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  • ONLINE WORKSHOP: Discover Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

    Apr 25, 2020

    SOLD OUT Session 1: Saturday, April 25 Session 2: Saturday, May 2 Session 3: Saturday, May 9 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. A comprehensive introductory workshop covering genealogy basics such as identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. T...

  • JANM Free Family Days: Mele Kalikimaka

    Dec 12, 2015

    FREE ALL DAY Celebrate the holidays island-style, as our friends at KoAloha Ukulele lead performances, workshops, craft activities, and other holiday-inspired fun. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Decorate a miniature paper palm tree. Build a Hawaiian-style snowman. Make a festive paper Japanese lantern at Ruthie’s Origami Corner. SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. / 1:30 p.m.–...

  • WOK and ROLL Family Cooking Adventure

    Jan 17, 2009

    Bring the whole family for this hands-on cooking class of easy and healthy stir fry recipes (WOK) and sushi (ROLL) recipes the whole family will love! $25 members (for one child & one adult); $35 non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations for Wok and Roll, can be made by calling 213.625.0414 at ext.2222. This cooking workshop is brought to you in collaboration with Kidding Around the Kit...

  • 2007 Annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction

    Apr 14, 2007

    U.S.-Japan Relations: Celebrating People-to-People Connections Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, California 5:30 PM - Silent Auction and Reception 7:00 PM - Dinner and Program The bilateral relationship shared by the United States and Japan has been viewed historically by both nations as their most important, and the Japanese American National Museum is honored to recognize a select group of org...

  • Fighting for Democracy Educator's Workshop

    Jan 12, 2006

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, December 8th or Thursday, January 12th, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. When visiting FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY, teachers and group leaders facilitate their students' experience in the exhibition space, allowing educators to customtailor an educational focus to meet their curricular goals and to deepen their students' understanding of democracy. Before bringing student groups to...

  • Fighting for Democracy Educator's Workshop

    Dec 08, 2005

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, December 8th or Thursday, January 12th, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. When visiting FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY, teachers and group leaders facilitate their students' experience in the exhibition space, allowing educators to custom tailor an educational focus to meet their curricular goals and to deepen their students' understanding of democracy. Before bringing student groups t...

  • Fresh Words & Actions

    Jan 29, 2004

    A staged reading of a play about a young man who struggles to tell his traditional Chinese parents that he's living with his Caucasian girlfriend. Upon hearing the news, his parents threaten to disown him if he doesn't break off the relationship. Interwoven in this story is a satirical take on the B-movie The Yellow Claw about a Chinese overlord seeking world domination. Canadian playwright Marty Chan has worked i...

  • AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Coffee House

    Jun 05, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Reading/Performance The AT&T/East West Players New Voices Project presents the Writers’ Coffee House. It’s open mike night as writers from the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute read selections from their poetry, fiction, and plays, as well as perform original monologues and songs. Enjoy the Museum’s own Kona coffee and other treats while enjoying the latest work of the I...

  • Jon Shirota's Enlightenment

    May 01, 1997

    Thursday Evening at the Museum New Play Reading Well-known Japanese American author and playwright Jon Shirota (Lucky Come Hawaii and Pineapple White) debuts his newest play entitled Enlightenment. The entire play takes place in a small shiatsu center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Taka Okamoto, a horseplayer "Pineapple" from Maui, Hawaii, frequents the center which is operated by Reverend Cathy Takahashi...

  • JANM Member Discounts

    Thank you for being a JANM Member! When visiting the Japanese American National Museum and Little Tokyo, don’t forget to show your JANM Membership Card at the following businesses for friendly discounts. We add new businesses throughout the year so please be sure to check back. Check out some recently added online only discounts! Certain restrictions may apply. Present current membership card to receive discoun...