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  • Comedy InvAsian 2.0

    Aug 28, 2021 - Aug 29, 2021

    $10 General Admission / FREE for Members Comedy InvAsian is a television series and live-taping featuring the nation’s top and most unique Asian American comedians. This season will feature queer Korean-American comedian Aidan Park, up and coming Indian-American comedian Vinayak Pal, rising star Thai-America comedian Eli Nicolas, former Chinese beauty queen Jiaoying Summers, comedian of Cambodian descent who juggl...

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Kodomo no Hi

    May 05, 2018

    Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by May 1 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Jun 18, 2016 - Jun 19, 2016

    Saturday, June 18–Sunday, June 19 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bamboo, hemp, and other natural fibers. Sa...

  • "Murder on Bamboo Lane" by Naomi Hirahara

    May 24, 2014

    The first in a new series by Naomi Hirahara featuring LAPD bicycle cop Ellie Rush! Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide detective, but it’s still a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate. At the behest of her Aunt Cheryl Toma, the highest-ranking Asian American officer in the LAPD (a source of pride for Ellie’s grandmother, but annoyanc...

  • JANM National Conference -- Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

    Jul 04, 2013 - Jul 07, 2013

    July 4-7, 2013 Join us in Seattle, WA for a National Conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Online registration is now available. Check janm.org/conference2013 for information

  • kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa at Asia Society Texas Center (Houston, TX)

    Nov 09, 2012 - Apr 14, 2013

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Asia Society Texas Center Houston, TX kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by artist Kip Fulbeck, who traveled the country photographing more than 1,000 Hapa of all ages and walks of life. Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, the word Hapa has been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed-race heritage includes ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Folding Paper!

    Mar 10, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! Help us celebrate our new exhibition Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with a day of origami for the whole family. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Origami crease patterns can be exciting too! See what unique designs emerge when you col...

  • "Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology"

    May 30, 2009

    FREE! Asian Americans have become a driving force in the contemporary comics renaissance, as artists, writers—and fans. But there's one place where Asians are still underrepresented in comics: Between the four-color covers themselves. That's why, in Secret Identities, top Asian American writers, artists and comics professionals have come together to create 26 original stories centered around Asian America...

  • "Kokomo Joe" by John Christgau

    May 09, 2009

    John Christgau will be signing his book Kokomo Joe, which is about the first Japanese American jockey in the United States. The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. As war with Japan loomed, Yoshio “Kokomo Joe” Kobuki won race after race, stirring passions far beyond merely the envy and antagonism of other jockeys. His is a stor...

  • Drifting

    Oct 11, 2003 - Jan 04, 2004

    Drifting: Nakahama Manjiro’s Tale of Discovery chronicles the adventures of Manjiro, a Japanese boy who in 1841 was shipwrecked with four companions off the coast of Japan and unwittingly played a significant role in cultural understanding between the United States and Japan. Rescued by an American whaler, Manjiro lived in Massachusetts and circumnavigated the globe before returning to Japan in 1851. Japanese auth...