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  • Building the Asian American Movement: Then and Now

    Jul 12, 2019

    SOLD OUT FREE Take a cross-generational look at the challenges and opportunities Asian American communities face as they continue to grow and engage in political action. Hear from a panel of Asian American activists who span the 1970s to the present. Learn about what motivated them to become politically charged and find what out what they believe it means to be an activist in today’s world and what issues c...

  • 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

  • JANM Summer Night Concerts

    Jul 30, 2015

    FREE JANM presents a new series of summer evening concerts with Asian American performers. Tonight’s featured artists are musical collaborators Magnetic North and Taiyo Na, who have achieved enormous popularity in Japan with their politically conscious brand of hip hop. Also appearing are Irish-Japanese American singer-songwriter Marié Digby, who vaulted to fame after her acoustic cover version of...

  • ID Film Festival Opening Night: Fog

    Oct 08, 2010

    The third annual ID Film Festival showcases films by Asian Pacific Islander (API) filmmakers for API filmmakers. Fog, directed by Kit Hui, starring Hong Kong-based American actor Terence Yin and Eugenia Yuan. Director Kit Hui will present the Los Angeles premiere of her moody and artful debut feature. Ming Lai's "Journey of a Paper Son" will precede the feature. A reception will follow the screening in honor of d...

  • 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...

  • Members' Reception and International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in Hon

    Jan 25, 2003

    Join the National Museum's Hawai'i Advisory Council for a 10th Anniversary Members' Reception in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The reception will also feature an update on the international travel and "homecoming" of the exhibition From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i, plans for Bento reunion activities on Maui in February 2004 when the exhibition ends its run at the Maui Arts & Cul...

  • Crafting History

    Nov 16, 2002 - May 04, 2003

    Craft objects made by Japanese Americans comprise one of the most significant categories of artifacts from the World War II concentration camps. This exhibition examines arts and crafts as an important outlet for Japanese Americans during World War II, and explores what these items mean today as we reflect on the legacy of the incarceration. Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America’s Concentration Camps will...

  • Japanese Americans in Baseball

    May 06, 2000

    This special program celebrates the opening of the traveling exhibition Diamonds in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball. The exhibition’s organizers, the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and the Nisei Baseball Research Project, will join the Japanese American National Museum for a tribute to Japanese American baseball players and a ceremonial first pitch. Curators Kerry Yo Nakagawa ...

  • AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery: Sidework by Michael Ahn

    Apr 10, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading The fifth play presentation in this continuing series of new play readings by Asian American playwrights. Join the Museum as it hosts the directors and cast members from East West Players in the debut readings of these fine, new works. Sidework by Michael Ahn tells the story of two women, one of whom is played by June Kyoku Lu, who teach each other some hard l...