Events for August 6, 2024

FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE: PROGRAM & LANTERN FLOATING CEREMONY Tues Aug 6, 6 pm to dark, Green Lake Northwest Shore, just south of the Bathhouse, at West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Ave North, Seattle The event includes music, poetry, speakers and candle-lit lanterns floating on the lake. Marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, From Hiroshima to Hope honors the bombings’ victims and all victims of war and violence. The event begins at 6 pm with lantern preparation. The family program gets underway at 7 pm with the popular Japanese American drum performance group, Seattle Kokon Taiko. This year’s keynote speaker is Naomi Otswald Kawamura, Executive Director of Densho, an organization dedicated to preserving the story of the World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the U.S. West Coast. Performing artists include choreographer Gabrielle Nomura Gainor, debuting a new dance performance;  Troy Osaki, an award-winning  Filipino Japanese poet, organizer, and attorney; Sound Singers, a Japanese choir, with folksinger Michael Stern, and traditional Japanese koto music with Koto no WA. The candle-lit lantern ceremony begins at 8 pm, with lanterns floating on the lake at dusk. From Hiroshima to Hope is one of the largest commemorations of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9 held outside of Japan. Free.  Donations welcome. Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation is a sponsor of this event Info coming at http://fromhiroshimatohope.org/  and https://www.facebook.com/FromHiroshimaToHope