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December
International Museum of Women Curates First Exhibit: Celebrating Women All Over the World, A Comparison of 17 Contemporary Festivals from Five Continents
A Sense-Rich Exhibit of Festivals, Ceremonies and Competitions Honoring Women
Through December 17, 2004
ONE Market, Concourse Lobby
San Francisco, CA
The International Museum of Women (IMOW), a cultural and educational institution dedicated to honoring the lives of women worldwide, will present its first curated exhibit, Celebrating Women All Over The World, from October 4 through December 17, 2004 at ONE Market, Concourse Lobby, San Francisco. Celebrating Women presents a sense-rich introduction to festivals, ceremonies and competitions that honor women’s attributes, accomplishments, roles and spiritual lives.
The exhibit features photography, costumes, artifacts, educational programs, live performances and first-person accounts of 17 celebrations from Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Finland, French West Indies, India, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, and the U.S. Based on the book Celebrating Women (powerHouse Books, October 2004) by photojournalist Paola Gianturco, the exhibit combines innovative displays, technology, color and light to recreate a festival atmosphere while enhancing understanding of each culture.
Admission: Free
Exhibit Open: 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
Performances: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. every Wednesday
For more information, visit the International Museum of Women website.
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Tracing Identity: An Insider’s View of the L.A. Armenian Community
Through December 31, 2004
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Ara Oshagan's "Traces of Identity: An Insider's View of the L.A. Armenian Community, 2000-2004" is a photo essay curated by Charlie Hachadourian. From family retreats at Big Bear Lake, inmates in Ironwood state prison, and church services in Pasadena, to demonstrations on East Hollywood streets, a youth party in Studio City, a drug-rehab center in Palmdale and a convalescent home in Eagle Rock, among others, the exhibit brings together the strands of a diverse and vibrant Armenian presence across the breadth of the greater Los Angeles area. It addresses issues of identity and displacement common to many immigrant communities.
For more information call (323) 644-6269 or visit the artist's website.
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Filipino Parol Christmas Lantern Displays
Come and see Filipino parol lanterns displayed at several locations throughout San Francisco. Filipino parols, traditional Christmas lanterns in the shape of a five-pointed star symbolizing the star of Bethlehem, will be displayed at several locations throughout San Francisco. The parol lanterns were created by the community in workshops facilitated by the Filipino American Development Foundation’s Bayanihan Community Center.
A listing of the locations showing the Parol lanterns follows:
Zeum at Yerba Buena Gardens
Through January 9, 2005
Rooftop at Yerba Buena Gardens
Zeum Conewalk Gallery
4 th and Howard Street
San Francisco, 94105
Admissions: $5-7
Museum Hours: Wednesday through Sunday 11am – 5pm
For more information visit the Zeum website or call (415) 777-2800.
Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade
Through January 2, 2005
Facing Mission between 3 rd and 4th Streets
San Francisco, 94105
St. Patrick’s Church
December 15, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
San Fernando Giant Lantern & Parol Concert
December 16th through 24th, 6:00 p.m.
Parol show before Simbang Gabi masses
Mission and 4th Street
San Francisco, CA
Asian Art Museum
Through December 31, 2004
Community Resource Room
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Admission: $5-$10
Museum Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10am – 5pm, Thursday 10am – 9pm
For more information visit the museum website or call (415) 581-3500.
San Francisco Main Public Library
Through January 6, 2005
Christmas Arts and Forms in the Philippines
Third Floor, Filipino American Center
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
For more information see the library’s website.
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Mayan Textile Art: Collections of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya
Photo courtesy of the Presidio Trust. An image of colorful overlapping Central American huipiles
(women's
blouses) from the Mayan Textile Art Exhibition.
Through January 16, 2005—
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Presidio Officers’ Club
50 Moraga Avenue
The culture of the Maya flourishes in the form, color, and patterns of contemporary hand-woven textiles inspired by ancient Mayan traditions. Curated by the Instituto Nacional de Antriopologia e Historia in Mexico City, the exhibit also includes ancient ceramics and paintings by noted contemporary Mexican artists.
Mayan Textile Art is a complimentary exhibition to Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, featuring archaeological masterworks of the Maya, presented at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco’s Legion of Honor through January 2, 2005. The special exhibition surcharge for this event is $7.
Park once and enjoy both exhibitions. Ample free parking is available at the Presidio of San Francisco near the Presidio Officers’ Club. The free PresidiGo Shuttle will travel to and from the Legion of Honor every half-hour on weekends only between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
For more information call the Presidio Events Line (415) 561-5500 or visit the Presidio website.
