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  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Apr 12, 2025

    Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...

  • ARTIST RUTH ASAWA, WHOSE LIFE, WORK RECOGNIZED BY JANM, HONORED BY U.S. POSTAL SERVICE WITH STAMPS OF HER WIRE SCULPTURE

    Aug 10, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – The late artist Ruth Asawa, whose work and life have been documented by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will be recognized by the United States Postal Service (USPS) by presenting her distinctive wire sculpture on a series of Forever stamps at a special virtual unveiling on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. The virtual stamp event will be hosted on the USPS Facebook and Twitte...

  • 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...

  • TRUSTEES ORGANIZE GIFT FOR JAPAN RELIEF, TRIBUTE TO SPIRIT OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AT ANNUAL GALA DINNER

    Apr 01, 2011

    Members of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced their support for the Japan relief effort, and that the Museum will include a short tribute to the spirit of the Japanese people as part of the institution’s 2011 Annual Gala Dinner set for Saturday, April 16, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel at L.A. LIVE. The dinner, "Continuing Family Stories: The Expanding Nikkei Community", will high...

  • "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet " by Jamie Ford

    Jan 29, 2011

    In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to concentration camps during World War II. As...

  • Fighting For Democracy at UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio, TX)

    Jul 29, 2008 - Jan 18, 2009

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Prese...

  • Fresh Words & Actions: Cold Tofu's The Soy of Sex

    Feb 26, 2004

    Is there really a weaker sex? Why can't people commit to relationships? Why is dating and finding love so difficult? Join us as Cold Tofu searches for the answers to these questions and more at The Soy of Sex. It's the show where Cold Tofu explores love, relationships, and the opposite sex through improvisation. Cold Tofu is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to dev...

  • Out of Asia: Art and Culture in pre-World War II Los Angeles

    Apr 06, 2002

    This symposium examines the fertile period of Los Angeles arts and culture between World Wars I and II and considers how Asia—defined very broadly—impacted, influenced, and shaped the cultural consciousness of Los Angeles. Join a distinguished group of speakers for a discussion moderated by Professor Valerie Matsumoto of the UCLA Department of History. Bill Estrada, curator of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monu...

  • hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project—Events

    Public programs presented at the Japanese American National Museum in conjunction with the hapa.me exhibition. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.

  • Year of the Labbit Custom Show - Events

    Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.