Community organizations will host “Halloween in Japantown” on Monday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church, at 566 North Fifth St., San Jose. Pre-show activities will begin at the Issei Memorial Building at 565 North Fifth St. from 3 to 5 p.m. State of Grace Tattoo Show will hold a Halloween [...]

Stan Sakai will hold a book signing on the last day of his exhibition, “Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo!”at the Japanese National American Museum, 369 East First St. in LA’s Little Tokyo from noon to 1:30 p.m. Info: janm.org, (213) 625-0414

Writer/actor Brenda Wong Aoki, and her creative partner bassist/composer Mark Izu, will perform with Grammy-nominated multi-percussionist Anthony Brown, natori koto master Shoko Hikage, 2010 Best Latin Jazz flutist Mas Koga, vocalist Moy Eng and Janet Koike with PJ Hirabayashi on taiko, as well as guest performer, Sri Lankan writer Nayomi Munaweera at 5 p.m. at [...]

Taste Hawai‘i Tour with Alan Wong and Arnold Hiura, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter St. in S.F.’s Japantown. Featuring food by Chef Alan Wong and his culinary team from his newest cookbook “The Blue Tomato: The Inspirations Behind the Cuisine of Alan Wong,” plus [...]

J-Sei (formerly known as the Japanese American Services of the East Bay) will hold a free panel from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Buena Vista United Methodist Church, 2311 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda, Calif. to help parents and their children with college planning. Topics covered include: how students can gain experience that matter to [...]

Community Youth Services (CYS) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a reunion and celebration dinner at the Fairmont San Jose’s Fourth Street Summit Center, 88 South Fourth St. in downtown San Jose at 5 p.m. Event will honor George and Shiz Hanada. Cocktail attire suggested. Tickets are $100 with partial proceeds going toward the CYS [...]

The seventh annual Artistry Faire will be held at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, 2751 Louis Road, Palo Alto, Calif. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for the temple. Info: www.pabt.org, (650) 856-0123.

The Japanese American National Library (JANL) will sponsor a program featuring Dr. Leroy Morishita, interim president of CSU, East Bay and Dr. Jim Hirabayashi, former dean of the U.S.’s first school of ethnic studies, at SFSU. Both will discuss their thoughts about the issues, challenges, and rewards facing college and university administrators of color, especially [...]

Anna Sawamura of Kimochi will speak at a Nikkei and Retirement workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter St. in S.F.’s Japantown, to discuss how outside resources including housekeeping, financial management, personal care, transportation and other assistance can help to keep seniors living in [...]

The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture’s “Woven Identities of Japan: Ainu and Okinawan Textiles” will showcase articles of clothing made using different weaving, dyeing, and decorative techniques. This rotation focuses on the clothing of; the indigenous Ainu of Northern Japan and the Okinawans of Southern Japan. This exhibition features works from the private [...]