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From JA to Shohei: Manzanar Baseball Project

2024年12月07日

A lively panel discussion and video screening on Japanese American baseball past and present. During the 1940s, baseball was the national pastime of the US, including in America’s World War II concentration camps. Japanese Americans created leagues in all ten camps and the games drew huge crowds, with spectators often standing and sitting on bare dirt under the blazing sun. Baseball was a way for Japanese Americans t...

Author Discussion—"John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy"

2019年02月02日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE Join us for the Los Angeles launch of the book John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy. John Okada’s only published work, No-No Boy, is about a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II. When released in 1957...

hapa.me - 15 years of the hapa project

2018年04月07日 - 2018年10月28日

The word “hapa” is the Hawaiian transliteration of the English word “half.” Much of its current usage derives from the phrase hapa haole, meaning “half white.” The phrase was originally coined by native Hawaiians to describe the mixed offspring resulting from encounters between islanders and White settlers. In subsequent years, hapa (or Hapa) has come into popular usage away from the islands, most frequently embraced...

2013 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

2013年08月10日

FREE ALL DAY! This year JANM is excited to be starting a new tradition. Natsumatsuri means “summer festival” in Japanese and we hope you will join us for a day of sharing and learning, as we celebrate old and new traditions with cultural performances, demonstrations, activities, and crafts! Members Only Special perks available for JANM members! Be sure to check in at the front desk to get a member sticker so yo...

Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

2008年02月09日

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art. Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor...

1st & Central Summer Concerts Returns for Third Year on June 28th

2007年06月11日

The heart of Los Angeles’ burgeoning downtown arts scene will come alive with songs and sounds from around the world this summer as the Japanese American National Museum presents its annual outdoor music series, "1st & Central Summer Concerts," with six free-to-the-public, mid-week programs of world music, June 28th to Sept. 13. The series launches with Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, featuring the internationally renow...

Boyle Heights

2002年09月08日 - 2003年02月23日

A neighborhood is made up of people and places. It is defined through the experiences of those who consider it home. Through the stories of past and present residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, this exhibition explores how the experiences and memories of many generations of Angelenos intersect in this powerful place.

New Pavilion Designed By Architect Gyo Obata Opens January 23 At Japanese American National Museum In Los Angeles

1998年10月21日

The Japanese American National Museum, the premier institution dedicated to sharing the Japanese American experience, will open a new 85,000-square-foot Pavilion on January 23 as part of a $45-million expansion and development project. The new Pavilion positions the institution as the preeminent authority on the history and culture of Japanese Americans, while advancing the Museum’s mission to present exhibitions a...

Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project Selects Artists For 1998 Exhibitions

1997年12月06日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, have announced the selection of six artists participating in the third year of the Finding Family Stories (FFS) Arts Partnership Project, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. Initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995, the goal of Findi...

Day of Remembrance

1997年02月22日

Presented by the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations in celebrating the 16th anniversary of the first “Day of Remembrance.” This program commemorates the signing on February 19, 1942 of Executive Order 9066 authorizing the mass evacuation and incarceration of all West Coast Japanese Americans in concentration camps.