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  • "Honor and Sacrifice: The Roy Matsumoto Story"

    May 09, 2015

    FREE This award-winning film tells the story of Roy Matsumoto, a Nisei who became a World War II hero when he fought against the Japanese as part of Merrill’s Marauders, an American guerrilla unit. He also did work in military intelligence, which was kept secret for 50 years. Matsumoto had one brother who also fought for the Americans and three who fought for the Japanese, while his parents and sisters decided...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Summer Fun

    Jun 08, 2013

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate the arrival of summer with storytelling and fun crafts! SCHEDULE: 11:30AM • 1:30PM • 3PM: Storyteller Alton Chung will perform his one-man show Heroes which tells the story of the heroic actions of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). This program contains mature themes that may not be appropriate for younger audien...

  • Comedy Zen

    Jul 29, 2010

    Comedyzen is proud to be hosting East Coast comedian, Eliot Chang. You can catch is Comedy Central Present on air now. We are also lucky to be hosting Iliza Shlesinger, winner of NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING. Her comedy is as lethal as she is lovely. Youtube phenoms Just Kidding Films will be performing a special rendition of their famous, History of Korean Drama. Plus many more. Meet and Greet the comedians ...

  • ID Film Festival: GONE SHOPPING

    Sep 27, 2008

    A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. GONE SHOPPING: The Los Angeles premiere of Gone Shopping -- a satirical Singaporean feature film about the unique world of Singaporean shopping malls. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recommend pu...

  • Enhancing Your Creativity: A Writing Workshop

    Dec 14, 2002

    Have you ever had the desire to write poetry, fiction or memoirs, but don't know where to begin? Then come to the National Museum's writing workshop, where instructor Cecilia Manguerra Brainard will teach participants how to enhance their creativity by learning how to tap into the right-brain. Specific exercises will be given and participants will have the chance to do some writing and sharing. Brainard has been t...

  • Passports to Friendship

    Jul 27, 2002 - Oct 13, 2002

    In 1927, millions of American and Japanese children participated in an exchange program aimed at promoting peace, goodwill and understanding between their two nations. American children sent 12,739 dolls to coincide with the traditional Japanese Girl's Day festival known as Hina Matsuri. Later that year, Japanese children reciprocated by sending 58 dolls to the U.S. in time for Christmas celebrations. Each doll ca...

  • 'Ohana' Day at the Japanese American National Museum

    Mar 25, 1998

    Kids, bring your family and friends for a free, fun-filled day at the Japanese American National Museum! Sunday, April 26, 1998 is Ohana Day (family day) at the Museum, where families can learn origami, try on authentic plantation clothes, and come holoholo (play) with us! You can also tour our latest exhibit on Americans of Japanese ancestry living in multicultural Hawai`i, From Bento to Mixed Plate. The Museum is...

  • Cold Tofu Improv: T.I.F. (Tofu is Fundamental)

    Oct 02, 1997

    Learn the A, B, C's of Tofu! This talented, energetic, multicultural comedy improv group has an amazing assortment of entertainment techniques that will keep you laughing all night. Free. Reservations suggested. Limited seating. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

  • Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy - Contemporary

    Marvel at the work of eleven contemporary artists whose works demonstrate some of the ways the iconic image of the kokeshi has been reinterpreted.

  • Toyo Miyatake

    Having smuggled a lens and film holder into one of America’s concentration camps during World War II, Toyo Miyatake was among the first to photograph this national disgrace. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye. Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray is a penetrating portrait of this photographer’s quest to capture the beauty and dignity of everyday life. Direc...