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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 03, 2017

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Apr 01, 2017

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 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 the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

  • "Instructions to All Persons" Teacher Workshop

    Mar 31, 2017 - Apr 01, 2017

    THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY Friday, March 31 • 4 p.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, April 1 • 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. You and your colleagues are invited to participate in a JANM teacher workshop! The two-day workshop will bring scholars, experts, and first-person voices to Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Together we will gain a better understanding of how the current political climate ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Holiday Celebration

    Dec 08, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun and crafts. December’s theme is Holiday Celebration! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Create colorful garland to hang for the holidays. • Add snow & sparkle to your own winter scene and shake things up for the season. ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage

    May 12, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! May is Asian Pacific Heritage month. Celebrate with fun arts, crafts, and food for the whole family. Keep checking back for more information. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

  • Earth Day: “Order to Go”

    Apr 23, 2011

    Pay-What-You-Can! Nobuko Miyamoto and The EcoBand perform waste-free live music, and members of Great Leap’s Collaboratory mentorship program perform scenes from their funny, poignant and poetic show about the environmental impact of take-out food containers and utensils. For the finale, Nobuko teaches a new Obon dance to all who want to learn! Workshops between performances teach you how to live a more ecologi...

  • A Conversation with Ceramicist Setsuko Morinoue

    Sep 25, 2005

    The second of three conversations featuring groundbreaking Japanese American ceramicists profiles Setsuko Morinoue. The Kona-based artist will "talk story" about the influence of Toshiko Takaezu, the deep connections Morinoue makes with clay, and her passion for teaching ceramics to children.

  • 2005 "Oshogatsu": New Year Family Day Festival

    Jan 02, 2005

    FREE ADMISSION 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Learn about New Year's symbols and traditions with arts and crafts classes for children of all ages. 11:00 AM - Let's Read! Story Time: How the Years Were Named, retold by Chizuko Kamichi 12:00 PM - Let's Read! Story Time: A Hawai`i Japanese New Year with Yuki-Chan by Tokie Ching 2:00 PM - The Pasadena Cultural Institute Kendo Dojo will showcase principles and technique...

  • "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...

  • 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...