Kawasaki Reading Room

Hey Huskers!
Kawasaki Reading Room will be closed on May 11 and 12. The reading room will open on Wednesday regular hours. Hope you all have a great Finals Week, and hope to see you in the summer!

!!!SPECIAL EVENT!!!
“An Evening of Boro: Talks by Yoshiko Wada and Sandra Dudley”

International Quilt Museum has a special exhibition features nearly 30 objects representing “boro” — a Japanese concept associated with the cycle of using an object or textile and mending it, repeatedly. Tonight there will a special lecture which offers a exciting opportunity for you to learn more about these beautiful textiles!🪡

Receptions begins at 4:30 PM and ends at 7:00 PM
Lecture begins at 5:15 PM
Gallery tour with Yoshiko Wada begins at 6:00 PM

https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/exhibition/boro-hidden-and-visible-japanese-mended-textiles

🌸 Happening today! 🌸
Join us for Story Corner: Haiku and enjoy a relaxing break between classes.

✨ Make your own Haiku inspired T-shirts
🍵 Free Japanese snacks & tea: Sakura mochi, daifuku, and sesame cookies
👕 Free shirts (while supplies last)

⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM (drop in anytime)
📍 Kawasaki Reading Room, 3rd Floor Gaughan Center

We hope to see you there!

🌸 This Month at Story Corner 🌸

Come for the elegance of Haiku, stay for the treats 🍡

Enjoy Haiku , make a your-own T-shirt, and grab free Japanese snacks: Sakura mochi, daifuku, and sesame cookies 🍵

👕 Free shirts while supplies last!

⏰ 12–1 PM | Drop in anytime
📍 Kawasaki Reading Room

Happening tomorrow!

Join us for an insightful lecture with Dr. Chris Heselton on the dismantling of democracy in 1930s Japan and its broader lessons.

📅 April 16 | 11:00–12:00 PM
📍 Nebraska Union, Platte River Room South

Open to all — we hope to see you there!

How does democracy erode—and what can history teach us?

Join Dr. Chris Heselton for Warning Shots of Fascism: Lessons from the Dismantling of Democracy in 1930s Japan.

📅 April 16 | 11:00–12:00 PM
📍 Nebraska Union, Platte River Room South

Don’t miss this timely and thought-provoking lecture.

🎤 Happening tomorrow!
Join us for Speak So They Remember: The Science of Storytelling with Parviz Jamalov.

🗓 March 13
⏰ 12–1 PM
📍 KRR (JGMC 302)

Learn practical storytelling techniques to engage any audience. All experience levels welcome.
🍕 Pizza & drinks provided.

Due to the possibility of a severe thunderstorm, Kawasaki Reading Room will be closed at 3:00 PM today. This included the Japanese Conversation Tables and Tea Time Friday, ends when the library is closing. However, the online opportunity to interact with Kobe students is still happening.
The link to join the event: https://cluster.mu/w/3f282bc2-3878-49c4-93e5-0df5466a995b?fbclid=PAVERFWAQYBC9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafWREbpZRkcePIQHGN3wx26IB75lq2dTahGUOYk0Um_ITzI0T3__P0CeI5uw_aem_9fHWikXOt36uS2V2EytaUw

🎤 LIVE Speaker | March 13 | 12–1 PM

Speak So They Remember: The Science of Storytelling

Learn how to craft compelling narratives and engage any audience.

📍 KRR (JGMC 302)
🍕 Pizza & drinks provided

💐As Spring arrives on our door steps. Come relax with us at the Kawasaki Reading Room on Wednesday, March 25 with the beautiful campus spring view .🌼 Other than that, enjoy the tale of "The Old Man that Made the Flowers Bloom" while you make your personal flower button pins. ✨

Tomorrow is the day! 🌸
Celebrate Hinamatsuri with us at the Kawasaki Reading Room. Enjoy a kimono & art exhibit, an artist talk, and a matcha ceremony with Japanese desserts.

Stop by anytime between 12:00–6:30 PM — we’d love to see you!