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Okaeri 2016: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering

2016年10月14日 - 2016年10月15日

Friday, October 14 – Saturday, October 15 Following the historic launch of Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering in 2014, JANM is proud to host the group’s second conference in 2016. While the Nikkei community has been a comforting home for many, too many LGBTQ Japanese Americans are estranged from their families and face discrimination. The goal of Okaeri, which means "welcome home" in Japanese, is to support...

Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "The Motel"

2015年09月09日

An underappreciated gem that premiered to strong reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, The Motel is the heartwarming story of an Asian American boy coming of age. Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at an hourly-rate suburban motel. Alienated from his family, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a troubled yet charismatic Korean man who checks in to the motel and teaches the fatherless boy the rites of manhood...

"Two Spirits, One Heart: a Mother, Her Transgender Son, and their Journey to Love and Acceptance" by Marsha Aizumi with Aiden Aizumi

2013年03月16日

In Two Spirits, One Heart, Marsha Aizumi shares her compelling story of parenting a young woman who came out as a lesbian, then transitioned to male. This inspiring memoir chronicles Marsha’s personal journey from fear, uncertainty, and sadness to unconditional love, acceptance, and support of her son, Aiden, who struggled to reconcile his gender identity. Q&A with Marsha and Aiden Aizumi to follow.

Target Free Family Saturday: Pop Culture

2012年11月10日

FREE ALL DAY! Join us for a day of free family fun and craft projects inspired by the exhibition Giant Robot Biennale 3. November’s theme is Pop Culture! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Create a colorful pop culture collage • Make a cardboard robot using a v...

Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

2010年06月12日

The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and every year brings together film and book lovers, innovative and emerging artists, and Mixed families for two days of workshops, readings, film screenings, a children's event and a live performance. The Festival has showcased many talented filmmakers, writers, and performers including Rebecca Walk...

Ian Buruma’s The China Lover

2008年10月21日

FREE! In conversation with John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies, UCSB In his enthralling new novel, Buruma—an expert on modern Asia—uses the life of the starlet Yamaguchi Yoshiko as a lens through which to understand the contradictions and complexities of modern Japanese history. This program will take place at the Mark Taper Auditorium at the downtown Central Library. To make reserv...

Isamu Noguchi

2006年02月05日 - 2006年05月14日

In a career that spanned six decades, Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) produced a groundbreaking body of work that encompassed multiple disciplines to break down the barriers between sculptural art and functional design. Isamu Noguchi - Sculptural Design celebrates this legacy by integrating over 75 of Noguchi's works into a series of dramatic installations conceptualized by renowned theater designe...

Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan

2001年09月16日

Join award-winning filmmaker Regge Life in a screening and discussion of Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan, which is the first documentary to thoroughly examine the complex relationship of African Americans and Japanese. Mr. Life first went to Japan as an Artist Fellow with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission in 1990. At the end of his six-month fellowship, he began planning this docu...

Exhibition Opening: "From Bento to Mixed Plate" at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, HI

1997年10月25日

Opening of exhibition From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Hawai‘i at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

Clara Breed Collection

(93.75.31) The online collection of Clara Breed, or "Miss Breed" as she was known by her young library patrons, includes over 300 letters and cards received by Breed from Japanese American children and young adults during their World War II incarceration. Miss Breed was the children's librarian at San Diego Public Library from 1929 to 1945. When her young Japanese American patrons were forced into concentration ca...