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  • Make Your Own "Toshikoshi Soba" with Sonoko Sakai

    Dec 07, 2019

    Make soba using fresh, stone-milled artisanal flour from Japan and authentic soba tools. This soba will be served in the classic way: cold with fresh soy-based dipping sauce, toppings, and spices. Soba is a type of noodle traditionally made from buckwheat flour, or a combination of buckwheat and wheat flours. In Japan, many people celebrate special occasions by eating soba. For example, many celebrate New Year’s E...

  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Sushi Graze

    Sep 13, 2014

    SOLD OUT Take a stroll through Little Tokyo and sample the many different varieties of sushi available—inari, maki, kaiten, chirashi. On this guided tour, sushi masters will tell stories that evoke the 130-year history of the neighborhood. $64 members, $80 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Limited to 12 participants.

  • SPECIAL EVENT: Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng

    Apr 20, 2011

    Please note: The time has been changed from 10:30 am to 1 pm. We apologize for the inconvenience. From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a granddaughter she never met. Come hear Mrs. Soetoro-Ng read from her new book, Ladder to the Moon. Space is limited. RSVP are HIGHLY encouraged. Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her...

  • The Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents The Camp Dance: The Music and The Memories

    Nov 07, 2009

    Saturday, November 7 at 1 PM & 7 PM Sunday, November 8 at 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. Call 213-625-0414 x2227 for tickets. Relive the music and the memories as we take you back to the floor of the camp dance. Back by popular demand, “The Camp Dance: The Music and The Memories,” is a musical revue which combines song, dance, comedy and drama to tell the story of the high school dance...

  • Southern California Ukulele Showcase

    Jul 12, 2007

    Our popular summer concert series kicks off with a celebration of all things "uke." The evening will include performances by Daniel Ho, Herb Ohta Jr., Bill Tapia, Dan "Soybean" Sawyer, Steven Espaniola, Makena, King Kukulele, The Bilgewater Brothers and more. This is definitely one not-to-be-missed concert for ukulele lovers everywhere. Guest Curator: Ali Lexa, Host, KPFK's Ukulele Spotlight. FREE! Made possibl...

  • Collaboratory III: Migration and Democracy

    Oct 22, 2006

    Created by artists Nobuko Miyamoto, Dan Kwong, and others, the Collaboratory is a multidisciplinary initiative that trains emerging artists in the creation and presentation of cross-cultural collaborative performance and community-based residency skills. The work of this year's cohort will be showcased in three performances co-sponsored by the National Museum and National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. ...

  • Collaboratory III: Migration and Democracy

    Oct 21, 2006

    Created by artists Nobuko Miyamoto, Dan Kwong, and others, the Collaboratory is a multidisciplinary initiative that trains emerging artists in the creation and presentation of cross-cultural collaborative performance and community-based residency skills. The work of this year's cohort will be showcased in three performances co-sponsored by the National Museum and National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. For...

  • Collaboratory III: Migration and Democracy

    Oct 21, 2006

    Created by artists Nobuko Miyamoto, Dan Kwong, and others, the Collaboratory is a multidisciplinary initiative that trains emerging artists in the creation and presentation of cross-cultural collaborative performance and community-based residency skills. The work of this year's cohort will be showcased in three performances co-sponsored by the National Museum and National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. For...

  • A Conversation with Toshiko Takaezu

    Aug 07, 2005

    Master artist Toshiko Takaezu holds a monumental place in the post-World War II craft movement in America. Demonstrating the power of asymmetry, clean designs, and a natural color palette, she helped transform ceramics into a major medium of artistic expression. Discover the processes behind her work, as Takaezu speaks about her six decades of art making. Photograph by Andrea Baldeck.

  • Greeting Card Series At The Japanese American National Museum

    Mar 25, 1998

    Come join the fun and participate in the exciting greeting card series at the Japanese American National Museum and learn how to make Origami Birds and Mizuhiki Envelopes! Located at 369 East First Street in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Los Angeles, call 213.625.0414 today to reserve your spot in the free Origami Birds workshop on Saturday, April 11, 1998, and the free Mizuhiki Envelopes workshop on Saturd...