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  • "Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game" Upper Level Members' Preview Reception

    Mar 28, 2014

    Upper Level Members are invited to join us to celebrate the opening of the Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition.

  • Dodgers

    Mar 29, 2014 - Sep 14, 2014

    From their original roots in Brooklyn to today’s home in Los Angeles, the Dodgers are trailblazers in the world of sports, on and off the field. The franchise is dedicated to supporting a culture of winning baseball, providing a first-class, family-friendly experience at Dodger Stadium and maintaining strong partnerships in the community. Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game explores the team’s storied past through fo...

  • East West Players Presents a Writers Gallery Reading of "Takarazuka!!!" by Susan Soon He Stanton

    Mar 27, 2014

    FREE JANM and EWP present a reading of Takarazuka!!! by Susan Soon He Stanton TAKARAZUKA!!! tracks the career sunset of Yuko, the star of the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female Japanese performance troupe that has put on melodramatic spectacles for nearly a hundred years. When Yuko is forced to retire, she trades the spotlight for a life in the country, and in the process falls under the spell of a mysterious ...

  • Introduction to the Japanese Pantry: Cooking with "Dashi"

    Mar 22, 2014

    Learn how to cook with dashi, a foundation used in many Japanese cuisines such as miso soup, in this hands-on workshop with dashi maestro Mamiko Niashiyama and Common Grains’ Sonoko Sakai. They will show you how to prepare dashi for making miso soup, salad dressing, and seasoning to make rice and stews. Menu includes: Soups with dried bonito, sardines, konbu seaweed and shitake mushrooms Umami-rich chicken and...

  • Discovering Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

    Mar 22, 2014

    A comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as getting started, identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. $45 members, $55 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP early, 10 participants max.

  • "Umami" and "Dashi": The Taste of Japan

    Mar 22, 2014

    FREE Mamiko Nishiyama, a Kanbutsu Maestro—a master of preserved foods—will share the culture and history of dashi, the dashi artisans, and will also give practical information on how to integrate dashi ingredients in your daily cooking. Nishiyama is the proprietor of Yagicho Honten, a 300-year-old family owned traditional Japanese grocery shop in Nihonbashi, Tokyo and the leading producer of dashi products like...

  • “DODGERS: BROTHERHOOD OF THE GAME” OPENS MARCH 29 AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Mar 20, 2014

    Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game, a new exhibition exploring the team’s storied past through four players and a Hall of Fame manager, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, March 29. Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Chan Ho Park, Hideo Nomo, and Tommy Lasorda—each of whom made history in his own right—will be prominently featured, as will owners Branch Rickey, Walter O’Malley, and Pete...

  • Breaking Silences: Uncovering Memories of Japanese American Imprisonment

    Mar 15, 2014

    In this intergenerational reading, Sansei poet and editor, Brian Komei Dempster, will discuss his community-based writing projects and anthologies, in which Japanese Americans—mostly Nisei—tell their stories of wartime incarceration and post-war resettlement. Dempster will also read poems from his debut collection, Topaz, which looks at the legacy of the camp experience and its impact on younger generations. Joini...

  • Historic Building Tour

    Mar 15, 2014

    All members are invited to join a special guided tour of the Museum’s first public space. Originally built in 1925 as the Los Angeles Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, it was used as a house of worship, social hall, and rental office space. During WWII, it stored the belongings of Japanese Americans sent to concentration camps, and later a hostel during resettlement. RSVP early; 25 guests max. Contact memberev...

  • Japanese Tattoo Live Demonstrations & Lectures

    Mar 08, 2014

    Celebrate the opening of Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World with live tattooing and lectures led by the artists featured in the exhibition. LIVE TATTOO DEMONSTRATIONS ARATANI CENTRAL HALL Featured artists from the exhibition will be tattooing live, up-close-and-personal, showcasing various forms of Japanese tattooing, including tebori, a traditional Japanese hand tattooing form. Featuri...