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Member Appreciation Days

2015年11月27日 - 2015年11月29日

Friday, November 27–Sunday, November 29 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 20 participating Southern California institutions. New participants this season include the Time Travel Mart, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, th...

Disoriented Comedy at the Comedy Comedy Festival

2015年08月29日

The first-ever (mostly) female Asian American standup comedy tour presents an evening of live standup and special guest performers. Visit comedycomedyfest.com for more details and to purchase tickets. A limited number of discounted tickets are available for JANM members. Contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 for discount codes.

Target Free Family Saturdays: Aloha from Hawaii with KoAloha Ukulele

2014年02月08日

FREE ALL DAY! Come and make music with KoAloha Ukulele as they lead performances, workshops crafts, and all things ukulele! Schedule: •11am & 1:30pm: Make a special key chain with KoAloha Ukulele staff members. •11:15am/12:15pm/1:15pm/2:15pm: Learn basic and intermediate skills of how to play the ukulele with Brian Benevente of KoAloha Ukulele and other KoAloha artist partners. (Please bring own ukulele. Li...

How Japanese Are Japanese Americans?

2011年10月15日

Ever since World War II, Japanese Americans have largely severed their ties with Japan, and have stressed their Americanness. Unlike other immigrant groups, Japanese Americans have often shown little interest in celebrating or participating in their traditional cultural heritage. So how Japanese are Japanese Americans? Professor Arthur Sakamoto from the University of Texas at Austin will explore this question in term...

Ayagoromo - Mindful Transitions

2011年08月13日

Ayagoromo - Mindful Transitions will present traditional Japanese folk songs assimilated within modern world music sensibilities. Yoko and Derek will be joined by guest artists to perform a selection of Japanese folk songs “framed” with a modern twist of Impressionistic Jazz, Classical and R&B for which Derek is known. The concert will debut new works reflecting the goal of preserving the essence of tradi...

Remembering Michi Weglyn

2009年01月29日

A Tribute to An Amazing Legacy of Social Justice and Peace. Location: Cal Poly Pomona, Bronco Student Center - Ursa Major GUEST PANELISTS: Phil Nash, Esq., Writer, lawyer, professor, and close friend of Michi Weglyn Dr. Franklin Odo, Director of Smithsonian Asian Pacific American program Dr. Bob Suzuki, President emeritus Cal Poly Pomona Sharon Yamato, Writer, biographer, and filmmaker and Nancy Kapitanoff, ...

Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop

2006年10月26日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Saturday, October 26, 4:30-7:30 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 R...

Multicultural Drumming Workshop for Kids - Ages 6–9

2005年11月19日

Explore the diverse and wonderful world of drums with Chris Reid, master percussionist and founder of Bang-A-Drum. Kids will use instruments and learn songs from all corners of the globe. Instruments provided. $8 for National Museum members; $12 for non-members. Space is limited.

Manzanar Rites

2003年02月22日

Author William Hohri will read from his third book and his first novel, Manzanar Rites. He tells the story of different rites of passage for the inmates of the euphemized "Manzanar War Relocation Center." Nisei adolescents discover what sexual attraction is. They stumble from wishing to be white to defining what they can reasonably achieve. An older Nisei turns informant and is later beaten up. Issei organize to cont...

HUMANITY ABOVE NATION IS COMING TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

1998年05月01日

Los Angeles, CA—A new exhibition is coming to the Japanese American National Museum entitled Humanity Above Nation: The Impact of Manjiro and Heco on America and Japan, opening May 1, 1998 and closing August 2, 1998. Chronicling the lives of Manjiro and Heco, two significant men who filled critical roles in fostering the relationship between the United States and Japan, Humanity Above Nation is a compelling historica...