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  • COLD TOFU Presents The Hiroshi Show!

    Jun 09, 2011

    COLD TOFU returns to the Tateuchi Democracy Forum with The Hiroshi Show. Starting with one suggestion from the audience, COLD TOFU creates a long form improv show full of comedy and hijinks based on the personal stories of its special guest hosts. Tonight's special guest host is ABC7 Eyewitness News David Ono. Admission is $10 and a portion of the proceeds from both evenings will go to the National Museum...

  • Mottainai

    Jun 05, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum and Great Leap present MOTTAINAI, a fun-filled, informative day of performance, video screenings and participatory workshops celebrating World Environment Day. "Mottainai" is a Japanese word that loosely means “it’s a shame to waste nature." The day opens and ends with “ORDER TO GO”, a performance by members of Collaboratory, Great Leap's artist mentorship program. Directed by Da...

  • A Reading of "All That Remains." Written by Mona Z. Smith and Directed by Traci Mariano

    Jun 04, 2011

    In the autumn of 1969, a young Japanese American man makes a pilgrimage to an ancient forest on a mountain in France where his father was killed in action under mysterious circumstances 25 years earlier, in World War II. As the traveler enters this eerie forest, he is startled to encounter seven men who fought with his father in a celebrated battalion of Nisei soldiers. When the traveler begs to know the true story o...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 04, 2011

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with experienced docents.

  • COLD TOFU Presents The Hiroshi Show!

    Jun 02, 2011

    COLD TOFU returns to the Tateuchi Democracy Forum with The Hiroshi Show. Starting with one suggestion from the audience, COLD TOFU creates a long form improv show full of comedy and hijinks based on the personal stories of its special guest hosts. Tonight's special guest host is actor and museum volunteer Rodney Kageyama. Admission is $10 and a portion of the proceeds from both evenings will go to the Nationa...

  • Young Professionals Invited to Asian Jewish Initiative Comedy and Cocktails Evening at JANM

    Jun 02, 2011

    Young Professionals are invited to a special evening of “Comedy and Cocktails” and to see the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improvisation group, “Cold Tofu,” on Thursday, June 2, at the Japanese American National Museum. Cocktail reception is 6:30 p.m., followed by the 8 p.m. performance. The evening is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League Asian Jewish Initiative. Admission is $15, which includes hors ...

  • Black & White. Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye. Written by Sigrid B. Toye

    May 28, 2011

    Tears well in the mother’s eyes as the child asks for her father. She learns from her mother that ‘some men’ had come to the door, searched the entire house, and taken her father away. This is a typical story in the Japanese American community but it also happened to thousands of German and Italian Americans as well. Come watch the short film about one German American family and stay for the Q&A with the filmmake...

  • Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: WOK and ROLL Family Cooking Adventure

    May 28, 2011

    Please note: This class has been canceled. Back by popular demand, this very popular hands on family cooking class of easy and healthy stir-fry recipes (WOK) and sushi (ROLL). NEW recipes the whole family will love! All workshops are $25 for members (one child & one adult); $35 for non-members (one child & one adult), an additional $20 materials fee (cash only) will be collected at the beginning of the workshop, ...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    May 28, 2011

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

  • The California Hotel

    May 28, 2011 - Aug 28, 2011

    This traveling display tells the story of one Las Vegas casino’s special connection to the people of Hawai‘i and the unique culture that evolved there through rare photographs, objects, and video. This display is based on California Hotel and Casino: Hawaii’s Home Away from Home, the book by Dennis M. Ogawa and John M. Blink with Mike Gordon. Developed by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, the exhibitio...