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WINTER 2015 YOUR COMMUNITY TU COMUNIDAD Free Kids Activities in Your Neighborhood Fun on Wheels Mobile Recreation Program is a free drop-in WINTER 2015 SCHEDULE program designed to bring recreation and other resources into Mondays RIO VISTA PARK 2:45-5 pm neighborhoods for children ROSS PARK 2:45-5 pm ages 5 and older. The program Tuesdays BALSAM AvE/ CURTIS CT 2:45-5 pm BENMORE LN/ CANFIELD LN 2:45-5 pm offers homework assistance, Wednesdays ALAMEDA/BROWNWOOD/CATALINA AvE 2:45-5 pm fitness fun, art enrichment and DANBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1:30-5 pm resource materials. No registra- Thursdays GLEN AvE/NEIGHBORS AvE 2:45-5 pm tion is needed. Fun on Wheels PARK LANE 2:45-5 pm can be found at the times and Fridays PAUL REVERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2:45-5 pm KODIAK STREET 2:45-5 pm locations listed here. (top left) Adult soccer leagues, see page 5. (top right) Children enjoy the free snow play area at the Annual Fun on Wheels Mobile Recreation Nutcracker Holiday and Tree Lighting Ceremony. This year’s event will be Saturday, December 6, see page 2. (714) 535-7517 • www.anaheim.net/youth programs PERMIT NO. 1030 NO. PERMIT ANAHEIM, CA ANAHEIM, RETURN NOT DO U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. UNDELIVERABLE, IF PRSRT STD PRSRT YOUR COMMUNITY Holiday Tree Lightings West Anaheim Holiday Magic Christmas Tree Lighting FREE! FamilyFree & Low Cost Fun Activities CITY COUNCIL Friday, December 5 Mayor FREE! The West Anaheim Neighborhood Development Council, better ARTIC Grand Opening Tom Tait known as WAND, will present their annual Christmas Tree Saturday, December 13 - Open to the public! A Mayor Pro Tem Lighting event on Friday, December 5 at 6:00 pm. The evening day filled with music, food, tours, transportation information and more. This is a FREE family Kris Murray includes Holiday music, children’s crafts, and bonfire. Dress friendly event. ARTIC is located at 2626 Katella Council Member warmly for this outdoor event. Some seating is available or you Avenue across the street from the Honda Gail E. Eastman can bring your own. Food is available for a nominal fee. For more Center. 9 am - 3 pm. For more information go to Council Member information call (714) 609-8070. www.articinfo.com. Jordan Brandman FREE! th The Polar Express - Movie Council Member 20 Annual Nutcracker Christmas Saturday, December 13 - Bundle up and join us Lucille Kring Tree Lighting and Holiday Shopping Village for a night under the stars to view this Holiday Interim City Manager Classic at Pearson Park Amphitheatre. Santa Saturday, December 6 will be there from 5-6 pm, movie begins at 6 pm. Paul Emery For twenty years a dedicated group of community Call (714) 765-5274 for more information of in FREE! case of inclement weather. volunteers have planned and organized this festive holiday event in Downtown Anaheim on Center Street Anaheim Public Library YOUR COMMUNITY/ Promenade. This hardworking group of Anaheim residents has Holiday Program put together another fun-filled day and night for the entire family. TU COMUNIDAD Thursday, December 18 - Enjoy an afternoon Be sure to make plans to attend and you will not want to miss is published quarterly by of holiday stories, music, crafts and visit from the spectacular Tree Lighting Ceremony that begins at 6:00 pm a “Special North Pole Guest”. Haskett Library, COMMUNITY SERVICES featuring the Anaheim Ballet, Choirs, Santa and much more! For DEPARTMENT 3:30 pm. For more information go to www.ana- more information call (714) 765-5191. heim.net/library. 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Schedule of Events Saturday, December 20 - Enjoy a morning of Anaheim, CA 92805 holiday stories, crafts and music. Come listen to 10 am Breakfast with Santa – Nominal Fee performance by Christmas Carolers and a visit (714) 765-5191 10 am - 5:45 pm Snow Play – FREE! Bring mittens and boots. from a “Special North Pole Guest”. Ponderosa Train Rides – FREE! Joint-Use Library, 11:30 am. For more informa- Kids Crafts and Entertainment – FREE! tion go to www.anaheim.net/library. Facebook 10 am - 7:00 pm International Food Fair and Gift Booths Exotic Bird FREE! AnaheimRec Christmas Trees for sale by the Muzeo Presentation 6:00 pm Tree Lighting Ceremony Twitter Saturday, January 31 - @AnaheimRec Learn about exotic birds, where do they live and what Free Public Parking is located HOLIDAY do they eat? Ponderosa On the Web Joint-use Library, 11:30 am. anaheim.net in the Oak Street Parking Structures and the For more information go to FUN www.anaheim.net/library or call (714) 765-1880. Clementine and Center for Families Street Promenade lot. Author Visit Program FREE! Saturday, February 14 - Celebrate Valentine's Day with Pigs & Strawberries SUBSCRIBE Author Jenni Garrick. Ponderosa Joint-use Library, If you are an Anaheim 11:30 am. For more informa- resident and would tion go to www.anaheim.net/ like to be added to library or call (714) 765-1880. the mailing list of this Chinese New Year publication call FREE! Celebration (714) 765-5191 Thursday, February 19 - Haskett Library, Thursday, February 19 at 3:30 pm. 2 CITY OF ANAHEIM Winter 2015 Selected STEP-UP! students perform in AB’s summer intensive performance at Pearson Park Amphitheatre Photo: Courtesy Anaheim Ballet [ Performing Arts ] Alumni Profile Anaheim Ballet's STEP-UP! Builds Confidence and Poise Free After School Dance Program Seeks Applicants When City Council proclaimed Anaheim Ballet to be the city’s resident ballet company in August of 1997, founding directors Lawrence and Sarma Lapenieks Anabelle performing at Youth America Grand Prix Rosenberg immediately created STEP-UP! a community outreach after-school program for underprivileged Anaheim youth. Anabelle Gunderson STEP-UP! provides free dance classes Monday “We are all very proud of Anabelle”, through Friday 3:45-4:30 pm to Anaheim residents Classes for says Anaheim Ballet Artistic Director ages 8-18 whose families are unable to afford tuition. and resident choreographer Sarma Students can receive scholarships to the Anaheim Ballet Anaheim Lapenieks Rosenberg. Rosenberg has every reason to be proud of career-track program and summer intensive training Residents 15 year old Anabelle Gunderson session based on merit, talent, or life-needs. In addition, who started dancing in STEP- all students are invited to share in a performance Ages 8-18 UP!, Anaheim Ballet’s free after experience, Anaheim Ballet’s Annual Spring Concert. school program for Anaheim youth and then received a career-track STEP-UP! alumni have gone on to work in ballet companies, music videos scholarship. She recently competed or Disneyland, but for some students the lifelong benefits of STEP-UP! are in New York City as a finalist in not demonstrated in dance. Instead, they acquire lifelong skills of confidence, Youth America Grand Prix, the self-discipline and poise along with an enhanced ability to problem solve and world’s largest international youth maintain personal standards of excellence in other areas of their lives. ballet competition. Anabelle also represented Anaheim as a guest Anaheim Ballet School artist in the Miami International 280 East Lincoln Ave., Anaheim 92805 Dance Festival. www.anaheimballet.org • [email protected] (714) 520-0904 Photo: Vam Productions COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT 3 (above) Volunteers build a new playground at John Marshall Park. KaBOOM playgrounds have also been built at Modjeska Park (October 2013), Schweitzer Park, (March 2013), Stoddard Park (May 2012), Edison Disfruta AudiolibrosPark (June 2011). y YOUR COMMUNITY [ ] Libros Electrónicos Recreation Winter Classes for enEveryone, su computadora, EVEN YOUR teléfono PET ! The winter issuecelular of the Anaheim Activityo dispositivo Guide has hundreds of classes digital for every member of your family, even dog obedience classes for your pet! Hundreds of classes are held throughout the city and includeLas Bibliotecas dance, gymnastics, Públicas ice de Anaheim han skating, scrapbooking, art, cooking, Zumba, CrossFit and more. aumentado su colección gratuita de libros You can pick-upelectrónicos a copy of the Activity con Guide títulos at disponibles en español y any Community Center, Family Resource Center, or Anaheim Library branchuna or downloadcolección the complete infantil en donde los lectores guide at www.anaheim/net/ezrecconnect.pequeños If puedenyou are an navegar seguros en Anaheim resident, you can have it mailed for free by calling (714) 745-5191 to be addedun páginato our mailing adecuada list. para su edad. Don’t wait – register today to take a fitness class, learn to paint or teach your dog new tricks! ICE Skating classes at The Rinks in Conéctese a la Colección Digital a través de la página Recreation Classes & Activities downtown Anaheim de internet de la biblioteca en library.anaheim.net (714) 765-5191 • www.anaheim.net/ezrecconnect Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim Enjoy Free Audio and eBooks on your computer, smartphone or mobile device Anaheim Libraries have expanded our free downloadable digital collection with the addition of Spanish titles and a separate Kids section where young readers can browse within a safe and kid-friendly interface. Connect to the Digital Collection through the Library website at library.anaheim.net Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim 4 CITY OF ANAHEIM Winter 2015 JOIN US! Call Neighborhood NEIGHBORHOOD Services to find out about upcoming meetings. COUNCILS “Helping Neighborhoods Help Themselves” Neighborhood Services facilitates a city-wide effort to improve the “livability” of Anaheim neighborhoods by enabling residents to assist themselves through the creation of partnerships between the City and other community-wide resources. Join us at one of the meetings! YOU ARE INVITED! West District Wednesday, January 21 • 7 pm Anaheim Police officers and Crime Prevention Specialist hosting a Coffee with a Cop meeting. West Anaheim Youth Center (714) 765-4397 [ Neighborhood Involvement ] East District Thursday, January 22 • 7 pm Canyon Hills Library Coffee with a Cop (714) 765-5208 Creating partnerships one coffee cup at a time! Central District Wednesday, January 28 • 7 pm Coffee with a Cop meetings provide an op- throughout the city at various schools and Downtown Anaheim Community Center portunity for residents to meet Anaheim Police community venues.