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Kollaboration EMPOWER Conference

2016年11月11日 - 2016年11月12日

Friday, November 11 – Saturday, November 12 At the EMPOWER Conference, young Asian Pacific Islander professionals from all over the country are invited to learn directly from some of the community’s most inspirational leaders. Attendees will be able to explore a variety of creative career paths and industries, as well as best practices to apply toward making their dreams a reality. The conference will in...

JANM STATEMENT REGARDING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

2016年11月10日

The Japanese American National Museum respects the democratic process and its results in selecting the next president of the United States. As an institution whose mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity, we hope that the 45th President of the United States will remember the unlawful violation of Japanese Americans’ civil rights during World War II that led to...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2016年11月05日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2016年11月05日

—PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME— Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep...

East West Players: A Writers' Gallery Reading

2016年11月01日

FREE East West Players presents a reading of Mutt: Let’s All Talk About Race!, written by Christopher Chen and directed by Rodney To. The Republican Party finally realizes it has a problem with race, so it decides its best chance for success in the 2016 presidential election is to back a candidate who is a mixture of every race on earth. A one-night performance produced as part of the company’s Politics ...

Time After Time Capsule Workshop with Kawaii Artist Sebastian Masuda

2016年11月01日

FREE (museum admission not included) Help kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda fill a gigantic Hello Kitty time capsule! Bring a cherished personal item or write a letter to your future self, which you will work on and decorate at the workshop before adding it to the capsule. Masuda is organizing a total of 10 translucent time capsules as part of a long-term art project that will culminate in Tokyo in 2020. The capsules...

Time After Time Capsule

2016年11月01日 - 2017年01月29日

Time After Time Capsule was created by Sebastian Masuda, a Japanese artist and a founder of 6%DOKIDOKI, a boutique and a central hub of kawaii culture in Harajuku, Japan. Time After Time Capsule is an ongoing art project which invites the public to contribute cherished personal items to fill 10 translucent sculptures that will travel around the world. Each community is invited to offer or create colorfully decorat...

FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO READ FROM AUTOBIOGRAPHY 'JIVE BOMBER' ON AUG. 14

2010年07月30日

Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will read excerpts from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, at the premiere of its publication on Saturday, August 14, beginning at 2 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. Mary Kageyama Nomura, known as the "Songbird of Manzanar", will perform as part of the program, with a reception with light refreshments to follo...

'YOU DON'T KNOW JACK: THE JACK SOO STORY' TO BE SCREENED JULY 31

2010年07月24日

The documentary, "You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story", highlighting the life of actor Jack Soo, will be screened on Saturday, July 31, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, with producer/director/writer Jeff Adachi on hand to discuss his work and to answer questions. Best known for his role as Detective Sgt. Nick Yemena in the popular 1970s situation comedy "Barney Miller", Soo was bor...

STORY OF RECOVERY OF HT. MOUNTAIN BARRACKS BUILDING TO BE TOLD AUGUST 7, 2010

2010年07月16日

The Japanese American National Museum will hold a public program, "16 Years Later: The Heart Mountain Barracks", reflecting on the project that brought to Los Angeles for display a fragment of an original barracks building used to house Japanese Americans as part of their unconstitutional incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II, on Saturday, Aug. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. In 1994, National Museum sta...