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  • 2014 V3 Digital Media Conference

    Jun 21, 2014

    In this 2-day conference, V3con will highlight and expand multi-platform Asian and Pacific Islander American communications by gathering online journalists, creative social media communicators, seasoned bloggers, and those interested in engaging on digital platforms for interactive panels and workshops. JANM members receive discounted registration. Visit V3con.com to register. Presented by the Asian American ...

  • 2014 V3 Digital Media Conference

    Jun 20, 2014 - Jun 21, 2014

    In this 2-day conference, V3con will highlight and expand multi-platform Asian and Pacific Islander American communications by gathering online journalists, creative social media communicators, seasoned bloggers, and those interested in engaging on digital platforms for interactive panels and workshops. JANM members receive discounted registration. Visit V3con.com to register. Presented by the Asian American ...

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Imagination Storytime

    Jun 14, 2014

    FREE ALL DAY! Transport yourself into magical and faraway worlds through storybook readings and exciting performances! Come dressed as your favorite storybook character and receive a prize! (see below for rules) ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES: If you could build an imaginary place to live, what would it look like? Get creative with our construction materials and create your own dream home! Make and...

  • Mixed Remixed Festival

    Jun 14, 2014

    FREE! An exciting new festival, the Mixed Remixed Festival brings together film and book lovers to celebrate stories of multiracial, mixed and hapa individuals with workshops, readings, film screenings and live performances for the largest West Coast celebration of Loving Day. Check www.mixedremixed.org for details. #mixedremixed

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 07, 2014

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with our knowledgeable Museum docents.

  • Flower Lei Making Workshop

    Jun 07, 2014

    Learn how to make something special for summer graduations, birthdays, and anniversaries and spread the aloha spirit in this fresh flower lei making workshop! You'll learn a little about the history of lei making in Hawaii and techniques to make your own single and double carnation lei. For ages 12+. $38 members; $45 non-members, incl. admission and materials. RSVP early, 10 participants max. Includes 30 min brea...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH SANRIO TO CELEBRATE HELLO KITTY'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY

    Jun 03, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present a first-of-its-kind exhibition in honor of the 40th anniversary of pop icon Hello Kitty, beginning October 11, 2014. Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty will combine a product-based historical and sociological examination of Hello Kitty, including rare and unique pieces from Sanrio’s archives, with an installation of mixed media works by arti...

  • COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival

    Jun 01, 2014

    COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival aims to be an uproarious three-day comedy free-for-all that will have audiences rolling in the aisles as it showcases the funniest work of comedic performers, directors and writers from around the globe. Besides showing a bunch of rib-tickling films, COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival will feature hysterical performances by stand-up comedians, surprise celebrity app...

  • Traditions and Craft in Japanese "Moku-hanga"

    May 31, 2014

    Master printer Paul Mullowney will lead a hands-on workshop on creating woodblock prints, including an introduction to the history of its connection to ukiyo-e prints, Japanese tattoo imagery, and the 20th century sosaku hanga (creative prints) of leading figures like Shikoh Munakata. In the spirit of the exhibition, Perseverance, the workshop will focus on the crossover shared between the traditions of tattooing ...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    May 31, 2014

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes admission. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting.