12:30-1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga
 

12:30-1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga
 

8:00pm Anime Film Festival
Samurai X: The Motion Picture
Enjoy extended gallery hours plus Samurai X: The Motion Picture screened under the stars in the museum’s beautiful courtyard garden with an introduction by animation historian Charles Solomon. This is an outdoor event, so beach chairs, blankets and picnics are welcome!

The scarred hero of “Rurouni Kenshin” and his friends encounter a rebel group opposed to the Meiji government as they offer protection and aid to those in need.

Please note: This film contains mature content and is not recommended for children under the age of 13. Members: Free Non-members: Included with Museum Admission.
 

12:30-1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga
 

2-4pm Haiku Study Group
 

12:30-1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga
 

8:00pm Anime Film Festival
Seven Samurai and Samurai 7
Enjoy extended gallery hours plus Seven Samurai and Samurai 7 screened under the stars in the museum’s beautiful courtyard garden with an introduction by animation historian Charles Solomon. This is an outdoor event, so beach chairs, blankets and picnics are welcome!

Kurosawa’s film masterpiece explores what happens when desperate villagers hire seven masterless –and equally desperate – samurai as protection against bandits. Anime serial “Samurai 7” transports the story from 16th century Japan into a futuristic world.

Please note: This film contains mature content and is not recommended for children under the age of 13. Members: Free Non-members: Included with Museum Admission.
 

12:30-1:30pm Lunchtime Yoga
 

7:30pm Authors on Asia
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, Quick and Easy Korean Cooking: More than 70 Everyday Recipes
Hot summer afternoons, imagine a picnic basket stocked with Chilled Cucumber Soup, delicate Chicken Skewers with Green Onions, and tasty Seaweed Rice Rolls. Using readily available ingredients and techniques already familiar to home cooks, chef Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee offers these tantalizing Korean specialties and more.

Appetizers and snacks, soups and hot pots, side dishes, rice noodles and entrees, and a whole chapter devoted to kimchi, bring new flavors to your lunch or dinner table any day of the week.

Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee is a first-generation Korean-American who has written about food for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Food & Wine, Eating Well, and Korean Culture.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. Authors on Asia programs are free to museum members and free with museum general admission for non-members. Reservations are strongly recommended for these programs. Light refreshments included. Authors on Asia programs are free for members and included in museum admission for nonmembers, $9 general, $7 students and seniors. For information and reservations, please call (626)-449-2742, ext. 20.