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NJAHS is an institution dedicated to preserving the history of Japanese
Americans and educating the public about the contributions of Japanese
Americans to American Society. As an active organization, NJAHS
has many interesting events such as book signing and gallery displaying
as well as workshop, festivals, and conference meetings. Please
join us in the following current and upcoming events.
Upcoming
Events:
Past
events:
- Annual
Awards Dinner: In Celebration of Japantown's Centennial - March
18
- Meet
the Author: Delphine Hirasuna at the Japan Society of Northern California
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Thursday, February 23, 2006 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
- Nikkei
Reflections in Cuba: An exhibition of photos by Tsukimi Kai from its
Trip to Cuba, August 2005- Saturday, February 11, 2006 (Opening
Reception); Saturday, February 18, 2 - 5pm (Panel Presentation)
- Day
of Remembrance 2006
- February 26. 2 - 5 pm at the AMC Kabuki Theatres and JCCCNC in San
Francisco Japantown
- Hiroshima
- January 13, 2006 6pm - 10 pm. NJAHS Gallery.
- Exhibit
Closing Party and Screenings of "The Mushroom Club" AND "Trinity and
Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" - January 27, 2006 5 pm - 9 pm.
- Lion's
Club Golf Tournament - June 3, 2005. San Rafael, California
- San
Francisco Cherry Blosson Festival - April 16-17, 23-24, 2005
- Manzanar:An
American Story - May 10, 2005. U.C. Berkeley.
- Here
in America? Personal Testimonies from World War II and Today - April
8-9, 2005, San Francisco, California
- Problems
with Clutter? Try FENG SHUI! with Reiko Nakayama - Saturday, April
2, 2005
- Back
in the Day, Rebirth & Dispersal in San Francisco’s Japantown
1945-1980 -
September 27, 2004 - July 2005. NJAHS Gallery.
- Assembly
for the Relocation and Internment of Civilians - April 8-9, 2005.
San rancisco, California.
- Shibata
Garden Party - Saturday, October 8, 2005 11- 4 p.m. Mt. Eden Business
Park
- Ghost
of a Little Boy - August
6-October 7 & October 15-January 31 at the NJAHS Peace Gallery
- Teacher's
Conference at Presidio S.F. - Saturday. October 20, 2005 5- 8 p.m.
- (Tentative)
Book Release Party: The Art of Gaman, by Delphine
Hirasuna. - Saturday, November 5, 2005. Crafts made by Japanese American
internees.(Ten Speed Press)
- Building
for the Future-Raffle Pull. Tickets. $25 for 3. $50 for 6. $100- $12.-
Sat Nov. 5, 5 p.m.
- Digital
Storytelling Workshop - November 18-20, 2005 (Fri-Sun).
- Ghosts
Memories - Sun. November 20, 2005. Asian-Latino Family Festival Fusion.
Oakland Museum of California. Make Obon Lanturns. NJAHS Booth. Free.
- San
Francisco JTown Walking Tour w/ Ben Pease - Saturday, March 5, 11-12
- Day
of Remembrance - 2005 National Events - February 19-27, 2005.
- Day
of Remembrance - February 20, 2005. San Francisco, California.
- Oral
History Workshop - Saturday, February 5, 2005, 10 -12. NJAHS Gallery
- Only
the Brave - Lane Nishikawa's full length fim on the rescue of the
Lost Battalion. January 8, 2005. Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Nikkei
Identity - Video short and panel discussion featuring director Lina
Hoshino's latest. January 20, 2005. Oakland Musuem of California.
- NJAHS
at the Oakland Museum - A Celebration of the Lunar New Year for
NJAHS members. January 30, 2005.
- Karl
Bendetsen: Opportunist or Patriot or Both? - December 7, 2004. Commonwealth
Club of California.
- The
Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II - Traveling exhibition.
- Treasures
in the Desert: Preserving America's Detention Camps - August 25
- September 4, 2004. NJAHS Gallery.
- Japanese
American Internment Project: If they came for me today...
- April 5 - July 31, 2004. NJAHS Gallery.
