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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...

Common Ground: A Screening & Dialogue On "New Muslim Cool"

2010年01月28日

FREE! Take a trip through urban life in the post-9/11 United States with Hamza Perez, who defies the definition of "America’s worst nightmare." This thought-provoking documentary follows Hamza's journey from the recording studio to the mosque, from single fatherhood to married life, from street life to community activism. Join him on his spiritual quest for interfaith friendships and struggles as a prison chaplain...

"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...

Fresh Words and Actions: "99 Histories" by Julia Cho

2003年04月24日

Performing Arts Series Held Every Fourth Thursday What is remembered is made up. The only homelands that exist are imaginary. Love is nothing; there is only Chung. Eunice comes home to decide what to do with the baby that has unexpectedly taken root inside her. But first she has to confront the lessons of a difficult past. A cellist, a missionary, a mysterious aunt, who knew a Los Angeles suburban home could hold ...