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  • JANM’S FOUNDING MEMBER, TRUSTEE AND CHAIR EMERITUS GEORGE TAKEI’S ‘THEY CALLED US ENEMY’ GRAPHIC NOVEL RECOGNIZED WITH 2020 AMERICAN BOOK AWARD

    Sep 17, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) extends its heartfelt congratulations to its Trustee, Chair Emeritus and founding member, George Takei, whose graphic novel, They Called Us Enemy, has been recognized with a 2020 American Book Award by the Before Columbus Foundation. Takei collaborated with writers Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott and artist/illustrator Harmony Becker to create th...

  • VIRTUAL TEA & LETTER WRITING: Reflecting on Heroes

    Mar 12, 2020

    UPDATE: We’re moving Tea & Letters to a virtual room! To join, click on the link below. If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download and open the Zoom desktop app. Once downloaded, you will be taken to the room. CLICK HERE More info, including Zoom etiquette and troubleshooting will be added to the Facebook Event discussion page later today. Please contact publicprograms@janm.org if you...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Joey Guila

    Feb 24, 2017

    JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Joey Guila has been featured on Showtime, VH1, G4 Tech TV, and Myx TV, and was the headliner on the F...

  • Only the Oaks Remain

    Dec 10, 2016 - Apr 09, 2017

    Only the Oaks Remain: The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station tells the true stories of those targeted as dangerous enemy aliens and imprisoned in the Tuna Canyon Detention Station, located in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, by the US Department of Justice during World War II. Photographs, letters, and diaries bring the experiences of prisoners—who included Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants and Jap...

  • JANM ANNOUNCES INTERIM PRESIDENT/CEO

    Jun 08, 2016

    Norman Y. Mineta, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, today announced that Ann Burroughs has been named Interim President and CEO of the museum, effective immediately. For the remainder of his tenure—through the month of June—Dr. Greg Kimura, the outgoing President and CEO, will provide consultation and share institutional knowledge to ensure a smooth transition at the executive...

  • Film Screening and Panel Discussion—"To Climb a Gold Mountain"

    Mar 26, 2016

    In honor of Women’s History Month, JANM presents To Climb a Gold Mountain (2015), a documentary that tells the story of Los Angeles through the eyes of four immigrant Chinese women. Covering a span of 160 years, each woman featured in the film faced a different set of challenges, fighting in her own unique way to make a difference. Included are Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking actress who achieved success and ...

  • A Samurai’s Life

    Oct 24, 2015

    In honor of Family History Month, UC Santa Barbara Professor of History Luke Roberts will present a lecture on the life of samurai Yoshiki Mori (1768–1807), who was a retainer for the Yamauchi lord of the Tosa domain. The talk will draw from Mori’s diary, his letters, and historical records, and will include a discussion of challenges faced by Roberts while researching samurai family history. Roberts is a speciali...

  • FILM 'HONOR WITH VALOR' FEATURING JA VETERAN INTERVIEWS SET FOR FEB. 5

    Feb 03, 2011

    A film screening of the documentary, "Honor with Valor", featuring excerpts of interviews of 35 Japanese American World War II veterans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 5, beginning at 2 p.m. Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi assembled the documentary and unlike previous films about the remarkable exploits of the segregated 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team...

  • 'REMEMBERING MANZANAR' DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED JAN. 30

    Jan 14, 2010

    The documentary, "Remembering Manzanar", a compilation of rare historic footage, photographs and personal recollections from former inmates of the most famous World War II government-run domestic concentration camps, will be screened on Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Created for use at the Interpretive Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site, ...

  • 'THE PINK DRESS' PUPPET PERFORMANCE SET FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM DEC. 6

    Nov 21, 2008

    "The Pink Dress", a puppet-theatre performance done in a Japanese Bunraku style and based on a story of a Japanese American teenage girl’s experiences in the World War II domestic concentration camp at Amache, Colorado, will return to the Japanese American National Museum for a single performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 2 p.m. The show is being produced by Triumvirate Pi Theatre (Tri-Pi Theatre). Last pr...