The Southern California Japanese American Christian Federation presents 100th anniversary celebration movie event “Blazing Trail to the Souls of Men” (Daichi no uta) on Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 17. Japanese language with English subtitles. Tickets are $10. The film “Blazing Trail to the Souls of Men” is a true story depicting the life...
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Jazz standards and blues tunes from the 30’s and 40’s will be featured in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s upcoming production of “The J-Town Jazz Club” on Sunday, Nov 20 at 2 p.m. at the Toyota Meeting Hall in Torrance. Written by Soji Kashiwagi and directed by Darrell Kunitomi, “The J-Town Jazz Club” will tell...
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UTB Japanese programing channel (Ch 18.2) starts to air 99 Years of Love – Japanese American on Sunday, July 17 from 9:00 – 10:30 pm, and continues to air every Sunday until September 25. The epic tale spans a period of 99 years through the eyes of one Japanese American family in Washington State,...
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On February 13, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, actor George Takei best known for “Star Trek” and “Heroes” and star of the Broadway bound musical “Allegiance”, surprised and presented Marge Wada, one of the last elderly survivors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II with hundreds of Valentine’s cards sent by fans...
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Pilgrim School, a preschool-through-grade-12 private school in Downtown Los Angeles welcomes wartime internment camp-born Lawrence Matsuda as a special guest and visiting writer on Wednesday, February 9. “I carry my own fence,” he writes in his poem “War on Terror Border Crossing.” The image alludes to the ongoing effect of his family’s internment at...
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The highly acclaimed 5-episode dramatic miniseries of Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Japan, 99 Years of Love: Japanese American, aired in Japan in November 3-7, 2010, will be screen at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles. The video screening of 5-episode with English subtitles will begin on Sunday, January 9 at 1-3...
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Camp Musubi is a Japanese American heritage camp for entering middle school youth hosted by Little Tokyo Service Center and the Ties That Bind committee. The week long camp on August 23-27th will be filled with fun activities that exposes the middle school youth to Japanese American history, heritage and culture. The goal of...
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Program at Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles to honor support given by American Friends Service Committee during World War II A public program, “Quakers: Friends of the Japanese American Community,” commemorating the courageous support provided by the American Friends Service Committee to Japanese Americans during World War II, will be held on...
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Hidden Legacy: A tribute to teachers of Japanese traditional arts in the wartime WRA camps, featuring seven living artists of that period, will be held on Saturday, April 24 at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, 342 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The program will start at 3 pm, featuring performances of classical odori (dance),...
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