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Bringing the Circle Together: When your Hands are Tied

2009年07月16日

Free Screening of When your Hands are Tied Since native youth do not often see reflections of themselves or their communities in mainstream media, When your Hands are Tied explores and documents native young people and role models who are finding exciting and positive ways to direct their lives through self-motivation in combination with traditional teachings to help prepare for the challenges of everyday life. Sp...

Summer Film Festival: "Top of Their Game"

2009年07月16日 - 2009年07月31日

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, the National Museum will continuously screen Top of Their Game. Top of Their Game profiles Japanese American athletes from three generations and nine different sports. Interviews, historical images and action footage reveal the behind-the-scenes stories of those who have risen to the “top of their game.” Featured are Kristi Yama...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2009年07月11日

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

Target Free Family Saturday: Books Galore!

2009年07月11日

FREE ALL DAY Come and explore with us the wonderful world of Asian American and Japanese American books. 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: Do you have a story to share? Create your own kamishibai! Kamishibai is a form of storytelling that originated in Japane...

Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy

2009年07月11日 - 2009年10月04日

Take a fresh look at the traditional and iconic Japanese kokeshi folk toy by exploring its origins and history, as well as what contemporary artists are producing in homage to this humble object. A special display of custom painted kokeshi is also featured—and available for sale at the Museum Store—by over 100 well-known international contemporary artists. This exhibition presented in collaboration with: ...

Summer Film Festival: "Bento to Mixed Plate: Politics of Plate Lunch"

2009年07月02日 - 2009年07月12日

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, the National Museum will continuously screen Bento to Mixed Plate: Politics of Plate Lunch. Politics of Plate Lunch is a penetrating yet tender look beneath the “island paradise” stereotype to explore the inter-ethnic and generational complexities of contemporary Hawai‘i. 20 min. This special showing will be screened at the Tera...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa at UNC (Chapel Hill, NC)

2009年07月01日 - 2009年10月31日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill FedEx Global Education Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa is an exhibition of portraits by artist Kip Fulbeck, who traveled the country photographing more than 1,000 Hapa of all ages and walks of life. Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, the word Hapa has been em...

Film Screening: "On Paper Wings"

2009年06月27日

On Paper Wings is the story of four Japanese women who worked on balloon bombs, the families of those killed in the U.S., and the man whose actions brought them all together forty years after WWII, and the balloon bomb project. During WWII, the Japanese military developed a new weapon intended to strike directly at the American continent – the balloon bomb. Thousands of hydrogen-filled balloons were attached to ...

Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Origami snail Garden Greeting Cards & Decorative Balls

2009年06月27日

Create fun garden greeting cards and decorative balls for your friends and family. $9 for National Museum members; $14 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2009年06月27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.