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  • Tea n’ Zines

    Sep 01, 2022

    FREE Gather with us to share tea and conversation and explore creative expression. Interactive creative exercises will be led by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine artist. Make yourself a warm (or iced!) cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online! All ages are welcome to participate. This program was launched in 2019 through the +LAB Artist Resi...

  • ONLINE WORKSHOP: Discover Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

    Feb 08, 2020

    Session 1: Saturday, February 8 Session 2: Saturday, February 15 Session 3: Saturday, February 22 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11 a.m. A comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as getting started, identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. ...

  • Artist Conversation with Mark Nagata

    Jan 06, 2019

    FREE 12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.: Artist Conversation 1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Toy and Print Signing with Mark Nagata and Gerald Okamura Presented in conjunction with Oshogatsu Family Festival To mark the release of Kaiju vs Heroes artist Mark Nagata’s latest special edition sofubi toy figure—an homage to the character played by Gerald Okamura in the movie Big Trouble in Little China—Nagata will discuss how this project ca...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Kaiju vs Heroes"

    Jan 05, 2019

    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 ...

  • Two-Day Shibori Mandalas Workshop

    Feb 03, 2018 - Feb 04, 2018

    Saturday–Sunday, February 3–4 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Explore the endless possibilities of mandalas in this contemporary shibori workshop, in which you’ll use colorful dyes to create eye-catching patterns for pillows, quilts, and other projects. Please wear studio clothing and bring rubber gloves, scissors, and a seam ripper. All other materials will be provided. $72 members, $90 non-members, plus $40 m...

  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Markets, Then and Now

    Jan 24, 2015

    This historical walking tour explores the role that Japanese Americans played in establishing local markets, from downtown’s Grand Central Market, opened in 1917, to the neighborhood Asian grocers of today. $40 members, $50 non-members. Lunch and admission to Common Ground: The Heart of Community included. Limited to 18 participants.

  • "Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan" by Leslie Helm

    Feb 01, 2014

    Leslie Helm’s decision to adopt Japanese children launches him on a personal journey through his family’s 140 years in Japan, beginning with his German great-grandfather, who worked as a military adviser in 1870 and defied custom to marry his Japanese mistress. The family’s poignant experiences of love and war help Helm learn to embrace his Japanese and American heritage. Yokohama Yankee is the first book to l...

  • "Go For Broke!"

    Jun 02, 2013

    Screenings will be held at 12PM and 2PM. Originally released by MGM in 1951, Go For Broke! tells the story of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Join us for a viewing of this classic film.

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Dec 09, 2001

    Flavors from Home: Multicultural Holiday Foods and Recipes Enrich your holidays with culinary traditions that originated in other lands. Celebrate the rich diversity of the holidays through the foods that are passed from one generation to another here in the United States. Join us as we savor and learn about traditional holiday foods from around the world. Toshi Koshi Soba - For hundred of years, the Japane...

  • Exhibition-Related Discussion for "The Heart Mountain Story" at the Japanese American National Museum April 17

    Apr 17, 1999

    A very special roundtable discussion for the exhibition The Heart Mountain Story, moderated by curator Mamoru Inouye and including panelists Bill Hosokawa, Mike Mackey, and Grace Schaub, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. During World War II, over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated without due process and placed in concentration camps around t...