MAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM |
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Dear Friend, We’re kicking off May with a commemoration of our history and recognition of one of the most accomplished and honored individuals in our community. At our Gala Dinner next weekend, we will present a special tribute to The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta. The following weekend, we’re celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a Target Free Family Saturday, film screenings, and an API authors panel. It’s also time for our Spring Members Appreciation Days! 20% off at our award-winning Museum Store, plus 20% off & reciprocal free admission at 19 other SoCal institutions! For origami and science fans, internationally acclaimed origami artist and physicist Robert Lang will be at JANM for a lecture and gallery talk on May 26th. We hope to see you at the Museum in May! |
NATIONAL MUSEUM PRESENTS |
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2012 GALA DINNER & SILENT AUCTION
Saturday, May 5 Join us as we observe the 70th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 and present a Special Tribute to the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta. |
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Member Appreciation Days Members receive 20% discount in the Museum Store & janmstore.com. Plus, free admission & 20% store discounts at 19 other Southland institutions including LACMA, Getty, Pacific Asia Museum, CA Science Center, and MOCA. Check janmstore.com for details.
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FAMILY FUN |
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Target Free Family Saturday: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month. Celebrate with fun arts, crafts, and food for the whole family, including yummy Asian/Asian American food samples for children from local restaurants and shops like Mighty Boba Truck, Toshi Sushi, and Aloha Cafe. Generously sponsored by Target. Click here for a detailed schedule of programs and activities >>
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ART, CULTURE, & IDENTITY |
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FILM SCREENING Award-winning film by Frank Abe that provoked controversy nationwide for documenting the untold story of the largest organized resistance to the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, and the suppression of that resistance by Japanese American leaders. Screening includes new featurette, “The JACL Apologizes.” Q&A with the filmmaker and DVD signing will follow screening.
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FILM SCREENING This moving documentary tells the story of the United State’s involvement in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893. Stylized re-enactments, archival photos and film, political cartoons, historic quotes, and presentations by Hawaiian scholars tell Hawaiian history through Hawaiian eyes.
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Fact to Fiction: API Authors Panel Join a remarkable panel of novelists featuring New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet), Kristina McMorris (Bridge of Scarlet Leaves), Margaret Dilloway (How to Be an American Housewife), and Paula Yoo (Good Enough). Topics will include the influence of Asian American history on today’s literature, weaving true and personal accounts into fiction, and cultural education through storytelling.
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FILM SCREENING This documentary celebrates Japanese American culture and history in Hawaii. Told through an intimate and joyful portrait of Maui Taiko, descendants of plantation workers, and by elders who lived this history. Experience Maui Taiko’s dynamic performances on the giant drums, and travel with them on a heartfelt journey back to rural Japan to seek their ancestral roots. Q&A with filmmaker to follow screening.
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From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami. A Lecture by Robert Lang Internationally acclaimed origami artist Robert Lang will describe how geometric concepts led to the solution of a broad class of origami folding problems—specifically, the problem of efficiently folding a shape with an arbitrary number and arrangement of flaps, and along the way, enabled origami designs of mind-blowing complexity and realism, some of which you’ll see, too. As often happens in mathematics, theory originally developed for its own sake has led to some surprising practical applications. The algorithms and theorems of origami design have shed light on long-standing mathematical questions and have solved practical engineering problems. He will discuss examples of how origami has enabled safer airbags, Brobdingnagian space telescopes, and more. Special: Mr. Lang will lead an informal gallery talk after his lecture.
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LIFELONG LEARNING |
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Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop for Beginners $30 members; $35 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP early, 10 students max.
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Common Ground Exhibition Tour
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Visit our website for details about all of this month’s programs >> |
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS |
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Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami The first major exhibition to explore the international phenomenon of origami as a contemporary visual art form. Featuring over 150 works by more than 40 artists from 13 countries, the exhibition will illustrate the influence of origami on technology, math, science, art, design, and the global peace movement. Check the exhibition site for artist bios, photos, Guide by Cell audio guide prompts, origami resources, and more! Learn more about the exhibition >>
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XPLORATION LAB 2012 Part-classroom, part-exhibition prototype; participate and experiment with hands-on activities designed to engage audiences of all ages in an exploration of culture and identity. Learn more about Xploration Lab >>
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CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS @ The Autry |
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Family Day at the Autry: Conversations for Families Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at the Autry. Visit the Family Discovery Gallery and experience the story of the See family, a local Chinese American family. This interactive gallery re-creates the See family’s 1930s Hancock Park home, Chinatown curio shop, and restaurant. Listen to StoryTime or visit the Community Gallery and learn about Chinese immigration during the late 1800s. Then discover the fascinating history of kites, and make and decorate one of your own.
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What You Don’t Know About Angel Island In this installment of the biennial Caughey Foundation Lecture, Dr. Judy Yung, professor emerita in American studies at University of California—Santa Cruz and coauthor of Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America, discusses how Angel Island figures in our nation’s complicated dialogue about immigration. The book won the 2010 Caughey Book Prize for most distinguished work on the history of the American West. Yung describes how this outpost became the most important immigration entry point on the U.S. West Coast during the first half of the twentieth century, and draws parallels between attitudes about immigration at that time and current immigration debates in the news. The program also features a performance by East West Players, the nation’s preeminent Asian American theatre organization, based on accounts of interrogations at Angel Island. There will be a book signing of the new paperback edition after the event.
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SHARE YOUR STORY… |
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Remembrance ProjectThe Remembrance Project is the Japanese American National Museum’s newest pioneering online initiative featuring portraits and stories of strength, courage, and triumph by those whose lives were forever changed by the signing of Executive Order 9066. Participation is simple. Visit remembrance-project.org to include your special tribute and help us create a dynamic, virtual American tapestry of unique stories from this defining moment in our nation’s history. This Project is in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the signing of E.O.9066 by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. |
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