FROM JA TO SHOHEI: The Manzanar Baseball Project

During the 1940s, baseball was truly the National Pastime of America – even in the WWII concentration camps. For incarcerated Japanese Americans, the game took on symbolic meaning as a way to express their identity as Americans. Today, the Manzanar Baseball Project is revitalizing the diamond at Manzanar National Historic Site, bringing history to life. Artist and Project Director Dan Kwong presents video, performance art, and a panel discussion on the history of Japanese American baseball with Kerry Yo Nakagawa (author of Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball) and Prof. Susan Kamei (author of When Can We Go Back to America?).

Please note: The Santa Monica Fire Department is hosting Fire Service Day on Saturday, May 10. Seventh Street will be closed from Santa Monica Boulevard to Arizona Avenue from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Library patrons can access the surface lot north of the Main Library from 6th Street. Paid parking is also available at Parking Structure 1, located on 1234 4th St.