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Announcements, workshops, and opportunities for community, family and career.

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California


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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Amateur Night Apollo Theater Amateur Night, one of the edgiest and most famous amateur artist showcases in the world — it launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown and Lauryn Hill, among others — will hold auditions Sat., Dec. 14, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley. Musicians, dancers, comedians and performance artists selected at the audition will perform Fri., Jan. 31, 2003 as part of the Cal Performances series. For more info: 510-642-3691.

Scholarship Contest The Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association of Northern California is offering a $1,000 college scholarship to high school students who have demonstrated a sincere interest in Japan. Applications must be received by Jan. 10. For more info: www.jetaanc.org.

EVENTS

Speakout Against War Every Mother is a Working Mother Global Women’s Strike Planning Group hosts a community dialogue, Speakout Against War and For the Right to Welfare, to launch a global women’s strike protesting the war. The meeting will feature the premiere of the video Welfare Mothers Speak Out!, as well as food, translation and childcare, and will take place Thur., Dec. 12, 7–9 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 65 9th St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-626-4114 or sf@crossroadswomen.net.

KPFA Community Crafts Fair KPFA presents an offering of exceptional crafts and art in a warm, diverse atmosphere reflecting the Bay Area’s deep social soul. Maxine Hong Kingston will be among the event’s speakers; music performances from Edie Hartshorne on Japanese koto, Karma Moffett on Tibetan bells and Zu Kim on Korean drums and vocals will also be featured. The crafts fair will take place Dec. 14–15, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Concourse Exhibition Center, Eighth and Brannan Streets, San Francisco. For more info: 510-848-6767 x609 or www.kpfa.org.

celebrating peace Destiny Arts Center’s 9th Annual Winter Celebration will feature some of the most innovative and talented youth in the Bay Area, in dance, martial arts and theater performances. The Destiny Arts Center’s mission is to empower a diverse community of youth, ages 3–18, through arts education and violence prevention, in a collaborative environment that promotes peace. The event, a Bay Area favorite, will be held Wed., Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. at McClymonds High School, 2607 Myrtle St., Oakland. For more info: 510-597-1619 or www.destinyartscenter.org.

Winter Break Workshops The Randall Museum offers a wonderland of low-cost Winter Break Workshops packed with hands-on fun. Classes will explore a variety of art and science activities and are scheduled Tue. – Fri. during SFUSD’s winter break, Dec. 24 – Jan. 3, except Christmas and New Year’s Day. Registration: $11 per class. For more info: 415-554-9600 or www.randallmuseum.org.

Family explorations! Celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Oakland Museum of California. Performances will included lion dancers, the Korean Women Drummers, a tae kwan do demonstration, Vietnamese and Tibetan dancers, storytelling by DEAF media, cooking demonstrations, a marketplace and craft activites. Check it all out Sun., Jan. 19, 12–4 p.m. at the Oakland Museum, 10th and Oak Streets, Oakland. Admission: $4–6. For more info: 510-238-2200 or www.museumca.org.

VOLUNTEERING

YMCA Chinese New Year Run The YMCA is looking for people of all ages to be course guides, start/finish line administrators and registration staff at the Year of the Ram Chinese New Year Run on Sun., Feb. 9, 6:30 – 10:30 a.m. Free t-shirts and joy to all volunteers. For more info: 415-576-9622 x249 or slouie@ymcasf.org.

Randall Museum Docent Be one of the lucky adults who gets to introduce schoolchildren to the tortoises, opossums and snakes of the Randall Musem for natural history and biology. Applications for volunteer docent positions are being accepted until Jan. 15; docent training sessions will be held from Jan. 15 – March 12, on Wednesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. For more info: 415-554-9600 or www.randallmuseum.org.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

EVENTS

Holiday Lamplight The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California presents Holiday Lamplight Tours, a look at Chinese American families in the pivotal years of 1876, 1900, 1933 and 1942. Performances are Dec. 14–15, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m., every 15 minutes, at the Heritage Square Musem, 3800 Homer St., Los Angeles. Tickets: $20. For more info: 626-796-2898 x224.

WORKSHOPS

Oshogatsu for Children The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center announces the beginning of its program of family holiday events. Two day-long workshops for children will explore the traditions and cultural significance of the Japanese New Year though hands-on arts and craft activities, making kites, tops, paintings and rice cakes. Workshops take place Fri., Dec. 27 and Mon., Dec. 30, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the JACC Center, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles. For more info: 213-628-2725.

Writer’s Workshop The Bruggemeyer Memorial Library of Monterey Park is sponsoring a free ten-session writer’s workshop, training people to write their own stories. Sessions begin Jan. 11 and registration is limited to 15 participants. For more info: 626-307-1368.

VOLUNTEERING

Chinese Lantern Festival The Chinese American Museum needs volunteer storytellers in English and other languages to help make its annual Chinese Lantern Festival a success, by staffing the storytelling booth for half-hour periods during the afternoon. The festival will be held Sat., Feb. 22, 1–7 p.m. For more info: 818-492-5237.