The Oregon Nikkei Endowment (O.N.E.) inaugural “Strawberry Golf Tournament,” a four-person team scramble, will be held at Langdon Farms Golf Club, 24377 NE Airport Road, Aurora, Oregon, just minutes south of Portland. A $100 registration includes green fees, range balls, box lunch and post-tournament BBQ. Prizes will be awarded for men’s and women’s KP and [...]

The 22nd annual J-Sei Golf Invitational fundraiser will be played at the Mira Vista Golf & Country Club, 7901 Cutting Boulevard, El Cerrito, Calif., with check-in at 9:30 a.m. and shotgun start at noon. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. A tee prize, lunch, snacks, awards, and dinner are included in the entry fee. Non-golfers are [...]

The Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 West Olive Ave. Sunnyvale, Calif., will host a series of programs that focus on the World War II Japanese American experience and cultural events, as part of its California Reads Programs. Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m.: Jeanne W. Houston, author of “Farewell to Manzanar,” will speak about her book [...]

A panel of novelists, featuring New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford, “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”; Kristina McMorris, “Bridge of Scarlet Leaves”; Margaret Dilloway, “How to Be an American Housewife”; Paula Yoo, “Good Enough” will discuss a variety of topics, including the influence of Asian American history on today’s literature, weaving [...]

Author Edward Burke will hold a reading and signing of his book, “Seattle’s Nippon Kan” at the Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King St., Seattle at 4 p.m. This book tells the story of Seattle’s Japanese American community as reflected in the life of the local theater, Nippon Kan. The event is free to the [...]

The Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central Ave., LA, will hold a DVD release and screening of “Conscience and the Constitution” at 11 a.m. Producer/director Frank Abe will speak about his award-winning film on the largest organized resistance to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. He will be joined by several of [...]

Amanda Baldwin will speak during “Consumer Fraud: Scams Targeting Seniors and Tips for Protection and Prevention” at noon at the J-Sei Senior Center, 1710 Carleton St., Berkeley, Calif. The presentation will cover common scams and forms of fraud; practical tips on how to recognize scams and protect yourself; and information on referral sources and where [...]

J-Sei will hold a talk on determining what to do upon hitting the Golden Years at 9:30 a.m. at the Buena Vista United Methodist Church, 2311 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda, Calif. Special guests will include Nancy Hikoyeda, MPH-Associate Director, Stanford Geriatric Education Center and Consultant, Health, Aging, and Diversity. Info: (510) 883-1106.

inkBoat and Ko Murobushi return to the San Francisco International Arts Festival following their national tour of “The Crazy Cloud Collection,” a collaborative piece. Working together, the artists have invited the ghost of Ikkyu Sojun, a 15th century Japanese Zen monk known for provocative, biting and unorthodox poetry, to share the stage with them. Performances [...]