January 7, 2025 • 31 mins
Talked with Wendy Lo, Curator of Education, Morikami Museum & Gardens. Their "
mission at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is to engage a diverse audience by presenting Japanese cultural experiences that educate and inspire." The Morikami has several exhibitions right now including Akira: Architecture of Neo-Tokyo and Time Flow Like Water. They also offer online exhibitions of some of the permenant collection. Coming up in January they have tea ceremonies, Karesansui Raking demonstrations and more. January 24th will be a Tango demonstration followed by the original "Shall We Dance" film. They also have Orchid events, caligraphy classes, ramen spoon making classes and Kimono demonstration in Feburary and March. And their Taste of Asia annual fundraising Gala will be in March. Listeners can get hours, pricing, sign up for classes, get tickets to events, become a volunteer and can find out more info at www.morikami.org.
mission at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is to engage a diverse audience by presenting Japanese cultural experiences that educate and inspire." The Morikami has several exhibitions right now including Akira: Architecture of Neo-Tokyo and Time Flow Like Water. They also offer online exhibitions of some of the permenant collection. Coming up in January they have tea ceremonies, Karesansui Raking demonstrations and more. January 24th will be a Tango demonstration followed by the original "Shall We Dance" film. They also have Orchid events, caligraphy classes, ramen spoon making classes and Kimono demonstration in Feburary and March. And their Taste of Asia annual fundraising Gala will be in March. Listeners can get hours, pricing, sign up for classes, get tickets to events, become a volunteer and can find out more info at www.morikami.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
iHeart Communities Presents Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective with Dead Nepp.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Nep. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of things happening, and don't forget you can
always go to the Cultural Council. It's a bunch of
fun things listed all the time. So going on now
through January twenty six Disney's Frozen, the Broadway Musical is
actually happening at the Malts Jupiter Theater. See for some
little ones or big kids at heart, go check that
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out as a wonderful show. I'll let's see Tavi K.
Smith Brains and Bolts Exhibition is happening, and that's at
the Lighthouse Art Center January sixteenth through February twenty second.
Going back a little ways Sound of Music that'll be
playing at the Lakewarth Playhouse January seventeenth through February second.
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And then we have really nice the annual Student and
Faculty Exhibition happening at the Armory Arts Center January thirteenth
through March sixth. And these are just wonderful displays. You
want to go check this out for sure if you're
into chamber music. The Chamber Music Society, The Palm Beach
Presenting presents the Four Seasons and that's going to be
happening actually the North Museum of Art on January twenty second.
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Art Palm Beach is happening at the Palm Beach County
Convention Center January twenty second through the twenty sixth a
bunch of different vendors, exhibitors with all kinds of arts.
Never check that out. Palm Beach Opera is presenting Romeo
and Juliet at the Kravis Center, Legacy Mayors and Friedman
Collections at the Boca Reteau Museum of Art. So lots
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of cool things happening there. Speak of art, arts, garage,
Delry Beach. They've got the Eagles Revival Tributeman happening January twelfth,
seven pm. Then January fourteenth is all Arts open mic night,
so all different kinds of art artists are going to
come and present that night, So funding one to check out.
Mirage the Fleetwood Mac Tribute Bands happening January seventeenth through
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the eighteenth, and then Joshua Espanizo Trio, which is kind
of like Jazz meets the Beatles is happening January nineteenth
at seven pm. To find out more about all this,
the poetry, all the different things, movies and stuff they do,
check them out artscarage dot org and all the details
are right there for you. Oh, got a reminder from
the friends. In Saint Lucie County, the Fencenter is hosting
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an adult disco dance party on January twenty fourth, So
just a fun one for the folks to get out
have fun with the grown folks. I should say. It's
called Dancing through the Decades. It's gonna be from seven
to ten pm for people twenty one. End up and
dress according to the theme bring your friends, have fun.
It's ten dollars a person. They do. Ask that your
preregistered by calling seven seven to two for six two
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fifteen twenty one. Our reminder pump. Each Shakespeare Festival is
doing as you like it, and they're doing It's Shakespeare
by the Palms January thirtieth through February second this year,
and then in July they'll do Palm Beach Shakespeare by
the Sea at the Carlon Park one and that'll be
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a different play. So people get more Shakespeare, so for everybody,
and of course it's free. They do have a five
dollars suggested donation if you can help, but otherwise just
come out have a wonderful night. It's the Commons Park
in World Palm Beach, and we got the lineup for
flag of the Museum. We've got a lot of programs
happening for twenty twenty five. Their winter exhibition is the
Ethereal Worlds of Maxfield Parish and that's going on from
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twenty I mean January twenty first through April twentieth, and
that is included of course with the museum admission. And
then they've got music series concerts. First one's coming up
on February fourth, the Boromeo String Quartet, February eleventh is
the Jupiter String Quartet, just to name a few. And
they also have the Whitehall Lecture Series, which I think
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is kind of cool. First one's gonna be February second,
John Blades will be speaking about the sensational rise of
William Randolph Hurst, so definitely check that out. For more
details to Flagler Museum dot us and it's all right
there for you, and of course our friends over at
the Mandel Public Library always got cool things happening downtown
wants Pompeach free to everybody to join this month. It
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is puzzles, games, all kinds of cool things. Are actually
gonna have a few visits by the Pompach Opera folks
coming by. They've crossed for the whole family. Of course.
They have the yoga and meditation and of course lots
of lovely books to borrow, whether they be books that
you hold in your hand, ebooks audiobooks. They've got Canopy
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for films, Hoopla for the books, a lot of digital services.
Simply go to Wpbcitylibrary dot org and all the details
are right there for you. Always spoke to Redina from
Palm Beach Drama Works a a couple weeks ago, and
don't forget coming up January seventeenth through the nineteenth is
the Pearlburg Pearlberg Festival of New Plays and so starting Friday,
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January seventeenth in the afternoon and evening saturd days, got
on the eighteenth afternoon eve as well, and Sunday the
nineteenth three o'clock, and that one's gonna be album. So
I'll beat that one. If you won't come out and
say hi, check out, and these are the new playwrights.
They were selected and they're actually getting their work performed
on professional stage. So it's a really cool thing to see.
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And of course the regular series is if your twenty
fifth season is going on, the next one for that
is gonna be The Humans February fourteenth through March second.
Go to pump each drama works dot org for more details.
And of course Swedefest is so much fun. It is
a whole festival with bad movies by good people. They're
they're really funny. They're little short films like four minutes
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or less. They made with found objects, so imagine the
ice per Titanic with the ice in the pool. I
mean like fun things, a fun thing to do for
friends and kids and families. So defin'te even check it out.
So they're call they're going to call out for submissions
for Swedefest. Pump ten hilarious short films spoofing Hollywood hits.
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So this one is going to be March twenty eighth,
and it'll be kicking off the l Dub Film Festival.
