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SUMMARY:We Choose Peace- Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Eye Witness for Peace: 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings Program Series /vc_column_text]REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]We Choose Peace: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki. San Francisco’s Japantown \n\nWeds. Aug. 6\, 2025  @ 4:15PM. We Choose Peace. Osaka Way Peacemaking\, 200\,000 Blessings. Gather around 3:45PM. Live Performance by Gen Taiko\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Japantown Cultural Arts District\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, Lao Seri Association & more.\nSat.. Aug. 9\, 2025 @11:02AM. We Choose Peace. Osaka Way Peacemaking: Generations of Joyful Dance for World Peace.. Live Performance by Gen Taiko\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Japantown Cultural Arts District\, Nihonmachi Little Friends\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, & more.\nSat. Aug. 9\, 2025. 12 NOON.  AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres. Film Screening of White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007\, 86 min). Steven Okazaki\, filmmaker. Primetime Emmy Award winner.\nSat. Aug. 9\, 2025\, 2PM. 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres.1881 Post St. Interfaith Blessing. A Girls from Hiroshima (2022) by Cynthia Liu. Keynote presentation by Manon and Kanon Iwata\, founders of Teens 4 Disarmament & Nonproliferation. Reflections of Hibakusha\, Lanterns of Remembrance Ceremony. Presented by Eyewitness for Peace Consortium: Friends of Hibakusha\, Nichi Bei Foundation\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Genryu Arts\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, Japantown Task Force\, Inc. FREE EVENT. Donation Suggested. RESERVE TICKETS HERE.  SPONSORS\nVisit LATENT AUGUST: Legacy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki exhibit at NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, 12 – 5PM. Sat & Sun Aug 2 & 3\, Monday – Friday and 1st Saturdays thru September 30\, 2025. FREE\nand @ MIS Historic Learning Center at Building 640\, Presidio of SF (Weekends only\, 12-5PM). $10 Admission.. NJAHS Members FREE. VISIT\nSept 24\, 2025 @ 11AM. NJAHS- 1684 Post St. LATENT AUGUST: Legacy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. SFSU Panel Discussion.\nSept 24\, 2025 @1PM. Studio Gen- Japan Center East Mall\, 2nd Floor. Art & Activism for Peace. The role .of art making in community\, art panel discussion\, bon odori workshop.\n\n\n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/we-choose-peace-remembering-hiroshima-nagasaki-3/
LOCATION:National Japanese Historical Society\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:We Choose Peace- Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Eye Witness for Peace: 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings Program Series /vc_column_text]REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]We Choose Peace: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki. San Francisco’s Japantown \n\nWeds. Aug. 6\, 2025  @ 4:15PM. We Choose Peace. Osaka Way Peacemaking\, 200\,000 Blessings. Gather around 3:45PM. Live Performance by Gen Taiko\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Japantown Cultural Arts District\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, Lao Seri Association & more.\nSat.. Aug. 9\, 2025 @11:02AM. We Choose Peace. Osaka Way Peacemaking: Generations of Joyful Dance for World Peace.. Live Performance by Gen Taiko\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Japantown Cultural Arts District\, Nihonmachi Little Friends\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, & more.\nSat. Aug. 9\, 2025. 12 NOON.  AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres. Film Screening of White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007\, 86 min). Steven Okazaki\, filmmaker. Primetime Emmy Award winner.\nSat. Aug. 9\, 2025\, 2PM. 80th Anniversary Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres.1881 Post St. Interfaith Blessing. A Girls from Hiroshima (2022) by Cynthia Liu. Keynote presentation by Manon and Kanon Iwata\, founders of Teens 4 Disarmament & Nonproliferation. Reflections of Hibakusha\, Lanterns of Remembrance Ceremony. Presented by Eyewitness for Peace Consortium: Friends of Hibakusha\, Nichi Bei Foundation\, Japanese American Religious Federation\, Genryu Arts\, National Japanese American Historical Society\, Japantown Task Force\, Inc. FREE EVENT. Donation Suggested. RESERVE TICKETS HERE.  SPONSORS\nVisit LATENT AUGUST: Legacy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki exhibit at NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, 12 – 5PM. Sat & Sun Aug 2 & 3\, Monday – Friday and 1st Saturdays thru September 30\, 2025. FREE\nand @ MIS Historic Learning Center at Building 640\, Presidio of SF (Weekends only\, 12-5PM). $10 Admission.. NJAHS Members FREE. VISIT\nSat. Sept 24\, 2025 @ 11AM. NJAHS- 1684 Post St. LATENT AUGUST: Legacy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. SFSU Panel Discussion.\nSat. Sept 24\, 2025 @1PM. Studio Gen- Japan Center East Mall\, 2nd Floor. Art & Activism for Peace. The role .of art making in community\, art panel discussion\, bon odori workshop.\n\n\n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/we-choose-peace-remembering-hiroshima-nagasaki/
LOCATION:National Japanese Historical Society\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions,Public Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T120000
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SUMMARY:LATENT AUGUST: Legacy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki - An Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Most Americans view the dropping of the atomic bomb from an aerial view\, a massive impressive mushroom cloud. Most Japanese see the bombing from the ground\, with all the human cost and devastation. \nAs Japanese Americans\, born and raised in America\, we are positioned to see the atomic bombing from both vantage points. Thus\, now more than ever\, it is imperative tat we bring all these perspectives into view and move toward a greater understanding of nuclear warfare and its implications today. \nCome visit LATENT AUGUST: The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\n-The National Japanese American Historical Society\, Inc. \n\nExhibit is divided in TWO LOCATIONS \nJuly 11 – Sep. 10\, 2025\nSat & Sun\, Noon – 5PM\, $10 general admission\, FREE to members\nMIS Historic Learning Center\n640 Mason St\, Bldg. 640\nCrissy Field\, Presidio of San Francisco  CA 94129 \nJuly 11 – Sept 30\, 2025\nMon – Fri\, Noon – 5PM\, FREE\nNJAHS Peace Gallery\n1684 Post Street\nSan Francisco Japantown CA 94115 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8941″ css=””][vc_single_image image=”8940″ css=””][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/latent-august-legacy-of-hiroshima-nagasaki-an-exhibit/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:HOLIDAY ARTISTS' SALE
DESCRIPTION:Join us for some Holiday Cheer and refreshments Saturday\, December 7\, 2024\, 12-5PM at the NJAHS Peace Gallery. \nHosted by NJAHS.
