Reviews

Brenda Wong Aoki at the 2008 Hoosier Storytelling Festival by Hope Baugh 

Indy Theatre Habit

October 17, 2008

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Legend’ synthesizes variety of cultures, techniques by Lily Dayton 

Monterety Herald

April 15, 2010

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Wong Aoki Work Featured at Ethnic Dance Festival by Jean Schiffman 

Arts Monthly

June 2009, Volume 18 Number 11

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Ghosts and Jazz haunted San Francisco this Halloween! By Johnathan Bakan 

SF Examiner

November 3, 2010

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When Japanese storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki and her composer husband, Mark Izu, perform, it’s often hair-raising  

Marin Independent Journal

October 20, 2010

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Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend by Samela Harris 

The Advertiser

March 11, 2002

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Review of Queens Garden 

American Theatre

July/August 1992

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Theatre, Society, Nation: from America to the United States by Dr. Savas Patsalidis 

Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, Greece

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Review of Mark Izu 

Intoxicate Magazine, Tokyo

February 2008

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Passionate Performance and Storytelling 

Kauaii Arts Magazine

May 2006

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Kuan Yin: Our Lady of Compassion by Rene Renouf 

Ballet Magazine

December 2002

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Speaking of the Unspoken by Scarlet Cheng 

Los Angeles Times

April 30, 2000

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Berkeley Symphony Pulls Off Bold Program by Georgia Rowe 

The Times

May 17, 1997

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Mark Izu and Christopher Blasdel’s new CD fuses jazz and traditional Asian music by Rick Marianetti 

San Francisco Examiner

June 4, 2010

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A Lesson in Compassion by Hong Xinyi 

The Straits Times, Singapore

February 24, 2005

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Article in Japanese: ブレンダ・ウォン・アオキ ~日米の物語を語る3世のソロ・パフォーマー~  

Kaze

February 28, 2010

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Article in Greek: THEATRO, KINONIA, ETHNOS: APO TEN AMERIKI STIS INOMENES POLITIES. 

Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.

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April 19, 2013 The Music of MU, Public performance, Kanbar Hall Jewish Community Center SF, PLEASE RSVP at arts@jccsf.org

May 5, 2013 , Screening of "Don't Lose Your Soul," a documentary about Mark Izu and fellow Asian jazz pioneer Anthony Brown. Los Angeles. 3 PM, CGV Cinemas 2.

May 18, 2013 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Kimochi 42nd Anniversary, Kabuki Theater SF

June 8, 2013 Obake Stories, Japanese Cultural Fair, Santa Cruz

September 27,28,29, 2013: World Premiere of MU , Friend Center for the Arts, Jewish Community Center San Francisco

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October 3rd, 2013 Youth Performance, Krannert Center for the Arts, University of Illinois, 10 AM

October 4th, 2013
10 am: Youth Performance, Krannert Center for the Arts, University of Illinois

7pm: Evening Performance, Krannert Center for the Arts, University of Illinois

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