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  • Giant Robot: Opening Reception

    Oct 24, 2009

    Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition with live music by Goh Nakamura and attendance by many of the participating artists. Special merchandise and surprises planned!

  • CONVERSATIONS with Norman Mineta & George Takei

    Oct 24, 2009

    CONVERSATIONS is a new National Museum public program series featuring intimate conversations with prominent individuals about their personal and professional inspirations, discoveries, and influences. The program series is an ideal opportunity for our younger generation to develop a deeper understanding and connection with the Japanese American story and community. The series' first program is an exclusive opport...

  • " A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America " by Greg Robinson

    Oct 24, 2009

    The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson pr...

  • Kidding Around in the Kitchen Family Cooking Class: Fall into the JANM Comfort Foods

    Oct 24, 2009

    Please note that this class has been canceled. In this hands on class we will make some family friendly comfort foods celebrating the change of season and weather (we hope). Come with an empty stomach and an appreciation of seasonal cooking. We will tackle soups and chowders, fall sandwiches and some quick but delicious desserts. $25 members (for one child & one adult); $35 non-members, includes Museum admissio...

  • Giant Robot Biennale 2

    Oct 24, 2009 - Jan 24, 2010

    Curated by Giant Robot co-founder and co-editor Eric Nakamura, this expanded follow-up to the 2007 exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues highlights artists associated with the magazine over the past 15 years. David Choe • James Jean • Souther Salazar • Theo Ellsworth • kozyndan • Stella Lai • Jack Long • Albert Reyes • Jeff Soto • Rob Sato • Deth P. Sun Providing an overview of the Giant Robot aesthetic, t...

  • Songs for a New World

    Oct 23, 2009 - Oct 25, 2009

    October 23-25 8 PM shows on Friday/Saturday, 2 PM on Sunday $25 general admission $20 seniors, students and groups of 10 or more YES AND…PRODUCTIONS proudly presents Jason Robert Brown’s SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. With a small, passionate cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD is about one moment---or rather, isolated moments in the lives of many characters---in a variety of eras. ...

  • Songs for a New World

    Oct 16, 2009

    October 16-18 8 PM shows on Friday/Saturday, 2 PM on Sunday Opening Night (Friday, October 16): $35 (includes post show reception); no special rates for this evening ALL OTHER NIGHTS: $25 general admission $20 seniors, students and groups of 10 or more YES AND…PRODUCTIONS proudly presents Jason Robert Brown’s SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. With a small, passionate cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score, SO...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Looking Toward Home

    Oct 15, 2009

    Free Screening of Looking Toward Home Looking Toward Home explains how government relocation programs in the 1950s enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals and subsequent generations as they mai...

  • " Be Water, My Friend " by Ken Mochizuki

    Oct 10, 2009

    FREE! Hear award winning author Ken Mochizuki read his new book, Be Water, My Friend, about Bruce Lee’s early childhood, and also Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, which tells the inspiring story of Chiune Sugihara. Be Water, My Friend will be available for purchase on the day of event. [Purchase a copy of Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story at the Museum Store Online]

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Toy Shoppe!

    Oct 10, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of toys, toys, and more toys at the National Museum! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All Day Craft Activities: Be creative and build your own character using air-dry clay! Fabricate your own furry friend! Ruthie's Origami Corner: Boo! Make an origami gho...