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BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing
2022年12月04日
$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...
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BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing
2022年12月03日
$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...
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Artist Conversation—BeHere / 1942 with Masaki Fujihata & Karen Tei Yamashita
2022年05月07日
JANM’s newest exhibition, BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, by artist Masaki Fujihata, invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including through two augmented reality installations. Join us for a conversation with Fujihata and National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award medalist, Karen Tei Yamashi...
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Staging our Histories: Creating Masao and the Bronze Nightingale
2022年05月03日
FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join writers Dan Kwong and Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara in a conversation moderated by Kristen Hayashi around their new play, Masao and the Bronze Nightingale, which explores the story of a Japanese American jazz musician from Boyle Heights who falls for an African American jazz singer after World War II. About the show: In the aftermath of WWII, formerly-incarcerated Japa...
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JANM’s 30th Anniversary Benefit
2022年04月30日
We cordially invite you to join us for a special evening of celebration on the historic occasion of JANM’s 30th Anniversary. We’ll reflect on all we’ve accomplished in our first three decades and the timeliness and timelessness of our mission as we continue to illluminate the Japanese American experience and promote greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity. Most of all, it’...
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120,000 STORIES with Nobuko Miyamoto and Guests
2022年02月19日 - 2022年02月20日
FREE Los Angeles’ beloved artist Nobuko Miyamoto presents a genre-bridging concert that draws from her latest album 120,000 STORIES (Smithsonian Folkways), poignantly reflecting her experience as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II. She is joined by producers Quetzal Flores, Derek Nakamoto and a stellar group of musicians who share her belief in the social power of music. With every pe...
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STATEMENT: The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Anti-Asian Deportation Statement by Congresswoman
2021年07月27日
LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that served to further inflame anti-Asian hate and racism when she called for the deportation of all Chinese not deemed loyal to the United States. “Since the mid-19th century, shortly after Asians first started arriving in the United States, Asians have endured racist violence, threats...
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Delicious Little Tokyo Food Tour
2021年07月22日
Join the Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS), Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC), and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on a journey through Little Tokyo’s culinary past, present, and future! Bill Watanabe will lead a virtual tour of historical food landmarks found in this over 130 year old neighborhood and point out cultural highlights along the way. From the birthplace of the fortune cookie to t...
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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.)
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A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami - Store
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