Pool in “pleasure park” in Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams. (Source: The Library of Congress) The idea of self-empowerment and resistance by way of garden cultivation intrigues landscape historian and architect Kenneth I. Helphand, who explores the universal capacity of humans to endure extreme situations and their powerful responses via the...
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The Friends of the Japanese Garden in California State University Long Beach presents the 2011 Winter Lecture featuring Kenneth I. Helphand, author of Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime on Friday, February 25, at 7:00 pm at Daniel Recital Hall in the CSULB campus. Light reception and book signing to follow lecture. The Friends...
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The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach Concert under the Stars: Kokoro Taiko Kai & Yoko Awaya Conservatory present the Art of Japanese Drumming and the Soul of Japanese Harp and Flute Friday, September 24, 6:30 – 9 p.m. The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University,...
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