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Big Drum: Taiko in the United States travels to Portland, Oregon

2006年06月16日

Big Drum: Taiko in the United States is being adapted for display at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (ONLC) in Portland, Oregon, from June 16 to August 27, 2006. Graphic and text panels as well as the exhibition's media pieces will be included in this display, which will be supplemented with materials curated by ONLC representing Oregon taiko history and groups. The exhibition will open during the Fifth Regional Taik...

Driving In L.A. by Henrietta Chico Nofre

2006年06月15日

A Staged Reading by East West Players Writer's Gallery A Los Angeles native, Henrietta Chico Nofre is an alumnus of the East West Players' David Henry Hwang Writers Institute. Nofre's short stories are included in the anthology Going Home to a Landscape: Writing by Filipinas. Driving In L.A. is the second place winner of the East West Players Got Laughs? 2005 competition.

Party on the Plaza: Celebrating the Opening of "kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa"

2006年06月10日

Join us for a Party on the Plaza! In celebration of the opening of kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa, enjoy a lively evening of DJ sets and spoken-word artists. Special evening book signing with Kip Fulbeck (Museum Store open until 8PM). Food vendors and no host bar. Spoken word artists include: Armando Alvarez Austin Cho Alison De La Cruz Melanie Hensch Jenille Narvaez Daniela Schonberger Mike T Micha...

part asian: 100% hapa by Kip Fulbeck

2006年06月10日

Join award-winning filmmaker and artist, Kip Fulbeck, as he discusses his new book part asian, 100% hapa. This book was created as a forum in word and image for Hapa to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits are paired with the sitters' own statements of identity. A work of intimacy, beauty, and powerful self-expression, part asian, 100% hapa is the book...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa

2006年06月08日 - 2006年10月29日

ha • pa (ha’pa) adj. slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in asian and/or pacific islander ancestry. n. slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)] Organized by the Japanese American National Museum, kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by award-winning filmmaker and artist Kip Fulbeck. Originally a derogatory label derived from th...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S ‘BIG DRUM’ EXHIBITION SET FOR OREGON NIKKEI LEGACY CENTER JUNE 16 TO AUGUST 27

2006年06月01日

Los Angeles, CA—A traveling version of the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark exhibition, Big Drum: Taiko in the United States, will be installed at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (ONLC) in Portland, Oregon, beginning Friday, June 16, and running through August 27. Big Drum premiered in Los Angeles last year at the National Museum, coinciding with the 2005 North American Taiko Conference in July. Throug...

Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Mizuhiki

2006年05月27日

Design elaborate knots using paper cords making the perfect accessory for a special card or gift. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations are recommended.

Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop

2006年05月18日

Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, May 18th, 4:30-7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civil Rig...

New Pavilion Designed By Architect Gyo Obata Opens January 23 At Japanese American National Museum In Los Angeles

1998年10月21日

The Japanese American National Museum, the premier institution dedicated to sharing the Japanese American experience, will open a new 85,000-square-foot Pavilion on January 23 as part of a $45-million expansion and development project. The new Pavilion positions the institution as the preeminent authority on the history and culture of Japanese Americans, while advancing the Museum’s mission to present exhibitions a...

Nothing But The Real Thing, Baby: 100% Kona Coffee At The Japanese American National Museum

1997年02月01日

For all those coffee connoisseurs who feel defrauded by the recent allegations that a major Kona coffee distributor has been actually passing off inferior quality beans from Central America as the real taste of Hawai‘i, the Japanese American National Museum is featuring authentic Kona coffee in its upcoming exhibit, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai‘i Belt Road. Kona Kai Farms, one of the biggest brokers ...