So simply send off your submission to swede Fest PB
at gmail dot com They will check and make sure
your film hasn't been taken by anybody else. Let you know,
and they'll give you all the details on how you
submit everything when you're done producing it. So definitely fine. Oh,
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if you want to get outside, SLC Hikes lots of
coal things happening Sunday, January twelve from three to five pm.
It is Healing in Nature Hike at the Stephen J.
Fusick Preserve. So beautiful habitat, talk about the who. There'll
be talks about the holistic and scientific view of the
benefits of spending time in a green environment. So we
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know being out in nature is better for us. So
definitely going to sign up for that. One. Saturday, January eighteenth,
from eight to nine thirty am the Ancient Invertebrates Horseshoe
Crabs Hike at Donald B. More Preserve. So that's gonna
be an interesting one as well. Sunday January nineteenth, nine
thirty to twelve fifteen is Hidden Inlands Paddle at the
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Petrovis Family Preserve. For more details go to SLC Hikes
dot org. That's all listened on there for you. Oh,
we all spoke recently with Benji Stute from PBC County
ERM Division Environmental Resource Management. So they have a whole
bunch of outside things where they handle the natural areas.
So there's Pompage Country Parks and then he does the
natural areas as well. But they have all kinds of
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fun like ecotourism things you can do there. So coming
up on January twenty first, it is a morning paddle
on the Laksahatchie Slough, so I woon't check that out.
Starts at nine point thirty and then they have a
weeding and trash cleanup for the birds on January twenty
fifth at the Snook Islands Natural Area and that's where
you're cleaning out the area and setting up the islands
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so that the birds can come and nest. So it's
a really cool thing. And then they have an evening
under this store astronomy session that's gonna be Wednesday, January
twenty ninth at Pine Glades Natural Areas starting at five pm.
So anyway, so go to PBCRM dot com and you
see all the events listed there for you, And of
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course they have their big festival coming up, pomp Beach
County Natural Areas Festival Saturday, February fifteenth at Winding Waters
Natural Area, So that's gonna be a fun one as well.
And that one has the free five k Fun Run
trail run, but you do need to sign up for
that one ahead of time as far as the trail
road goes. But everything else, just sign up and show
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up and they're happy to have you there. Of course,
Saint Lucia County Libraries have lots because cool things going on.
If you got a phone for Christmas, Like my best
friend got a phone for Christmas, she had now as
an Android, she had an iPhone. This could help her out.
So they have got classes on Android's basics, iPhone basics,
building on the basics and how you can use your
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phone to take pictures and all the good things. And
then on Saturday January eighteenth, they have Virtual Reality at
the Morningside Branch where you get to go use the
VR goggles and do all that fun stuff. Simply go
to Saint Lucyco dot gov and you can click on
it and has all this stuff with the different libraries
on there for you. And then of course our friends
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over the Cravis I've got all kinds of cold things
going on and they're wrapping up the Share Show this weekend,
great show about the story of life of Share and
the artist, and that's at the Dreyfus Hall. And then
on the thirteenth's pump Each Symphony presenting Jean Eves Thibodeau
on the piano, and that's gonna be seven to thirteen
the Dreyfus. And then just a reminder of the fifteenth,
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the Gospel Galo has been rescheduled, so reach out to
the box office and they'll tell you what the new
dates and stuff are. On the sixteenth, it's a toast
to Steve and Edie. Seventeenth, the Chicago's Sympathy Chicago's Symphony
Orchestra will be performing some wonderful classical music from their
Classical Concerts series. And then on the twenty seventh, the
Cleveland Orchestra will be presenting as well. So lots of
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good stuff happening at the Cravis. Simply go to Cravis
dot org and get all the information going via an
usher all the kind of fun stuff you can find
it all right there. Speaking getting more information, I want
to welcome my guest for today. I have Wendy Lowe
from the More Coming Museum and gardens. Good morning, good
morning them, Thank you for having me, Thanks for coming
in while so we've chatted, so when have you come
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back and fill the listeners and I in and about
the More Commedy Gardens, like how it came to be
because we've had so many new people move into the
area since we chatted, since we chatted last. Sure we
are located in Dowry Beach, Florida.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
If I had to talk about how the More Comedy
came about, I per have to go one hundred years
back when it was founded, there was a model colony.
Joseph Kai was a Japanese who came to the US
to study at New York University in nineteen oh three.
He graduated, and he had this grand plan to create
an agricultural colony filled with Japanese and so Florida was
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one of the prospective spots. He came down, met with
the governor then WILLIAMS. Jennings, and they identified Boca Ratone
as a place to start as your model colony. So
that's how it began and why we have your model
road down in the Boca Ratone area. And from there
he went back to Japan and recruited colonists, and one
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of them was Sukeji Moore commie who we call George,
which he adopted the English name when he lived here.
So George continued in the colony. Just making it short,
he lived here for till he died. He never moved
back to Japan. He never married or had children, and
in his late year years in his eighties, he decided
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to donate all the land that he had because he
invested in land, lived a very simple and frugal life
to Palm Beach County, and that is where in nineteen
seventy seven the museum was built as well as the
more Commy Park. So that's how more Common Museum and
Japanese Gardens was created established in nineteen seventy seven.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
That is fantastic. I love it. What was impressed when
like one person does such an amazing thing and then
has impact for the good.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Yeah. Yeah, he wanted to give back to his adopted country.
He really loved the US and it was a great
legacy that he could live and that we as a
community could enjoy.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Oh definitely. So what do you do with the more
Common So.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
As a curative education, I'm in charge of the education
department so we do a lot of programming at the
museum with classes, workshops, lectures, films, special programs. We also
are in charge of scheduling tours training the dosins that
give these tours at the museum. We also do outreach
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to the community about teaching Japanese culture and art. So
we do a lot of variety of things to help
us meet our mission of teaching, educating, and inspiring others
about Japanese culture.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
That was very cool, Well, I always think of when
I think of the more comic guardens, I think just
the beautiful bridges that are going over the little streams.
And then the tea ceremonies. So can I come watch
a tea ceremony or learn how to do tea? Sure?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Yes, So we have tea ceremony classes and workshops and demonstrations.
I think if you are very new to tea ceremony,
the best thing has come to a demonstration. We have
that once a month from October through May. Our next
one is actually coming up on Saturday, January eighteenth, and
you will get to see the tea master and the
tea ladies come out in kimono and you're in the
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audience in our theater, they'll demonstrate, they'll also explain the
process a little bit about the history and then now
Deanna will be a Q and a session. It's only
five dollars to attend to of course a museum emission
as well, and we do have three sessions within the
day twelve pm, one thirty pm and three pm. You
could purchase tickets on our website or at the door
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the day of What is the website www dot more
comy which is m O r I kami dot org.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And are you also like on Facebook social media?
