The Cats of Mirikitani

Monday, February 28, Lawrence Arts Center,
940 New Hampshire St., 7 pm

Film & Director Q&A: "The Cats of Mirikitani"
with director Linda Hattendorf

Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of friendship and art. A discussion with director Linda Hattendorf will follow. In conjunction with the exhibit Roger Shimomura: Shadows of Minidoka.

Cats of Mirikitani Trailer

Co-sponsored by the KU Center for East Asian Studies, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and the Lawrence Arts Center. Free & open to the public.

updated4/29/15

The Pilgrim's Map: India in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination

Monday, February 28, Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211, 5:15 pm
Murphy Lecture Series: D. Max Moerman, "The Pilgrim's Map: India in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination"
Moerman is associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, and associate director of the Donald Keene Center for Japanese Culture, Columbia University. The Murphy Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Kress Foundation Dept of Art History, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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