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/holiday-artists-sale/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T120000
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SUMMARY:FALL ARTISTS' SALE
DESCRIPTION:Stop by for Fall Holiday sale with artists’ works and merchandise! Rich Tokeshi\, Leon Sun\, Leland Wong with Purple Fire Gems\, Leslie Yee\, and Murata. \nLight refreshments will be provided by staff\, friends and volunteers.
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/fall-artists-sale-rich-tokeshi-leon-sun-leland-wong-with-purple-fire-gems-leslie-yee-murata/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240701T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240930T170000
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SUMMARY:American Bon Odori: Dancing in Joy & Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8261″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””] \nHistoric Bon Odori Multimedia Exhibit On View at NJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery as Part of Commemorative Cultural Arts Series\nJuly 1 – Sept. 30\, 2024\n“American Bon Odori: Dancing in Joy & Remembrance”\nNJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94115\nCurated by Dr. Wynn Kiyama and Jane Suiei Naito\nPresented by the American Bon Consortium in partnership with the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) \nVibrant\, colorful\, and joyous—Obon dancing (Bon odori) is a kaleidoscope of movement and rhythm\, deeply rooted in Japanese Buddhist traditions. In the 1930s\, Reverend Yoshio Iwanaga introduced Bon odori to Buddhist communities up and down the American West Coast. Since that time\, Bon odori has remained an important Japanese American tradition\, through the devastation of World War II concentration camps\, the difficult postwar years\, and into the 21st century. \nAs the Buddhist Churches of America marks its 125th anniversary\, “American Bon Odori: Dancing in Joy and Remembrance\,” celebrates the legacy of Rev. Yoshio Iwanaga\, Obon dance teachers past and present\, and all who have entered the dance circle. \nDrawing upon archival photos\, rare films\, and artifacts\, “American Bon Odori” chronicles the history and significance of Obon dancing (“Bon odori”) in the continental United States\, from the 1930s and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II\, through the postwar era and into the 21st century. Principal curator\, Dr. Wynn Kiyama\, has written extensively on Bon odori for Discover Nikkei\, Wheel of Dharma\, and Portland State University’s Digital Archive. Assistant curator\, Jane Suiei Naito\, is a member of the BCA Archive Committee and a Sogetsu Ikebana instructor. \nThe exhibit will also feature 3 special workshops on July 6\, August 3\, and September 7 in the Peace Gallery. Further details below. \nGallery hours: Monday to Friday\, and first Saturdays of the month: 12 Noon to 5 pm \nAdditional gallery days: Sunday\, September 1\, and Monday\, September 2 (Labor Day)\, from 12 Noon to 5 pm. \nGroup Tours: Click here to arrange a group tour for all ages or call (415) 921-5007. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nAdditional Programming\nSaturday\, July 6th\, 1 – 2 PM\nUchiwa Fan Making Workshop\nHosted by Jane Suiei Naito\nNJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94115\n \nSaturday\, August 3rd\, 1 – 2 PM\nTenugui Towel Making Workshop\nHosted by Reiko Iwanaga (Hanayagi Reimichi)\nNJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94115\n \nSaturday\, September 7th\, 1 – 2 PM\n“The Magic of Dancing Obon” Dance and Talk\nFeaturing Bon dance creator\, activist\, and cultural icon\, Nobukuo Miyamoto\, in conversation with Dr. Wynn Kiyama\nNJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94115 \nRegister for workshops here: https://forms.gle/tQBuM2QS2bp1wJxq7[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3/5″][vc_column_text css=””] \nSunday\, September 8th\, 1 – 3 PM\n“American Bon Dancing – In Joy and Remembrance”\nPresented in partnership with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\nGreat Lawn\, Yerba Buena Gardens (Mission St. between 3rd & 4th St) \nThe Yerba Buena Gardens Festival offers an encore presentation of “American Bon Dancing: Dancing in Joy & Remembrance\,” on Sunday\, September 8th from 1 – 3 pm\, at the Great Lawn on Mission Street between 3rd and 4th Streets in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. Presented by the American Bon Consortium in partnership with Yerba Buena Gardens Festival with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). \n“American Bon Dancing: Dancing in Joy & Remembrance” invites individuals of all backgrounds to “just dance.” No prior experience is necessary as participants join the dance circle\, honor the memories of those who have passed\, and dance in gratitude for the present moment. Reiko Iwanaga (Hanayagi Reimichi)\, Bon dance master and daughter-in-law of Rev. Yoshio Iwanaga\, collaborates with an array of Bon dance artists for a once-in-a-lifetime afternoon of Bon dancing and music. Two new Bon dances commissioned by the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) Music Committee will be presented. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”8239″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]Photograph by Isao Isago Tanaka[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nNobuko Miyamoto\, Bon dance maker\, arts icon\, activist\, and subject of a new documentary\, “A Song in Movement\,” will teach her BCA-commissioned work\, “Kangie” (Gathering of Joy). \nBonbu Stories\, a new Asian American arts collaborative group whose members include Emily (Yoshihara) Imazumi\, Miharu Okamura\, Sydney Shiroyama\, Miko Shudo\, Kendall Tani\, and Vicky Zhang\, will share “Lantern Song\,” also commissioned by the BCA Music Committee. \nPJ Hirabayashi of TaikoPeace will lead the Bon dance circle in “Ei Ja Nai Ka\,” a contemporary favorite performed with San Jose Taiko. Ensohza Japanese Folk Ensemble will perform traditional Bon dance music. \nAll events are free and open to the public. See details at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\nhttps://ybgfestival.org/event/american-bon-dancing-2024/ \n  \nFunding made possible by The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, and San Francisco Japantown Foundation. For Exhibit and Workshop details\, visit https://www.njahs.org/one-day-events/ or call (415) 921-5007. For the Dance event\, visit https://ybgfestival.org/event/american-bon-dancing-2024/ or call (415) 543-1718. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/american-bon-odori-dancing-in-joy-remembrance/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Benign Neglect: Conversation and Book Signing w/ Takeshi Moro\, Dennis Makishima\, and Kenny Murakami
