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¡Carnaval!Through September 3, 2006 Organized by the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and UCLA's Fowler Museum, the exhibition includes colorful, exuberant celebrations from Laza, Spain; Venice, Italy; Basel, Switzerland; Tlaxcala, Mexico; Oruro, Bolivia; Recife and Olinda, Brazil; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and New Orleans, Louisiana. Each location is represented by mannequins dressed in its carnival costumes presented against a photographic backdrop showing its celebration. Admission: $6 Museum Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. For more information visit the Mingei museum’s website.
The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of PanamaThrough September 5, 2006 The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama is a major traveling exhibition that presents a view of the Kuna culture as seen through its expressive arts: the Kuna's central concern for form and beauty in everyday life, narratives, rituals, healing, and visual arts such as Kuna women's molas (textiles). The Kuna people live on the San Blas islands and Atlantic coastline of Panama. The exhibit showcases Kuna culture through a wide range of objects including baskets, wooden objects, molas, and gold jewelry. Large-scale photo panels with supportive descriptive panels and visual documentation, depicted in an environment suggestive of a Kuna village and video stations add depth to the presentation. Admission: $6 Museum Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. daily For more information visit the museum’s website.
Duk Duk Chaang: The Clamor and Glamour of Chinese Opera
Sovereign Threads: A History of Palestinian Embroidery
Admission: $5
Museum Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; For more information visit the Craft and Folk Art Museum’s website.
Contemporary and Historic Expressions of Native Peoples Exhibit
For more information visit the Marin Indian Museum’s website.
Symbols of Identity
Traditional work and contemporary design are both on view. Examples of turquoise from the American Southwest, Ladakh and Tibet – belts, necklaces, rings, bracelets, hats and breastplates; an Ainu necklace from Japan and a group of Inuit objects, including a delicate bracelet portraying indigenous creatures, are in the exhibition. A William Spratling-designed necklace fashioned from pre-Columbian beads, looking as if it could have been made yesterday, is displayed next to contemporary jewelry designed by San Diego designer craftsmen Arline Fisch and Helen Shirk. Shell jewelry from Oceania and intricately worked silver jewelry from Ethiopia are also on display. Admission: $6 Museum Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. For more information visit the Mingei Museum’s website.
Laughing Bones/Weeping Hearts: Dia de los Muertos 2006 October 11 – December 3, 2006 
Jana Weston, Edward, 2000 Photo: Jeff Becom The Oakland Museum of California presents its 13th annual celebration of Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead). In this year’s presentation—Laughing Bones/Weeping Hearts—guest curator Carol Marie Garcia and the artists explore the ways the Days of the Dead attends to the sorrow of the living and honors and celebrates the Dead. Artists include Juan R. Fuentes, Jaime Guerrero, Todd Herman, Fernando Hernandez, Calixto Robles, Joe Bastida Rodriguez, Herminia Albarran Romero (a former master in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program,) Deborah Rumer, Wende Stitt, Kay Weber, Jana Weston, and Sandra Yagi. Museum Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Admission: $8 For more information visit the Oakland Museum’s website.
Passage to Panama: Past to Present
A Chocó house, Darién, Panama,
in the 1950s. Through January 2007 Curated by Grace Johnson, Passage to Panama: Past to Present is based on the research, collections, and photographs of William and Evelyn Phillips taken in the 1950s. This exhibit describes the lives and culture of the Guaymí peoples of the mountains of Chiriquí and Veraguas and the Chocó peoples of the Darién in the 1950s. The Chocó, currently known as the Wounaan/Embera people, live along the rivers in the Darién region of Panama. This exhibit centers on their environment and their daily life, including rituals and healing. The Museum's collection of baskets highlights Chocó culture, which is further detailed through displays of wooden bowls, hunting and fishing implements, traditional dress and jewelry, and carved wooden staffs. The lives of the Guaymí, presently known as the Ngöbe, are recounted through their daily lives by looking closely at objects they use in their households, such as gourds and woven hats, as well as musical instruments associated with the balsaría ceremony. The exhibit also looks at how these indigenous groups are affected by other cultures by considering their art and economy, and examining the wide range of contemporary baskets, jewelry, and woodcarvings made for sale. Photographs taken by Dr. Julie Velasquez-Runk and Dr. Philip Young between 1997 and 2004 give a sense of the current life of indigenous peoples of the Darién. Contemporary photographs of Panama and historic and contemporary images of the Panama Canal illustrate life in Panama as it is today. Admission: $6 Museum Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. daily For more information visit the museum’s website.
