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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 'LANDSCAPING AMERICA: BEYOND THE JAPANESE GARDEN' EXTENDS RUN UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2008

    Oct 17, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has extended the exhibition run for Landscaping American: Beyond the Japanese Garden through January 6, 2008. The exhibition, which opened June 17, was originally set to close on October 21, 2007. Landscaping America explores the history and influence of Japanese-style gardens and Japanese American gardeners on the American landscape. It also describes how Ja...

  • Screening: Cats of Mirikitani

    Oct 13, 2007

    "Make art not war" is Jimmy Mirikitani's motto. This 85-year-old Japanese American artist was born in Sacramento and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York with the twin towers of the World Trade Center still ominously anchoring the horizon behind him. What begins as a simple verite portrait of one homeless man becomes a rare documentary of daily life in New York in the months leadin...

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE ART EXHIBITION KICKS OFF NEW JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SERIES NOV. 3

    Oct 12, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum will begin a new series of collaborative exhibitions entitled Salon Pop by presenting Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and running from November 3, 2007 through January 13, 2008. The exhibition is being sponsored by the Imprint Culture Labtm, with additional support by the James Irvine Foundation and Scion. An opening r...

  • Waterfall: Dance, Koto And Taiko Performance At The Japanese American National Museum

    Jul 07, 1998

    Let the mysticism of waterfalls affect you in a way it never has before in "Waterfall," a new dance performance choreographed and performed by Rei Aoo, Director of the U.S. Dance Connection. On Thursday, July 16 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m., Ms. Aoo will showcase her talent of combining modern dance, ballet, and Japanese classical dance as she interprets the movement of waterfalls. Free with Museum admission at the Japane...

  • Learn How To Cook Or Create Cards On July 11 At The Japanese American National Museum

    Jul 07, 1998

    The Japanese American National Museum is offering a chance for you to create "nori-seared scallops and soba noodles," or origami (paper folding) summer flowers, both on July 11 from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Learn the art of Maui Beach Cafe Cuisine with Chef Mako, or make your own timeless greeting cards with summer flowers; it’s your choice! The Japanese American National Museum is located at 369 East First Street in the Litt...