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November
Celebracion de Arte Mexicano Presented by Davis Art Center’s Tsao Gallery
Through November 26, 2004
1919 F. Street
Davis, CA 95617
Celebracion de Arte Mexicano is a Mexican folk art exhibit featuring the work of Rubén Guzmán, cartonería; Hermenia Albarron Romero, papel picado, and Eniac Martinez, photographs of Mexico.
The even will also feature free workshops for teachers, students or artists at the Davis Arts Center on Saturday, November 13, 2004 including:
1:00 p.m. – Painted Skulls
2:00 p.m. – Maracas
3:00 p.m. – Papel Picado
Saturday November 13, 2004
A silent auction supporting local artists will complete the exhibit; bidding ends November 26, 2004, 5:00 p.m.
For more information visit the Davis Arts Center Website.
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In Our Own Voice: The Making of a Korean Community
Through November 28, 2004
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, California 94607
Commemorating 100 years of Korean immigration to the United States, this installation in the 20th-century portion of the History Gallery explores the unique aspects of the Korean heritage, culture, and immigration experience. The exhibit includes photographs, historical artifacts, oral histories of Koreans living in the Bay Area, an illustrated timeline and a mural representing the East Bay Korean American community. Organized by the Oakland Museum of California and members of the East Bay Korean community.
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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The Legacy from Our Mothers: Indian Basketry of San Diego County
Through November
Barona Cultural Center & Museum
1095 Barona Road
Lakeside, CA
Legacy from Our Mothers: Indian Basketry of San Diego County explores an enduring art form with a rare collection of handmade baskets. On display at the Barona Cultural Center and Museum at the Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino in conjunction with the San Diego Museum of Man, the exhibit includes museum pieces as well as items loaned from members of the Barona tribe.
Museum admission: Free
Museum hours: Tuesday – Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
For more information, call 619-443-7003, or visit the museum website.
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Iluminaciones: Days of the Dead Indigenous and Colonial Expressions
Through December 5, 2004
The Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, California 94607
The Oakland Museum of California presents its eleventh annual celebration of the Mexican and Central American spiritual tradition Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead). In this year’s presentation authors explore the influence of indigenous cultures and Spanish colonization on current Days of the Dead observances and expressions. This year’s installations are by Stan Padilla, a multimedia artist and activist in the Xicano indigenous community, and his son Ian Padilla; Consuelo Jimenez-Underwood, a fiber artist and weaver of Chicana and Huichol Indian descent; Patssi Valdez, a painter; Jeffrey Ferns, a poet and storyteller of Yaqui and Huichole descent; Yolanda Garfías Woo, an anthropologist of Zapotec heritage; Juan R. Fuentes, a noted printmaker, and his daughter
Amilca Mouton-Fuentes; papier-mâché artists Claudia Tapia and Aurora Velarde-Tapia; Mia González; altar maker Amalia Mesa-Bains; and glass sculptor Viviana Paredes.
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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Viva la Charrería Mexicana – a photographic exhibit
Through December 11
Arte Americas
1630 Van Ness Avenue
Fresno, CA 93721
Viva la Charrería! an exhibit showing the rich tradition of the Mexican charrería in California by photographer Heather Hafleigh will be showing at Arte Americas in Fresno this fall. ( Charrería is an equestrian culture, tradition, sport, and art practiced in the United States and Mexico.)
Fore more information call (559) 266-2623 or visit the Arte Americas website.
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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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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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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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Tillie Hardwick Lecture Series – Social Myths and Stereotypes: Native Americans Featuring Professor Nicole Lim
November 13, 2004
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
5250 Aero Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
This lecture will address the sources of American Indian stereotypes and provide ideas on how we can combat them in today’s world. Media, historians and anthropologists sometimes market negative images of American Indians that perpetuate false ideas and misinformation. Around the world there are varying perceptions of who is an Indian. Many pictures and depictions of Indians have grown into hurtful and sometimes destructive stereotypes about their historical and contemporary lives. Because the topic of Native Americans has often been stereotypical, it has contributed to a general lack of understanding about California’s diverse cultures.
