Nichi-Bei News

News and Information from the Japan-America Society of Washington DC

February 03, 2006

Ikebana in Alexandria

The Art League of Alexandria will host its biennial Ikebana Show in the Torpedo Factory Art Center from Thursday, February 2 to Monday, February 6.

The show is presented by the Washington DC branch of the Sogetsu school of flower arranging and will include an Ikebana flower-arranging demonstration on Saturday, February 4 at 1:30 pm; and a Japanese Tea Ceremony with Stephen Di Girolamo of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, followed by a special musical performance by the Washington Toho Koto Society on Sunday, February 5, at 12:30 pm.

The Torpedo Factory is located at 105 North Union Street, on the Potomac River in Old Town Alexandria.