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  • JANM Free Family Days: Superheroes!

    Nov 10, 2018

    FREE ALL DAY This full day of crafts, performances, and other activities will be inspired by real-life heroes as well as the fictional characters of Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Superhero Capes: Attention all crime-fighting kids and their grown-up sidekicks! Make your own superhero cape and unleash your hidden powers. Superhero M...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Art Hansen

    Aug 25, 2018

    All members are invited to this exclusive reception with Art Hansen, professor emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and editor of Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura, prior to his author discussion at 2 p.m. Space is limited. RSVP by August 21 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213...

  • AAJA-LA Asian American Film Festival

    Jun 26, 2018

    FREE Asian American Journalists Association of Los Angeles (AAJA-LA) kicks off its Summer Film Series with an evening at JANM celebrating emerging APA filmmakers. In partnership with HBO, the three winning films from HBO’s 2018 APA Visionaries Short Film Competition will be screened. June (1st Place) – Director: Huay-Bing Law Set on an American college campus during the 1960s, June chronicles the experie...

  • APIA Heritage Month Program—Asian American Child Actors Panel Discussion

    May 19, 2016

    FREE In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, join us for a special panel discussion with the Asian American child stars of today. Moderated by writer Jeff Yang, the panel will feature Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, and Ian Chen of Fresh Off the Boat; Ashley Liao of the Netflix original series Fuller House; and Lance Lim of Nickelodeon’s School of Rock. The actors will talk about th...

  • Film Screening and Panel Discussion—"To Climb a Gold Mountain"

    Mar 26, 2016

    In honor of Women’s History Month, JANM presents To Climb a Gold Mountain (2015), a documentary that tells the story of Los Angeles through the eyes of four immigrant Chinese women. Covering a span of 160 years, each woman featured in the film faced a different set of challenges, fighting in her own unique way to make a difference. Included are Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking actress who achieved success and ...

  • A Samurai’s Life

    Oct 24, 2015

    In honor of Family History Month, UC Santa Barbara Professor of History Luke Roberts will present a lecture on the life of samurai Yoshiki Mori (1768–1807), who was a retainer for the Yamauchi lord of the Tosa domain. The talk will draw from Mori’s diary, his letters, and historical records, and will include a discussion of challenges faced by Roberts while researching samurai family history. Roberts is a speciali...

  • GREAT LEAP SETS WORKSHOPS, FILM SCREENINGS, DANCE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY JUNE 5

    May 26, 2011

    Great Leap in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum will premiere the music video MOTTAINAI as part of an informative and fun-filled day of performance, video screenings, participatory workshops and a ritual dance to celebrate World Environment Day, a United Nations initiative, at the Museum’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (NCPD) in Little Tokyo on Sunday, June 5, 2011, beginnin...

  • FILM 'HONOR WITH VALOR' FEATURING JA VETERAN INTERVIEWS SET FOR FEB. 5

    Feb 03, 2011

    A film screening of the documentary, "Honor with Valor", featuring excerpts of interviews of 35 Japanese American World War II veterans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 5, beginning at 2 p.m. Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi assembled the documentary and unlike previous films about the remarkable exploits of the segregated 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team...

  • 'REMEMBERING MANZANAR' DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED JAN. 30

    Jan 14, 2010

    The documentary, "Remembering Manzanar", a compilation of rare historic footage, photographs and personal recollections from former inmates of the most famous World War II government-run domestic concentration camps, will be screened on Saturday, Jan. 30, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Created for use at the Interpretive Center at the Manzanar National Historic Site, ...

  • Judgments Judged, Wrongs Remembered: Examining the Japanese American Civil Liberties Cases of World War II

    Nov 06, 2004

    Please refer to the November 5th event information.