DESCRIPTION:Conversation and Book Signing with Takeshi Moro\, Dennis Makishima\, and Kenny Murakami\nSeptember 24th at 1:30PM\nMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\n640 Mason Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94129\n  \nJoin us on September 24th at 1:30PM at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center for a very special in-person conversation with Dennis Makashima and Kenny Murakami\, two legendary figures in the Bay Area garden universe\, to celebrate the release of Takeshi Moro’s photo book and accompanying photo exhibit\, Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai. The Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai book will be available for purchase and can be signed after the event. For those who cannot make the trek\, we hope to livestream the event and have the event video recorded. \n  \nClick here to RSVP for this FREE Event\n  \n  \nAbout the Exhibit (on view September 16 – October 22) \nArtist and photographer Takeshi Moro’s Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai features sixty bonsai photographs that were cultivated by Issei (first generation) and Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.) Japanese Americans. These bonsai were started after the Japanese Americans returned from WWII American concentration camps. Some of the plants were likely started from seeds. \nDennis Makishima\, a bonsai and aesthetic pruning master\, inherited the bonsai after the initial creators of the bonsai passed away. He took care of them for over thirty years\, trying to honor the style envisioned by the original practitioners. By the time Dennis received these historic bonsai\, many were in poor condition. He dealt with dead branches\, forms that were far from ideal\, and some that were just barely alive. Dennis resuscitated them and called them “old fashion style” in contrast to the “contemporary style\,” which is more common today. \nAside from the living descendants of the Issei and Kibei generations\, the 60-70-year-old bonsai are likely all that remain alive from that period. In 2022\, Dennis retired and donated his entire bonsai collection. The bonsai have likely dispersed all over the state and country\, flourishing\, just like so many other aspects of Japanese American culture. \n  \nAbout the Panelists \nTakeshi Moro is Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University. For the past decade\, he has focused on working with communities and the collaborative process of art making. He is the founder and director of tmoro projects\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community art space in the Bay Area. Moro’s work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serlachius Museot\, Finland. \nDennis Makishima (b. 1947) was born and raised in Berkeley\, California.  A Sansei (third generation Japanese American)\, his mother and father were Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.). A graduate of Berkeley High School\, Dennis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam\, and graduated from U.C. Berkeley\, where he majored in Political Science. \nDennis is a pioneer of Aesthetic Pruning (ornamental tree pruning up to 15 feet in height) and coined the term and its definitions (ladder was 10 feet tall and he was 5 feet tall). He created the now nationally renowned Aesthetic Pruning Program at Merritt College and has mentored over 100 apprentices during his illustrious career.  A revered celebrity practitioner\, he has pruned over 10\,000 trees\, including in San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden\, a tree that Walt Disney personally planted in Disneyland\, and Ruth Bancroft’s Garden. In addition to their much sought-after commissioned work\, he and his students continue to volunteer their time pruning trees in Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Berkeley and many other temples with Japanese garden-style trees in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nApproximately two years into Dennis’ aesthetic pruning practice he had the good fortune to meet Mas Imazumi\, a bonsai master in Northern California. They were both at a family party in Hayward\, CA —Mas’ son married into Dennis’ wife’s family. Dennis overheard Mas talking about bonsai and soon after Dennis signed up for Mas’ bonsai class. \nIn 1990\, he was selected to apprentice under Bonsai Master Yasuo Mitsuya 三ツ矢 又生 for 18 months in Toyohashi\, Japan. After returning from his training in Japan\, Dennis taught aesthetic pruning and bonsai to students\, and then travelled the world giving workshops. He was active in the bonsai community and served in leadership roles for the Golden State Bonsai Federation for 20 years\, including as President from 2002 to 2004. \nDennis’ works may be found in the prestigious Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino\, CA\, the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu\, Japan\, and also in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland\, CA. \nKenny Murakami is a third generation Cal grad with over 50 years in the horticulture industry. Former owner of the Moraga Garden Center\, he is now retired and working on his long neglected garden. Go Bears!
