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Capturing History: Incarceration Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction

1997年05月15日

Two generations of writers have struggled to recover and present stories of the Japanese American incarceration; their work in history and in fiction has been at the core of the movement for redress. A panel of distinguished novelists and historians of the incarceration experience share their work, discuss their sources for materials, and address questions of how they used or interpreted these materials. Join us fo...

Twelfth Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival

1997年05月15日 - 1997年05月22日

Director’s Guild of America Theater, Laemmle’s Sunset Five Theater, Los Angeles First established in 1983 by Visual Communications, the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American media arts center, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific & Video Festival is Southern California’s premier showcase of cinematic works by and about Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Mother's Day Origami Cards

1997年05月10日

Craft Class Instructor: Ryoko Shibata Remind your mother how special she is by making her a personalized card for Mother’s Day. Ryoko Shibata teaches participants how to make origami (folded paper) cards that will be cherished for years to come. Members $5, non-members $9 includes Museum admission. Reservations required by May 7.

The Kona Coffee Story: Portraits of a Community

1997年05月10日

Kona coffee is known world-wide as one of the premier quality coffees on the market, yet little is known about the industry or the people who labor to produce this aromatic coffee. Join life history curator Darcie Iki as she presents a historical portrait of the coffee farmers of Kona by sharing her research and oral history recordings that she conducted in Kona. This lecture includes a slide show of historical photo...

AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery

1997年05月08日

Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading Award-winning playwright, short-story writer, and painter, Wakako Yamauchi (And the Soul Shall Dance, The Music Lesson) brings two brand new one-act plays for debut readings at the Museum. The plays, For What? and Tuesdays are both about exploring memory and healing. This is the sixth program in the Writers Gallery series. The play is directed by veteran s...

Tango No Sekku (Boy's Day) at the Museum

1997年05月04日

Family Activity Celebrate Tango No Sekku (Boys’ Day) at the Museum. Traditionally observed on May 5 in Japan, it predates Kodomo No Hi (Children’s Day). Learn about the meaning of Boys’ Day and some of its traditions. Make a paper kabuto (helmet worn by samurai) and your own koi (fish) and then join in on a taiko (drum) workshop. Children of all ages are invited. Free with Museum admission. Reservations are req...

Koto and Shakuhachi Concert

1997年05月03日

Special Performance Master musicians, Masakazu Yoshizawa on shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and Hiromi Hashibe on koto (stringed harp-like instrument), perform sokyoku (traditional classical) and contemporary music in this special concert. Woodwind specialist Masakazu Yoshizawa is a multifaceted musician, composer, and studio and concert performer who has played and recorded with Henry Mancini, John Williams, t...

"Whispered Silences" Upper Level Members Reception

1997年05月03日

Upper level members reception. By invitation only. This exhibition runs from May 3 through September 14, 1997.

Whispered Silences

1997年05月03日 - 1997年09月14日

Whispered Silences features the work of fine-arts photographer Joan Myers who embarked on a journey to photograph all ten World War II War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The result of her odyssey is a series of haunting black and white images of the camps as they appear today and the relics that were left behind. Developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Services, this exhibition also include...

Jon Shirota's Enlightenment

1997年05月01日

Thursday Evening at the Museum New Play Reading Well-known Japanese American author and playwright Jon Shirota (Lucky Come Hawaii and Pineapple White) debuts his newest play entitled Enlightenment. The entire play takes place in a small shiatsu center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Taka Okamoto, a horseplayer "Pineapple" from Maui, Hawaii, frequents the center which is operated by Reverend Cathy Takahashi...