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  • Crushing the Myth

    Dec 05, 2019

    Crushing the Myth is a nationwide speaker series that features Asian Americans and allies as they share stories and perspectives to build an active community of leaders, thinkers, and influencers to move beyond the "Model Minority" label. Check the ticket link for updates about speakers/topics. Early bird pricing (through November 30): $10 General admission: $15 Student (must show valid ID at door): $10 ...

  • Crushing the Myth

    Aug 17, 2019

    Crushing the Myth is a nationwide speaker series that features Asian Americans and allies as they share stories and perspectives to build an active community of leaders, thinkers, and influencers to move beyond the "Model Minority" label. Speakers/topics to be announced soon. Early bird pricing (through August 9): $15 General admission: $20 Student (must show valid ID at door): $10 For more information ...

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Holiday Edition

    Nov 20, 2015

    All members are invited to kick off the holidays by learning about how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the American concentration camps and by members of the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. RSVPs recommended to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Exhibition Walkthrough

    Mar 09, 2008

    Karin Higa, exhibition co-curator, will lead gallery tours of One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now.

  • "Gasa-Gasa Girl: A Mas Arai Mystery" by Naomi Hirahara

    Apr 14, 2005

    Naomi Hirahara follows up her acclaimed first mystery novel Summer of the Big Bachi with another Mas Arai adventure. The story follows Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, who from the time she was a child was completely gasa-gasa (never sitting still, always on the go). Mas, a gardener and Hiroshima survivor haunted by his past, never had much time for his family. Now, Mari is asking for his help and Mas finds himself in New ...

  • Flower Drum Song Theater Night

    Nov 27, 2001

    ANNUAL GIVING CIRCLES EVENT Annual Giving Circle members are invited to attend a new production of the beloved musical Flower Drum Song, in its first major revival since being produced on Broadway in 1958. This production, running at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, features a "substantially rewritten" book by acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang and a performance by Lea Salonga in the role of Mei-Li. The pe...

  • Flo Oy Wong

    Sep 27, 2001 - Mar 31, 2002

    Artist Flo Oy Wong is known for her provocative explorations of family and community history through her work. The exhibition includes Wong’s most recent installation, made in usa: Angel Island Shhh, that exposes the conditions and experiences of Chinese immigrants incarcerated at Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940. Premiering as a work-in-progress, Kindred Spirit #1 reflects on Wen Ho Lee’s 27...

  • VC Filmfest 2001 presents: Once Upon A Camp

    May 19, 2001

    Video screening, panel discussion and reception Join the National Museum and CABE in the world premiere of three unique multi-lingual, educational videos that teach students about the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Videos include: The Bracelet (elementary school), Dear Miss Breed (middle school), and Interactions (high school), followed by panel discussions with the producers, dire...

  • Conversations with the Artists

    Mar 13, 1998

    Panel discussion at Self-Help Graphics Featuring: Joyce Dallal, Aaron Glass, Eddy Kurushima, Frank LaPena, Judith Lowry, and Kim Yasuda. Finding Family Stories artists explore personal and private stories in their art. How does an artist make a private story the subject for public viewing? How does one engage an audience while maintaining the integrity of personal experiences? Join the FFS artists as they di...

  • Artifact Donation

    Contributing to JANM’s Permanent Collection The over 150,000 objects that comprise the JANM permanent collection chronicle the Japanese American experience in its entirety from early immigration to the present. Artifacts related to early immigration to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, early life in Japanese American communities, and the World War II incarceration experience and military service a...