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  • Pioneers to Prodigy: Pioneering Asian Dancers on Film

    Sep 08, 2024

    Discover the power of dance with screenings of the documentaries Michio Ito Pioneering Dancer-Choreographer (2012, 22 minutes) and Ten Times Better (2024, 30 minutes) and a short film featuring the Music Center’s Spotlight Award Winner, Lex Ishimoto. Jennifer Lin, director of Ten Times Better, will be joined in conversation with Nancy Kwan, star of the film version of Flower Drum Song. Learn about the dancers who bro...

  • A Different Kind of Courage: The Disciplinary Barrack Boys of World War II

    Sep 12, 2015

    During WWII, 21 Nisei soldiers at Fort McClellan, Alabama, were charged with insubordination and dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army. Some had been ordered, by officers with machine guns, into an airport hangar during President Roosevelt’s visit to their base at Fort Riley, Kansas. These "disciplinary barrack boys," who chose to speak out against the discrimination they faced, were imprisoned at Fort Le...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF MANABI HIRASAKI

    Aug 17, 2012

    The life and legacy of Trustee Emeritus Manabi Hirasaki will be celebrated at a special public program on Saturday, September 8, 1:30 – 3:30 PM, at the Japanese American National Museum. Hirasaki died peacefully on July 26, 2012, at his home in Camarillo, CA, at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife Sumi, children Mark and Marcia (Steve Messinger), siblings Hisashi (Jean) Hirasaki, Mineko (Lawson) Sakai, Aiko N...

  • 'DIGGING AMACHE' PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT ARCHAEOLOGY WORK OF UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ON FORMER WW II CAMP SITE

    May 20, 2011

    Dr. Bonnie Clark, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Denver (DU), will provide insight into the archaeological research done at the historic site of the World War II government-run detention camp known as Amache, which unconstitutionally detained thousands of Japanese Americans in southeast Colorado. The program, "Digging Amache: Revealing a Confined Community", highlights the work being done to...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 19, 2011

    Pay-What-You-Can Day! The Day of Remembrance is held each year around February 19th to commemorate the day that Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt which resulted in the incarceration of over 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. This year's theme, "September 11: Ten Years After” was selected because of growing anti-Muslim sentiments and attacks on mosques across the ...

  • Screening: Cats of Mirikitani

    Oct 13, 2007

    "Make art not war" is Jimmy Mirikitani's motto. This 85-year-old Japanese American artist was born in Sacramento and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York with the twin towers of the World Trade Center still ominously anchoring the horizon behind him. What begins as a simple verite portrait of one homeless man becomes a rare documentary of daily life in New York in the months leadin...

  • LA Freewaves 2006 presents Screening and speak out: Media that Matters and other youth videos

    Nov 18, 2006

    Community Connections at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy In collaboration with Media That Matters, the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, and other Los Angeles nonprofit groups*, Freewaves will screen contemporary works by youth that address political, economic, and social issues. The program is based around the Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival, a showcase for ...

  • 2006 Oshogatsu: New Year Family Day Festival

    Jan 08, 2006

    FREE ADMISSION Learn about New Year's symbols and traditions and join us for our annual celebration of culture and community. Arts and crafts for children of all ages - 11:00 AM?4:00 PM Instrument Making: Make a rain stick or den-den daiko and go home with your very own percussion piece. Taiko Drum Master: Try your skill at this special taiko electronic game created by PlayStation? 2. Shake, Rattle, & ...

  • finding family stories Festival

    Apr 13, 2003

    *Free to the public!* Self-Help Graphics & Art and the National Museum celebrates La Familia with a day of cultural activities for the entire family. 12:00-2:30 PM - The finding family stories Festival begins at the Japanese American National Museum. Share family stories through art. Hands-on art workshops with artists Dominique Moody and Patrick "Pato" Hebert. Special tours of the finding family stories e...

  • Mythology Of Cold Tofu

    Jun 12, 1998

    Join us at the Japanese American National Museum as Cold Tofu, the talented, energetic and multicultural comedy improvisational group explores their ancient roots in a free, magical evening of mythology. This legendary night of fun is on Thursday, June 25, 1998 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles. Please call (213) 625-0414 for re...