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ONLINE Tea & Letter Writing: Building Connections

2020年05月06日

FREE Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation and write letters—with plenty of prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM. As we continue to physically distance, we are reminded of the most vulnerable populations among us, especially our community seniors who have been safer at home, but isolated, for some time now and those ...

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

2019年09月21日

Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is offering FREE admission all day as part of the annual Museum Day event.

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...

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...

Before They Were Heroes at the Fullerton Arboretum (Fullerton, CA)

2017年09月10日 - 2017年10月29日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Fullerton Arboretum Fullerton, CA Susumu “Sus” Ito’s WWII photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito participated in such dramatic events as the rescue of the Lost Battalion, these rare and breathtaking images capture the humble daily lives of a group of young Japanese A...

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...

Hello Kitty Panel Discussion

2015年02月22日

This panel will take a critical look at Hello Kitty and examine her phenomenon from various perspectives. Moderated by Hello! curator Christine Yano, with Laura Miller, Jaime Scholnick, and Denise Uyehara.Yano will be signing books following the program. Free for members; free with Hello! admission; $5 general. If you are purchasing tickets for Hello! and would like to attend this program, please RSVP to rs...

GREAT LEAP SETS WORKSHOPS, FILM SCREENINGS, DANCE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY JUNE 5

2011年05月26日

Great Leap in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum will premiere the music video MOTTAINAI as part of an informative and fun-filled day of performance, video screenings, participatory workshops and a ritual dance to celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative, at the Museum’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (NCPD) in Little Tokyo on Sunday, June 5, 2011, beginnin...

'THE PINK DRESS' PUPPET PERFORMANCE SET FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM DEC. 6

2008年11月21日

"The Pink Dress", a puppet-theatre performance done in a Japanese Bunraku style and based on a story of a Japanese American teenage girl’s experiences in the World War II domestic concentration camp at Amache, Colorado, will return to the Japanese American National Museum for a single performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 2 p.m. The show is being produced by Triumvirate Pi Theatre (Tri-Pi Theatre). Last pr...