For more information contact the California Indian Museum at: (707) 579-3004,
E-mail: cimandcc@aol.com or visit their website.
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Tribal and Indigenous Heritage of the Americas at the California Academy of Sciences
November 14, 2004
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard Street (between 4th & 5th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103-3009
Academy Classroom, 2nd floor:
11:30 a.m. Yup'ik Eskimo Culture - Chuna McIntyre
Chuna McIntyre will share with visitors some of the NuNamta Yup'ik art forms and customs he learned from his grandmother while growing up in the village of Eek (population 300), situated near the Bering Sea in Alaska. His program includes songs, stories, music, dances, and traditional clothing that reflect the beliefs and values of the Eskimo world and keep history alive. For example, the ceremonial parka that Chuna wears, known as a kaiyurutalek, is carefully constructed following a family heirloom design, and the placement of the wolverine and arctic squirrel skins, beads, and the stitching, all have specific meaning relating to a collective social history.
1:00 p.m. Plains Indian Beadwork - Kaiwie Fastwolf
Kaiwie (meaning "little turtle" in Mohawk) learned Kootenai beadworking skills from her husband's grandmother, Lucy Eneas Auld, on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. She specializes in appliqué techniques (spot stitch, peyote stitch, lazy stitch), sewing small glass seed beads onto soft brain-tanned hides. For her demonstration at the Academy, Kaiwie will use the tack-down technique on buckskin, and plateau-style designs.
2:00 p.m. Yaqui Indian Music - Martin Espino
In his presentation Sounds and Songs of my Ancestors: Ancient Mexico, Martin Espino brings a virtual museum of Pre-Hispanic musical instruments to the Academy and demonstrates their unique sounds. These indigenous wind and percussion instruments are handmade by Martin from a variety of natural materials, such as bamboo, clay, shells, and gourds, and include the water drum, rain-sticks, flutes, and rattles, among others. Martin invites the audience to join him in playing the instruments, as he shares the sounds, language, and history of his culture.
3:30 p.m. Yaqui Indian Storytelling- Martin Espino
In his second program, entitled Etehoi (meaning "tellings"), Martin focuses on the oral traditions of his Yaqui Indian heritage with a selection of stories and humorous anecdotes from the Sonora region of Mexico. With his energetic personality and boundless enthusiasm, Martin's performance promises to be both stimulating and educational.
Main Exhibit Area, 1st floor
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hopi Silverwork
Visiting the Bay Area from his home in Second Mesa, Arizona, Duane Tawahongva demonstrates the overlay techniques of Hopi Indian jewelry. Duane's work is a fine example of traditional Hopi styles of silverwork, and many of his designs are inspired by petroglyph images found in the areas surrounding his village, Musungnuvi. Geometric patterns include clouds, water waves, and prayer feathers, as well as lizard, Corn Maiden and coyote
motifs (Duane is a member of the Coyote Clan). To enhance the overlay designs, the artist often incorporates settings of coral, lapis, and malachite.
For more information visit the California Academy of Sciences Traditional Arts Program website or contact June Anderson (415) 321-8385.
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Sampurnam World Premiere of Pandit Chitresh Das' new work in Kathak
Chitresh Das Dance Company Principal Company Members,
Jaiwanti Pamnani & Charlotte Moraga
Photo by Marty Sohl
November 14, 8:00 p.m.
Mexican Heritage Theater in San Jose
Co-presented by Basant Bahar
Sampurnam is an exploration into the boundaries and depth of North Indian Kathak dance. Delving into the percussive footwork as the dancer's expression, Sampurnam weaves together soft, swift and sharp movement with the energy and vitality of the slokam (chanted verse) of ancient India.
For more information: (415) 499-1601or info@kathak.org or visit the Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company website.
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Readings with David Mas Masumoto
Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories
David Mas Masumoto, author of Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories, will read from his latest book published by Heyday Books. In Letters to the Valley, Mas Masumoto explores his personal memories of food and place, stories about how our food is grown, who grows it, and the suddenly changing context of family farms.For more information on Letters to the Valley or to purchase a copy of the book, visit the Heyday Books website.
