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Play—"Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition)" by Velina Hasu Houston
Dec 15, 2018
Inspired by the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Velina Hasu Houston’s play Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition) follows the Mayeda sisters as they move from an incarceration camp to an uncertain, changing future for Asian Americans. Told from the perspective of Josephine Mayeda, the second oldest daughter of Marmee Chang Mayeda and Makoto Mayeda, we follow her journey from adolescent dreamer ...
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Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Velina Hasu Houston
Dec 15, 2018
All members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with Velina Hasu Houston, playwright of Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition), prior to the performance of her play at 5 p.m. Houston is a distinguished professor, director of MFA dramatic writing, head of undergraduate playwriting, associate dean of faculty, and resident playwright at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Space is limited. RS...
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Japanese Watercolor Painting Workshop with Mari Inukai
Dec 15, 2018
SOLD OUT Explore the beauty of watercolors with acclaimed artist Mari Inukai. Learn the process of selecting paints and brushes and how to blend colors to create a unique palette. Make beautiful expressive marks to create flowers, birds, or whatever else you can imagine. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and take breaks as needed. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission and materials included...
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ZÓCALO—Can Individuals Be Happy in an Unhappy Time?
Dec 12, 2018
A Zócalo/UCLA Anderson Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Warren Olney, Host, KCRW’s "To the Point" The pursuit of happiness is foundational to the United States, and happiness has become an international obsession as nations seek to measure happiness and enact policies to increase it. But this is also an era of disruption, dislocation, and great unhappiness...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF RODNEY KAGEYAMA
Dec 12, 2018
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum mourns the passing of museum volunteer and Little Tokyo icon Rodney Kageyama, who died December 9, 2018, at the age of 77. Kageyama’s volunteer work at JANM started in 2000. He was a cherished storyteller for school groups visiting the museum and at other programs, including some exclusively for JANM members featuring ghost stories in conjunction with Halloween...
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George Takei Hikaru Sulu Ornament Signing
Dec 09, 2018
Get the perfect gift for the Star Trek fan in your life—a Hikaru Sulu ornament signed by George Takei! Takei will be at the JANM Store to sign these special Hallmark ornaments depicting him as the legendary Star Trek character. Featuring dialogue from the unforgettable Star Trek episode "The Naked Time," the ornament shows a bare-chested Sulu with a fencing foil as he challenges Captain Kirk and other crew mem...
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Two-Day Workshop: "Shibori" On!
Dec 08, 2018 - Dec 09, 2018
Saturday–Sunday, December 8–9 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) In this two-day workshop led by Glennis Dolce, continue practicing itajime, arashi, nui, and other shibori dyeing techniques on a broad selection of fabrics, and learn about dyeing threads for stitching. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. $72 members, $90 non-members, plus $40 materials fee due to instructor at the beginning of class (cash only...
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Allied with Japanese America: New Stories of Supporters during World War II
Dec 08, 2018
If you missed the symposium, you can watch one of the sessions with filmmaker Kimiko Marr and author/professor Scott Kurashige online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE During World War II, many people defended Japanese Americans living under martial law in Hawaii. Others supported Japanese Americans in the US military, those behind barbed wire in America’s concentration camps, and families trying to ...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT ON READER LETTER PUBLISHED BY LOS ANGELES TIMES
Dec 06, 2018
Los Angeles, CA—Two years ago, the Los Angeles Times published two letters that attempted to justify the forced removal and unlawful incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the Western United States during World War II. After appropriate outcry from other readers and leaders in the Japanese American community—including the Japanese American National Museum—the newspaper’s then publisher and editor-in-...