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January
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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Korean Textile Arts
Through January 30, 2005
Samsung Hall
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Youngmin Lee demonstrates the colorful arts of Korean knotting (maedub) and quilting (bojagi). The demonstrations will be offered Thursday – Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. during the month of January.
Admission: Free with museum admission of $5-$10
For more information visit the museum website or call (415) 581-3500.
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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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Baskets of Asia
UC Davis Design Department Museum
January 30 - March 4, 2005
145 Walker Hall
UC Davis Campus, Davis, CA
This exhibition focuses on the relationship of baskets to agriculture in Southeast Asia. A basket demonstrates the agricultural journey: from harvest, to food storage, preparation, and presentation. Each basket is a piece of sculpture in fiber, created from a sophisticated vocabulary of techniques. Ornamental knots are often repeated in one piece, sometimes slightly altered in form or size, and chosen to contrast with the plaiting and other knotting in the architecture of the basket. While unnecessary to a feeling for its form, understanding the structure of the basket deepens our appreciation for the weaver's art.
Curator Lecture: Sunday, January 30, 2005, 1pm; Reception 2-4pm
Hours: Monday – Friday 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 pm
For more information call (530) 752-6150 visit the museum website.
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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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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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Ustad Farida Mahwash
January 15, 2005—7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Sounds of LA, the Getty's free weekend performance series exploring Los Angeles' rich musical heritage, launches its seventh season with an eclectic mix of music by master musicians as well as the next generation of culture bearers.
The 1960s and 70s are remembered as the golden age of Afghan music. It was the heyday of Radio Afghanistan, Kabul was a cultural center, and powerhouse vocalist Ustad Farida Mahwash was the voice of the times. Sounds of LA 2005 opens with the legendary singer who has devoted her life to sharing traditional Afghan music and culture. With characteristic Indian influences, the music ranges from elegant classical melodies to ecstatic festival songs. Visit the Afghanland website to learn more about Ustad Farida Mahwash.
Admission: Free to the public with reservations.
For tickets call (310) 440-7300 or visit the Getty Center website for more information.
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7th Annual San Diego Multicultural Festival
January 15, 2005—11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade (Market Street to 4th Avenue)
San Diego, CA
The Seventh Annual San Diego MultiCultural Festival features a variety of ethnic food, merchandise, community information, and two stages of multicultural performances located on either end of the Promenade. The two stages will host sounds and dances representing San Diego’s diverse cultures including: West African; Blues & Jazz; Pacific Islander; Chinese; Zydeco - Cajun; Hip-Hop; Native American; Cambodian; Swing; Hispanic; Afro-Cuban; Filipino; and more.
For more information, contact Jacki Taylor (619) 533-7145 or taylor@ccdc.com or see the event website.
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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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Thai Celebration!
January 27, 2005—6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
San Diego Museum of Man
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
The Museum of Man 2005 Tower After Hours series begins with Thai Celebration! featuring the creative and culinary arts of Thailand. The event features regional food and drinks as well as performing arts.
Admission: $15 - $20
For more information call the museum at (619) 239-2001 or visit the museum website.
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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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February
Scholarly Arts of China
February 3 – 27, 2005
Special concert: February 10, 2005
Samsung Hall—Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Visiting Chinese scholar-artist Li Xiangting and Bay Area musician Wang Fei will help the Asian Art Museum celebrate the Chinese New Year in February. Li will present painting, calligraphy, xiao (flute) and guqin (Chinese zither) demonstrations from February 3 through February 13. Wang will present Chinese zither (guqin and guzheng) demonstrations from February 17 through February 27. Li is acknowledged as one the most important guqin players of his generation and is a Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. Wang is director of the North American Guqin Association (NAGA) and a guqin and guzheng instructor at University of California, Berkeley. The demonstrations will be held Thursday – Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. A special concert featuring both Li Xiangting and Wang Fei will be held on February 10, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.
Admission: Free with museum admission of $5-10
Special concert: $5 museum members, $10 general (includes museum admission)
Tickets beginning January 10: online or Admission Desk.
For more information visit the museum website or call (415) 581-3500.
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The History and Origins of West Coast Blues
February 4, 2005—8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
San Ramon Library
100 Montgomery Street
San Ramon, CA 94583
The Bay Area Blues Society and the San Ramon Library have co-ventured to bring West Coast Blues musicians to the Tri-Valley for an evening about the history and origins of West Coast Blues. The public will be provided with an opportunity to hear the sound of West Coast Blues by some of the artists who helped create the sound. Lecture and Performance by the Bay Area Blues Society Caravan of All-stars featuring Willie G, Teddy “Blues Master” Watson, Billy Dunn, Big Bob Deance and other special guests.
For more information call the San Ramon Library (925) 973-2854 or visit the library’s website or the Bay Area Blues Society’s website.