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Oh? Yes, we do have Facebook as well as Instagram
and I believe x as well.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
And Instagram is just a wonderful one for you because
it's such a visual medium and of course you have
such pretty pictures of post I love it it is.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
We encourage people to hashtag us and so that we
could include your lovely pictures as well.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Oh that's great. That was gonna be my next questions
when I come visit. Can I can I tag you back? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Oh, we love it.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
So coming up in January, you have a cool thing
where it's there's gonna be dance, there's gonna be a movie.
So tell me about this sure.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
So part of our film series, we're showing a very
classic film called Shall We Dance? It's not the Richard
gear version, it's the original Japanese version from nineteen ninety six,
and it's a wonderful tale and it features of course
ballroom dancing and the different types of dances in ballroom dancing.
And we have invited two wonderful dancers professional dances, Mariano
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Begirano and Carolina Baba Sida to demonstrate Tangle before the
film starts. This would be on January twenty fourth, six
forty five pm will be a Tangle performance and seven
pm will be the film screening. Sony seven dollars. Costs
for museum members is five dollars.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Oh very nice. So what hours are the what hours
of the museum open?
Speaker 3 (15:26):
We are open from ten am to five pm from
Tuesday through Sundays. We are closed on Mondays.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
So how much is amission for the park?
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It is sixteen dollars for adults, but there is senior discounts,
veterans discounts. A student ID I your college student discounts.
I would highly advise going to the website to see
the latest rates.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
All right, cool, that's why I figured to come there
and get the times and the costs. Everything that's good.
What else do you have happening in January this year,
because I know you have a lot of things going on.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well besides having our usual classes and workshops, which I
highly recommend going online to see what kind of offerings
we have. We do have like as mentioned the tea
demonstration coming up January eighteenth, and we also have a
title workshop which is Japanese drumming, which would be on
January twenty six So we have a morning session afternoon session,
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So I highly advise visiting the website to get catch
your spot because only twelve spots in each session.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
And I'm sure they fill up very quickly.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
They do a lot of our workshops fill up quickly.
And we also have a raking demonstration which is on
January sixteenth in the morning ten thirty am. It's free
with paid museum emission. Our garden curator will be out
in the garden demonstrating how to rake a cottage sounds
to you which is dry landscape rock garden. So she
will talk about the history and how to rake it,
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and sometimes she grabs an audience member to do it
themselves too.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Oh, very fun. I like it well. I had years
to go with my desk on of little zen gardens.
From my desk, so many people will come in take
the little rake. They'd flatten out the sand and smooth
it out, and then they'd stand there for like, you know,
three or four minutes, just and it was it wasn't
even bigger than four by four ranking this sand, and
it really helped them to de stress, yeah, and relax,
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and then they come back to see if their pattern
was still there later in the day.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Historically, when Zen monks did it at the Zend temples,
it was practice a way of meditation as well for them,
and it's very important to have that clearing your mind
and releasing it all while you're just monotonously doing this raking.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
So I could see where that would happen. Yeah, very cool,
easy way in them. God wait to help, like you said,
distress and improve your focus. Yes, so then the raking
is The car was called karen su.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
A kaate san sou, which means dry landscaping try dry
landscape garden.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Very cool.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I'm so excited about the tea Ceremonykeep thinking about the
te ceremonies. Definitely need to come check that out. You
have also have in the museum like you have a
permanent collection and you also have like exhibitions that travel
and come through. So right now is it called Akira. Yes.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Our current exhibitions in the galleries is Kidra Architecture of
Neo Tokyo that's going to run till April sixth, twenty
twenty five, and it traces the architectural world building process
of Japan's most influential animated science fiction film Akira. So
it highlights the artists, designers and the director of these
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meticulous backdrops that bring to life that futuristic urban environments
of this classic anime. And it was co created by
Stephen Richolas and Hiroko Kimuramocom. And then with the other
second exhibition in our galleries is called Time Floats Like
water Works by Matsumisakagami that will go through February sixteenth,
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twenty twenty five, and it's a contemporary twist on classic calligraphy.
She also interfuses abstract paintings as well, So it's a
very unique experience. So we hope you come in out
and enjoy oh.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Very cool of course you have ongoing and ongoing collection.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Yes, we do have a collection at our museum featuring
about eight thousand objects, and depending on to exhibitions, we
sometimes bring it out and feature them. As you mentioned
online exhibitions. We do have on our website area where
we feature some of our collection pieces with different themes,
so you could check that out.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Well, I think that's a great thing because I love
coming to the gardens, but sometimes it's rainy and you
need to have something to do inside. So this is great.
You go online and check out the exhibitions some of
you some of your permanent collection there as well. Yes,
very clever. I like it all right. So think what's
coming up in February, because I know you've got a full,
a full season schedule of fun events for the whole community.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Yes, so in February, our first weekend is our Orchid Weekend,
which is February first and second, many activities happening on
both days. On February first, we have a family fun
activities chemono demonstration and our theater from twelve pm and
a two thirty pm show where we have a proproessional
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kimono dresser. Come and we're going to have some models
come out with different types of kimonos. We're going to
talk about the different types and how to wear a
summer kimono too. We're going to demonstrate that. Again. Our
cultural demonstrations are like five dollars with paid museum mission
of course, and that same day we have a Cocadama workshop,
which is this moss ball Japanese moss ball with plants
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that you could create. So there's still spots available if
you want to sign up, go to our website you
can see the times and cost and we have orchid
vendors that will be in the gardens selling their orchid
wares and cocadama. We also have some artists as well
featured there, so it'd be a very fun event. That's
February first, February second, again we will also have the
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orchid vendors and artists out in the gardens. But February
second we will have Ikibana demonstrations. Ikibana is flower arrangement.
So we have two schools that teach at our museum,
the Ike Andnoble School and it so it gets to school,
so both of them will be doing demonstrations at eleven
am and two pm. Those are also five dollars we've
paid museum mission, so it'll be a lot of fun
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to enjoy the weekend at the more COMMI on the
February first and second.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Oh, I agree. And one of the things I've always
said is like when I retire, haha, I would like
to learn how to decorate, like arrange flowers because I
get beautiful flower arrangements sent to me, or let el
the planters and how do you know which plants to
put in the planter?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
So and they all seem to grow at the same time.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Yeah. And it's wonderful because they teach you to different
ideology why and how to like how to see it,
like there's like certain angles and whatnot. So I learn
a lot when I see these demonstrations. So it'd be
a fun time. So that's the first weekend of February,
and then the weekend after that, on the eighth, we
have tea demonstration again, so if you miss the January one,
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we have it on the eighth as well. At the
same times, we also have a raking demo on the twentieth,
So if you missed the January one, we have February
twentieth Raking demo again ten thirty in the morning.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
And we also have an.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Event that we're planning on February twenty third with the
Palm Beach County a library system where we have an author,
Holly Thompson com and she's going to do a book
reading for her children's book based on George Nakashima, who
is a famous woodcrafter and furniture maker. He's a Japanese
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and American but he passed away, but his legacy stems
from when he was in World War Two incarcerated in
those camps, but he learned, he expanded on his woodworking
and made a great career out of it afterwards. And
we actually have a couple of pieces in our collection
as well. So it's a sort of like a children's
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book about his life and also features haiku, so people
get to learn how to write haiku as well. Go
out to our garden, write it, come back in read
their haikup and she'd be doing a book signing at
so well at the museum.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh very nice Sunday, February twenty third. And if people
really like coming to the gardens and being out doing that,
is there way for them to volunteer yes.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Of course, we cannot run the museum without volunteers, you know,
and the dedication and passion that they give to us.