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/benign-neglect-conversation-and-book-signing-w-takeshi-moro-dennis-makishima-and-kenny-murakami/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai Photo Exhibit at the MISHLC
DESCRIPTION:A new Photo Exhibit by Takeshi Moro\nSeptember 16th – October 22nd\, 2023\nOn display at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\n640 Mason Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94129\n  \nWith a very special Conversation and Book Signing with Dennis Makishima and Kenny Murakami \nSeptember 24 at 1:30PM \n  \nOpen on weekends from 12PM to 5PM\nGeneral Admission is $10\, Veterans and children under 12 are free\nVery limited parking; consider arriving via Muni 30\n  \nAbout the Exhibit \nArtist and photographer Takeshi Moro’s Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai features sixty bonsai photographs that were cultivated by Issei (first generation) and Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.) Japanese Americans. These bonsai were started after the Japanese Americans returned from WWII American concentration camps. Some of the plants were likely started from seeds. \nDennis Makishima\, a bonsai and aesthetic pruning master\, inherited the bonsai after the initial creators of the bonsai passed away. He took care of them for over thirty years\, trying to honor the style envisioned by the original practitioners. By the time Dennis received these historic bonsai\, many were in poor condition. He dealt with dead branches\, forms that were far from ideal\, and some that were just barely alive. Dennis resuscitated them and called them “old fashion style” in contrast to the “contemporary style\,” which is more common today. \nAside from the living descendants of the Issei and Kibei generations\, the 60-70-year-old bonsai are likely all that remain alive from that period. In 2022\, Dennis retired and donated his entire bonsai collection. The bonsai have likely dispersed all over the state and country\, flourishing\, just like so many other aspects of Japanese American culture. \n  \nAbout the Artist \nTakeshi Moro is Associate Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University. For the past decade\, he has focused on working with communities and the collaborative process of art making. He is the founder and director of tmoro projects\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community art space in the Bay Area. Moro’s work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serlachius Museot\, Finland. \n\nDennis Makishima (b. 1947) was born and raised in Berkeley\, California.  A Sansei (third generation Japanese American)\, his mother and father were Kibei (born in the U.S.\, educated in Japan\, and later returned to the U.S.). A graduate of Berkeley High School\, Dennis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam\, and graduated from U.C. Berkeley\, where he majored in Political Science. \nDennis is a pioneer of Aesthetic Pruning (ornamental tree pruning up to 15 feet in height) and coined the term and its definitions (ladder was 10 feet tall and he was 5 feet tall). He created the now nationally renowned Aesthetic Pruning Program at Merritt College and has mentored over 100 apprentices during his illustrious career.  A revered celebrity practitioner\, he has pruned over 10\,000 trees\, including in San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden\, a tree that Walt Disney personally planted in Disneyland\, and Ruth Bancroft’s Garden. In addition to their much sought-after commissioned work\, he and his students continue to volunteer their time pruning trees in Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Berkeley and many other temples with Japanese garden-style trees in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nApproximately two years into Dennis’ aesthetic pruning practice he had the good fortune to meet Mas Imazumi\, a bonsai master in Northern California. They were both at a family party in Hayward\, CA —Mas’ son married into Dennis’ wife’s family. Dennis overheard Mas talking about bonsai and soon after Dennis signed up for Mas’ bonsai class. \nIn 1990\, he was selected to apprentice under Bonsai Master Yasuo Mitsuya 三ツ矢 又生 for 18 months in Toyohashi\, Japan. After returning from his training in Japan\, Dennis taught aesthetic pruning and bonsai to students\, and then travelled the world giving workshops. He was active in the bonsai community and served in leadership roles for the Golden State Bonsai Federation for 20 years\, including as President from 2002 to 2004. \nDennis’ works may be found in the prestigious Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino\, CA\, the Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu\, Japan\, and also in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland\, CA. \nKenny Murakami is a third generation Cal grad with over 50 years in the horticulture industry. Former owner of the Moraga Garden Center\, he is now retired and working on his long neglected garden. Go Bears!
