Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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April 14, 2008
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WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History presents programs celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Friday, May 9; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17; 2-3:30 p.m. National Museum of Natural History 10th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. Baird Auditorium, ground floor and rotunda, first floor
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 22nd Annual Asian Arts and Crafts Festival (Friday, May 9; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; rotunda): Visitors can enjoy many demonstrations of Asian Pacific art and culture. There will be Thai fruit and vegetable carving, Philippine weaving, Japanese doll making, Chinese paper folding, Korean calligraphy, brush painting, Gangjin Celadon ceramics, Mongolian mask making and watercolor painting. There also will be butterfly paintings by the museum’s scientific illustrator Vichai Malikul, who is considered to be a Thai National Treasure. Seventh Annual Asian Pacific Heritage Music and Dance Performances (Saturday, May 17; 2-3:30 p.m.; Baird Auditorium): There will be performances by the Shizumi Kodomo Dance Group (Japanese), Thai Folklore and Dance of Wat Thai Washington, D.C., and the Cambodian American Heritage Dance Troupe. ###
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