Volunteer opportunities, there's a variety of them that are on
our website lists such as lobby greater, helping out at
the membership, admissions, museum store, becoming a museum, dozing, and
much more. You could go on to our website to
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see what kind of positions are available and to apply.
There's an application there and contact information. We do ask
that is aged fifteen and up to be a regular
volunteer at the museum.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Very cool. And of course that's great because a lot
of the kids need volunteer hours for their classes for
them and that's a fun place to volunteer. I mean,
come on, how can you not love it? I was like,
come on, I like that idea. So I volunteered at
different events afterward after they come on the show, and
we did one with the post office where they collected
all the food and there were kids there because they
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need just like one more hour of community service to
finish up their quota for the semester. And we loaded
up i want to say, like three public trucks. Wow,
and the kid was like, wow, this is a lot
of volunteering.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah, nobody. It really gives them inspiration and kind of
show the impact that they're giving and doing the community,
which is very important you know, to teach them.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Oh. Absolutely. He was amazed that so many people had
donated and that by him helping, it was going to
get to the right place. So it was very cool
and he was like, I think sixteen, So yeah, it
was really nice to see that, like you said, in somebody,
where they started starting to click of why they're doing it. Yes,
very cool. So of course the more it COMMI has
volunteer opportunities and like you said, there's different classes, but
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speaking classes, can field trips come out, Can teachers reach
out to you to set that up?
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Yes, being her that we do offer few trips or tours,
let's say docin lead tours Tuesday through Friday in the morning.
So we highly advise that you contact the museum. If
you go to our website under visit us, there's a
tour section where it tells you what type of tours
we offer, be a garden tours, museum tours, and you
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contact us and we will discuss it is fifteen or
more is when you could do a docent lead tour.
If you don't have fifteen or more you know, or
if we don't have enough dozins, it might be a
self guided tour. But there are rates like group rates
as well for fifteen or more people and special rates
for pump Beach County Public schools. If you fit the criteria.
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It's actually free through a mutual use form that you
fill out. So definitely contact us and we'll discuss dates
when we are available. Unfortunately we don't do bookings as
much on the weekends we do. You still could get
the group rate, but there won't be much of a
dose on that tour because it's all depend on dos
and availability.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Right, So, speaking of dozins, how do people become a docent?
Do you like train them?
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
So they're all volunteers, So like they apply through the
volunteer program and once they get places, they meet with
me actually and we do we go through a process
of training and they have their homework to do. So
out of all the volunteer positions, this one is much
more committed. We asked that they could at least have
a two year commitment to do this program. So if
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you are very interested in learning about Japanese art and
culture and sharing it, and I feel very comfortable speaking
and working with kids and adults and tours. This is
definitely a job to do, and all our dosins really
enjoy it. Some have been with us for twenty plus
years and some we just had a couple of new
ones come on board, so they're very excited to learn
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about it and share the knowledge that they're learning.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Ohod cool. I like that. I always like I always
love learning new things, which is what's one of the
fun things about the show. And of course being the
new year, people want to have fun opportunities. Part of
their resolutions. I think my big one is get up
off the couch. Yes, so go out and do something.
So when it be coming to the more commie going
to the cravis, going for a hike, do something fun
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and try something new.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Yeah. And the weather's perfect right now with the cold weather,
especially to experience our sixteen acres of Japanese garden, and
it's we call that our outdoor gallery. It is our
living exhibition, so it's not just a garden, but it's
the extension of the museum outdoors.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh I like that too. Yeah, So what is coming
up in March? Little sneak preview for March.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Sure, one of the biggest events in March is our
Taste of Asia event is start annual gala fundraising event.
This is on March eighth at six thirty pm. It
is two one hundred and fifty dollars to attend. But
you have a lovely evening of Asian culinary culture. Sure
in a Japanese setting. I guess we'll be given a
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culinary passport that can be used to save asianspired cuisine
from South Florida's celebrated restaurants while enjoying fine wine, sake
and whiskey. Entertainment includes Taicho drumming performances, DJ again. We'll
have sake whiskey tasting, pop up gallery and an auction
such as featuring a ride on the Goodyear Blimp, jewelry,
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art and luxurious hotel states and more.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Oh. Very nice, And this is a great.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Event because whatever we get will support our museum, our
programming and everything to continue having the museum here in
the community.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Oh, I love it, and they can sign up for
that on the website spot.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
Yes, saycause I'm on the website again. We have limited spots.
It sells out every year, so if you want to
come to the party of the year, please come and
get your ticket. So we very much look forward to
having you there.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
And of course I know there's a few more things
happening in March, so else can they look forward to?
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Yes, So of course we have our tea demonstration again
and we raking demos. So Tea Demos is on the
fifteenth of March, and our Raking Demonstration is March twentieth,
so if you miss January and February, we have it
again that month. We also have calligraphy workshop, so if
you want to learn how to write Japanese calligraphy using
the traditional brush and ink, we have that on March
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twenty ninth. We have two sessions, so please come to
the website to see the times and costs. We also
have a cheety Dangay ramen spoon carving so you could
carve your own wooden spoon for ramen so to eat,
so that's a fun. It's a two day workshop that's
on March eighth and March fifteenth, so you come on
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both Saturdays and equipment will be provided to help carve
your own wooden ramen Spoon, so we have a lot
of unique ones. We also have a sushi workshop, but
please check our website because that sells out really quickly,
so you get to learn how to make your own sushi.
And of course we have throughout the months our variety
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of classes like it gub on a flower arrangement, bone
side classes, Japanese language classes that are ongoing in Koto,
which is our traditional streamed instruments. If you want to
learn how to play da Koto, you could also sign
up for classes on that as well.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Oh, I love it, so many fun things to do. Yes,
fascinated with the ramen spoon. Yeah, not super coordinated though,
but it's still be a fun thing to try. Yes,
but we definitely recommend the recommend the listeners sign up
today for all the different things they even be interested
in trying because some of the scene sometimes they have
seen it limited seeding or they just fill up quickly
because they're so popular. Yes, and they can do that
(30:44):
at your website.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Yes, everything could be on the website. That's where you
could see on what spots are available and you could
It's probably the more quicker way to do it than
calling in because by the time you call and we
call back, the spot has to be taken.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
Gotcha. I want to thank you so much for coming
in and sharing with us today. Doing such a fun
thing in the community. Very much appreciated and needed.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
It's been a pleasure having to speak with you and
sharing about more comedy. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
If you need more details, reach out to me Palm
Beach Perspective at iHeartMedia dot com and I'm happy to
forward them on to you. Don't forget. You can always
download the shows a podcast on our iHeartRadio app. Hope
everybody has a wonderful weekend. I'm dev Nev and this
has been my perspective. Remember life is good, so be
your healthiest you, and let's get out there and live it.
