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  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Jun 18, 2016

    June 4, 11, and 18 Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to pr...

  • Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado

    Aug 13, 2011 - Aug 14, 2011

    Tea lovers will experience a world of teas and tea cultures as they enjoy focused tastings of teas from many origins, meet new and established authors and tea company exhibitors inside the National Museum. Featured guest speaker will be James Norwood Pratt: Tea Author, Historian & Story Teller. The Tea Festival will be opened on August 13 & 14, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Admission to the tea festi...

  • Precious Metal Clay Jewelry Making Workshop

    Jun 05, 2010

    Rio Grande Certified Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Instructor, Lee Takasugi, will teach you how to mold, shape, stamp, texture, sand and polish soft PMC copper and bronze clay into unique and beautiful pieces of wearable jewelry. PMC is a clay invented by Japanese scientists from the Mitsubishi Corp., that when fired to a certain temperature, transforms from its soft, pliable form into 99.9% pure sterling silver, 23.5 k...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Aloha!

    May 09, 2009

    * FREE ALL DAY Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. May’s theme is Hawai‘i. 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: Learn how to fold an origami Aloha shirt. Create a lei to wear or share! Shave ice is a favor...

  • America’s Promise

    Aug 10, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED To mark the signing date of the Civil Liberties Act on August 10, 1988, Prof. Mitchell Maki presents an overview of the redress movement and leads a panel discussion with individuals from select ethnic groups about redress in their own communities. Reception to follow. The panelists will include: Dr. Christine Valenciana and Dr. Francisco E. Balderrama, who will discuss the deportation ...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: A Native American Film Series -- The Buffalo War

    May 15, 2008

    The Buffalo War Chronicling the struggle over America’s last wild buffalo, filmmaker Matthew Testa joins a 500-mile spiritual march led by Lakota Sioux elder Rosalie Little Thunder; who explains their culture's deep-seated connection to the bison. Scheduled discussion to follow screening with Dr. Troy R. Johnson, Program Director of American Indian Studies at Cal State Long Beach and co-author of American India...

  • Tropicalismo Re/Imagined

    Sep 27, 2007

    Curated by radio host and music producer, Sergio Mielniczenko, this concert celebrates the spirit of tropicalismo, the socially conscious, sonically powerful art movement that arose in Brazil during the 1960s. The evening features stirring beat grooves, beautiful visual projections, and a stellar line up that includes renowned percussionist, Airto Moreira, singer Carla Hassett, and pianist Bill Brendle. Special guest...

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: More Than Crayons

    Sep 09, 2006

    This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. More than Crayons Watercolor--Photography--Pencil--Sculpture--Collage--Paint, and more... Utilize all types of art mediums to create your own masterpiece and tell a story....

  • Ansel Adams at Manzanar—Resources

    Ansel Adams at Manzanar, organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, includes over fifty vintage prints from the collections of the Library of Congress, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Japanese American National Museum. Browse this exhibition’s resources including information on the Manzanar National Historic Site; the Manzanar Committee; photographers T...

  • Stanley Hayami Diary

    (95.226) Stanley Hayami (1925-1945) was a student from Los Angeles who attended high school at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming. Hayami left Heart Mountain in June 1944 to join the U.S. Army and was killed in combat in Northern Italy on April 23, 1945, while trying to help a fellow soldier. He was nineteen years old. This diary, which Hayami kept from 1941 to 1944, records a spectrum of youthful dream...