Japanese Tea Ceremony Scheduled as Part of Big Read Program

Gumberg Library is hosting a traditional Japanese tea ceremony next week in conjunction with Duquesne’s Big Read program.

Yoko Motoyama of the Pittsburgh Sakura Project will perform the ceremony, which will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Popular Reading Area on the 4^th floor of Gumberg Library. The event is free and open to the Duquesne campus community.

Duquesne’s Big Read program, which is funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant, invites University faculty, staff and students as well as the public to read the novel When the Emperor Was Divine. Written by author Julie Otsuka, the book tells the story of a Japanese-American family forced from their Berkeley, Calif., home and sent to live in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

For more information on Duquesne’s Big Read program, including details on the official kickoff and a campus visit by Otsuka, visit the Gumberg Library website.