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  • "A Most Unlikely Hero and "Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice''

    May 01, 2004

    In Fighting Tradition: A Marine's Journey to Justice, Captain Bruce I. Yamashita tells the story of his five-year legal battle with the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. Dismissed from the program because of his Japanese ancestry, Capt. Yamashita's case became a catalyst for reform to prohibit racial and ethnic discrimination in all branches of the military. Yamashita, the subject of Steve Okino's film A Mo...

  • Fresh Words & Actions: Cold Tofu's Tofu Spring Break

    Apr 29, 2004

    Don't know where to go for Spring Break? Forget Florida or Mexico—you won't even need to pack your bags. Spend your break with Cold Tofu for some fun and outrageous comedy improvisation. With Cold Tofu and your suggestions, you never know what's going to happen! Cold Tofu is dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and pe...

  • "The Legend of Fire Horse Woman", by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

    Apr 25, 2004

    In Japan, no Fire Horse Woman could ever dream of marrying. It was a tragic sign, a ruinous birth date that occurred once every sixty years. Though always beautiful, Fire Horse Women were destined to remain untamed by men - and were to be avoided as wives at all cost. An orphan as well, Sayo had two strikes against her. But her loving mentor kept her secrets and made a match for her with the second son of a wealthy f...

  • Ikebana Presentation with the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Los Angeles Chapter

    Apr 24, 2004

    Isamu Noguchi was a friend and colleague of Sofu Teshigahara, founder of the Sogetsu Ikebana School. In this program, students from the Los Angeles-based school will give a demonstration and speak about the art of flower arranging. Members of the school will also create various arrangements for display at the National Museum throughout the run of the show.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Boys' Day Origami (Samurai)

    Apr 24, 2004

    Create fun origami shapes for Boys' Day. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations are recommended.

  • Play with Clay Family Day

    Apr 24, 2004

    Express yourself using clay with a fun, creative activity for everyone. Kids of all ages will have an opportunity to explore the exhibition and be inspired to create their own sculptures. Quick drying clay will be used.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Apr 17, 2004

    The Little Tokyo community in Los Angeles was once a thriving residential, business, and cultural center of the largest Japanese American community in the United States until World War II. 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 c...

  • "Summer of the Big Bachi", by Naomi Hirahara

    Apr 10, 2004

    Torn between two cultures and two worlds, the Nisei felt like wandering nomads with no ties to their homeland. For these "war orphans," America was a blank or "clean white" sheet of paper where anything was possible, but for Mas Arai, he couldn't escape the painful memories of World War II. Arai harbors a dark and disturbing secret about what happened before his flight from Hiroshima, a secret he had planed to take t...

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Sumi-e Cards (Scenery)

    Apr 10, 2004

    Use the art of sumi-e to draw colorful landscapes. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations are recommended.

  • "No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii during WWII", by Franklin Odo

    Apr 04, 2004

    When bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese American college students were among many young men enrolled in ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) called upon to defend the islands against invasion immediately after the attack. In a matter of weeks, however, the government questioned their loyalty and disarmed them. In No Sword to Bury, Franklin Odo places the largely untold story of these young men in t...