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"442" Graphic Novel Talk and Drawing Workshop with Rob Sato

2019年07月27日

SOLD OUT FREE Enjoy a talk between the authors of 442, a graphic novel by Koji Steven Sakai and Phinneas Kiyomura, who, along with artist Rob Sato, will discuss their collaboration process. Following the discussion, we invite you to participate in a drawing workshop for all skill levels; materials will be provided. 442 follows Hiro, a young man incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp during W...

“Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach” by Mary Adams Urashima

2014年11月22日

Join historian and author Mary Adams Urashima as she traces the fascinating history of Wintersburg Village, a vanished Japanese American pioneer community located in present-day Huntington Beach, CA. Settled in the 19th century by descendants of samurai clans, Wintersburg was recently named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Read articles writt...

Target Free Family Saturday: Construction Zone

2011年03月12日

FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of fun for the whole family. This month’s theme is building and architecture. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Create a map collage of your neighborhood Construct a wacky building out of a variety of materials. The crazier the better! Ruth...

Hawai‘i Member & Donor Appreciation Reception

2009年08月13日

JCCH Guided Tour of Okage Sama De–I am what I am Because of You Reception featuring Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Irene Hirano Inouye Manoa Grand Ballroom, 5th Floor Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i 2454 South Beretania Street, Honolulu We are still accepting RSVPs, please call 808.748.8507. $5 banquet parking.

Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

2009年03月05日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, March 5, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civil...

Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

2009年01月17日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, January 17, 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM (Lunch provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Ci...

Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- Discovering Dominga

2008年09月11日

Screening of 'Discovering Dominga' When Denese Becker, an Iowa housewife who was adopted, looks into her birthplace in Guatemala, finds that she is the last survivor of her family after a massacre of Mayan peasants. Denese's journey home is both a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family and a political awakening that sheds light on an act of genocide. Guests for the...

Fighting Separate Wars: Heroes Abroad, Outsiders at Home

2002年06月29日

Following the screening of excerpts from Looking Like the Enemy, directed by Robert Nakamura and written and produced by Karen Ishizuka, a diverse panel of World War II veterans look back and reflect on the experience of choosing to serve in the armed forces of a country in which their own civil rights were not (always) protected.

Honor Thy Children

1997年05月31日

Featuring: Al Nakatani Honor Thy Children beautifully and poignantly chronicles the transformation of Jane and Al Nakatani which is brought on by the devastating loss of all of their children. It tells the story of one family’s journey from grief to healing—from the repudiation of their eldest son upon learning he is gay, to the total acceptance and support of their youngest son Guy—enabling him to live and di...

Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World - Artists

Horitaka (Takahiro Kitamura) Exhibition Curator Horitaka is a tattoo artist as well as the author and publisher of numerous books on tattoo art and culture. His books include Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo (Schiffer Publishing, 2001), Tattooing From Japan to the West (Schiffer Publishing, 2004), and Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in Japanese Tattoo (KIT Publishers, 2003). Horitaka is ...