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  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Feb 20, 2016

    February 13 and 20—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 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 b...

  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Feb 13, 2016

    February 13 and 20—JUST ADDED! New dates have been added due to popular demand! Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don't be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 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 b...

  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Jan 23, 2016

    January 9, 16, and 23—JUST ADDED! Single session options. 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 resto...

  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Jan 16, 2016

    January 9, 16, and 23—JUST ADDED! Single session options. 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 resto...

  • Erika-San by Allen Say

    Jan 03, 2009

    Meet award-winning author and illustrator Allen Say for the launching of his new book, Erika-san, about an American girl’s discoveries while visiting Japan. The book will be available for sale in January 2009 through the Museum Store. Other Family Events at the National Museum January 4: Oshogatsu (New Years) Family Festival *FREE ALL DAY January 17: WOK and ROLL Family Cooking Adventures February 14 – Tar...

  • "Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants" by Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain

    Mar 25, 2007

    Pure Beauty shows how racial and gendered meanings are enacted through the pageants, and reveals their impact on Japanese American men, women, and children. Now based in Ireland, King-O'Riain concludes that the mixed-race challenge to racial understandings of Japanese American-ness does not necessarily mean an end to race as we know it and asserts that race is work -- created and re-created in a social context. Book...

  • James Toya Cymbidium Showcase

    Mar 14, 2004

    All programs are free with Museum admission. Advance reservations are required. Please call 213.625.0414 ext. 2249 for reservations. 11:00 AM - A slide show presentation will recount the contributions to hybridization made by James Toya. / Make corsages using cymbidiums. / Potting demonstration using cymbidium hybrids. 1:00 PM - Learn how to plant and care for cymbidiums from the experts. / Make corsages usin...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Nov 15, 2003

    The Little Tokyo community in Los Angeles was once a thriving residential, business, and cultural center of the largest Japanese American community in the United States until World War II. Relive history and learn about present day Little Tokyo with National Museum volunteers on this historical walking tour through the National Museum’s neighborhood. Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Water will b...

  • AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery: "Ghosts and Baggage" by Ken Narasaki

    Jun 12, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading In this, the seventh new play reading by the Writers Gallery, writer/actor Ken Narasaki presents his play Ghosts and Baggage. This play is about two people, Sara and Oliver, who want to get together, but find their way blocked by ghosts and baggage. Tim Dang, the artistic director of East West Players, directs this project. This program is funded in part by AT&...

  • Miné Okubo Collection

    (2007.62) This online collection of 197 drawings by artist Miné Okubo (1912-2001) illustrates her life in the Tanforan assembly center in San Bruno, CA and the Topaz concentration camp in Utah during World War II. Okubo’s drawings served as the basis for her renowned book, Citizen 13660, which was printed in 1946 and was the first personal account published on the camp experience. EXPLORE THE COLLECTION