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  • Asians on Film Festival

    Mar 27, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015

    Friday, March 27 – Sunday, March 29 The Asians on Film Festival grew out of the website asiansonfilm.com, dedicated to promoting under-recognized Asians and Asian Americans working in the film industry. JANM is proud to host this annual festival, which showcases nearly one hundred of the best short films submitted to asiansonfilm.com over the past year. Visit asiansonfilm.com for more information an...

  • Collections Highlight

    Feb 22, 2014

    Contributing Level Members and above ($150 plus) are invited to join our new Curator of History Lily Anne Welty, Ph.D. for a talk regarding the Calvin and George Saito Collection. Artifacts and correspondences between the brothers, who were members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and their father will bring their story to life. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5657.

  • When the Mango Hits the Fan: A Tag Team Poetry Read-off

    Jan 22, 2011

    Celebrating Indivisible (U. Arkansas Press 2010), the first anthology of South Asian American poets, we'll be having a unique "read-off" featuring a team of contributors from the book and a team of Japanese American poets. Join us for this lively and hilarious tag team contest, as poets from the respective teams attempt to barter metaphors, and switch off line breaks. Just how much rice and mango imagery can you sust...

  • "Common Ground" Tour for Families

    Aug 29, 2009

    Take a fun and educational family friendly tour of Common Ground: Heart of a Community. This tour is designed to make history come alive for the whole family. Other Family Events at the National Museum September 12 – Target Family Free Saturday: Crafty! October 10 – Target Family Free Saturday: Toy Shoppe! October 10: A Special Reading of Be Water, My Friend by Ken Mochizuki October 17: Fall into JANM Comf...

  • Shibori Workshop with Yoshiko Akane

    Dec 16, 2007

    In the last of the gift-making workshops, learn the ancient Japanese art of colorful shibori dyeing with Yoshiko Akane. $10 National Museum Members; $15 non-members, includes materials and Museum admission.

  • Japanese American National Museum To Take "A Sentimental Journey" To World Famous Hollywood Palladium For Annual Dinner March 3

    Mar 03, 2001

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its 2001 Annual Dinner at the world-famous Hollywood Palladium under the theme A Sentimental Journey on Saturday, March 3, 2001. Festivities will include the honoring of Asian American Broadway pioneer Pat Suzuki and animator Iwao Takamoto, who is credited with the creative design of "Scooby-Doo" and other famous cartoon characters; a black-tie dinner dance; and a sil...

  • Humanity Above Nation

    May 01, 1998 - Aug 02, 1998

    This exhibit explores the lives and careers of two 19th century shipwrecked sailors from Japan who were among the first Japanese to be educated in America and who went on to help shape the relations between the two countries. Developed by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i and the Joseph Heco Society of Hawai‘i.

  • The Neighborhood Project

    Mar 25, 1998

    The Japanese American National Museum is proud to collaborate with Luis Alfaro, Co-Director of the Latino Theatre Initiative at the Mark Taper Forum, ARTScorpsLA, and students from Belmont High School to create The Neighborhood Project which explores the various LA communities’ interpretation of family, community, and neighborhood in the form of a play. Three free performances will be held at the Museum, locat...

  • Fighting For Tomorrow

    Nov 10, 1995 - Jan 12, 1997

    Fighting for Tomorrow is the story of Japanese Americans in America’s wars and particularly of their heroic service in World War II. It is the story of two wars—against America’s enemies abroad and for equal rights at home. Digital exhibit funded by the 100th/442/MIS WW2 Memorial Foundation.

  • Big Drum Articles—All in the Drum

    All in the Drum: Building Taiko in America By Sojin Kim, Ph.D. There’s a whole universe inside this drum. —Mark Miyoshi, taiko maker, Mt. Shasta, California Mark Miyoshi is the first and most renowned professional taiko maker in the United States, and his clientele is international in scope. His endeavors and achievements are closely tied to the development of taiko drumming in this country—a mov...