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Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Origami Holiday Ornaments

2019年11月30日

Make origami holiday ornaments for your friends and family. $5 members; $10 non-members, includes supplies. Does not include museum admission. Limited to 10 participants. Supported by City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center

Health Care—A Conversation Determined by You (SoCal Solutions)

2019年06月19日

FREE What would it take to create a universal access health system in terms of money, time, and a sufficient number of health care providers? This is a question KPCC’s health reporters field often. It’s clear that many share the goal of moving the United States to universal coverage. Less clear: just how this would happen. Is “Medicare for all” the answer? What about a “single-payer” system? Join KPCC In Person...

Kollaboration EMPOWER Creative Leadership Conference

2019年03月23日 - 2019年03月24日

Saturday–Sunday, March 23–24 The Kollaboration EMPOWER Conference is an event where aspiring Asian Americans of all ages and professions gather to learn directly from some of the community’s most inspirational professionals. At EMPOWER, attendees will be able to explore a variety of creative career paths, industries, and best practices to apply to making their dreams a reality. This unique experience will brid...

AAJA-LA Asian American Film Festival

2018年06月26日

FREE Asian American Journalists Association of Los Angeles (AAJA-LA) kicks off its Summer Film Series with an evening at JANM celebrating emerging APA filmmakers. In partnership with HBO, the three winning films from HBO’s 2018 APA Visionaries Short Film Competition will be screened. June (1st Place) – Director: Huay-Bing Law Set on an American college campus during the 1960s, June chronicles the experie...

What We Carried

2018年05月19日 - 2018年08月05日

Since 2003, several million Iraqis and Syrians have left their war-torn homes and relocated in hopes of creating a better future for themselves and their families. Approximately 140,000 of these refugees have immigrated to the United States, the majority with nothing more than the clothes on their backs and a small memento to remind them of home. What We Carried: Fragments & Memories from Iraq & Syria documents th...

APIA Heritage Month Program—Asian American Child Actors Panel Discussion

2016年05月19日

FREE In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, join us for a special panel discussion with the Asian American child stars of today. Moderated by writer Jeff Yang, the panel will feature Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, and Ian Chen of Fresh Off the Boat; Ashley Liao of the Netflix original series Fuller House; and Lance Lim of Nickelodeon’s School of Rock. The actors will talk about th...

Film Screening and Panel Discussion—"To Climb a Gold Mountain"

2016年03月26日

In honor of Women’s History Month, JANM presents To Climb a Gold Mountain (2015), a documentary that tells the story of Los Angeles through the eyes of four immigrant Chinese women. Covering a span of 160 years, each woman featured in the film faced a different set of challenges, fighting in her own unique way to make a difference. Included are Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking actress who achieved success and ...

A Samurai’s Life

2015年10月24日

In honor of Family History Month, UC Santa Barbara Professor of History Luke Roberts will present a lecture on the life of samurai Yoshiki Mori (1768–1807), who was a retainer for the Yamauchi lord of the Tosa domain. The talk will draw from Mori’s diary, his letters, and historical records, and will include a discussion of challenges faced by Roberts while researching samurai family history. Roberts is a speciali...

FILM 'HONOR WITH VALOR' FEATURING JA VETERAN INTERVIEWS SET FOR FEB. 5

2011年02月03日

A film screening of the documentary, "Honor with Valor", featuring excerpts of interviews of 35 Japanese American World War II veterans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 5, beginning at 2 p.m. Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi assembled the documentary and unlike previous films about the remarkable exploits of the segregated 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team...

'REMEMBERING MANZANAR' DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED JAN. 30

2010年01月14日

The documentary, "Remembering Manzanar", a compilation of rare historic footage, photographs and personal recollections from former inmates of the most famous World War II government-run domestic concentration camps, will be screened on Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Created for use at the Interpretive Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site, ...