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OUTDOOR CONCERT AND "STAR TREK VI" MOVIE SCREENING SET FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年06月29日

Los Angeles, CA Actor and activist George Takei will welcome attendees to an outdoor screening of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which he stars as Captain Hikaru Sulu, commander of the USS Excelsior, at the Japanese American National Museum on Thursday, July 27, 2017. The movie will be preceded by a short concert performance by Tim Russ Crew, a pop-rock band fronted by fellow Star Trek actor Tim Russ. ...

Members Only—Meet George Takei

2017年06月24日

SOLD OUT Members at the Family/Dual level and up are invited to attend this exclusive JANM event at which you will: Meet George Takei Enjoy appetizers Drink New Frontiers-inspired "mock-tails" Play trivia and win prizes View artifacts from the George & Brad Takei Collection that are NOT in the exhibition Receive a professional photo taken with George Visit New Frontiers: Th...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2017年06月24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.

"New Frontiers" Exhibition Tour

2017年06月17日

Join exhibition curator Jeff Yang for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 participants. $10 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included.

Edible Adventures: A Noodling Little Tokyo Walk

2017年06月17日

SOLD OUT Where does ramen come from? What is the difference between udon and ramen? Join this cultural walk around Little Tokyo and get a noodle-eyed view of what makes these bowls tick. $48 members; $60 non-members. Includes museum admission and three noodle stops (Marugame Monzo, Kouraku, and Ebisu). Limited to 11 participants.

"Moving Day" program presented by LTHS

2017年06月15日

FREE Each night through August 11, from sunset to midnight, Moving Day presents outdoor projections of Civilian Exclusion Order posters, which were issued during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal and incarceration. The date of each projection will coincide with the original issue date of the order being projected. Projections take place on the façade of the museu...

'VANISHED: LOMPOC'S JAPANESE' AUTHOR TO DISCUSS STORY OF FARMING COMMUNITY

2011年06月15日

Author John V. McReynolds will discuss his book, Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese: Only Two of 100 Families Returned at a public program at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 2 p.m. During World War II, the U.S. government unconstitutionally forced people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes and businesses on the West Coast and thousands ended up living in domestic concentrati...

MIXED ROOTS FESTIVAL TO PRESENT LOVING DAY PRIZE TO PLAYWRIGHT HOUSTON, SCHOLAR SPICKARD JUNE 11

2011年06月10日

The 4th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, a free public event targeting the growing population of multi-racial, multicultural individuals and families, is set for June 11 and 12 at the Japanese American National Museum with a full schedule of film screenings, workshops, readings and live performances, highlighted by the largest West Coast party marking Loving Day, the anniversary of the Supreme Court decis...

'TAKING IT TO THE STREETS' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY EVENT AT NATIONAL MUSEUM JUNE 11

2011年06月08日

The Japanese American National Museum will hold another free event as part of its popular series, Target Free Family Saturday, with the theme, "Taking It to the Streets", on Saturday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Museum’s facility in Little Tokyo. The event is free and open to the public. Target Free Family Saturday events include presentations by different performers and experts and hands-on ar...

PLAY READING FOR 'ALL THAT REMAINS' SET FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM ON JUNE 4

2011年06月01日

A reading of Mona Z. Smith’s play "All That Remains", which tells the tale of a young Japanese American man uncovering the story of his late father, who fought as a member of the famed all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, will be presented at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, June 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The play is set in October of 1969 in the Vosges forest on the French-Ge...