November 16, 2004— 7:00 p.m.
Next Chapter Bookstore
Woodland, CA 95695
Free admission; for information, call (530) 668-4620
November 18, 2004— Time TBA (afternoon)
O'Connor Woods House
3400 Wagner Height Road
Stockton, CA 95209
In the evening, Masumoto will discuss and sign copies of Letters to the Valley at the Stockton Barnes & Noble, Weberstown
4950 Pacific Avenue
Weberstown, CA 95207
Free admission; for information, call (209) 472-1676
December 2, 2004— 7:30 p.m.
Fox Theater
308 W. Main Street
Visalia, Ca 93291
Open to the public; for information call (559) 738-0211 or visit the Sequoia Riverlands Trust (event sponsor) website.
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The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
November 17, 2004—8:00 p.m.
Zellerbach Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Bancroft Way (Telegraph)
Berkeley , CA
For ticket and location information visit the Cal Performances website.
November 20, 2004—8:00 p.m.
Royce Hall— UCLA
For ticket and location information visit the UCLA website.
Presenting "Sufi Liturgy of the Great Ummayad Mosque," an evening of ceremonial dance, poetry, music, and chanting accompanied by one of the world's finest liturgical singers, Sheikh Hamza Shakkûr, and the legendary Ensemble al-Kindî of Syria.
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San Francisco Hip Hop Dancefest
November 18—21, 2004
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest showcases professional hip hop dance companies and youth performance groups together in one weekend of performances. The mission of this event is to give hip hop performers the opportunity to share with audiences their wealth of talents and to enrich the
Bay Area community with its all-inclusive, multicultural, and engaging performances.
In addition to presenting the best of professional hip hop, The San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest is committed to the development of youth talent. By providing youth companies with the opportunity to perform for large audiences and in a professional venue, the DanceFest helps to nurture the confidence and abilities that are needed to pursue dance professionally.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit the festival website.
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2004 International Taiko Festival
November 20, 2004—7:00 p.m.
November 21, 2004—3:00 p.m.
Zellerbach Hall
UC Berkeley
The 2004 International Taiko Festival will feature Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and the San Francisco Taiko Dojo, San Francisco Taiko Dojo Rising Stars, Los Angeles Matsuri Taiko, and Sacramento Taiko Don. Special guests include Mark Izu, Brenda Wong Aoki, and from Japan Kijima Daiko.
Admissions: $26 - $36
For more information about the event and location, or to buy tickets call Cal Performances (510) 642-9988 or visit the Taiko Dojo website.
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Noche de Danzón
Presented by Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco
November 21, 2004
Workshop: 6:00 p.m.
Performance: 7:30 p.m.
Annunciation Cathedral Community Center
245 Valencia Street (between Duboce Ave. and 14th Street)
San Francisco, CA
After a series of performances at the International Cultural Tourism Festival in Beijing, China, Ensambles returns to give a dance workshop and performance of the elegant and refined Danzón. Originally from Cuba, this dance form currently thrives in Veracruz and the most popular dance clubs in Mexico City. The event will feature musical guest Corazón Sur Ensemble.
Admissions:$30 General /$15 Seniors
For ticket sales or more information, call: (415) 661-8352 or (415) 468-6285 or visit the Ensambles’ website.
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Timeless Traditions Featuring Bharatanatyam and Kathak Dance
Presented by Abhinaya Dance Company
Saturday, November 20, 2004—5:00 p.m.
Mexican Heritage Theater
1700 Alum Rock Avenue
San Jose, CA 95116
Sunday, November 21, 2004
4:00 p.m.
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Timeless Traditions will feature: ‘New Directions in Indian Dance’ – an illustrated lecture by Dr. Sunil Kothari, dance historian, scholar, critic and author; and Kathak maestro, Pandit Birju Maharaj’s compositions depicted in both Kathak and Bharatanatyam.
Admissions: $10 - $25
For more information or to purchase tickets call the Abhinaya Dance Company at (408) 983-0491 or visit their website.
