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  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Summer Floral Cards

    Jun 23, 2018

    SOLD OUT FREE Learn to make a summery floral card. This workshop is free, but RSVPs are required using the link below. Limited to 25 participants. This workshop is sold out. To be placed on a waitlist, please email visitorservices@janm.org. This free workshop is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.

  • ‘I WANT THE WIDE AMERICAN EARTH: AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN STORY’ OPENS AT JANM SEPTEMBER 14

    Sep 03, 2013

    Los Angeles — The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story from September 14 to October 27, 2013. Travelling from the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center, I Want the Wide American Earth explores the deep-rooted history of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States, spanning from the first immigrants in the 1800s to th...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Be Animated!

    Feb 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun with anime and comic book activities and workshops. Keeping checking back for program schedule! 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: Put your drawings in motion by creating your own flipbook. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s YO...

  • "We Do, Too": APIs and the Marriage Equality Debate

    May 17, 2007

    A panel of experts discuss the historical, political, religious, and legal implications of the debate on equal marriage rights for lesbians and gays. Presenters include Reverend Mark Nakagawa, senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Little Tokyo, attorney Karin Wang of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and author/activist Helen Zia, who in 2005 married her long-time partner in San Francisco. Mo...

  • Kinnara Taiko

    Jul 28, 2005

    Since its founding in 1969 by members of Senshin Buddhist Temple, Kinnara Taiko has delighted audiences around the world with its powerful presence, stunning artistry, and exquisite collection of handcrafted percussion instruments. Come early for a 6:30 DJ set of world music by some of the city's best. Food from Mama's Hot Tamales Cafe and a no-host bar will also be available. This series is presented in associ...

  • East West Player's "GOT LAUGHS!"

    Jun 16, 2005

    A staged reading of one of the winners of the East West Players Writer's Gallery GOT LAUGHS! playwriting contest, a nationwide competition to find the funniest voice in Asian Pacific America. The contest was the result of a yearlong search for comedic full-length plays, musicals, or solo pieces with predominantly Asian Pacific casts and/or themes, and part of a three-year, $200,000 grant from The James Irvine Foundat...

  • Eastside Revue: 1932-2002, A Musical Homage to Boyle Heights

    Oct 12, 2002

    Free concert in conjunction with the exhibition Boyle Heights: The Power of Place Join us for a special concert celebrating over half a century of musical history with legendary artists of the past and present who have placed their community and their music on top of the world's musical map. The rich and glorious tradition of Boyle Heights' music is a metaphor and microcosm of the American dream for an autonomous ...

  • BRUCE AND NORMAN YONEMOTO: MEMORY, MATTER AND MODERN ROMANCE

    Jan 01, 1999

    Dates January 23–July 4, 1999 Location Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles Curator Karin Higa Description This mid-career survey examines the single-channel video and video installations by Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Los Angeles-based brothers who have worked together since 1976. The exhibition features the Yonemotos’ work from the last 25 years, providing a comprehensive analysis of t...

  • Celebrating Kona through Mele (song) and Hula (dance)

    Feb 16, 1997

    Kona Coffee Story Exhibit Series Family Activity Featuring: Ainahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club The first of a series of monthly ohana (family) and nakeiki (children) activities organized by Ainahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club to complement the Kona Coffee Story exhibition. Learn the dances and songs of Kona. Hear the stories of the Island of Hawai'i, the home of Pele the fire goddess who resides in...

  • The View From Within

    Oct 13, 1992 - Dec 06, 1992

    The largest of its kind, this exhibition features 135 works of fine art created by internees of the American internment camps during World War II. Co-organized by the Japanese American National Museum, the UCLA Wight Art Gallery and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and curated by Karin M. Higa, the exhibition is part of the national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 wh...