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  • The American War Experience Through California Voices: World War II

    Nov 14, 2019

    FREE JANM is pleased to partner with the Cal Poly Pomona Veterans Resource Center to present the second of two discussions about World War II as part of their special series, The American War Experience through California Voices. (Click on the RSVP link for details about the first discussion at Cal Poly Pomona on October 30.) These will be reading-based discussions based on Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D....

  • Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering

    Nov 15, 2014

    Okaeri is a day of educational and storytelling workshops for LGBTQ members of the Nikkei community and their friends, family, and allies. All are welcome to come and share support and resources as we work to build an inclusive Nikkei community. For information and to register, visit okaeri-la.org. Click this link to read an interview with lead organizer of Okaeri, Marsha Aizumi>>

  • ‘I WANT THE WIDE AMERICAN EARTH: AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN STORY’ OPENS AT JANM SEPTEMBER 14

    Sep 03, 2013

    Los Angeles — The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story from September 14 to October 27, 2013. Travelling from the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center, I Want the Wide American Earth explores the deep-rooted history of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States, spanning from the first immigrants in the 1800s to th...

  • Hapa Hoops: Japanese American Basketball and Community with Rex Walters

    Jun 22, 2013

    Join us as we explore the experiences of Hapa Japanese Americans and their experiences in Japanese American basketball leagues. Hapa Hoops will feature a screening of JANM’s basketball documentary Crossover and will be followed by a conversation by Rex Walters, a veteran of both Japanese American basketball leagues and the NBA.

  • RARE MINE OKUBO DRAWINGS AVAILABLE ON JANM.ORG

    Nov 07, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum announced today that it has completed the conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of 197 pen and ink drawings by artist Mine Okubo, which now may be viewed on the JANM’s website. Okubo was an artist, writer, and social activist who created drawings and sketches of her life while at Tanforan assembly center in San Bruno, California and Topaz concentration camp in Utah durin...

  • PROF. ARTHUR SAKAMOTO TO DISCUSS ‘HOW JAPANESE ARE JAs?'

    Oct 12, 2011

    Professor Arthur Sakamoto will discuss the question, "How Japanese Are Japanese Americans?" at a public program set for Saturday, October 25, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Ever since World War II, Japanese Americans have largely severed their ties with Japan, and have stressed their Americanness. Unlike other immigrant groups, Japanese Americans have often shown little interest in c...

  • An Intergenerational Memoir Arts Workshop

    Mar 12, 2011

    Join editor Brian Komei Dempster of Making Home From War and illustrator Felicia Hoshino of My Dog Teny in a creative collaboration workshop. Bring a friend or family member and a memory that may be in the form of a photo, a letter, an artifact, or short writing reflection. Come create a recollection of life before, during, or after WW II to share with others. No experience necessary. Reservations requested. Sugg...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Be Animated!

    Feb 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun with anime and comic book activities and workshops. Keeping checking back for program schedule! 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: Put your drawings in motion by creating your own flipbook. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s YO...

  • TARGET FREE FAMILY DAY, 'UP, UP AND AWAY!' SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 10

    May 02, 2008

    The popular Target Free Family Saturday program series continues at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo with "Up, Up and Away!" featuring kite-making demonstrations and workshops for families and a kite contest on Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This day of hands-on fun is free to the public and generously sponsored by Target, with four more programs scheduled for the rest of 2008. "Up, ...

  • Capturing History: Incarceration Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction

    May 15, 1997

    Two generations of writers have struggled to recover and present stories of the Japanese American incarceration; their work in history and in fiction has been at the core of the movement for redress. A panel of distinguished novelists and historians of the incarceration experience share their work, discuss their sources for materials, and address questions of how they used or interpreted these materials. Join us fo...