Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions: The Year of the Monkey

Sunday, February 14, 2016, 12–4:30 pm

The Lunar New Year is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year for many Asian families around the world. Traditionally, families celebrate the New Year by cleaning the home, cooking a feast, making red and gold banners, and preparing other special decorations. This vibrant holiday also marks a time to remember loved ones and honor ancestors, earn favors and good fortune for the New Year, and celebrate the arrival of spring.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

WELCOME

OAK STREET PLAZA MAIN ENTRACE, LEVEL 311:30 am & 1 pm New Year songs performed by Dharma Realm Chinese Orchestra

OPENING CELEBRATION — LION DANCE

10TH STREET AMPHITHEATER, LEVEL 1 *

12 pm Usher in the New Year and chase away evil spirits with a lucky lion dance performed by Developing Virtue Secondary School Lion dance steps and body movements demonstration led by students from Developing Virtue Secondary School

PERFORMANCES

JAMES MOORE THEATER, LEVEL 1 ** 1 & 3 pm Okinawan drumming performed by Ryu-Q Murasaki Daiko Mongolian dance performed by Ger Youth Center Magic show performed by Dan Chan Presents The ancient art of Chinese acrobatics performed by Red Panda Acrobats

10TH STREET AMPHITHEATER, LEVEL 1 * 1:15 & 3:15 pm Korean drumming performed by EGO, UC Berkeley’s Korean Traditional Percussion Group (1:15 pm only) Chinese yo-yo tricks performed by Foothill High School Chinese Yo-Yo Club (3:15 pm only) K-pop dance performed by UC Berkeley’s Korean Performance Group Vietnamese folk dance by Vovinam America Martial arts demonstration performed by Vovinam America

2:30 pm 24-Festival Drums performed by Developing Virtue Secondary School

SCHEDULE CONTINUES INSIDE

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 1

* If raining, preformance will move to Great Hall, Level 2.

** Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance.

THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY

1920 • 1932 • 1944 • 1956 • 1968 • 1980 • 1992 • 2004 • 2016 • 2028

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2016 is the year of Monkey, lasting from February 8, 2016 to January 27, 2017. The Fire Monkey is the ninth of the twelve animal signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Monkeys are cheerful and energetic by nature, and usually represent flexibility. People born under the sign of the Monkey are wise, intelligent, confident, charismatic, loyal, inventive, and have great leadership skills.

LECTURE HALL, LEVEL 1 *

1:30 & 3:30 pm Book reading The Year of the Monkey: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin

2:30 pm Storytelling with Nan Zhou from DEAF Media. Voice interpretation provided.

Cun Jie (Chinese New Year): Art demonstration with Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Michael Sacramento

Chinese calligraphy with Aiqin Zhou

Fruit & vegetable carving by Art Chef Jimmy Zhang

I Ching with the School of Yimutology

Solnal (Korean New Year): Community Bojagi Project: The Art of Korean wrapping cloth making with Youngmin Lee

Sal Mubarakh (Hindu/Jain New Year): Mehndi/Henna body art with Rachel-Anne Palacios

GREAT HALL, LEVEL 2 12–4:30 pm

New Year crafts with DEAF Media, led by Amelia Wong, Ron Trumble, and members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf Association

Year of the Monkey button-making Make one to wear or to give as a gift.

New Year greeting card coloring Send warm wishes to your family and friends.

Face painting with buildOn

CALIFORNIA ROOM REDWOOD BURL, LEVEL 1 12–4:30 pm

Tet (Vietnamese New Year): Vietnamese spring-roll making with Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

Calligraphy with Dharma Master Jin Fo Shr

Chinese lanterns from Hongbao (red envelopes) with Developing Virtue Secondary School

CLOSING CELEBRATION—DRAGON DANCE

MUSEUM GARDENS, LEVEL 1 *** 4:30 pm End the celebration with a lively dragon dance performed by

Developing Virtue Secondary School

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

BLUE OAK CAFÉ, LEVEL 2 10 am–6 pm Enjoy inspired dishes from local Chinatown restaurants. Lunch service offered through 2:30 pm.

