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  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Southern California Ukulele Showcase II

    Jul 10, 2008

    By overwhelming demand, our “uke” celebration makes a return visit. This time we feature “up-and-comers,” including Paula Fuga, Brittni Paiva, Abe Lagrimas, Moana, The Monnlighters, and King Kukulele. Co-curated with Ali Lexa, host of Ukulele Spotlight, KPFK 90.7 FM. 2008 1st & Central Summer Concerts schedule July 24 - Prelude to the 2008 Central Avenue Jazz Festival August 21 - La Santa Cecilia, Cheap Land...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Jul 10, 2008

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, November 6, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner 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...

  • National Conference: Whose America? Who’s American? Diversity, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice

    Jul 03, 2008 - Jul 06, 2008

    3–6 Thursday–Sunday • Denver, Colorado Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the National Conference examines connections between the WWII Japanese American experience and historical and contemporary issues surrounding democracy and civil rights. For more information, visit janm.org/projects/ec/

  • Film Screening: Passing Poston

    Jun 28, 2008

    For The Thousands of Japanese Americans Forcibly Interned During World War II, The Scars Have Never Healed. Passing Poston, tells the moving and haunting story of four former internees of the Poston Relocation Center. Each person shadowed by a tragic past, each struggling in their own painful way to reconcile the trauma of their youth, each still searching and yearning during the last chapter of their lives, to ...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jun 28, 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.

  • ArtWallah Festival

    Jun 28, 2008 - Jun 29, 2008

    June 28-29 ArtWallah Proudly Presents the 8th annual ArtWallah Festival !!! A multi-disciplinary festival showcasing artistic expressions of the South Asian Diaspora FEATURING Sheetal Gandhi, Sandra Chatterjee, Malathi Iyengar & the Rangoli Dance Troupe, Oliver Rajamani, Shaheen Sheik, Deep Unnikrishnan and many more DATE/TIME Saturday, June 28th 7PM - Evening Show Performance Sunday, June 29th 2PM ...

  • Live Taping of 89.3 KPCC-FM’s Award-Winning

    Jun 26, 2008

    Invite You to Join Them at a Live Taping of 89.3 KPCC-FM’s Award-Winning AirTalk with Larry Mantle The Role of Race in the 2008 Elections Hear a discussion with some of the most knowledgeable spokesmen in the nation: Shelby Steele Award winning author of A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win, award-winning scholar, columnist and documentary film maker Terence Samuel Deputy ...

  • Living Flowers: Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Los Angeles

    Jun 22, 2008

    This program highlights the art of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Los Angeles, featured in Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art.

  • Exhibition-Related Discussion for "The Heart Mountain Story" at the Japanese American National Museum April 17

    Apr 17, 1999

    A very special roundtable discussion for the exhibition The Heart Mountain Story, moderated by curator Mamoru Inouye and including panelists Bill Hosokawa, Mike Mackey, and Grace Schaub, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. During World War II, over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated without due process and placed in concentration camps around t...

  • Hanamatsuri: The Celebration of Buddha's Birth A Day of Lectures and Activities at Japanese American National Museum April 11

    Apr 11, 1999

    The birth of Buddha will be celebrated at the Japanese American National Museum on April 11 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a variety of programs scheduled for both young and old. Included on this special day will be lectures in Japanese and English, a taiko performance, a Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival) service, as well as storytelling and craft activities designed especially for children. Beginning at 11 a.m., ...