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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年04月07日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

Film Screening, Panel Discussion, and Reception—Off the Menu: Asian America"

2015年10月25日

Off the Menu: Asian America, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee, takes viewers on a road trip across the United States in an exploration of how family, history, faith, and geography shape people’s relationships to food and their communities. Lee travels from Houston, Texas, to Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to Oahu, Hawaii, seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food pl...

"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: Wild Things

2011年05月14日

FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun that explores the wild world of animals! 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: Take a walk on the wild side by making an animal mask to wear! Spotted or striped? Friendly or fierce? Create an animal puppet with a mix of fun...

Coming to America in the 1960s

2011年03月19日

Featuring: Immigrant Etsuko Wada and her Bi-racial Daughter Grace The Occupation of Japan in the post-World War II era brought about major changes, including marriages between Japanese and Americans and the birth of their bi-racial children. While the changing American immigration laws allowed Japanese to migrate in the 1960s to the U.S., Japanese parents and their hapa children faced many cultural challenges to f...

Sogetsu Ikebana School Demonstration

2006年06月24日

Madame Yoshu Miyahara, Director of Sogetsu Ikebana School in Los Angeles, leads a special demonstration on how flower and plant materials can be transformed into sublime tributes to nature. Witness the creation of elaborate three-dimensional artistic expressions.

East West Players Fresh Off the Page Series—Reading and Performance

2000年01月13日

Curated by Paula Cizmar Angry Haiku Trios Join the vicious cycle of modern haiku shared by an angry but fun-loving lineup of writers and performers.

2000 New Year Family Celebration

2000年01月02日

Celebrate the New Year at the Museum with family and friends by enjoying a fun-filled, festive afternoon of taiko drumming, Japanese archery, and New Year’s arts and crafts. Kids of all ages will enjoy making nenga, traditional Japanese New Year postcards, and darumas, a symbol of perseverance, to help make New Year’s wishes come true. Don’t miss out on other New Year’s activities planned throughout Little Tokyo. ...

An American Diary

1999年10月08日 - 2000年01月16日

Issei (first generation Japanese American) “picture bride” Toku Shimomura began a diary in 1912, the year of her immigration to the United States, and continued writing until her death in 1963. Her poignant observations, which chart her and her family’s experiences during the World War II incarceration in Puyallup, Washington and Minidoka, Idaho have inspired this series of paintings and prints created by her gran...

California Asian Cuisine with Chef Randy Saito

1997年06月28日

Japanese American Cuisine Series Lecture/Demonstrations Randy Saito, the executive chef at downtown Los Angeles’ Hyatt Regency Hotel, demonstates his culinary skills in creating his specialty—California Asian cuisine as part of the popular Japanese American Cuisine series program. Cooking since the age of 8, Chef Saito grew up in Maui, Hawai‘i where his father was an executive chef. For the past 17 years, Chef...