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Tonight’s Museum Opening Comes With Live Ink
Japanese medical history meets live music and calligraphy at tonight’s Japan Room opening.
Exhibit Opening: The Japan Room
Where: International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr.
When: Friday, October 23, 6–9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Registration: Reserve through Eventbrite
Koto: Yumi Fujimoto and Jeff Wichmann, 6:40–7:10 p.m.
Calligraphy: Hekiun Oda’s large-brush performance, 7:25–7:45 p.m.
The renewed gallery pairs Nihonga paintings with calligraphy, medical technology and objects tracing Japanese surgery and medicine. Later in the evening, explore the galleries, try the small origami station or see Oda’s completed work in the Hall of Immortals.
