BCNC Holds
First Experience Chinatown Arts Festival
Boston, MA – On September 29th, 2018,
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) will be holding its first-ever
Experience Chinatown arts festival at three locations in Boston’s Chinatown:
the Pao Arts Center at 99 Albany Street, Rose Kennedy Greenway – Chinatown Park,
and One Greenway Park at 66 Hudson Street. Experience Chinatown aims highlight
and celebrate Asian immigrant and Asian American voices in the arts, culture,
and creativity. The event will to show another
side of Chinatown, a new take on Asian American cultures and highlight today’s Asian
American artists.
From 11:00am-3:00pm, the free, full-day event for all ages will include
workshops, music and dance performances, food trucks, and pop-up happenings.
Experience Chinatown will feature Cambodian dance with Angkor Dance Troupe,
Bollywood-inspired dance fitness with BollyX, film previews from Boston Asian
American Film Festival, Japanese Taiko drumming with Genki Spark, Chinese lion
dance with Nüwa Athletic Club, kite-making with the Museum of Fine Arts, and
more. Visitors will be able to make new friends and create with their families
through hands-on arts activities.
After dark, the lights dim and the Pao Arts Center theater
transforms into the place to discover the latest Asian American performers.
This 18+ ticketed event will feature jazz, folk, dance, hip-hop, and punk by
Brenda Lau, Anju Madhok, Jennifer Lin, Rex Mac, and Saraswathi Jones/Awaaz Do. You
can purchase your tickets here: https://bcnc.net/upcoming-events/experience-chinatown-after-dark.
That same evening, be sure to check out the multi-channel
installation WITH/OUT WATER by Yu-Wen
Wu, which will premiere outside at One Greenway Park (66-68 Hudson St.) from
7:00pm-10:00pm. This free exhibition of video projections explores
environmental awareness and climate displacement.
Schedule of Events:
11:00am-3:00pm Experience
Chinatown Arts Festival
7:00pm-9:00pm Experience
Chinatown After Dark
7:00pm-10:00pm With/Out Water by Yu-Wen Wu
Supporters
and partners include: Asian Community Development Corporation, ArtPlace
America, Bank of America, Barr Foundation, Capital One, City of Boston, Comcast,
Creating Connection Experimentation Fund, supported by Arts Midwest
Metropolitan Group and Barr Foundation, The Fuller Foundation, The Kensington,
Maloney Properties, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Tower at One Greenway,
Tufts Medical Center, and Tufts University. For more information, go to: https://bcnc.net/upcoming-events/experiencechinatown
包氏文藝中心將於9月29日(星期六)舉行《體驗唐人街藝術節》,歡迎大家一同來參與這個亞美文化新體驗!當日節目包括舞獅、舞蹈、太鼓演出,寶萊塢健身工作坊、各種手工藝班等等,還有藝術小市集和美食車。所有活動將會在11時到3時進行,地點包括唐人街牌坊,包氏文藝中心和乞臣街66號的戶外草地。我們期待大家能夠騰空參與!
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