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  • "442" Graphic Novel Talk and Drawing Workshop with Rob Sato

    Jul 27, 2019

    SOLD OUT FREE Enjoy a talk between the authors of 442, a graphic novel by Koji Steven Sakai and Phinneas Kiyomura, who, along with artist Rob Sato, will discuss their collaboration process. Following the discussion, we invite you to participate in a drawing workshop for all skill levels; materials will be provided. 442 follows Hiro, a young man incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp during W...

  • JANM Summer Night Concerts—Viva La Taiko: From Tokyo to Los Angeles

    Jul 21, 2016

    FREE JANM’s summer evening concert series featuring Asian American performers is back! Tonight’s focus is on taiko, with featured performers East LA Taiko and Asano Taiko UnitOne. Asano Taiko UnitOne boasts some of North America’s most exciting performers and a world-class taiko repertoire. The group has performed at the 2015 North American Taiko Conference and the 2015 Extasia festival in Japan. Ea...

  • "Before They Were Heroes" Members Only Preview

    Jul 12, 2015

    All JANM members are invited to preview the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images—the first exhibition organized as part of Sharing Our Stories, JANM’s new series of historical shows drawn from its extensive collection—before it opens to the public on Tuesday, July 14.

  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Apr 24, 2015 - Apr 29, 2015

    Friday, April 24 – Wednesday, April 29 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 encore showings of feature-length favorites as well as special programs that offer a focused window on the perspectives of the APA creative community. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in int...

  • Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    Jun 13, 2010

    The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and every year brings together film and book lovers, innovative and emerging artists, and Mixed families for two days of workshops, readings, film screenings, a children's event and a live performance. The Festival has showcased many talented filmmakers, writers, and performers including Rebecca Walk...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina

    Jan 15, 2009

    Free Screening of Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina Produced by the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, this documentary traces the history and activism on Kaho’olawe island, from ancient times through the years of ranching, U.S. military bombardment, and the modern-day struggle to stop the bombing and reclaim the island. A very special performance to follow the screening by Hawaiian guitar extraordinaire Makana. Kalani Queypo (Bla...

  • Dr. Gordon Sato: The Manzanar Project

    Oct 19, 2008

    Come hear Dr. Gordon Sato from The Manzanar Project speak about his work fighting global poverty around the world. The Manzanar Project is named after the concentration camp Dr. Sato was in during World War II and is dedicated to the eradication of poverty and hunger and to relieving global warming. The approach adapted comes from my long experience as a scientific researcher and my experience in the Manzanar Dese...

  • French Asian Cuisine with Chef Akira Hirose

    Nov 08, 1997

    Japanese American Cuisine Series Lecture/Demonstration Akira Hirose, executive chef of the elegant Tower Restaurant on the 32nd floor of the Transamerica Building in Downtown Los Angeles, will give a demonstration in French cooking with an Asian twist. Chef Hirose studied the art of French cuisine in France for 8 years and opened his own restaurant in Kyoto. In 1992, Chef Hirose was selected by Esquire magazine ...

  • Kenjiro Nomura

    Oct 04, 1997 - Jan 11, 1998

    On April 30, 1942, Kenjiro Nomura, his wife, and son were forcibly removed from their homes in Seattle and incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center. Eventually they were transported, along with nearly 10,000 other Japanese Americans to the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. At the time of the removal, Nomura was already an established and prolific artist. He worked at various other jobs to support himsel...

  • Barbara Kawakami Collection

    (92.12, 94.275, 97.263, 99.235, 2004.1, 2006.166, 2008.95) This online collection of textiles and other artifacts from late 19th century through the 20th century was gathered by author and scholar Barbara Kawakami primarily in Hawaii. It is the most significant collection of Issei (first generation Japanese) immigration and plantation clothing in the world. A sample of the collection is currently available online wit...