Opening Celebration!
12:30 & 1 p.m. 10th Street Entrance / Level One |
Three Lions welcome performed by Gee Yung Lion Dance Association,
Rising Dragon Cultural Center, and Young Dragons
Mochi pounding and tasting performed by Kagami Kai
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Hands-on Family Activities
12 – 4 p.m. Koi Pond, Redwood Burl & Art Studio / Level
One |
Making New Year lanterns with the staff of Chevron Corporation
(Koi Pond)
Making Year of the Rat ornaments with DEAF Media, led by Raine Cheng,
Amelia Wong, Ron Trumble, and members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf
Association (BAADA) (Art Studio)
Family connections with Oakland Asian Cultural Center (Redwood Burl)
Making a Chinese Hand Drum with Heide Miller (Koi Pond)
Face painting with Oona Wong-Danders and Marian Woodbury (Koi Pond)
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Artists’ Marketplace
and Demonstrations
12 – 4 p.m. Natural Sciences Gallery, Koi Pond & Redwood
Burl / Level One |
Chinese opera face painting with Siu-Fun Lum, H. Chou, J. Ng and
A. Shui (Natural Sciences Gallery)
Chinese calligraphy (translate your name into Chinese) with Jiayin
Xiang (Natural Sciences Gallery)
Korean knot-tying with Keum Ok Kim, Youngmin Lee and Mei Lie Wong
(Natural Sciences Gallery)
Korean 3-D origami with Young Jin Yu (Natural Sciences Gallery)
Asian dolls and books with Pauline Tsui (Koi Pond)
Handcrafted Japanese dolls with Mikio Sakuma (Koi Pond)
Tea tasting from Numi Tea (Koi Pond)
Food carving with Jimmy Zhang (Redwood Burl)
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Music on Level Three & Level
Two
12 – 3 p.m. Oak Street Entrance / Level Three, near Restaurant
Entrance / Level Two |
Chinese Music performed by Dharma Realm Chinese Orchestra (12,
1, 2 p.m. / Level Three)
Traditional Chinese music performed by Mandy Cheung and her students
(12 – 3 p.m. / Level Two)
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Performances in the James Moore Theatre / Level
One
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Korean drumming performed by Korean Youth Cultural Center and Jamae
Sori
Classical Vietnamese music and Japanese Taiko performed by Vanessa
Vo and Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble
Shaolin martial arts from the Song-Shan Shaolin Temple, China
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Juggling the illuminated light opening performed by Dan Chan the
Magic Man
Classical Chinese music performed by China’s Spirit Music Ensemble
Vietnamese traditional dance performed by Oakland High School Vietnamese
Student Association
Classical Vietnamese music and Japanese Taiko performed by Vanessa
Vo and Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble
Shaolin martial arts from the Song-Shan Shaolin Temple, China
Lion dance
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Performances at the 10th Street Entrance /Level
One
2 – 4:15 p.m. |
Lao classical dance and music performed by Lao Woman’s Association
Vietnamese traditional dance performed by Oakland High School Vietnamese
Student Association
Filipino martial arts performed by Visayan Style Eskrima Group
Tep Monorom, Cambodian Classical Dance performed by the Khemarin
Dance Group
Magic show performed by Dan Chan the Magic Man
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Readings by Authors
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Natural Sciences Gallery / Level One |
The Year of the Pig by Oliver Chin (1:30 – 2 p.m.)
Reading by Carl Angel and Tony Robles (2:15 – 2:45 p.m.)
The Year of the Rat by Oliver Chin (2:45 – 3:15 p.m.)
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| Japanese tea ceremony hosted by Yoshie Akiba |
2 & 3:30 p.m. Lecture Hall / Level One
 Taste
a bowl of tea and a treat ($2 per person).
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| Closing Ceremony and Parade |
Led by lion dance, Laotian Americans of the Bay Area and Hei Gu
Chinese Percussion Ensemble
4:30 p.m. 10th Street Entrance / Museum Gardens
Everyone is invited to join in the community parade at the end of
the day!
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Food Vendors
12 – 5 p.m. Oak Street Entrance / Level Three |
Aroma Restaurant - Asian food
Café Zambala - Organic Himalayan food
Sunshine Café - Filipino food
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Arts and Crafts Vendors
12 – 5 p.m. Redwood Burl & Koi Pond / Level One |
Eastwind Books of Berkeley (Redwood Burl)
Silver Lining Jewelry (Koi Pond)
Jewelry by Leslie Yee-Murata (Koi Pond)
Japanese dolls and accessories by Mikio & Kimiko Sakuma (Koi
Pond)
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Family Explorations! program,
made possible by Chevron Corporation 
