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  • Wellness While Safer at Home

    Apr 29, 2020

    FREE Learn from a panel of experts from the AAPI community who specialize in health and wellness, in all aspects of life! This is your chance to ask for advice on everything from nutrition to meditation to caring for family and friends. Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with Matthew Shima, LMFT (Shima Therapy); Finola Rodriguez (Project Specialist for APIFM); Lupe Limón Corales (Youth Services Coordina...

  • Time After Time Capsule Drop-Off Day

    Dec 15, 2016

    FREE Bring a cherished personal item or a colorfully decorated letter to your future self to be placed in the gigantic Hello Kitty time capsule by kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda. (Masuda will not be here for the drop-off day. If you would like to meet him in person, please join us for a workshop with the artist at JANM’s Oshogatsu Family Festival on January 8.) Masuda is organizing a total of 10 translucent tim...

  • A Conversation with Yuko Yamaguchi

    Apr 04, 2015

    This program is sold out. Yuko Yamaguchi, who has been Hello Kitty’s head designer since 1980, will discuss her work with the global icon. Yamaguchi is the most influential figure in Hello Kitty’s world and has guided her visual evolution. Credited with integrating contemporary fashion trends into her aesthetic, she has been quoted as saying, “What she does, I do, and what I do, Hello Kitty does.” Yamaguchi wil...

  • "Gone to the Forest" by Katie Kitamura

    Aug 31, 2013

    Named as one of the Telegraph’s “Five Young Novelists for 2013” and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, Katie Kitamura is establishing her presence in the American literary scene. She will discuss her newest book, Gone to the Forest. Set on a struggling farm in a colonial country teetering on the brink of civil war, Gone to the Forest is a tale of family drama and political turmoil...

  • Boyle Heights Metro Tour

    Sep 24, 2011

    Explore Little Tokyo’s neighbor to the east on a Metro Gold Line/walking tour of Boyle Heights. Learn about the area’s rich history as a home to immigrants—Jewish, Japanese Americans, up through the Latinos of today. $15 Members; $20 non-members, includes admission. This tour involves approximately two miles of walking. Please wear suitable footwear. Maximum: 20 guests.

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Juchitan Queer Paradise

    Mar 18, 2010

    A free screening of Juchitan Queer Paradise, with a special short film entitled Two-Spirit People in the Modern World In collaboration with Bringing The Circle Together, the Red Circle Project at AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) will be hosting a free night of documentary films: 'Two-Spirit People in the Modern World', a short film by Mike Garrido and Tarek Tohme and 'Juchitan Queer Paradise' by Patricio Henriq...

  • Six Taste's Little Tokyo Food Tour

    Feb 20, 2010

    Little Tokyo is home to several restaurants, bakeries, and other historical eating establishments. Its 100-plus years of history provide some fascinating stories. Six Taste's Little Tokyo Tour will take you throughout Little Tokyo, from Fugetsu-Do, a confectionary shop and the oldest building in Little Tokyo to Chado Tea Room, where you'll get to taste some authentic Japanese tea, to several other restaurants and oth...

  • Letters to A Student Revolutionary

    Mar 01, 2009

    Sunday, March 1 @ 3:00PM & 7:30 PM In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Written by Elizabeth Wong, and directed by Peter J. Kuo, Letters is about a decade-long correspondence between two pen pals and their search for true democracy. $15 members/Student/Seniors/Groups (10+); $20 for non-members. PANEL DISCUSSION immediately following 3:00 PM matinee show with: Play...

  • Writing Your Life Story with Loren Stephens

    Apr 28, 2007

    Each one of us has unique stories to tell. Loren Stephens, president of Write Wisdom, Inc. and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, is an expert at helping both first time and experienced writers transform memories into memoirs. $20 for National Museum members and $30 for non-members, includes Museum admission. Space is limited. Early registration with payment recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Depart...

  • Japanese American National Museum Sets 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala March 8 At Grand Ballroom At Hollywood & Highland

    Mar 08, 2002

    The Japanese American National Museum will begin a series of events marking its 10th Anniversary of its public opening by holding its Annual Dinner on Friday, March 8, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., with dinner to be catered by the world-famous chef Wolfgang Puck. The 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala Dinner and Silent Auction is one of the National Museum’s major annual f...