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Nikkei Genealogical Society General Meeting

2017年02月25日

FREE 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 ...

Members Only Meet and Greet with Greg Robinson

2017年02月25日

Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with journalist and historian Greg Robinson prior to the public discussion about his book, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches. Space is limited. RSVP by February 22 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Instructions to All Persons"

2017年02月25日

Join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Operations/Art Director, for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 members; reservations are required. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2017年02月25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.

Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Joey Guila

2017年02月24日

JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Joey Guila has been featured on Showtime, VH1, G4 Tech TV, and Myx TV, and was the headliner on the F...

Members Only Film Screening—"For the Sake of the Children"

2017年02月19日

For the Sake of the Children is a new, one-hour documentary that explores the legacy of the World War II US incarceration of Japanese Americans, with a particular focus on its impact on the descendants of incarcerated mothers. The film examines the complex interplay of culture, racial prejudice, history, and intergenerational differences as it traces the life journeys of four generations of Japanese Americans. Ref...

Day of Remembrance 2017: Unite to Uphold Our Civil Rights

2017年02月18日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II. This year’s Day of Remembrance commemorates the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarri...

STORY OF ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION TO BE TOLD ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 19

2010年09月10日

Authors Erica Lee and Judy Yung will provide the historic framework to the story of Angel Island, which was the gateway for immigrants from Asia to enter the United States before World War II in a public program set for Sunday, September 19, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Lee and Yung wrote the book, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Their research revealed ...

AUTHOR KAREN YAMASHITA TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'I HOTEL', ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

2010年09月08日

Award-winning writer and novelist Karen Tei Yamashita will read from and discuss her latest book, I Hotel, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo on Saturday, September 18, beginning at 2 p.m. Yamashita, who came to prominence with her novel, Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (1990), is also author of Brazil-Maru (1992), Tropic of Orange (1997) and Circle K Cycles (2001). Her latest book is orga...

'WHEREVER THERE'S A FIGHT' AUTHORS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA'S CIVIL RIGHTS

2010年09月03日

Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, co-authors of the book, Wherever There’s A Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, will provide an overview of the long struggle for freedom and equality in the Golden State at a public program set for Sunday, September 12, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Since the Gold ...