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  • Exhibition Opening: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Feb 18, 2017

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH Public opening of the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066.

  • Instructions to All Persons

    Feb 18, 2017 - Aug 13, 2017

    On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarriage of justice, the Japanese American National Museum presents Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, an ed...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Kevin Yee

    Feb 12, 2017

    JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Kevin Yee’s original satirical songs have made people laugh across America and beyond. A former membe...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Atsuko Okatsuka

    Feb 11, 2017

    JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Atsuko Okatsuka is a co-founder of Disoriented Comedy, the first-ever all Asian, mostly female standu...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Feb 11, 2017

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Paul "PK" Kim

    Feb 10, 2017

    JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Paul "PK" (stands for Paul Kim/Preachers Kid) Kim, winner of the Clyde’s Cup at Uncle Clyde’s Comedy ...

  • Perseverance at Newcastle Museum (Newcastle, AUSTRALIA)

    Feb 09, 2017 - Apr 30, 2017

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Newcastle Museum Newcastle, AUSTRALIA Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderstood art fo...

  • DOCUMENTARY ON PIONEER CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY MINK TO SCREEN OCT. 30

    Oct 23, 2010

    "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority", an award-winning documentary that chronicles the life of pioneer Congresswoman Patsy Mink, will be screened on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Mink, the first woman of color to be elected to Congress in 1965, spent her life fighting racial and gender discrimination and left a lasting legacy with her authoring of the Title IX legislation th...

  • FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO SPEAK AT VENICE JCC OCT. 31

    Oct 22, 2010

    Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will relate stories from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, as part of the National Museum’s Members’ Appreciation Event set for the Venice Japanese Community Center on Sunday, October 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Kaji, who was born in Boyle Heights, was attending Roosevelt High Sch...

  • AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY TO READ FROM LATEST BOOK, 'THE BOY IN THE GARDEN', OCT. 17

    Oct 05, 2010

    Author/illustrator Allen Say, whose children’s books have won numerous awards, will read from his latest work, The Boy in the Garden, at a public program and book signing set for Sunday, October 17, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Say has been recognized as one of the top illustrators and authors for many years. His illustration of Annetta Lawson’s book The Lucky Yak won him the New York Times ...