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Target Free Family Saturday: Calling All Kids!
May 08, 2010
FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate International Children’s Day at JANM! Fun crafts, readings, performances and food tastings for the whole family! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. Media Sponsors: Los Angeles Downtown News, KSCI-TV LA-18, and The Rafu Shimpo ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Create a fun and ...
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The 26th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
May 03, 2010 - May 05, 2010
The 26th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be from April 29th to May 8th. Presented by Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier APA media arts center, screenings will premier and showcase Asian American and International Asian cinema in the nation. The film festival screens 150 films and videos from over 20 countries. 200 industry professionals including filmmakers, celebrities, and press ...
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Exhibition Tour: Common Ground
May 01, 2010
Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with experienced docents.
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Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents: Natsukashi No Kouhaku Uta Gassen
May 01, 2010 - May 02, 2010
Saturday, May 01 * 11 AM & 3 PM Sunday, May 02 * 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 769-5503 It’s “Men versus the Women” in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s delightful spoof of Japan’s New Year’s Eve singing contest, Kouhaku Uta Gassen. The show features nostalgic and classic Japanese songs and entertaining impressions of your all-time favorite Japanese singers.
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Kimono: From Past To Present
Apr 24, 2010
Come join us for a beautiful and educational kimono show and lecture, featuring men and women's kimono for all different occasions, by the International Beauty Association Yamanoryu Kisou. The show will feature furisode (a long sleeve kimono worn by unmarried women for ceremonies), homongi (a regular sleeved kimono worn by men and women for ceremonies), montsuki hakama (formal Japanese attire for men), and tom...
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Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Boy's Day/Children's Day Cards
Apr 24, 2010
Make Boy’s Day and Mother’s Day greeting cards for your friends and family. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP is required. Maximum 12 people.
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Trunk Show: Elegance Repurposed
Apr 24, 2010 - Apr 25, 2010
Saturday 4/24 & Sunday 4/25! A trunk show featuring the work of Georganne Alex, Karen Brock, and Kumiko and Yoshiko Imoto. Meet these artists who re-use and repurpose fine silk kimono fabrics to create art, accessories, and contemporary clothing. It is an opportunity to purchase beautiful and unique work directly from the artisans and support the National Museum’s educational programs. To see some of th...
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Little Tokyo Walking Tour
Apr 24, 2010
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.
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Bringing the Circle Together: Broken Rainbow
Apr 22, 2010
Free Screening of Broken Rainbow The heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. Broken Rainbow bears witness to the machinations of energy companies and their government proxies as they eagerly cast aside the peaceful Navajo to make way for oil, gas, uranium and coal exploration. In their own words, eld...
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"Oh! A Mystery of “Mono No Aware”" by Todd Shimoda
Apr 17, 2010
Oh! is an art-filled and intricately designed novel of Zack Hara’s self-discovery through Japanese poetry, the aesthetic of mono no aware (“things causing intense emotional awareness”), and the tragic phenomenon of suicide clubs formed in social networking websites.