OFF THE GRID FOOD TRUCKS, 10TH STREET 11 am–4:30 pm 3 Brothers Kitchen - Southeast Asian fusion

Hongry Kong - café style Hong Kong cuisine WoKitchen - Chinese cuisine

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY NOTICE

A photographer/videographer is on duty at this event to document the Lunar New Year Celebration. There is a possibility that you may

be recorded and the photographs/video may be used by the Oakland Museum of California for our standard non-profit, educational,

promotional, news-related, and or editorial purposes. By being present at or participating in the program being offered, you consent to use of

your appearance, likeness, and voice by the Oakland Museum of California, its Licensees, designees, or assignees, in all media, in perpetuity. If

you prefer not to have your picture taken, please notify the photographer/videographer.

For upcoming programs and events, visit museumca.org.

OMCA wishes you and your family good luck and happiness in the Year of the Monkey!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks to OMCA Staff, Docents, and Trustees, DEAF Media for American Sign Language interpretation, and all the volunteers who contributed their time to make this event possible.

The Lunar New Year Celebration is made possible in part by generous support from Macy’s and the Oakland Museum Women’s Board.

PETTING ZOO

MUSEUM GARDENS, LEVEL 1 ** 1:30–4:30 pm Little Explorers Petting Zoo

DEMONSTRATIONS & ACTIVITIES

GREAT HALL, LEVEL 2 12–4:30 pm

HANDS-ON FAMILY ART ACTIVITIES

KOI POND, LEVEL 1 12–4:30 pm A Special Lunar New Year & Valentine’s Day Flower Installation by Pam Marquardt.

Michiko Shimoda, Mary Venkat. Paper flower making led by Anna Wong.

Visitors can take home a live flower as a gift from the Museum, given the following requests: the visitor taking the flower must make a detour from his or her intended route when leaving the Museum; and while on this detour, the visitor must give a flower to a complete stranger with wishes for a Happy Year of the Monkey.

* Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance.

** If raining, the petting zoo will move to Oak Street Plaza, Level 3.

*** If raining, the performance will move to Great Hall, Level 2.

THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY

1920 • 1932 • 1944 • 1956 • 1968 • 1980 • 1992 • 2004 • 2016 • 2028

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2016 is the year of Monkey, lasting from February 8, 2016 to January 27, 2017. The Fire Monkey is the ninth of the twelve animal signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Monkeys are cheerful and energetic by nature, and usually represent flexibility. People born under the sign of the Monkey are wise, intelligent, confident, charismatic, loyal, inventive, and have great leadership skills.

LECTURE HALL, LEVEL 1 *

1:30 & 3:30 pm Book reading The Year of the Monkey: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin

2:30 pm Storytelling with Nan Zhou from DEAF Media. Voice interpretation provided.

Cun Jie (Chinese New Year): Art demonstration with Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Michael Sacramento

Chinese calligraphy with Aiqin Zhou

Fruit & vegetable carving by Art Chef Jimmy Zhang

I Ching with the School of Yimutology

Solnal (Korean New Year): Community Bojagi Project: The Art of Korean wrapping cloth making with Youngmin Lee

Sal Mubarakh (Hindu/Jain New Year): Mehndi/Henna body art with Rachel-Anne Palacios

GREAT HALL, LEVEL 2 12–4:30 pm

New Year crafts with DEAF Media, led by Amelia Wong, Ron Trumble, and members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf Association

Year of the Monkey button-making Make one to wear or to give as a gift.

New Year greeting card coloring Send warm wishes to your family and friends.

Face painting with buildOn

CALIFORNIA ROOM REDWOOD BURL, LEVEL 1 12–4:30 pm

Tet (Vietnamese New Year): Vietnamese spring-roll making with Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

Calligraphy with Dharma Master Jin Fo Shr

Chinese lanterns from Hongbao (red envelopes) with Developing Virtue Secondary School

CLOSING CELEBRATION—DRAGON DANCE

MUSEUM GARDENS, LEVEL 1 *** 4:30 pm End the celebration with a lively dragon dance performed by

Developing Virtue Secondary School

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

BLUE OAK CAFÉ, LEVEL 2 10 am–6 pm Enjoy inspired dishes from local Chinatown restaurants. Lunch service offered through 2:30 pm.

