January 2003 Festivals and Special Events

1/1-26/03 Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum showing 60 paintings, sculptures, and photographs, including 11 by California artists. Spans more than 200 years of Latino art from across the United States. Oakland Museum (510) 238-2200 also www.museumca.org for details. The Museum has an excellent café and is a short walk from the Jack London Square ferry stop.

1/7-10/03 Mac World Conference & Expo Moscone Center’s big show of the king of education, graphic, and music computers. 60,000 are expected.

1/11/03 East West Shrine Game – College All Stars Great game at an affordable price. Tickets start at $15 with a family pack for $50 for 4 tickets, 4 cokes, 4 hot dogs, and a souvenir. Six Heisman trophy candidates are just the snowcap on the mountain of accolades college senior players from 56 colleges and 26 states plus Canada bring to the playing field at 11a.m. PST. Broadcast on ESPN. Amtrak will not be running but the ferries and BART will. Proceeds support 22 Childrens’ Hospitals. Donations and sponsorships gladly accepted. www.shrinegame.com.

1/11/03 Wine Discovery Series Begins in Alameda. First in a quarterly series next door to the Alameda Ferry at Rosenblum Cellars. (510) 865-7007 to register or log on to www.RosenblumCellars.com.

1/11-31/03 Dine About Town Kick off event, noon to 2:30, in Union Square. Chefs from the 150 participating restaurants prepare tempting hors d’ oeuvres. Dine About Town event continues through January 31st. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels San Francisco. Call (415) 391-2000 or visit www.sfdineaboutown.org.

1/25/03 ZAP Zinfandel Festival Fort Mason, Festival Pavilion. (510) 865-7007 or visit www.RosenblumCellars.com.

1/25-26/03 Oakland Chinese New Year’s Bazaar Features music, foods, and arts and crafts. Chinatown, Oakland. Call (510) 893-8979.

1/30/03 Oakland Chinese Performing Artists of America Ten exquisitely attired dancers celebrate delightful folk traditions from Mainland China with silk ribbons, fans, umbrellas, clay soldiers, and a celestial dragon. Folk dances are performed alongside martial art routines with a highlight of a contemporary dance derived from the Disney’s Mulan. Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. Call (510) 238-7765 or visit www.hjkevents.com.

1/31/03 2003 Debut Crab Festival Kick Off Starts a month of celebrating San Francisco Bay’s famed Dungeness Crab. The featured dish will be prepared by top restaurants and paired with wines from the region’s best wineries. Call (415)
391-2000 or (888) 343-6287.

2/1-2/03 SF Crab & Wine Marketplace featuring the Challenge of the Masters A two-day event including a cook’s marketplace, cooking demonstrations, competitions, food and wine tasting, arts and craft displays, children’s activities, educational programs, live entertainment, and fresh seafood and wines by the case. Challenge of the Masters is a crab-themed competition with professional chefs competing. A twist is that available ingredients will be revealed only as the competition begins. For general information, and also for professional chefs wishing to participate, call Erin Francis at (415) 227-2621.

BOATING CALENDAR
1/4-2/2/03 Northern California Boat Show Moving inland from the Cow Palace to Pleasanton at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Visit www.ncma.com.

1/5,19/03 Oakland Yacht Club Brunch Series Kicks off in January 2003 and continues until March. Call (510) 522-6868.