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      1st & Central Summer Concerts: Lenine and DJ Sergio MielniczenkoAug 03, 2006 FREE 6:30 PM - DJ Sergio Mielniczenko 7:00 PM - Lenine Singer, composer, arranger, musician and producer, Recife-born Lenine has become one of the stars of Brazilian popular music. He is acclaimed by the public, the press, his fellow artists and tastemakers alike and is considered one of the standard bearers of the Brazilian scene for the 21st century for his brilliant talent at combining original music with the rhy... 
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      Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Origami Pop-Up CardsJul 29, 2006 Add your personal touch to lively pop-up cards featuring the art of origami. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations are required. 
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      REEL HapaJul 26, 2006 Every second and fourth Wednesday through July and August, the National Museum will host screenings of film shorts that explore issues of identity. Following the films, community leaders, artists, activists, and others will share their own perspectives on identity and build upon issues discussed in each film. 
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      15th Annual National Invitational Golf TournamentJul 24, 2006 National Invitational Golf Tournament at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, California. For more information, please contact Special Events at 213.830.5688 or specialevents@janm.org. 
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      A New Perspective on U.S.-Japan Relations: The Japanese American and Japanese PartnershipJul 21, 2006 The Japanese American National Museum has increasingly explored the relationship between Japanese Americans and Japan. While the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Japan is considered among the most important in the world, the connection between Japanese and Japanese Americans is more complex and perhaps atypical to that of other Americans with the people and land of their ancestry. While World War II pla... 
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      Premiere Screening of "Life Interrupted: A Special Arkansas Reunion" - Private Invitation OnlyJul 20, 2006 Did you attend the Camp Connections conference in Little Rock, Arkansas? Join the National Museum for a special reunion and release of the new video documentary Life Interrupted: A Special Arkansas Reunion, produced by the award-winning Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center. Relive and reflect on this remarkable trip to Arkansas. Light reception to follow. Visit www.janm.org/media/lifeinterrupted to learn more about t... 
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      1st & Central Summer Concerts: Okinawan Folk / Hawaiian / TaikoJul 20, 2006 FREE 6:30 PM 1st & Central Summer Concerts at the Japanese American National Museum presents Haruo Ishihara Okinawan Folk Ensemble Hawaii Music by Moana Zenshuji Zendeko Taiko The Japanese American National Museum's summer outdoor series continues with music from Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Continental United States. This free concert promises to be a great evening for families of all ages under the stars in Litt... 
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      2006-07 National Summer Institute for Educators: Making Diversity WorkJul 19, 2006 July 19-22, 2006 By Invitation Only Thirty-five educators from seven states will begin their two-year commitment as participants in the National Summer Institute for Educators. Participants will learn more about the Japanese American experience and collaborate to write lesson plans that they will pilot in their classrooms during the next school year. In July 2007, they will reconvene to share their lesson plans a... 
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      REEL HapaJul 12, 2006 Every second and fourth Wednesday through July and August, the National Museum will host screenings of film shorts that explore issues of identity. Following the films, community leaders, artists, activists, and others will share their own perspectives on identity and build upon issues discussed in each film. July 12 films What Are You Anyways? (2006) by Jeff Chiba Stearns (10:40 min) Sex, Love, & Kung Fu (20... 
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      Target Free Family Saturdays: I am ... I can be ...Jul 08, 2006 This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. I am ... I can be... How do you perceive yourself in your imagination? How do you communicate those perceptions to others? Drop-in and discover fun ways of drawing self-po... 