Apache Life, Spirit, and Art
For more information visit the Riverside Metropolitan Museum’s website.
Body Ornamentation: Artistic Representations of Self
Through March 27, 2007 There is no known culture in which people do not paint, pierce, tattoo, reshape, or simply adorn the unique canvas which is the human body. Diverse cultures throughout the world decorate their bodies in countless ways and for various reasons. This exhibit presents the beautiful designs and artwork depicted in body painting, tattooing, scarification, and piercing. While seemingly a modern phenomenon, the practice of permanently adorning the body has been prevalent in societies around the globe for thousands of years, and has been traced back to ancient nomadic gypsies in India and the Middle East. While tribal customs of permanent body decoration have almost disappeared, there are some regions on earth (northeastern India, the Amazon, and southern China, for example) where body ornamentation is still practiced in the same way it has been for generations. In other areas there has been a resurgence of interest in the old ways: throughout the American west, women wore chin tattoos celebrating rebirth and maturity and marking them, in the words of Julian Lang in News from Native California, as "people who had a deep connection to and understanding of our most important cultural knowledge." Today, Indian women in northern California are again bearing tattoos as expressions of cultural pride. Elsewhere, new customs and practices have enabled people to continue the tradition of decorating their bodies using different types of implements and different stylistic devices. (Excerpted from an article by Tori Heflin, Curator of Physical Anthropology) Admission: $6 Museum Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. daily For more information visit the Museum of Man’s website. AugustRiffat Sultana & PartyAugust 24, 2006 – 6:30 p.m. Daughter of legendary Pakistani singer, Salamat Ali Khan, vocalist Riffat Sultana follows the tradition of eleven generations of master musicians. The first woman in her family to sing in public, she will perform Sufi (mystical Islamic) music. Admission: Free For more information visit the Japanese American National Museum’s website.
Mamadou DiabateAugust 24, 2006 – 8:00 p.m.
City Heights International Dance Festival August 25, 2006 – 6:00 p.m. This event features Ballet Folklorico Jaliscience, Ballet Folklorico Viva Mexico, and the music of Mariachi Arriba/Quetzal. Admission: Free For more information call (619) 641-6103.
Chinese Classical Music EnsembleAugust 25, 2006 The Chinese Classical Music Ensemble performs traditional and contemporary Chinese music. Founder and artistic director Zhiming Han incorporates both Chinese and Western instruments into his compositions. Admission: Free For more information visit the Grand Performances website.
Celebrate Dance Festival August 25 – 27, 2006 This event features over 75 regional dance artists and groups performing over three days. Some of the featured groups include Butterworth Dance Company, Mojalet Dance Collective, La Diego Dance Theater, Tango Alma Dance Ensemble, Ballet Folklorico Fiesta de Colores, Ballet Folklorico Jaliscience and many more. The event is produced by Eveoke Dance Theatre Admission: Free For more information visit the Eveoke’s website.
Parangal: A TributeAugust 26, 2006 – 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble presents their annual show. They will honor the achievements of Philippine National Artists for Dance and celebrate their commitment to preserving and promoting Philippine folk dance around the world. Admission: $12 - $20 For more information visit LIKHA’s website.
Oakland Chinatown StreetFestAugust 26 – 27, 2006 The two-day event will span nine to ten blocks of Chinatown, consisting of more than 280 booths. Small businesses and community organizations from all over California will come to showcase a myriad of delicious foods, unique Asian products, and special services. There will be entertainment taking up four stages and a Cultural Village coordinated by the Oakland Museum of California. Arts & crafts, as well as a Children's Carnival make it a family event. Admission: Free For more information visit the Oakland Chinatown StreetFest’s website.
