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2008 Imprint Culture Lab

Oct 01, 2008

In collaboration with the Imprint Culture Lab, the National Museum hosts this annual one-day conference on the CULT in Pop CULTure. For more information, visit imprintlab.com.

ID Film Festival: NON/FICTION

Sep 28, 2008

A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. NON/FICTION: Brings together four shorts that tread the boundary of fiction and non fiction. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance by calling 213-625-0414 or vis...

ID Film Festival: GONE SHOPPING

Sep 27, 2008

A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. GONE SHOPPING: The Los Angeles premiere of Gone Shopping -- a satirical Singaporean feature film about the unique world of Singaporean shopping malls. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recommend pu...

Community Arts Media Politics Conference

Sep 27, 2008

A conference featuring guest speakers and panelist discussing how to best use arts, media, and politics to advance the Pan Asian American community. Free for National Museum members; $10 for non-members. For more information, visit apaforprogress.org.

Smithsonian Museum Free-For-All

Sep 27, 2008

Enjoy free general admission for you and a guest to hundreds of museums and cultural venues nationwide." How? Present the Museum Day admission card to receive free general admission at participating Museum Day locations. The admission card is available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable via this site. The following Museum Day restrictions apply: One time use on September 27...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

Sep 27, 2008

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $8 Members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.

ID Film Festival: CONFLICTING PASSIONS

Sep 26, 2008

A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. CONFLICTING PASSIONS: A series of short documentaries that present the conflicting identities within the pan Asian/Pacific Islander community. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recommend purchasing...

ID Film Festival: OPENING NIGHT

Sep 25, 2008 - Sep 28, 2008

A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. OPENING NIGHT: The Los Angeles Premiere of Ra Choi. A narrative feature film about Vietnamese Australian streets kids. A light reception will follow program. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recom...

1st & Central Summer Concerts: Chicha Libre and Etran Finatawa

Sep 25, 2008

1st & Central 2008 closes with a global dance party featuring the West Coast debut of Brooklyn-based Chicha Libre and the desert sounds of Niger’s Etran Finatawa. Don’t leave home without your dancing shoes as Latin rhythms, surf music, and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon share the stage with driving guitar riffs that will transport you deep into the heart of the Sahara.

The All-American Fortune Cookie...from Japan?

Sep 20, 2008

While popular history has ascribed the fortune cookie's origins to California, it is actually originally from Japan. Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, and Derek Shimoda, director of “Killing the Chinese Cookie,” talk about their research in tracing the cookie trail back to Kyoto, where it is still being made in small family-run bakeries.