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Members Only Conversation: New Year’s Food!

2022年01月02日

FREE for members Get an exclusive, virtual behind the scenes tour of a Little Tokyo restaurant during the busiest holiday of the year! Only for members! More details to come. RSVPs are required using the link below or by contacting memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 by Tuesday, December 28. RSVP NOW This event is presented in conjunction with the 2022 Oshogatsu Festival.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Azay!

2021年01月08日

FREE for members Get an exclusive, behind the scenes tour of a restaurant during the busiest holiday of the year! Azay Little Tokyo, with Chef Akira Hirose, will show the process of developing and preparing their special Oshogatsu menu. Only for members! RSVPs are required using this form or by contacting memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 by Tuesday, January 5. RSVP NOW This event is presented in conj...

ONLINE Tea & Letter Writing: summer lovin’

2020年06月10日

FREE During these tea & letter writing sessions, we are taking time to reach out to those we love who are the most vulnerable or isolated in this time. This session we are focusing especially on queer and trans people of color who are currently incarcerated. We will also provide time for creative reflection and letters of self love. Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation an...

JANM RECEIVES TWO JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES GRANTS

2020年05月01日

Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received over $530,000 in grants from the Department of Interior, National Park Service (NPS) through the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program. The funds will support two projects - the development of an experiential exhibition that will explore the important role that religious institutions and individuals played for Japanese Amer...

JANM’S ANNUAL OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL SET FOR JANUARY 5, 2020

2019年12月17日

Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will hold its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 5, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages to help ring in the Year of the Rat. New Year’s, or Oshogatsu, is one of Japan’s longest and most important holidays. Although Oshogatsu originally refer...

Tea & Letter Writing: gathering in relaxation, expression & conversation

2019年12月05日

FREE Do you miss the art of letter writing? Would you like the opportunity to write a letter to the future of Little Tokyo or to a future stakeholder of this community? Gather with us in a relaxed atmosphere to share tea and conversation and write letters—with plenty of prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM. Come write about your hopes and dreams for...

Contested Histories at Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center (Bridgeton, NJ)

2019年07月20日 - 2019年07月21日

TRAVELING DISPLAYSeabrook Educational and Cultural CenterBridgeton, NJSaturday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Sunday: 12 p.m.–3 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first bo...

Contested Histories at Midwest Buddhist Temple (Chicago, IL)

2019年05月17日

TRAVELING DISPLAYMidwest Buddhist TempleChicago, IL10:45 a.m.–5 p.m.FREE and open to the public Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any as...

"Behind Barbed Wire" Book Signing and Reception with Paul Kitagaki Jr.

2019年04月20日

SOLD OUT To commemorate the upcoming release of his new book, Behind Barbed Wire, and in celebration of his highly regarded exhibition, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, join photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr. for a special reception with several of the exhibition’s subjects. Kitagaki will also be signing copies of his forthcoming book, which has an official publication date of September 2019, but he will be off...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Velina Hasu Houston

2018年12月15日

All members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with Velina Hasu Houston, playwright of Little Women (A Multicultural Transposition), prior to the performance of her play at 5 p.m. Houston is a distinguished professor, director of MFA dramatic writing, head of undergraduate playwriting, associate dean of faculty, and resident playwright at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Space is limited. RS...