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  • JANM Volunteers Host Kokoro Craft Show on October 20, 2024

    Oct 04, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 4, 2024)– Volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the 2024 Kokoro Craft Show with over sixty vendors at the Museum on Sunday, October 20, 2022 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Kokoro is a Japanese word meaning heart, mind, and spirit. The first craft show was a volunteer-led fundraising event for JANM during a national economic downturn in 2009. Now in its sixteenth year, this ...

  • Film Screening—"Tatau: Marks of Polynesia" Documentary

    Oct 29, 2016

    Made by the organizers of Tatau: Marks of Polynesia, this documentary film explores the history of the 2,000-year-old art form as well as the influential Su‘a Sulu‘ape family and their mission to preserve the practice of traditional Samoan tattooing, providing insight into the origins of the art form. The film includes exclusive interviews with Samoan Head of State Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta‘isi Efi, Prim...

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty

    Oct 11, 2014 - May 31, 2015

    The Japanese American National Museum and Sanrio present Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty, the world’s first large-scale Hello Kitty museum retrospective. Organized as part of the global icon’s 40th-anniversary celebrations, the exhibition examines the colorful history of Hello Kitty and her influence on popular culture. Hello! includes an extensive product survey, with rare and unique items...

  • A Free Screening of "Two Spirits"

    Nov 11, 2010

    Red Circle Project in collaboration with, Aids Project LA, Dept of Cultural Affairs, Bringing The Circle Together and, The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy presents: A Free Screening of 'Two Spirits' This powerful film examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person wit...

  • Live Taping of 89.3 KPCC-FM’s Award-Winning

    Jun 26, 2008

    Invite You to Join Them at a Live Taping of 89.3 KPCC-FM’s Award-Winning AirTalk with Larry Mantle The Role of Race in the 2008 Elections Hear a discussion with some of the most knowledgeable spokesmen in the nation: Shelby Steele Award winning author of A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win, award-winning scholar, columnist and documentary film maker Terence Samuel Deputy ...

  • Oral History Workshop -- Part 3 of 3

    Mar 12, 2005

    In the final session of this workshop, Associate Curator Lisa Itagaki discusses how objects in the home -- photos, film, heirlooms -- can help to tell a personal story as well as methods of preserving and caring for these objects. For more information, please refer to the January 22nd calendar listing.

  • Oral History Workshop -- Part 2 of 3

    Feb 26, 2005

    In this second of three sessions, John Esaki, director of the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, shares techniques to capture oral history interviews using video equipment. For more information, please refer to the January 22nd calendar listing.

  • Workshop—A Taste of Holiday Traditions

    Dec 21, 2003

    Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa. Learn the traditions of each of these festive holidays, including the art, crafts, food, and music that makes each unique and culturally important. You will also have an opportunity to create your own special gifts.

  • Opening of "From Bento Mixed Plate" at Niigata Prefectural Museum of History

    Oct 12, 2002

    Opening of the From Bento Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i exhibition at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of History in Nagaoka, Japan.

  • SCHEDULE—2022 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Scheduling information for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.