For Kids & Families, Weekend Festivals
Atrium Alive: Japanese New Year
Oshogatsu! Celebrate the year of the tiger!
Weekend Festival
Included with museum admission
Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 11:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Atrium
11:30 am–noon and 4–4:30 pm, Atrium
Taiko drumming performance by Odaiko New England and Japanese lion dance by Stephen Long.
Noon–12:30 and 3:30–4 pm, Atrium
Master calligrapher Michiko Imai demonstrates her skill, accompanied by music. After, try using calligraphy brushes.
Noon–3 pm, Atrium
Play traditional Japanese games.
12:30–1 pm, Morse Auditorium
Reservations by January 7
Storytelling on large, colorful kamishibai cards with Midori Oka, accompanied by drumming.
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12:30–3 pm, Art Studios
Print woodblock nengajo New Year's cards and decorate your own daruma doll (while supplies last).
1–1:45 pm, Bartlett Gallery
For adults and children ages 6 and up
Reservations by January 7
In this calligraphy workshop, learn to write the character "tiger" for the New Year.
SOLD OUT
2:30–3:30 pm, Morse Auditorium
For adults and children ages 9 and up
Reservations by January 7
Taiko drumming workshop with members of Odaiko New England.
Made possible by ECHO.
