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  • JANM Celebrates the Oshogatsu Family Festival on January 7, 2024

    Oct 12, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Oshogatsu Family Festival from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.on January 7, 2024. The popular annual New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages to help ring in the Year of the Dragon. Tickets will be made available on janm.org/events later this fall. Admission to Oshogatsu is free, but advance tickets a...

  • JANM Book Club: Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe with Eric L. Muller

    Oct 07, 2023

    Eric L. Muller, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, joined for a discussion of his newest book, Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe, that explores the complicity of the lawyers who helped run the WRA’s concentration camps. Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe brings to life the stories of three white lawyers with contradictory instructions—provide legal counsel to the...

  • Two-Part Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    Oct 07, 2023 - Oct 21, 2023

    SOLD OUT Part 1: Saturday, October 7, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Part 2: Saturday, October 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Explore the wonderful world of washi in this two-part workshop. Learn how to cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi (traditional Japanese paper) and create original jewelry by arranging them on a beading wire alongside commercial beads. Bring a willingness to learn and leave with a stun...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 14—Michael Kenji Abe

    Oct 04, 2023

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews....

  • JANM Presents a Special Taiko Performance with On Ensemble on October 21, 2023

    Oct 05, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – On Ensemble, one of the most respected ensembles in the taiko world, will perform at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 8 p.m.–11 p.m. On 22 : Twenty-Two Years of Creativity will be the group’s only Los Angeles performance in 2023. Tickets are $45 ($40 for JANM members) and are available online at janm.org/events. Established in 2002 by childhood fri...

  • Climates of Inequality Symposium

    Sep 30, 2023

    Join us for a lively conversation with environmental justice leaders from Southern California as they discuss how their communities mobilize storytelling for change and to save lives. The daylong symposium includes the following speakers, as well as a screening and discussion of the documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021). Spanish/English interpreters will be available throughout the day. S...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of US Senator Dianne Feinstein

    Sep 30, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of US Senator Dianne Feinstein. She was San Francisco’s first female mayor and one of California’s two first female senators. In Congress, she was the first woman to lead the Senate Intelligence Committee and was the first woman to serve as the Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat. Throughout her career she advocated for civil liberties, ...

  • Democracy Center Hosts the Art of Practicing Democracy Podcast on October 21, 2023

    Sep 29, 2023

    PSA WHAT: This second of four conversations about Empathy and Democracy seeks to understand how we can PAUSE in order to better navigate our lives—and our collective governance—with greater intention, compassion, and imagination. The conversation will be hosted by James E. Herr, director of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). WHEN: October 21, 2023 from 4 p.m.– 6:30 p.m. ...

  • JANM Announces Two New Online Exhibitions

    Sep 26, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) recently launched two new online exhibitions, Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution and Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before World War II, on janm.org. “We are pleased to share these incredible collections online. Henry Sugimoto’s art illustrates his prolific career, in which he captured scenes ranging from the French co...

  • Climates of Inequality Pop-Up Exhibition

    Sep 23, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023

    Visit Climates of Inequality, a week-long pop-up exhibition featuring stories of environmental justice from the US, Mexico, and Colombia. Interactive displays bring you to the frontlines of community organizing in twenty-two localities, where the majority of residents are immigrants, low-income, Native American, and people of color. Though they have contributed the least to the climate crisis, these communities bear ...