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Kodo
February 4-5, 8:00 pm
February 6, 3:00 pm
Zellerbach Hall - UC Berkeley Campus
Bancroft Way (at Telegraph)
Berkeley , CA
Kodo Taiko ensemble performs in a centuries-old tradition of group drumming that utilizes handmade instruments of various sizes and timbres — from delicate bamboo flutes to the thunderous 800-pound o-daiko drum — the members of Kodo are known for both the musical and athletic dynamism of their performances, synthesizing music with the rigorous technique of martial arts.
Admission: $24 / $34 / $46
To purchase tickets visit the UC Berkeley website.
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Russian Festival 2005
February 11 – 13, 2005
Times Vary
Russian Center of San Francisco
2460 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA
The 17th Annual Russian-American Celebration of Food, Dance, Music and Art featuring Russian dancers and singers, traditional Russian food and pastries, tea from antique samovars, lacquer boxes from Paleqh, Baltic amber jewelry, and a vodka tasting bar.
February 11, 2005: 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
February 12, 2005: 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
February 13, 2005: 11:00 a.m. – 7:15 pm.
Admission: $5 - $8; children under 12 are FREE
For more information call (415) 921-7631 or visit the Center’s website.
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Indian Dolls
February 12, 2005— 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
219 South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA
Traditionally, Indian dolls were made either out of clay, tule, or corn. Eva Salazar (Kumeyaay), master basketweaver in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program returns to the museum to teach the art of doll making. This class is recommended by the museum as a great craft class for those who enjoy spending a afternoon sewing.
Fee: $20.00
Ages: 16 and above
For more information see the museum website or call (760) 323-0151.
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The Social Evolution of Jazz at The California Academy of Sciences
February 12, 2005— 1:00 pm
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
In honor of African American Heritage Month, renowned jazz drummer Mr. E. W. Wainwright and his ensemble, The African Roots of Jazz, travel a musical journey that traces African-American musical forms, such as jazz, gospel, and spirituals, to their earliest beginnings in African cultures. The program features instrumental music, songs, theater performance, and audience participation .
Admissions: Free with museum admission of $2 - $7
For more information see the Academy’s website or call (415) 321-8385.
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Graciana Silva “La Negra”
February 12, 2005— 7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
"La Negra" Graciana Silva is considered the first lady of son jarocho, traditional music from Veracruz, Mexico. With direct, impassioned vocals and complex yet effortless counterpoint on harp, her music integrates vigorous African rhythms with Spanish melodies and Olmec Indian narratives. In this, her West Coast debut, she is joined by longtime friends Felipe Ochoa Reyes on jarana and Miguel Romero Uscanga playing requinto.
Admission: Free to the public with reservations.
For tickets call (310) 440-7300 or visit the Getty Center website for more information.
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Lunar New Year Celebration
February 12, 2005—12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290
Oakland, CA 94607
To help usher in the year 4703 as the Year of the Rooster, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center is planning an afternoon long festival. The theme of the festival is a Celebration of Youth, and the activities planned - although appealing to all ages - were chosen primarily for their youthful components.
Admission: FREE
For more information call (510) 637-0462 or visit the Center’s website.
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Los Angeles Golden Dragon Parade
February 12, 2005—2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Chinatown
North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
Drawing more than 50,000 visitors each year the Golden Dragon Parade features floats, marching bands, government officials, dignitaries, entertainers, local business leaders and cultural groups.
For more information visit the Parade website.
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2005 Chinese New Year Faire
February 12, 2005—10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
February 13, 2005
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Asian Historic Thematic District
Third Avenue and J Street
San Diego, CA
Over 50 food and craft vendors will share in this year's Chinese New year celebration. Visit the Children's cultural exhibit where children can make a traditional Chinese lantern and learn the Chinese zodiac. All children are encouraged to participate in the annual lantern parade. Sponsored by the San Diego Chinese Center.
For more information call (619) 234-7844 or visit the Faire’s website.
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Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
February 12, 2005, 8:00 pm
February 13, 2005, 7:00 pm
Zellerbach Hall - UC Berkeley Campus
Bancroft Way (at Telegraph)
Berkeley, CA
One of the most popular and celebrated dancers in Spain today, Sara Baras began dancing at the age of eight at her mother's flamenco school in Cadiz, and within a decade was hailed as a once-in-a-generation talent for the passionate intensity and elegant spirit she exudes in performance. She has received Spain's most prestigious dance award, the 2004 Premio Nacional de Danza, and recently made flamenco box office history with a record-breaking five-month show in Madrid. Performing with her company, Baras will present the Bay Area premiere of her eloquent suite of dances, Sueños, which is traditional flamenco puro at its finest.
Admission: $28 / $38 / $56
For more information or to purchase tickets visit the San Francisco Flamenco website.
