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  • Quetzal + TAIKOPROJECT in Concert

    Sep 18, 2015 - Sep 19, 2015

    Friday, September 18 • 8 P.M. Saturday, September 19 • 8 P.M. Grammy-winning Chicano rock band Quetzal and internationally acclaimed TAIKOPROJECT join forces for two full-evening concerts in the heart of Little Tokyo. Blending Quetzal’s soulful Son Jarocho (Mexican folk music from Veracruz) with TAIKOPROJECT’s powerful Japanese-style drumming, the two community-based musical icons mine common ground to ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Monster Mash

    Apr 14, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of monster related fun and crafts 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: Add fun to your footsteps and terror to your trot by making monster feet. Make a colorful zigzag monster puppet. Help us with a little spring cleaning...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Construction Zone

    Mar 12, 2011

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of fun for the whole family. This month’s theme is building and architecture. 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: Create a map collage of your neighborhood Construct a wacky building out of a variety of materials. The crazier the better! Ruth...

  • Hawai‘i Member & Donor Appreciation Reception

    Aug 13, 2009

    JCCH Guided Tour of Okage Sama De–I am what I am Because of You Reception featuring Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Irene Hirano Inouye Manoa Grand Ballroom, 5th Floor Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i 2454 South Beretania Street, Honolulu We are still accepting RSVPs, please call 808.748.8507. $5 banquet parking.

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Jan 17, 2009

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, January 17, 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM (Lunch 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 Ci...

  • Alcatraz Is Not An Island

    Nov 20, 2008

    Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- Screening of 'Alcatraz Is Not An Island' When a small group of Native American students and “Urban Indians” began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in November 1969, they sparked a movement joined by thousands, retaking “Indian land” for the first time since the 1880s. This historic event altered U.S. Government Indian policy and programs, and how it f...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Nov 06, 2008

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, November 6, 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 Ci...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- Discovering Dominga

    Sep 11, 2008

    Screening of 'Discovering Dominga' When Denese Becker, an Iowa housewife who was adopted, looks into her birthplace in Guatemala, finds that she is the last survivor of her family after a massacre of Mayan peasants. Denese's journey home is both a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family and a political awakening that sheds light on an act of genocide. Guests for the...

  • Cold Tofu's Halloween Show

    Oct 20, 2005

    Join the witches and warlocks of Cold Tofu as they cast a spell of hilarity and hijinks in their annual Halloween show. Be prepared to howl and scream in sheer delight as you're treated to another daringly devilish dose of improvised comedy. 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...

  • Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions

    Dec 10, 1997 - Feb 15, 1998

    This exhibition features the art of American artists of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean descent who employ traditional Asian art techniques and philosophies to explore abstract art. Isamu Noguchi, George Tsutakawa, Chinyee, and Don Ahn are among the 50 artists included. This exhibition was organized by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The following government agenci...