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  • Little Tokyo Community Fort Sill Protest

    Jun 27, 2019

    Join representatives of several community organizations located in or aligned with Little Tokyo on the JANM Plaza to protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in general. We are demanding an end to the inhumane conditions at ICE facilities, an end to family separation policies, and...

  • Staged Reading: "Internment" by Phinneas Kiyomura

    Feb 08, 2015

    Actor and screenwriter Phinneas Kiyomura will oversee a reading of his TV pilot script, Internment, which tells the story of an estranged Japanese American family who are forcibly reunited when all are sent to an incarceration camp in Central California during World War II. The script attempts to explore the complicated dynamics that erupt within families and countries during times of crisis. Directed by Chris...

  • Learning at Lunch

    May 02, 2014

    All Members are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and an open mind as Collections Manager, Margaret Zachow Wetherbee, will show a selection of the National Museum's bird pin collection, part of the American's Concentration Camp experience, to showcase their interesting stories. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or call 213.830.5657.

  • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Sep 28, 2013

    This event is FREE! The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Art From The Heart

    Feb 09, 2013

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate Valentine's Day and the opening of our new Supernatural: The Art of Audrey Kawasaki, Edwin Ushiro, and Timothy Teruo Watters exhibition! Show your love by making art for yourself and others! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Draw...

  • Comedy Zen

    Jan 30, 2010 - Jan 31, 2010

    Two Shows! 7:30 & 9:30 PM Show is rated R Tickets are $20 Come experience a hilarious evening of multicultural comedy styling's. Selling out theaters all over Canada, we are happy to host Sugar Sammy, one of the hottest Desi comedians working in North America today. Also on the card we have Edwin Li from SF, the brashness of Danny Cho (MadTV), and Dwayne Perkins (Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien). To buy tic...

  • TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY, 'ARTFULLY YOURS', SET FOR DECEMBER 13

    Dec 05, 2008

    The Japanese American National Museum hosts the latest Target Free Family Saturday event on Saturday, December 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the theme of "Artfully Yours", featuring hands-on arts and crafts for family members inspired by the current exhibition on display at the National Museum, 20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Visual Artists in L.A., organized by the California Community Foundation and co-sponsored ...

  • A “Jive Bomber’s Christmas” Returns!

    Dec 08, 2006 - Dec 17, 2006

    This musical play will once again bring that unique mixture of laughter, tears, and song to the National Museum. Set in 1943 as World War II is raging and some 120,000 Japanese Americans have unconstitutionally been placed in concentration camps. This critically acclaimed musical is the story of a group of inmates who attempt to celebrate the Christmas holidays despite being behind barbed wire. Opening Night ...

  • AT&T and East West Players New Voices Writer's Gallery Series: "Elevator/Elevate Her"

    Jan 08, 1998

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum The new year begins with the 14th installment in this successful series of new play readings by East West Players. Actor and writer Jason Fong of the improvisational group Cold Tofu has written this story about a fractured memory of childhood love and loss. Reservations required by January 2. Free. Limited seating available. This program is made possible in part by a gran...

  • Big Drum Articles—TAIKOPROJECT

    TAIKOPROJECT: Not Your Mama’s Taiko This isn’t your mama’s taiko, but it may be your hip younger cousin’s. —LA Weekly The flashy appearance of sexily-clad female taiko players in national TV commercials for Mitsubishi Motors created a stir that people are still talking about. Backed by elaborate pyrotechnics, the young performers beat drums in a frenzy of thunderous sound and motion. The recent T...