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  • AAJA-LA V3con Digital Media Conference

    Aug 25, 2012

    JANM and NCPD hosts the Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles Chapter (AAJA-LA) V3 "Vision. Visibility. Voice." Digital Media Conference. AAJA-LA V3 is the only digital medial conference for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) mainstream journalists, digital media journalists, bloggers and those interested in social media. It is an opportunity for those communicating on numerous digital platfo...

  • Bridging Two Cultures: Grace Etsuko Lee Discusses her Personal Experiences in Japan and the U.S.

    Nov 13, 2010

    Ms Grace Etsuko Lee, an internationally recognized business and etiquette consultant, speaker and trainer for corporations, will share some tips on how to avoid deal-breaking mistakes she observed in her years as a successful international marketing consultant. Her interactive presentation will concentrate on Western and Japanese social and business etiquette. Born in Japan and educated in Asia and the United S...

  • Conversations & Loving Prize Presentation with Kip Fulbeck & Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng

    Jun 12, 2010

    UPDATE: Please note that this program is now sold out. But we will be taking names for the waiting list. Please follow directions listed below. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to hear directly from two notable individuals, artist/professor/writer/hapa activist Kip Fulbeck and President Obama’s sister/educator/author Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, as they discuss identity, family, and what it means to be multiracial in...

  • 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...

  • Gila River

    May 17, 2001

    Presented by the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) Written and directed by Lane Nishikawa Nationally recognized Japanese American playwright Lane Nishikawa was commissioned in 1996 by the Scottsdale Center for the Arts to write a play about the Gila River relocation center during World War II. Intertwining themes of racism, betrayal, patriotism and identity, the play examines the unique cult...

  • 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...