S
World premiere of BLOCK 8 by Matthew Ivan Bennett

Saturday, February 21, 11:30am
Main Library Auditorium, 241 E 400 S

a free screening of the film THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI

Saturday, February 21, 1pm

Main Library Auditorium, 241 E 400 S
a free screening of the documentary TRANSCENDING: THE WAT MISAKA STORY
followed by a discussion with filmmakers Christine Toy Johnson & Bruce Alan Johnson
and the Misaka Family

Sunday, February 22, 3:30pm
Studio Theatre @ Rose Wagner, 138 W 300 S
public discussion with the actors, director, playwright (others TBA)
following the matinee of BLOCK 8

Tuesday, February 24, 7pm

Historic Tower Theatre, 879 E 900 S
a free screening of the documentary TOPAZ
followed by a discussion with filmmaker Ken Verdoia
and Rick Okabe from the Topaz Museum

Saturday, February 28, 9am-11pm
Sugarhouse Barnes & Noble, 1104 E 2100 S
fundraising book fair benefitting Plan-B Theatre Company
just mention Plan-B at the register and a percentage of your purchase will go directly to us!

SPONSORS, OFFICIAL 2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE EVENTS