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  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    May 21, 2016

    May 7, 14, and 21 Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to pra...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    May 14, 2016

    May 7, 14, and 21 Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to pra...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    May 07, 2016

    May 7, 14, and 21 Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to pra...

  • Buddhism in Little Tokyo

    Apr 07, 2012

    An insider's view of the major Buddhist temples of Little Tokyo. This walk will include visits to Koyasan, Higashi Hongwanji, and Zenshuji and will explain the roles they played in the neighborhood. An opportunity for lunch. $15 Members, $20 non-members, includes admission. Wear comfortable walking shoes. RSVP early, 15 students max.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Holiday Cards

    Dec 10, 2005

    Design variations of greeting cards to share in the spirit of the winter season. $8 for National Museum members; $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations are recommended.

  • World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art

    Dec 01, 2005

    "Day Without Art" began in 1989 as the national day of action and mourning in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Since then, "Day With(out) Art" has grown into a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 museums, galleries, art centers, service organizations, libraries, high schools, and colleges take part to help increase public awareness of this global pandemic. The National Museum is proud to join these e...

  • Doll and Tea Party

    Mar 19, 2005

    Join us for tea and dessert and meet some of the dolls in the National Museum's collection. Bring your own doll or action figure for a morning of storytelling.

  • Henry Sugimoto Exhibition Art Talk

    Jul 14, 2001

    Ron Stroud, artist and the designer of the Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience exhibition, will discuss selected works of Henry Sugimoto.

  • Cold Tofu Improv

    Aug 17, 2000

    Join the Museum for an evening of laughs featuring the multi-cultural and enormously entertaining Cold Tofu for a night of improv.

  • Community Issues Series

    Oct 30, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Performance & Video Screening Video and performance artist Kip Fulbeck explores the Hapa male experience through hilarious stories of dating, family, and pop culture. From Bruce Lee to David Carradine to Connie Chung, Fulbeck pokes fun at media stereotypes, interracial dating patterns, and icons of race and sex in Asian America. Currently an Associate Professor of Studio Art and As...