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Carnegie features contemporary Japanese ceramics
Preview party includes local taiko, dance troupes
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Gaku Shakunaga, Spiraling Pyramid, 2010, Glazed stoneware, Collection of Gordon Brodfuehrer, Photo courtesy of Tim Siegert - photo by Photo Contributed
The Carnegie Arts Center will be holding a preview night party for the Japanese ceramic arts exhibit coming to town in September. Curated by Christine Knoke from the Mingei International Museum and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists, the "Nature, Tradition, and Innovation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Gordon Brodfuehrer Collection" will be on view at the Carnegie from Sept. 15 through Dec. 31. A preview party will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 14, and will include a sampling of Japanese food and beverages, viewing the new exhibition, and performances by students in the Ballico Taiko Club and the Bando Junjiro Dance School of Stockton.
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Remembering a ‘fierce defender of freedom’
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During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Monday at Turlock Memorial Park, Marsha Gonsalves, with the support of her husband Larry, shares memories of their son, Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, who died on Feb. 13, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
Every Memorial Day, locals put on their red, white and blue attire, maybe don a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen, and make their way to Turlock Memorial Park cemetery.
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