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< January, 2020 >
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| Friday, Jan 24 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 11:30 AM | Lunar New Year Lion Dancing |
| 5:00 PM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 5:30 PM | SDMA+ The San Diego Ballet |
| 7:00 PM | Music: Kambiz Pakan |
| 7:30 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 9:00 PM | Music: Railroad Earth |
| 10:30 PM | San Diego Midnight Lion Dance Show 2020 |
| Saturday, Jan 25 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 11:00 AM | 2nd Annual Australia Day |
| 11:00 AM | Balboa Park Chinese New Year Festival |
| 1:00 PM | Maki Ishiwata Workshop |
| 1:00 PM | Discussion: No Human Being is Illegal |
| 2:00 PM | Talk: A Child's POV of the Nazis |
| 2:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 5:30 PM | Celebration: Chinese Lunar New Year Banquet 2020 |
| 6:00 PM | Year of the Rat Art Show |
| 6:30 PM | Dance: Lakshmi Basile |
| 6:30 PM | Music: Matrida Umoja Band |
| 7:00 PM | Dance: Zikr With Whirling Dervishes |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Railroad Earth |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 10:00 PM | International Student Festival |
| Sunday, Jan 26 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 11:00 AM | San Diego Tết Festival |
| 11:00 AM | Balboa Park Chinese New Year Festival |
| 12:00 PM | Hands On Kimchi Workshop |
| 12:00 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 1:00 PM | Maki Ishiwata Workshop 2 |
| 1:00 PM | Voices Of Hope: Survivors Of The Holocaust Share Their Stories |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 2:00 PM | Shen Yun Chinese Music and Dance |
| 3:30 PM | Stage: Mama Mia! |
| 3:30 PM | Indian Cultural Art Showcase |
| 7:00 PM | Django JazzFest |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Monday, Jan 27 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:00 PM | Middle-Eastern Drum Class |
| Tuesday, Jan 28 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:30 PM | Talk: Symbols Of The French Language |
| 7:30 PM | Book Signing: Yangsze Choo |
| Wednesday, Jan 29 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 11:00 AM | Poetry for the People: African Americans |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Lerner-Moguilevsky Duo |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| Thursday, Jan 30 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:00 PM | Cine En Sherman & Humano Film Festival |
| 6:30 PM | Sushi Making Class |
| 7:00 PM | Italian Film: Maccheroni |
| 7:00 PM | South Korean Pop Supergroup: SuperM |
| 7:00 PM | Book: Between Two Fires |
| 7:00 PM | Human Rights Film Festival |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Sergio Mendes |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Friday, Jan 31 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 3:00 PM | Bojo's Place: A Musical Revue |
| 7:00 PM | Book Signing: Isabel Allende |
| 7:00 PM | Music: Kimba Light |
| 7:00 PM | Human Rights Film Festival |
| 8:00 PM | Bojo's Place: A Musical Revue |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| Saturday, Feb 1 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | 6th Annual Cuyamaca College POWWOW |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 12:00 PM | Human Rights Film Festival |
| 2:00 PM | Music: Ozokidz |
| 2:00 PM | Staged Reading: Hand Under Hand |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 2:30 PM | DIY Miso Making Workshop |
| 3:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 7:00 PM | Italian Film: The Girl in the Fog (La Ragazza Nella Nebbia) |
| 7:15 PM | Viennese Nights: A Grand Victorian Ball |
| 7:30 PM | Ludmila Peterkova String Quartet |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| 9:00 PM | Comedy: Mike Salazar |
| Sunday, Feb 2 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 10:00 AM | Lunar New Year at SeaWorld |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Italian American Reconciliation |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| 3:00 PM | Bojo's Place: A Musical Revue |
| 7:00 PM | Ethnic Heritage Ensemble |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Bloomsday |
| Monday, Feb 3 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 6:00 PM | Middle-Eastern Drum Class |
| Tuesday, Feb 4 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| Wednesday, Feb 5 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 11:00 AM | Poetry for the People: African Americans |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
| Thursday, Feb 6 |
| All Day | Ongoing and Extended Events |
| 7:30 PM | Stage: The Great Leap |
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| Calendar |
| All Day |
 Ongoing and Extended Events
Stage
• Bloomsday
Until February 2, 2020
* Note: newest and shorter run productions can be found in our regular calendar listings.