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/benign-neglect-historic-japanese-american-bonsai-photo-exhibit-at-the-mishlc/
LOCATION:Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center\, Building 640\, 640 Old Mason St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230520
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
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SUMMARY:Threads of Remembrance: Asian American Quilts of Memory at Peace Gallery
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NJAHS is pleased to host Threads of Remembrance; Asian American Quilts of Memory at the NJAHS Peace Gallery from Saturday\, April 8 to Friday\, May 19\, 2023. Monday to Friday\, 12pm to 5pm\, the first Saturday of May and both weekends of Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (Apr. 8 & 9 and 15 & 16\, 11am to 5pm).  Featuring quilts from the East Bay Nikkei Quilters\, Donna Kotake\, Jeanie Low and Carolyn Hayashida.  Gallery is free and open to the public.  Funded by San Francisco Grants for the Arts. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/threads-of-remembrance-asian-american-quilts-of-memory-at-peace-gallery/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Events,Exhibit,Public Programs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230130
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20221215T074220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T041943Z
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SUMMARY:Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of WWII at Angel Island State Park
DESCRIPTION:LAST DAY At ANGEL ISLAND SUNDAY January 29 \nThe National Japanese American Historical Society is happy to say that Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II has been extended at Angel Island State Park at the Angel Island Immigration Station until the end of January. \n\n\nThe Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II exhibit presents the experience of Italians\, Germans and Japanese immigrants in the US and from Latin America during WWII. It explores the treatment of over 31\,000 “enemy aliens” including their exclusion\, forced removal\, internment\, use in prisoner exchanges\, and deportation. The exhibit experience reminds us of the fragile nature of our constitutional and human rights in times of international and domestic crisis as well as the human impact of government policies in the name of “national security.” \n\nProduced in cooperation with the German American Internee Coalition\, Italian American Studies Association: Western Regional Chapter\, and the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project and made possible by a grant from the National Parks Service\, Japanese American Confinement Site Grant Program.
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/enemy-alien-files-hidden-stories-of-wwii-at-angel-island-state-park/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220108T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220228T090000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20220108T095140Z
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SUMMARY:NJAHS presents Oshogatsu Festival Posters Exhibit - Curated by Rich Tokeshi
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco’s Japantown Art & Media (JAM) Workshop was a community art non-profit organization that operated from 1977 through 1999. Many of JAM’s screen-printed posters were devoted to announcing Japanese community events\, which included the annual Oshogatsu Festival\, where people gathered – and continue to gather – to participate in traditional Japanese New Year celebrations\, including mochi- pounding\, amateur sumo tournaments\, cultural performances\, and arts and craft booths featuring Asian zodiac themed shirts.\n\n\n\nMochi is shown in many of these posters as it symbolizes the wish for a long life during Oshogatsu. Over the years as the Asian Zodiac cycles a new animal is used as the primary theme for each festival\, and for many years the dominant theme for its respective poster.\n\n\n\nThese colorful and bold screen-printed works of art express the innovative individual styles of their creators.\n\n\nClick here to watch
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/njahs-presents-oshogatsu-festival-posters-exhibit-curated-by-rich-tokeshi/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200718T100000
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CREATED:20200310T064040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T055607Z
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SUMMARY:THE SUITCASE PROJECT at the NJAHS Peace Gallery- Due to Covid-19 our office is closed
DESCRIPTION:THE SUITCASE PROJECT\nBy Kayla Isomura\nWhat would you pack if forcibly removed from your home today? \nThe Suitcase Project is a multimedia exhibition asking yonsei and gosei (fourth and fifth generation) Japanese Canadians and Americans what they would pack if uprooted from their homes in a moment’s notice. \nWhile these descendants of the internment and incarceration may never have to endure the same forced uprooting as their ancestors\, Kayla Isomura’s work examines how they\, and those descended from families who experienced other forms of discrimination\, remain affected by this history today. More than 80 subjects ranging in age and background share their stories from cities in British Columbia\, Canada and Washington\, US through a series of photographs\, short films and interviews. \n\nClick here for more information\n \n\n\n\nWhere: National Japanese American Historical Society Peace Gallery 1684 Post Street. San Francisco\, CA. 94115 \nFebruary 1\, 2020 – July 18\, 2020 \nOpen Monday – Friday\, 12:00pm – 5:00pm And First Saturdays of the Month\, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/the-suitcase-project/
LOCATION:National Japanese Historical Society\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="NJAHS":MAILTO:njahs@njahs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200101T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201231T090000
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CREATED:20200105T090221Z
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SUMMARY:NEW! DISLOCATION & DIVERGENCE: E. O. 9066 at the MIS Historic Learning Center
