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  • 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...

  • "Whispered Silences" Upper Level Members Reception

    May 03, 1997

    Upper level members reception. By invitation only. This exhibition runs from May 3 through September 14, 1997.

  • Whispered Silences

    May 03, 1997 - Sep 14, 1997

    Whispered Silences features the work of fine-arts photographer Joan Myers who embarked on a journey to photograph all ten World War II War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The result of her odyssey is a series of haunting black and white images of the camps as they appear today and the relics that were left behind. Developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Services, this exhibition also include...

  • Jon Shirota's Enlightenment

    May 01, 1997

    Thursday Evening at the Museum New Play Reading Well-known Japanese American author and playwright Jon Shirota (Lucky Come Hawaii and Pineapple White) debuts his newest play entitled Enlightenment. The entire play takes place in a small shiatsu center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Taka Okamoto, a horseplayer "Pineapple" from Maui, Hawaii, frequents the center which is operated by Reverend Cathy Takahashi...

  • Discovering Your Family Tree

    Apr 27, 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.

  • Coffee Cupping

    Apr 26, 1997

    Lecture and demonstration Featuring: Robert Iida, Kapu Products Company The art of coffee cupping assesses the aroma, taste and texture of coffee to determine the quality of the bean the roasting process. Join Kapu Products Company’s Robert Iida for an afternoon of coffee cupping of pure Kona coffee. Become a "coffee connoisseur" and learn the finer points of selecting coffee through taste comparisons. ...