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Visual Arts
Artbound
Art Duo Renders California in Traditional Japanese Nihonga Style
Post date:For their first solo show in the U.S. since 2013, international art duo Kozyndan create a love letter to the progressive mecca of California using traditional Japanese painting styles and materials.
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japanese internment
Lost L.A.
National Security, Racism, Detention: The Relocation of California's Japanese-American Population
Post date:The U.S. forcibly relocated nearly 100,000 Californians of Japanese descent, many of them American citizens, during World War II.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
On Location: Monterey Park
Post date:In the last three decades Monterey Park became known as the first city and suburb in America to have an Asian majority. Advertised in Asia as the "Chinese Beverly Hills," the city's unique social history has made it the subject of several books in the ...
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World War II
TV Talk
KCET Offers Two Takes on the 'Go For Broke' 442nd Regiment
Post date:This Saturday, watch the Hollywood take on the story of the 44nd, the Japanese-American World War II combat team. Then, on Tuesday, tune in again for the documentary take on the same subject.
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Vietnamese
TV Talk
Documenting the Asian-American Experience -- KCET's Film Schedule for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Post date:Check out films KCET will be screening in May as part of for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
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Arrival Stories
History & Society
Hirokazu Kosaka: From a Buddhist Monastery in Japan to an Art Legend
Post date:Los Angeles-based artist's work is defined by his upbringing in Japan as a monk at an 800-year-old Buddhist monastery.
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pearl harbor
History & Society
Concealed San Bernardino Mural Reveals Japanese-American Story
Post date:A modest mural in San Bernardino offers clues to regional history that is part of a larger story being told.
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pearl harbor
History & Society
In Times of War
Post date:After graduating from high school, two youths interned at Heart Mountain concentration camp, went separate directions, one going went into the U.S. Army, the other went to prison. Both fought for their rightful place in the United States.