<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tulsalibrary.org/home-images/af_4-09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 86px;" src="http://tulsalibrary.org/home-images/af_4-09.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;">Celebrate and learn about the customs and traditions of Asian-Americans with entertaining, educational events for the entire family as <a href="http://tulsalibrary.org/">Tulsa City-County Library</a> presents <a href="http://tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/events/Asian-Festival_flyer-09.pdf">the seventh annual Asian-American Festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 6</a> at Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Road. Food concession is provided by India Palace, located at 69th and Lewis. Admission to the festival is free.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;">The festival kicks off at 10:45 a.m. with a Dragon Dance, featuring a 70-foot dragon from China, and includes martial arts demonstrations; Kyoto, Japan art exchange exhibit and workshop; manga exchange and workshop; bamboo flute music; classical Indian dance; Chinese folk dance; a Japanese tea ceremony; and children’s dances and songs in Japanese and English. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;">Explore the colorful cultures of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries in Asia. </span><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;">Local martial arts instructors and their students will demonstrate kung fu, karate, tae kwon do and other traditional Asian disciplines throughout the day under a big tent outside in the back of the library. Ten Tigers Kung Fu, Shikara Ashi Te Ryu and Martial Arts Academy USA are scheduled to perform.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;">Look for the interactive educational booths featuring crafts for kids, temporary tattoos, name translation, henna painting and origami instruction. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;">The festival is sponsored and funded by the Tulsa Library Trust, with assistance from the Tulsa City-County Library Staff Association Recycling Proceeds Fund.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:16px;">For more information about the Asian-American Festival or a complete schedule of presentations, visit <a href="http://tulsalibrary.org/">the Tulsa Library Web site</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:16px;"> or call the Martin Regional Library at 669-6340.</span></span><br /></p></span>