Past Events
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Friday, February 19, 2016 - 1:00pmHumboldt Library Room 209Event Details
Lori Dengler recounts personal, geologic and cultural connections between Northern California and Japan. Dengler was in Japan six weeks before the 2011 earthquake and participated in a post tsunami survey team six weeks afterwards. She helped to connect a tsunami debris boat found in Crescent City to a Japanese high school and recently co-authored a bilingual children’s book about the boat and how it connected high school students in the two countries. This talk is a preview of the address she will give on March 11 at Tokyo's National Museum.
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Friday, February 12, 2016 - 3:00pm#1 Harpst St., Arcata, CAEvent Details
Celebrate HSU authors and their work on Friday, February 12 from 3-5:30pm in the HSU Authors Hall, 2nd floor of the Library. Refreshments will be served. Please join us in celebrating authors and creators that published works in 2015. Lori Dengler will talk about the first publication of HSU Press - The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome. Copies will be available for sale.
The HSU Authors Hall, is a permanent, physical collection of books, CDs, and DVDs of scholarship and creative work published from faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
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Sunday, January 24, 2016 - 2:00pm525 South Weller Street, SeattleEvent Details
Free bilingual book reading in Japanese and English with authors Lori Dengler and Amya Miller and illustrator Amy Uyeki of "The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome. A Tsunami Boat Comes Home." Discussion will include the background story of a boat that linked two tsunami-vulnerable communities across the Pacific.
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Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 1:30pm14640 NE 24th St., BellevueEvent Details
Bilingual book reading in Japanese and English with authors Lori Dengler and Amya Miller and illustrator Amy Uyeki of "The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome. A Tsunami Boat Comes Home" with a discussion of the true story of a small boat that connected two tsunami vulnerable communities on the opposite sides of the Pacific.
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Friday, January 22, 2016 - 7:00pm115 East Railroad Ave, Suite 205, Port AngelesEvent Details
Join authors Lori Dengler and Amya Miller and illustrator Amy Uyeki for a free bilingual reading in Japanese and English of the hear warming new children's book "The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome. A Tsunami Boat Comes Home", and the sotry behind the book. This sweet story, intended for lower elementary grades, provides a window for discussing earthquakes, tsunamis, marine debris, preparedness, and cultural awareness in the classroom and within families.
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 2:00pm1684 Post St, San Francisco, California 94115Event Details
Join co-authors Lori Dengler and Amya Miller for a book reading in Japanese and English, discussion, and book signing of the heartwarming bilingual children's book, The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome: A Tsunami Boat Comes Home. This sweet story, intended for lower elementary grades, provides a window for discussing earthquakes, tsunamis, marine debris, preparedness, and cultural awareness in the classroom and within families. Illustrator Amy Uyeki will describe the inspiration for her lovely traditional Japanese wood-block inspired images.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 6:30pm12375 SW Fifth St., BeavertonEvent Details
Free reading of a new heartwarming bilingual children's book in Japanese and English, and discussion of the true story of a little boat that brought two tsunami-vulnerable communities across the Pacific together with authors Lori Dengler, Amya Miller and illustrator Amy Uyeki.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 4:00pm1600 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon 97211Event Details
Join Professor Lori Dengler and Amya Miller as they lead a special Bilingual English/Japanese Story Time from The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome on Wednesday, January 20th at 4pm.
The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome is the true story of a boat that drifted from Japan to the California coast after the Japanese tsunami of 2013. It’s a feel-good tale of two cultures that formed an unusual relationship after a tragedy struck. Lori Dengler and Amya Miller will also talk about how this can be used as a conversation starter for lower elementary school grades about emergency preparedness.
Copies of the picture book will be available for sale. A signing will follow the reading.
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 2:00pm2066 University Ave, Berkeley, California 94704Event Details
Free reading of a new heartwarming bilingual children's book in Japanese and English, and discussion of the true story of a little boat that brought two tsunami-vulnerable communities across the Pacific together with authors Lori Dengler, Amya Miller and illustrator Amy Uyeki.
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 2:00pm1684 Post St, San Francisco, California 94115Event Details
Free book reading in of a heartwarming bilingual children's book in Japanese and English, discussion and book signing.
