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  • East West Players: A Writers’s Gallery Reading of "Washer/Dryer"

    Oct 16, 2014

    FREE! JANM is pleased to host the East West Players’ reading of Washer/Dryer, an exciting new play by Nandita Shenoy.

  • "Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game" Upper Level Members' Preview Reception

    Mar 28, 2014

    Upper Level Members are invited to join us to celebrate the opening of the Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition.

  • "In the Middle of the Future: Tom Plate on Asia"

    Feb 04, 2014

    Journalist Tom Plate discusses his most recent publication—an anthology of his columns providing a compelling portrait of the dynamic political and economic rise of Asia in the last two decades. Presented in partnership with The Los Angeles World Affairs Council. $10 JANM and LAWAC members; $15 non-members. RSVP to reservations@LAWAC.org or 424.258.6160. Or order tickets here.

  • AKEMI KIKUMURA YANO DECIDES TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT/CEO OF JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Jul 01, 2011

    The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today that the Museum's President and Chief Executive Officer Akemi Kikumura Yano, Ph.D., has decided to step down from her current position. The Board also announced it will conduct a national search for her successor. Dr. Yano has been in discussions with the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum about her desire to ste...

  • EXCERPTS OF 'HOGOZ', ONLINE COMEDY SERIES SET IN WW II CAMP, TO BE SCREENED APRIL 3

    Mar 23, 2011

    An online comedy series, "Hogoz", set in a fictional government-run World War II camp, will have excerpts from five of its episodes screened at the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, April 3, beginning at 2 p.m. with the show’s creator/writer John Powers on hand to discuss his series and to answer questions. Pronounced "hoe-goes", the series creates a fictional situation based on actual history. During W...

  • "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority " a film by Kimberlee Bassford

    Oct 30, 2010

    Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority is a one-hour documentary by Kimberlee Bassford that explores the remarkable political story of Patsy Mink, an Asian American woman who, battling racism and sexism, redefined American politics. Small in stature but a giant in vision, she began her life on a Maui sugar plantation and rose to become the first Asian American woman and woman of color in the United States Congress. A...

  • "Oh! A Mystery of “Mono No Aware”" by Todd Shimoda

    Apr 17, 2010

    Oh! is an art-filled and intricately designed novel of Zack Hara’s self-discovery through Japanese poetry, the aesthetic of mono no aware (“things causing intense emotional awareness”), and the tragic phenomenon of suicide clubs formed in social networking websites.

  • Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment

    Jan 21, 2007

    This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the United States Army -- the majority of which have never been published -- Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. Colin Westerbeck, distinguishe...

  • Bird Pins: The Creative Legacy of Camp

    Feb 19, 2005

    Allowed to bring only what they could carry during World War II, Japanese American inmates looked for ways to occupy their time by creating items such as bird pins. Learn the fascinating story behind the pins and design your own out of various art materials.

  • Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II - Events

    Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.