Read the exhibit review by Mari Pongkhamsing, ACTA Archivist/Special Projects Coordinator.
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Botánica Los Angeles: Latino Popular Religious Art in the City of Angels
Through January 30, 2005
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
UCLA North Campus
Best described as an ever-evolving combination of spiritual center, religious supply house, and alternative healthcare facility, the botánica is fast becoming a key feature of the sacred, social, and visual landscape of Los Angeles. Generally associated with folk Catholicism and other Latin American religious traditions, the hundreds of botánicas in Southern California are sites of spirit-infused artistry, ceremonial activity, and community building, especially among Latinos. Botánica Los Angeles explores these fascinating venues and their role in transmitting, transforming, and critiquing traditional faiths.
The exhibition opens with a recreation of a typical botánica: chock-full of sacred objects typically offered for sale, including candles, incense, religious sculptures of saints and buddhas, curative potions, shrines,
chromolithographs, and more. What follows is a series of elaborate altars/shrines created by local practitioners—including a shrine for the popular Guatemalan folk saint San Simón, like one by Carlos Arana Figueroa Martínez; an ornate “throne” for the Afro-Cuban deity Eleggua, by Felipe García Villamil, a master Afro-Cuban Batá dummer in ACTA’s apprenticeship program, and his wife Valeria; a Puerto Rican spiritual altar by Ysamur Flores-Peña and Dorothy Flores; and two shrines to several African spirits, male and female, one by Charles Guelperin and another by Sonia Gastelum—that showcase both the diversity and continuity among botánicas in Los Angeles.
Admissions: Free
Museum Hours: Wednesday – Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.;
Thursday Noon – 8:00 p.m.; Closed Monday and Tuesday
For more information about the exhibit, including a map to the museum, visit the museum website or call ( 310) 825-4361.
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Navajo Weaves
Through Mid-February 2005
Mingei International Museum – Balboa Park
1439 El Prado
San Diego, CA
The exhibition of 33 Navajo objects includes Chief's robes, other blankets and rugs woven in the late 19th century and the 20th century representing the Crystal, Ganado and Lukachukai Weaving Districts of the Navajo Reservation. Among them are a Dazzler rug (1890 - 1910), featuring a bold diamond pattern, pictorial rugs, especially an early example (1875) depicting horses and cattle and a 1920s example of the Rainbow Sand Painting design and an incomparable sampler of weaving patterns. Shown with these are five boldly striped rugs, examples of Hispanic weaving from the Rio Grande Valley, the earliest of which dates from the late 18th century.
Also on display are choice pieces of Navajo silver and turquoise jewelry from a private collection and dating from the same era as the weavings.
Admissions: $3-$6
Museum Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For more information see the museum website or call (619) 239-0003.
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Mithila Paintings: The Evolution of an Art Form
January 12 through March 26, 2005
Museum of Craft & Folk Art
Fort Mason Center, Landmark Building A
San Francisco, CA 94123
For centuries, women of the Mithila region of Bihar, India, painted colorful images on the walls and floors of their homes in order to create protective and auspicious spaces for their families and their life cycle rituals. In 1966, due to the encouragement by cultural leaders who saw the potential to create an accessible art form, the painters began transferring their work to paper. Since then the subjects of these paintings have expanded dramatically to include colorful, graphic images of classic tales, local legends, daily life, autobiographies, and contemporary social criticism. This exhibition traces the development of these paintings from their ritual folk art sources to their current state as artistic, cultural expressions and internationally recognized fine art.
Admission: $4
Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.;
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; First Wednesday of each month 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and free admission
For more information visit the museum website or call (415) 775-0991.
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Cuando Hablan los Santos: Contemporary Santero Traditions from Northern New Mexico
Beginning November 13, 2004
San Diego Museum of Man
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Cuando Hablan Los Santos: Contemporary Santero Traditions from Northern New Mexico is showing at the San Diego Museum of Man, the last stop on an international tour including stops in Bolivia, Madrid, and Andorra. The
exhibition was developed in 1994 at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
This exhibition of Hispanic devotional arts highlights the work of 13 New Mexican Santeros or saint makers, and presents pieces created by 22 children and grandchildren in their families. Each Santero made a commissioned carving that best represented his or her current work for the Maxwell Museum collection. The future of the tradition is represented by Santos made by children from these families. Examples of early Santos from the collections of the San Diego Museum of Man will also be shown to demonstrate the rich history of this art form in Northern New Mexico.
Admissions: $3—$6
Museum hours: Open daily 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For more information visit the museum website or call (619) 239-2001.