- NJAHS
Annual Awards Dinner—Sustaining the Legacy: Cultural Preservation
and Stewardship - March 20, 2004 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
- Day
Of Remembrance 2004, “Carrying the light for justice: generation to
generation, people to people”. - From 2pm to 4:30 pm on Sunday,
February 22, 2004 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatre. 1881 Post St. San Francisco,
CA 94115.
- NJAHS
Annual New Year Member’s Meeting - 11:30 am to 12:30
pm on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at the James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum
of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA. Lunar New Year Celebration
to follow.
- Lunar
New Year Celebration - NJAHS will present a screening
of a documentary, Nikkei Style by Steven Okazaki at 1:15 pm
and a performance by Gen Taiko at 3:00 pm at the James Moore Theatre,
Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA. on Sunday,
January 18, 2004.
- Announcing
the Winners of the Annual Benefit Drawing —Building
for the Future. Grand Prize, 2 tickets to Japan—#1736;2nd
Prize, 2 tickets Hawaii—#2459; 3rd Prize, $1000 cash—#1414;
4th Prize, 2 trans-continental tickets—#2474; Winning ticket holders,
please contact NJAHS at 415.921.5007.
- Annual
Volunteers & Staff Appreciation Get-Together - Noon to
3 pm on
Saturday, December 6, 2003 at the NJAHS Gallery.
- Archival
Workshop: How to Care for Your Photos & Documents
- November 8, 2003, from 10 am - noon. NJAHS Gallery.
- Metal
Workshop - October 26, 2003, NJAHS Gallery.
- Blossoms
in the Desert: Topaz High School Class of 1945 - Book reading and
signing, October 18, 2003, 1-3 pm at Nihonmachi Terrace Social Room,
1615 Sutter St. @ Octavia St.
- Intergenerational
gathering: Sharing Our Legacy - Saturday, October 11, 2003, from
12 noon-4 pm at the Shibata Garden.
- "Be
a Metalsmith" Workshop - August 9 and 10, 2003, 1 to 2 pm.
Hands-on workshop for families. NJAHS Gallery.
- Harry
Fukuhara, President, Military Intelligence Service of Northern California
to speak at the Commonwealth Club of Northern California - Wednesday,
August 13, 2003. 5:15 p.m. 595 Market Street, San Francisco.
- Japantown
Historical Walking Tour - Saturday, August 3, 12:30 to 2 pm
- Asian
Roots, Western Soil: Visual Poetry in Metal
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May 22 - August 10, 2003.
- NJAHS
Annual Member’s Meeting & Program -
Saturday,
June 14, 2003.
- Photographs
of World War II Japanese-American Unit Opened for Research - The
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
- Nikkei
Journey: Retrospective by Watercolorists Lewis Suzuki and Lawrence Yamamoto
- February 7 - May 10, 2003. NJAHS Gallery.
- Kansha
Awards Ceremony and Dinner - March 29, 2003, Miyako Hotel, San Francisco,
CA. 7:00 p.m.
- Oshogatsu
Festival - January
11, 2003. JCCCNC, San Francisco, CA.
- 2003
Day of Remembrance
- February 23, 2003. JCCCNC, San Francisco, CA. 2 pm to 6 pm
- MANGA:
Century of Social Commentary by Japanese Artists in America -
October 15 - February 1, 2003. NJAHS Gallery
- Manga:
History, Fun, and Culture through Comics -
January 25, 2003. NJAHS Gallery, 2 pm
- NJAHS Annual Member's
Meeting and New Year Potluck
- January 11, 2003. NJAHS Gallery, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Locked
In, Locked Out: Linking Japanese American Internment To Your Rights
Today - High
School Juried Creative Arts Competition. Deadline for Entries: January
4, 2003 at 5 pm
- Memory
Quilt Workshop -
December 15, 2003. NJAHS Gallery, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
- The
Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II
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December 7 - December 20, Berkeley, CA. January 1 to February 28, 2003;
Reception: January 31, Santa Cruz, CA
- Children
of Detention Camps -
September 3 - October 15, 2002. Park University, Parkville, MO.
- Shibata
Garden Gathering -
October 12, 2002. Shibata Garden, Mt Eden.
- Building
for the Future -
Deadline and Drawing: November 2, 2002. Benefit drawing for the National
Japanese American Historical Society.
- Keepsake
Quilt Workshop -
Saturday, November 9, 2002. NJAHS Gallery, 10 am to 12 noon
- Locked
In, Locked Out: Linking Japanese American Internment To Your Rights
Today -
May 13 – September 15, NJAHS Gallery
- 2002
NJAHS Members’ Meeting & Public Program -
Saturday, June 15, 2002
- Locked
In Locked Out: Linking Japanese American Internment to Your Rights Today
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March 28 - August 6, 2002. All events in San Diego, California.
- Manzanar
Sierra Arts Tour
- Friday to Sunday, June 21-23
- Tule
Lake Pilgrimage -
July 4-5-6-7, 2002
- Farewell
to Manzanar. Hello to the Presidio -
Sunday, July 28, 2002
- New
Worlds, New Lives
- Saturday, July 13, 2002
- 10
day Hawaii Cruise with the Japanese American Korean War Veterans
- September 26-October 6, 2002
- Japanese
American Day with the SF Giants
- NEW DATE! - September 15. The Japanese community will welcome Tsuyoshi
Shinjo
- Uncommon
Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties -
May 2002. Televised nationally on PBS stations.
- Reclaiming
the Legacy: A Conference on Asian Americans and Pacific Islander in
U.S. History
- Saturday, May 4, 2002 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Bridges:
Korean American and Japanese American Women Artists Exhibit
- NJAHS Gallery. January 25 - May 4, 2002
- Paving
the Way: Japanese American Visionaries: NJAHS Annual Awards Dinner
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Friday, March 15, 2002
- Locked
In, Locked Out: Linking Japanese American Internment To Your Rights
Today -
deadline for contest is Friday, January 4, 2002 at 5pm
- Of
Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story - San
Diego, Thursday, February 21, 2002
- Day
of Remembrance
- Japantown, San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2002
- Annual
Members’ New Year Festival - Japanese
Community and Cultural Center of Northern California, Jan 12, 2002
- Cuban
Delegation Report Back - Saturday, January
12, 2002
- Enemy
Alien Files: Hidden Stories of WWII -
NJAHS
Gallery. Sept 21 - Dec 28, 2001
- Meet
Arnold Krammer, author of Undue Process: The Untold Story of America's
German Alien Internees.
- NJAHS
Gallery. Dec 28, 2001 from 6 - 7:30pm.
- SF
Japantown Walking Tour -
National Japanese American Historical Society. Dec 1, 2001
- Eat
Drink, Talk Story -
National Japanese American Historical Society. Dec 8, 2001
- Community
Reading with Karen Tei Yamashita -
Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Northern California, Dec 9,
2001
- Annual
Members Meeting and Program, 2001 - Cowell Theater, San Francisco
CA, June 23
- Uncommon
Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties -
Free Screenings, June
16 & 23, 2001
- Get
out of Camp: An Interactive Experience of Japanese American Internment
- NJAHS
Gallery. Oct 16,2000 - July 31,2001
- NJAHS
20th Anniversary
-
Japantown, San Francisco, March 3, 2001
- Annual
New Year's Potluck and Program - Japantown,
San Francisco Jan 20, 2001
- Great
Nature: The Transcendent Landscape of Chiura Obata
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National Japanese American Historical Society. Nov 6 & 11,
2000
- Genealogy
Workshop - San Bruno/ Washington, DC. Sept 2, 2000
- Latent
August: Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - National Japanese
American Historical Society. June 16 - Sept 29, 2000
- San
Francisco Nihonmachi Street Fair - CA. Aug 5 & 6, 2000
- Diamonds
in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball - Japanese American
National Museum. May 6 - July 16, 2000
- NJAHS
Annual Members' Meeting 2000 - The Oakland Museum of California.
June 24, 2000
- Discovering
Our Roots - Presidio of San Francisco. May 13, 2000
- Nikkei
2000 Conference - San Francisco, CA. April 28-30, 2000
- Strength
& Diversity 10th Anniversary Celebration - San Francisco, CA.
Feb 26, 2000
Please call us at (415)
921-5007 for more information about our events.
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