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  • Hello Kitty Crochet Workshop

    May 30, 2015

    This program is sold out. Learn the art of amigurumi (miniature toy crochet) and make your own Hello Kitty charm. Ages 14 and up, all skill levels welcome. $36 members, $45 non-members. Materials and museum admission are included. Limited to 10 participants.

  • 5th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique

    Oct 05, 2013

    Enjoy the popular showcase of unique, handcrafted merchandise. Proceeds to benefit JANM’s educational programs. Free Boutique admission; free Museum admission with a $10 minimum Boutique purchase plus discounts at participating Little Tokyo restaurants (October 5 only).

  • Shibori Workshop with Yoshiko Akane

    May 24, 2009

    Learn the ancient Japanese art of colorful shibori dyeing with Yoshiko Akane. $10 National Museum Members; $15 non-members, includes materials and Museum admission.

  • Target Free Family Saturday: What's Cooking?

    Apr 11, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate shared traditions and family fun cooking demonstration, activities and workshops within the Asian American community. 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: Decorate your own apron for when things get messy. Roll a candle that looks like a...

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Okinawan Folk / Hawaiian / Taiko

    Jul 20, 2006

    FREE 6:30 PM 1st & Central Summer Concerts at the Japanese American National Museum presents Haruo Ishihara Okinawan Folk Ensemble Hawaii Music by Moana Zenshuji Zendeko Taiko The Japanese American National Museum's summer outdoor series continues with music from Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Continental United States. This free concert promises to be a great evening for families of all ages under the stars in Litt...

  • Gener'asian Y

    Nov 20, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Gener’asian Y is a video documentary on the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander queer youth in Los Angeles. Through interviews, the video explores discrimination, love, sex, HIV/AIDS, and empowerment through the eyes of a Pilipina American lesbian artist/musician, a 22-year-old Vietnamese gay fashion designer, a transgendered political activist from South Central L.A., and a Japanes...

  • "Three Lives"

    Sep 27, 1997

    Three Lives is a solo performance piece by Alex Luu which tells the autobiographical tale of the author’s journey to manhood from a harrowing escape from Saigon as a refugee, the comical and painful phases of assimilation in America as an adolescent, and finally to adulthood where traditional culture and unbridled individuality collide. Alex Luu is an independent filmmaker, performer, writer and teacher who perfor...

  • "Three Lives"

    Sep 25, 1997

    Three Lives is a solo performance piece by Alex Luu which tells the autobiographical tale of the author’s journey to manhood from a harrowing escape from Saigon as a refugee, the comical and painful phases of assimilation in America as an adolescent, and finally to adulthood where traditional culture and unbridled individuality collide. Alex Luu is an independent filmmaker, performer, writer and teacher who perfor...

  • Shamisen Concert

    Jul 27, 1997

    Artists in Residence Performance Series Featuring: Lillian Nakano, Glenn Horiuchi and the Museum Shamisen Ensemble The Museum presents the fourth in a series of shamisen (Japanese, three-stringed instrument) performances by California Arts Council recipients and Museum resident artists, Lillian Nakano, shamisen instructor and Glenn Horiuchi, Asian Improv recording artist. Joining the pair will be th...

  • Japanese Americans in Sumo

    Jul 05, 1997

    From the 1930s to the 1950s, sumo wrestling emerged as a popular sport among the Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans), especially for those in Hawaii, Los Angeles, and the San Joaquin Valley. Join Brian Niiya, curator of the exhibition Sumo U.S.A.: Wrestling the Grand Tradition as he moderates a panel of Japanese American sumo wrestlers who participated in this fascinating sport prior to World War II and i...