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ONLINE WORKSHOP: Discover Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

2020年02月08日

Session 1: Saturday, February 8 Session 2: Saturday, February 15 Session 3: Saturday, February 22 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11 a.m. A comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as getting started, identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. ...

"Transpacific Borderlands" Members Only Artist Talk

2017年12月02日

Born to parents of Japanese and Mexican descent, Shizu Saldamando investigates the variety of social constructs and subcultures seen in Los Angeles’ backyard parties, dance clubs, music shows, hang-out spots, and art receptions. Through subtle and detailed drawings, she captures the unexpected influences at work in America’s social spaces. Members are invited to join this featured Transpacific Borderlands arti...

Hello Kitty "Decoden" Workshop

2015年02月07日

This program is sold out. Decorate a small Hello Kitty plush with loads of sparkly charms and jewels—decoden-style! $24 members, $30 non-members. Materials included. Limited to 25 participants. Admission to Common Ground and Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty after the workshop are included. INSTRUCTOR BIO Chrissa Sparkles is a host and online personality who loves all things cute. Her “...

The Randall Park Show

2009年12月11日

See the premier of comedian and actor Randall Park’s new one man show about the trials and tribulations of being an Asian American in Hollywood today. For more information, please email randallparkshow@gmail.com.

Art-Talk-Art: "The Impossible Series"

2003年04月03日

The first in a series of six lectures and conversations with distinguished contemporary thinkers and artists. This program will focus on how our conceptions of the "possible," potential and pragmatic, shape our understanding and creative responses to "the impossible". A reception will follow. For more information and for the schedule of lecturers, please visit www.farsited.org or call F.A.R. at 213.386.5572.

Enhancing Your Creativity: A Writing Workshop

2002年12月14日

Have you ever had the desire to write poetry, fiction or memoirs, but don't know where to begin? Then come to the National Museum's writing workshop, where instructor Cecilia Manguerra Brainard will teach participants how to enhance their creativity by learning how to tap into the right-brain. Specific exercises will be given and participants will have the chance to do some writing and sharing. Brainard has been t...

'Ohana' Day at the Japanese American National Museum

1998年03月25日

Kids, bring your family and friends for a free, fun-filled day at the Japanese American National Museum! Sunday, April 26, 1998 is Ohana Day (family day) at the Museum, where families can learn origami, try on authentic plantation clothes, and come holoholo (play) with us! You can also tour our latest exhibit on Americans of Japanese ancestry living in multicultural Hawai`i, From Bento to Mixed Plate. The Museum is...

Cold Tofu Improv: T.I.F. (Tofu is Fundamental)

1997年10月02日

Learn the A, B, C's of Tofu! This talented, energetic, multicultural comedy improv group has an amazing assortment of entertainment techniques that will keep you laughing all night. Free. Reservations suggested. Limited seating. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II

1997年08月03日

Lecture and Book Signing Photographer Joan Myers and Gary Okihiro, Ph.D., essayist of the book Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II, join the Museum to speak about this extraordinary publication and the exhibition currently on view in the Museum’s Legacy Center. Joan Myers is a respected fine art and documentary photographer who journeyed across the western United States to photograph the rem...

Toyo Miyatake

Having smuggled a lens and film holder into one of America’s concentration camps during World War II, Toyo Miyatake was among the first to photograph this national disgrace. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye. Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray is a penetrating portrait of this photographer’s quest to capture the beauty and dignity of everyday life. Direc...