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Ohashi: Make Your Own Reusable Chopsticks

2019年06月01日

SOLD OUT Versatile and timeless, chopsticks (ohashi) are a fundamental utensil for many Asian cuisines. In this workshop led by local woodworker Steve Hatanaka, attendees will create their own personal reusable chopsticks. Reusable chopsticks speak to the Japanese concept of mottainai, an effort to not be wasteful. Open to ages 8 and older, but minors must be accompanied by an adult. $16 members, $20 non...

Ohashi: Make Your Own Reusable Chopsticks

2019年06月01日

SOLD OUT Versatile and timeless, chopsticks (ohashi) are a fundamental utensil for many Asian cuisines. In this workshop led by local woodworker Steve Hatanaka, attendees will create their own personal reusable chopsticks. Reusable chopsticks speak to the Japanese concept of mottainai, an effort to not be wasteful. Open to ages 8 and older, but minors must be accompanied by an adult. $16 members, $20 non...

Members Only—JANM Ghost Stories

2016年10月22日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. To celebrate the Halloween season, all JANM members are invited to a haunting—and entertaining—discussion of ghosts and the paranormal with ABC7 news anchor David Ono, producer Jeff MacIntyre, and actor Rodney Kageyama. Learn about their encounters with the supernatural and decide for yourself if you believe! Light rec...

Dodgers Gallery Talk

2014年07月12日

FREE 11:30 A.M. & 1 P.M. Curators Mark Langill and Koji Steven Sakai will lead a family-friendly gallery tour through Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game, giving the insider scoop about the exhibition and how it was put together. Mark Langill is the Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian. Koji Steven Sakai is the Programs Manager at the Japanese American National Museum. RSVP early, 30 participants max.

Dodgers Gallery Talk

2014年05月10日

FREE 11:30 A.M. & 1 P.M. Curators Mark Langill and Koji Steven Sakai will lead a family-friendly gallery tour through Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game, giving the insider scoop about the exhibition and how it was put together. Mark Langill is the Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian. Koji Steven Sakai is the Programs Manager at the Japanese American National Museum. RSVP early, 30 participants max.

A New Perspective on U.S.-Japan Relations: The Japanese American and Japanese Partnership

2006年07月21日

The Japanese American National Museum has increasingly explored the relationship between Japanese Americans and Japan. While the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Japan is considered among the most important in the world, the connection between Japanese and Japanese Americans is more complex and perhaps atypical to that of other Americans with the people and land of their ancestry. While World War II pla...

Staged Reading by East West Players Writer's Gallery

2005年11月10日

Developing new works and introducing new talent is vital to the creative process at East West Players. Promising new scripts are presented to the public as staged readings offering a tantalizing glimpse of works, which may be developed for the main stage.

Kamishibai Man by Allen Say

2005年10月08日

Caldecott medalist Allen Say debuts his colorful new work, Kamishibai Man, a tale of an old paper storyteller in Japan who returns to the city and discovers the children he used to entertain have not forgotten him. Book signing to follow.

"finding family stories" UCLA Extension Course

2003年06月21日

Artists, curators, designers, and educators involved in finding family stories Arts Partnership Project share their experiences in this project initiated by the National Museum with the California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum, and Self-Help Graphics & Art. In the first session of this two-day course, students participate in a guided tour of the exhibition and discussion with project staff at t...

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Tsumami Zaiku

2001年05月12日

Tsumami zaiku are traditional Japanese hair ornaments made of silk. In this class, Shibata Sensei will teach participants how to make their own tsumami zaiku. Member $5, non-members $11, includes National Museum admission and supplies.