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  • Textured Lives at Bishop Museum (Honolulu, HI)

    Aug 18, 2012 - Oct 15, 2012

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii The experiences of early Issei in Hawai`i are revealed and illuminated through exquisite examples of kimono adapted for life and labor on Hawai`i’s plantations. The exhibition interweaves these priceless textiles from the National Museum’s Permanent Collection with rare oral histories and moving images, photographs, and expert video commentary by scholar Barb...

  • 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    Jun 15, 2012 - Jun 17, 2012

    The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will celebrate storytelling of the Mixed racial and cultural experience, from interracial and intercultural relationships, to transracial and transcultural adoptions, and anyone who identifies as having a Hapa, biracial, multiracial, or Mixed identity on June 15, 16, and 17, 2012. Featured in the New Y...

  • Special Event: Stan Sakai Signing

    Oct 30, 2011

    Stan Sakai will be here for one last book signing on the last day of his exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo! Join us on Sunday, October 30, 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Due to time constraints, Stan will only be signing books. Only three books per person at a time. Avoid the lines and buy your books early! (10% discount for National Museum Members!)

  • Community Builders: Japanese American Activism 1960-1980 (Part 1)

    Oct 08, 2011

    The first program in a three part series will deal with the origins, the history, and the future of the Manzanar and Tule Lake Pilgrimages from those that were part of it. Panelists will include, Barbara Takei, Warren Furutani, Stan Shikuma, and Bruce Embrey. The UCLA Nikkei Student Union will moderate the discussion. This program is generously sponsored by The Aratani CARE grant, Asian American Studies Center, UC...

  • MOCA Talk: Allan Kaprow -- Art as Life

    Apr 06, 2008

    In conjunction with Allan Kaprow -- Art as Life, art historian and writer Jeffy Kelly will discuss his close friend Allan Kaprow and the artist's work in a talk entitled, Memory of Happenings. For more information, please call 213-621-1745 or education@moca.org This program is in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art.

  • Sumi-e and Origami Cards Ryosen Shibata CANCELED

    Sep 22, 2007

    Create beautiful cards for those special people in your life that can be shared on birthdays, holidays, or just because. $8 for National Museum members, $13 for non-members. Includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

  • "The Nisei Farmer" by Dean Yamada

    Dec 04, 2004

    Inspired by an experience with his own father, writer and director Dean Yamada will present his award-winning dramatic short film about a farmer who is forced to choose between holding on to the bitterness of his youth, which arose out of his incarceration in an American concentration camp during World War II, and letting go of that past to restore his broken relationship with his wife. Integral to the story is the f...

  • "Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa and Their Friends"

    Nov 13, 2004

    Gil Asakawa's celebration of what makes JAs so special is an entertaining blend of facts, recipes, songs, and memories that every JA will want to share with their friends and family. Being Japanese American looks at where JAs came from, their cultural and spiritual roots, how they have adapted their customs to their new home, and the importance of food and language to their identity. Also included are interviews with...

  • This Place We Are, The Snazzy Writers Workshop

    Jun 19, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Readings The home, the head, the heart—inspiration and experience can come from anywhere. But what does it mean to write from a specific location sexually, politically, and culturally? This program examines this question from the perspectives of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Filipino Americans writing about the experience of being “Filipino and queer” in the U.S. or anywhere. The S...

  • Kaiju vs Heroes - Kaiju-Con

    Saturday, June 15, 2019 11 a.m.–5 p.m. In conjunction with Kaiju vs Heroes, JANM is hosting a day-long Kaiju-Con that will include a vendor hall, workshops, panel discussions, and demonstrations all related to kaiju and Japanese toys. The day will culminate in a special free outdoor screening at 8:30 p.m., on JANM’s plaza of Mothra vs. Godzilla from 1964. Videos from three of the Kaiju-Con sessions are v...