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  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Before They Were Heroes"

    Jul 25, 2015

    Join JANM Curator of History Lily Anne Yumi Welty Tamai, PhD, for an in-depth tour of the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images. Limited to 25 participants. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • "Prisons and Patriots: Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory "by Cherstin M. Lyon

    Jun 23, 2012

    Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of 41 Nisei who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of the late civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi. Purchase the book from the Museum Store >> Related stories on our DiscoverNikkei.org site: Interview with Dr. Cherstin Lyon >> Book review of Prisons and Patriots by Art Hansen >>

  • Asian American Music Festival's Movement 5: Identity

    Oct 17, 2010

    AAMF closes with two stars of unique artistic and cultural identities: singers Sachal Vasandani and Charmaine Clamor in two performances of jazz with world influence. The AAMF is the world’s leading festival celebrating Asian American music: jazz, world, hip-hop and beyond. AAMF celebrates the artistic and creative achievements of Asian American, Asian, and Asian Pacific Islander (API) artists in all genres of mus...

  • Six Taste's Little Tokyo Food Tour

    Jun 06, 2010

    Little Tokyo is home to several restaurants, bakeries, and other historical eating establishments. Its 100-plus years of history provide some fascinating stories. Six Taste's Little Tokyo Tour will take you throughout Little Tokyo, from Fugetsu-Do, a confectionary shop and the oldest building in Little Tokyo to Chado Tea Room, where you'll get to taste some authentic Japanese tea, to several other restaurants and oth...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Mar 18, 2010

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, March 18, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civi...

  • Giant Robot Biennale 2

    Oct 24, 2009 - Jan 24, 2010

    Curated by Giant Robot co-founder and co-editor Eric Nakamura, this expanded follow-up to the 2007 exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues highlights artists associated with the magazine over the past 15 years. David Choe • James Jean • Souther Salazar • Theo Ellsworth • kozyndan • Stella Lai • Jack Long • Albert Reyes • Jeff Soto • Rob Sato • Deth P. Sun Providing an overview of the Giant Robot aesthetic, t...

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Riffat Sultana & Party

    Aug 24, 2006

    FREE 6:30 PM - Opening Act 7:00 PM - Featured Artists Daughter of legendary Pakistani singer, Salamat Ali Khan, vocalist Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master musicians. The first woman in her family to sing in public, the musical maverick brings ecstatic Sufi singing that will move your heart and soul as well as your feet. Free. Reservations are not needed....

  • Cold Tofu Is for Lovers

    Feb 09, 2006

    Show that "special someone" you care with a romantic night of heart-warming improvisational comedy. Cozy up with your sweetie for some of Cold Tofu's biting, satirical take on the sappiest of emotions. Cold Tofu is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and performance. Visit Cold Tofu at www.coldtofu.com

  • A Conversation with Velina Hasu Houston

    Mar 06, 2005

    In 1993, Velina Hasu Houston published the play Tea about five Japanese "war brides" who find themselves living in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands after World War II. Tea went on to become one of the most produced Asian American plays, shedding light on "the immigrant spirit that is the spine of America." As part of Women's History Month, Houston will revisit some of its groundbreaking themes and di...

  • International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in San Francisco

    Jul 13, 2002

    Join us to celebrate the launching of two pioneering publications, New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in Japan and Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei, based on the International Nikkei Research Project, a three-year collaborative project coordinated by the National Museum. Japanese Cultur...