Persian Miniature PaintingAugust 26 – 27, 2006 Master artist Hossein Fallahi demonstrates traditional Persian painting. Admission: Free with museum admission of $10 For more information visit the Asian Art Museum’s website.
Rangoli Dance CompanyAugust 27, 2006 – 5:00 p.m. Malathi Iyengar & Rangoli Dance Company, along with Bragha Bessell and Nadam Dance Company, present Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and folk dances. Malathi Iyengar is a former master artist in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program. For more information visit the Rangoli Dance Company’s website.
Tower After Hours – Vietnam August 31, 2006 – 6:00 p.m. Tower After Hours™, is an ongoing series of evening events celebrating San Diego’s unique and vibrant ethnic mix at the San Diego Museum of Man. This event celebrates the traditions of Vietnam with Vietnamese food tasting, drink, music, and dance. Admission: $20 For more information visit the San Diego Museum of Man’s website. September25th Annual Stockton Community Labor Day Weekend Pow Wow September 1-3, 2006 This event features performers, craftspeople, and vendors representing more than one hundred tribes. Participants can experience the diverse customs, foods, and ceremonies of Native American Indian heritage. Admission: Free For more information visit the event’s website.
Anupama Bhagwat and Shruti Sadolikar in Concert
Photo: The Music Circle September 2, 2006 – 8:00 p.m. This concert features soloists Anupama Bhagwat on sitar and vocalist Shruti Sadolikar accompanied by Anandogopal Bandopadhyay on tabla and Jyoti Guho on harmonium. Anupama Bhagwat is a disciple of Pt. Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee and Shruti Sadolikar is current holder of the Homi Bhabha Fellowship of the National Council of Performing Arts in India. Admission: $25 For more information visit the Music Circle’s website.
Art & Soul September 2 – 4, 2006 The 6th Annual Art & Soul features artisan booths, international foods, and live music including gospel and blues performances. The Blues Stage, presented by the Bay Area Blues Society, features the Caravan of Allstars with Wylie Trass, Teddy "Blues Master" Watson, Sweet Liz, and Willie G. Other featured performers include La Familia Son and Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble. Admission: $5 For more information visit the event’s website.
Pacifico Dance Company with Perla Batalla September 8, 2006 – 8:00 p.m. Pacifico Dance Company performs an array of traditional folk dances along with Mexico’s evolving contemporary dance. Starring recording artist Perla Batalla and live musicians in this vibrant celebration of Mexican history. A Fiesta Marketplace, offering crafts, art, and cuisine opens at 7:00 p.m. Admission: $40 For more information visit the Latino LA website.
Los Cenzontles September 8, 2006 – 5:00 p.m. In conjunction with the De Young’s Chicano art exhibitions, Los Cenzontles will perform a fandango featuring son jarocho music from Veracruz. The fandango is a participatory, communal gathering of musicians and dancers in the traditional style that emphasizes technique and improvisation. The evening also features two lectures: Chicana Domesticana by Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, Director of the Department of Visual and Public Art at California State University and Chicano Encounters, led by Juan Fuentes, director of Mission Gráfica, the printmaking workshop at the Mission Culture Center for Latino Arts. Admission: $5 For more information visit the Mexican Museum’s website.
Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture: Diwang Sumisikat (Spirit Rising)
September 9-10, 2006 For the past 14 years, FilAm Arts has showcased representatives of
Filipino arts and culture at the Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture
(FPAC). This event is partially funded by ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program. Admission: $3 For more information visit the FilAm Arts website.
Klezmer Music and Yiddish Dance
The KlezCalifornia All-Stars September 10, 2006 - 1:00 p.m. This event features local musicians performing the Yiddish dance music known as “klezmer.” Featured performers include Stu Brotman of Brave Old World, Julie Egger of Red Hot Chachkas, Josh Horowitz of Veretski Pass, Kevin Mummey and Steve Saxon of KlezX, and Gerry Tenney of California Klezmer. Dancing will be led by Bruce Bierman. The event is co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia, which promotes Yiddish culture and klezmer music in the San Francisco Bay Area. Admission: Free For more information visit the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival website.
Wichiitam Chaatu: Bird Singing Festival of Southern CaliforniaSeptember 15 – 16, 2006 This event features Bird Singers from the Southern California region, cultural displays, hands-on crafts demonstrations, food and drink. For more information visit the Living Museum of California Indian Cultures’ website.
The Peony PavilionSeptember 15 – 17, 2006 From the mists of the Ming Dynasty comes a 400 year old tale of love, beauty, and marriage. The Peony Pavilion is a Chinese kunqu opera, an art form refined over centuries and combining literature, music, dance, and drama. Taiwanese literary scholar and producer Kenneth Pai (Pai Hsien-yung), Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara, brings his interpretation of Tang Xianzu's epic love story (often compared to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) to life in this three part presentation of the traditional opera. A cast of performers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China, all trained by masters of kunqu reenact the story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, lovers caught forever in the bloom of their eternal youth. Admission: $30 - $86 For more information visit the Cal Performances website.
Mexico: Mi Tierra y Mis Pasiones
Photo: Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet
Company September 16, 2006 – 8:00 p.m. Grandeza Mexicana, a professional folk dance company founded by Jose Vences in 2003, has as its primary goal to present performances that inspire and educate audiences on the beauty and diversity of Mexico’s colorful dance traditions. Choreographies are developed through research on Mexican folk dance and culture; input from collaborating choreographers and historians; and by studying and appreciating the work of other artists. Though stylized, the work is drawn from dances created by communities across Mexico. This concert features a new dance piece created by Mexican Choreographer Viviana Basanta Hernandez is the world premiere of Veracruz: De Cara al Mar. This work explores the African contribution of music and dance fused with traces of Spanish and Indigenous roots of Veracruz. This new work was developed in collaboration with Iddi Saaka, a choreographer from Ghana. The second premiered choreographic work is Michoacán: En Vivo y A Todo Color created by Victor Caudillo, a choreographer from Mexico City in collaboration with GMFBC Artistic Director Jose Vences and Rafael Valpuesta. This work will present dances of the P’urhepecha people of Northern Michoacán and Bailes de Apatzingán from the Tierra Caliente valley, including dances not normally included in ballet folklorico repertoire. Admission: $25-30 For more information visit the Grandeza Mexicana’s website.
Neydavood Ensemble
Photo: Freight and Salvage September 16, 2006 – 8:00 p.m. For the past several years the Neydavood ensemble has been actively pursuing its mission to preserve and promote Persian classical and folk music as well as the regional music of Iran. The ensemble's leader is Ashkan Ghafouri, who plays the tar (long-necked, waisted lute) and setar (small, long-necked lute), and founder of Northern California's Tar School. Joining Aryan and Ashkan in the ensemble is percussionist Amir Abbas Etemadzadeh on tombak and daf. The ensemble is named after the 20th century Persian traditional musician and composer, Ustad Morteza Neydavood. Admission: $19.50 For more information visit Freight and Salvage’s website.
Tamejavi Photos: Tamejavi September 16, 2006 This event celebrates indigenous cultures through music, food, dance, poetry, theater and more. Tamejavi springs from the collective creativity of a group of Central Valley organizers, activists, and artists who created the word from the symbols and sounds of three different languages (Hmong, Spanish, and Mixteco) to represent a community marketplace. Tamejavi strives to create a public space for intercultural learning and expression. For more information visit Tamajavi’s website.
12th Annual Arab Cultural Festival September 17, 2006 The Arab Cultural and Community Center presents the 12th Annual Arab Cultural Festival, an event that marks the largest celebration of Arab heritage in Northern California. Featured entertainment includes: Folk singers, North African music by the Dunes, a Turbo Tabla performance by Karim Nagi, Hip-Hop by The Philistines, Comedy by Gina Mahmoud, Debkeh by Al-Juzoor, a fashion show of traditional Arab clothing, and much more. The Booth Bazaar includes antique jewelry from the Arab World, Arabic Cuisine, Henna, informational booths for many Arab non-profit organizations, Artwork by Arab artists. There will also be many children’s activities. Admission: $5 For more information visit the Arab Cultural and Community Center’s website.
