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Crushing the Myth

2019年06月22日

Crushing the Myth is a nationwide speaker series that features Asian Americans and allies as they share stories and perspectives to build an active community of leaders, thinkers, and influencers to move beyond the “Model Minority” label. Speakers/topics will include: Debbie Wei Mullin—Copper Cow Coffee and How I’m Crushing the International Food Aisle Koji Steven Sakai—I Teach My Son To Hate Dr. Seuss ...

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年02月20日

February 13 and 20—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to b...

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年02月13日

February 13 and 20—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to b...

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年01月23日

January 9, 16, and 23—JUST ADDED! Single session options. Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both resto...

Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

2016年01月16日

January 9, 16, and 23—JUST ADDED! Single session options. Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both resto...

"Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants" by Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain

2007年03月25日

Pure Beauty shows how racial and gendered meanings are enacted through the pageants, and reveals their impact on Japanese American men, women, and children. Now based in Ireland, King-O'Riain concludes that the mixed-race challenge to racial understandings of Japanese American-ness does not necessarily mean an end to race as we know it and asserts that race is work -- created and re-created in a social context. Book...

"21st Century Manzanar", by Perry Miyake

2004年05月23日

When the economy goes sour, World War III turns into an economic war with Japan. All Japanese products, investments, and people are banned. The propaganda/advertising machine gets cranked up and old prejudices resurface against Americans of Japanese ancestry. Executive Order 9066 is reinstated and all Japanese Americans are ordered to abandon their jobs, homes, schools, and their country and report to the resurrec...

"Reds, Whites, & Blues"

2003年08月01日

Reds, Whites, & Blues is a provocative play about race, class distinctions, and society's expectations. Two former classmates meet again in an exclusive hotel—one is a privileged guest, the other a dissatisfied maid. Their encounter strips away masks to reveal choices, delusions, and the damaging limits that may come as an American with an Asian face. Tickets are $15 per person and includes National Museum admissi...

"Reds, Whites, & Blues"

2003年07月31日

Reds, Whites, & Blues is a provocative play about race, class distinctions, and society's expectations. Two former classmates meet again in an exclusive hotel—one is a privileged guest, the other a dissatisfied maid. Their encounter strips away masks to reveal choices, delusions, and the damaging limits that may come as an American with an Asian face. Tickets are $15 per person and includes National Museum admissi...

AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery: "Ghosts and Baggage" by Ken Narasaki

1997年06月12日

Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading In this, the seventh new play reading by the Writers Gallery, writer/actor Ken Narasaki presents his play Ghosts and Baggage. This play is about two people, Sara and Oliver, who want to get together, but find their way blocked by ghosts and baggage. Tim Dang, the artistic director of East West Players, directs this project. This program is funded in part by AT&...