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SUMMARY:65th Annual White Elephant Public Shopping Days
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 65th annual White Elephant (WES) Public Shopping Days Sale\, a Bay Area tradition and the largest rummage sale in Northern California. \n\n\n\nBrowse without the crowds on select days between January 31 and February 24 between 10 am and 2 pm. New merchandise will be added throughout the sale. Reserve your spot for $5 per day. Only 2200 shoppers will be allowed per day. \n\n\n\nThe new schedule for admittance into the Public Shopping Days is the following:  \n\n\n\nShoppers with reservations will be admitted first. After the reserved tickets have been admitted\, shoppers without reservations may purchase a ticket for $5\, as space allows. At 1:00 pm\, anyone can enter the warehouse and shops for free.  \n\n\n\nTickets are now available online: whiteelephantsale.org  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonating to the White Elephant Sale\n\n\n\nSupport the White Elephant Sale and OMCA by donating your gently-used goods! Check out the “Cannot Take” list for more information as you gather your donations.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Oakland Museum Women’s Board\n\n\n\nThe White Elephant Sale is held annually in the Spring\, attracting shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of the Oakland Museum Women’s Board (OMWB)\, a dedicated group with 114 year-round members\, has been to raise money to support the Oakland Museum of California acquisitions\, exhibitions\, educational programs\, capital improvements\, and more. Since 1959\, the OMWB has contributed over $30 million to the Museum. With the help of a thousand dedicated volunteers\, they work year round to organize and present the White Elephant Sale which attracts shoppers of all ages from the greater Bay Area and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Header image: Mural\, Local Edition Creative\, 2013
URL:https://museumca.org/event/65th-annual-white-elephant-sale-2024/
LOCATION:White Elephant Sale\, 333 Lancaster St.\, Oakland\, 94602
CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Fundraiser,Family
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Lunar New Year at OMCA: Year of the Dragon
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!\n\n\n\nGather with us at OMCA for our 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through family-friendly storytelling\, performances\, activities\, and more. Come together to uplift AAPI communities and explore the shared connections between Asian cultures of the Bay Area. \n\n\n\nJoin us on OMCA’s campus to ring in the Year of the Dragon together. Festival access starts at 11am; activities and performances start at 12pm.  \n\n\n\nFestival tickets are $10 and include access to all Lunar New Year performances and activities\, entry to all of our galleries as well as our special exhibition\, Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya. Children under 12 are free with advance reservations. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place rain or shine.  \n\n\n\nParking is available in OMCA’s Oak Street Garage for a day rate of $10; overflow event parking is available at Alco Park located at 165 13th Street\, for a day rate of $7. \n\n\n\nASL Interpretation for OMCA Garden stage will be provided. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSee celebration details below\, and feel free to bring your own picnic!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule of Events \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFOOD AND BEVERAGES\n\n\n\nTOWN FARE CAFE\,  MID LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm   Enjoy cuisine that pays tribute to Chef Michele’s Southern roots and Oakland upbringing and brings together flavors from the diverse cultures within the local community. \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm   Pick up drinks and quick bites inspired by Lunar New Year at Town Fare’s outdoor snack bar.  \n\n\n\nFOOD VENDORS\, OAK STREET PLAZA \n\n\n\n11 am–4 pm   Enjoy delectable food offerings from Bay Area AAPI chefs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOPENING CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n12–12:20 pm   Usher in the New Year and chase evil spirits away with a lucky lion dance by LionDanceME \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPERFORMANCES\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL * \n\n\n\n12:45–1:30 pm    Lantern Dance\, Nanta\, Samgomu\, and Pan-Gut by Hansamo’s Nanta\, Pungmul & Dance Teams \n\n\n\n2:00–2:30 pm   Interactive lion dance performance with LionDanceME – take pictures with the lions and dancers! \n\n\n\n3:00–3:35 pm   Street style dance performance and lesson by Str8jacket\, as seen on America’s Got Talent \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTORYTIME\n\n\n\nLECTURE HALL\, LOWER LEVEL ** \n\n\n\n12:30–1 pm   The Year of the Dragon: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin \n\n\n\n1:30–2:15 pm Storytime with Joanna Ho\, author of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners \n\n\n\n3–3:30 pm   The Year of the Dragon: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac with author Oliver Chin \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHANDS-ON ACTIVITIES \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL  \n\n\n\n12–4:00 pm   Create a paper dragon puppet and twirling paper dragon \n\n\n\n12–4:00 pm   Write a wish for your community for the new year on a dragon scale and add it to our collective Year of the Dragon artwork! \n\n\n\nCALIFORNIA ROOM\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n12:30–3:30 pm   Learn about and sample a variety of tea with local tea company\, Far Leaves Tea founder Donna Lo \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY ACTIVITIES\n\n\n\nALL GALLERIES\, LOWER\, MID\, UPPER LEVELS \n\n\n\n1–3:00 pm   Gallery Chats at OMCA takes an informal approach to the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. Visitors are invited to chat\, ask questions\, and connect with our OMCA facilitators who combine content knowledge with lived experience to encourage meaningful dialogue and fresh interpretations of our exhibitions.  \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\nKOI POND\, LOWER LEVEL \n\n\n\n11 am–4:00 pm   Pick up a self-guided Lunar New Year Zodiac Animal Quest activity and search for zodiac animals in our core galleries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLOSING CELEBRATION\n\n\n\nJAMES MOORE THEATER\, LOWER LEVEL  \n\n\n\n3:45 pm   End the celebration with an energetic dragon dance performed by LionDanceME. \n\n\n\n* Due to expected rain\, performances will take place in the James Moore Theater\, Lower Level \n\n\n\n** Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each storytime. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Lunar New Year is made possible in part by generous support from the Oakland Museum Women’s Board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the performers and partners\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n		\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    LionDanceMe\n				\n				                    As seen on America’s Got Talent\, this is LionDanceME\, fresh off of a world lion dance championship in Malaysia! They made history by having the first female in the world to win the Western Lion King title\, and continue to keep the cultural art of dragon and lion dance alive through youth programs at over 30 different schools in San Francisco. You can check out their showcase every Saturday at 4pm in the heart of Chinatown on Grant Avenue! \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Hansamo \n				\n				                    Hansamo (youth Korean Percussion Group) is a homegrown Bay Area nonprofit that provides opportunities to middle and high school students interested in learning\, performing\, and promoting traditional Korean music\, dance\, art\, language\, and culture.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Str8jacket\n				\n				                    Founded in the Bay Area in 2012\, Str8jacket practices creativity\, grit\, and growth. They develop economic\, social\, and philosophical change for their communities through dance\, collaboration\, and collectivism. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Oliver Chin\n				\n				                    Oliver Chin is the author of over 20 books\, including Tales from the Chinese Zodiac and More Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Citizens Who Enriched America. Founder of the children’s book publisher Immedium\, he published the original Octonauts books which inspired the worldwide hit animated series. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Joanna Ho\n				\n				                    Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for kids. She has received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor\, a Golden Kite Award\, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor\, and a Golden Poppy Award. She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias\, anti-racism and equity work. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania\, and a master’s from the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley. She has been an English teacher\, a dean\, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program\, a creator of educator professional development\, and a high school vice principal. She lives in the Bay Area\, where she survives on homemade chocolate chip cookies\, outdoor adventures\, and dance parties with her kids. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Donna Lo\, Far Leaves Tea\n				\n				                    Donna Lo has been buying tea and teaware for Far Leaves Tea in Berkeley for over 25 years. She’s traveled to Taiwan\, China\, and Japan to find the best sources for good tea and handmade teaware.  As co-founder of Far Leaves she develops tea and snack recipes for the teashop and introduces countless people to the simple art of having tea.
URL:https://museumca.org/event/23nd-annual-lunar-new-year-at-omca-year-of-the-dragon/
LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Family,Live performance
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SUMMARY:Gallery Chats at OMCA
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Chats\, an opportunity to chat with and ask questions of our enthusiastic and knowledgeable OMCA Facilitators. Gallery Chats put a twist on the traditional museum tour by encouraging meaningful conversations and fresh interpretations to connect with the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories in our galleries. \n\n\n\nGallery Chats take place in our Special Exhibitions and our Galleries of California Art\, History\, and Natural Sciences every Saturday from 1 to 3 pm and are included with Museum and Special Exhibition admission. No reservation necessary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET MUSEUM ADMISSION TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA Members have access to special Gallery Chats every second Saturday of the month from noon to 1 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/gallery-chats-at-omca-4/
LOCATION:OMCA Great Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Gallery Chats at OMCA,Ticketed,Family
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