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  • From Moth to Cloth: Two-Day Silk Workshop

    Dec 09, 2017 - Dec 10, 2017

    Saturday–Sunday, December 9–10 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Glennis Dolce leads this two-day exploration of the Japanese tradition of silkworm rearing. On day one, learn to reel thread from cocoons with a traditional silk reeling device (zakuri) and try your hand at making silk handkerchiefs (mawata) from the cocoons. On day two, learn to process the silk cocoons into other usable fiber, thread, and j...

  • Nick Ut: Beyond the Napalm Girl

    Jun 08, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE On June 8, 1972, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took one of the most iconic images of the 20th century: a crying Vietnamese girl fleeing after a napalm bomb attack. Ut was just 21 years old when he captured that shot, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. The image, however, was just one of tens of thou...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Amy Hill

    Feb 26, 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. Actress/comedian Amy Hill’s numerous television and film credits include Seinfeld, All-American Girl,...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Robin Tran

    Feb 25, 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. Robin Tran came out as a transgender woman in 2015 and has been writing about her experiences ever si...

  • National Conversation on Immigration: Barriers and Access

    Nov 19, 2016

    FREE On the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the National Archives is hosting a series of conversations across the country to explore the complex issues around human and civil rights in the modern era. JANM is proud to host this free daylong conversation on immigration. 10 a.m.: David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and Ann Burroughs, Interim President and CEO of JANM, will open the N...

  • Time After Time Capsule

    Nov 01, 2016 - Jan 29, 2017

    Time After Time Capsule was created by Sebastian Masuda, a Japanese artist and a founder of 6%DOKIDOKI, a boutique and a central hub of kawaii culture in Harajuku, Japan. Time After Time Capsule is an ongoing art project which invites the public to contribute cherished personal items to fill 10 translucent sculptures that will travel around the world. Each community is invited to offer or create colorfully decorat...

  • Lecture and Book Signing—"San Jose Japantown: A Journey"

    Nov 07, 2015

    San Jose’s Japantown is one of only three Japantowns remaining in the United States. Begun as an outgrowth of the city’s last Chinatown, Japantown San Jose has a 125-year history that spans two world wars, the Great Depression, Japanese American incarceration and resettlement, and the present day. Authors Curt Fukuda and Ralph Pearce will present a program on the creation of their book, San Jose Japantown: A ...

  • East West Players: A Writers' Gallery Reading

    Sep 30, 2015

    FREE In this edition of A Writer’s Gallery, East West Players presents a reading of Three Kingdoms, written by Anna Moench and directed by Jennifer Change. It’s summer in the suburbs, and Wendy’s father, Han, is arriving on a flight from China. After 40 years of no contact, they have a lot of catching up to do. Wendy has a happy family, a lovely home, and is living the American dream. When Han arrives, ho...

  • Dodgers

    Mar 29, 2014 - Sep 14, 2014

    From their original roots in Brooklyn to today’s home in Los Angeles, the Dodgers are trailblazers in the world of sports, on and off the field. The franchise is dedicated to supporting a culture of winning baseball, providing a first-class, family-friendly experience at Dodger Stadium and maintaining strong partnerships in the community. Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game explores the team’s storied past through fo...

  • GEORGE TAKEI WINS OVER $100,000 FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Aug 13, 2008

    Actor George Takei, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, recently appeared on national television on the ABC-TV program, "Wanna Bet?", and wound up winning over $100,000 for his favorite nonprofit organization: the Japanese American National Museum. The premise of the show revolves around individuals or groups of people who claim they can accomplish a certain task o...