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  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: La Santa Cecilia, Cheap Landscape, and zocaloZüe

    Aug 21, 2008

    East LA meets the NY downtown music scene as these three emerging groups offer Afro Caribbean sounds with a twist. From La Santa Cecilia’s genre blurring use of traditional instruments to Cheap Landscape’s distorted Colombian cumbia to zocaloZüe’s pumped up Mexican son this evening will featuring more than a few sonic surprises. Co-curated with independent producer Betto Arcos. 2008 1st & Central Summer Concert...

  • 10th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard

    Aug 16, 2008

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate summer at the National Museum with a day of fun activities for the entire family. FREE raffle for Japanese American National Museum Members Join or renew your membership at the event and receive a special gift!

  • 68th Nisei Week Japanese Festival Begins

    Aug 16, 2008

    August 16-24, 2008 The 68th Nisei Week Japanese Festival, including the Grand Parade, Street Fair and Street Ondo in Little Tokyo. For more information, please call 213.687.7193 or visit www.niseiweek.org

  • Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- In Whose Honor?

    Aug 14, 2008

    In Whose Honor? Filmmaker Jay Rosenstein focuses on the story of Charlene Teters (Spokane) whose campaign against Chief Illiniwek, mascot of University of Illinois, forced many to rethink the larger issue of culture and identity and their representation in the media, and effects on both Native Americans and non-Natives. Poetry by Los Angeles artist Tschetan to start the screening! Bringing the Circle Together: A ...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Aug 13, 2008

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Wednesday, August 13, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Lunch provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Ci...

  • America’s Promise

    Aug 10, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED To mark the signing date of the Civil Liberties Act on August 10, 1988, Prof. Mitchell Maki presents an overview of the redress movement and leads a panel discussion with individuals from select ethnic groups about redress in their own communities. Reception to follow. The panelists will include: Dr. Christine Valenciana and Dr. Francisco E. Balderrama, who will discuss the deportation ...

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Pet Cards

    Aug 09, 2008

    Create greeting cards for dog and cat lovers as well as kusudama balls. $8 Museum members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

  • Neglected Legacies: Japanese American Women and Redress: Seeking Justice

    Aug 02, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED FREE ADMISSION! This program examines the coram nobis campaign and the Latin American Japanese “Campaign for Justice,” in relation to social issues facing multicultural America post-9/11. Presented in collaboration with the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy and Dr. Lane Hirabayashi, George & Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Redress and Co...

  • International Scholars discuss U.S. History: "Thrust into the Mainstream: American Assimilation Policies" at Japanese American National Museum July 24

    Jul 24, 1999

    The Japanese American National Museum will host an afternoon of engaging lectures comparing two strikingly similar instances of the United States government implementing racial policies: Japanese American "resettlement" after World War II and Native American "relocation" in the 1950s, on Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m. The discussion will revolve around Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), an...

  • Final Gallery Talks for Bruce and Norman Yonemoto’s “Memory, Matter and Modern Romance” at Japanese American National Museum—Acclaimed Art Exhibition Closes July 11

    Jul 01, 1999

    Los Angeles—After a critically acclaimed stay at the Japanese American National Museum as one of the inaugural exhibitions of the new Pavilion in January 1999, the mid-career survey exhibition Bruce and Norman Yonemoto: Memory, Matter and Modern Romance closes July 11. The final gallery talks for Memory, Matter and Modern Romance, led by assistant curator Kristine Kim and curatorial intern Stacey Uradomo, are schedul...