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  • "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.

  • 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...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Mar 30, 2013

    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.

  • Beyond the Bad and the Ugly: Stereotypes and Asian American Pop Culture - A Summit

    Mar 23, 2013

    Tickets for the event can be purchased here. JANM MEMBERS: Members receive $5 off of their tickets! Please contact agiffen@janm.org for your discount code. In 1914, Sessue Hayakawa became the first Asian American actor to break through on the silver screen, appearing in movie pioneer Thomas Ince’s silent classic The Typhoon, and launching a career as one of the most popular and well-paid stars in the nascent Ho...

  • ‘VISIBLE & INVISIBLE’ EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE HISTORY OF HAPA JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

    Mar 22, 2013

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with the USC Hapa Japan Database Project, is set to open its next exhibition, Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History, Sunday, April 7 through Sunday, August 25, 2013. Through photos, historical artifacts, multimedia images, and interactive components, Visible & Invisible explores the diverse and complex history of the mixed-roots...

  • Toyo Miyatake Studios Donates Photos Taken For Rafu Shimpo To Japanese American National Museum

    Aug 01, 1996

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that Toyo Miyatake Studios, one of the nation’s oldest family-run Japanese American photography studios, has recently donated a collection of photographs that it took for The Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese-English publication in the continental United States, to the Museum for identification and preservation. Toyo Miyatake Studios was often called upon by the ...