FOR FAMILY, CULTURE, COMMUNITY.Kwanzaa Gwaride Festival and Parade!off will be held from noon to 10 p.m. through Wednesday at Leimert Park Village, Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Boulevard and 43rd Street, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , with candle lighting from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. each day. The festival will include food, entertainment and traditional and contemporary crafts. A Kwanzaa Parade, with the theme ``Connecting Our Spirits,'' is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The parade begins at Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards and goes south to Leimert Park. For information, call (323) 296-1532. Kwanzaa celebration with dinner, dancing and a ``Best Dressed African Costume'' contest will be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at Fairway, Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Golf Course, 10400 Glenoaks Blvd., Pacoima. Tickets are $45 per couple, $25 for singles. The event benefits the Ladies First and II Hype, a dance, drill and gospel team. For information, call (818) 494-0711 or (818) 890-7952. A Kwanzaa workshop will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at KidSpace Children's Museum Kidspace Children's Museum is located next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Since the December 2004 opening of its new facility in Brookside Park, Pasadena, Kidspace Children’s Museum has provided local community children with an unparalleled space for , 390 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Children age 4 and older will design and make a Kinara, the Kwanzaa candle holder. Admission $6 for ages 3 and older. For information, call (626) 449-9144 or www.kidspacemuseum.org. Kwanzaa in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. !off will be celebrated by the Youth Council of the Valley branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation. with a ``pot blessed'' feast from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at 12550 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima. For information, call (818) 899-4357. Lula Washington Dance Theatre presents its sixth annual ``Kwanzaa Celebration 2002'' at 8 p.m. Monday at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. , 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles. Tickets are $22.50 to $32.50. For information, call (323) 936-6591 or www.lulawashington.com. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Valerie Miller, center, and friends at SkooB's bookstore in Pacoima light candles on the first day of Kwanzaa, a pan-African ceremony established in 1966 now celebrated by millions. (2) The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase ``matunda ya kwanza,'' which means ``first fruits'' in Swahili, so decorations for the ceremony often include harvest symbols such as fruits and vegetables. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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