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  • SoCal Museums Free-For-All 2023

    Feb 05, 2023

    SoCal Museums announces the Museums Free-for-All on Sunday, February 5, 2023, in-person for the first time since 2020. Over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science—will open their doors and offer free general admission. The Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that free visitor days are available year-round at museums across Southern California. A calendar of free da...

  • Kokoro2021—Virtual Craft Show

    Nov 01, 2021 - Nov 15, 2021

    The 13th Annual Kokoro Craft Show is virtual again this year! Although the pandemic has prevented the in-person Kokoro Craft Show from occurring two years in a row, there will be more than 60 vendors this year, most of whom are new. Shoppers can begin viewing vendor’s products on November 1 for two weeks at the new website, www.kokorocraftshow.com. During this special shopping period, buy products from the vendor...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Kaiju vs Heroes"

    Sep 15, 2018

    In California in the 1970s, Mark Nagata was living an all-American childhood when an aunt and uncle serving on a US military base in Japan sent him a box filled with colorful kaiju and hero toys. For Nagata, those toys and the artwork of their packaging inspired him to study art, to zealously collect vintage Japanese vinyl toys, and to become a toy designer himself. Join Mark Nagata for a gallery tour during which...

  • Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: "Kaiju vs Heroes"

    Sep 14, 2018

    Members at the Sustaining Level and above are invited to preview Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys before it opens to the public. See hundreds of dazzling vintage and contemporary Japanese vinyl toys, providing a feast for the eyes and the imagination. Program with a light reception to follow. Invitations were mailed in early August. Contact membership@janm.org to upgrade yo...

  • 32nd Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Apr 22, 2016 - Apr 27, 2016

    Friday, April 22 – Wednesday, April 27 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the arti...

  • KOKORO CRAFT AFFAIR SET AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, MAY 30

    May 12, 2009

    The inaugural Kokoro Craft Affair, featuring purses, jewelry, contemporary kokeshi art, ceramics, woodcraft and other high-quality handcrafted items, is set for Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Museum and a portion of the sales will support the Museum’s educational programs. The event will feature kimono ...

  • 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 ...

  • "A Most Unlikely Hero and "Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice''

    May 01, 2004

    In Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice, Captain Bruce I. Yamashita tells the story of his five-year legal battle with the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. Dismissed from the program because of his Japanese ancestry, Capt. Yamashita's case became a catalyst for reform to prohibit racial and ethnic discrimination in all branches of the military. Yamashita, the subject of Steve Okino's film A Mo...

  • 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 ...