- Feb 11, 2014
JET Interviews for 2014 are to be held next week on February 19, 20 and 21 at the Consulate in Boston. The Consulate is looking for some people who would be willing to help with the reception area during these days. Duties include:
Check-in candidates
Ensure all have brought an interview voucher
Answer candidate questions about the JET experience
Show videos about JET
Calm nerves of applicants
Ideally, one would be able to work a full day (9-5ish), but half-day help will be considered. An honorarium of $100 will be given for each full-day of service.
If interested, please contact Susan Gill with the date(s) which would work for you at (s DOT gill AT bz DOT mofa DOT go DOT jp) or at 617.973.9772
Music, Culture and Transformation:
A two-day series of events including live music (2/26 W) and panel discussions (2/26-27 W/Th)
organized by MIT/Harvard Cool Japan
All events are FREE and open to the public.
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2/26 (Wed)
3-5pm MIT, Room E25-111 (map) Panel Discussion moderated by Ian Condry
Artist Talk + Panel on Fukushima Activism, Postwar Pop, Intermedia Art and Global Hip-Hop
Artist Talk with Zeebra (Japanese hip-hop emcee) and Ian Condry, followed by presentations:
Marie Abe (BU) “Sounding Against Nuclear Power in Post-Fukushima Japan”
Miki Kaneda (Harvard) “Sonic Encounters Between Art and the Everyday in 1960s Japan”
Hiromu Nagahara (MIT) “The Politics of Pop Music Before J-Pop”
Murray Forman (NEU) “Move the Planet: Post-National Hip-Hop Diaspora”
8pm LIVE HIP-HOP from Tokyo, Japan @ Middlesex Lounge, 315 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge, MA (no cover charge)
8pm WTF (Wallys Tuesday Funk, local funk jazz band)
9pm Miss Monday (hip-hop emcee and reggae legend from Tokyo)
10pm Guest DJ set by Zeebra (Tokyo-based emcee and international recording artist)
11p – 1a international dance party with DJ Ian C. and more . . .
Please note: Free and open to public (18+ event), 18-20 year-olds – please RSVP to Kevin McLellan (poet at mit dot edu)
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2/27 (Thurs)
5-7pm MIT, Room E14-633 (map) MIT Cool Japan / CMS Colloquium: “Music, Culture and Transformation” (Part 2)
Meredith Schweig (MIT) “Gender in Taiwanese Rap Music: Hope for the Future?”
Rebecca Dirksen (MIT) “A Musical Model for Development? Haiti’s Mizik Angaje Re-Imagined”
Moderated by Ian Condry (MIT)
7-8pm CMS headquarters, Public reception with the panelists, light food and drink
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MIT Foreign Languages & Literatures
For more information or press inquires: fll-events at mit dot edu
Passed to us by Julie Feeney (Saga, ’05-’06). Support a fellow JET Alumna and a great cause!
March 6 Fundraiser to Benefit Spaulding Rehabilitation
Thursday, March 6 at Doyle’s Cafe 3484 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain starting at 6:30pm there is a fundraiser to benefit Spaulding Rehabilitation.
Spaulding is where many Marathon survivors receive ongoing care. Julie Feeney is a Jet Programme alumna (Saga Shi, 05-06). The $20 entrance fee gets you two raffle tickets (additional to purchase) and free appetizers and pizza (as they last).
Some prizes are a one-year membership to Boston Sports Club, a $100 gift basket from the Polkadog Bakery, $25 gift certificate from the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain and many others. Please come and support a great cause, enjoy great company and compete for great prizes.
Any questions call Julie 573-355-0891 or julie_feeney at yahoo dot com