“Many businesses are still struggling, and in some ways, it’s even worse now,” Banh said. Credit: Civic Design Studio/Instagramīanh emphasized that this year’s festival, although somewhat muted in comparison to celebrations past, is intended to lift the spirits of community members and to bring support to AAPI community-serving businesses. Lanterns painted by 600 Franklin Elementary students for 2021’s Mid-Autumn Festival in Clinton Park. To that end, Cut Fruit Collective, a group of artists and creatives that produced last year’s successful zine fundraiser, Save Our Chinatowns, is joining forces with Good Good Eatz to help with lantern painting and soon will be releasing a guide to mooncake purchasing. 21.Īnchoring both celebrations will be the display of nearly 2,000 solar-powered lanterns, hand-painted by 1,500 students and 50 teachers from four schools in Oakland Unified School District: Lincoln Elementary, Clinton Park Elementary, Oakland Tech High School and FADA (Fashion, Art, and Design Academy).īehind the lantern project, said Civic Design Studios founder and Good Good Eatz co-founder Tommy Wong, is an effort to bolster the digital infrastructure of older businesses in the area. Co-sponsored by Friends of Lincoln Park and the Oakland Chinatown Coalition, the event runs every Thursday night from Sept. near Oakland Chinatown) with its own paper lantern celebration. This week also marks the kickoff of Lincoln Summer Nights, which will be held on Sept. From what I remember, as a kid, it’s about sharing and gifting your loved ones, exchanging mooncakes with loved ones.” “The festival in our Vietnamese culture, known as Tet Trung Thu, is kind of like Halloween,” said Trinh Banh of Good Good Eatz, the organization that provides support and technical expertise to small and often immigrant-owned food businesses in Oakland areas like Eastlake/Little Saigon, Fruitvale and Chinatown.īanh remembers celebrating as a child: “The kids take their lanterns and go around, getting treats. Credit: Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce/Facebook At the 2019 Mid-Autumn Festival - the last time the event was held - patrons filled up on sweet moonpies from local vendors. Spearheaded by the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce this year, in partnership with restaurant support nonprofit Good Good Eatz, the festival will feature a procession with lanterns, as well as games and a mooncake-making workshop for kids. After a 2020 hiatus, and with careful consideration of ongoing health and safety concerns, Clinton Park will host this year’s Eastlake/Little Saigon Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday, Sept. This week, several Oakland-based community organizations are joining forces to revive a local celebration of the day. It is a celebration of family and of harvest, a cultural tradition that centers on loved ones coming together. On this date, many East and Southeast Asian families celebrate by sharing mooncakes - the sweet pastries, round like the moon - enjoying lanterns and admiring together the beauty of what is believed to be the brightest moon of the year. The Mid-Autumn Festival traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, which on the Gregorian calendar this year is Sept. Credit: Sheena C./YelpĮastlake/Little Saigon Mid-Autumn FestivalĬlinton Park (655 International Blvd), Oakland Donate A mixed nut mooncake from Oakland Chinatown’s Ruby King Bakery Cafe.
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