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Author Discussion—Beyond the Betrayal with Arthur Hansen & Lawson Inada

2022年06月04日

Free* In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Beyond the Betrayal: the Memoir of a WWII Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience by Yoshito Kuromiya (1923–2018) is the only book-length memoir written by a World War II Japanese American draft resister of conscience,Yoshito Kuromiya. Join editor Arthur A. Hansen, a leading scholar of Japanese American history, and Lawson Fusao Inada, renowned poet, in con...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

2022年06月04日

FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with renowned author and historian, Arthur A. Hansen. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646. Space is limited so RSVP today! Not a current member? Join or renew today! Join us for the book d...

9th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Virtual Celebration

2022年05月26日

FREE Marvel at the amazing and creative ways that writers can imagine Little Tokyo and expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience. Each year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo by challenging both new and experienced writers to write a story that captures the spirit and essence of Little Tokyo and the people in it. In this virtu...

Exhibition Tour of BeHere / 1942 with artist Masaki Fujihata

2022年05月26日

FREE Join Masaki Fujihata, the visionary Japanese media artist behind BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, for a guided tour of JANM’s newest exhibition. Photo credit: Jim Conner

Honoring Kalief Browder

2022年05月25日

FREE After being arrested at age 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack, Kalief Browder spent three years in the jail complex on Rikers Island, the main prison compound of New York City renowned for extraordinary levels of violence and disorder. Browder maintained his innocence and during the time spent in Rikers waiting for a trial that never happened, was subjected to prolonged solitary confinement and intense men...

Screening and Q&A—Lost LA: From Little Tokyo to Crenshaw

2022年05月19日

FREE Japanese Americans returning from World War II incarceration camps rebuilt their community in L.A.’s Crenshaw area. In this episode, we walk through Little Tokyo, explore the archives at the Japanese American National Museum, share a meal at historic Tak’s Cafe, shoot hoops at Dorsey High and consider how the neighborhood’s diverse history intersects with community-building efforts today. The screening will b...

Exhibition Tour of BeHere / 1942 with artist Masaki Fujihata

2022年05月19日

FREE Join Masaki Fujihata, the visionary Japanese media artist behind BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, for a guided tour of JANM’s newest exhibition. Photo credit: Jim Conner

The Japanese American National Museum Debuts the Miné Okubo Collection on Google Arts & Culture

2022年05月17日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce the launch of the Museum’s Google Arts & Culture web page, which features the Miné Okubo Collection at JANM, an online exhibition of the same name, and the video, UNBOXED: Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660, from JANM’s UNBOXED series. The online exhibition is included in Google Arts & Culture’s Asian Pacific American ...

ANN CURRY ANNOUNCED AS FEATURED SPEAKER AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S GALA DINNER

2019年02月20日

Los Angeles, CA—Award-winning journalist and photojournalist Ann Curry will be the featured speaker at the Japanese American National Museum’s Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 13, 2019, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Curry, a former NBC News anchor and international correspondent, has reported on conflicts and humanitarian disasters all over the world. She has conducted a long list of exclusi...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THEME FOR 2019 GALA DINNER

2018年12月20日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 13, 2019, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The evening’s theme will be Vision and Commitment: Our Journey of Renewal. It will pay tribute to the museum’s charter members—the first individuals and families to see and believe in the importance of the museum and its enduring role in our democra...