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Japanese Shadow Puppets with Sunny Seki

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2025-05-10 14:00:00 2025-05-10 15:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Japanese Shadow Puppets with Sunny Seki Join us in celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Japanese puppet workshop. Learn the history of Japanese shadow puppets then make your own puppets to take home. For ages 5 - 12 with a caregiver. Hawthorne Library -

Saturday, May 10
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Join us in celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Japanese puppet workshop. Learn the history of Japanese shadow puppets then make your own puppets to take home. For ages 5 - 12 with a caregiver.

This program will take place in our Training Room.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Theatre, Film, & Media | Entertainment | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

TAGS: | Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |

Hawthorne Library
Phone: 310.679.8193
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The library was founded in 1913 and moved to its present location in 1962. The facility was remodeled in 1978. The Friends of the Hawthorne Libraries started in 1979. The library serves a 5.99 square mile area.

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