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Until next week.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Nep. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of things happening, and don't forget you can
always go to the Cultural Council. It's a bunch of
fun things listed all the time. So going on now
through January twenty six Disney's Frozen, the Broadway Musical is
actually happening at the Malts Jupiter Theater. See for some
little ones or big kids at heart, go check that
(00:28):
out as a wonderful show. I'll let's see Tavi K.
Smith Brains and Bolts Exhibition is happening, and that's at
the Lighthouse Art Center January sixteenth through February twenty second.
Going back a little ways Sound of Music that'll be
playing at the Lakewarth Playhouse January seventeenth through February second.
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And then we have really nice the annual Student and
Faculty Exhibition happening at the Armory Arts Center January thirteenth
through March sixth. And these are just wonderful displays. You
want to go check this out for sure if you're
into chamber music. The Chamber Music Society, The Palm Beach
Presenting presents the Four Seasons and that's going to be
happening actually the North Museum of Art on January twenty second.
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Art Palm Beach is happening at the Palm Beach County
Convention Center January twenty second through the twenty sixth a
bunch of different vendors, exhibitors with all kinds of arts.
Never check that out. Palm Beach Opera is presenting Romeo
and Juliet at the Kravis Center, Legacy Mayors and Friedman
Collections at the Boca Reteau Museum of Art. So lots
(01:34):
of cool things happening there. Speak of art, arts, garage,
Delry Beach. They've got the Eagles Revival Tributeman happening January twelfth,
seven pm. Then January fourteenth is all Arts open mic night,
so all different kinds of art artists are going to
come and present that night, So funding one to check out.
Mirage the Fleetwood Mac Tribute Bands happening January seventeenth through
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the eighteenth, and then Joshua Espanizo Trio, which is kind
of like Jazz meets the Beatles is happening January nineteenth
at seven pm. To find out more about all this,
the poetry, all the different things, movies and stuff they do,
check them out artscarage dot org and all the details
are right there for you. Oh, got a reminder from
the friends. In Saint Lucie County, the Fencenter is hosting
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an adult disco dance party on January twenty fourth, So
just a fun one for the folks to get out
have fun with the grown folks. I should say. It's
called Dancing through the Decades. It's gonna be from seven
to ten pm for people twenty one. End up and
dress according to the theme bring your friends, have fun.
It's ten dollars a person. They do. Ask that your
preregistered by calling seven seven to two for six two
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fifteen twenty one. Our reminder pump. Each Shakespeare Festival is
doing as you like it, and they're doing It's Shakespeare
by the Palms January thirtieth through February second this year,
and then in July they'll do Palm Beach Shakespeare by
the Sea at the Carlon Park one and that'll be
(03:04):
a different play. So people get more Shakespeare, so for everybody,
and of course it's free. They do have a five
dollars suggested donation if you can help, but otherwise just
come out have a wonderful night. It's the Commons Park
in World Palm Beach, and we got the lineup for
flag of the Museum. We've got a lot of programs
happening for twenty twenty five. Their winter exhibition is the
Ethereal Worlds of Maxfield Parish and that's going on from
(03:26):
twenty I mean January twenty first through April twentieth, and
that is included of course with the museum admission. And
then they've got music series concerts. First one's coming up
on February fourth, the Boromeo String Quartet, February eleventh is
the Jupiter String Quartet, just to name a few. And
they also have the Whitehall Lecture Series, which I think
(03:48):
is kind of cool. First one's gonna be February second,
John Blades will be speaking about the sensational rise of
William Randolph Hurst, so definitely check that out. For more
details to Flagler Museum dot us and it's all right
there for you, and of course our friends over at
the Mandel Public Library always got cool things happening downtown
wants Pompeach free to everybody to join this month. It
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is puzzles, games, all kinds of cool things. Are actually
gonna have a few visits by the Pompach Opera folks
coming by. They've crossed for the whole family. Of course.
They have the yoga and meditation and of course lots
of lovely books to borrow, whether they be books that
you hold in your hand, ebooks audiobooks. They've got Canopy
(04:32):
for films, Hoopla for the books, a lot of digital services.
Simply go to Wpbcitylibrary dot org and all the details
are right there for you. Always spoke to Redina from
Palm Beach Drama Works a a couple weeks ago, and
don't forget coming up January seventeenth through the nineteenth is
the Pearlburg Pearlberg Festival of New Plays and so starting Friday,
(04:56):
January seventeenth in the afternoon and evening saturd days, got
on the eighteenth afternoon eve as well, and Sunday the
nineteenth three o'clock, and that one's gonna be album. So
I'll beat that one. If you won't come out and
say hi, check out, and these are the new playwrights.
They were selected and they're actually getting their work performed
on professional stage. So it's a really cool thing to see.
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And of course the regular series is if your twenty
fifth season is going on, the next one for that
is gonna be The Humans February fourteenth through March second.
Go to pump each drama works dot org for more details.
And of course Swedefest is so much fun. It is
a whole festival with bad movies by good people. They're
they're really funny. They're little short films like four minutes
(05:42):
or less. They made with found objects, so imagine the
ice per Titanic with the ice in the pool. I
mean like fun things, a fun thing to do for
friends and kids and families. So defin'te even check it out.
So they're call they're going to call out for submissions
for Swedefest. Pump ten hilarious short films spoofing Hollywood hits.
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So this one is going to be March twenty eighth,
and it'll be kicking off the l Dub Film Festival.
So simply send off your submission to swede Fest PB
at gmail dot com They will check and make sure
your film hasn't been taken by anybody else. Let you know,
and they'll give you all the details on how you
submit everything when you're done producing it. So definitely fine. Oh,
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if you want to get outside, SLC Hikes lots of
coal things happening Sunday, January twelve from three to five pm.
It is Healing in Nature Hike at the Stephen J.
Fusick Preserve. So beautiful habitat, talk about the who. There'll
be talks about the holistic and scientific view of the
benefits of spending time in a green environment. So we
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know being out in nature is better for us. So
definitely going to sign up for that. One. Saturday, January eighteenth,
from eight to nine thirty am the Ancient Invertebrates Horseshoe
Crabs Hike at Donald B. More Preserve. So that's gonna
be an interesting one as well. Sunday January nineteenth, nine
thirty to twelve fifteen is Hidden Inlands Paddle at the
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Petrovis Family Preserve. For more details go to SLC Hikes
dot org. That's all listened on there for you. Oh,
we all spoke recently with Benji Stute from PBC County
ERM Division Environmental Resource Management. So they have a whole
bunch of outside things where they handle the natural areas.
