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Time Out
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Natsumatsuri Family Festival
The Japanese American National Museum hosts this annual summer family festival—a free afternoon of cultural performances and kid-friendly crafts and activities—think taiko drumming, bon odori dancing, origami, storytelling and improv comedy—all coinciding with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center's Nisei Week Plaza Festival and a scavenger hunt around Little Tokyo. Note: The museum's pavilion is closed for renovations, so the fest will be held at JANM's adjacent Democracy Center and Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza.
Business Wire
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Wire
The Democracy Center Presents 'Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity' From August 21–23
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese National Museum (JANM) presents Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity from Thursday, August 21 through Saturday, August 23, 2025, in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. A post-show Q&A panel with the artists will follow the matinee performance on August 23. Tickets are $20 and are available at In the wake of recent 'yellowface' accusations on Broadway, Hmong-American actor Bee Vang of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino and local-born actor and opera singer Kurt Kanazawa deliver emotionally charged and satirical indictments of two Western art forms Share Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity explores what happens when two Asian American solo performers fall deeply in love with Western mediums—movies and opera—only to discover that they both may be in too deep. In the wake of recent 'yellowface' accusations on Broadway, Hmong-American actor Bee Vang of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino and local-born actor and opera singer Kurt Kanazawa deliver emotionally charged and satirical indictments of two Western art forms that continue to harm Asian Americans and BIPOCs, today. The performance is directed by Jeff Liu (East West Players) and co-directed by Kalina Ko (Hedgerow Theatre Company), with lighting design and assistant direction by Josh Bennett. Opening the program is Vang's solo show, Your Movie Guide to Life (2025), where the actor and lifelong cinephile delves into the shaping power of cinema, Hmong history, his anti-war activism, and his leading role in Gran Torino. This forty-five-minute solo performance weaves together existential horror in films with Bee's inherited histories—both personal and geopolitical. Closing the program is Kanazawa's solo show, L'OPERA! (2024), about a fun-loving, Japanese and Filipino-American opera singer who gets into The Juilliard School…then loses his voice. A funny, multilingual fifty-two-minute solo performance that travels through the streets of New York City, Southern Italy, Hollywood, and Beijing, and features live performances of songs, including originals, L'OPERA! is anything but Euro-centric classical. About the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) Established in 1985, The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) promotes understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a center for civil rights, ensuring that the hard-fought lessons of the World War II incarceration are not forgotten. A Smithsonian Affiliate and one of America's Cultural Treasures, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories. JANM is a center for the arts as well as history. It provides a voice for Japanese Americans and a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Since opening to the public in 1992, JANM has presented over one hundred exhibitions onsite while traveling forty exhibits to venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and to several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. JANM's Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Southern California, and beyond from early January 2025 through late 2026. For more information, visit or follow us on social media @jamuseum About the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) The Democracy Center is a place where visitors can examine the Asian American experience, past and present, and talk about race, identity, social justice, and the shaping of democracy. It convenes and educates people of all ages about democracy to transform attitudes, celebrate culture, and promote civic engagement; educates and informs the public and public officials about important issues; creates strength within and among communities to advocate for positive change; and explores the values that shape American democracy. The Democracy Center looks for solutions that engage communities in self-advocacy, explore the evolving idea of what it means to be an American, and result in actions that bring everyone together. JANM's Pavilion is closed for renovation; Democracy Center programs will continue on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Southern California, and beyond from early January 2025 through late 2026. For more information, visit or follow us on social media @democracyjanm. Details for Calendar Listings ' Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity ' WHAT: The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese National Museum (JANM) presents Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity. Bee Vang's Your Movie Guide to Life (2025) and Kurt Kanazawa's L'OPERA! (2024) explores what happens when two Asian American performers fall deeply in love with Western mediums, only to discover that they both may be in too deep. Following the Saturday matinee performance will be a special Q&A with the artists in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. WHO: Written by Bee Vang and Kurt Kanazawa Directed by Jeff Liu and Kalina Ko Featuring Bee Vang and Kurt Kanazawa A presentation by the Democracy Center WHEN: Aug. 21 through Aug. 23 at the Democracy Center: Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Japanese American National Museum The Democracy Center 100 N. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 PARKING AT THE DEMOCRACY CENTER: Japanese Village Plaza Parking Garage at 115 S. Central Ave. SP Plus, Parking Lot 753 at 414 E. Temple St City of Los Angeles. Parking Lot 7 at 140 N. Judge John Aiso St City of Los Angeles Lot 2 at 300 E. Temple St. TICKET PRICES: $20 at The Democracy Center website $10 for JANM members, only RSVP: RSVP at or call (213) 625-0414
Barnama
20-06-2025
- Business
- Barnama
eGUMIS Portal Wins Malaysia Public Sector Initiative Of The Year Award
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The eGUMIS portal developed by the Accountant General's Department of Malaysia (JANM) has been named the Malaysia Public Sector Initiative of the Year at the GovMedia Conference & Awards 2025 held in Singapore yesterday. In a statement, the department said the regional-level award aims to recognise outstanding achievements and innovations in the implementation of digital systems by government agencies, particularly those that directly benefit the public. 'This award is a significant recognition of JANM's commitment to enhancing public service delivery through digitalisation and system innovation,' the statement read. Unclaimed Money Management Division director Nawiah Mohet represented the department under the Finance Ministry to receive the award, organised by Charlton Media Group Pte Ltd. The eGUMIS portal, an online platform for checking and claiming unclaimed money (WTD), was introduced in 2020. As of 2024, it has benefited nearly 5.7 million users in matters related to WTD. 'This innovative digital transformation has not only expedited service delivery but also ensured greater transparency, accuracy and public satisfaction. 'In addition, the implementation of eGUMIS with Robotic Process Automation capabilities is part of the Bureaucratic Red-Tape Reform, demonstrating JANM's commitment to providing responsive and people-centric financial services,' it added. -- BERNAMA
South China Morning Post
20-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Japanese American museum blasts Trump order as threat to ‘truth and democracy'
A prominent museum preserving the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during World War II has condemned US President Donald Trump 's new directive requiring national park sites to flag content deemed critical of the country's history, calling it a dangerous attempt to whitewash past injustices and dismantle democratic values. Advertisement The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) said the policy – which it traced to a May executive order titled 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History' – would suppress uncomfortable truths and erase the legacy of marginalised communities, including the more than 10,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II at sites such as Manzanar and Minidoka. 'JANM is deeply disturbed by this new directive, especially at historical sites like Manzanar and Minidoka where Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II,' said Ann Burroughs, the museum's president and CEO, in a statement posted to social media on Thursday. 'The widespread dismantling of federal agencies that support our work and the attempts at the wholesale erasure of history will not help us achieve a more just America.' Burroughs warned the initiative formed part of a broader campaign to 'suppress historical narratives that challenge [the administration's] preferred version of events' and to 'erase the contributions of people of colour, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other marginalised communities from the American story'.
19-06-2025
- Politics
Japanese American Museum Blasts Trump Order
Silicon Valley, June 18 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese American National Museum, dedicated to preserving the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, on Wednesday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to eliminate "anti-American ideology." The order and related moves under his administration "form part of the administration's broader, ongoing campaign to dismantle foundational principles of diversity and democracy, suppress historical narratives that challenge their preferred version of events, and erase the contributions of people of color, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other marginalized communities from the American story," the museum said. The museum, known as JANM, was hit by grant cuts under the Trump administration, putting the preservation of its collection and the existence of its workshop project for teachers at risk temporarily. While JANM's finances restored stability thanks to donations from many people, it voiced fresh concerns about the administration's actions. In the executive order signed in March, Trump claimed that his country's "unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed." [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
