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  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop

    Nov 07, 2007

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, November 7, 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...

  • Giant Robot Biennale: 50 issues - Opening Reception

    Nov 03, 2007

    Join us in celebrating the opening of Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues. Featuring appearances by: I & I Sound System featuring Aurelito and Shakespeare Scrabbel DJ Dumlao Pika Pika and more... Museum admission is FREE. RSVP for Reception at 213.625.0414 ext. 2222.

  • Mums on Parade

    Nov 03, 2007

    75th Annual Chrysanthemum Show and Sale At the Descanso Gardens Learn how to successfully grow these fall flowers. Purchase plants and flowers on the last afternoon. Japanese Garden Festival The grace of traditional music and dance, and the beauty of ikebana and chrysanthemums reflect the indelible mark of Japanese-American culture. FREE to National Museum members (valid membership card must be presented)...

  • Glendale Public Library Card Holders FREE Day!

    Nov 03, 2007

    Present your Glendale Public Library card and receive free admission to the National Museum! One Book/One Glendale: A Citywide Reading Event Designed to unify Glendale's diverse community, One Book/One Glendale hopes to foster community through the universal themes of family, injustice, and freedom explored in Julie Otsuka's historical novel, When the Emperor Was Divine. In conjunction with this citywide readin...

  • Giant Robot Biennale

    Nov 03, 2007 - Jan 13, 2008

    Developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum In celebration of its 50th issue and in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, the pop-culture magazine Giant Robot has assembled works by ten cutting-edge artists from around the country in Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues. Artists: APAK, Gary Baseman, David Choe, Seonna Hong, Sashie Masakat...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Oct 27, 2007

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents on this historic walking tour. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission. Reservations along with comfortable walking shoes and clothes are recommended. Weather permitting.

  • Japanese Garden 2007 Chrysanthemum Show

    Oct 27, 2007

    Saturday & Sunday, October 27-28 At the Long Beach/Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, California State University, Long Beach Come see the Japanese Garden bathed in thousands of colored chrysanthemums. Purchase tea and treats, and mums for your home or garden. FREE to National Museum members (valid membership card must be presented) For more information call (562) 985-5930 or visit www.csulb.edu/~jgarden. ...

  • Paula Fuga in Concert - CANCELLED

    Oct 25, 2007

    Due to circumstance beyond our control, the Paula Fuga concert scheduled for October 25 has been canceled. It will not be rescheduled. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Paula Fuga, has been called the new face of Hawaiian music. Her reggae-inflected sound is soulful and plaintive, complex and intelligent. She'll perform songs from her all-original debut album, Lilikoi, a blend of tradition and innova...

  • A Time of Innocence

    Oct 20, 2007

    Author Sanae Kawaguchi in conversation with Art Hansen Published in Japan in 2005, A Time of Innocence tells the poignant story of Japanese-American families who escaped the West Coast during the brief period of "voluntary evacuation" and made their dangerous way into the interior to avoid confinement in the government camps. This fictional account of the families' hardships, travails, and triumphs captures an emoti...

  • "The Heart Mountain Story": An Exhibition of Photographs begins Feb. 18 at the Japanese American National Museum

    Feb 01, 1999

    A collection of poignant, historical photographs taken by two Life Magazine photographers of the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum’s Legacy Center Gallery beginning on February 18, and continuing until August 22, 1999. Heart Mountain was the designated location of one of the American camps used to unconstitutionally hold Japanese Americans durin...