Welcome to the Japanese American and Asian American community events calendar and listing for San Diego. The events below are organized by their respective organizations so for further information please contact them.

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  • February 6, 2012
  • Until May 3, 2012
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  • Wendy Maruyama - The Tag Project / Executive Order 9066
  • University Art Gallery, San Diego State University
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  • February 9, 2012
  • Until May 1, 2012
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  • Homefront La Jolla
  • La Jolla Historical Society 780 Prospect Avenue
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  • Free Admission. Thursdays-Sundays 12:00-4:00 pm. Included in the exhibition are the stories of Japanese Americans evacuated from La Jolla, and objects on loan from the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.
  • February 25, 2012
  • 11:00 am
  • 2:00 pm
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  • JACL Annual General Membership and Appreciation Luncheon
  • Kiku Gardens, 1260-1268 3rd Ave
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  • February 25, 2012
  • 6:00 pm
  • 9:00 pm
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  • BTSD/VFW Bingo Night (Buddhist Temple)
  • The Temple and our friends Asian Pacific Post 4851 benefit from monthly bingo held at the temple. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. when theVFW serves up hot dogs, chili dogs and soft drinks for just a buck each!Buy-in for the bingo packet is $10 with additional cards and pull-tabs available. Two cash prizes awarded per game with a fun drawing for door prizes at half-time. Invite your bingo-loving friends for a congenial evening of Bingo at the Temple.
  • March 4, 2012
  • 12:00 pm
  • 1:00 pm
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  • Obutsudan Day (Buddhist Temple)
  • This annual opportunity to acquire a reasonably-priced home altar will be Sunday, MARCH 4, after Family Service (around 11:45 a.m.). We will have several formal and informal home altars, new or refurbished, for households who would like them.
  • March 8, 2012
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  • Lecture by Mira Nakashima
  • Mingei Museum, 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park
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  • Limited seating: contact Jhwang@mingei.org.
  • March 9, 2012
  • Until October 1, 2012
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  • Coronado on the Frontline: 1942-1945
  • Coronado Historical Association, 1100 Orange Avenue, Coronado
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  • Monday – Friday 10am - 5pm. Saturday – Sunday 10am - 5pm. Suggested donation: $4 Included in the exhibition are the stories of three Japanese American families evacuated Coronado, and objects on loan from the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.
  • April 1, 2012
  • Until December 29, 2012
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  • TUNA! Celebrating San Diego's Famous Fishing Industry
  • San Diego History Center House of Hospitality 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park
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  • Open: Tuesday - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Admission: $6 adults, $4 seniors, $3 children; free to members. A family oriented exhibition about the Japanese, Italian, and Portuguese fishermen who made San Diego, for a time, the center of the tuna fishing universe. The exhibition contains many artifacts and photographs from the collection of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.

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