So there's Pompage Country Parks and then he does the
natural areas as well. But they have all kinds of
(07:32):
fun like ecotourism things you can do there. So coming
up on January twenty first, it is a morning paddle
on the Laksahatchie Slough, so I woon't check that out.
Starts at nine point thirty and then they have a
weeding and trash cleanup for the birds on January twenty
fifth at the Snook Islands Natural Area and that's where
you're cleaning out the area and setting up the islands
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so that the birds can come and nest. So it's
a really cool thing. And then they have an evening
under this store astronomy session that's gonna be Wednesday, January
twenty ninth at Pine Glades Natural Areas starting at five pm.
So anyway, so go to PBCRM dot com and you
see all the events listed there for you, And of
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course they have their big festival coming up, pomp Beach
County Natural Areas Festival Saturday, February fifteenth at Winding Waters
Natural Area, So that's gonna be a fun one as well.
And that one has the free five k Fun Run
trail run, but you do need to sign up for
that one ahead of time as far as the trail
road goes. But everything else, just sign up and show
(08:36):
up and they're happy to have you there. Of course,
Saint Lucia County Libraries have lots because cool things going on.
If you got a phone for Christmas, Like my best
friend got a phone for Christmas, she had now as
an Android, she had an iPhone. This could help her out.
So they have got classes on Android's basics, iPhone basics,
building on the basics and how you can use your
(08:57):
phone to take pictures and all the good things. And
then on Saturday January eighteenth, they have Virtual Reality at
the Morningside Branch where you get to go use the
VR goggles and do all that fun stuff. Simply go
to Saint Lucyco dot gov and you can click on
it and has all this stuff with the different libraries
on there for you. And then of course our friends
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over the Cravis I've got all kinds of cold things
going on and they're wrapping up the Share Show this weekend,
great show about the story of life of Share and
the artist, and that's at the Dreyfus Hall. And then
on the thirteenth's pump Each Symphony presenting Jean Eves Thibodeau
on the piano, and that's gonna be seven to thirteen
the Dreyfus. And then just a reminder of the fifteenth,
(09:38):
the Gospel Galo has been rescheduled, so reach out to
the box office and they'll tell you what the new
dates and stuff are. On the sixteenth, it's a toast
to Steve and Edie. Seventeenth, the Chicago's Sympathy Chicago's Symphony
Orchestra will be performing some wonderful classical music from their
Classical Concerts series. And then on the twenty seventh, the
Cleveland Orchestra will be presenting as well. So lots of
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good stuff happening at the Cravis. Simply go to Cravis
dot org and get all the information going via an
usher all the kind of fun stuff you can find
it all right there. Speaking getting more information, I want
to welcome my guest for today. I have Wendy Lowe
from the More Coming Museum and gardens. Good morning, good
morning them, Thank you for having me, Thanks for coming
in while so we've chatted, so when have you come
(10:21):
back and fill the listeners and I in and about
the More Commedy Gardens, like how it came to be
because we've had so many new people move into the
area since we chatted, since we chatted last. Sure we
are located in Dowry Beach, Florida.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
If I had to talk about how the More Comedy
came about, I per have to go one hundred years
back when it was founded, there was a model colony.
Joseph Kai was a Japanese who came to the US
to study at New York University in nineteen oh three.
He graduated, and he had this grand plan to create
an agricultural colony filled with Japanese and so Florida was
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one of the prospective spots. He came down, met with
the governor then WILLIAMS. Jennings, and they identified Boca Ratone
as a place to start as your model colony. So
that's how it began and why we have your model
road down in the Boca Ratone area. And from there
he went back to Japan and recruited colonists, and one
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of them was Sukeji Moore commie who we call George,
which he adopted the English name when he lived here.
So George continued in the colony. Just making it short,
he lived here for till he died. He never moved
back to Japan. He never married or had children, and
in his late year years in his eighties, he decided
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to donate all the land that he had because he
invested in land, lived a very simple and frugal life
to Palm Beach County, and that is where in nineteen
seventy seven the museum was built as well as the
more Commy Park. So that's how more Common Museum and
Japanese Gardens was created established in nineteen seventy seven.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
That is fantastic. I love it. What was impressed when
like one person does such an amazing thing and then
has impact for the good.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Yeah. Yeah, he wanted to give back to his adopted country.
He really loved the US and it was a great
legacy that he could live and that we as a
community could enjoy.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Oh definitely. So what do you do with the more
Common So.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
As a curative education, I'm in charge of the education
department so we do a lot of programming at the
museum with classes, workshops, lectures, films, special programs. We also
are in charge of scheduling tours training the dosins that
give these tours at the museum. We also do outreach
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to the community about teaching Japanese culture and art. So
we do a lot of variety of things to help
us meet our mission of teaching, educating, and inspiring others
about Japanese culture.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
That was very cool, Well, I always think of when
I think of the more comic guardens, I think just
the beautiful bridges that are going over the little streams.
And then the tea ceremonies. So can I come watch
a tea ceremony or learn how to do tea? Sure?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Yes, So we have tea ceremony classes and workshops and demonstrations.
I think if you are very new to tea ceremony,
the best thing has come to a demonstration. We have
that once a month from October through May. Our next
one is actually coming up on Saturday, January eighteenth, and
you will get to see the tea master and the
tea ladies come out in kimono and you're in the
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audience in our theater, they'll demonstrate, they'll also explain the
process a little bit about the history and then now
Deanna will be a Q and a session. It's only
five dollars to attend to of course a museum emission
as well, and we do have three sessions within the
day twelve pm, one thirty pm and three pm. You
could purchase tickets on our website or at the door
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the day of What is the website www dot more
comy which is m O r I kami dot org.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And are you also like on Facebook social media?
Speaker 3 (14:08):
Oh? Yes, we do have Facebook as well as Instagram
and I believe x as well.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
And Instagram is just a wonderful one for you because
it's such a visual medium and of course you have
such pretty pictures of post I love it it is.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
We encourage people to hashtag us and so that we
could include your lovely pictures as well.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Oh that's great. That was gonna be my next questions
when I come visit. Can I can I tag you back? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Oh, we love it.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
So coming up in January, you have a cool thing
where it's there's gonna be dance, there's gonna be a movie.
So tell me about this sure.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
So part of our film series, we're showing a very
classic film called Shall We Dance? It's not the Richard
gear version, it's the original Japanese version from nineteen ninety six,
and it's a wonderful tale and it features of course
ballroom dancing and the different types of dances in ballroom dancing.
