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  • Cruising J-Town

    Jul 31, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025

    JANM on the Go presents Cruising J-Town in Pasadena, CACar culture has long been synonymous with Southern California. What we drive for work and play have been literal and symbolic vehicles of personal expression, community identity, and social mobility. This has been especially true for the Southland’s Japanese American community, starting back over one hundred years ago and continuing through current day.Cruising J...

  • 2025 Benefit & Online Auction

    Apr 12, 2025

    Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...

  • Defining Courage at UC Berkeley

    Apr 04, 2025

    Friday, April 4 • 8 p.m.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage h...

  • Poetry at the Gate of Memory

    Mar 27, 2025

    Join poets Brynn Saito and traci kato-kiriyama for a reading celebrating the forthcoming April 2025 release of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration. Edited by Saito and Brandon Shimoda, this poetry anthology explores the afterlife of the historical yet enduring injustice of World War II–era prisons and camps. Featured readers include David Mura, Heather Nagami, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, ...

  • ONLINE WORKSHOP: Discover Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

    Apr 25, 2020

    SOLD OUT Session 1: Saturday, April 25 Session 2: Saturday, May 2 Session 3: Saturday, May 9 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. A comprehensive introductory workshop covering genealogy basics such as identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. T...

  • JANM Free Family Days: Mele Kalikimaka

    Dec 12, 2015

    FREE ALL DAY Celebrate the holidays island-style, as our friends at KoAloha Ukulele lead performances, workshops, craft activities, and other holiday-inspired fun. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Decorate a miniature paper palm tree. Build a Hawaiian-style snowman. Make a festive paper Japanese lantern at Ruthie’s Origami Corner. SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. / 1:30 p.m.–...

  • Cape Networking Mixer: An Evening with Giant Robot's Eric Nakamura

    Apr 22, 2009

    CAPE, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, is pleased to announce its 2009 Entertainment Industry and Membership mixer featuring Giant Robot magazine founder and publisher, Eric Nakamura. Open to CAPE members and the general public, the event includes Nakamura and a VIP guest moderator leading a casual discussion about Nakamura’s pioneering career, anticipating and shaping Asian American pop culture. Gia...

  • Members Appreciation Holiday Shopping Days

    Dec 02, 2007

    FREE ADMISSION AND 20% OFF AT 21 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS The Japanese American National Museum, in partnership with 20 Southland institutions, hosts special holiday shopping days for members only! Your National Museum membership card entitles you to free admission (excluding special ticketed events) and 20% off* at each organization's store on the select days [click on the link below]. A special tea t...

  • Members Appreciation Holiday Shopping Days

    Dec 01, 2007

    FREE ADMISSION AND 20% OFF AT 21 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS The Japanese American National Museum, in partnership with 20 Southland institutions, hosts special holiday shopping days for members only! Your National Museum membership card entitles you to free admission (excluding special ticketed events) and 20% off* at each organization's store on the select days [click on the link below]. The National Mu...

  • Fresh Words & Actions

    Jan 29, 2004

    A staged reading of a play about a young man who struggles to tell his traditional Chinese parents that he's living with his Caucasian girlfriend. Upon hearing the news, his parents threaten to disown him if he doesn't break off the relationship. Interwoven in this story is a satirical take on the B-movie The Yellow Claw about a Chinese overlord seeking world domination. Canadian playwright Marty Chan has worked i...