Lunar New Year Celebration 2006

    Sunday, January 29, 12Ð4 p.m.

 

             Program

 

Hands-on Family Activities

12 Ð 3 p.m.

Make a Chinese Hand Drum with Anna Wong                                             

                       

Paint Your Own Snuff Bottle with Linda Seabrooks-Campbell                    

 

Make a New Year Lantern with Sumiyo Horio                                             

                       

Create a New Year Ornament with DEAF Media, led by Raine Cheng, Amelia Wong, Ron Trumble, and members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf Association (BAADA)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Make Japanese New YearÕs Crafts with members of the National Japanese American Historical Society

 

ArtistsÕ Marketplace and Demonstrations

12 Ð 4 p.m.     

Wrapping Wonton with Rhoda Wing                                                              

 

Chinese Opera Face-Painting by Master Opera Makeup Artists Siu-Fun Lum and Helen Chou                                                                                                         

Chinese Calligraphy by Diana Chi Chan                                                       

 

Korean Knot-Tying by Keum Ok Kim, Young Min Lee, Shinja Orth, and Mei Lie Wong                                                                                                                                                  

Korean 3D Origami by Young Jin Yu                                                            

           

Henna of India by Simrita Dhanjal                                                                

                       

Flower Making by Eleni Steven                                                                    

           

Feng Shui by Marsha Cheung Golangco                                                        

                       

Carving and Engraving by Shu Yi Liu                                                

                      

Tea Tasting from Far Leaves Tea                       

                                                                                                                       

12Ð4 p.m.                   

Sogetsu Ikebana Arrangements by Soho Study Group members, Natural Sciences Gallery           

 

12:45 Ð 1:20 p.m.       Mochi Pounding and Tasting with Kagami Kai                                                                                                                                                                 

1Ð3 p.m.          Vietnamese Fusion Music by Unity Nguyen and Charles Moselle

Traditional Chinese Music led by Mandy Cheung

 

 

1:30Ð2 p.m.    Performances in the James Moore Theatre

Change of Face by Dr. J. D. Zhang  

Red Panda Acrobats   (1st performance)                              

 

2Ð3 p.m.          Sogetsu Ikebana Demonstration by Soho Sakai, Lecture Hall

 

2:20Ð2:30 p.m.           Storytelling with Peggy Woon, History Gallery

 

 

3Ð4 p.m.  Performances in the James Moore Theatre

Taiko Drumming by Kizakura and Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensembles

Lunar New Year Trivia Games with Prizes

Balinese Dance by Kompiang

Tae Kwon Do demonstration led by William Kim

Red Panda Acrobats (2nd performance)                    

                                                                       

                                               

4 p.m. Closing Ceremony  James Moore Theatre / Museum Gardens                

Dragon Dance by Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL)       

 

Food Vendors

12Ð4 p.m.                                                                                                 

Aroma Restaurant & Catering: Asian food and noodles

CafŽ Zambala: Tibetan food

Carts Ala Carte: coffee, teas, and cookies

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All Lunar New Year activities are included with museum admission.

 

The Oakland Museum of California is located at Oak and 10th Streets in downtown Oakland, one block from the Lake Merritt BART. Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10 to 5; Sunday, noon to 5; first Friday of the month open to 9. 

 

Admission is $8 for adults, $5 seniors and students with ID, free for children five and under. For more information, call 510/238-2200 or visit www.museumca.org.