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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE FUN FOR ALL

2018年07月31日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Highlights of the day will include performances by San Fernando Valley Taiko and TAIKOPROJECT, a hula performance, three traditional ...

Stories of Displacement

2018年07月28日

FREE In conjunction with What We Carried, stories of displacement as experienced by a variety of communities will be shared. Perspectives will include those of recent Iraqi and Syrian refugees and Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. Additional issues we will explore include dehumanization, displacement, resiliency, cross-cultural empathy, overcoming negative stereotypes, and difficulties that communities ...

Nikkei Genealogical Society General Meeting

2018年07月28日

The Nikkei Genealogical Society (NikkeiGen) promotes, encourages, and shares Nikkei genealogy through education, research, and networking. NikkeiGen’s general meetings are open to anyone who is interested in researching their family trees, learning more about their Japanese roots and heritage, and participating in group discussions and networking. Meetings occur approximately once a month from January to October, w...

"What We Carried" Exhibition Tour

2018年07月28日

Join us for a gallery tour of What We Carried: Fragments & Memories of Iraq & Syria. Limited to 25 participants. $12 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2018年07月28日

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

Contested Histories at 2018 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage (Powell, WY)

2018年07月27日 - 2018年07月28日

TRAVELING DISPLAYFriday: 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; workshop: 2:30 p.m.Taggart Rooms, Holiday Inn1701 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first...

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN REDRESS MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TODAY: THIRTY YEARS OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

2018年07月25日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) today announced new and expanded exhibitions that will explore social justice, due process and the role of Japanese American World War II veterans in the redress movement as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. The landmark Act, signed into law by President Ronald Reaga...

CANCELLED: Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Intermediate Class

2018年07月21日 - 2018年07月22日

THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Saturday–Sunday, July 21–22 11 a.m.–4 p.m. This intermediate class is recommended for students who have already taken at least one of the beginning washi workshops. Participants will make a necklace and matching earrings with wooden beads made of two different but complementary washi papers and semi-precious commercial beads. Techniques will include washi-wrapping, c...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF AIKO HERZIG YOSHINAGA

2018年07月20日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum mourns the passing of trailblazing political activist Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, who died July 18, at the age of 93. JANM honored Herzig Yoshinaga with its Award of Excellence at its Gala Dinner in April. Herzig Yoshinaga was long recognized as a hero of the successful redress campaign that culminated in the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. This act prov...

JANM’S TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY CELEBRATES POP CULTURE

2012年10月31日

The Japanese American National Museum continues the popular ongoing series, Target Free Family Saturdays on Saturday, November 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. JANM will celebrate Pop Culture in conjunction with its current exhibition, Giant Robot Biennale 3, and include a watercolor workshop with GRB3 artist, Rob Sato. The event is free and open to the public. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays ...