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  • Doll and Tea Party

    Mar 19, 2005

    Join us for tea and dessert and meet some of the dolls in the National Museum's collection. Bring your own doll or action figure for a morning of storytelling.

  • "From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties"

    Mar 12, 2005

    In this second of a five-part seminar features Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, Acting Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, in conversation with noted scholars, activists, and artists as they respond to propaganda artifacts displayed in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This...

  • Oral History Workshop -- Part 3 of 3

    Mar 12, 2005

    In the final session of this workshop, Associate Curator Lisa Itagaki discusses how objects in the home -- photos, film, heirlooms -- can help to tell a personal story as well as methods of preserving and caring for these objects. For more information, please refer to the January 22nd calendar listing.

  • A Conversation with Velina Hasu Houston

    Mar 06, 2005

    In 1993, Velina Hasu Houston published the play Tea about five Japanese "war brides" who find themselves living in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands after World War II. Tea went on to become one of the most produced Asian American plays, shedding light on "the immigrant spirit that is the spine of America." As part of Women's History Month, Houston will revisit some of its groundbreaking themes and di...

  • Exhibition Family Day - "Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan" and "Lasting Beauty: Miss Jamison and the Student Muralists"

    Mar 05, 2005

    Learn how to create woodblock prints through demonstrations and an activity where participants will design and create their own simple prints using a variety of materials. Also, discover what it takes to develop a mural by lending a hand to paint our very own portable community mural.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls -- Part 2 of 2

    Feb 27, 2005

    Part two of this popular craft class. Please refer to the February 26th calendar listing for further information. Note: participants must attend part one.

  • "From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties"

    Feb 26, 2005

    This five-part seminar features Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, Acting Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, in conversation with noted scholars, activists, and artists as they respond to propaganda artifacts displayed in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This session will e...

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls -- Part 1 of 2

    Feb 26, 2005

    Just in time for Girls' Day, this two-day class will teach participants how to make these adorable dolls. Class fees are $8 for National Museum members and $15 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies for both days.

  • Oral History Workshop -- Part 2 of 3

    Feb 26, 2005

    In this second of three sessions, John Esaki, director of the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, shares techniques to capture oral history interviews using video equipment. For more information, please refer to the January 22nd calendar listing.

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 19, 2005

    "Patriotism" and "loyalty" were volatile issues in America's concentration camps during World War II and continue to be controversial topics today. The program will examine the response of Japanese Americans to the US government's test of loyalty (Questions 27 and 28) -- including responses from resistors -- and our responsibility to defend those whose constitutional rights are currently being denied. The Day of Reme...