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2019 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

2019年08月10日

Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Plus, free admission all day to see At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America and Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Special perks available for JANM members! Be sure to check in at the front desk to get a member sticker so you can take advantage of the perks highlighted below....

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

2019年07月27日 - 2019年07月28日

SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, July 27–28 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) In this two-day workshop led by Glennis Dolce, continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful fabrics, both vintage and unique. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Focus on combining techniques. $72 members, $90 non-member...

FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY

2017年01月20日

In recognition of democracy and the fragility of constitutional protections, JANM will be offering free admission all day.

Members Only Screening and Discussion—"Under the Blood Red Sun"

2016年02月06日

All members are invited to a private screening of Under the Blood Red Sun. Based on the acclaimed book by Graham Salisbury, the film is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tomi and his best friend Billy are playing baseball when they notice fighter planes bearing Japan’s insignia descending on their island home. Following the attack, preju...

Members Only Meet and Greet with S. Floyd Mori

2016年01月23日

Come meet S. Floyd Mori—author, member of JANM’s Board of Governors, and President and CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)—at this intimate pre-event reception prior to the public discussion about his book, The Japanese American Story. Space is limited. RSVP by January 18 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

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...

Songs for a New World

2009年10月16日

October 16-18 8 PM shows on Friday/Saturday, 2 PM on Sunday Opening Night (Friday, October 16): $35 (includes post show reception); no special rates for this evening ALL OTHER NIGHTS: $25 general admission $20 seniors, students and groups of 10 or more YES AND…PRODUCTIONS proudly presents Jason Robert Brown’s SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. With a small, passionate cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score, SO...

GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE EXHIBIT TO CLOSE JANUARY 13

2008年01月11日

The popular art exhibit, Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, whose opening reception drew over 2,700 people to the Japanese American National Museum, will end its run on Sunday, January 13, with two special public programs on January 12 and 13, including a collaboration with MOCA and extended hours on Saturday. The exhibition, co-curated by Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura and the National Museum, marked the 50th is...

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...

Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i—The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara - JANM Store

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