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Kwanzaa Family Festival
December 18, 2004—11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Bowers Museum
Courtyard and Conference Center
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana , CA 92706
The Bowers Museum Kwanzaa celebration will feature African drums and dancing, storytellers, ethnic foods and many other exciting activities. Festival goers can learn about African traditions an d customs.
Admissions: $7
For more information, call Willia Edmonds at (714) 543-7379 or visit the Bowers Museum website.
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Las Posadas Celebration with the Autry National Center
Traditional posada procession (detail) Southwest Museum Collection, 90.40.584.
December 18, 2004—4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Casa de Adobe
4605 N. Figueroa Street
Las Posadas is Spanish for “the inn.“ It is also a traditional Mexican holiday festival that commemorates Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of shelter. Event goers will gather at the Casa de Adobe to sing traditional verses, break a piñata, and partake of some warm, tasty champurrado (a special hot chocolate thickened with corn meal) and pan dulce (sweet bread).
Admissions: Free
For more information visit the Autry National Center website or call ( 323) 221-2164.
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Merry-achi Christmas with Sol de Mexico
December 18, 2004—
7:00 p.m.
California Center for the Arts, Escondido
340 N. Escondido Blvd.
Escondido, CA
Jose Hernandez Mariachi Sol de Mexico performs a rich celebration of Mexican Christmas traditions. A folkloric dance troupe will accompany the Mariachi group.
Admissions: $34-$44
For more information visit the Sign On San Diego website or call (800) 988-4523.
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The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
December 18, 2004—
4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Bartholomew Park Winery
1000 Vineyard Lane, Sonoma
The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir recipient of the Gospel Academy Award for “Best Community Choir of the Year” in 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1997 will perform a concert benefiting La Luz Center, which provides basic services, education and community development in Sonoma Valley.
Admission: $35
For more information visit the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir website or call (707) 935-9511.
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A Night of Kora and Poetry
December 18, 2004—
7:30 p.m.
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
A collaboration between Prince Diabaté master kora player from Guinea, West Africa and participant in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, and Linda J Albertano, musician and poet from Venice, CA. Together they explore the roots of the griot tradition (oral history of the Mandingue people) and the modern spoken-word art form.
Admission: $7; seniors & students: $5; members: free
For more information visit the Beyond Baroque website or Prince Diabaté’s website or call (310) 822-3006.
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Merced Hmong New Year Celebration Event
December 18-21, 2004
Merced Fairground
900 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Merced, CA 95340
The Merced Hmong New Year celebration is hosted by the Merced Lao Family Community, Inc.
For more information visit the Merced Lao Family Community, Inc. website or call (209) 384-7384.
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WinterFest Featuring Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Las Posadas, Chanukah, & Other Family Traditions
Sunday, December 19, 2004—12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, California 94607
The Oakland Museum of California explores the diverse winter traditions from the many cultures in California. Participants are invited to make ornaments and play games from other lands. There will also be an opportunity to learn about the Kwanzaa ceremony and how to celebrate it at home.
Admissions: $5 - $8
Museum hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Sunday, noon - 5 p.m.;
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
For more information visit the museum website or call (510) 238-2200.
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Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko
December 19, 2004
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
A network of taiko drummers from several groups in Southern California host a jam session where participants have an opportunity to learn about the history of taiko in North America and gain hands-on experience with different instruments.
Hydaiko is a network for taiko players who are interested in working on innovative ideas involving taiko. Working on a project-to-project basis, Hydaiko connects taiko artists who are seeking to develop their ideas with other taiko players who are interested in playing taiko, outside of the structure of a formal taiko group.
Admissions: $4-8
For more information see the museum website or call (213) 625-0414.
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Holiday Concert with Los Cenzontles
December 21, 2004—
8:00 p.m.
Freight and Salvage
1111 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
Based at the Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center, a former participant in ACTA’s Apprenticeship program and Traditional Arts Development Program, Los Cenzontles, presents a celebration of the endless variety of Mexico's rich musical traditions. Led by the center's founder, Eugenio Rodriquez, the performance will range from the tropical sones jarochos of Veracruz to the lilting pirecuas of indigenous Michoacan, to heart-wrenching rancheras from the Mexican countryside.
Admission: $15.50
For more information visit the Los Cenzontles website or call (510) 548-1761.
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45th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration
Celtic Spring is one of many performers at the 45th Annual L.A.
County Holiday Celebration.
