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In February, OACC celebrated Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger, with 3 days of virtual content and an in-person festival on February 6th highlighting Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other cultural traditions and artforms connected to the Lunar New Year holiday. In April, OACC will celebrate South and Southeast Asian New Year’s such as Songkran, Vaisakhi, and more with exciting online content and another in-person festival. In addition to these activities, OACC is excited to revive its Virtual Community Night Market for the second year in a row to feature an even more expansive offering of BIPOC-centered partners, community organizations, and small businesses.
Enjoy virtual and in-person vendor and community booth marketplaces, cultural demos, storytelling, artistic performances. OACC’s Asian Pacific New Year Celebration will also launch a BRAND-NEW COMMUNITY MAP in partnership with Cut Fruit Collective! Explore AAPI sites throughout Oakland! Pick up your physical map at OACC’s April 16th celebration AND/OR download Vibemap’s app to participate in their map challenge. Visit locations and win prizes!
[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”April 9th: Virtual Kick-Off with Dance and Music”][vc_tta_tabs active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Virtual Kick-Off” tab_id=”1649210194263-ed8fab95-3de2″][vc_column_text]Set your alarm notification! Our virtual kick-off will begin streaming at 12 noon on Saturday, April 9th. Watch it here or on OACC’s YouTube channel.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Thai Classical Dance” tab_id=”1649210025530-dc7b2420-9d02″][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mela and The Elephant” tab_id=”1649210517104-6ed5a609-add9″][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mommy Eats Fried Grasshoppers!” tab_id=”1649210517505-045a7472-1ef5″][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Tan & the Blooming Hearts” tab_id=”1649210808062-3e7011a2-d4c3″][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_text_separator title=”April 15th: Virtual Food and Art Demos”][vc_tta_tabs active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”About Vaisakhi & Paintmaking” tab_id=”1649211259773-47bf88f0-da01″][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Friday, April 15, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Khmer Textiles” tab_id=”1649211352009-eecd3be4-6f7c”][vc_column_text]This video will be available starting at 12pm Pacific on Friday, April 15, 2022. Having trouble accessing the video? Trying refreshing this page after the release date or go to OACC’s YouTube channel.
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Download the Laap Recipe by Christy Innouvong
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The Virtual Community Night Market (Night Market) is a virtual “one-stop-shop” marketplace featuring Oakland/Bay Area-based and Oakland values-inspired businesses and creatives from AAPI-owned and AAPI-ally restaurants and small businesses, including BIPOC businesses and artists. The Virtual Community Night Market will serve as an online directory. Vendors will be featured daily on OACC’s social media and weekly on OACC’s e-newsletter.
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The Oakland Asian Cultural Center is proud to be a member of the Deeply Rooted Collaborative, the Community Consultant Team that will work with the City of Oakland and Technical Consultant on the Oakland 2045 General Plan. The Deeply Rooted Collaborative, which includes EastSide Arts Alliance, Just Cities Institute, and Urban Strategies Council. Partners include: Black Cultural Zone, The Village, Malonga Arts Residents Association, Oakland Asian Cultural Center Association, House/Full of Blackwomen, Lao Family Community Development, Inc., CURY J, and The Unity Council.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]