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  • A Legacy of Healing, Rebirth, and Leadership: A Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk

    Nov 19, 2020

    Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s Adriel Luis will present and moderate a lively discussion with panelists, Emily Anderson, Ph.D., Curator, Japanese American National Museum, and Jessica Rubenacker, Exhibit Director, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. Emily Anderson will speak about the important role that religious institutions and individuals played in providing a sense of secu...

  • Reading of Velina Hasu Houston’s "Madame Butterfly"

    Oct 19, 2019

    FREE What is the "real" story of Madame Butterfly? In John Luther Long’s 1898 short story, Madame Butterfly, the demise of the fictional lead character is quite a bit different than depicted in the famed story in Giacomo Puccini’s similarly named opera or the reincarnation of that female essence in Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon musical theatre play. In a new play and film, Velina Hasu Houston explores...

  • "Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan"

    Jun 20, 2015

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were in Japan at the time were barred from returning to the United States until after the war ended. Through ten interviews that encompass a range of experiences and attitudes, this documentary film takes an inside look at the experiences of the stranded American citizens. Discussion to follow with mother-and-son fil...

  • Special Engagement Opening: Colors of Confinement

    May 03, 2014

    Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in WWII opens to the public after 2 p.m. Read an interview with curator Eric Muller on Discover Nikkei. READ NOW

  • An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood

    Nov 10, 2001

    Meet nisei entrepreneur George Aratani and author Naomi Hirahara as they share the inside story behind the making of An American Son, the inaugural publication of the Museum's American Profiles Series. This biography focuses on George Aratani's journey, which takes him from the fields of Guadalupe and Santa Maria, to the scorching deserts of Gila River, into the Military Intelligence Service, and out into the fast-pa...

  • Closing of the display "Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients"

    Aug 12, 2001

    Closing of the display Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients

  • A Process of Reflection

    Jul 27, 1999 - Jan 30, 2000

    In May 1942, Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–1991) and her family were sent to U.S. concentration camps along with over 120,000 other Japanese Americans. An active artist in the Bay Area, Hibi continued to paint during her three years in the Topaz, Utah concentration camp. Her World War II incarceration paintings miraculously survived several decades, including a move to New York City and then to San Francisco. T...

  • Envisioning Asian American Identities: Aesthetics, Politics, and Culture

    Jan 31, 1998

    Symposium At the University of Southern California, Harris Hall 101 This afternoon symposium will address the question of Asian American identity in visual culture by exploring the art and cultural historical issues raised by the exhibition Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction. Speakers and participants will include art historians, anthropologists, cultural historians, an...

  • The Art of Tea Ceremony

    Aug 17, 1997

    Demonstration Featuring: Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony Madam Shuyu Hara of the Ogasawara School of Tea Ceremony will demonstrate the art of tea ceremony which helps to develop concentration and appreciation of beauty. Free with Museum admission. Reservations Required.

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