DESCRIPTION:NEW INSTALLATION- Dislocation & Divergence: Causes & Consequences of E.O. 9066\nat the MIS Historic Learning Center\n2020\nNJAHS presents 3 new wall-installations capturing 5 episodes of World War II: War Clouds Brewing\, America Enters the War\, Exclusion & Removal\, Hidden Truths\, Hidden Treasures\nThis completes a two & a half year exhibition project funded in part by grants from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant program administered by the National Park Service and the JA Community Foundation and CA Civil Liberties Public Education Program.\nThe period scenarios with artifacts allow for an intimate “walk back in time\,” matched with IPAD pro interactive technology which allows for a “deeper” dive into the analysis of what happened and why. There’s a new addition that looks at the discovery of key evidence from the 1980’s coram nobis legal cases of Korematsu\, Yasui\, & Hirabayashi which revealed suppression of evidence\, a cover up\, and fraud upon the Supreme Court. Step inside and discover!\n                    \n                           \n9-19-2018: The National Japanese American Historical Society announced the completion of a simulated horse stall barrack for its Dislocation and Divergence new installation at the MIS Historic Learning Center\, located at Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco. The mock-up replicates the WWII experience of some 110\,000 Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes due to military orders pursuant to the signing of Executive Order 9066.\nReal Stories\nAccording to project director Rosalyn Tonai\, “We decided to introduce audiences to the compelling experiences of two families\, one of famed artist and essayist Miné Okubo\, and the other of MIS First Class Nisei soldier Tsuneo Gary Kadani.” Miné Okubo\, in her illustrated publication Citizen 13660\, relays her personal removal and incarceration with painstaking detail to a horse stall at Tanforan “Assembly” Center\, in San Bruno\, California.  “We wanted to replicate the cramped quarters and the sense of humiliation felt by the author\, according to Tonai. In addition\, the plight of Gary Kadani’s parents are revealed in his oral history excerpts compiled in First Class: Nisei Linguists of World War II\, Origins of the Military Intelligence Service Language Program of World War II (David Swift\, Jr.\, NJAHS\, 2008).\n\nTsuneo Gary Kadani was an early enlistee into the US Army. A month prior to Pearl Harbor\, he was assigned to the top secret US Army intelligence school at the Presidio of San Francisco in preparation for war against Japan. When WWII broke out\, he along with 59 other MIS servicemen continued their studies at the Presidio while their families were subjected to curfew and forcibly removed from their home\, and incarcerated in makeshift\, hastily built barracks and horse stalls in fairgrounds and racetracks.  Gary disobeyed curfew\, and drove to see his parents at the Salinas fairgrounds. His famous quote at the front of the display recounts his feelings that day “Then came the saddest day of my life…They wouldn’t let me into the camp. My parents were sleeping in a horse stall! It smelled so bad\, they couldn’t sleep\, so my mother asked me to get all the Clorox I could find.”  A vintage 1940’s brown glass Clorox bleach bottle helps depict the circumstances in which many Japanese Americans found themselves.\nReal Objects & Evidence\nAdding to the overall visitor experience is Miné Okubo’s illustrations from Citizen 13660. The visitor can follow along\, seeing Miné’s camp life depictions and reading excerpts of her journal\, through digital displays on an iPadPro. Interwoven into the pages of Citizen 13660 are National Archives photographs of life in repurposed horse stalls and barracks of Tanforan\, Santa Anita\, and Salinas “Assembly Centers.” The iPad also helps guide audiences to explore the stories behind real camp artifacts on display inside the horse stall barrack\, many of them\, personal items belonging for former inmates. Some featured objects include Ken Nihei’s US Army-issued military green wool blanket laid over a hay-stuffed mattress\, personal shaving kit\, 4 year old Pat Kimura’s of Maryknoll Children’s Home child’s suitcase\, a diaper pail\, and a pair of mud- caked hand-carved Japanese wooden clogs (geta).\n \nSupplementing the Horse stall barrack display is a comprehensive Camp Map of where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. The map includes the ten War Relocation Authority centers\, the fifteen “Assembly Centers – the temporary detention facilities.as well as the numerous Department of Justice internment camps for Japanese immigrants deemed “enemy aliens.” \n\n\nPerseverance\n\n“We wanted to show how some inmates coped within the stifling conditions of their confinement\,” noted Tonai. While many were subjected to family separations due to the earlier FBI raids\, and met with unhealthy conditions of open sewers\, others tried to find solace relying on friends and community. Among the few belongings of only what they could carry\, many Issei women stashed their vegetable garden seeds into their pockets. In time\, little front porch “victory” gardens would sprout along the stoops of barracks. Later\, inmates were moved again in six months to the permanent camps in desolate regions of the US. Despite the trauma\, children would find time to play\, collect and trade marbles. One former incarceree\, Toru Saito\, rediscovered his prized marbles buried beneath the silt desert floor where the stoop of his barrack once stood. Toru’s marbles and his story of survival are on display.\nThe horse stall barrack replica of the Dislocation and Divergence new installation is now on display at the Military Intelligence Historic Learning Center\, at the Presidio of San Francisco\, Building 640\, 640 Mason Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94129. The interpretative center is open to the public. General admission is $10. Admission is free to veterans\, NJAHS members\, and children 12 and under. Free education programs are available to teachers. The project has been funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program\, administered by the California State Library and the JA Community Foundation.\nMarye Kimoto\nKaoru Ito\nMiho Endo Ohashi\n\n###
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/dislocation-divergence-real-stories-e-o-9066-exhibit/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
ORGANIZER;CN="NJAHS":MAILTO:njahs@njahs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190622T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190930T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
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SUMMARY:Moving Walls: The Barracks of America’s Concentration Camps
DESCRIPTION:Location: MIS Historic Learning Center \nBuilding 640\, 640 Mason St San Francisco CA 94129 \nTime & Date: Sat. & Sun. 12PM-5PM \nENDS September 30\, 2019 \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/moving-walls-the-barracks-of-americas-concentration-camps/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190302T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190412T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20190223T083907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190223T103740Z
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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance 40th Anniversary  1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening Reception featuring art of Rich Tokeshi\, Leland Wong\, Gail Aratani\, Wes Senzaki\, Paul Kagawa\, Rich Szeto and Chester Yoshida\n \nDay of Remembrance 40th Anniversary 1979 to 1998 An Exhibit Retrospective \nParty (Pot Luck) on March 2\, 2019 from 1 – 5PM \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIn the winter of 1978\, Japantown Art & Media (JAM) Workshop cranked out the first “Day of Remembrance” poster for the Bay Area’s first Day of Remembrance program in 1979. \nFor the past four decades\, in Japanese American communities throughout California and major cities nationwide\, the Day of Remembrance (DOR) has been commemorated on or near February 19th\, when\, in 1942\, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066\, setting into motion the mass exclusion\, eviction and incarceration of 120\,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. \nIntended to raise awareness of this past injustice and to push for redress and reparations\, the