BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.2403@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20100502T000000Z DTEND:20100502T000000Z DESCRIPTION:The Johnson County Library will host an Asian Heritage Festival on Saturday\, May 2\, 2009 at the Blue Valley Library\, 9000 W. 151st St. \, Overland Park\, Kan. in conjunction with Asian Heritage Month in May.\n \nA wide range of activities will provide a glimpse of Asian culture throu gh music\, dancing\, art\, crafts\, and food from several different Asian countries. This will be a fun\, exciting day for the whole family. Join us for any part of the day. No registration necessary.\n\nThe schedule of ev ents is:\n\n11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Gallery Area\nKi Daiko - Olathe School District Japanese Taiko Drumming Group\nFalun Dafa - Mid-USA Falun Dafa – gentle meditative exercises\nTae Kwon Do Marital Arts Demonstration - Tae Kwon Do Academy of Overland Park\n\n11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Meeting Roo m\nAsian Food Sampling\n\n11:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Storytime Room\nFor Teens - Mehndi Tattoos and Asian Games\n\n11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Children’s Area\n Children Crafts\nJapanese Name Writing & Costumes\n\n2-4 p.m. - Gallery Ar ea\nThai Folk Dance - The Thai Information Center \nAboriginals Songs and Dances - The Taiwanese Association of Greater Kansas City\nIndian Classica l Music and Dance - Natanan Indian Dance Group\nDances Native to the Repub lic of China - HK Chinese Folk Dance Group\n\nWhile at the Asian Heritage Festival participants may view Art on display in the Gallery from Falun Da fa and reproductions from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's Taj Mahal: The Beauty is in the Details.\n\nFor more information and photos of the parti cipating groups\, visit www.jocolibrary.org/asianfest. The Asian Heritage Festival events are free and open to the public. For more information call (913) 495-3850. Interpretive services and other accommodations for those with special needs are available by contacting Library staff at least 48 h ours in advance of the scheduled Library program. DTSTAMP:20240424T012141Z SUMMARY:Asian Heritage Festival URL:/en/events/2010/05/02/asian-heritage-festival/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR