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  • 11th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique

    Oct 06, 2019

    FREE ADMISSION TO BOUTIQUE Vendors will be on hand with unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, cultural t-shirts, handbags, ceramics, origami, bronze and glass art, pet accessories, and more! Performances by Yuujou Daiko and harpist Audrey Kato. Admission to the boutique is free. A $25 purchase gets you free museum admission (10/6/19 only) and a 10% discount at local participating Little Tokyo eateries during ...

  • Making Waves: A Changing Tides Mental Health Conference

    Sep 28, 2019

    This day-long conference will offer a safe space for the API community to address, examine, and understand mental health in its various forms. Conference plenaries will be interspersed with workshops and small group discussions that focus on specific topics related to mental health. The conversation around mental health within the API community is one that has been and continues to be highly stigmatized due t...

  • Detained in America: Children Speak

    Sep 21, 2019

    FREE and open to the public JANM Plaza: 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Screenings (17 min each): 12:30 p.m. • 3:40 p.m. • 4:10 p.m. Conceived and created by Amy Cohen and Claudia Sobral, “Detained in America: Children Speak” is a program of child voices describing the trauma inflicted by US government policies on the young and innocent. Hosted by the Japanese American National Museum, the program’s organizers include Th...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Shibori Plant Dye ("Kusakizome")

    Sep 21, 2019 - Sep 22, 2019

    Saturday–Sunday, September 21–22 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Learn about Kusakizome, which translates to "plant dyeing," in a two-day workshop led by Glennis Dolce. Kusakizome has a long tradition in Japan with in-season plant materials collected regionally and used for different purposes. For this workshop, you will use a variety of locally sourced plant materials on a variety of silks with simple m...

  • Hanashi Oral History Pop Up

    Sep 21, 2019

    FREE Come see a selection of Go For Broke National Education Center’s Hanashi (“to talk”) Oral Histories. GFBNEC has been recording interviews of Nisei veterans of World War II as well as their contemporaries in the armed forces for over twenty years. Stay for as many interviews as you like; this day-long opportunity does not have formal presentations or introductions. Presented in partnership with Go For Broke...

  • Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

    Sep 21, 2019

    Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is offering FREE admission all day as part of the annual Museum Day event.

  • REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS—Ten Works Inspired by "At First Light"

    Sep 19, 2019

    FREE An ad man coined the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” in the 1920s to emphasize the power of graphics to compel the viewer to adopt an idea or buy a product. But a picture can also be the springboard for new interpretations and the reimagination of the physical object, people, or places depicted. In that spirit, we reached out to ten literary arts practitioners to visit the At First Light: The...

  • Two-Day Jewelry Workshop: The Wonderful World of "Washi"

    Sep 14, 2019 - Sep 15, 2019

    Saturday–Sunday, September 14–15 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Washi is a traditional Japanese handmade decorative paper that dates back to the seventh century. Unlike machine-made paper from wood pulp, washi is made from the inner bark of plants such as mulberry, bamboo, and wisteria and hemp. The intertwining of fibers results in a paper that is strong, durable, washable, and acid-free. Its thin, smooth, soft surface ...

  • "Iced in Paradise"—Naomi Hirahara’s New Hawai‘i Mystery

    Sep 07, 2019

    Iced in Paradise is the newest book from Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara. In this mystery, follow Leilani Santiago and her family on the island of Kaua‘i as they manage a shave ice shack. When Leilani goes to work one morning, she stumbles upon a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by Leilani’s estranged father. As her father soon becomes the prime murder suspect, Leilani must find the r...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Naomi Hirahara

    Sep 07, 2019

    All members are invited to meet Naomi Hirahara before her author discussion at 2 p.m. about her book, Iced in Paradise. Space is limited. RSVP by September 3 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center