Photo by Ed Krieger
December 24, 2004—
3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center
135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
A six-hour seasonal music and dance show produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. The program includes forty performing groups from throughout L.A. County, including choirs, music ensembles, and dance companies that the vibrant spectrum of cultures found in southern California. The performers include the Yuval Ron Ensemble, Mariachi Divas and Mariachi Sol de Mexico, Celtic Spring, and Hollywood Klezmer, among others. Doors open at 2:30 pm. Patrons may come and go throughout the performance. Reservations for tickets to the show are not necessary. Those who can’t attend may watch the live broadcast of Holiday Celebration on KCET, LA’s public television station.
Admission: Free
Free parking at the Music Center parking garage.
For more information visit the event website or call (213) 972-3099.
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Hmong International New Year Celebration
December 26, 2004 - January 1, 2005
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fresno Fairgrounds
Cedar/Kings Canyon Rd.
The Hmong New Year celebration in Fresno is a destination for Hmong people from around the world drawing over 150,000 people each year. For seven days, the festivities take place at the Fresno Fairgrounds and include the wearing of traditional Hmong clothing, courtship games, traditional singing and music, traditional food, and vendors of cultural items. The Hmong New Year Celebration website contains the detailed schedule, driving directions, and other useful information.
For 28 years, Hmong-Americans have celebrated their annual New Year Celebration in the United States. Of all such events, the Celebration in Fresno remains the largest of its kind. Attendance data from the 1998-2003 New Year Celebrations indicate that well over 150,000 people were attracted to the event in Fresno each year. Many of these individuals come from out of California and out of the country, including Asia and Europe. The Hmong New Year is particularly important for young adults. Often, due to the daily toils of living, eligible young adults have had little time for fun and courtship. The intermission from work provides them an opportune time for entertainment, socializing and the making of new friends.
During this time, Hmong elders encourage their children to interact in mutual respect through a game of "tossing ball" or pov pob. The young eligible adults are dressed in their most elaborate outfits and are encouraged to befriend others from different clans. For days, these youngsters will toss balls to one another. Frequently, deep friendships develop from the interactions, oftentimes resulting in marriage. This union of clans ensures hope for the future and the survival of Hmong culture. It also fosters a genuine sense of harmony and mutual respect among the people.
For more information visit the Hmong New Year Celebration website or call (559) 252-8782.
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Community Kwanzaa Celebration
December 27, 2004— 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Malcolm X Library & Performing Arts Center
5148 Market St.
San Diego, CA 92114
A traditional celebration of the first day of Kwanzaa, also known as the day of Umoja (Unity), will be held at the Malcolm X Library. Presented by the Pan-African Associations of America (PAAA), this special community event is free and open to the public.
Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday celebrated from December 27 to January 1. It is a time to celebrate life, heritage, humanity and achievements as well as a time to reflect and recommit to cultural ideals and goodness.
Festivities include workshops for children and adults, a special dedication of a charter school and a myriad of activities and entertainment for the whole family. The traditional lighting of the Umoja candle along with Umoja Day messages will also take place at that time. Umoja teaches the importance of family, community and national unity.
On the second day of Kwanzaa or the day of Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), there will be a special ceremony for the individuals in the community who have chosen to take on an African name.
For more information visit the Sign On San Diego website or call (619) 582-7149.
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19th Annual Japanese New Year’s Bell-Ringing Ceremony (Joya no kane)
December 31, 2004—11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Asian Art Museum
Samsung Hall
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Museum visitors are invited to participate in the ancient Japanese tradition of striking a temple bell 108 times to welcome the New Year at the Asian Art Museum’s 19th Annual Japanese New Year’s Bell Ringing Ceremony. As in past observances, a 2100-lb., 16th century Japanese bronze bell—originally from a temple in Tajima Province in Japan, now part of the museum’s permanent collection—will be struck 108 times. This ceremony follows the Japanese custom in which the joya no kane (end of the year bell) is struck 108 times before midnight on New Year’s Eve, symbolically welcoming the New Year and curbing the 108 bonno or mortal desires which, according to Buddhist belief, torment humankind: thus, tolling enables the start of a prosperous and joyous new year. The event is free with museum admission, and visitors of all ages are invited to participate. During the ceremony, each toll is struck after the reverberations from the preceding toll have dissipated. In Japan, the last toll traditionally coincides with the first few seconds of the New Year. The museum’s ceremony usually lasts approximately two hours. Numbers are assigned to visitors upon their arrival on a first come, first-served basis beginning at 10:00 a.m. when the museum opens to the public. 108 groups of four to six people will be assembled to strike the bell. The program will begin with an a cappella vocal performance of five poems written to commemorate the birth of the Japanese princess in 2001 by Japanese poet Mutsuo Shukuya, and set to voice by Bay Area composer David Garner.