Spirit Keepers Lecture: California Indian ArtistrySeptember 20, 2006 - 6:30 p.m. L. Frank Manriquez is a Tongva/Ajachmem artist and tribal activist. She is a Board Member of the California Indian Basket Weavers Association, the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, and the Native California Network. She has won several awards from the American Association of University Women, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Fund for Folk Culture. Her artwork has been exhibited widely throughout California and appears in several publications, including a regular column/graphic "Acorn Soup," in the quarterly newsletter of News from Native California. Admission: Free For more information visit the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum’s website.
Riffat Sultana and Friends Concert
Photo: Asian Art MuseumSeptember 21, 2006 – 7:00 p.m. Riffat Sultana, daughter of the late Pakistani classical singer Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, is the first woman from her family’s musical lineage to publicly perform in the west. She is joined in this concert by musicians Shiraz Ali Khan on 12-string guitar and Salar Nader on tabla. This performance showcases a range of traditional and modern Pakistani and Indian music, with highlights including Riffat's vocals on Sufi devotional songs. Admission: Free with museum admission of $10 For more information visit the Asian Art Museum’s website.
Querencia with La TaniaSeptember 22, 2006 – 8:00 p.m. This flamenco performance combines traditional Flamenco with contemporary musical and choreographic elements. The all-Spanish cast includes dancer Jaunaire, guitarist Chuscales, and singers Yiyi and Felix de Lola. Admission: $33 For more information visit the Artsopolis website.
Native American Day September 22, 2006 – 1:00 p.m. California has declared the fourth Friday during the month of September as Native American Day. To celebrate this joyous occasion, the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is hosting a day of remembrance, cultural exhibits, and refreshments. Admission: Free For more information visit the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum’s website.
10th Annual Cajun-Zydeco Music FestivalSeptember 23, 2006 – 10:00 a.m. This event features Cajun-Zydeco music performed by local artists and groups from Louisiana. The day includes dance lessons, specialty vendors, and Cajun food. Performers include Mark St. Mary and His Blues & Zydeco Band, Les Amis Creole, Queen Ida & her Zydeco Band, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas & Nathan Jr., Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic, and dance lessons by Olivia ("Tee") Guillory. Admission: $18 For more information visit the Artsopolis website.
Bayanihan Philippine National Dance CompanySeptember 23, 2006 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. Demonstrating the charm of the nation of 7,000 islands, the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company celebrates one of the rich music and dance traditions of the Philippines. Bayanihan takes its name from an ancient Filipino tradition that signifies working together for the common good, and the company's programming is inspired by the diverse indigenous, Chinese, Spanish, and Islamic influences that have formed Philippine culture. For more information visit the Cal Performances website.
Uma DograSeptember 23, 2006 – 5:00 p.m. This is a solo performance by Kathak dancer Uma Dogra, disciple of Pandit Durga Lal. She is a visiting artist from Mumbai, India. Admission: $15 For more information visit the Rangoli Dance Company’s website.
14th Annual Thai Cultural DaySeptember 24, 2006 This one-day festival is comprised of Thai classical music, folk dances, fruit and vegetable carving, a costume contest, children’s workshops, and Thai drama performances, which will take place throughout the day. Admission: Free For more information visit the Thai Cultural Center’s website.
Polish Festival For more information visit St. Albert’s website.
Vern Williams Memorial Concert
A great tenor singer and mandolinist, Vern Williams was one of the artists responsible for introducing bluegrass music to the west coast. After leaving his native Arkansas for California in the 1950s, Vern joined up with singer and fiddler, Ray Park, to form the Carroll County Country Boys, the forerunner of the famed bluegrass outfit known as Vern and Ray. For a decade and a half, their influential band won over a generation of Californians to bluegrass with their hard-driving, rawboned sound and high lonesome vocal harmonies, topped by Vern's piercing tenor. Jerry Garcia played banjo with Vern and Ray before he gained fame with the Grateful Dead. Other well-known alumni include Sandy Rothman, Herb Pedersen, Keith Little, Rick Shubb, Ed Neff, Steve Pottier, and Laurie Lewis. Last May, Arhoolie Records released a live recording of one of their exciting shows, Vern and Ray With Herb Pedersen: San Francisco 1968. After Vern and Ray parted company, Vern carried on the bluegrass torch with his son Delbert, in the Vern Williams Band. Admission: $22.50 For more information visit Freight and Salvage’s website.
