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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...

JANM ANNOUNCES TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS TO OPEN IN JULY

2015年06月02日

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will open two new exhibitions in July—one showcasing the photographs of a Japanese American World War II veteran and the other an exploration of Okinawan and Hawaiian identity through paintings and photographs. Both will be included with general admission to the museum and will be on view through September 6, 2015. Opening to the public on July 14, Before They Were ...

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...

"Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life" by Diane C. Fujino

2012年08月04日

The first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki An iconic figure of the Asian American Movement, Richard Aoki (1938-2009) was also, as the most prominent non-black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the 1960s and 70s. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationali...

OCTOBER TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY'S THEME 'JUST FOR KICKS' FEATURES MARTIAL ARTS

2010年10月01日

Martial arts demonstrations and instruction will be among the many activities available at the Japanese American National Museum as part of its regular series, Target Free Family Saturday, with the theme, "Just for Kicks!", set for Saturday, October 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Among the activities scheduled for specific times is hands-on fun with inflatable sumo suits. Part...

IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY TO GIVE DEMONSTRATION AT NATIONAL MUSEUM JUNE 22

2008年06月18日

The Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Los Angeles, one of the three local Japanese flower arranging schools creating and maintaining installations as part of the Japanese American National Museum’s exhibition, Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, will give a demonstration on Sunday, June 22, beginning at 2 p.m., at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. Living Flowers is an innovative exhibition that features trad...