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Neat stuff going on at the Freer and the Sackler Gallery.

3/23 - Kimono Fashion Show (anotheranon, interested?): Twenty-five professional kimono dressing artists (kitsuke) from Tokyo display the array of kimono patterns worn in Japan today and demonstrate the traditional wedding kimono. After the performance, one-of-a-kind silk kimonos are available for sale, and Paul MacLardy and Cheryl Imperatore, authors of Kimono Vanishing Tradition, sign books and answer questions.
3/29 - Anime Marathon (11:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
4/8 - The Floating World Revealed: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints: Ann Yonemura, senior associate curator of Japanese art, discusses the Freer Gallery exhibition of Japanese art inspired by theater districts and pleasure quarters of the Edo period (1615-1868), which celebrates the era's glamorous courtesans and kabuki actors.
5/2 - The Storydancer: Zuleikha in Concert: This innovative Santa Fe-based performer interweaves Eastern and Western storytelling and dance to create an original rhythmic language that embodies an expressive form of spontaneity through movement.
5/3 (11:45 am)- Prachi Dalal: Kathak Dance: This visiting artist from Bombay performs and dicusses the north Indian classical dance style kathak, a blend of Hindu and Islamic styles that combines narrative and abstract movement, telling stories through musical lyrics and movement.
5/3 (2 pm) - Cambodian Classics Ensemble: The Cambodian Classics Ensemble performs stories from the Khmer court repertoire, demonstrating how stories are told through lyrics, gestures, and music.
5/30 - Krishna Mohan Batt, sitar; Anindo Chatterjee, tabla: Acclaimed sitarist Krishna Mohan Batt performs "lost" Rajasthani ragas and north Indian classical ragas.

I might be into the sitar thing. And the kimono show; if you've got anything in e-mail, can you pass it on? My ex might be interested too.

Nothing in email, I copied it out of the schedule I picked up yesterday. They do have a calendar online though: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/index.asp

I'm definitely into the kimono show, the rest are all things I'd in varying degrees like to see.

3/23 - Kimono Fashion Show (anotheranon, interested?)

ACK!! I have sewing circle that day.

I might be up for the Ukiyo-e exhibit though!

What time's sewing circle? This exhibit is at 3 pm.

Sewing circle is typically 2-5; I'm trying to get them to go as well as it would be a perfect field trip!

Yes it would. And shopping! ;) Not that I have any hope at all of being able to afford said kimonos, I'll just have to drool on them. Hey, think I could get a discount then because of water damage? ;)