And we have invited two wonderful dancers professional dances, Mariano
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Begirano and Carolina Baba Sida to demonstrate Tangle before the
film starts. This would be on January twenty fourth, six
forty five pm will be a Tangle performance and seven
pm will be the film screening. Sony seven dollars. Costs
for museum members is five dollars.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Oh very nice. So what hours are the what hours
of the museum open?
Speaker 3 (15:26):
We are open from ten am to five pm from
Tuesday through Sundays. We are closed on Mondays.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
So how much is amission for the park?
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It is sixteen dollars for adults, but there is senior discounts,
veterans discounts. A student ID I your college student discounts.
I would highly advise going to the website to see
the latest rates.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
All right, cool, that's why I figured to come there
and get the times and the costs. Everything that's good.
What else do you have happening in January this year,
because I know you have a lot of things going on.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Well besides having our usual classes and workshops, which I
highly recommend going online to see what kind of offerings
we have. We do have like as mentioned the tea
demonstration coming up January eighteenth, and we also have a
title workshop which is Japanese drumming, which would be on
January twenty six So we have a morning session afternoon session,
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So I highly advise visiting the website to get catch
your spot because only twelve spots in each session.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
And I'm sure they fill up very quickly.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
They do a lot of our workshops fill up quickly.
And we also have a raking demonstration which is on
January sixteenth in the morning ten thirty am. It's free
with paid museum emission. Our garden curator will be out
in the garden demonstrating how to rake a cottage sounds
to you which is dry landscape rock garden. So she
will talk about the history and how to rake it,
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and sometimes she grabs an audience member to do it
themselves too.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Oh, very fun. I like it well. I had years
to go with my desk on of little zen gardens.
From my desk, so many people will come in take
the little rake. They'd flatten out the sand and smooth
it out, and then they'd stand there for like, you know,
three or four minutes, just and it was it wasn't
even bigger than four by four ranking this sand, and
it really helped them to de stress, yeah, and relax,
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and then they come back to see if their pattern
was still there later in the day.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Historically, when Zen monks did it at the Zend temples,
it was practice a way of meditation as well for them,
and it's very important to have that clearing your mind
and releasing it all while you're just monotonously doing this raking.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
So I could see where that would happen. Yeah, very cool,
easy way in them. God wait to help, like you said,
distress and improve your focus. Yes, so then the raking
is The car was called karen su.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
A kaate san sou, which means dry landscaping try dry
landscape garden.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Very cool.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I'm so excited about the tea Ceremonykeep thinking about the
te ceremonies. Definitely need to come check that out. You
have also have in the museum like you have a
permanent collection and you also have like exhibitions that travel
and come through. So right now is it called Akira. Yes.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Our current exhibitions in the galleries is Kidra Architecture of
Neo Tokyo that's going to run till April sixth, twenty
twenty five, and it traces the architectural world building process
of Japan's most influential animated science fiction film Akira. So
it highlights the artists, designers and the director of these
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meticulous backdrops that bring to life that futuristic urban environments
of this classic anime. And it was co created by
Stephen Richolas and Hiroko Kimuramocom. And then with the other
second exhibition in our galleries is called Time Floats Like
water Works by Matsumisakagami that will go through February sixteenth,
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twenty twenty five, and it's a contemporary twist on classic calligraphy.
She also interfuses abstract paintings as well, So it's a
very unique experience. So we hope you come in out
and enjoy oh.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Very cool of course you have ongoing and ongoing collection.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Yes, we do have a collection at our museum featuring
about eight thousand objects, and depending on to exhibitions, we
sometimes bring it out and feature them. As you mentioned
online exhibitions. We do have on our website area where
we feature some of our collection pieces with different themes,
so you could check that out.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Well, I think that's a great thing because I love
coming to the gardens, but sometimes it's rainy and you
need to have something to do inside. So this is great.
You go online and check out the exhibitions some of
you some of your permanent collection there as well. Yes,
very clever. I like it all right. So think what's
coming up in February, because I know you've got a full,
a full season schedule of fun events for the whole community.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Yes, so in February, our first weekend is our Orchid Weekend,
which is February first and second, many activities happening on
both days. On February first, we have a family fun
activities chemono demonstration and our theater from twelve pm and
a two thirty pm show where we have a proproessional
(20:06):
kimono dresser. Come and we're going to have some models
come out with different types of kimonos. We're going to
talk about the different types and how to wear a
summer kimono too. We're going to demonstrate that. Again. Our
cultural demonstrations are like five dollars with paid museum mission
of course, and that same day we have a Cocadama workshop,
which is this moss ball Japanese moss ball with plants
(20:30):
that you could create. So there's still spots available if
you want to sign up, go to our website you
can see the times and cost and we have orchid
vendors that will be in the gardens selling their orchid
wares and cocadama. We also have some artists as well
featured there, so it'd be a very fun event. That's
February first, February second, again we will also have the
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orchid vendors and artists out in the gardens. But February
second we will have Ikibana demonstrations. Ikibana is flower arrangement.
So we have two schools that teach at our museum,
the Ike Andnoble School and it so it gets to school,
so both of them will be doing demonstrations at eleven
am and two pm. Those are also five dollars we've
paid museum mission, so it'll be a lot of fun
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to enjoy the weekend at the more COMMI on the
February first and second.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Oh, I agree. And one of the things I've always
said is like when I retire, haha, I would like
to learn how to decorate, like arrange flowers because I
get beautiful flower arrangements sent to me, or let el
the planters and how do you know which plants to
put in the planter?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
So and they all seem to grow at the same time.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Yeah. And it's wonderful because they teach you to different
ideology why and how to like how to see it,
like there's like certain angles and whatnot. So I learn
a lot when I see these demonstrations. So it'd be
a fun time. So that's the first weekend of February,
and then the weekend after that, on the eighth, we
have tea demonstration again, so if you miss the January one,
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we have it on the eighth as well. At the
same times, we also have a raking demo on the twentieth,
So if you missed the January one, we have February
twentieth Raking demo again ten thirty in the morning.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
And we also have an.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Event that we're planning on February twenty third with the
Palm Beach County a library system where we have an author,
Holly Thompson com and she's going to do a book
reading for her children's book based on George Nakashima, who
is a famous woodcrafter and furniture maker. He's a Japanese
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and American but he passed away, but his legacy stems
from when he was in World War Two incarcerated in
those camps, but he learned, he expanded on his woodworking
and made a great career out of it afterwards. And
we actually have a couple of pieces in our collection
as well. So it's a sort of like a children's
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book about his life and also features haiku, so people
get to learn how to write haiku as well. Go
out to our garden, write it, come back in read
their haikup and she'd be doing a book signing at
so well at the museum.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh very nice Sunday, February twenty third. And if people
really like coming to the gardens and being out doing that,
is there way for them to volunteer yes.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Of course, we cannot run the museum without volunteers, you know,
and the dedication and passion that they give to us.
