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…
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Internment camp-born poet Lawrence Matsuda to be invited at a Los Angeles private school, Feb 9, 1:25 PM
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…
2011/ Japan’s TBS miniseries “99 Years of Love: Japanese American” screening with English subtitles, Jan 9-15
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…
Japanese American heritage program “Camp Musubi” accepting applications
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…
Program – Quakers: Friends of the Japanese American Community – June 5
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…
2010 / Hidden Legacy: A tribute to teachers of Japanese traditional arts in the wartime WRA camps, April 24
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, 2010, at Koyasan Buddhist Temple, 342 East 1st Street, Los…