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  • Film Screening: "The Power of Two"

    Jun 30, 2012

    Inspired by their 2007 memoir, The Power Of Two offers an intimate portrayal of the bond between half-Japanese twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, their battle with the fatal genetic disease cystic fibrosis, and miraculous survival through double lung transplants. Both sisters will be available for a Q&A following the screening. To RSVP for this event, please call :213-625-0414 ex. 2218

  • Introduction to Soba Making with Sonoko Sakai

    Jun 30, 2012

    Make your own soba entirely by hand, using fresh, stone-milled artisanal soba flour from Japan and authentic soba tools. The soba will be served in the classic way: cold with fresh soy-based dipping sauce, toppings, and spices. Wear closed-toe shoes with soft soles. Bring an apron and a tupperware container to take home your soba. $75 members; $85 non-members. Includes admission and supplies. RSVP early, 12 parti...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jun 30, 2012

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

  • "Prisons and Patriots: Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory "by Cherstin M. Lyon

    Jun 23, 2012

    Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of 41 Nisei who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of the late civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi. Purchase the book from the Museum Store >> Related stories on our DiscoverNikkei.org site: Interview with Dr. Cherstin Lyon >> Book review of Prisons and Patriots by Art Hansen >>

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Summer Cards

    Jun 23, 2012

    Make floral cards for that someone special. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies.

  • 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    Jun 15, 2012 - Jun 17, 2012

    The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, will celebrate storytelling of the Mixed racial and cultural experience, from interracial and intercultural relationships, to transracial and transcultural adoptions, and anyone who identifies as having a Hapa, biracial, multiracial, or Mixed identity on June 15, 16, and 17, 2012. Featured in the New Y...

  • CAPE presents An Evening With Carrie Ann Inaba

    Jun 07, 2012 - Jul 07, 2012

    An intimate evening with Dancer, Choreographer, Producer, Television Host, and Judge on "Dancing With The Stars", Carrie Ann Inaba, one of the most admired artists, who happens to be of Asian American Pacific Islander descent, where she will share her path to success from Fly Girl to her role as a prime time television star! This exclusive intimate evening is special to CAPE and is intended to offer perspective and i...

  • "Folding Paper" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 02, 2012

    Walkthrough of Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with curator Meher McArthur. PLEASE NOTE We are limiting this tour to 25 people total. If you are interested in joining the tour, please RSVP. When making a reservation, e-mail rsvp@janm.org or call 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event. Include the name, date, and time of the program, as well as your name and the total in your party.

  • From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami. A Lecture by Robert Lang

    May 26, 2012

    This program is FREE! The last decade of this past century has been witness to a revolution in the development and application of mathematical techniques to origami, the centuries-old Japanese art of paper-folding. The techniques used in mathematical origami design range from the abstruse to the highly approachable. In this talk, I will describe how geometric concepts led to the solution of a broad class of origami...

  • Objects And Stories From September 11 Tragedies Presented In Smithsonian Memorial Exhibition On View At The Japanese American National Museum July 1 - August 15, 2004

    Apr 16, 2004

    In its only California presentation, the acclaimed exhibition September 11: Bearing Witness to History opens at the Japanese American National Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate, on July 1, 2004. Originally organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the traveling exhibition evokes the memories and experiences of September 11 through images, 45 carefully selected objects, and poignant stories f...