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Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle": Extreme Unrated Edition

2015年07月08日

Directed by Danny Leiner, this raunchy 2004 comedy follows the life-changing (and mind-altering) journey of Korean American investment banker Harold (John Cho) and Indian American medical school candidate Kumar (Kal Penn). Both underdogs, Harold and Kumar decide to spend what would have been an uneventful Friday night trying to satisfy an oddly intense urge for White Castle hamburgers. But finding a White Cas...

Introduction to the Japanese Pantry: Cooking with "Dashi"

2014年03月22日

Learn how to cook with dashi, a foundation used in many Japanese cuisines such as miso soup, in this hands-on workshop with dashi maestro Mamiko Niashiyama and Common Grains’ Sonoko Sakai. They will show you how to prepare dashi for making miso soup, salad dressing, and seasoning to make rice and stews. Menu includes: Soups with dried bonito, sardines, konbu seaweed and shitake mushrooms Umami-rich chicken and...

Kidding Around in the Kitchen Family Cooking Adventure: Summer Boredom Busters

2009年08月29日

Kidding Around in the Kitchen (KATK) and the Japanese American National Museum are pleased to present: Summer Boredom Busters. A hands on cooking class lead by Lisa Elaina FontanesiCreator of KATK. This class will stop the kids from saying what are we doing today? I'm bored! And stop parents from wanting school to start already. Instead, you'll be saying lets make some food together. We will explore the season bes...

Community Forum: Okinawans and Their Global Networks

2008年03月01日

In 2006, over 4,900 people from around the world attended the 4th Worldwide Uchinanchu Taikai Festival in Okinawa to reconnect with their heritage and culture. The Center for Migration Studies at the University of the Ryukyus surveyed these participants and will present their findings revealing how Okinawans connect beyond the island borders. Join us for this special event, the first in a new program series presen...

"A Place Where Sunflowers Grow" by Amy Lee-Tai with Illustrations by Felicia Hoshino

2007年06月09日

It's World War II and eight-year-old Mari, along with 120,000 innocent Americans, is deprived of her rights, possessions, and freedom by the United States government. Under such staggering circumstances, how does a child cope? A Place Where Sunflowers Grow is the only children's book about the incarceration in a bilingual English and Japanese format. Lee-Tai's gentle prose and Hoshino's stunning illustrations make t...

Trick or Tofu

2003年10月30日

It’s Cold Tofu’s annual Halloween show! Hear scary tales and spooky Halloween songs from cast members: StEVIL Brady, ROBBERt Covarrubias, Tom O-SHEAR-o, HELLen Ota, ZaKILLya Reagan, Aaron Taka-SLASH-i, Bob "Red-Rum"stein, and others. No need to be afraid though, just get ready to die laughing as Cold Tofu, the nation’s first Asian American improvisational theatre company, lets you produce the show by using your sug...

Preserving Your Family's History: Basic Collection's Care

2003年09月07日

Learn how to preserve your family images for generations to come. This workshop, presented by the National Museum's Associate Collections Manager Nikki Chang and Assistant Archivist Robert Dirig, will provide helpful guidelines to improve the care of your family's home movie collection and photographs/photo albums. With the understanding that optimal preservation conditions are quite costly, this workshop will inform...

Tracing, Collecting & Preserving Family Stories

1997年10月12日

Workshop at the Watts Towers Arts Center 1727 East 107th Street Los Angeles, CA 90002 phone: 213.847.4646, fax: 213.564.7030 The Watts Towers Arts Center and the Japanese American National Museum invite you to learn how to trace your roots and collect family stories in a workshop led by Ronald W. Higgins, president, California African American Genealogical Society and Karen Yonemoto, life history program coordi...

Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 - Extras

Exhibition Videos Watch videos about photographers Toyo Miyatake, J.T. Sata, T.K. Shindo, Ichiro “Eddie” Itani, and Shigemi Uyeda produced by JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center for the exhibition. Guide by Cell FREE AUDIO TOUR Enhance your experience of Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 with the FREE audio cell phone tour (no cost except your cell phone minutes). Hang up and ...

Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II - Extras

Uprooted Resources James Tanaka from Uprooted Exhibit. Visit the Uprooted project site for more life history interviews, photos, and information. Related Resources on Discover Nikkei DiscoverNikkei.org is a major online resource that brings together the voices and experiences of Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants), who have created communities throughout the world. The website docum...