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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Mar 04, 2017

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • Exhibition Opening: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Feb 18, 2017

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH Public opening of the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 04, 2017

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Hisako Hibi

    Aug 05, 2016

    Join JANM’s Collections Management and Access unit for a viewing of oil paintings by Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–91). Hibi was a painter and printmaker throughout her life, exhibiting widely and achieving particular renown in the Bay Area, where she first moved with her family from Japan in 1920, and where she eventually retired and passed away. In 1942, Hibi and her husband George, also an artist, we...

  • Fresh Off The Boat: “Blind Spot”

    Mar 31, 2015

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE This Tuesday’s episode of the hit Asian American TV series, “Fresh Off the Boat,” will have an LGBTQ theme. JANM is pleased to host a special community viewing of the episode in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. A panel discussion will follow featuring writer and showrunner Nahnatchka Khan, episode guest actor Rex Lee, a...

  • Hibakusha: Voices for Humanity

    Feb 06, 2011

    Come watch a special screening of Hibakusha: Our Life to Live, a film about the survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by David Rothauser. After the screening, there will be a panel discussion and a light reception. Presented in partnership with artist Sandy Bleifer’s Hiroshima/Nagasaski Memorial Project at the USC IGM Art Gallery through February. For more information about the exhibition,...

  • Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents: Natsukashi No Kouhaku Uta Gassen

    May 01, 2010 - May 02, 2010

    Saturday, May 01 * 11 AM & 3 PM Sunday, May 02 * 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 769-5503 It’s “Men versus the Women” in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s delightful spoof of Japan’s New Year’s Eve singing contest, Kouhaku Uta Gassen. The show features nostalgic and classic Japanese songs and entertaining impressions of your all-time favorite Japanese singers.

  • Edamame Nights

    Nov 06, 2008

    Join the cast of Cold Tofu at the Edamame Lounge as they improvise scenes and music to create a complete 40-minute show! A headline lounge singer will thrill you with (made up) songs that you know and love, while the lives of the Edamame Lounge patrons unfold before your very eyes and in their own (improvised) karaoke favorites.

  • Pop-Up Cards for Any Occasion with Ryosen Shibata

    Jun 23, 2007

    Be prepared for birthdays, holidays, and "just because" occasions by creating whimsical pop-up cards for that special family member or friend. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Artist

    Masaki Fujihata is a world-renowned new media artist. Among the first to explore the potential of computers as an artistic medium and a pioneering figure in “interactive art,” he is the recipient of numerous honors including the Ars Electronica Golden NIKA Award in 1996 for Global Interior Project. His career until 2015 is detailed in the Augmented Reality-enhanced book Anarchive 6: Masaki Fujihata. In fall 2019, he ...