Saturday, May 16, 2026
11:00-3:00P
FROM JA to SHOHEI:
Baseball and The Japanese American Experience
Screening & Panel Discussion - FREE
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th St., Santa Monica
Screening of Baseball Behind Barbed Wire, Yuriko Gamo Romer's definitive documentary short film, followed by a lively panel discussion with author, historian, professor Susan H. Kamei, author, historian, filmmaker Kerry Yo Nakagawa, SoCal NAU Baseball League President Bobby Umemoto, and MBP Project Director Dan Kwong.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
11:00A-3:00P
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
Manzanar's Camo Net Factory
Lecture & Participatory Workshop - FREE
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th St., Santa Monica
Part 1 Lecture - Multimedia presentation on the short-lived and controversial camouflage netting factory created in Manzanar in 1942. Featuring archival photos by distinguished photographer Dorothea Lange. Also learn about Southern California's remarkable wartime camouflage history. Presented by Dan Kwong.
Part 2 Workshop (Reservation required) - Join a fun, hands-on workshop for registered participants and weave on a free-style interpretation of a camouflage net! Co-facilitated by artists Hana van der Steur and Dan Kwong, descendants of fiber artist and Manzanar camo net weaver Momo Nagano.
LIMITED SPACE FOR Part 2 Workshop ~ REGISTER NOW: dkbb12@aol.com
