Upcoming Events

SOUTH SOUND DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
TACOMA, WA
May 21, 2026
Washington State History Museum
Book Fair: 4 to 6 p.m.
Procession to Union Station commemorating forced removal of Japanese Americans: 6 to 6:30 p.m.
Readings: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
LOS ANGELES
May 23, 2026
2 p.m.
In Conversation with Teresa Watanabe
Former LA Times journalist, advisory board member AAJA-LA, California Community Foundation Staff
Democracy Center
100 N. Central Ave.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
June 9, 2026
6:30 p.m.
In Conversation with Val Tollefson
Vice President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association
Eagle Harbor Book Co.
157 Winslow Way E.

JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF OREGON
PORTLAND
June 13, 2026
1 p.m.
In Conversation with Linda Tamura
Author of The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon’s Hood River Valley
431 NW Flanders

MINIDOKA PILGRIMAGE 2026
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
July 10, 2026
8:30 to 4:30
College of Idaho

HEART MOUNTAIN PILGRIMAGE 2026
POWELL, WYOMING
July 24, 2026
10 a.m.
Heart Mountain

PAST

AMACHE PILGRIMAGE 2026
GRANADA, COLORADO
May 16, 2026
Camp Amache

DENVER
May 18, 2026
In Conversation with Mark Obmascik
Author of The Storm on Our Shores
Japanese American Resource Center of Colorado
Tattered Cover Book Store

SAN FRANCISCO

April 30, 2026
In Conversation with Amanda L Tyler
Professor of Constitutional Law at UC Berkeley
Program: 5:30 pm
Booksigning: 6:30 pm
Commonwealth Club
Ferry Building
110 The Embarcadero

April 23, 2026
Densho Lunch and Learn Zoom
In Conversation with Brian Niiya
Densho Content Director
Listen on Densho’s YouTube Channel

SEATTLE
March 10, 2026 Book Launch
In Conversation with Frank Abe
Lead editor on We Hereby Refuse:Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
Town Hall Seattle

LAKE FOREST PARK, WA
April 2, 2026
In Conversation with David Horsey
Pulitzer Prize-winning Political Cartoonist and Author of Beach of Stars
Third Place Books

LOS ANGELES
April 19, 2026
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
University of Southern California