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  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Hello Valentine!

    Feb 14, 2015

    FREE* ALL DAY! Will you be my valentine? Join Hello Kitty at JANM for a heart-filled day of family fun! *Admission to all activities and to Common Ground: The Heart of Community is FREE ALL DAY. Admission to the special exhibition, Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty, requires a separate purchase. All Hello! Admissions are based on timed entry; obtaining tickets in advance is strongly recommende...

  • JANM’S HELLO KITTY PANEL DISCUSSIONS EXPLORE ICONIC CHARACTER’S CULTURAL ROLE AND INFLUENCE

    Feb 13, 2015

    Tickets are now available for several unique public programs at the Japanese American National Museum, all tied to the museum’s current hit exhibition Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty Critiqued On February 22, at 2 p.m., JANM will present a panel discussion that takes a critical look at Hello Kitty and examines her phenomenon from various perspectives. The panel will be moderat...

  • Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "The Joy Luck Club" (1993)

    Feb 11, 2015

    6 p.m.: Light reception 7 p.m.: Screening 9:30 p.m.: Q&A In this 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, a Chinese American daughter is asked to take her late mother’s place at a weekly mahjong game, where a group of immigrant women have been gathering to share their stories since immigrating to the United States following World War II. Having only a passing interest in her heritage at first...

  • Staged Reading: "Internment" by Phinneas Kiyomura

    Feb 08, 2015

    Actor and screenwriter Phinneas Kiyomura will oversee a reading of his TV pilot script, Internment, which tells the story of an estranged Japanese American family who are forcibly reunited when all are sent to an incarceration camp in Central California during World War II. The script attempts to explore the complicated dynamics that erupt within families and countries during times of crisis. Directed by Chris...

  • "Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp" by Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

    Feb 07, 2015

    In this creative memoir, Havey combines vintage photographs with her own paintings and writings to tell the story of how she grew from a ten-year-old girl into a teenager while living in Santa Anita Assembly Center and Amache Relocation Center during World War II. Havey will read from and discuss her book. Audience Q&A to follow. Free with general museum admission. The book is available at the JANM Store....

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 07, 2015

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

  • Hello Kitty "Decoden" Workshop

    Feb 07, 2015

    This program is sold out. Decorate a small Hello Kitty plush with loads of sparkly charms and jewels—decoden-style! $24 members, $30 non-members. Materials included. Limited to 25 participants. Admission to Common Ground and Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty after the workshop are included. INSTRUCTOR BIO Chrissa Sparkles is a host and online personality who loves all things cute. Her “...

  • Hello Kitty Girl Scout Program

    Feb 07, 2015

    This program is sold out. In this special program just for Girl Scouts, start your visit to Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty before museum hours and then create your own Hello Kitty–inspired artwork. $10 members; $20 non-member scouts ages 6-17; $30 non-member scout parents/troop leaders. Museum admission, materials, and participation patches included. Limited to 45 participants.

  • TRUSTEES NAME AKEMI KIKUMURA YANO AS NEW CEO OF NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Feb 21, 2008

    LOS ANGELES.—The Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum named Dr. Akemi Kikumura Yano as the institution’s new Chief Executive Officer on February 1, 2008, because of her strong programmatic background and her extensive experience as someone who first joined the institution in 1987 and has worked as a curator, development officer and most recently as Senior Vice President. Kikumura Yano assume...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SETS NATIONAL CONFERENCE, "WHOSE AMERICA? WHO'S AMERICAN?"

    Oct 02, 2007

    As part of its year-long commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided an official apology and reparations to thousands of Japanese Americans unconstitutionally displaced by the U.S. government during World War II, the Japanese American National Museum’s Enduring Communities: The Japanese American Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah pro...