NEWS
RELEASE
Oakland Museum of California
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 January 2008
Oakland Museum of California presents
Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions
Sunday, February 3 12–5
p.m.
Schedule of activities
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Performances in the James Moore Theatre / Level
One 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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.) |
| 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). |
| 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! |
| Food Vendors 12 – 5 p.m. Oak Street Entrance / Level Three |
| Aroma Restaurant - Asian food Café Zambala - Organic Himalayan food Sunshine Café - Filipino food |
| 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) |
Events included with museum admission:
$8/general; $5/students and seniors;
free for children 5 and under, museum members,
and City of Oakland employees (with I.D.)
Lunar New Year Celebration is a 
Family Explorations! program,
made possible by Chevron Corporation
INFO
Contact Elizabeth Whipple at 510/238-4740 or ewhipple@museumca.org.
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The Oakland Museum of California is at 10th & Oak Streets in Oakland, one block from the Lake Merritt BART. Museum is open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 to 5; Sunday, noon to 5; first Friday of the month open until 9. For information, call 510/238-2200 or visit www.museumca.org.
