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Imagine Little Tokyo 2023 Short Story Editing Workshop

2023年01月19日

FREE Oscar-nominated screenwriter and debut novelist Iris Yamashita and veteran writer and editor Gary Phillips will host an interactive, virtual workshop with tips on how to polish a short story before submission. Miya Iwataki, co-chair of the Imagine Little Tokyo short story committee will moderate the workshop. Iris Yamashita, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Letters from Iwojima, released her debut novel, City ...

The Japanese American National Museum Receives a Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Support the Upcoming Exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California

2022年11月30日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded $75,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the upcoming exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California. This NEH grant will allow JANM to create an exhibition about Nikkei car culture from the early 1900s to the present. Nikkei are Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have create...

The Unsung Great: Uncovering Nikkei Histories with Greg Robinson

2021年06月12日

$10 general / FREE for members In his newest book, The Unsung Great: Stories of Extraordinary Japanese Americans, scholar and journalist Greg Robinson reveals the diverse experiences of Japanese Americans and explores a wealth of themes, including mixed-race families, artistic pioneers, mass confinement, civil rights activism, and queer history. Robinson will speak more to his process uncovering these stories ...

JANM Digital Film Festival—Crossroads: Boyle Heights Q&A

2020年12月18日

A neighborhood is made up of people and places. It is defined through the experiences of those who consider it home. And it holds their hopes for the future and their memories of the past. In 2002, the exhibition, Boyle Heights: The Power of Place, celebrated these experiences and memories of Boyle Heights, a vibrant, multiethnic, and multicultural Los Angeles neighborhood. The short film, Crossroads: Boyle Heights (...

TRANSPACIFIC MUSICLANDS OUTDOOR CONCERT SET FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年09月22日

Los Angeles, CA—In conjunction with its new Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo exhibition, the Japanese American National Museum will present Transpacific Musiclands, an outdoor concert celebrating cultural exchange between East Los Angeles and Japan on Saturday, October 14, from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets for Transpacific Musiclands are on sale no...

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty"

2015年04月19日

Hello! curator Christine Yano leads an exclusive gallery tour. Limited to 20 participants. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty"

2015年04月18日

Hello! curators Christine Yano and Jamie Rivadeneira lead an exclusive gallery tour. Limited to 20 participants. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty"

2015年02月28日

Join Jamie Rivadeneira, JapanLA founder and Hello! curator, on this exclusive gallery tour. Limited to 20 participants. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai`i - Press

For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami - Store

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