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  • Woodblock Printmaking Workshop

    Apr 03, 2005

    Learn the intricacies behind the process of woodblock printmaking. Fees are $20 for National Museum members and $30 for non-members, includes museum admission.

  • Discover Your Family Tree Workshop

    Apr 02, 2005

    Instructor: Chester Hashizume This popular genealogy workshop has been expanded to provide even more useful tips to create your family tree. Participants will receive assistance in identifying ancestors and relatives in Japan, and will also learn how to access family trees in the National Museum's Family Registry. This four-hour session includes a one-hour break. Class fees are $45 for National Museum members, $55 f...

  • Asian American Comedy Showcase

    Mar 31, 2005

    Celebrate April Fools' Eve with our second annual showcase of Asian American comedians. Eight emerging comedians will have you laughing 'til it hurts. Special guest emcee: funnyman Rodney Kageyama.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Spring Flower Greeting Cards

    Mar 26, 2005

    Why buy a generic greeting card when you can create your own unique version? Welcome the change of season by designing cards with images of seasonal flowers. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes museum admission and supplies. Reservations recommended.

  • "Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories" by David Mas Masumoto

    Mar 20, 2005

    Sparked by an editor's comment that "creating a good column is like writing a letter to a friend," farmer and award-winning author David Mas Masumoto's column for the Fresno Bee is written in the form of letters. From the unique perspective of a farmer on a working farm, he talks about the deep concerns we all share dealing with change and trying to protect and preserve a way of life. Masumoto's farming and his commu...

  • Doll and Tea Party

    Mar 19, 2005

    Join us for tea and dessert and meet some of the dolls in the National Museum's collection. Bring your own doll or action figure for a morning of storytelling.

  • "From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties"

    Mar 12, 2005

    In this second of a five-part seminar features Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, Acting Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, in conversation with noted scholars, activists, and artists as they respond to propaganda artifacts displayed in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This...

  • Oral History Workshop -- Part 3 of 3

    Mar 12, 2005

    In the final session of this workshop, Associate Curator Lisa Itagaki discusses how objects in the home -- photos, film, heirlooms -- can help to tell a personal story as well as methods of preserving and caring for these objects. For more information, please refer to the January 22nd calendar listing.

  • A Conversation with Velina Hasu Houston

    Mar 06, 2005

    In 1993, Velina Hasu Houston published the play Tea about five Japanese "war brides" who find themselves living in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands after World War II. Tea went on to become one of the most produced Asian American plays, shedding light on "the immigrant spirit that is the spine of America." As part of Women's History Month, Houston will revisit some of its groundbreaking themes and di...

  • Exhibition Family Day - "Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan" and "Lasting Beauty: Miss Jamison and the Student Muralists"

    Mar 05, 2005

    Learn how to create woodblock prints through demonstrations and an activity where participants will design and create their own simple prints using a variety of materials. Also, discover what it takes to develop a mural by lending a hand to paint our very own portable community mural.