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  • JANM Free Family Days: Making Music

    Feb 13, 2016

    FREE ALL DAY Celebrate the joy of music with us, as we present a variety of musical performances and music-themed crafts and activities for the whole family. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Build a kazoo and make some noise! Shake things up by constructing a pair of maracas. Learn to fold a paper piano at Ruthie’s Origami Corner. Hang out in our Jam Space, where kids can play with an array of...

  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Feb 13, 2016

    February 13 and 20—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! 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 each one-hour class to b...

  • Members Only Screening and Discussion—"Under the Blood Red Sun"

    Feb 06, 2016

    All members are invited to a private screening of Under the Blood Red Sun. Based on the acclaimed book by Graham Salisbury, the film is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tomi and his best friend Billy are playing baseball when they notice fighter planes bearing Japan’s insignia descending on their island home. Following the attack, preju...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 06, 2016

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘MEI LING IN CHINA CITY’ TO SPEAK FEB. 7

    Feb 03, 2009

    The author of a new children’s book, Mel Ling in China City, based on the true story of a Chinese American girl, who loses contact with her Japanese American friend when her family is taken away to Manzanar during World War II, will discuss the circumstances that led her to write the book at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. Sui Bing Tang, who w...

  • 'REMEMBERING MICHI & WALTER WEGLYN' PROGRAM TO SCREEN NEW DOCUMENTARY ON JAN. 31

    Jan 28, 2009

    The program, "Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn", will feature the screening of a new documentary on the life of the Weglyns, and a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and personal friends of the couple at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo, on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Democracy Forum. Michi Nishiura Weglyn was a successful designer of co...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO MARK 10TH YEAR OF CORE EXHIBITION 'COMMON GROUND' ON JAN. 25

    Jan 20, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum will commemorate 10 years of its programs and projects since the opening of its Pavilion in 1999, beginning with a special event focused on its core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, set for Sunday, January 25, 2009, at 1 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. The program, "10th Anniversary of the Opening of Common Ground: The Heart of Community", will l...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO CHANGE PUBLIC HOURS FOR STORE, HNRC, VISITS TO GALLERIES

    Jan 18, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that it will reduce the number of days and times it will be open to the public as a direct response to the current economic downturn that is affecting every business and nonprofit organization in the country. Beginning on February 1, 2009, the National Museum and the Museum Store will be open to the public on Thursdays from 12 noon to 8 p.m., and on Fridays, Saturday...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO RENOVATE WINDOWS IN HISTORIC BUILDING

    Jan 14, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that the windows in its Historic Building, the former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, will be refurbished, thanks to a grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The S. Mark Taper Foundation, founded in 1989 with the mission to support causes and institutions that improve the quality of life, provided $150,000 to restore the windows that were installed in 1925 when th...

  • 'DREAMS TO DREAMS' VINYL TOY SHOW EXTENDED THROUGH JAN. 25 AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Jan 07, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that the "Dreams to Dreams" Custom Vinyl Show, the first custom vinyl toy show to be presented in a museum, will extend its exhibition run through Sunday, January 25. The show opened December 6, 2008, and was originally scheduled to close on January 4, 2009, but has been a popular attraction, especially during the holidays. Organized by the National Museum in associa...