*Oshogatsu Family Festival - Free! - JANMNEW

Ring in the New Year and the Year of the Rabbit with fun arts 'n crafts, cooking workshops, and exciting performances.

Schedule
11:00 � 4:00 PM: Craft and other fun activities for the entire family:
- Happy New EAR! Make yourself some unique rabbit ears to celebrate the year of the rabbit!
- Put a whimsical spin on the new year by creating a fun pinwheel
- Toddler Room
- Ruthie's Origami Corner: Hop on over to Ruthie's table and fold an origami rabbit!
11:00 � 1:00 PM: Bunny Petting Party with Lil' Red's Buckaroo Ranch
11:00 � 4:00 PM: New Years-inspired papel picado* (perforated paper) with MyPapelPicado.com
11:00 � 4:00 PM: Special fukubukuro (lucky bag) store sale
12:00 & 2:00 PM: Organic/Vegan Asian Inspired Cooking Class with Spork Foods (First come, first serve. RSVPs accepted only on January 2. 20 max for each class)
1:00 PM: A reading of Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat by author Susan Lendroth
1:00 � 4:00 PM: Zaru soba* (buckwheat noodles) with Kidding Around the Kitchen
2:00 & 3:30 PM: Drum circle with Drumtime
2:30 & 4:00 PM: Mochitsuki* demonstration and performance by Kodama Taiko
4:30 PM: Taiko Performance with TaikoProject

1:00 � 3:30 PM
MOCA GEFFEN: Sunday Studio
Please visit our neighbors and join them for a guided tour of Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space and learn about how artist from Latin America where exploring with perception and sensation. Next, all participants will meet and work with Janice Gomez, who will lead you in making a work of art that allows the everyone to experience art in new and extraordinary ways of engagement and participation.

*Papel picado is the Mexican folk art of paper cutting into elaborate designs.

*Zaru soba is a Japanese New Year's tradition. Soba noodles indicate longevity.

*Mochitsuki is a traditional rice cake pounding ceremony

ABOUT OUR FRIENDS
LIL' RED'S BUCKAROO RANCH
A unique, simple, and educational way to entertain children at any type of gathering. Our bunnies are gentle and friendly, as they are lovingly handled from the day they are born.

Lil' Red's Buckaroo Ranch is a non-profit organization. Their proceeds go towards the care, rehabilitation and re-homing of Red's Ranch Animal Rescue farm animals.

For more information, visit: For more information, visit www.ponyride-pettingfarm.com.

MYPAPELPICADO.COM
Students will enjoy a demonstration of authentic papel picado techniques from Educator / Demonstrator Marcelino Sifuentes. They will learn how to use tools and techniques to make their very own papel picado. This unique folk art is used for many celebrations in Mexico and here in the United States.

For more information, visit: For more information, visit www.mypapelpicado.com.

SPORK FOODS
Spork Foods is a Los Angeles-based gourmet vegan food company owned and operated by sisters Jenny and Heather Goldberg. Their delicious, innovative cuisine emphasizes organic, local, and seasonal ingredients. They offer cooking classes, food consultation, and catering.

The workshop will make the following Food: (Each person will get a generous sample of each dish.)
# Wok tossed green beans with pickled vegetables

# Asian coleslaw with a creamy black sesame dressing

# Crispy rice cakes with azuki beans and scallions

For more information, visit: For more information, visit www.sporkfoods.com.

Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat by Susan Lendroth. Illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi The cat with raised paw beckoning guests is a symbol of good luck and good fortune in many Asian countries, but the origins of the legend of the Maneki Neko are numerous. Here is another telling of the story that involves a samurai and a monk in the legend of this famous cat. Ages 4-6. Hardbound: 32 pp.

[Purchase a copy of Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat at the Museum Store Online]

KIDDING AROUND THE KITCHEN
In today's world, it is common that families rarely get to eat together anymore.

Kidding around the Kitchen shows that families can make and eat food together without a lot of fuss or a huge time commitment. The family food demo helps families with tips on smarter shopping, fun recipe ideas, advice on how to incorporate healthier choices when possible, and advice on how to delegate tasks in an age-appropriate way. This family food demo is a "how to" get everyone involved in the family meal.

Kidding around the Kitchen is for families that have full plates in life as well as wanting a full plate of food to enjoy together. It's about time well spent. You'll see your kids get a "we did it" attitude!! This family food demo works on the "try it" premise-all while empowering the kids and family. If we can do it, so can you!!

Kidding around the Kitchen is an adventure in fun, food and family. We are not only making food, we are making memories.

For more information on Kidding around the kitchen visit: www.kiddingaroundthekitchen.com

DRUMTIME
Drumming is a very direct and powerful way to connect mind, body and spirit, invigorating a person with their own life force. And anyone can do it!

The heart beats and the body reacts-we are drumming all the time. Drumming as a group gives the human spirit an opportunity to play with its two deepest desires-to express its uniqueness and to contribute to a greater whole.

A Drumtime drum circle is guided with high energy and caring support to ensure that all its participants may access their innate vitality. And a Drumtime drum circle, no matter how large or small, literally transforms a gathering of people-most with no prior musical experience-into a percussion orchestra!

Participants experience the power of having their personal risks transformed into the elation of group success-giving everyone hands-on shared experiences in joy, transformation and success!

For more information, visit: For more information, visit www.drumtime.net.

KODAMA TAIKO
Kodama is a group of percussionists from the greater Los Angeles area who are dedicated to performing both traditional and contemporary pieces through the sounds of taiko. The group is primarily composed of working professionals who enjoy spending their "off" time learning and creating entertaining performance pieces.

Kodama is well known for their unique Mochitsuki (rice cake pounding) performance which combines the age-old tradition of hand-pounding mochi (sweet rice) with the sounds of taiko. This energetic custom is typically performed during the Japanese New Year's, but has lately been expanded to include any celebratory occasion. Makoto Fujii of the Japan-based group Medetaya instructed Kodama in combining the art of taiko and Mochitsuki.

For more information, visit: For more information, visit www.kodamataiko.com.

TAIKOPROJECT
The TAIKOPROJECT is an ensemble of premiere taiko drummers dedicated to promoting and advancing the American art of taiko. Through public performances, education, and outreach activities, TAIKOPROJECT is committed to preserving taiko as a dynamic element of Japanese American culture and heritage. In addition to maintaining taiko as a community-based tradition, TAIKOPROJECT also incorporates unconventional and innovative concepts to expand artistic boundaries. Through these values, TAIKOPROJECT seeks not only to entertain audiences, but also to inform them about the history and integrity of taiko as an evolving art form.