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Helen H. Ota is the Artistic Director of COLD TOFU, the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improvisation group. A member since 1993, she has performed …
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Read Part 1 >>As musical director Harry Inao cued up a recording of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” (“Background music provided by NWG**” as the program …
On a hot sunny recent Saturday, The Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles held its thirty-second annual installation luncheon. About 120 smartly dressed Nisei members, …
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First of all, I would like to thank my awesome supervisors at the Japanese American National Museum, Vicky Murakami-Tsuda and Yoko Nishimura, as well as …
Imagine spending your childhood hearing stories about how your grandmother took over the Statue of Liberty with Puerto Rican activists, or how she was present …
Read part 3 >>Raising a familyJanet (Carlson) is the eldest daughter. After she earned a doctorate she was on the faculty of Macalester College for …
Read part 2 >>Katheryn KuboMaeda and his wife Katheryn (Kay) raised five children together. She passed away from cancer 11 years ago. Maeda met Kay …
Read part 1 >>The ArmyBy 1943 many of the men in the camp had already volunteered or had been drafted to serve as replacements in …
The Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) is a non-profit community organization in Gardena, CA that caters to the Japanese American community in the South …
For more than half a century Donald S. Maeda has been making dental crowns—and is still making them at age 86 in his own Roseville …
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