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  • COMMUNITY BUILDERS: JAPANESE AMERICAN ACTIVISM 1960-1980. Part 3

    2012年04月21日

    FREE! The third program will discuss Asian American studies movement and the future of ethnic studies. This program will feature a conversation with Prof. Lloyd Inui, Prof. Tetsuden Kashima, and student from UCLA's Asian Pacific Islander Undergraduate Association. This program is generously sponsored by The Aratani CARE grant, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA.

  • COMMUNITY BUILDERS: JAPANESE AMERICAN ACTIVISM 1960-1980. Part 2.

    2012年04月21日

    FREE! The second program in a three part series will discuss Little Tokyo and Japanese American activism in the community during the 1960s. This program will feature a conversation with Alan Nishio, Evelyn Yoshimura, and students from UCLA's Nikkei Student Union. This program is generously sponsored by The Aratani CARE grant, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA.

  • "Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe"

    2012年04月14日

    During World War II, the U.S. government detained more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent in "internment" camps throughout the West. One camp was different. Run by the Department of Justice, the Santa Fe Camp held 4,555 men considered the ‘worst of the worst.’ Despite their experience behind barbed wire, their story has largely been unknown—a hole in the history books for the last 60 years. Prisoners and Patr...

  • "Folding Paper" Exhibition Tour

    2012年04月14日

    Walkthrough of Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with curator Meher McArthur.

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Monster Mash

    2012年04月14日

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of monster related fun and crafts for the whole family. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Add fun to your footsteps and terror to your trot by making monster feet. Make a colorful zigzag monster puppet. Help us with a little spring cleaning...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    2012年04月07日

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

  • Buddhism in Little Tokyo

    2012年04月07日

    An insider's view of the major Buddhist temples of Little Tokyo. This walk will include visits to Koyasan, Higashi Hongwanji, and Zenshuji and will explain the roles they played in the neighborhood. An opportunity for lunch. $15 Members, $20 non-members, includes admission. Wear comfortable walking shoes. RSVP early, 15 students max.

  • Dark History: Santa Anita Park

    2012年03月31日

    Not a lot of people know that during World War II, Santa Anita Park housed approximately 20,000 Japanese Americans. Find out more about it from a short video produced by ESPN and some Japanese Americans that were there.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    2012年03月31日

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

  • Smithsonian's Franklin Odo To Read From Book 'No Sword To Bury'

    2004年03月26日

    Franklin Odo, Director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and curator at the National Museum of American History, will read from his latest book, No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii during WWII, at a program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, April 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the National Museum and the Go For Broke Educational Foundation. ...