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Remembering the Japanese Canadian Incarceration
2025年07月12日
This Program is In-Person and VirtualThe Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC), Past Wrongs, Future Choices, JANM on the Go, and Discover Nikkei are proud to present this afternoon of programming on Japanese Canadian history and remembrance. Join us in Burnaby, British Columbia, for a book talk, reception, and panel discussion. The panel discussion will be live-streamed via Zoom. Register to receive Z...
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JANM’s Democracy Center Reschedules Inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture to March 14
2025年01月28日
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – Due to the recent Los Angeles fires, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has rescheduled the inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Friday, March ...
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JANM Book Club: Literature of Japanese American Incarceration
2024年10月12日
Join The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration editors Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung for a discussion moderated by Brian Niiya and readings from the new anthology by audiobook performers, Keone Young, Ren Hanami, and traci kato-kiriyama. About the bookThis anthology recovers and reframes the literature produced by former incarcerees and their descendants, creating a shared story of the struggle to retain persona...
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JANM Mourns the Passing of Chef Akira Hirose
2024年10月03日
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 3, 2024) – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Chef Akira Hirose. Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Hirose trained in Azay-le-Rideau, France, as well as Maxim’s de Paris and under Joël Robuchon at the Nikko hotel. He first came to Los Angeles to work at the noted restaurant L’Orangerie. He and his wife Jo Ann Hirose opened a French restaurant in Kyoto, before ope...
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Democracy Center and entertwine Present The Grand Event on July 28, 2024
2024年07月16日
PSAWHAT:Enjoy performances of the top ten short plays from the 2024 APIDA 24-Hour Playwriting Contest, which amplifies the voices of diverse and underrepresented Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Desi American writers. WHEN: Sunday, July 28, 2024 from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. PDTWHERE:Tateuchi Democracy ForumJapanese American National Museum100 North Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012RSVP:RSVP at janm.org/events.###About t...
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The Democracy Center and Holocaust Museum LA Present Discussion on Roots of Antisemitism Within Marginalized Communities on May 16, 2023
2023年05月04日
WHAT: Holocaust Museum LA and the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at JANM present Addressing the Roots of Antisemitism Within Marginalized Communities, a discussion on the roots of antisemitism that exists within marginalized communities. WHEN: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 7 p.m. DETAILS: This distinguished panel will talk about the negative impacts antisemitism has on our society and what we ...
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NCPD@JANM Announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship for Emerging Writers of Color
2023年03月27日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship). The Yamamoto Fellowship will be awarded to two emerging writers of color who have demonstrated commitment to writing about the art of communities of color and whose unique perspectives or points of view contribute to...
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JANM ORGANIZES 2021 YEAR OF THE OX ACTIVITIES, EVENTS WITH ITS ‘OSHOGATSU VIRTUAL FAMILY FESTIVAL’ FROM JAN. 3 TO 8
2020年12月28日
Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate the New Year with its “Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival: 2021 Year of the Ox” featuring interactive, offline festivities for all ages including multi-lingual story times, play performances and a JANM membership raffle for participants beginning on Sunday, January 3, 2021 and running through Friday, January 8, 2021. This virtual festival is...
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NEW ‘JIVE BOMBER’ CAST LEARNS REAL HISTORY FROM JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS
2000年12月01日
LOS ANGELES—In preparing for the new production of the critically-acclaimed musical “A Jive Bomber’s Christmas" set for shows at the Japanese American National Museum on Dec. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17, the show’s creators wanted their new cast to have a clear understanding of the characters they would be portraying in this play located in a World War II U.S. concentration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans ...
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New "Jive Bomber" Cast Learns Real History From Japanese American National Museum Volunteers
2000年12月01日
In preparing for the new production of the critically-acclaimed musical A Jive Bomber’s Christmas set for shows at the Japanese American National Museum on December 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17, the show’s creators wanted their new cast to have a clear understanding of the characters they would be portraying in this play located in a World War II U.S. concentration camp where thousands of Japanese Americans were un...