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BIG DRUM EXHIBITION REVEALS GROWING POPULARITY OF ENSEMBLE TAIKO GROUPS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA PERFORMING ON JAPANESE DRUMS IN U.S. BEGAN WITH ONLY 3 JAPANESE AMERICAN GROUPS, NOW NUMBERS OVER 200
Jul 01, 2005
Los Angeles, CA — The Japanese American National Museum will premiere Big Drum: Taiko in the United States on Thursday, July 14, the first major museum exhibition about the phenomenal growth of taiko (Japanese drum) performance in the United States and North America, beginning with three grassroots groups in California and ballooning to an estimated 200 performing ensembles in 24 states and throughout Canada. Thro...
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National Invitational Golf Tournament
Jun 27, 2005
At the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. For more information, call 213.625.0414.
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From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties
Jun 25, 2005
The last session in this seminar reflects on propaganda post-September 11 using select objects in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Guest speaker to be announced.
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Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata - Tsuru Sumi-e
Jun 25, 2005
Learn how to draw beautiful cranes with a brush. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes museum admission and supplies. Reservations are recommended.
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Katia Moraes and Pure Samba
Jun 23, 2005
Celebrate the beginning of summer with a performance by one of the most versatile and successful Brazilian artists in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter, Katia Moraes, and her latest project, Pure Samba, will fill the National Museum with the sound of sambas and marchinhas straight from the heart of Rio.
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Make Your Own Puppet
Jun 18, 2005
Drop in and create your own puppet before viewing The Pink Dress puppet show. For more information, please refer to the box below.
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Little Tokyo Walking Tour
Jun 18, 2005
Relive history and learn about present day Little Tokyo with National Museum volunteers on this historical walking tour. Fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes museum admission. Reservations and comfortable shoes and clothes are recommended. Weather permitting.
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The Pink Dress Puppet Show
Jun 18, 2005
For more information, please see June 4. 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM
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East West Player's "GOT LAUGHS!"
Jun 16, 2005
A staged reading of one of the winners of the East West Players Writer's Gallery GOT LAUGHS! playwriting contest, a nationwide competition to find the funniest voice in Asian Pacific America. The contest was the result of a yearlong search for comedic full-length plays, musicals, or solo pieces with predominantly Asian Pacific casts and/or themes, and part of a three-year, $200,000 grant from The James Irvine Foundat...