FREE ALL DAY

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

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

All day craft activities: Feel the beat and make some noise by decorating your own spinning drum and constructing a gobbling turkey. Plus, make an origami turkey just in time to decorate for Thanksgiving!

11:00 PM – Doors open.

12:00 PM – Drum Circle with drumtime (1 hour)

1:00 PM – Progressive Taiko performance

1:30 PM – Drum Circle with drumtime (1 hour)

2:30 PM – Poongmul performance

4:00 PM – Doors close.


About our Friends:

drumtime

John Lacques has devoted his professional life to using music as a tool for empowerment and transformation. With Drumtime, John combines his unique talents and expertise as an educator, professional drummer and theater artist, to facilitate drum circles that encourage and support others to become creators—not just of music, but creators of joy, health, success and community. Through Drumtime, John offers drum circles customized to service the needs and goals of businesses, organizations and institutions. He has also developed and implemented a number of programs for youth, including circles for incarcerated youth and at-risk teens as well as after-school and conflict resolution programs. He also creates rhythm circles for adults and children with special needs. John has facilitated hundreds of drum circles. From corporate events, trainings and team building, to large public festivals, retreats and conferences, he brings to each circle an energetic, responsive and nurturing method of leading. His standards of musical excellence ensure that participants experience the thrill of making truly good music together, literally transforming play into achievement.

For more information about drumtime, go to http://www.drumtime.net/

Progressive Taiko

Progressive Taiko (or ProTa) is a small ensemble of taiko performers with a diverse background in arts, musical composition, and community campaigns and projects. ProTa’s musical background stems from mixing traditional Japanese drumming with contemporary influences such as Jazz and Hip-Hop. This music is used to help support relevant community issues within the Japanese American and greater Los Angeles Community.

The mission of ProTa is to spread cultural awareness, support community issues, and educate the greater community through progressiveness in thought and artistic expression.

Poongmul

KCAG was formed on the UCLA campus in 1990 by a group of Korean American students who felt the need for an organization through which students can come to know more about Korean heritage and traditional culture. Hanoolim would not only set an example by excellence in academics, but also by involvement in action regarding social and political issues in the Korean American community. Throughout our 17 years of existence, we have built a strong presence both on and off campus through the four branches of our organization. Poongmul (Korean Traditional Drumming), Open Forum, Korean Culture Night, and EASTAP-East Asians Striving Towards Academic Progress, and for the continual building of strong leadership. Hanoolim operates not just by meetings, but through programs and events, traditional and new, that require active participation of the members to build a special family-like characteristic of our organization and to enrich their experience at UCLA.

2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule

December 13 – Artfully Yours

2009 Target Free Family Saturday schedule

February 14– Be Animated!

March 14 – Say Cheese!

April 11 – What's Cooking?

Other Family Events at the National Museum

December 6: Pink Dress Puppet Show

January 3: Erika-San by Allen Say

January 4: Oshogatsu (New Years) Family Festival *FREE ALL DAY