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  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Sugar/Islands"

    Jul 18, 2015

    Join artist Laura Kina and curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, for this exclusive gallery tour of the exhibition Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i. Limited to 25 participants. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • "Sugar/Islands" Catalog Signing

    Jul 18, 2015

    Artist Laura Kina and curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, will be signing copies of the Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i exhibition catalog. The catalog is available for purchase from the JANM Store.

  • Edible Adventures: A Noodling Walk through Little Tokyo

    Jul 18, 2015

    Where does ramen come from? What is the difference between udon and ramen? Join this cultural and culinary tour and learn about the various noodle delights available in Little Tokyo. $48 members, $60 non-members. Museum admission and three noodle stops included. Limited to 15 participants. Comfortable walking shoes recommended.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Before They Were Heroes"

    Jul 18, 2015

    Join Dr. Sus Ito and curator Lily Tamai, PhD, on this exclusive guided tour of the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

  • TAIKOPROJECT Summer Intensive

    Jul 17, 2015 - Jul 20, 2015

    Friday–Monday, July 17–20, 2015 This intensive weekend workshop for advanced taiko players is the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Delving into various techniques, TAIKOPROJECT will inspire participants from all over the world with its unique and innovative approach to the Japanese American art form. Topics to be covered include odaiko (big drum), multi-drum set technique, katsugi okedo (sling drum), hip-hop t...

  • Before They Were Heroes

    Jul 14, 2015 - Sep 06, 2015

    Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images is the inaugural exhibition in Sharing Our Stories, a new series of exhibitions drawn from JANM’s extensive permanent collection. A celebration of the donation by Susumu “Sus” Ito of his vast archive of photographs and negatives taken while on duty during World War II, Before They Were Heroes gives the public a rare and breathtaking look at the daily lives of the...

  • Members Only Conversation with Sus Ito

    Jul 12, 2015

    Now 95 years old, Susumu "Sus" Ito, PhD and emeritus professor at Harvard Medical School, was a member of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. Smuggling a camera with him on his tour of duty, he took the breathtaking photographs on display in Before They Were Heroes, capturing the day-to-day lives of a group of young Japanese American soldiers. Dr. Ito’s...

  • "Before They Were Heroes" Members Only Preview

    Jul 12, 2015

    All JANM members are invited to preview the exhibition Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito’s World War II Images—the first exhibition organized as part of Sharing Our Stories, JANM’s new series of historical shows drawn from its extensive collection—before it opens to the public on Tuesday, July 14.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Sugar/Islands"

    Jul 12, 2015

    JANM members are invited to join curator Krystal Hauseur, PhD, and artists Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara on this exclusive tour of the exhibition Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

  • NATIONAL CONFERENCE, ‘WHOSE AMERICA? WHO’S AMERICAN?’

    May 07, 2008

    The Japanese American National Museum’s national conference, "Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice", set for July 3-6 in Denver, Colorado, will feature United States Senator Daniel Inouye, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, actor George Takei, attorney Dale Minami, authors Cynthia Kadohata and Naomi Hirahara, and many others speaking at formal sessions, workshop...