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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...

  • 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard

    Aug 13, 2011

    FREE! Celebrate summer with a day of family fun—crafts, music, and LA’s first tea festival! Fun Crafts & Activities for Families Have your picture taken in a special cutout designed by artist Stan Sakai and decorate a picture frame to go with it! Don’t leave a spot with your teacup! Decorate a coaster! Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Add to the rabbits (& Labbits) appearing around the museum by maki...

  • "Rosebud and Other Stories" by Wakako Yamauchi, Edited by Lillian Howan

    May 01, 2011

    Secret desires, unfulfilled longing, and irrepressible humor flow through the stories of Wakako Yamauchi, writings that depict the lives of Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans. Through the medium of Yamauchi’s storytelling, readers enter the world of desert farmers, factory workers, gamblers, housewives, con artists, and dreamers. Elegantly simple in words and complex in resonance, her stories reveal hidden s...

  • Korean War Veterans Panel

    May 29, 2010

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. In recognition of the on-going service of Japanese Americans in the armed forces, hear from a distinguished panel of Korean War veterans who will share their important stories. Presented in collaboration with JA Living Legacy.

  • STORYTELLING, WORKSHOPS, ARTS & CRAFTS HIGHLIGHT TARGET FREE FAMILY DAY SEPT. 13

    Sep 03, 2008

    The Japanese American National Museum continues with its popular series, Target Free Family Day, with "A Whale of A Tale" on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring storytelling and family improvisational workshops along with hands-on arts and crafts at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. The event is open to the public and free, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Target. At 1 and 3 p.m., East Wes...

  • Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress: Organizing the Community

    Apr 05, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED (Part 2 of 3) This program will feature first-hand accounts from participants in the major Redress/ Reparations organizations that held pride of place during the 1980s. The current list of speakers include: Chizu Omori, Seattle, on JACL/ Pacific Northwest region; Aiko Herzig on her work with NCJAR, CWRIC, and Coram Nobis; Lillian Nakano, on her work in NCRR Susan Nakaoka (Calif...

  • Conserving Culturally Specific Art Works: Conversations and Practice

    Apr 21, 2007

    A discussion around cultural conservation and preservation, this panel is in conjunction with the National Museum's NEA grant to support the conservation treatment of paintings by Benji Okubo, a Nisei artist who painted while incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. Panelists includ Rushmore Cervantes, chief deputy controller -- City of Los Angeles and former general manager of El Pueblo de Los An...

  • Gary Fukushima Jazz Trio

    Feb 25, 2007

    Join us for an afternoon of great music by pianist Gary Fukushima. Known for bringing a fresh take to cherished standards, he also creates dynamic original compositions. Grab a cup of coffee and bite to eat at the Terasaki Garden Cafe featuring Chef Hirose then take in a bit of jazz by one of the city's rising stars. Free with Museum admission.

  • Life Interrupted: Reunion & Remembrance in Arkansas

    Jul 21, 2005

    The National Museum presents a preview screening of excerpts from Life Interrupted: Reunion & Remembrance in Arkansas, a new production from the National Museum's award-winning Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center. This documentary captures the journey of more than 1,300 nationwide participants to Little Rock for a historic conference that examined the experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated at Jerome and Rohw...

  • Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)