Special Events

Art and Culture

• The Nisei Week Japanese Festival is a major Southern California attraction, held annually during the month of August to honor the Nisei, second generation Japanese Americans, and to celebrate Japanese heritage and culture.
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• Oakland Asian Cultural Center presented a free, outdoor performance by internationally acclaimed North Indian Kathak dancer Purnima Jha.
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• A major Los Angeles community celebration, the Los Angeles Tofu Festival, is a cultural celebration of food experiences, including Mexican, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai and American cuisines. Click here for details.

  Current Exhibition

• Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace at the Oakland Museum of California.