The Seventh Annual San Francisco World Music Festival September 24 – October 7, 2006 For the past five years the San Francisco World Music Festival has commissioned musicians and artists from different countries to collaborate together to create a new evening-length performance as the centerpiece premiere of the festival. The commissioned centerpiece of 2006, premiering at the Fort Mason Cowell Theater, is “Voices of Kurdistan,” a new collaborative work in three parts, combining traditional and newly composed Kurdish music, poetry, and dance by Kurdish artists from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Although the Kurds have existed for thousands of years with a unique cultural identity, they have no country. Today, there are more than 35 million Kurdish people in the world—geographically, politically, culturally, and artistically divided between the four countries of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. They continually search for unity in their sense of community and cultural identity. “Voices of Kurdistan” will bring together artists from each of these regions for the first time. They will explore their common threads of Kurdish ethnic identity and ancestry through the singing of Kurdish poems and folk tales in several Kurdish dialects and through new music based on Kurdish melodies, which have regional variations. Featured performers include Aynur, Ali Akbar Moradi, Rojan, Mico Kendes, Hussein Zahawy, Kourosh Moradi, and Ulas Ozdemir. Other events include a film screening of “AnTEAcipation” about tea growing in the culture of the Laz people of Turkey, performances by Tabla Rasa and the Alice Fong Yu Percussion Troupe, a Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired Community Concert featuring Kurdish musician Ozden Oztoprak, and a series of lecture demonstrations on the Art of Cantonese Opera. For more information visit Door Dog Music’s website.
Oktoberfest September 28, 2006 – 6:30 p.m. Gemütlichkeit, the German word for the warm, comfortable feeling one receives from pleasant surroundings, cheerfulness and the absence of anything hectic, is what Bowers' Oktoberfest is all about. Participants can enjoy authentic German foods prepared by Tangata Restaurant that will include grilled bratwurst and sauerkraut, their very own soft pretzels with mustard dipping sauce, and a great selection of German and domestic beers. Complete with leiderhosen, the LA BlueBirds, a five-man ensemble, will provide festive music to dance the night away. Admission: $14 For more information visit the Bowers Museum website.
Kathak at the Crossroads: International Festival & Symposium
Presented by the Chitresh Das Dance Company/Chhandam School of Kathak Dance, in collaboration with Chhandika, Boston, and Nritya Bharati Institute, India, Kathak at the Crossroads is a three-day festival that includes main-stage performances, smaller showcase performances, academic presentations, lecture demonstrations and panel discussions relating to the history, evolution and current ecology of Kathak in its artistic, cultural and global contexts. The festival and symposium will include artists, scholars, teachers, presenters, critics, funders, students, and other dance enthusiasts from around the world. Invited artists include the foremost practitioners of Kathak today as well as emerging dancers. Kathak at the Crossroads is a major convening of the international Kathak and performing arts community and is the first festival created with an emphasis on thetraditional Kathak solo, the reasons for and implications of its decline and what can be done to increase the visibility of the performance tradition. This event is partially funded by ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program. For more information visit the Chitresh Das Dance Company’s website.
OctoberThe 15th Annual San Jose International Mariachi Festival and Conference Photo: Mexican Heritage Plaza Various San Jose locations During the educational workshops more than 400 students from all over the U.S. will attend master classes with professional mariachis including Mariachi Cobre, Mariachi Azteca, Jose Tena and Maria Luisa Colmenares to perfect their technique and learn more about mariachi music and folkloric dance. On October 6, a Gala Concert will be held at HP Pavilion featuring Juan Gabriel and Linda Ronstadt and Mariachi Cobre, Mariachi Azteca, and Los Lupeños de San José. There will also be many more mariachi concerts and events. For more information visit the Festival’s website.
The Monkey King at Spider Cave Photo:
Asian Art Museum October 6, 2006 – 2:00 p.m. Admission: Free with museum admission of $10 For more information visit the museum’s website.