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Oaxacan Folk Art Carving and Zapotec Rug Show and Sale
November 20-21, 2004—10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Southwest Museum of the American Indian
234 Museum Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
The Oaxacan Folk Art Carving and Zapotec Rug Show and Sale returns to the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. Master carver Jacobo Angeles Ojeda will demonstrate his colorful and imaginative art, and trader Jerry Boyd will have for sale a wide selection of folk art carvings and Zapotec rugs from Oaxaca, Mexico. Zapotec weaving and woodcarving demonstrations will also be on hand.
Oaxacans have carved toys and masks for hundreds of years, but it is only recently that their woodcarvings have captured the imagination of collectors and enthusiasts all over the world. Fanciful, exuberant, and brilliantly colored, the woodcarvers’ creations range from angels to animals to nahuals, or animal people. These figures, filled with movement and humor, spring from the imaginations and superstitions of the carvers. They come in all sizes, and prices range from $10 to over $1000. These woodcarvings make wonderful additions to any home or great gifts for family and friends.
Invited artist Jacobo Angeles Ojeda is especially well-known for his carvings of the nahual. In his village it is believed that humans transform into animal spirits at night, and his work exemplifies this belief. Jacobo aspires to have his own work, as well as that of other fine artists, appreciated as true art. He assigns a name to each type of piece he creates and numbers each edition of that piece, of which, of course, no two are identical.
Founded more than 8,000 years ago by the Zapotecs, Teotitlán del Valle is a village in Oaxaca that has been known for centuries for rug weaving. European-style looms, which can be found in the weavers’ homes, have changed little from the looms introduced by the Spanish in the 1500s.
Zapotec rugs are beautiful enough to hang on the wall and reasonably priced enough to put on the floor. Sizes will be available from small throw rugs to room-size works of art.
Trader Jerry Boyd has long been providing the Southwest Museum Store with its excellent selection of Oaxacan folk art and Zapotec weavings. He will be bringing a truckload of some of the finest examples of these arts for this show and sale.
Event is free to the public.
For more information contact the Southwest Museum of the American Indian (323) 221-2164 or visit its website.
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8th Panamanian Folkloric Encounter
November 20, 2004
Cowell Theater
Fort Mason Center
Marina Blvd. (Buchanan)
San Francisco, CA
Conjunto Folklorico Panama America (CFPA) presents the VIII Panamanian Folkloric Encounter. More than 100 dancers from throughout the US and Panama create a vibrant anthology of Panamanian dance and music highlighting Afro-Caribbean and Spanish court influences for the first time in Northern California, CFPA, incidentally, has danced in San Francisco’s Carnaval Parade since 1991.
For more information call (415) 345-7575 or visit the Fort Mason website.
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California State Indian Museum Arts and Crafts Holiday Festival
November 26, 2004
2618 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
"Arts and Crafts Holiday Festival" at the California State Indian Museum features a
lecture, demonstration and book signing by Frank LaPena, ACTA Board Member and author of Dream Songs and Ceremony: Reflections on Traditional California Indian Dance.
For admission and other information, call (916) 324-0971.
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December
An Evening of Turkish Culture at The California Academy of Sciences
December 3, 2004—6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
California Academy of Sciences
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street (between 4th & 5th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103-3009
Come and meet the weavers and enjoy an evening of Turkish arts, including costumes, music by the Kervan Ensemble, dance by the Yore Folk Dance Ensemble, and informal talks on the aesthetics of Turkish rugs.
For more information visit the California Academy of Sciences Traditional Arts Program website or contact June Anderson (415) 321-8385.
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27th Annual December Nights
December 3-4, 2004—5:00 p.m.
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA
The Museum of Man Plaza will be transformed into the holiday traditions of Sweden, with the support of the Swedish Women's Educational Association. Swedish foods, including genuine Swedish meatballs, open-faced sandwiches, rosettes served with fresh whipped cream and preserves, and hot, spiced Swedish Christmas wine called glögg will be served. More than 80 museums and cultural organizations will open their doors for the event.
