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  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Shirley Ann Higuchi, Tamlyn Tomita, and David Ono

    Jan 09, 2021

    FREE FOR MEMBERS All members are invited to a conversation with author Shirley Ann Higuchi, filmmaker and television anchor David Ono, and actress Tamlyn Tomita during this digital Members Only Meet-and-Greet. Higuchi is the author of the new book Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration that explores the Japanese American experience through personal and collective his...

  • Author Discussion—"The Storm on Our Shores" by Mark Obmascik

    Nov 02, 2019

    Deeply researched and movingly told, Mark Obmascik’s The Storm on Our Shores is an intimate tale of tragedy and redemption. The true story follows two World War II soldiers—a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant—set during a brutal Alaskan battle in which the sergeant discovers the medic’s revelatory and fascinating diary that ultimately changed some Americans’ perception of Japan. The Storm on Our S...

  • 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.

  • Indigo and Shibori Techniques with Shibori Girl

    Nov 17, 2012 - Nov 18, 2012

    We are fortunate to once again have a two-day workshop to further explore shibori and indigo. Various types of vats will be used, vat making instructions to be presented, and a swatch sheet made with various fabrics. Additionally, we will work on stitched shibori as well as itajime and even try our hand at shirokage or “white shadow” shibori. Everyone will leave with a nicely varied collection of their own hand-dyed...

  • 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 ...

  • Lecture: The Japanese American Family Today

    Dec 04, 2010

    Professor Arthur Sakamoto from the University of Texas, Austin will lead an informative talk on the sociology of the modern Japanese American family versus Japanese American families from the early 20th century.

  • All-Camps Summit: Ensuring the Legacy

    Nov 15, 2002 - Nov 17, 2002

    The year 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. To commemorate this historic event and to ensure the legacy of the concentration camp experience is passed on to future generations, we invite you to join us at this special event. Workshops, dialogue sessions, presentations from national keynote speakers and an all-camps reunion reception, are just a few of the many activities offere...

  • Kaya Young Writers Forum Featuring Sesshu Foster and Kimiko Hahn

    Jan 23, 1997

    Come join the Museum as authors, Sesshu Foster and Kimiko Hahn read and sign copies from their latest works. Sesshu Foster’s collection of prose poems, City Terrace Field Manual, illustrates the daily experiences and realities of of living in East Los Angeles. Kimiko Hahn’s, The Unbearable Heart, is a book of poems on the emotions and insights resulting from her mother’s death. Kaya, based in New York publishes works...