Maidu Indian Day: A Native American Celebration October 7, 2006 This event features demonstrations of traditional Maidu skills such as acorn cooking, basket making and flint knapping, dancing, and basketry. There will also be crafts, ethnobotany walks, storytelling and hand-on activities for children and adults. Admission: $3 For more information visit Effie Yeaw’s website.
Abhinaya October 7, 2006 -7:00 p.m. Rangoli Foundation presents Abhinaya - the craft of expressing and
conveying in words, art, music, and movement - by the esteemed Bharatanatyam dancer
from Chennai, India Bragha Bessell. Bragha Bessell, invited by
Rangoli Foundation, is a Bharatanatyam master artist in residence from
August - October 2006. The performance will showcase Bragha Bessell
and senior dancers who have studied under her guidance during the residency.
The event includes an interactive question and answer session with
the featured artists and the audience. Lighting design is by Eileen
Cooley and set design is by Suresh Iyengar. Admission: $15 For more information visit Rangoli Foundation’s website.
Indian Music ConcertOctober 14, 2006 – 7:30 p.m. This concert presented by Ali Akbar College of Music features Shrimati Lakshmi Shankar on vocals, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, Sri Alam Khan on sarode, and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla. Admission: $20 – 50 For more information visit the Ali Akbar College of Music website.
Kali Yuga: A Contemporary Dance DramaOctober 14, 2006 – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00
p.m. 
Photo: Cal Performances
Gamelan Sekar Jaya, which has long specialized in the music and dance of Bali, Indonesia, presents a new work featuring a full gamelan orchestra, dance, poetry, and projected imagery. The title Kali Yuga refers to the fourth, destructive, age of mankind from Hindu philosophy, which many feel we have now entered. On a dramatic level, the work explores historical transformations of mankind, ranging from cycles of violence and revenge to the hope for transformation and rebirth. The stories are drawn from the ancient Mahabharata epic, interpreted by the Javanese poet Goenawan Mohamad. Directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang and choreographed by Wayan Dibia. Admission: $20 – 32 For more information visit the Cal Performances website.
Daughters of Haumea Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu is a current grantee in ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program. For more information visit Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu’s website.
13th Annual Community Celebration for the Days of the Dead October 22, 2006
Admission: Free For more information visit the Oakland Museum’s website.
The Four Most Exquisite Women of China October 26, 2006 – 6:30 p.m. The heroism, sense of duty, beauty, and brains of four "exquisite women" in Chinese history (Lady Xi Shi, Elegant Cicada, Wang Zhao Jun, and the Precious Concubine) have inspired poems, dances, operas, plays, paintings, and storytelling throughout the centuries. This evening of dance, poetry, and music celebrates these women with performances by dancer Diana Ming Chan, choreographer Jacie Wang, vocalist and pi pa musician Linda Wang, and flutist Zhu Jing Yao. Admission: $10 For more information visit the Asian Art Museum’s website.
Annual Concert of Philippine Dances & Music October 28 – 29, 2006 This two-hour theater presentation showcases dances from different regions of the Philippines performed by dancers of the Samahan Performing Arts, with live music accompaniment by the Rondalla, Gangsa and Kulintang Ensembles. Admission: $15 For more information visit the Samahan Philippine Dance website.
County & Regional CalendarsA calendar of Festivals and Celebrations in San Diego is available from the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
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Through
September 9, 2006
Through October 8, 2006
Through October 27, 2006
Through October 29, 2006
On August 26th & 27th, the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
(OCCC) will be presenting its 19th Annual Chinatown StreetFest. In
celebrating the Year of the Dog, the Chinatown StreetFest will attract
over 100,000 people from all over the Bay Area to come savor the taste
of Asia, and to experience the traditions that Oakland's Chinatown
has so diligently preserved.
September 24, 2006 
September 24, 2006 – 8:00 p.m.
September
28-30, 2006
This event features hands-on craft activities, demonstrations, music,
dance, ceremonies, food, and a market. Presenters include Cascada de
Flores, Ballet Folklorico Mexicano, La Familia Peña-Govea, Danza
Xiuhcoatl, Mariachi San Jose, and Yolanda Aranda.