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Youth & Families

Target Free Family Day: A Whale of a Tale

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Special Events

Youth & Families

Target Free Family Day: A Whale of a Tale

FREE ALL DAY

Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. September's theme is folks tales.

Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

Schedule

  • All day craft activities: Make your own Kamishibai*, sock puppet, and an origami.

    *Kamishibai, literally "paper drama", is a form of storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century.

  • 11:00 – Doors open

  • 1:00 – 2:00: East West Players Presents: Drop in Family Improv Workshop

  • 2:00: We Tell Stories performs “A Feast From The East” -- Folktales from Asia and the Middle East.

  • 3:00 – 4:00: East West Players Presents: Drop in Family Improv Workshop

  • About our Friends:

    East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. As one of the nation’s first Asian American theatre organizations, East West Players today continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian Pacific American experience.
    For more information go to: www.eastwestplayers.org


    We Tell Stories is a multi-ethnic group of artists that seeks to educate, nurture, and strengthen communities by reconnecting young audiences with the ancient powers of storytelling and theatre.

    For more information go to: www.wetellstories.org



    2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule

    November 8 – Brilliant Beats

    December 13 – Artfully Yours

    Saturday, Sep 13, 2008

    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT

    FREE ALL DAY

    Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. September's theme is folks tales.

    Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.

    Schedule

  • All day craft activities: Make your own Kamishibai*, sock puppet, and an origami.

    *Kamishibai, literally "paper drama", is a form of storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century.

  • 11:00 – Doors open

  • 1:00 – 2:00: East West Players Presents: Drop in Family Improv Workshop

  • 2:00: We Tell Stories performs “A Feast From The East” -- Folktales from Asia and the Middle East.

  • 3:00 – 4:00: East West Players Presents: Drop in Family Improv Workshop

  • About our Friends:

    East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. As one of the nation’s first Asian American theatre organizations, East West Players today continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian Pacific American experience.
    For more information go to: www.eastwestplayers.org


    We Tell Stories is a multi-ethnic group of artists that seeks to educate, nurture, and strengthen communities by reconnecting young audiences with the ancient powers of storytelling and theatre.

    For more information go to: www.wetellstories.org



    2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule

    November 8 – Brilliant Beats

    December 13 – Artfully Yours

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