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  • Otafuku "Okonomiyaki" Cooking Class

    Mar 16, 2019

    SOLD OUT Learn how to prepare okonomiyaki (Osaka style) from the experts at Otafuku Foods, Inc. This traditional Japanese dish, meaning "whatever you like, grilled" is as fun to cook as it is to eat. During this class, instructors will teach participants how to create their own okonomiyaki recipes, as well as give background on the history and nutritional benefits of the dish. $24 members, $30 non-members...

  • Museums Free-For-All Weekend

    Oct 03, 2009

    It’s National Arts Month! Celebrate the arts by visiting local LA-area museums for FREE (days and hours vary per museum). Visit www.museumsla.org/news.asp for a complete listing of participating museums.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Sumi-e Scenery

    Jan 28, 2006

    Create simple landscapes in the style of sumi-e. $8 for National Museum members and $15 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission.

  • Jean Ariyoshi: Washington Place, A First Lady's Story

    Sep 16, 2005

    Join us in New York! We invite our supporters in New York to join us as we host a special event with Hawaii's former First Lady Jean Ariyoshi at the Japan Society. She will speak about her new book, Washington Place, A First Lady's Story. The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing. Washington Place, A First Lady's Story is an autobiographical account of her childhood in a small town in Hawai`i...

  • "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

    Jun 04, 2005

    Ms. Kadohata will read excerpts from Kira-Kira, a children's novel and winner of the 2005 John Newbery Medal. Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem kira-kira, the Japanese word for "glittering". When the Takeshima family moves from a Japanese community in Iowa to Georgia in the 1950s, it's Lynn who explains to Katie why people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with her special way ...

  • I/Witness A Photography Workshop for Kids - Part Two

    Jul 31, 2004

    Please refer to the July 17 calendar listing for more information. Participants must have completed part one of the program.

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko

    May 18, 2003

    Participants will have an opportunity to play taiko and learn about the origins and traditions of the big drum.

  • Reception at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, CA

    Jan 30, 2002

    Members and Community Reception to celebrate the opening of traveling exhibition, Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience.

  • "Henry Sugimoto" Exhibition Opening at the Crocker Art Museum

    Jan 26, 2002

    Opening of the Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.

  • Kango Takamura Collection

    (91.9 and 2005.76) The online collection of Kango Takamura includes 17 watercolor paintings created during the artist’s incarceration at the Manzanar concentration camp. The artwork depicts daily life in the camps, including scenes of education, living conditions, agriculture, and more. Issei artist Kango Takamura (1895-1994) immigrated to the United States from Kumamoto-ken, Japan when he was seventeen years old....