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  • Discovering Your Family Tree

    May 18, 1997

    Workshop instructor: Chester Hashizume. Become a family detective and discover those long-lost relatives. Learn how to create your own family tree, then find out how to enter your family tree in the Museum’s National Family Registry. Members $5, non-members $9 includes Museum admission. Reservations required.

  • Na Hana Lima No'eau - Skillful hand crafts

    May 18, 1997

    Family Activity Featuring: Ainahau O Kaleiponi Hawaiian Civic Club Make a dolphin pendant, traditional kukui nut candle and other items, all from seeds. Members of Ainahau O Kaleponi teach participants how to make these unique Hawaiian seed crafts. Free with Museum admission. Reservations required by May 10.

  • Becoming a Family Sleuth

    May 17, 1997

    Workshop for Kids ages 9-12 Kids—explore the excitement of uncovering hidden stories about your own family history! Learn to gather clues from old pictures, attic antiques, and life stories. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on training for children interested in doing oral history. This is the first in a series of two workshops (see June 14 description) and requires the completion of a homework assignm...

  • Capturing History: Incarceration Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction

    May 15, 1997

    Two generations of writers have struggled to recover and present stories of the Japanese American incarceration; their work in history and in fiction has been at the core of the movement for redress. A panel of distinguished novelists and historians of the incarceration experience share their work, discuss their sources for materials, and address questions of how they used or interpreted these materials. Join us fo...

  • Twelfth Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival

    May 15, 1997 - May 22, 1997

    Director’s Guild of America Theater, Laemmle’s Sunset Five Theater, Los Angeles First established in 1983 by Visual Communications, the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American media arts center, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific & Video Festival is Southern California’s premier showcase of cinematic works by and about Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

  • Mother's Day Origami Cards

    May 10, 1997

    Craft Class Instructor: Ryoko Shibata Remind your mother how special she is by making her a personalized card for Mother’s Day. Ryoko Shibata teaches participants how to make origami (folded paper) cards that will be cherished for years to come. Members $5, non-members $9 includes Museum admission. Reservations required by May 7.

  • The Kona Coffee Story: Portraits of a Community

    May 10, 1997

    Kona coffee is known world-wide as one of the premier quality coffees on the market, yet little is known about the industry or the people who labor to produce this aromatic coffee. Join life history curator Darcie Iki as she presents a historical portrait of the coffee farmers of Kona by sharing her research and oral history recordings that she conducted in Kona. This lecture includes a slide show of historical photo...

  • AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery

    May 08, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading Award-winning playwright, short-story writer, and painter, Wakako Yamauchi (And the Soul Shall Dance, The Music Lesson) brings two brand new one-act plays for debut readings at the Museum. The plays, For What? and Tuesdays are both about exploring memory and healing. This is the sixth program in the Writers Gallery series. The play is directed by veteran s...

  • Tango No Sekku (Boy's Day) at the Museum

    May 04, 1997

    Family Activity Celebrate Tango No Sekku (Boys’ Day) at the Museum. Traditionally observed on May 5 in Japan, it predates Kodomo No Hi (Children’s Day). Learn about the meaning of Boys’ Day and some of its traditions. Make a paper kabuto (helmet worn by samurai) and your own koi (fish) and then join in on a taiko (drum) workshop. Children of all ages are invited. Free with Museum admission. Reservations are req...

  • Koto and Shakuhachi Concert

    May 03, 1997

    Special Performance Master musicians, Masakazu Yoshizawa on shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and Hiromi Hashibe on koto (stringed harp-like instrument), perform sokyoku (traditional classical) and contemporary music in this special concert. Woodwind specialist Masakazu Yoshizawa is a multifaceted musician, composer, and studio and concert performer who has played and recorded with Henry Mancini, John Williams, t...