organizers including Lewis Kawahara\, Carole Hayashino\, and community artists from JAM\, called for the first public gathering at the site of a former detention camp\, at Tanforan\, now a Shopping Mall. \nSince that time\, Day of Remembrance” through the years has come to symbolize justice and freedom for all\, especially in troubling times. \nOn the 40th anniversary of the first “Day of Remembrance\,” this exhibit presents the silk-screened prints by artists Richard Tokeshi\, Leland Wong\, Wes Senzaki\, Paul Kagawa\, Chester Yoshida\, Gail Aratani and Richard Szeto\, who through the years from 1979 to 1998 created promotional works for social justice events\, exhibits on the camps\, pilgrimages\, redress updates\, and education workshops. \nLocation: Post St Peace Gallery (1684 Post St\, San Francisco CA 94115) \nDate & Time: Monday to Friday (Open First Saturday of the month) from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/day-of-remembrance-40th-anniversary-1979-to-1998-an-exhibit-retrospective/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181201T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190228T090000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20181206T062712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T005900Z
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SUMMARY:Japan Center 50 Years Exhibit in the Peace Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Where: 1684 Post St\, San Francisco CA 94115 \nTime: 12:00 PM to 5:00 Pm from Monday to Friday
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/japan-center-50-years-exhibit-in-the-peace-gallery/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180610T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190131T090000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20180606T023444Z
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SUMMARY:ONLY THE OAKS REMAIN - Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station
DESCRIPTION:Date & Time: June 9\, 2018 – January 31\, 2019 from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\nLocation: 640 Old Mason St\, Presidio of San Francisco\, CA 94129 \n\nOpening Reception: June 10\, 2018 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm \n\n\nAdmission free with program attendance.\nFeaturing speakers Nancy Oda\, Grace Shimizu\, and Larry DiStasi with perspectives on the WWII Department of Justice internment experience. \nThis traveling exhibit will be open from June 9\, 2018 to January 31\, 2019. \nOnly the Oaks Remain: The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station tells the true stories of those targeted as dangerous enemy aliens and imprisoned in the Tuna Canyon Detention Station\, located in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles\, by the US Department of Justice during World War II. Rare artifacts such as photographs\, letters\, and diaries bring the experiences of prisoners—who included Japanese\, German\, and Italian immigrants and extradited Japanese Peruvians—to life. \nDuring the decade before World War II\, the US government compiled lists of people they saw as potential risks to national security. When the war began\, Presidential Proclamations 2525\, 2526\, and 2527 authorized the FBI and other agencies to arrest such individuals—mostly spiritual\, educational\, business\, and community leaders from the Japanese\, German\, and Italian immigrant communities. The government also rounded up Japanese and other individuals who had previously been forcibly removed from Latin America. \nFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7\, 1941\, the US Department of Justice took over a vacated Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles and converted it into a detention station by installing twelve-foot-high barbed wire fences\, guard posts\, and flood lights. The Tuna Canyon Detention Station became one of many initial confinement sites set up by the government. Targeted individuals were quickly arrested in their homes\, leaving behind confused and frightened families; most detainees were later sent to Department of Justice or Army internment camps. \nOnly the Oaks Remain commemorates the history of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station and seeks to educate the public about the violation of civil rights that took place there. The exhibition features photographs\, letters\, diaries\, interviews\, declassified government documents\, and other rare artifacts that serve to illuminate a largely untold story that goes beyond the more widely-known story of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. A highlight is an Honor Wall that bears each detainee’s name\, creating a contemplative space for viewers. By taking an unprecedented look at war’s impact on a disparate group of detainees\, examining striking similarities as well as differences among them\, the exhibition encourages present and future generations to learn from our nation’s mistakes. \nOnly the Oaks Remain is organized by the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising public awareness about the site’s history. It is working to develop a permanent Tuna Canyon Detention Station Memorial\, which will include a plaque and educational posts installed along a walking path lined with mature oak trees\, to further educate future generations. For more information\, visit tunacanyon.org. \nThis project was organized by the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition; funded\, in part\, by a grant from the US Department of the Interior\, National Park Service\, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program; and sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center.
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/oaks-remain-story-tuna-canyon-detention-station/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170912T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171030T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20180713T094910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T094910Z
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SUMMARY:Something from Nothing Upcoming Program
DESCRIPTION:Crafting Something from Nothing: Voices from the Camps\nThursday\, Sept. 14\, 5:00pm-6:30pm – Berman Room\, Fromm Hall. Poetry\, memoir and performance by survivors and their ancestors\, including Brain Koemi Dempster\, Florence Ohmura Dobashi\, Sato Hashizume\, Barbara Hariuchi\, Kazuko Iwahashi\, Janice Mirikitani\, Jon Osaki\, Bryan Saito\, Toru Saito\, Summer Seiki\, Harumi Serata\, and Michi Tashiro. \nNotice to All: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066\nThursday\, Oct. 5\, 5:30pm-7:30pm –  Mclaren 250. Join USF law professor Bill Ong Hing\, with Dean Ito Taylor\, Executive Director of API Legal Outreach\, and Korematsu legal team members Karen Kai and Robert Rusky as they discuss the legal\, social and historical precedent of Executive Order 9066\, which authorized the mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Speakers will link the Executive Order to current immigration issues. \nNot for Sales: The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Heritage\nTuesday\, Oct. 24\, 3:00pm-4:20pm – Mclaren 250. A conversation on the ethical implications of collecting\, preserving\, and exhibition culturally significant objects with Paloma Anoveros\, Karren Shorofsky\, Rosalyn Tonai\, and Nancy Ukai.
