Sunday, March 1 @ 3:00PM & 7:30 PM

In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Written by Elizabeth Wong, and directed by Peter J. Kuo, Letters is about a decade-long correspondence between two pen pals and their search for true democracy. Panel discussion of civil and human rights advocates and scholars will follow the Sunday matinee performance at 5 PM. $15 members/Student/Seniors/Groups (10+); $20 for non-members.

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/studentrevolutionary1989/or call 310-594-3068.

Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.

Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef will present excerpts from their new anthology MINE OKUBO: FOLLOWING HER OWN ROAD. They will discuss Miné Okubo's life and work, including the creation and influence of her pioneering camp memoir CITIZEN 13660. br>

FREE ALL DAY!

Come enjoy picture taking workshop and craft activities for the whole family. Keeping checking back for program schedule!

Generously sponsored by Target.

2009 Target Free Family Saturday schedule

April 11 – What's Cooking?

Other Family Events at the National Museum

March 28: SPRING ROLLS into JANM (a family cooking workshop)

FREE!

East West Players presents a reading of My Man Kono which explores the extraordinary life of Toraichi Kono from a Japanese immigrant to movie star Charlie Chaplin’s assistant to his arrest in 1941 as a Japanese spy.

Hear from the author Cathy Irwin of the new book Twice Orphaned: Voices from the Children's Village of Manzanar , and from former orphans of the Manzanar's Children's Village, the sole orphanage in all of the ten relocation centers during World War II.

Picture Credit: Ansel Adams, photographer
Library of Congress, Prints Photographs Division,
Title: Mr. Matsumoto and children at children's garden, Manzanar Relocation Center, CA
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Free Screening of Finding Dawn

An estimated 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past 30 years. Acclaimed MŽtis filmmaker Christine Welsh embarks on an epic journey to shed light on these murders and disappearances that remain unresolved to this day. She begins at VancouverÕs skid row where more than 60 poor women disappeared and travels to the ÒHighway of TearsÓ in northern British Columbia where more than two dozen women (all but one Native) have vanished. Key note speaker Tahesha Knapp-Christensen.

Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series

Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series is a FREE monthly film series located in downtown Los Angeles at the National Center for Preservation of Democracy. The film series was established to provide quality documentaries by and about Indigenous people of the Americas, and bring together a central gathering place where discussion and awareness of issues can be shared with the Native community and its supporters.

The film series is held at the National Center for Preservation of Democracy located at 111 North Central Avenue, between 1st Street and Central Avenue, in downtown Los Angeles. The NCPD can be reached via train, bus, or parking in the area (pdf for directions). Films will begin at 7pm, and it is advisable to arrive at least 15-20 minutes prior for seating.

The film series is hosted by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Tahesha Knapp-Christensen and is sponsored by the following organizations:

The Japanese American National Museum
The National Center for Preservation of Democracy
The Southern California Indian Center, Inc.
Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center
Hecho de Mano
Nahui Ohlin

For more information about the film series please visit www.myspace.com/nafilmseries
or by email at nafilmseries@aol.com

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $8 Members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.

Celebrate the coming of spring with this hands-on family cooking class of assorted Asian foods including sweet and savory spring and egg rolls and fun noodle soups. $25 members (for one child & one adult); $35 non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations for Spring Rolls into JANM can be made by calling 213.625.0414 at ext.2222.

This cooking workshop is brought to you in collaboration with Kidding Around the Kitchen. To find out more about Kidding Around the Kitchen, go to http://www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com/

Other Family Events at the National Museum

April 11 – Target Family Free Saturday: What's Cooking?

Kenjinkai, or Japanese Prefectural Associations, are made up of people who come from the same part of Japan. Experience Japanese culture and traditions at a local level from three Southern California-based Kenjinkai.