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"They Called Us Enemy"—Conversation and Signing with George Takei

2019年07月21日

SOLD OUT Join living legend George Takei for a brief conversation about the graphic novel They Called Us Enemy. The book, co-written by Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott and illustrated by Harmony Becker, is Takei’s firsthand account of years behind barbed wire at an American concentration camp during World War II, the terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother’s hard choices, his father’s faith in de...

Maihashi: Make Your Own Reusable Chopsticks

2018年09月08日

SOLD OUT Versatile and timeless, chopsticks are a fundamental utensil for many Asian cuisines. In this workshop led by local woodworker Steve Hatanaka, attendees will create their own personal reusable chopsticks, also known as maihashi. Reusable chopsticks speak to the Japanese concept of mottainai, an effort to not be wasteful. Open to ages 8 and older, but minors must be accompanied by an adult. $12 m...

Two-Day Workshop: "Shibori" On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

2018年08月04日 - 2018年08月05日

SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, August 4–5 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) In this two-day workshop, participants will continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful vintage and one-of-a-kind fabrics. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. $72 members, $90 non-membe...

'CALIFORNIA HOTEL: HAWAI`I'S HOME AWAY FROM HOME' DISPLAY TO OPEN AT JANM MAY 28

2011年05月25日

The Japanese American National Museum will install a unique display, "The California Hotel: Hawai`i’s Home Away from Home", which explains the remarkable relationship between Hawaiians and the Las Vegas casino, beginning on Saturday, May 28. The display was developed by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai`i, which also published a book, California Hotel and Casino: Hawai`i’s Home Away from Home, which is available ...

SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS 'JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY TODAY' ON DEC. 4

2010年12月01日

Arthur Sakamoto, Ph.D., a professor of sociology, will discuss his studies on the "Japanese American Family Today" in contrast to the Nikkei family of the 20th Century in a public program set for Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Professor Sakamoto, who teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, will compare and contrast the modern Japanese American ...

16 Years Later: The Heart Mountain Barracks

2010年08月07日

In 1994, the Japanese American National Museum staff and volunteers organized a project to travel to Heart Mountain, Wyoming to take apart and bring back to Los Angeles two fragments of original barracks buildings built by the U.S. government to house Japanese Americans unfairly imprisoned during World War II. The project was part of the National Museum’s landmark exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Rememberin...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa EXHIBITION SET FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MARCH 10-MAY 30

2008年03月07日

The widely-acclaimed traveling photographic exhibition, kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa, organized by the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, with the support, in part, by the James Irvine Foundation, will be installed at New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute from March 10 to May 30. The original exhibition, which opened in 2006 at the National Museum, featured 80 photographic por...

Fujima Kansuma to Receive Cultural Ambassador Award at Japanese American National Museum's Annual Dinner Feb. 5

2004年11月01日

Madame Fujima Kansuma, a legendary performer and instructor of Japanese classical dance, will be the second recipient of the Japanese American National Museum’s Cultural Ambassador Award at the institution’s 2005 Annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction set for Saturday, February 5, 2005, at the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa. The dinner’s theme is "Teaching from the Heart: Honoring Educators from America’s Concentrat...

George Nakashima Furniture and Designs to be Presented in Major Exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum

2004年07月26日

The largest exhibition of works in over a decade by furniture designer and architect George Nakashima will be on view at the Japanese American National Museum from September 12, 2004 through January 2, 2005. George Nakashima: Nature, Form & Spirit features rare examples of Nakashima’s furniture and designs created from 1943 until his death in 1990. Approximately 50 Nakashima pieces, including benches, tables, chair...

International Scholars discuss U.S. History: "Thrust into the Mainstream: American Assimilation Policies" at Japanese American National Museum July 24

1999年07月24日

The Japanese American National Museum will host an afternoon of engaging lectures comparing two strikingly similar instances of the United States government implementing racial policies: Japanese American "resettlement" after World War II and Native American "relocation" in the 1950s, on Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m. The discussion will revolve around Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), an...