Cultural Events and Celebrations
As part of its celebration of local diversity, Redwood City recognizes a variety of cultural events and awareness days.
Weaving Community
- Date: 01/20/2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Location: Downtown Library
1044 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, California 94063
Join Bay Area fiber artist Rachel Lozada for a hands-on Ilocano weaving workshop (no experience required!). We will explore themes of community, memory, and social justice while learning about traditional Ilocano weaving.
This workshop is designed to give basic knowledge of Ilocano weaving's socio-cultural and historical significance to the Filipino American community. It relates to this community’s migration to the US beginning in the early 1900s after the US colonized the Philippines at the turn of the century. Ilocanos comprise the second largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the US. Participants will get to know some of the most iconic design patterns, symbolisms and relevance, and then try their hands on several types of small looms. The workshop will inspire participants to re-discover and connect to their own family and community history of weaving or artistry.
For all ages. In the Community Room.
Rachel Lozada is a community-based artivist and weaver committed to creating a renaissance of traditional and indigenous Filipino weaving in the Diaspora. Her deep community-engaged model of weaving practice is unearthing the depth of buried histories of weaving traditions within Filipino American immigrant families mirroring the history of female weavers in her own family. She believes weaving is not a spectator art, and by making various looms available for people to try out and experience, she breaks the misconception that weaving is too difficult and challenging to take on.
This workshop is part of a series of events to celebrate Redwood City's Racial Equity Mural "Visions of Equity." From public workshops and hands-on art activities to walking tours and a documentary film screening, the Pathways to Equity series will feature a variety of opportunities to engage with the mural’s artwork, themes, and vision for a more equitable world.
This program series was made possible by a grant from the Redwood City Arts Commission, with additional support from by Friends of the Redwood City Public Library.
More Information
Contact: Fiona Potter
Phone: (650)780-7056
Email: fpotter@redwoodcity.org
Below is a list of the cultural days and months Redwood City recognizes annually. The list is not exhaustive; a range of other cultural celebrations and acknowledgements take place every year in Redwood City.
| January |
Poverty in America Awareness Month
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday in January)
| February |
Black History Month
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890 Jefferson Ave. (Formerly Cost Plus World Market) |
Lunar New Year
World Day of Social Justice
| March |
Women’s History Month
International Transgender Day of Visibility
| April |
National Arab American Heritage Month
| May |
Mental Health Awareness Month
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
- Proclamation
- Resources: Jewish American Heritage for Kids
| June |
LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- Proclamation
- Resources: Celebrate Pride, LGBTQ+ History Month
Juneteenth
| July |
Disability Pride Month, National Disability Independence Day
| August |
International Youth Day
- Proclamation
- Resources: International Youth Day reads
Senior Citizens Day
- Proclamation
- Resources: Senior Citizens Day reads
| September |
National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
Welcoming Week
- Proclamation
- Programs
- Resources: Welcoming Week Reads
| October |
Filipino American History Month
- Proclamation
- Resources: Filipino American History Month
Indigenous People’s Day (second Monday in October)
National Coming Out Day
- Resources: National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ+ History Month
United Against Hate Week
| November |
National Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
Día de los Muertos
- Resources: Dia de los Muertos (para Ninos)
Veterans’ Day
- Proclamation
- Resources: Veterans Day Reads, Veterans Connect
| December |
Universal Human Rights Month
- Resources: Universal Human Rights Month reading list
Chanukah
- Resources: Chanukah reading list