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  • The Grand Event: 10 Short Plays

    Jul 16, 2023

    The Democracy Center plays host for staged readings of works from entertwine's third annual AAPI 24-hour Playwriting Contest. This contest gives diverse and underrepresented writers an opportunity to explore their craft. They each have just a few hours to produce a short ten-minute play. See the top ten plays from this year’s contest by playwrights Yayoi L Naito Winfrey, Shruti Tewari, Sarah Aoki, Jessica W. Chen, Je...

  • ZÓCALO—Are American Presidents Above the Law?

    Mar 06, 2019

    A Zócalo/UCLA Downtown Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Madeleine Brand, Host, KCRW’s "Press Play" The Mueller report promises to clarify what happened in the 2016 election and its aftermath. But that document may only add to the confusion over a broader question: What does it take to fire an American president? In recent months, critics of Donald T...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THAT GREG KIMURA HAS RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT/CEO

    May 20, 2016

    Japanese American National Museum officials announced today that Dr. G.W. (Greg) Kimura has decided to resign as President and Chief Executive Officer to pursue new leadership opportunities. Dr. Kimura’s departure comes after more than four years of distinguished service as the Museum’s President and CEO during which he advanced many of the Museum’s goals. During his tenure, Dr. Kimura is credited with enhan...

  • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Dec 05, 2015 - Dec 06, 2015

    Saturday, December 5 • 2 p.m. Sunday, December 6 • 2 p.m. FREE The Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu or sado) is a highly choreographed ritual of preparing and serving green tea (matcha) with traditional sweets to balance the bitter taste of the tea. In the early Meiji era, Kyoto Prefecture held the first tea exposition in Japan. The governor of Kyoto asked the 11th Urasenke Grand Tea Master, Gengensa...

  • MUSEUM TRUSTEES NAME INTERIM CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

    Aug 31, 2011

    The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today the appointment of two interim co-executive directors to oversee and direct Museum matters while the Board seeks a new head of the institution. To handle the day-to-day operations, Nancy Araki, Director of Community Affairs, and Miyoko Oshima, Chief Operating Officer, will share responsibilities for running the institution until a new CEO ...

  • FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO SPEAK AT VENICE JCC OCT. 31

    Oct 22, 2010

    Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will relate stories from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, as part of the National Museum’s Members’ Appreciation Event set for the Venice Japanese Community Center on Sunday, October 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Kaji, who was born in Boyle Heights, was attending Roosevelt High Sch...

  • NORMAN MINETA, GEORGE TAKEI TO CONVERSE ON GROWING UP JA

    Sep 22, 2009

    Two of the most distinguished and widely-recognized Japanese Americans, Norman Y. Mineta and George Takei, will have a frank, behind-the-scenes discussion about growing up before and after World War II, the challenges of entering careers in the public eye, and what it took to arrive at difficult decisions in their personal and professional lives in a special fundraising event at the Japanese American National Museum ...

  • LINKIN PARK'S MIKE SHINODA OPENS EXHIBIT AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Jul 10, 2008

    Musician/producer/artist Mike Shinoda will premiere Glorious Excess, his most ambitious and powerful series of paintings and digital works to date, on July 12. The special engagement features large-scale pieces that blend Shinoda’s experiences in the spotlight with pop commentary and classical vanitas influences. The first in a two-part series, the exhibition will be displayed in the George and Sakaye Aratani Central...

  • Smithsonian's Franklin Odo To Read From Book 'No Sword To Bury'

    Mar 26, 2004

    Franklin Odo, Director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and curator at the National Museum of American History, will read from his latest book, No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii during WWII, at a program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, April 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the National Museum and the Go For Broke Educational Foundation. ...

  • Former Congressman Norman Mineta Donates Papers to the Japanese American National Museum

    Jan 01, 1996

    The Japanese American National Museum announced the acquisition of former U.S. Rep. Norman Y. Mineta’s papers and other materials from his 22-year career in Congress, a significant collection from the first mainland Nikei elected to the House of Representatives. The Mineta Collection includes papers compiled at his Washington, D.C. office and amounts to nearly 30 linear feet of materials and documents. Among t...