PRESS RELEASE FROM SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
Skirball Cultural Center presents the annual family favorite
HANUKKAH FESTIVAL: LA/LA
Sunday,
December 10, 11:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m.
Inspired by the Getty’s Pacific
Standard Time: LA/LA initiative, the Skirball’s annual Hanukkah Festival
explores the themes of Hanukkah through the traditions of Los Angeles’s rich
and diverse Latin American communities. Visitors of all backgrounds are invited
to revel in the spirit of the holiday through music, dance, art making,
storytelling, and other family-friendly fun.
Groove to musical performances
by Latin Jewish bands Klezmer Juice and Pan Felipe, and learn salsa,
cumbia, mumbo, hip-hop, and more with dance ensembles Versa-Style and Mambo
Inc.
Create art celebrating light
and hope with visual artist Sandy Rodriguez, and learn about
Mexican chocolate and decorate chocolate gelt with culinary historian
Maite Gomez-Rejón.
Also take part in
family-friendly tours of PST: LA/LA exhibitions Another Promised Land
and Surface Tension by Ken Gonzales-Day; and join Skirball
storytellers in ongoing exhibition Visions and Values as they bring the
Hanukkah tale to life in English and Spanish. Discover unique holiday
gifts at Audrey’s Museum Store, and nosh on classic Hanukkah dishes like latkes
and sufganiyot (jelly donuts).
Sunday, December 10, 11:00
a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Art activities and storytelling
take place throughout the day. Specific times for performances are
as follows:
- · 11:00 a.m.: Klezmer Juice
Los
Angeles-based band Klezmer Juice kicks off and closes the festival with their
blend of Jewishklezmer, soul, and Latin music.
· 12:00 and 2:45 p.m.: Versa-Style
High-energy
hip-hop and Afro-Latin dance company Versa-Style leads two workshops for dancers of
all levels.
- · 1:00 p.m.: Pan Felipe
Los Angeles-based band Pan Felipe performs their
unique mix of ska, klezmer, and Latin cumbia. Premier Latin dance company Mambo
Inc. teaches visitors how to salsa, cumbia, and mambo.
- · 2:00 p.m.: Mambo Inc.
Acclaimed
visual artist Sandy Rodriguez leads a workshop inspired by light and hope, in
which visitors can create a work of art to take home, as well as
contribute to a collaborative Hanukkah menorah installation.
- · 3:15 p.m.: Klezmer Juice & Friends
Culinary
historian Maite Gomez-Rejón (Art Bites) shares the history of chocolate, from
its originsin the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica to its modern forms—including
Hanukkah gelt, which visitors can stop by to decorate.
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
$12 General; $9 Seniors and
Full-Time Students; $7 Children 2–12; FREE to Skirball Members and
Children under 2
Advance tickets recommended:
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