On April 22, I had the privilege of addressing an audience of about 240 attendees at the opening reception for the Topaz Stories Exhibit in the Utah State Capitol. Dana Shew was kind enough to capture some of the remarks on her phone! Click here to view the video. Video courtesy of Dana Shew.
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Day of Remembrance 2022
Utah Exhibit Opens
A reception will be held in the Capitol rotunda on April 22 (4-6 pm), at which time, some of the contributors will travel to Salt Lake City to see the exhibit. The 26 writers who are represented in the exhibit are: First row: Ann Tamaki Dion, Amy Eto, Tamesuke Harada, Taneyuki Dan Harada, Norman Hayashi, […]
Utah Exhibit 2022
The Topaz Stories Exhibit in the Utah State Capitol is on! January 18-December 31, 2022 Utah State Capitol Building, 3rd floor mezzanine Salt Lake City, Utah The exhibit, postponed from a planned run in 2020 due to COVID, has been rescheduled to January 18-December 31, 2022 through the kind efforts of Max Chang, Brad Westwood […]
Topaz Stories: Podcast
On June 2, 2021, Jonathan Hirabayashi (the Topaz Stories exhibit designer) and I were interviewed for a podcast produced by the Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. It was part of a series on Utah history and culture called “Speak Your Piece.” Brad Westwood, our host, along with Max Chang, has been instrumental in […]
Topaz Stories Website Launched
Topaz Stories: Utah Exhibit Update
The expanded Topaz Stories Exhibit, which was scheduled to open in the Salt Lake City Utah State Capitol Building on June 6, 2020 and run through December 18, will be postponed due to the coronavirus situation. All plans are in limbo, so will keep you posted on updates. About the new exhibit Nine new stories […]
Topaz Stories Exhibit: Update
See recent coverage in the Mercury News, July 8, 2019. The Topaz Stories Exhibit opening took place on June 1, drawing about 90 people to hear four contributors share their stories. Gail Hoshiyama Nanbu read her story, “The Quality Market,” about a Mormon couple in Delta, Utah, who took a pair of Japanese-American brothers from […]
Topaz Stories Exhibit
The pieces in this collection came from a variety of sources: some were excerpted from longer memoirs left by Nisei survivors; others were passed down orally to family members or friends, and on to us by e-mail; still others, related directly to us in face-to-face interviews. It has been a privilege to receive and share […]
Welcome to my place…
OK, so it’s looking kind of Zen. Not much in the way of furniture. That’s the way I like it! This is going to be a place for stories—mostly San Francisco stories, since four generations of my family have lived there and walked its hills and streets. There will probably also be some Japan stories, […]