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The San Francisco Tamburitza Festival
February 18 & 20, 2005
The Slavonic Cultural Center
60 Onondaga Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112
In the past decade the Slavonic Cultural Center has annually showcased tamburitza music in California. On President's Day weekend each February; the Center is filled with singing, dancing, and the music of the tamburitza. The ensembles perform for listening, play dance tunes, polkas and waltzes and circle dances, and sing Becar tunes until the bar closes late at night.
Tamburitza is a word with a variety of meanings. Most literally, it is the affectionate diminutive of tambura, any one of a number of long-necked fretted string instruments derived from those brought to the Balkan Peninsula by the Turks and Roma (Gypsies) - in the 16th century.
For more information call (510) 649-0941 or visit the Center’s website.
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Cultural Traditions of Ecuador at The California Academy of Sciences
February 19, 2005—1:00 pm
Academy Classroom
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
Wearing hand-embroidered traditional dress, Martha Stammer-Brankline performs regional dances of Ecuador, including a chola dance from her hometown of Cuenca, and explains the cultural significance of each dance and costume.
For more information see the Academy’s website or call (415) 321-8385.
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Chinese New Year Parade
February 19, 2005—5:30 pm
From Market at 2 nd Street to Kearny at Washington St.
San Francisco, CA
The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade is the largest event of its kind outside of Asia. Since 1958, the parade has been under the direction of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Over 100 units will participate in the Year of the Rooster parade. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade is attended by hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street or tune in to watch it on television.
This year's Chinese New Year Parade will be broadcast live on KTVU Fox 2 or KTSF Channel 26 (Chinese broadcast).
For more information visit the parade website.
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Chinese Community Street Fair
February 19, 2005—10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Grant Avenue from California to Broadway
February 20, 2005
Pacific Avenue from Kearny to Stockton
San Francisco, CA
The Chinese Community Street Fair will feature chinese cultural arts such as kite and lantern making, fine arts demonstrations, folk dance and puppet shows. Traditional and modern entertainment will be performed on the main stage throughout both days.
For more information visit the Fair’s website.
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West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show
February 19, 2005—7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Calvin Simmons Theatre at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
10 Tenth Street
Oakland, CA
The West Coast Blues Hall of Fame and Awards Show will honor blues, jazz and gospel artists for their contributions to the art form called blues. As always this awards show is held in February to commemorate Black History Month. Other events will lead up to this year’s Hall of Fame Show including concerts, lectures on the history of blues and panel discussion on the state of blues music. Master of Ceremonies, Greg Edmonds of KGO Radio will introduce the ten artists who will be inducted into the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame. The Bob Geddins Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to two people who have influenced a generation of Blues and R&B musicians. General Category Awards will be given to: blues singer of the year, blues guitarist of the year, blues sax of the year, blues drummer of the year, etc.
Funds for this event will support the Bay Area Blues Society’s “Blues in the Schools Program.”
Admission: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; $10 senior/students with ID in advance, $15 senior/student with ID at the door.
For more information contact (510) 836-2227 or visit the Bay Area Blues Society website.
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March
Radio Bilingüe’s 23rd Annual Viva el Mariachi Festival & Workshops
March 12 – 13, 2005
Fresno, CA
Festival
Radio Bilingüe’s 23rd Annual Viva el Mariachi Festival features Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Mariachi México de Pepe Villa, and Nati Cano y Los Camperos, among others. The festival will be held on March 13, 2005 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Tickets range from $7 - $31, and Tables of 10 can be purchased for $400 - $1,000. A special Mariachi Mass, free to the public, will be held Sunday morning at 7:45 a.m. at St. John's Cathedral located at 2814 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721.
To purchase tickets for the festival, visit the ticketmaster website or the Fresno Convention Center Box Office at 700 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or call (559) 621-4700.
Check the Radio Bilingüe website for more information or call (559) 455-5777.
Workshops
The annual ¡Viva el Mariachi! Festival is an opportunity for students of mariachi music to learn new skills and techniques from professional mariachi musicians. The workshops, open to ages 10 and up, offer instruction for beginners, intermediate and advanced musicians on traditional instruments - violin, vihuela, guitar, guitarrón, and trumpet. Instruction is also offered to students of voice.
Nati Cano y Los Camperos will serve as the instructors for intermediate and advanced level students, while the beginning level students and voice students will be taught by Juan Morales with Mariachi Tenochtitlán.
The workshop classes will be held Saturday March 12, on the campus of California State University, Fresno. Advance registration is encouraged, as space is limited. Registration fees are $35 if received by February 11, $45 after February 12 and until March 4. After that, registration is $55 and
subject to availability. An optional boxed lunch will be $5.00.
Workshop registration fees include one day of instruction, sheet music, and admission to the grand Festival on Sunday. Also, all students may participate in the Festival program on Sunday.
Those interested in registering may contact the workshop coordinators-the Alliance for California Traditional Arts at (559) 237-9812 or Radio Bilingüe, to speak with someone in Spanish, at (559) 455-5777.
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County & Regional Calendars
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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