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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Winter Boutique to Showcase Artists and Authors</strong
 >\n<em> </em>\nJoin the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) for 
 a popular line-up of Bay Area artists\, crafts people\, and guest authors 
 at the annual Winter Boutique on November 9\, 2013\, at the <strong>San J
 ose Buddhist Church</strong> gymnasium<em>\, </em>640 N. Fifth Street\, 
 in San Jose. The general public hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mu
 seum members will be admitted one hour earlier than nonmembers.\n \nWhen 
 you come\, you will find a wide variety of Asian-inspired jewelry\, clothi
 ng\, home goods\, wall art\, and ceramics. To satisfy your hunger\, bento 
 boxes\, manju\, cookies\, and sushi will be available for purchase.\n\nThi
 s year\, three accomplished authors will be in attendance and will bring t
 heir latest and most popular books for sale. They will gladly discuss thei
 r books and sign personal copies.\n\n<strong>Tom Graves\, author of <em>T
 wice Heroes</em></strong>\nJAMsj is pleased to have San Francisco writer 
 and photographer\, Tom Graves\, as a featured author at this year's Winter
  Boutique. To write his book\, <em>Twice Heroes: America's Nisei Veterans
  of WWII and Korea\,</em> Graves interviewed 98 Nisei veterans\, unveilin
 g their personal battles against wartime suspicion and racism.\n\n<strong
 >Naomi Hirahara\, author of <em>Strawberry Yellow</em></strong>\nPasadena
  native Naomi Hirahara is another featured author whom boutique attendees 
 will want to meet.<em>Summer of the Big Bachi\, </em>Hirahara's first mys
 tery\, was a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize and was no
 minated for a Macavity Mystery Award. Her most recent book\, <em>Strawber
 ry Yellow</em>\, is the latest in a series of Mas Arai mysteries.\n\n<stro
 ng>Ken Mochizuki\, author of </strong><strong><em>Passage to Freedom: The
  Sugihara Story</em></strong>\nStop by and talk to Ken Mochizuki\, author 
 of several notable books\, including<em> Baseball Saved Us</em>\, the sto
 ry of a Japanese American boy's life as an incarceree during WWII. The sto
 ry unfolds as the boy establishes a baseball league to help pass the time.
   His most recent work is <em>Be Water\, My Friend: the Early Years of B
 ruce Lee</em>.\n\nMembers of JAMsj can enter at 9:00 AM.\n\nQuestions? Ple
 ase contact Warren Hayashi at the Museum:<a href="http://service.mail.com/
 callgate-6.72.2.0/rms/6.72.2.0/mail/getBody?folderId=1&amp\;messageId=T3Vh
 ZEFyHkFyZ1v0EzU0k2E1NsRq9U5G&amp\;purpose=display&amp\;bodyType=html&amp\;
 reloadHack0.05452690948732197=true">info@jamsj.org</a>\, (408) 294-3138\, 
 or access the web site\, (<a href="https://service.mail.com/dereferrer/?ta
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SUMMARY:JAMsj Winter Boutique
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