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East West Players Presents Theater for Youth: "Patsy"
2025年04月06日
“Patsy” is an original play by Alison Minami about the first Asian American Congresswoman, Patsy Mink.While Maui High School senior and star athlete, Kailani, waits to find out if she’s been accepted into her dream school, Patsy Mink, the first Asian American congresswoman and former valedictorian of Maui High school, appears before her. As Patsy walks Kailani through the many trials and tribulations she faced throug...
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Giant Robot × JANM Konbini 2
2024年08月31日
Join JANM and the artists of Giant Robot once again for an art market at the Museum! Playing on the idea of the konbini or Japanese convenience store, which stocks everything from snacks to household supplies, this Art Konbini will feature art prints, zines, pins, and more! 2 p.m.: Join James Jean and Eric Nakamura in conversation around art and community. Included in event admission. Seating is first come, first ser...
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Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement Wins Best Documentary at CAAMFest
2024年05月16日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces that Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, the new documentary by the Museum’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center (MAC), won Best Documentary at CAAMFest, the world’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian film, food, and music programs. “We couldn’t be more thrilled for JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center team. Our congratulations to Ta...
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VC Film Fest at JANM
2024年05月01日 - 2024年05月08日
Celebrate with Visual Communications as they present the 40th edition of the VC Film Fest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) from May 1 – 10, 2024. The festival is the premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema and has presented over 5,000 films, videos, and digital mediaworks by Asian and Pacific Islander artists since 1983. The 40th edition will feature a robust lineup of in-pers...
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JANM Welcomes New Chief Impact Officer
2024年03月27日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) welcomes Kenyon Mayeda as the Museum’s new Chief Impact Officer. He will begin on April 1, 2024. Mayeda brings over twenty years of leadership, strategy, and institution-wide performance and impact to the Museum. He started his career as a JANM intern during the summer of 2004 and has since worked at the Japanese Community Youth Council, Cathay Bank, a...
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JANM to Honor Duncan Ryuken Williams, Sunyoung Lee, and David Ono at the Annual Benefit on April 6
2024年03月13日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host its annual Benefit and Online Auction with the theme Illuminating Paths on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. at the Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. Illuminating Paths recognizes community leaders who weave stories of resilience and courage with poignant lessons from the past and vibrant promises of the future, celebrating their vital p...
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NEH Awards $500,000 Infrastructure Grant to JANM
2024年01月09日
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) a $500,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant for the project, Protecting the Museum’s Collections. The project will replace JANM’s current HVAC system with a state-of-the-art system, enhancing JANM’s ability to maintain climate control throughout the building and allowing ...
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JANM Book Club: Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe with Eric L. Muller
2023年10月07日
Eric L. Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, joined for a discussion of his newest book, Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe, that explores the complicity of the lawyers who helped run the WRA’s concentration camps. Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe brings to life the stories of three white lawyers with contradictory instructions—provide legal counsel to the...
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