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Youth & Families

2nd Saturday at the National Museum

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Special Events

Youth & Families

2nd Saturday at the National Museum

About the Event

Celebrate an experience for the whole family! Join us for a fun-filled day of arts, crafts, gallery scavenger hunts, performances, and workshops. No reservations necessary.

Tokens of Affection
Explore the many ways you can create a very personal art project in honor of your mother or grandmother. Bring family photos, letters, and postcards that tell your family stories, cherish family memories, and celebrate the matriarchs in your family.

Go Undercover: Investigate Your Family Tree
Learn how to create a family tree! Join us for this special workshop! Wear a detective hat, learn how to trace your roots, and discover your long-lost relatives!

1 p.m–3 p.m.: So, Now You’re the Coach: Basketball Tips for Parent Coaches
Featuring: Coaches Yosh Arima and Marcia Murota
Whether you’re the team’s new coach or working with your kids in the backyard, you’ll learn some valuable and fun coaching techniques from two experienced and inspirational basketball coaches. Yosh Arima, the first Japanese American to hold a coaching position in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, and who coached basketball at Belmont High School for over four decades, and Marcia Murota, head women’s basketball coach at California State University, Los Angeles, will share their experiences in how to motivate, encourage, and teach young children the great game of basketball. Session is geared to new or beginner coaches. Special public program for More Than a Game exhibition.

Saturday, May 13, 2000

12:00 PM PDT

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About the Event

Celebrate an experience for the whole family! Join us for a fun-filled day of arts, crafts, gallery scavenger hunts, performances, and workshops. No reservations necessary.

Tokens of Affection
Explore the many ways you can create a very personal art project in honor of your mother or grandmother. Bring family photos, letters, and postcards that tell your family stories, cherish family memories, and celebrate the matriarchs in your family.

Go Undercover: Investigate Your Family Tree
Learn how to create a family tree! Join us for this special workshop! Wear a detective hat, learn how to trace your roots, and discover your long-lost relatives!

1 p.m–3 p.m.: So, Now You’re the Coach: Basketball Tips for Parent Coaches
Featuring: Coaches Yosh Arima and Marcia Murota
Whether you’re the team’s new coach or working with your kids in the backyard, you’ll learn some valuable and fun coaching techniques from two experienced and inspirational basketball coaches. Yosh Arima, the first Japanese American to hold a coaching position in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, and who coached basketball at Belmont High School for over four decades, and Marcia Murota, head women’s basketball coach at California State University, Los Angeles, will share their experiences in how to motivate, encourage, and teach young children the great game of basketball. Session is geared to new or beginner coaches. Special public program for More Than a Game exhibition.

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