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East West Players: A Writers’s Gallery Reading of "Washer/Dryer"

2014年10月16日

FREE! JANM is pleased to host the East West Players’ reading of Washer/Dryer, an exciting new play by Nandita Shenoy.

"Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game" Upper Level Members' Preview Reception

2014年03月28日

Upper Level Members are invited to join us to celebrate the opening of the Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition.

"In the Middle of the Future: Tom Plate on Asia"

2014年02月04日

Journalist Tom Plate discusses his most recent publication—an anthology of his columns providing a compelling portrait of the dynamic political and economic rise of Asia in the last two decades. Presented in partnership with The Los Angeles World Affairs Council. $10 JANM and LAWAC members; $15 non-members. RSVP to reservations@LAWAC.org or 424.258.6160. Or order tickets here.

AKEMI KIKUMURA YANO DECIDES TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT/CEO OF JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2011年07月01日

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today that the Museum's President and Chief Executive Officer Akemi Kikumura Yano, Ph.D., has decided to step down from her current position. The Board also announced it will conduct a national search for her successor. Dr. Yano has been in discussions with the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum about her desire to ste...

EXCERPTS OF 'HOGOZ', ONLINE COMEDY SERIES SET IN WW II CAMP, TO BE SCREENED APRIL 3

2011年03月23日

An online comedy series, "Hogoz", set in a fictional government-run World War II camp, will have excerpts from five of its episodes screened at the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, April 3, beginning at 2 p.m. with the show’s creator/writer John Powers on hand to discuss his series and to answer questions. Pronounced "hoe-goes", the series creates a fictional situation based on actual history. During W...

"Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority " a film by Kimberlee Bassford

2010年10月30日

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority is a one-hour documentary by Kimberlee Bassford that explores the remarkable political story of Patsy Mink, an Asian American woman who, battling racism and sexism, redefined American politics. Small in stature but a giant in vision, she began her life on a Maui sugar plantation and rose to become the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the United States Congress. A...

"Oh! A Mystery of “Mono No Aware”" by Todd Shimoda

2010年04月17日

Oh! is an art-filled and intricately designed novel of Zack Hara’s self-discovery through Japanese poetry, the aesthetic of mono no aware (“things causing intense emotional awareness”), and the tragic phenomenon of suicide clubs formed in social networking websites.

Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment

2007年01月21日

This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the United States Army -- the majority of which have never been published -- Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. Colin Westerbeck, distinguishe...

Bird Pins: The Creative Legacy of Camp

2005年02月19日

Allowed to bring only what they could carry during World War II, Japanese American inmates looked for ways to occupy their time by creating items such as bird pins. Learn the fascinating story behind the pins and design your own out of various art materials.

Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II - Events

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