OFF THE GRID FOOD TRUCKS, 10TH STREET 11 am–4:30 pm 3 Brothers Kitchen - Southeast Asian fusion

Hongry Kong - café style Hong Kong cuisine WoKitchen - Chinese cuisine

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY NOTICE

A photographer/videographer is on duty at this event to document the Lunar New Year Celebration. There is a possibility that you may

be recorded and the photographs/video may be used by the Oakland Museum of California for our standard non-profit, educational,

promotional, news-related, and or editorial purposes. By being present at or participating in the program being offered, you consent to use of

your appearance, likeness, and voice by the Oakland Museum of California, its Licensees, designees, or assignees, in all media, in perpetuity. If

you prefer not to have your picture taken, please notify the photographer/videographer.

For upcoming programs and events, visit museumca.org.

OMCA wishes you and your family good luck and happiness in the Year of the Monkey!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks to OMCA Staff, Docents, and Trustees, DEAF Media for American Sign Language interpretation, and all the volunteers who contributed their time to make this event possible.

The Lunar New Year Celebration is made possible in part by generous support from Macy’s and the Oakland Museum Women’s Board.

PETTING ZOO

MUSEUM GARDENS, LEVEL 1 ** 1:30–4:30 pm Little Explorers Petting Zoo

DEMONSTRATIONS & ACTIVITIES

GREAT HALL, LEVEL 2 12–4:30 pm

HANDS-ON FAMILY ART ACTIVITIES

KOI POND, LEVEL 1 12–4:30 pm A Special Lunar New Year & Valentine’s Day Flower Installation by Pam Marquardt.

Michiko Shimoda, Mary Venkat. Paper flower making led by Anna Wong.

Visitors can take home a live flower as a gift from the Museum, given the following requests: the visitor taking the flower must make a detour from his or her intended route when leaving the Museum; and while on this detour, the visitor must give a flower to a complete stranger with wishes for a Happy Year of the Monkey.

* Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance.

** If raining, the petting zoo will move to Oak Street Plaza, Level 3.

*** If raining, the performance will move to Great Hall, Level 2.

Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions: The Year of the Monkey

Sunday, February 14, 2016, 12–4:30 pm

The Lunar New Year is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year for many Asian families around the world. Traditionally, families celebrate the New Year by cleaning the home, cooking a feast, making red and gold banners, and preparing other special decorations. This vibrant holiday also marks a time to remember loved ones and honor ancestors, earn favors and good fortune for the New Year, and celebrate the arrival of spring.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

WELCOME

OAK STREET PLAZA MAIN ENTRACE, LEVEL 311:30 am & 1 pm New Year songs performed by Dharma Realm Chinese Orchestra

OPENING CELEBRATION — LION DANCE

10TH STREET AMPHITHEATER, LEVEL 1 *

12 pm Usher in the New Year and chase away evil spirits with a lucky lion dance performed by Developing Virtue Secondary School Lion dance steps and body movements demonstration led by students from Developing Virtue Secondary School

PERFORMANCES

JAMES MOORE THEATER, LEVEL 1 ** 1 & 3 pm Okinawan drumming performed by Ryu-Q Murasaki Daiko Mongolian dance performed by Ger Youth Center Magic show performed by Dan Chan Presents The ancient art of Chinese acrobatics performed by Red Panda Acrobats

10TH STREET AMPHITHEATER, LEVEL 1 * 1:15 & 3:15 pm Korean drumming performed by EGO, UC Berkeley’s Korean Traditional Percussion Group (1:15 pm only) Chinese yo-yo tricks performed by Foothill High School Chinese Yo-Yo Club (3:15 pm only) K-pop dance performed by UC Berkeley’s Korean Performance Group Vietnamese folk dance by Vovinam America Martial arts demonstration performed by Vovinam America

2:30 pm 24-Festival Drums performed by Developing Virtue Secondary School

SCHEDULE CONTINUES INSIDE

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 1

* If raining, preformance will move to Great Hall, Level 2.

** Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance.