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Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Autumn Cards

2012年09月22日

Make autumn-themed cards for someone special. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission & supplies. RSVP early, 10 students max.

Fall and Winter Nabe (Hot Pot) Workshop with Sonoko Sakai

2012年09月22日

Looking for a healthy and hearty dish for the fall and winter season? The French may think Bouillabaise. Nabe is the Japanese answer. Nabe is a light stew made in a Donabe clay pot. We will cook everything right at the table. It is a convivial way of eating. Sakai will show you how to prepare and serve three nabes—Yudofu, made with tofu, daikon radish, and konbu seaweed, and served with ginger, shichimi pepper and...

Discover Your Japanese American Roots

2012年09月22日

Instructor Chester Hashizume leads a comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as getting started, identifying your ancestral Japanese home town, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. This intensive session includes a one-hour break. $45 for National Museum members and $55 for non-members, ...

Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers in Los Angeles

2012年09月15日

Although their stories are not well-known, Asian Americans participated actively in the nascent LGBT civil rights movement in Southern California. API Equality-LA honors two such pioneers with short films featuring Tak Yamamoto and June Lagmay, who in 1980 were founders of Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays, the first gay Asian organization in Los Angeles. A discussion with these two ground-breaking activists will fo...

GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE 3 on Exhibition September 23 - January 20

2012年09月14日

The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show features a gallery of eight emerging artists along with a customized vinyl figure collection. Following two previous successful exhibitions at JANM, the Biennale continues to push the envelope with a creative, fresh...

Tohoku Update: Recovery and Relief Efforts in Northeast Japan

2012年09月09日

The public is invited to a panel discussion on the ongoing recovery and relief efforts in northeast Japan from journalists and volunteers who have recently visited the devastated areas. Photos and videos about the survivors and the current situation will be shown, followed by a Q&A session for the public to ask questions that they have. Tina Tajima, from the Disaster Support Project (Japan), will moderate the discuss...

"Enemy Alien" by Konrad Aderer

2012年09月08日

Filmmaker Konrad Aderer finds echoes of his own family’s World War II incarceration in post-9/11 detentions of Muslim immigrants and joins the fight to free Farouk, a Palestinian activist who organizes resistance among his fellow detainees. Co-sponsored by Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Greater Los Angeles Area. CAIR's mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil l...

Silk Shibori Experience with Shibori Girl

2012年09月08日

Come join us again for more shibori techniques—this time all done on silk. Various silk fabrics will be on hand to work with and this time it will be all about color! By binding, tying, wrapping, folding, and clamping we will produce some lovely silks (and one silk scarf using the technique of your choice) for use in other personal textile projects. All levels welcome. $35 members; $45 non-members, an additio...

Common Ground Exhibition Tour

2012年09月01日

Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with experienced docents.

"Folding Paper" Exhibition Tour

2012年08月25日

Walkthrough of Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with curator Meher McArthur.