Malott Japanese Garden Spring Weekend

Celebrate spring by writing a seasonal haiku and making a cherry blossom hanging scroll, plus try other hands-on activities.

Saturday, March 23 & Sunday, March 24
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Celebrate spring by writing a seasonal haiku and making a cherry blossom hanging scroll, plus try other hands-on activities like a suminagashi demonstration. Enjoy a tea ceremony demonstration, traditional storytelling and a koto harp performance, and take a walk in the Japanese Garden.

11:30 a.m. Urasenke Chicago Association: Japanese Way of Tea (Sunday Only)
12 - 2 p.m. Pam Martinez: Interactive Suminagashi Demonstration
1 p.m. Anne Shimojima: Traditonal Storytelling
2 p.m. Chicago Koto Group: Koto Harp