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  • COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival

    Jun 01, 2014

    COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival aims to be an uproarious three-day comedy free-for-all that will have audiences rolling in the aisles as it showcases the funniest work of comedic performers, directors and writers from around the globe. Besides showing a bunch of rib-tickling films, COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival will feature hysterical performances by stand-up comedians, surprise celebrity app...

  • Traditions and Craft in Japanese "Moku-hanga"

    May 31, 2014

    Master printer Paul Mullowney will lead a hands-on workshop on creating woodblock prints, including an introduction to the history of its connection to ukiyo-e prints, Japanese tattoo imagery, and the 20th century sosaku hanga (creative prints) of leading figures like Shikoh Munakata. In the spirit of the exhibition, Perseverance, the workshop will focus on the crossover shared between the traditions of tattooing ...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    May 31, 2014

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes admission. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting.

  • COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival

    May 31, 2014

    COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival aims to be an uproarious three-day comedy free-for-all that will have audiences rolling in the aisles as it showcases the funniest work of comedic performers, directors and writers from around the globe. Besides showing a bunch of rib-tickling films, COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival will feature hysterical performances by stand-up comedians, surprise celebrity app...

  • COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festial

    May 30, 2014 - Jun 01, 2014

    COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival aims to be an uproarious three-day comedy free-for-all that will have audiences rolling in the aisles as it showcases the funniest work of comedic performers, directors and writers from around the globe. Besides showing a bunch of rib-tickling films, COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival will feature hysterical performances by stand-up comedians, surprise celebrity app...

  • JANM PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO BENEATH THE SURFACE OF "PERSEVERANCE"

    May 28, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has scheduled two gallery talks, a film-related lecture, and an artist Q-and-A in conjunction with its current exhibition, Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. A groundbreaking show exploring the often under-appreciated history of Japanese tattoo art and its influence on contemporary Western and Japanese tattoo culture, Perseverance welcomed hundred...

  • "Murder on Bamboo Lane" by Naomi Hirahara

    May 24, 2014

    The first in a new series by Naomi Hirahara featuring LAPD bicycle cop Ellie Rush! Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide detective, but it’s still a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate. At the behest of her Aunt Cheryl Toma, the highest-ranking Asian American officer in the LAPD (a source of pride for Ellie’s grandmother, but annoyanc...

  • "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...