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  • "Convergence" with Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe

    May 23, 2014

    Japanese American National Museum and Kodo Arts Sphere America present Kenny Endo and Kaoru Watanabe, both considered leading practitioners of the Japanese taiko drums and flutes, combine Japanese theater and folk traditions with jazz and other improvisational genres to create a sound that is ancient with a modern edge. KENNY ENDO One of the leading personas in contemporary percussion and rhythm, Kenny Endo i...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF HITOSHI SAMESHIMA

    May 19, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum is deeply saddened by the death of long-time volunteer, beloved friend, and outstanding American citizen Hitoshi Sameshima, who passed away on May 15. He was 93 years old. Sameshima was a cherished member of the JANM family and will be greatly missed. Sameshima was born in Pasadena in 1921. In 1942, his education at USC was interrupted by the incarceration of his family at...

  • "Nikkei Baseball" by Samuel Regalado

    May 17, 2014

    Author Samuel Regalado will talk about his book and the history and importance of baseball in the Japanese American community. In the book, he explores key historical factors such as Meji-era modernization policies in Japan, American anti-Asian sentiments, internment during WWII, the postwar transition, economic and educational opportunities in the 1960s, the developing concept of a distinct “Asian American” identi...

  • "Search for the Weight Watchers Chef" Cooking Class with Lisa Fontanesi of Kidding Around the Kitchen

    May 17, 2014

    This workshop has been cancelled.

  • EXPLORE LITTLE TOKYO WITH JANM’S SUMMER WALKING TOURS

    May 14, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer a series of summer walking tours exploring the history and environs of Los Angeles’ colorful Little Tokyo. These fun and educational tours are designed to engage visitors beyond the walls of the museum, introducing them to a unique and diverse community. Regular tours exploring historic and present-day Little Tokyo will be offered on four Saturdays from 1...

  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 11, 2014

    MONDAY–SUNDAY, May 5–11 30th Anniversary Edition Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of Festival favorites. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, the Film Festival will bring the best and brightest of new Asian Pacific American cinema to Li...

  • Trust this History: Poets on Mothers, Missing and Otherwise

    May 10, 2014

    FREE! Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and Motherʼs Day weekend with three cutting-edge poets whose debut collections grapple with the ties formed by family, community, and history. April Naoko Heck's A Nuclear Family consists—in the words of Natalie Diaz—of “flickering shrines built from the debris of history and memory, both Japanese and American.”ʼ With American Canyon...

  • Dodgers Gallery Talk

    May 10, 2014

    FREE 11:30 A.M. & 1 P.M. Curators Mark Langill and Koji Steven Sakai will lead a family-friendly gallery tour through Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game, giving the insider scoop about the exhibition and how it was put together. Mark Langill is the Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian. Koji Steven Sakai is the Programs Manager at the Japanese American National Museum. RSVP early, 30 participants max.

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    May 10, 2014

    FREE ALL DAY! Bring out the whole family for baseball-themed fun that will sure to be a home run! In celebration for the new Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game exhibition. Schedule: •11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.: Join Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game curators, Mark Langill (Dodgers Publications Editor & Team Historian) and Koji Steven Sakai (JANM Programs Manager) on a family-friendly gallery tour. Sign up early! 30 par...

  • A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America

    May 10, 2014

    The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center + Flickr present A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America Somewhere in Asian Pacific America, a child cries; a father cooks breakfast; a mother dresses and goes to work. A thousand tasks get done. A thousand dreams are born. A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America seeks to capture the particulars of everyday life and piece them together to compose the ...