"Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community" this Sunday,...
Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community Sunday, April 11, 20102pm-4pmFree with JANM admissionLight reception to followAn Event ofthe Little Tokyo Historical Society & Discover...
View ArticleChildren's Reading at the Little Tokyo Library
A couple years ago, Helen Kim, a colleague of mine working for the Asians for Miracle Matches program at the Little Tokyo Service Center, asked me if she could borrow a few of my son's children's...
View ArticleShiny Red Cup
You’re invited to the opening reception for an alternative art space on the border of Little Tokyo and the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles.Gallery 203Little Tokyo Galleria333 S. Alameda St.,...
View ArticleIntertwined: Bamboo & Stem @ JACCC
LECTURES & WORKSHOPSOn the Veranda Program: Bamboo ForestAn Insight by Kenichi NagakuraSunday, 04.25.10 1-3pm At the forefront of innovative bamboo basket design is Kenichi Nagakura. Trained in...
View ArticleLA Asian Pacific Film Fest
Beginning this Thursday, April 29, Visual Communications hosts a 10 day film event featuring works from established and upcoming Asian American and international filmmakers. Check out the festival...
View ArticleCalifornia LOL - Benefit for A3M
Buy Tickets Online at: www.jaccc.orgOr call the Box office at: (213) 680-3700Benefits from this event will help A3M in our mission to save lives.
View ArticleNisei Week Coming Soon!
Nisei Week Dance practices have started at the JACCC Plaza.Remaining dates: July 27, 29, Aug 3, 5 at 7 pm. Ondo and Closing Ceremony on August 22, 2010.Check out the Nisei Week website for the full...
View ArticleCelebrating 12 years of Art+Community
Tuesday Night Project (TNP) celebrates its 12th year of bringing together thousands of people to live performance, music, poetry, short film, live-stream broadcasts and an eclectic gathering of Los...
View ArticleYelp Passport to Little Tokyo, this week!
I ran across the Passport to Little Tokyo event when I was on Yelp today, a neighborhood version of Dine Out L.A.. For those new to Yelp, it's a place where folks post reviews of restaurants and...
View ArticleDIY Radio: Podcast This! New Youth Classes at Diskovery Little Tokyo
Registration will soon begin for DISKovery Little Tokyo's next session of classes, including a pilot class for youth, DIY Radio: Podcast This! See the following flier for details!For those in Gardena,...
View ArticleMOCA to MOCA
Double Standard, the Dennis Hopper retrospective now showing at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, is also the title of one of the late actor/artist's most-known photographs. It depicts an intersection...
View ArticleDISKovery Center Little Tokyo Fall Schedule!
Check out the new schedule of classes (including a new after school couse) for DISKovery Center Little Tokyo! Established in 1999, the DISKovery Center is a community technology center and a program of...
View ArticleWhat's in a name?: Little Tokyo subway station
Light rail at the Japanese American National Museum, by James FujitaLast week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released to the public the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the...
View ArticleJ-town Support to Muslim Americans & Religious Freedom
On Thursday, 9/9, a Vigil was held in Little Tokyo to Support Muslim Americans and religious freedom.The event took place at the plaza in front of theJapanese American National Museum (JANM). Nikkei...
View ArticleDon't Panic!: Doubletree may help, not hurt Little Tokyo
The Kyoto Grand Hotel and Weller Court, with the Onizuka memorial in frontRecent reports that the Kyoto Grand could become a Doubletree may sound like bad news for Little Tokyo.After all, Little Tokyo...
View Articleanother Little Tokyo Eki twist
The twisty path towards Little Tokyo's new subway station has just taken another turn. Literally.Both Los Angeles Downtown News and BlogDowntown are reporting that Metro has made some changes to the...
View ArticleGreenbreaking at Casa Heiwa
On April 12, 2011, Enterprise Community Partners, Little Tokyo Service Center, partners, and Little Tokyo residents met in the courtyard of Casa Heiwa for a "greenbreaking" ceremony. This greenbreaking...
View ArticleProject Sake and BloomfestLA
A couple decades ago, I shared a loft on Traction Avenue with photographer Shane Sato. The loft was a couple blocks east of Honda Plaza, an area which used to be a wide expanse of vacant parking lots...
View ArticleChildcare for infants/toddlers in Little Tokyo/Downtown Los Angeles
“…I felt great peace of mind knowing that my sons were under the care of people who understood what their individual preferences, leanings, and needs were." - Scarlet Sy and Eric OlsonThe Little Tokyo...
View ArticlePub Crawl Tonight
It's getting harder to figure out what is influencing Little Tokyo's popularity of late: beer or food? For those who choose beer, let it be known that Little T is not a one-beer-pub area any more, and...
View ArticleJ-town Cool from Sean & FB Friends
Traci and Maiya Asset Mapping J-townCrossposted from Sean Miura's FB post on June 14th:Just finished my third night of meetings in Little Tokyo, one for Tuesday Night Cafe w/South Asians for Social...
View ArticleLittle Tokyo Community Health Fair - 11/2/13
The LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR will take place on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 8:30am to 12:30pm at Union Church on Third St & San Pedro St. The Health Fair is free and open to everyone...
View ArticleTwo great ideas for tomorrow (10/19) in J-town
Here are two suggestions if you have 2-3 hours in Little Tokyo tomorrow afternoon (Sat. 10/19/13) and you are looking for something to do. Both events are at the Japanese American National Museum.Our...
View ArticleJoin Nobuko & QUETZAL in FandangObon on Sunday, Nov. 3rd in Little Tokyo
Join Great Leap's Artistic Director Nobuko Miyamoto from Great Leap and Grammy-award winning QUETZAL this Sunday, November 3rd from 1pm to 3pm in the new cross cultural collaboration, FandangObon!What...
View ArticleDo you remember the Atomic Cafe? Celebrate Feb. 22!
The Remember Atomic and Troy Cafés Community Committee invites you to Atomic Nancy Spins the Sounds of the Atomic Cafe, a celebration of the art, artists, sights and sounds of the Atomic Café and its...
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