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  • CANCELLED: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Sep 29, 2013

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED This event is FREE! The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.

  • LOST AND FOUND, Life as I (K)NEW It

    Oct 02, 2011

    Sunday: 2 PM & 7 PM Amy Hill explores how her life has evolved since her daughter became a part of her family. She talks about adoption, single motherhood, multiracial/transracial identity mash-ups and her continuing struggles to figure it all out in a humorous and honest way. Far from her days of flying solo, she has moved into a not so solo world: her daughter may or may not make an appearance. Directed by Anne Et...

  • LOST AND FOUND, Life as I (K)NEW It

    Oct 01, 2011

    Saturday: 7 PM Sunday: 2 PM & 7 PM Amy Hill explores how her life has evolved since her daughter became a part of her family. She talks about adoption, single motherhood, multiracial/transracial identity mash-ups and her continuing struggles to figure it all out in a humorous and honest way. Far from her days of flying solo, she has moved into a not so solo world: her daughter may or may not make an appearance. D...

  • "Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp "by Priscilla Wegars

    Jul 16, 2011 - Jun 16, 2011

    Come find out about the Kooskia Internment Camp, an obscure and virtually forgotten World War II detention facility that was located in a remote area of north central Idaho. Kooskia held men of Japanese ancestry who were termed "enemy aliens," even though most of them were long-time U.S. residents, denied naturalization by racist U.S. laws. For more information on the Kooskia Internment Camp and on Imprisoned in ...

  • Giant Robot: Opening Reception

    Oct 24, 2009

    Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition with live music by Goh Nakamura and attendance by many of the participating artists. Special merchandise and surprises planned!

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Finding Dawn

    Mar 26, 2009

    Free Screening of Finding Dawn An estimated 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past 30 years. Acclaimed Metis filmmaker Christine Welsh embarks on an epic journey to shed light on these murders and disappearances that remain unresolved to this day. She begins at Vancouver's skid row where more than 60 poor women disappeared and travels to the 'Highway of Tears' in northern B...

  • Mums on Parade

    Nov 03, 2007

    75th Annual Chrysanthemum Show and Sale At the Descanso Gardens Learn how to successfully grow these fall flowers. Purchase plants and flowers on the last afternoon. Japanese Garden Festival The grace of traditional music and dance, and the beauty of ikebana and chrysanthemums reflect the indelible mark of Japanese-American culture. FREE to National Museum members (valid membership card must be presented)...

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts 2007 Series Prelude: Enzo Avitabile & Bottari

    Jun 28, 2007

    Presented in collaboration with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center Plaza, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center* 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd & 3rd Streets) Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012 Information: 213.680.3700 Enzo Avitabile is the spirit of Italian soul. For more than twenty years, the Naples-born saxophonist and flutist has been a star on the Italian jazz scene, pe...

  • A View from Afar: Angelenos Bear Witness to September 11th

    Jul 21, 2004

    Every Wednesday throughout the run of September 11: Bearing Witness to History, the National Museum will host gallery talks featuring a diverse group of community leaders, artists, activists, and educators. Using a specific object from the exhibition as their starting point, each will reflect upon the larger social, political, and cultural implications of 9/11. Attorney, activist, author, and teacher ANGELA OH.

  • Cold Tofu Improv: Tofu's All in the Family

    Mar 26, 1998

    Join us in this celebration of "family" as Cold Tofu takes us on a journey of exploration. Free. Reservations suggested by March 21. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.