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Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: "Transpacific Borderlands"
2017年09月16日
Members at the Sustaining Level and above and VIPs are invited to preview Transpacific Borderlands before it opens to the public. Program with light reception to follow. Invitations were mailed in August.
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Before They Were Heroes at the Fullerton Arboretum (Fullerton, CA)
2017年09月10日 - 2017年10月29日
TRAVELING EXHIBITION Fullerton Arboretum Fullerton, CA Susumu “Sus” Ito’s WWII photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito participated in such dramatic events as the rescue of the Lost Battalion, these rare and breathtaking images capture the humble daily lives of a group of young Japanese A...
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Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Introductory Class
2017年09月09日
SOLD OUT Washi is a traditional Japanese handmade decorative paper that dates back to the seventh century. Unlike machine-made paper from wood pulp, washi is made from the inner bark of plants such as mulberry, bamboo, wisteria, and hemp. The intertwining of fibers results in paper that is strong, durable, washable, and acid-free. Its thin, smooth, soft surface can be printed with vivid colors and complex designs....
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The Asian American Movement of the 1960s–70s: JACS-AI and Activism Today
2017年09月09日
FREE with RSVP Join us for an interactive program that will look at the long history of Japanese American activism in Little Tokyo through the lens of an innovative project: Japanese American Community Services-Asian Involvement (JACS-AI). JACS-AI was a pivotal social services agency established in 1963 with funds from the shuttered Shonien children’s home, founded in 1914 by Rokuichi Kusumoto to m...
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JANM ON THE ROAD: Reception for JANM Supporters in New York City
2017年09月06日
JANM members and donors in the New York metro area are invited to hear from new President and CEO Ann Burroughs. Invitations were sent in early August. Contact memberevents@janm.org for 213.830.5676 for more information.
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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour
2017年09月02日
Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.
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MUSEUM'S 13TH SUMMER FESTIVAL TO FEATURE CHADO TEA TASTINGS, CONCERT, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AUG. 13-14
2011年08月09日
The Japanese American National Museum celebrates its 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard with the Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado Tea Room, free hands-on arts and crafts activities for families, a ticketed concert featuring traditional Japanese folk songs, and fun features related to its latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, on Saturday, August 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tra...
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PROF. SCOTT KURASHIGE TO DISCUSS 'SHIFTING GROUNDS OF RACE' ON SATURDAY, JULY 30
2011年07月28日
Professor Scott Kurashige will provide insight into his book, Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles, at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 30, beginning at 2 p.m. Among Professor Kurashige’s insights is the fact that Los Angeles, now considered one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world, had the sma...
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NATIONAL MUSEUM POSTPONES ASIAN/FUSION FOOD TRUCK EVENT
2011年07月26日
"The Battle of the Asian and Fusion Food Trucks" event, originally scheduled to be part of the National Museum’s 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard on Saturday, August 13, at the Japanese American National Museum, has been postponed. The free Summer Festival on the Courtyard will go on as scheduled, highlighted by the Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado, hands-on arts and crafts and a ticketed concert at 2...
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AUTHOR TO RELATE STORY OF CARLETON COLLEGE'S 1ST NISEI STUDENT DURING WORLD WAR II
2011年07月21日
Shigemura and his family were unlawfully incarcerated at the government-run concentration camp in Minidoka, Idaho, during World War II. The U.S. government falsely imprisoned over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry during the war. Thanks to the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, which was administrated by the Quakers, it became possible for Nisei students to leave the camps to attend a college t...