BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6965@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20241201T000000Z DTEND:20241201T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: anti aliased\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: "><a href=" https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp\;txobjid=765434 7e-03a1-4adf-ac9f-6fcc9b77725d">Tickets</a>\n<p style="box-sizing: border- box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-botto m: 1rem\; font-family: "><span style="color: #212529\; font-family: ">Adul t $16\, Senior (62+) $9\, Student (18+\, with valid ID) $9\, Youth (6-17) $9\, Members FREE\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoot hing: antialiased\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: " > \n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialia sed\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: ">Join author < strong>Kelly Goto </strong> for a conversation around her new book\,  <em >Seattle Samurai: a Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Ex perience</em> . The book pulls together threads of Samurai principles and stories of honor\, resilience\, and everyday life that were translated fro m interviews and family stories onto pen and paper. Kelly Goto will be joi ned by her mother\, <strong>Dee Goto</strong> \, whose work with oral hist ory and preservation of Issei stories served as a foundation of the book.\ n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\ ; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: "> \n\nAbout the B ook\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialia sed\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: ">From 2012–2 018\, Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled Seattle Tomodachi (“Friend of Seattle”) comic strips for the  <em>North American Post</em> . His com ics chronicled the stories of the Issei and Nisei\, capturing elements of culture\, nostalgia\, and history\, while infusing his characters—Shiger u Tomo and his alter ego Samurai Shigeru—with values of courage\, respec t\, and continuous improvement and compassion. Design researcher Kelly Got o reflects on her father’s legacy as she brings his work back to life in this collection so that others can be inspired and informed by his witty and wise look at the world.\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit- font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; font-family: "><em>Seattle Sam urai: a Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Experience</em >   will be available at the JANM Store in October.\n\n<p style="box-sizi ng: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin-top: 0px\; m argin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: "> \n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box \; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: ">This event is part of  <a href="https://museumstore sunday.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antia liased\; color: #722182\; text-decoration: underline\; background-color: t ransparent\; font-family: ">Museum Store Sunday</a> \, the annual event en couraging holiday shopping in museum stores nationwide.\n\n<p style="box-s izing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin-top: 0px\ ; margin-bottom: 1rem\; font-family: ">Not a current member?  <a href="ht tps://www.janm.org/membership" style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-fon t-smoothing: antialiased\; color: #722182\; text-decoration: underline\; b ackground-color: transparent\; font-family: ">Join or renew</a>   now for free admission and JANM Store discounts.\n\n DTSTAMP:20241108T115149Z SUMMARY:JANM Book Club: Seattle Samurai with Kelly Goto &amp\; Dee Goto URL:/en/events/2024/12/01/janm-book-club-seattle-samurai-with-kelly-goto-a/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR