Family Day Festival “A Taste of China” on February 5, 2011, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Rd. (just east of La Canada).

Free admission, to experience Chinese arts & crafts, performances. Food will be on sale. See www.tucsonchinese.org, presented by Tucson Chinese Association.

Coming up on February 12, Lunar New Year Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit at J.W. Marriot at Star Pass Hotel, 3800 W. Starr Pass Rd., 6 to 9 p.m. This promises to be a “fun-filled evening of wonderful entertainment, delicious food & drink, silent auction”. $125 per person, limited seating, call 520-292-6900 for reservations.
All are welcome to celebrate the New year.

Happy Chinese New Year!

This is the fourth time this event has been offered at Old Town Artisans, and will consist of live music (jazz duo), flamenco dancing, a delicious Mexican buffet by La Cocina, a raffle of goodies, arts & crafts, even “mocktails” (no alcohol) for the children. This festive, community event promotes women artists, entrepreneurs, and causes. Mini-facials will cost $10, and massages are $1 for a minute.

Count me in. After all, March is Women’s Herstory Month, and what better way to tell your story than by looking and feeling good, and being pampered. And a portion of the proceeds and the money raised from the raffle from this Every Woman event goes to Tucson’s Primavera Foundation (www.primavera.org), an agency that assists the homeless.

courtyard at Old Town Artisans

And if you miss this Every Woman event on March 21, calendar the next one for Sunday May 30, same time, same place, same good fun. For more info contact organizer Marie Hancock at 520-822-6222, or at mariecloseness@yahoo.com.

Old Town Artisans is in an 150 year old adobe building in the El Presidio Historic District, and houses La Cocina Restaurant (Southwest fare), two art galleries (Dawn Stewart and The Outpost), and three shops (Tolteca Tlacuilo, Old Town Pot Shop, and La Zia). Something for everyone’s gift giving needs can be found here, plus you can relax and eat in their lovely, shaded Spanish style courtyard next to a charming fishpond (with live goldfish), pictured above.

For information on Old Town Artisans, call 520-623-6024, info@oldtownartisans.com, website: http://oldtownartisans.com/ .

Old Town Artisans is located one block north of Alameda, one block west of Church Avenue, between the Tucson Museum of Art (to the west) and the El Presidio de San Agustin (to the east). Experience the charm of downtown and that Old Town feeling of the “true historic Tucson experience.”