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  • "Transpacific Borderlands" Members Only Artist Talk

    2017年12月02日

    Born to parents of Japanese and Mexican descent, Shizu Saldamando investigates the variety of social constructs and subcultures seen in Los Angeles’ backyard parties, dance clubs, music shows, hang-out spots, and art receptions. Through subtle and detailed drawings, she captures the unexpected influences at work in America’s social spaces. Members are invited to join this featured Transpacific Borderlands arti...

  • Mixed Remixed Festival

    2014年06月14日

    FREE! An exciting new festival, the Mixed Remixed Festival brings together film and book lovers to celebrate stories of multiracial, mixed and hapa individuals with workshops, readings, film screenings and live performances for the largest West Coast celebration of Loving Day. Check www.mixedremixed.org for details. #mixedremixed

  • "Go For Broke!"

    2013年06月02日

    Screenings will be held at 12PM and 2PM. Originally released by MGM in 1951, Go For Broke! tells the story of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Join us for a viewing of this classic film.

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Trespassing

    2009年11月19日

    Free Screening of Trespassing This compelling documentary shows the risks indigenous people and other environmentalists take to protect sacred Native American lands, the air, and the water from desecration by nuclear waste. It examines the deadly controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing, and the disposal of nuclear waste in the Four Corners area, Nevada's Yucca Mountain, and California's Moj...

  • Private Member’s Exhibition Tour: Gokurosama

    2009年02月14日

    A special private member's only tour of the new exhibition Gokurosama: Contemporary Photos of the Nisei in Hawaii. By invitation only.

  • Memento Mori: Memory and Monuments in American Public Spaces

    2004年07月15日

    Moderated by KPCC's KITTY FELDE, this lively panel discussion includes, architect Greg Lynn of Greg Lynn FORM, who led the United Architects team's entry in the World Trade Center design competition; author EDWARD T. LINENTHAL, who has written eloquently about the Oklahoma City National Memorial; and Curator KARIN HIGA, Director of the Curatorial and Exhibitions Department and Senior Curator of Art at the Japanese Am...

  • James Toya Cymbidium Showcase

    2004年03月12日

    The National Museum kicks off a weekend-long presentation featuring the contributions of nisei James Toya to the hybridization of cymbidiums, or orchids. Visitors can participate in workshops, view presentations, and meet cymbidium experts as they present more than 50 plants highlighting the work of Toya.

  • Hot Off The Press

    2000年09月24日

    Author Reading Series At the Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library Fifth and Flower streets in Downtown Los Angeles Parking, 524 S. Flower, adjacent to Library. $5.65 flat rate after 5 p.m. Free, Reservations suggested. 213.228.7025 Two Novelists: Kyoko Mori, reading and discussing Stone Field, True Arrow Anchee Min, reading and discussing Becoming Madame Mao Kyoko Mori is the author of two novels f...

  • Aloha Weekend Activities

    1998年03月14日 - 1998年03月15日

    Saturday–Sunday, March 14–15 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Experience a little bit of the Aloha spirit as we celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition. Join us as we explore the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai'i through performance, dance, and art. Fun for the entire family. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

  • Barbara Kawakami Collection

    (92.12, 94.275, 97.263, 99.235, 2004.1, 2006.166, 2008.95) This online collection of textiles and other artifacts from late 19th century through the 20th century was gathered by author and scholar Barbara Kawakami primarily in Hawaii. It is the most significant collection of Issei (first generation Japanese) immigration and plantation clothing in the world. A sample of the collection is currently available online wit...