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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    2018年07月07日

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Writing Little Tokyo in Crime and Rhyme

    2015年09月19日

    The Japanese American experience, both past and present, is rarely tackled in mainstream literature. Two award-winning authors, mystery writer Naomi Hirahara (A Grave on Grand Avenue) and poet Amy Uyematsu (The Yellow Door), have incorporated both their ethnic heritage and a strong sense of place into their works. Once members of the same writing group, Pacific Asian American Women Writers-West (PAAWW-W), thes...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Summer Fun

    2013年06月08日

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate the arrival of summer with storytelling and fun crafts! SCHEDULE: 11:30AM • 1:30PM • 3PM: Storyteller Alton Chung will perform his one-man show Heroes which tells the story of the heroic actions of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). This program contains mature themes that may not be appropriate for younger audien...

  • "Hibakusha" Screening

    2012年10月20日

    Hibakusha is an animated drama featuring Kaz Suyeishi (Karin Anna Cheung), a 57 year old woman, who recalls her most vivid and horrific experiences as a 17 year old Hiroshima student during the morning of August 6, 1945 when the atomic bomb dropped on her hometown. This film is inspired to bring awareness to the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings in hopes that a nuclear tragedy like this will ever happen again. A Q&A w...

  • Comedy Zen

    2010年07月29日

    Comedyzen is proud to be hosting East Coast comedian, Eliot Chang. You can catch is Comedy Central Present on air now. We are also lucky to be hosting Iliza Shlesinger, winner of NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING. Her comedy is as lethal as she is lovely. Youtube phenoms Just Kidding Films will be performing a special rendition of their famous, History of Korean Drama. Plus many more. Meet and Greet the comedians ...

  • Urban Gardens for Small Spaces: A Container Gardening Demonstration

    2007年09月09日

    In conjunction with the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden, the National Museum presents a four-part series of gardening demonstrations led by horticultural experts. PART 4 Horticultural consultant and LA Times garden writer Lili Singer shows you how you can improve your green thumb -- even in small spaces -- through container gardening. Single demonstration price: $8 National Museum membe...

  • Big Drum

    2005年07月14日 - 2006年01月08日

    Big Drum: Taiko in the United States explores the growing phenomenon of taiko (Japanese drum) ensemble performances through the use of several media presentations, historic photographs, artifacts, and even interactive opportunities for the whole family. Group taiko performance only developed in post-war Japan and the United States and Japanese Americans played a major role in its growing popularity. With few models t...

  • ROBERT MURASE - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

    1998年10月21日

    Robert Murase designed the rock and water garden for the new Pavilion at the Japanese American National Museum. With more than 30 years experience as a landscape architect, Mr. Murase has designed courtyards and unique spaces for museums, libraries, hospitals, schools, and municipal buildings. He has also been responsible for the master planning and design for visitor and resort complexes, university campuses and p...

  • Fall into Sumi-e

    1997年11月08日

    Fall is the season of change and reflection. Experience the art of sumi-e (ink brush painting). with resident artist Ryoko Shibata. Free with Museum admision. Reservations required by November 5. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

  • Big Drum Articles—Kenny Endo

    Kenny Endo: Connecting to Heritage through Music Working with artists in various genres, he has paved new directions in using the traditional taiko, bringing a refreshing and creative approach to music through his background in western, ethnic, and traditional Japanese drumming. —from the Taiko Center of the Pacific website Taiko has played a significant role in Japan’s music history, appearing in ...