Admissions: $5-$10
For more information visit the museum website or call (415) 581-3500.
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January
Japanese Mochi Pounding Ceremony
January 4, 2005—11:00 a.m.
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Celebrate the New Year with the Japanese tradition of mochitsuki. Join Kagami Kai as this sweet rice paste is transformed into an edible treat that marks special occasions
For more information see the museum website or call (415) 581-3500.
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Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival
January 7-9 and 14-16
Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00 p.m.
Mandeville Auditorium
9500 Gillman Dr
LA Jolla, CA 92093
12th annual presentation of Southern California’s largest ethnic dance festival featuring 12 dance companies with over 250 dancers and musicians on one stage. Cultures and countries represented include Mexico, Spain, India, Hawaii, China, Argentina, Philippines, and more. Presented by the San Diego Dance Alliance and funded in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture.
Visit the San Diego Dance Alliance website for more information or call (619) 230-8623.
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Afro-Cuban Dance at The California Academy of Sciences
January 15, 2005—1:00 p.m.
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
The Olorun Ensemble pays homage to the African roots of Cuban folkloric dance. The company's director, Susana Arenas, will explain the origin and cultural significance of each dance, many of which enact stories of the Orishas - deities of the Lukumi tradition from West Africa .
Admissions: Free with museum admission of $2-7
For more information see the museum website or call (415) 321-8385.
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Merced Iu Mien New Year
January 15, 2005—3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Merced County Fairgrounds
Commerce Building
900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Merced CA 95340
This new year celebration, in a concert atmosphere, will be the first and will highlight talented Iu Mien artists and local and national Iu Mien leaders from various parts of the United States.
Admission: $8 before 8 pm; $10 after 8 pm; Free with traditional Iu Mien outfits
Dress Code: Semi-Formal
For more information e-mail mercedmiennewyear@mercedmien.com or call (209) 723-0370.
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Peking Acrobats
January 21, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
January 22, 2004, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Zellerbach Hall - UC Berkeley Campus
Bancroft Way (at Telegraph)
Berkeley, CA
In China, acrobatics is a rich and esteemed art form, delicate and masterful, athletic and entertaining, and rooted in more than 2,000 years of history and folk tradition. The Peking Acrobats is an elite troupe hand-selected from China's best gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists, and tumblers whose displays of contortion, flexibility, agility, and control routinely amaze sold-out crowds wherever they perform. Their daring balancing maneuvers atop a pagoda of chairs, wire-walking, and precision tumbling are all performed to the live orchestral accompaniment of traditional Chinese instruments.
Admissions: $22-$42
To purchase tickets visit the Berkeley website.
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Willow Bow Making & Hunting Techniques
January 22, 2005—10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
January 23, 2005—11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
219 South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA
Hunting and gathering food was always a top priority in traditional Cahuilla life. Paul Campbell, author of the book Survival Skills, will instruct participants on how to build a classic southern California-style willow bow. Afterwards, Paul will demonstrate proper shooting techniques and hunting tips. This is a two-day workshop.
Fee: $35
Ages: 18 and above
For more information see the museum website or call (760) 323-0151.
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Explore Sephardic Culture Series
January 27, 2005— 6:30 p.m.
The Judah L. Magnes Museum
2911 Russell Street
Berkeley, CA 94705
Mark Cohen presents "Long Live the King: Women in Power in Sephardic Folk Tales." Cohen, author of Last Century of a Sephardic Community, and distinguished storyteller will recount and discuss three Sephardic folk tales featuring clever female heroes, a role that is usually reserved for men in Ladino folk tales.
Admission: $5
For more information visit the museum website or call (510) 549-6950.
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Lunar New Year Celebration
January 30, 2005—12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, California 94607
Celebrate the Year of the Rooster with lion dancing; Mochi pounding and tasting; Taiko drumming; stilt walkers from West Portal Elementary School; performances by the Korean Youth Cultural Center musicians and Tibetan and Vietnamese dancers; demonstrations of cooking and a performance by the Red Panda Acrobats; artists' market place; storytelling; and hands-on art activities. Included with museum admission.
Admissions: $5 - $8
For more information visit the museum website or call ( 510) 238-2200.
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County & Regional Calendars
For weekly public programs and a calendar of ethnic events in Northern California, see the Traditional Arts Program at the California Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco.
A calendar of Festivals and Celebrations in San Diego is available from the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
Let us know if you have special information that should be posted here.
To update information or submit an event for the calendar,
please email ACTA.
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