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9th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Virtual Celebration
May 26, 2022
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...
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POSTPONED: Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen
Jan 22, 2022
EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program is postponed until further notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the ...
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Family History Workshop: Genealogy for All Ages!
Dec 12, 2020
Learn how to do genealogical research, even while physically distanced, with family members of all ages! We’ll highlight activities you can do with children—particularly those engaged in distance learning—to help your family stay connected. Find creative ways to share your family stories across generations and how to get started with your genealogical research from home. This workshop will be led by Marisa Louie L...
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Virtual Kokoro 2020
Nov 14, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
The 12th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique is going virtual this year! From November 14–30, shoppers can shop online or by phone with many familiar crafters, plus some new ones. A video featuring many of our talented crafters talking about their beautiful, hand-crafted products, as well as photos from all our participating crafter/vendors will be posted on YouTube.com/janmdotorg starting on Saturday, November 14. VE...
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Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices: Episode 1—Chuck Tasaka
Oct 27, 2020
Discover Nikkei is JANM’s international community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. We are thrilled to be launching “Nima Voices,” a series where we uplift our Nima through brief,...
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The Words We Hold
Dec 01, 2018
If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE Stories of World War II, hailing from both sides of the Pacific, paint a picture of how Japanese and Japanese American ancestors experienced everyday life during those treacherous times. Yonsei Nicole Cherry and Kristen Hayashi, and shin-Nikkei Ayumi Nagata and Natsumi Shibata will share personal family stories pa...
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"Moving Day"
Mar 23, 2017 - Aug 11, 2017
If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly poste...
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"Above the Fold" Lecture by Robert Lang
Jul 16, 2016
SOLD OUT The last 15 years have been witness to a revolution in the application of mathematical techniques to origami, the centuries-old Japanese art of paper-folding. Exhibiting artist Robert J. Lang is recognized as one of the foremost origami artists in the world as well as a pioneer in computational origami and the development of formal design algorithms for folding. In this talk, he will describe ho...
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL GALA DINNER
Mar 27, 2014
Tickets for the Japanese American National Museum’s 2014 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After Party at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, on Saturday, April 12, are still available, as are tickets for the event’s accompanying Lexus Opportunity Drawing for a 2015 Lexus RC F. The dinner’s theme, “Evolving Pastimes: Connecting Communities & Generations through Sports,” will celebrate athletes and sp...