Exhibitions and Art
• Constructed Mythologies: Luis Gonzalez Palma
Until January 26, 2020
• Art of East Asia
Ongoing
• Art Of The 20th Century
Ongoing
• German Expressionism
Ongoing
• Hanjialin Bao - Between Black and White
Until January 26 2020
• Barrio Art Crawl
Ongoing, every 2nd Saturday of each month
Places
• Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden
Ongoing, 3rd Tuesday of each month
• Walking Tour of Asian Pacific Historic District
Ongoing, every 2nd Saturday of each month
• Chicano Park Tour
Ongoing Saturdays and Sundays
Kids
• Kids Meet Mandarin
Ongoing Fridays
• Chinese Storytime
Ongoing Mondays
• Spanish Storytime
Ongoing Mondays
• Bilingual Storytime
Ongoing Fridays
Classes and Workshops
• Asian Brush Painting/Sumi-e Class
Ongoing Tuesdays
• Capoeira Angola de Sao Bento Grande
Ongoing Saturdays
• Mahjong Lessons
Ongoing Thursdays
• Emei Qigong Practice
Ongoing Saturdays
• Kokedama Workshop
Ongoing every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
• Irish Gaelic Class
Ongoing Tuesdays
• Poetry for the People: African Americans
Wednesdays until March 11, 2020
• Tai Chi Workshop
Ongoing Saturdays
• Italian Intermediate Conversation Class
Ongoing Tuesdays until February 25, 2020
•< a href=//./index.php?module=calendar&calendar[view]=event&id=21087">Yiddish for Beginners
Ongoing Sundays
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| 10:00 AM |
San Diego Tango Festival
New Years Eve features the West Coast Premiere of the Hyperion Ensemble! Afternoon and evening milongas at the Wyndham every day with great DJs. Mixers on Saturday and Monday to help you meet new people. Offsite early arrival milonga on Thursday and TangOver milonga on Wednesday at two great San Diego venues!
Great Teaching Staff:
Murat & Michelle
Daniela & Hernan
Maxi & Paloma
Liz & Yannick
Gustavo & Luciana
Carrie Fields
Four different class types for a great choice of class experiences:
10:00 AM FREE Tango InForm
11:00 AM Individual Technique classes, no pre-registration necessary.
12:00 PM and 1:30 PM pre-registered workshops, no partner required.
3:30 PM Advanced couples classes 2 workshops on one topic for a deeper class experience!
Admission/Cost: $30 - $175
Location:
Wyndham San Diego Bayside
1355 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Ongoing From Friday, December 27 - 10:00 AM to Wednesday, January 1 - 5:00 AM
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39th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
WorldBeat Cultural Center will be celebrating its 39th Annual Celebration with 5 of the 7 days of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is an African American Holiday celebrated from the 26th of December to the 1st of January. This year, December 26th, marks the 51st anniversary of the Kwanzaa holiday (1996-2016) created by Dr. Maulana Kaulana Karenga to celebrate and reaffirm family, community, and culture.
Each Day will feature Ceremonial candle lighting and libation with live Drumming Kwanzaa.
Poetry reading by Johnnierenee Nia Nelson, Karamu - the traditional feast ( Free vegetarian African American soul food),
"Kwanzaa Celebration Exhibition" will remain open for tours.
Location:
WorldBeat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101
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Dates and times:
Ongoing from Thursday, December 26 until Monday, December 30, 2019
Thursday , December 26 - 9:30 PM Umoja - Unity
Friday , December 27 - 9:30 PM Kujichagulia - Self-Determination
Saturday , December 28 - 9:30 PM Ujima - Collective work & Responsibility
Sunday , December 29 - 9:30 PM Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics
Monday , December 30 - 9:30 PM Nia - Purpose
For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/events
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