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/something-nothing-upcoming-program/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170824T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170824T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20170831T073412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T095633Z
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SUMMARY:Something from Nothing Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n			\n		\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n			\nPhotos from Something from Nothing exhibition. Opening reception 8-24\, 2017. This exhibition and programming is a collaboration between National Japanese American Historical Society\, Thacher Gallery at University San Francisco and a culmination of work by the Museum Studies &  Art Departments. Following this opening\, will be programs open to the public featuring poetry\, memoirs and performances by camp survivors and presenters. Participants include Brian Komei Dempster\, Florence Ohmura Dobashi\, Sato Hashizume\, Barbara Horiuchi\, Kazuko Iwahashi\, Janice Mirikitani\, Jon Osaki\, Brynn Saito\, Toru Saito\, Sumer Seiki\, and Harumi Serata. Contemporary works are presented by artists Barbara Horiuchi and Marlene Iyemura. Events are co-sponsored by USF’s Asian Pacific American Studies department and the Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies program. Something from Nothing: Art and Handcrafted Objects from America’s Concentration Camps\, on view in Thacher Gallery August 21 – November 15\, 2017. Funded in part by the California Humanities.\nCheck out programs: www.njahs.org/programs \n  \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/something-nothing-opening-reception/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170821T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20170811T055518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T105510Z
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SUMMARY:Something From Nothing: Exhibition and Events
DESCRIPTION:On view in Thacher Gallery from August 21 – November 15\, 2017. \nSomething from Nothing features over 100 objects created by incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. Included are handmade objects\, historical artifacts\, and photographs from the collection of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) as well as two contemporary art installations by Barbara Horiuchi and Marlene Iyemura. Co-presented with the National Japanese American Historical Society. \nOpening Reception:\nThursday\, Aug. 24\, 4:30pm-6:00pm – Thacher Gallery. Free event parking will be available in the Koret lot at the corner of Parker and Turk.\n \nCrafting Something from Nothing: Voices from the Camps\nThursday\, Sept. 14\, 5:00pm-6:30pm – Berman Room\, Fromm Hall. Poetry\, memoir and performance by survivors and their ancestors\, including Brain Koemi Dempster\, Florence Ohmura Dobashi\, Sato Hashizume\, Barbara Hariuchi\, Kazuko Iwahashi\, Janice Mirikitani\, Jon Osaki\, Bryan Saito\, Toru Saito\, Summer Seiki\, Harumi Serata\, and Michi Tashiro. \nNotice to All: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066\nThursday\, Oct. 5\, 5:30pm-7:30pm –  Mclaren 250. Join USF law professor Bill Ong Hing\, with Dean Ito Taylor\, Executive Director of API Legal Outreach\, and Korematsu legal team members Karen Kai and Robert Rusky as they discuss the legal\, social and historical precedent of Executive Order 9066\, which authorized the mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Speakers will link the Executive Order to current immigration issues. \nNot for Sales: The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Heritage\nTuesday\, Oct. 24\, 3:00pm-4:20pm – Mclaren 250. A conversation on the ethical implications of collecting\, preserving\, and exhibition culturally significant objects with Paloma Anoveros\, Karren Shorofsky\, Rosalyn Tonai\, and Nancy Ukai.\n \nLocation in the Gleeson Library-Geschke Center\, the Thacher Gallery at USF is free and open to the public from noon to 6:00pm daily. Address: 2130 Fulton St (At cole)\nPhone: 415-422-5178 \nWebsite: www.usfca.edu/thacher-gallery \nMAP OF USF: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5for8j3q7zvmh90/campus-map.pdf \nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/something-from-nothing-exhibition-tickets-36941729708Fl \nDownload Flyer:http://www.mediafire.com/view/fp9517s81qz1n73/SFN_Events_Poster_Final.jpg \n  \n 
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/something-nothing-exhibition/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibit,Exhibitions,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Cherry Blossom Festival NJAHS Peace Gallery Open
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/cherry-blossom-festival-njahs-open-4/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20151009T184742Z
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SUMMARY:Cherry Blossom Festival NJAHS Peace Gallery Open
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/cherry-blossom-festival-njahs-open-3/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160410T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20151009T184543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T223539Z
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SUMMARY:Cherry Blossom Festival NJAHS Peace Gallery Open
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/cherry-blossom-festival-njahs-open-2/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160409T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160409T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T034212
CREATED:20151009T184339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T223520Z
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SUMMARY:Cherry Blossom Festival NJAHS Peace Gallery Open
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.njahs.org/events/cherry-blossom-festival-njahs-open/
LOCATION:NJAHS Peace Gallery\, 1684 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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