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  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Origami Boxes and Flowers

    May 22, 2004

    Design multi-colored boxes and flowers perfect for gift giving. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations are recommended.

  • Fresh Words & Actions: "Manzanar: The Story of an American Family"

    May 20, 2004

    This musical explores the upheaval and discrimination Japanese Americans endured during World War II when the government ordered all people of Japanese descent to be interned. Twelve-year-old Margaret has dreams of becoming a big band singer, but her hopes are shattered by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Margaret's life is changed forever as she and her family are relocated to the Manzanar concentration camp. Manzana...

  • Play with Clay Family Day

    May 15, 2004

    Please refer to the April 24 calendar listing for further information.

  • Last day to register for Children's Courtyard engravings!

    May 15, 2004

    Honor a special child in your life with a permanent engraving in the Children's Courtyard outside the Pavilion's Central Hall. Registration and payments must be received at the National Museum today (May 15, 2004)! For registration forms and information please visit http://www.janmstore.com/courtyard.html.

  • Fresh Words & Actions: "Innocent When You Dream", by Ken Narasaki

    May 13, 2004

    Eighty-year-old nisei Dan Yamada has suffered a catastrophic stroke and his grown children do their best to convince the hospital staff to help them pull the plug. Meanwhile, back in the 1940s, a young Yamada meets a girl whom he comforts, but can never understand. Both time periods move forward as the play progresses until Yamada finally finds forgiveness and perhaps regain a measure of innocence when past and pre...

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Animal Origami Pop-Up Cards

    May 08, 2004

    Create fun animal shapes for greeting cards. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies. Reservations are recommended.

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko

    May 02, 2004

    Join Hydaiko, the network of taiko players, for a brief overview about taiko in North America. Drummers from different Southern California groups will host this workshop and jam session where participants will have an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with different instruments and participate in a jam session.

  • "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...