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  • "Visible & Invisible" Opening Party

    2013年04月06日

    Join us for the public opening of Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History! There will be a short program at 8 PM featuring singer/songwriter Meiko.

  • Asian Americans in Hip Hop Panel

    2013年04月06日

    This event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Join us for a moderated discussion on the roles Asian Americans have played in hip hop. Panelists to be announced. Check janm.org for updates.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    2013年04月06日

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with our knowledgeable Museum docents.

  • Continuing Explorations in Shibori Dyeing with Glennis Dolce

    2013年04月06日

    Whether you are new to shibori or continuing your practice, come join us as we continue to find various ways to create pattern and texture on cloth. We will stitch, fold, twist, wrap and roll...fabrics new and old. There will be lots of silks to explore- feel free to bring some of your own. Glennis will also bring her antique zakuri and give you a demonstration of how silk is reeled from a cocoons she has raised he...

  • "Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan" by Lara Perez-Takagi and Megumi Nishikura

    2013年04月05日

    Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. The film follows five hafus – the Japanese term for people who are half Japanese – who are compelled to explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that proclaims itself to be mono-ethnic. To RSVP for the event,...

  • "Strawberry Yellow" by Naomi Hirahara

    2013年03月30日

    Mas Arai is a taciturn, sometimes even curmudgeonly retired gardener with a past. Born in Watsonville in California’s strawberry country, he was raised in Hiroshima, Japan, and as a teenager survived the 1945 A-bomb. After the war, he returned to Watsonville to start over, finding shelter with cousins and work in the strawberry fields. Now, after moving to Altadena and spending a lifetime as a gardener, Mas re...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    2013年03月30日

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes admission. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting.

  • Beyond the Bad and the Ugly: Stereotypes and Asian American Pop Culture - A Summit

    2013年03月23日

    Tickets for the event can be purchased here. JANM MEMBERS: Members receive $5 off of their tickets! Please contact agiffen@janm.org for your discount code. In 1914, Sessue Hayakawa became the first Asian American actor to break through on the silver screen, appearing in movie pioneer Thomas Ince’s silent classic The Typhoon, and launching a career as one of the most popular and well-paid stars in the nascent Ho...

  • ‘VISIBLE & INVISIBLE’ EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE HISTORY OF HAPA JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

    2013年03月22日

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with the USC Hapa Japan Database Project, is set to open its next exhibition, Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History, Sunday, April 7 through Sunday, August 25, 2013. Through photos, historical artifacts, multimedia images, and interactive components, Visible & Invisible explores the diverse and complex history of the mixed-roots...

  • "Something Strong Within" Documentary To Be Screened On KCET's "California's Gold" On May 17

    1997年04月24日

    The award-winning documentary, Something Strong Within, which features home movie footage taken by the Japanese American inmates of several of the U.S. concentration camps during World War II, will be featured on the KCET series California’s Gold with producer/host Huell Howser on Saturday, May 17, at 6 p.m. The series is screened on 13 PBS affiliates in California as well as stations in Hawai‘i and Utah. Viewers sho...