For more information including a listing of activities and map visit the event website.
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Turkish Carpet Weaving at The California Academy of Sciences
December 4-5, 2004—10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
California Academy of Sciences
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street (between 4th & 5th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103-3009
Serife Atlihan and Cennet Deneri will demonstrate the knotting techniques of Turkish rugs made by the DOBAG women's cooperative, a project dedicated to reintroducing natural plant dyes and to conserving ancient village designs. With their bold, geometric motifs and glowing colors, DOBAG carpets are a feast for the eyes.
For more information visit the California Academy of Sciences Traditional Arts Program website or contact June Anderson (415) 321-8385.
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Las Posadas at the Bowers Museum
December 5, 2004— 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
The Bowers Museum will present a traditional Hispanic Christmas Celebration with a re-enactment of the Procession of Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. The celebration will feature entertainment by Fiesta Ballet Folklorico and Saddleback high guitar club; traditional Mexican tamales, pan dulce and Mexican champurrado for sale.
Admissions: Free
For more information visit the Bowers Museum website or call (714) 241-7527.
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5th Annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival
December 5–7, 2004
Monterey Conference Center
1 Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA. 93940
The festival will feature performers and western artisans displaying their crafts, 9 shows scheduled over 3 days, four of which are 2 hour main shows and 5 one hour shows, a Members Only show, Cowboy Church, Jam Session (Friday night), a super Silent Auction, a Western Dance (Saturday night) and other activities.
Tickets $15 - $35
For more information visit www.montereycowboy.com or call (800) 722-9652.
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The Second Annual San Francisco Parol Lantern Festival
December 11, 2004
A Stroll from the Bayanihan Community Center to the Yerba Buena Gardens
The Festival, produced by the Filipino-American Development Foundation, will feature performances by Filipino Rondalla musicians and will showcase over 200 parol (Filipino Christmas lanterns) designs made by the local community. The Rondalla concert, curated by Herna Cruz, co-director of Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, is supported by ACTA’s Folk & Traditional Arts Mentorship Initiative. Parol-making workshops are scheduled between October and December 2004 and are open to the public.
For more information visit the Bayanihan Community Center website.
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Journeys to the Past
Saturday, December 11, 2004—
10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
219 South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA
Jacque Nunez, a tribal descendant of the Acjachemen nation, will present a children's workshop focusing on traditional California Indian songs, learning to make clapper sticks, and playing traditional California Indian games.
Admissions: $10
Ages: 7 and above
For more information call (760) 323-0151 or visit the museum website.
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Songs from the Hebrew Tradition at The California Academy of Sciences
December 11, 2004—1:00 p.m.
California Academy of Sciences
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street (between 4th & 5th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103-3009
In celebration of Chanukah, the choral group Pass It Around! performs a repertoire of canons (vocal harmonies) from Israel, Europe, Russia, and the Sephardic diaspora, highlighting the historical context of songs within the Hebrew tradition. Audience participation is encouraged!
For more information visit the California Academy of Sciences Traditional Arts Program website or contact June Anderson (415) 321-8385.
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Drone Magic - The Festival of Bagpipes
Bagpipe Traditions Around the Winter Solstice
December 11, 2004— 7:30 p.m.
Slavonic Cultural Center
60 Onondaga Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Ferenc Tobak, a master Hungarian Duda player, and former master in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, for a third year, presents European ethnic traditions that occur around the end of the year in a unique concert at the Slavonic Cultural Center in San Francisco.
Guest pipers joining Ferenc in performing music and traditions from their heritage include: Pietro Torrano, Italian Zampogna, Georgi Kabaivanov, Bulgarian Gajda; Lynne Miller, Scottish Highland pipes; Peter Heelan, Irish Uilleann pipes; Mark Walstrom, Swedish Säckpipa, Jared White, Scottish
Smallpipes; Alex Bernstein, Spanish Gaita; and Alan Keith, French Musettes.
Admissions: $15, Children free
For more information email info@baratsag.com or call (707) 964-1936.
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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 and 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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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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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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