Volunteer opportunities, there's a variety of them that are on
our website lists such as lobby greater, helping out at
the membership, admissions, museum store, becoming a museum, dozing, and
much more. You could go on to our website to
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see what kind of positions are available and to apply.
There's an application there and contact information. We do ask
that is aged fifteen and up to be a regular
volunteer at the museum.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Very cool. And of course that's great because a lot
of the kids need volunteer hours for their classes for
them and that's a fun place to volunteer. I mean,
come on, how can you not love it? I was like,
come on, I like that idea. So I volunteered at
different events afterward after they come on the show, and
we did one with the post office where they collected
all the food and there were kids there because they
(24:10):
need just like one more hour of community service to
finish up their quota for the semester. And we loaded
up i want to say, like three public trucks. Wow,
and the kid was like, wow, this is a lot
of volunteering.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah, nobody. It really gives them inspiration and kind of
show the impact that they're giving and doing the community,
which is very important you know, to teach them.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Oh. Absolutely. He was amazed that so many people had
donated and that by him helping, it was going to
get to the right place. So it was very cool
and he was like, I think sixteen, So yeah, it
was really nice to see that, like you said, in somebody,
where they started starting to click of why they're doing it. Yes,
very cool. So of course the more it COMMI has
volunteer opportunities and like you said, there's different classes, but
(24:54):
speaking classes, can field trips come out, Can teachers reach
out to you to set that up?
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Yes, being her that we do offer few trips or tours,
let's say docin lead tours Tuesday through Friday in the morning.
So we highly advise that you contact the museum. If
you go to our website under visit us, there's a
tour section where it tells you what type of tours
we offer, be a garden tours, museum tours, and you
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contact us and we will discuss it is fifteen or
more is when you could do a docent lead tour.
If you don't have fifteen or more you know, or
if we don't have enough dozins, it might be a
self guided tour. But there are rates like group rates
as well for fifteen or more people and special rates
for pump Beach County Public schools. If you fit the criteria.
(25:47):
It's actually free through a mutual use form that you
fill out. So definitely contact us and we'll discuss dates
when we are available. Unfortunately we don't do bookings as
much on the weekends we do. You still could get
the group rate, but there won't be much of a
dose on that tour because it's all depend on dos
and availability.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Right, So, speaking of dozins, how do people become a docent?
Do you like train them?
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (26:12):
So they're all volunteers, So like they apply through the
volunteer program and once they get places, they meet with
me actually and we do we go through a process
of training and they have their homework to do. So
out of all the volunteer positions, this one is much
more committed. We asked that they could at least have
a two year commitment to do this program. So if
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you are very interested in learning about Japanese art and
culture and sharing it, and I feel very comfortable speaking
and working with kids and adults and tours. This is
definitely a job to do, and all our dosins really
enjoy it. Some have been with us for twenty plus
years and some we just had a couple of new
ones come on board, so they're very excited to learn
(26:57):
about it and share the knowledge that they're learning.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Ohod cool. I like that. I always like I always
love learning new things, which is what's one of the
fun things about the show. And of course being the
new year, people want to have fun opportunities. Part of
their resolutions. I think my big one is get up
off the couch. Yes, so go out and do something.
So when it be coming to the more commie going
to the cravis, going for a hike, do something fun
(27:19):
and try something new.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Yeah. And the weather's perfect right now with the cold weather,
especially to experience our sixteen acres of Japanese garden, and
it's we call that our outdoor gallery. It is our
living exhibition, so it's not just a garden, but it's
the extension of the museum outdoors.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh I like that too. Yeah, So what is coming
up in March? Little sneak preview for March.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Sure, one of the biggest events in March is our
Taste of Asia event is start annual gala fundraising event.
This is on March eighth at six thirty pm. It
is two one hundred and fifty dollars to attend. But
you have a lovely evening of Asian culinary culture. Sure
in a Japanese setting. I guess we'll be given a
(28:03):
culinary passport that can be used to save asianspired cuisine
from South Florida's celebrated restaurants while enjoying fine wine, sake
and whiskey. Entertainment includes Taicho drumming performances, DJ again. We'll
have sake whiskey tasting, pop up gallery and an auction
such as featuring a ride on the Goodyear Blimp, jewelry,
(28:25):
art and luxurious hotel states and more.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Oh. Very nice, And this is a great.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
Event because whatever we get will support our museum, our
programming and everything to continue having the museum here in
the community.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Oh, I love it, and they can sign up for
that on the website spot.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
Yes, saycause I'm on the website again. We have limited spots.
It sells out every year, so if you want to
come to the party of the year, please come and
get your ticket. So we very much look forward to
having you there.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
And of course I know there's a few more things
happening in March, so else can they look forward to?
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Yes, So of course we have our tea demonstration again
and we raking demos. So Tea Demos is on the
fifteenth of March, and our Raking Demonstration is March twentieth,
so if you miss January and February, we have it
again that month. We also have calligraphy workshop, so if
you want to learn how to write Japanese calligraphy using
the traditional brush and ink, we have that on March
(29:20):
twenty ninth. We have two sessions, so please come to
the website to see the times and costs. We also
have a cheety Dangay ramen spoon carving so you could
carve your own wooden spoon for ramen so to eat,
so that's a fun. It's a two day workshop that's
on March eighth and March fifteenth, so you come on
(29:43):
both Saturdays and equipment will be provided to help carve
your own wooden ramen Spoon, so we have a lot
of unique ones. We also have a sushi workshop, but
please check our website because that sells out really quickly,
so you get to learn how to make your own sushi.
And of course we have throughout the months our variety
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of classes like it gub on a flower arrangement, bone
side classes, Japanese language classes that are ongoing in Koto,
which is our traditional streamed instruments. If you want to
learn how to play da Koto, you could also sign
up for classes on that as well.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
Oh, I love it, so many fun things to do. Yes,
fascinated with the ramen spoon. Yeah, not super coordinated though,
but it's still be a fun thing to try. Yes,
but we definitely recommend the recommend the listeners sign up
today for all the different things they even be interested
in trying because some of the scene sometimes they have
seen it limited seeding or they just fill up quickly
because they're so popular. Yes, and they can do that
(30:44):
at your website.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Yes, everything could be on the website. That's where you
could see on what spots are available and you could
It's probably the more quicker way to do it than
calling in because by the time you call and we
call back, the spot has to be taken.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
Gotcha. I want to thank you so much for coming
in and sharing with us today. Doing such a fun
thing in the community. Very much appreciated and needed.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
It's been a pleasure having to speak with you and
sharing about more comedy. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
If you need more details, reach out to me Palm
Beach Perspective at iHeartMedia dot com and I'm happy to
forward them on to you. Don't forget. You can always
download the shows a podcast on our iHeartRadio app. Hope
everybody has a wonderful weekend. I'm dev Nev and this
has been my perspective. Remember life is good, so be
your healthiest you, and let's get out there and live it.
(31:32):
Until next week.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
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