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  • Two-Day Shibori On! Workshop

    Nov 18, 2017 - Nov 19, 2017

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, November 18–19 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Continue practicing itajime, arashi

  • Hello Kitty "Decoden" Workshop

    Feb 07, 2015

    This program is sold out. Decorate a small Hello Kitty plush with loads of sparkly charms and jewels—decoden-style! $24 members, $30 non-members. Materials included. Limited to 25 participants. Admission to Common Ground and Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty after the workshop are included. INSTRUCTOR BIO Chrissa Sparkles is a host and online personality who loves all things cute. Her “...

  • "Strawberry Yellow" by Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 30, 2013

    Mas Arai is a taciturn, sometimes even curmudgeonly retired gardener with a past. Born in Watsonville in California’s strawberry country, he was raised in Hiroshima, Japan, and as a teenager survived the 1945 A-bomb. After the war, he returned to Watsonville to start over, finding shelter with cousins and work in the strawberry fields. Now, after moving to Altadena and spending a lifetime as a gardener, Mas re...

  • Asian American Music Festival's Movement 2: Generations

    Oct 16, 2010

    Asian American Music Festival's Movement 2 is a direct tribute to the Asian American jazz legacy and the API consciousness movement with performances by two generations of leading Asian American pianists, Gary Fukushima and Jon Jang. Movement 2 closes with the world premiere of "Concerto for Jazz Orchestra and Taiko" composed by Jon Jang, performed by The New Asian American Jazz Orchestra directed by Gary Fukushima. ...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- Black Indians: An American Story

    Jul 31, 2008

    Black Indians: An American Story Narrator James Earl Jones brings to focus a forgotten part of American history – the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans. Black Indians: An American Story explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart and the challenges they face today. Scheduled discussion to follow screening with Valena Broussard Dismukes (Choctaw), author of The Red-Bl...

  • Barbara Kawakami on Issei Women and Textiles from the Plantation

    Mar 18, 2007

    Groundbreaking researcher, Barbara Kawakami, makes a rare visit to the National Museum for a conversation about the critical role Issei women played in shaping the socio-cultural life of pre-World War II Hawai`i. By "talking story" about women both remarkable and ordinary, Kawakami uses the treasure trove of textiles and oral histories found in her collection to shed light on the legacy of the Issei pioneers. Light r...

  • A View from Afar: Angelenos Bear Witness to September 11th

    Aug 11, 2004

    Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. ROBIN TOMA, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Co...

  • Art-Talk-Art "The Impossible Series"

    Apr 17, 2003

    The second in a series of six lectures and conversations featuring distinguished contemporary thinkers and artists. This program will focus on how our conceptions of the "possible," potential and pragmatic, shape our understanding and creative responses to "the impossible". For more information and for the schedule of lecturers, please visit www.farsited.org or call F.A.R. at 213.386.5572.

  • All-Camps Summit: Ensuring the Legacy

    Nov 15, 2002 - Nov 17, 2002

    The year 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. To commemorate this historic event and to ensure the legacy of the concentration camp experience is passed on to future generations, we invite you to join us at this special event. Workshops, dialogue sessions, presentations from national keynote speakers and an all-camps reunion reception, are just a few of the many activities offere...

  • Kaya Young Writers Forum Featuring Sesshu Foster and Kimiko Hahn

    Jan 23, 1997

    Come join the Museum as authors, Sesshu Foster and Kimiko Hahn read and sign copies from their latest works. Sesshu Foster’s collection of prose poems, City Terrace Field Manual, illustrates the daily experiences and realities of of living in East Los Angeles. Kimiko Hahn’s, The Unbearable Heart, is a book of poems on the emotions and insights resulting from her mother’s death. Kaya, based in New York publishes works...