And Then They Came for Us – Does History Matter? — CATS Explores Why It Does!
On Wednesday, August 7, at 7pm, at the Nevada Theatre, Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS), in partnership with The Onyx Downtown, is presenting And Then They Came for Us, an award-winning documentary by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider and starring George Takei, an actor and activist, better known as “Mr. Sulu” from Star Trek. And Then They Came for Us was filmed in 2017, in response to President Trump’s “Muslim Travel Ban”. Its message still resonates today, comparing the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans at Internment Camps, better known as War Relocation Centers, to what is happening in American streets today, especially towards immigrants and people of color.
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Create Your Own Origami Cranes to Adorn your Home
Taught by Patty Lum-Ohmann
A Three-hour Workshop on
Saturday, September 12, 2026
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Grass Valley United Methodist Church
236 South Church Street, Grass Valley, CA
Spaces limited to 20 participants.
Cost: $45 includes all materials
Questions? Call 530-265-2990 or email info@catsweb.org
Please register by August 28, 2026
Many of you may recall the exquisite Origami Crane Chandelier that was the focal point of CATS’ Art in Public Spaces exhibit at the Rood Government Center in Nevada City from January to the end of March 2024. If not, it currently cascades from the ceiling in the foyer of the Madelyn Helling Library. Many volunteers folded and strung over 2,500 cranes in 2023, under Patty Lum-Ohmann’s direction, to create this beautiful art that represents peace and friendship.
You now have an opportunity to fold origami cranes and string them up to beautify your home! (See sample photo.) Patty will teach you how to fold the cranes and how to create “hanging strands” with fishing lines and sparkling beads. CATS will supply all materials.
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AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US is a cautionary and inspiring documentary for all societies, directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider. In 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, paving the way for the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The film educates audiences about
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Free tickets about “The Rashomon Effect” to Students at Local High Schools and Colleges
Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) would like to offer high school and college-age students the experience of “The Rashomon Effect” – the phenomenon of perception and truth and understanding the general unreliability of eyewitnesses. The Effect is named after Akira Kurosawa's 1950 acclaimed Japanese film -- Rashomon -- the stage version will be presented as CATS’ 2026 spring play at the Nevada Theatre from April 23 to May 16, 2026. It centers around the demise of a samurai whose death is described in four contradictory ways. “The Rashomon Effect” has been used as a storytelling method in which an event is given contradictory interpretations by the individuals involved, thereby providing different perspectives and points of view of the same incident. The term is used to describe how different witnesses are able to produce incompatible, yet plausible, accounts of the same event.
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Rashomon Dinner and Movie Fundraiser
As a prelude and fundraiser to our play, Rashomon, and in collaboration with The Onyx Downtown at the Nevada Theatre, we are showing the acclaimed 1950’s movie by Akira Kurosawa.
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