Community Programs & Events
Community Programs & Events
Community Programs & Events
Calendar of Chicago Area Japanese and Japanese American Events
This calendar highlights events by Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC) member organizations in the Chicago area as well as other Japanese and Japanese American community programs and cultural events.
Please click here to submit event information for your event to be reviewed, approved, and included on this calendar. Please click here for the JASC organization’s calendar of events.
Kids Movie Night at JASC
On August 22, JASC hosted our first-ever Kids Movie Night in partnership with the Chicago Japan Film Collective and Gaijin Chicago. Children enjoyed pizza and shaved ice before watching Moon of a Sleepless Night (2015), a beautifully crafted stop-motion [...]
Repair Day at JASC
JASC is hosting a Repair Day in partnership with Mark Drug and Medical Supplies and CapTel Captioned Telephone! Tuesday, September 23, 2025 11 am to 1 pm JASC - 5700 N. Lincoln Ave [...]
Japanese Conversation Table – A Special August Meeting
On August 21, 2025, JASC’s Japanese Conversation Table (お話し会) welcomed its largest gathering yet—with a very special guest speaker, Mariko Anno Sensei! Mariko shared an inspiring [...]
AAPI Heritage Celebration
Japanese American Service Committee highlighted at AAPI Game We are so grateful to the Chicago Cubs for making JASC a recipient of the proceeds from the AAPI Heritage Game. Their generous donation will be [...]
Community Welcome for the Consul-General of Japan in Chicago
On May 15, the Chicago Japanese and Japanese American community gave a warm welcome to new Consul-General Masashi Mizobuchi at a reception sponsored by the Chicago Japanese American Council (CJAC). Stacy Uchida Brown, board [...]
Chicago Cubs AAPI Game
Buy Tickets Join JASC and the Chicago Japanese American Council Members for the annual Chicago Cubs’ AAPI Heritage Month game on May 28th. Buy your tickets in our group ticket block to [...]
Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World at the MAC
Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Exhibition May 31 - Sep 21, 2025 EXHIBITION TICKETS ON SALE NOW! The collection has never been seen in the U.S. and will feature 53 original works of [...]
Day of Remembrance 2025
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, forcing the incarceration of more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Each year, the Japanese American community in Chicago commemorates EO 9066 [...]
Mirrored Lives: WWII to Economic Miracle; Incarceration to Resettlement Held at JASC
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, JASC hosted Mirrored Lives: WWII to Economic Miracle; Incarceration to Resettlement in partnership with the Midwest U.S.-Japan Council and the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago. This program explored Japanese [...]
Nisei Post 1183 Luncheon 2024
The Nisei Post 1183 held its Annual Luncheon on November 2, 2024. JASC CEO Courtney Sakai was honored to join this celebration of Japanese American WWII veterans Enoch Kanaya, Roy Kurotsuchi, Masao Menda, James Tajiri, [...]
