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  • Member Appreciation Days: Holiday Edition

    Nov 29, 2019 - Dec 01, 2019

    Friday, November 29 – Sunday, December 1 Members enjoy a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com. They also receive free museum admission and a 20% discount at 15 other Southern California institutions, including California Science Center, Museum of Latin American Art, Skirball Cultural Center, and USC Pacific Asia Museum. Visit janmstore.com/membershopping for more details, restrictions, and a complet...

  • Maihashi: Make Your Own Reusable Chopsticks

    Sep 08, 2018

    SOLD OUT Versatile and timeless, chopsticks are a fundamental utensil for many Asian cuisines. In this workshop led by local woodworker Steve Hatanaka, attendees will create their own personal reusable chopsticks, also known as maihashi. Reusable chopsticks speak to the Japanese concept of mottainai, an effort to not be wasteful. Open to ages 8 and older, but minors must be accompanied by an adult. $12 m...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Shibori On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

    Mar 24, 2018 - Mar 25, 2018

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, March 24–25 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In this two-day workshop, continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful fabrics, both vintage and unique. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Participants will also dye threads for stitching and explore some of the things that can ...

  • EPFC Filmcicle Presents Race and Space in Los Angeles VI

    Aug 10, 2017

    FREE The latest installment of Echo Park Film Center’s Race and Space in Los Angeles screening series focuses on the city’s Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) community. The evening will begin with a USC student-made production, The Challenge (1957, Claude Bache), which examines the unlawful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II from an assimilationist perspective put forth by the Japanes...

  • Outdoor Concert and Movie Night—"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"

    Jul 27, 2017

    FREE Join us for a set by Tim Russ Crew, a pop-rock band led by Star Trek actor Tim Russ, followed by a screening of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), the last of the Star Trek films to feature the entire original cast from the television series, including George Takei as Hikaru Sulu, now commander of the USS Excelsior. Welcome remarks by George Takei (subject to availability). Supported by Los Ang...

  • Members Only Screening and Discussion—"Under the Blood Red Sun"

    Feb 06, 2016

    All members are invited to a private screening of Under the Blood Red Sun. Based on the acclaimed book by Graham Salisbury, the film is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tomi and his best friend Billy are playing baseball when they notice fighter planes bearing Japan’s insignia descending on their island home. Following the attack, preju...

  • Double (Book) Header: "How to Be An American Housewife" by Margaret Dilloway & "Wingshooters" by Nina Revoyr

    Feb 25, 2012

    How to Be An American Housewife crosses continents, cultures, decades, and generations to tell the story of a Japanese woman who marries an American soldier at the end of World War II, her thorny relationship with her American daughter, and the trip to contemporary Japan that changes both of their lives in dramatic and unexpected ways. Purchase How to Be an American Housewife >> Wingshooters, set in the 1970...

  • Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn

    Jan 31, 2009

    In honor of the 10th anniversary of the passing of Michi Nishiura Weglyn, a panel of distinguished educators, friends, artists and biographers will come together to remember and share memories of both Michi and Walter Weglyn. Phil Nash, Esp., Writer, lawyer, professor, and close friend of Michi Weglyn Dr. Bob Suzuki, President emeritus Cal Poly Pomona Sharon Yamato, Writer, biographer, and filmmaker Nancy Kapi...

  • The Japanese American Political Experience: Past, Present, Future

    Jul 23, 2008

    Join the Symposium at the Japan Information and Cultural Center in Washington D.C. for a special presentation by Dr. Mitch Maki. Reception to follow. Presented by The Japanese American Network of Greater Washington (JANOGW), the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C. (JCAW) and facilitated by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). Dr. Maki will discuss the Japanese American political experie...

  • Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WWII Arkansas

    Jul 18, 2003

    The overall project, entitled "Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WWII Arkansas", includes the use of four National Museum traveling exhibitions and the creation and development of three other exhibitions to open in Little Rock in September of 2004. It also includes an all-day conference (a follow-up to the successful All-Camps Summit organized by the National Museum in November of 2002), optiona...