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  • "The Manzanar Fishing Club" by Cory Shiozaki

    Apr 20, 2013

    The Manzanar Fishing Club is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans from a unique perspective: through the eyes of those who defied the armed guards, barbed wire and searchlights to fish for trout in the surrounding waters of the Eastern Sierra. This untold story offers a unique perspective on freedom, where internees found relief from the daily grind of unju...

  • 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After Party: "Vision, Values, Voices"

    Apr 13, 2013

    Join us as we return to the newly renovated historic Los Angeles Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. In addition to an inspiring Dinner program, enjoy our famous Seafood Buffet Reception and Silent Auction and the increasingly popular After Party at the X-Bar. For more information, visit the Gala Dinner page at janm.org/dinner2013 or contact galadinner@janm.org or call (213) 830-5669.

  • "Visible & Invisible" Opening Party

    Apr 06, 2013

    Join us for the public opening of Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History! There will be a short program at 8 PM featuring singer/songwriter Meiko.

  • Visible & Invisible

    Apr 07, 2013 - Aug 25, 2013

    It is believed that by the 2020 U.S. Census, a majority of Japanese Americans will identify as multiracial. Explore the diverse and complex history of the mixed-race and mixed-roots Japanese American experience. Visible & Invisible, curated by Cindy Nakashima, Lily Anne Yumi Welty, and Duncan Williams, reveals the long “mixed” history in the Japanese American community. Starting with the earliest days of immigrati...

  • Asian Americans in Hip Hop Panel

    Apr 06, 2013

    This event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Join us for a moderated discussion on the roles Asian Americans have played in hip hop. Panelists to be announced. Check janm.org for updates.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Apr 06, 2013

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

  • Continuing Explorations in Shibori Dyeing with Glennis Dolce

    Apr 06, 2013

    Whether you are new to shibori or continuing your practice, come join us as we continue to find various ways to create pattern and texture on cloth. We will stitch, fold, twist, wrap and roll...fabrics new and old. There will be lots of silks to explore- feel free to bring some of your own. Glennis will also bring her antique zakuri and give you a demonstration of how silk is reeled from a cocoons she has raised he...

  • "Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan" by Lara Perez-Takagi and Megumi Nishikura

    Apr 05, 2013

    Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. The film follows five hafus – the Japanese term for people who are half Japanese – who are compelled to explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that proclaims itself to be mono-ethnic. To RSVP for the event,...

  • "Strawberry Yellow" by Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 30, 2013

    Mas Arai is a taciturn, sometimes even curmudgeonly retired gardener with a past. Born in Watsonville in California’s strawberry country, he was raised in Hiroshima, Japan, and as a teenager survived the 1945 A-bomb. After the war, he returned to Watsonville to start over, finding shelter with cousins and work in the strawberry fields. Now, after moving to Altadena and spending a lifetime as a gardener, Mas re...

  • "Something Strong Within" Documentary To Be Screened On KCET's "California's Gold" On May 17

    Apr 24, 1997

    The award-winning documentary, Something Strong Within, which features home movie footage taken by the Japanese American inmates of several of the U.S. concentration camps during World War II, will be featured on the KCET series California’s Gold with producer/host Huell Howser on Saturday, May 17, at 6 p.m. The series is screened on 13 PBS affiliates in California as well as stations in Hawai‘i and Utah. Viewers sho...