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  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project"

    Sep 08, 2018

    Join exhibition creator Kip Fulbeck for a gallery tour of hapa.me. Space is limited to 25 participants. RSVP by September 4 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • YASUO KUMODA, KNOWN AS 'MR. TOFU', TO DISCUSS CHALLENGE OF POPULARIZING TOFU IN U.S.

    Mar 10, 2012

    Yasuo Kumoda, whose autobiography is entitled They Call Me Mr. Tofu, will make a presentation on the challenges of convincing Americans on the health benefits of eating tofu at a free Tateuchi Public Programs set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, March 17, beginning at 1 p.m. Besides the presentation, there will be a product demonstration and free samples will be provided. Kumoda had started a...

  • Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Forum for Educators

    Jan 06, 2011

    California Assemblymembers Warren Furutani and Marty Block authored Assembly Bill 1775, which establishes January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution to encourage schools across the state to teach students about Fred Korematsu’s story and its relevance in today’s post-9/11 environment. The first Fred Korematsu Day will be celebrated on January 30, 2011, on Fred Korematsu’s birthday. Ka...

  • Performance of Cold Tofu's The Armando Show!

    Oct 28, 2010

    The Armando Show is a long-form improv performance inspired by an audience suggestion. A special guest host (or “Armando”) interprets that suggestion through a personal and truthful improvised monologue. Inspired by that monologue, COLD TOFU performs scenes that, in turn, inspire a response from our Armando. This propels hilarious interchanges between the Armando’s monologues and the company’s scenes. "Pay-Wha...

  • AUTHOR OF 'BEST FRIENDS FOREVER' CREATED BOOK AFTER INTERVIEWING LONG-TIME NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS

    Sep 29, 2010

    Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook author Beverly Patt will read from her book and talk about her research to create a work of fiction based on historical events at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, October 2, beginning at 2 p.m. The story concerns two young girls, Louise Krueger and Dottie Masuoka, who find themselves separated by the government’s unconstitutional forced removal of Ja...

  • " A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America " by Greg Robinson

    Oct 24, 2009

    The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson pr...

  • Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Masumi Hayashi, May 31 - September 14, 2003

    May 31, 2003

    The Japanese American National Museum will present the first survey of the work by Japanese American photographer Masumi Hayashi in the exhibition Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Mayumi Hayashi, opening May 31, 2003. The exhibition includes 30 photographs that explore bucolic landscapes, and the unseen reality just below the surface. The photocollages come from five bodies of Hayashi’s work—abandon...

  • UCLA Extension One-Day Program: Boyle Heights: The Power of Place

    Oct 05, 2002

    This one-day program brings together a panel of curators, designers, educators, and scholars to discuss the history and transformation of Boyle Heights, a longtime gateway for newcomers to Los Angeles. In addition, curators guide students through the exhibit's artifacts, photographs, original artwork, and interactive environments which present a multivocal interpretation of the neighborhood. Participants will also vi...

  • Cold Tofu Improv Performance—“The Joy of Springtime Soy”

    Apr 20, 2000

    Love is in the air. Join Cold Tofu for a sassy Spring session of improv.

  • The History of Taiko in the Japanese American Community

    Jul 20, 1997

    Lecture and discussion Just thirty years ago there was not a single taiko (Japanese drumming) group in the United States. Today nearly one hundred groups exist in North America and new groups continue to emerge. People of all ages and ethnic backgrounds enjoy listening to and performing taiko and it will continue to be an important element in the community. Join the Museum for a presentation and discussion of t...