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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...

  • "Silent Days, Silent Dreams" Book Signing with Allen Say

    Nov 26, 2017

    On the first annual Museum Store Sunday, we welcome noted children’s book author Allen Say for the launch of his new book, Silent Days, Silent Dreams. It is an imagined look at the childhood of James Castle, who was born deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. Despite countless obstacles and challenges, Castle persevered in creating his art. Today, his works are featured in major exhibitions and collected by m...

  • Opening Day: “Transpacific Borderlands”

    Sep 17, 2017

    FREE ALL DAY Transpacific Borderlands examines the work and experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Join us for our exciting opening d...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Jun 10, 2017

    Join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Operations/Art Director, for an in-depth gallery tour of Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Perseverance at Towson University Asian Arts Gallery (Towson, MD)

    Feb 05, 2015 - May 02, 2015

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Towson University Asian Arts Gallery Towson, MD Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunders...

  • 'CANDY LAND' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY EVENT AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ON FEB. 12

    Feb 09, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will holds its first Target Free Family Saturday program of 2011 with the theme of "Candy Land" featuring activities connected to sweets as part of the free event set for Saturday, February 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Target Free Family Saturday series occurs most months at the National Museum in Little Tokyo and provides opportunities for families to work together on fun a...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Looking Toward Home

    Oct 15, 2009

    Free Screening of Looking Toward Home Looking Toward Home explains how government relocation programs in the 1950s enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals and subsequent generations as they mai...

  • Southwest Chamber Music: Music Unwrapped Free Family Concerts

    May 02, 2009

    Music Unwrapped Free Family Concerts: Free of charge, and lots of fun, Music Unwrapped is the ideal way for the family to spend a Saturday morning learning about a wide variety of great music. The Music of Toru Takemitsu Our season ends with a series of concerts in collaboration with the Shumei Arts Council celebrating its 10th anniversary. Confronting Silence: the Music of Toru Takemitsu will include films,...

  • Coming 'Home' to Children's Village

    Mar 21, 2009

    Hear from the author Cathy Irwin of the new book Twice Orphaned: Voices from the Children's Village of Manzanar , and from former orphans of the Manzanar's Children's Village, the sole orphanage in all of the ten relocation centers during World War II. The panel will consist of: Cathy Irwin (moderator): Dr. Irwin is assistant professor of English in the Modern Languages Department of the University of La Verne a...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S ‘BIG DRUM’ EXHIBITION SET FOR OREGON NIKKEI LEGACY CENTER JUNE 16 TO AUGUST 27

    Jun 01, 2006

    Los Angeles, CA—A traveling version of the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark exhibition, Big Drum: Taiko in the United States, will be installed at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (ONLC) in Portland, Oregon, beginning Friday, June 16, and running through August 27. Big Drum premiered in Los Angeles last year at the National Museum, coinciding with the 2005 North American Taiko Conference in July. Throug...