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  • Member Appreciation Days

    May 12, 2017 - May 14, 2017

    Friday–Sunday, May 12–14, 2017 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 14 other participating Southern California institutions—including California Science Center, Kidspace Children’s Museum, Fowler Museum at UCLA, and Skirball Cultura...

  • 2014 World Taiko Gathering

    Jul 20, 2014

    TAIKOPROJECT is pleased to present the 2014 World Taiko Gathering, the first-ever convening of taiko groups from all over the world, scheduled for July 18-20, 2014. Presented by TAIKOPROJECT in association with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, the Japanese American National Museum, and the Southern California Taiko Community, the 2014 World Taiko Gathering is expected to bring together over 500 part...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Try This On For Size!

    Jun 13, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY Delight in a day of family fun that explores clothing and costumes within the Asian American community. 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: Fun and flat! Make a paper doll of yourself and design clothes to go along with it! Show your style by making a w...

  • Fighting For Democracy at The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA )

    Feb 09, 2009 - May 17, 2009

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Prese...

  • Multiple Feeds

    Oct 02, 2008

    FREE! Los Angeles Art Association is proud to partner with Otis College of Art and Design on an essential screening of Otis’ time-based and new media artists. Part of Otis’ 90th Anniversary celebration, this screening will acknowledge and commemorate the many important video artists fostered at Otis. Curated by Erika Suderburg. For more information, visit: www.laaa.org.

  • Dixieland Sushi by Cara Lockwood

    Feb 11, 2006

    East meets South in Dixieland Sushi, a delightfully offbeat tale about big fat weddings, the burdens of love, and the clash of cultures. Cara Lockwood is the bestselling author of, I Do (But I Don't)—now a Lifetime movie—and Pink Slip Party. This humorous novel is inspired by her experiences of growing up a Yonsei in Dallas where she ate sushi while listening to country music. Book signing to follow. Dixieland ...

  • "Doublecross: Japanese Americans in Black and White Chicago", by Dr. Jacalyn D. Harden

    Jan 31, 2004

    Dr. Jacalyn D. Harden of Seattle University takes a critical look at the relationships and political partnerships of ethnic groups in one of the most diverse cities in the country. Harden will discuss her research on Japanese Americans in one Chicago community.

  • Frank H. Watase Family Media Arts Center Screenings

    Dec 27, 2003

    The Frank H. Watase Family Media Arts Center has produced award-winning films to enhance the visitor experience for more than a decade. Select works from the video library will screen in the George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall followed by comments from Watase Media Arts Center staff. 10:30am - Plantation Roots, 1997 "King" Sugar and its plantations recruited Japanese, along with other ethnic groups to Hawai`i as...

  • Bird Carving Workshop for Children

    Sep 16, 2001

    Inmates of America's concentration camps carved bird pins out of found wood. Participants will examine bird pins on display in the exhibitions, Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience and Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Who made them and why? Following this activity, children will learn how to draw and make simple carvings of bird pins. Appropriate for children ages 6-12 years old. Cost: $5 for Museum ...

  • Boyle Heights—George Sanchez

    Excerpt from George Sanchez’s Presidential Address to the American Studies Association on November 9, 2001.