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March 2024 Newsletter

Dear Friends of ACDC,


Happy spring! The flowers are starting to bloom, and we are excited at the prospect of seeing you at our outdoor community events later this spring and summer.


We have a lot going on, including planning for our upcoming Dim Sum Breakfast in June, starting a new season of Chinatown tours and Resident Leadership Academy, mobilizing youth as community leaders, and gearing up for summer programs.


Warmly,

Angie Liou

Executive Director

🥟 Save the Date: 2024 Dim Sum 🥢

Photo by Lee-Daniel Tran

📩 You’re invited! Celebrate 37 years of community building by joining ACDC for our Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast!


⏰ Date and time: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Friday, June 7th, 2024

📍Location: Empire Garden, 690 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111


🎟️ Tickets will be available for purchase online starting Friday, March 22nd. Please contact reina.matsumoto[at]asiancdc.org if you have any questions. 


⭐️ At this year’s event, we will honor artist and landscape architect Ponnapa Prakkamakul with our Inspiration Award and longtime board member Peter Madsen with the Caroline Chang Leadership Award. Stay tuned for more updates!

🐉 ACDC’S Walking Tour ✨


🔔 Are you interested in learning more about the history of Boston’s Chinatown? Celebrate the Year of the Dragon by booking a walking tour with Asian Community Development Corporation!


👥 Through ACDC's interactive tours, you can learn about the history and development of Chinatown, from early immigration to present-day gentrification. Our tours provide visitors with knowledge about Chinatown that focuses on community issues and explores themes relating to community power, challenges, and resistance. Our tours offer a glimpse of Chinatown from a community-centered perspective, with a unique emphasis on different neighborhood preservation and revitalization efforts over time.


📍Tours are available to school groups, nonprofits and organizations, and corporations from April 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024. 

Learn More

🍃 Become a Tour Guide! 🌆

📍ACDC is recruiting tour guides for the 2024 season! This is a paid opportunity, open to ACDC youth, Chinatown residents, and adults. To qualify you must fulfill our two-part training.⁠

Part 1 Training Options:⁠

-Saturday, March 23, 2-4 PM (In-person)⁠ or

-Monday, March 25, 6-8 PM (Zoom)⁠

Part 2 Training Options:⁠

-Saturday, April 6, 2-4 PM (In-person)⁠ or

-Monday, April 8, 6-8 PM (Zoom)⁠

👥 In-person trainings will take place at ACDC’s Community Room, 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111⁠.

Sign Up

💭 Annual Meeting Recap 📣

Photos by Reina Matsumoto

✨ Thank you to all who attended our Annual Meeting!


🎊 We loved seeing so many new and familiar faces come out to celebrate our work together in the last year.


🗣️ At the meeting, we announced updates on our real estate developments, youth programming, resident leadership and educational programs, and our newest placekeeping initiatives, including our Chinatown tours. Staff, former A-VOYCE youth, and board members also shared what ACDC means to them!


👏 Shoutout to our youth alumni Ada and Quyen for their wonderful speeches, and Harrison for his engaging videos which were showcased at the event.


📝 To read more about our impact in 2023, check out our Annual Report! 

Read the Annual Report

🌳 Chinatown HEROS Workshop ☀️

Photos by Reina Matsumoto

🏡 Parcel P12-C Update 🏗️

🍩 Malden Donut with Delegates ✨

Photos by Reina Matsumoto

🍩 Last week, we held our Malden Donuts with Delegates event with local A-VOYCE youth and elected officials, Representative Donato and Representative Ultrino. Donuts with Delegates is ACDC's annual event, in collaboration with MACDC, where youth and adult residents from Malden and Chinatown discuss the issues that impact them with local and state legislators.


🗣️ Through Donuts with Delegates, our staff and youth had the chance to advocate for policies that support the Malden community. These policies included increasing affordable housing, investing in youth leadership, and closing the racial wealth gap.


🤝 Thank you Representatives Donato and Ultrino for your leadership and support! We're also thankful to our ACDC staff and A-VOYCE youth for facilitating this year's Malden Donuts with Delegates!

🏡  Resident Leadership Academy 🎓

👥 Are you a Boston Chinatown or Quincy resident who is interested in learning more about Boston Chinatown's history? Do you want to connect with your neighbors?⁠⁠


👏 Then apply to be a Resident Fellow for ACDC's Resident Leadership Academy!⁠⁠


🏙️ Resident Leadership Academy is a collaboration between Asian Community Development Corporation, Mel King Institute, Chinatown residents, and local creatives to shape Chinatown’s cultural identity and influence through popular education. Chinatown is changing rapidly, often at the expense of Chinatown's working-class and immigrant residents. Through Resident Leadership Academy, you'll reflect on community struggles & strengths and design solutions that build community power.⁠


🔗 Please apply by March 31st, 2024 at http://bit.ly/RLA2024EN!


👥 你是唐人街或昆士居民嗎?有興趣瞭解更多有關波士頓唐人街歷史的資訊嗎?你想與鄰居建立關係嗎?


⁠⁠👏 那就申請ACDC居民組織培訓班吧!⁠⁠


🏙️ ACDC 居民組織培訓班 (RLA) 是由亞美社區發展協會(ACDC)、梅爾金學院 (Mel King Institute)、唐人街居民和當地有創意人士之間合作的項目。目的是透過大眾教育塑造唐人街的文化認同和影響力。⁠⁠唐人街不斷在迅速改變,唐人街的工人階級和移民往往是受害者。通過ACDC居民組織培訓班,您將反思社區的鬥爭和優勢,並設計能增強社區力量的解決方案。⁠


🔗 申请截止日期:2024年3月31日⁠

🎊 A-VOYCE Adventures 🎨

🎊 Last month, our Malden and Chinatown cohorts of A-VOYCE youth had two field trips! Our youth visited the Pao Arts Center during their gallery viewing of “Lunchbox Moments,” and BAGLY (the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth) for their Lunar New Year celebration!


👏 The youth got the opportunity to reflect upon their own lunchbox moments, make their own lunchbox pieces, understand the importance of having a space for young LGBTQ+ people, and also learn about how different regions in Asia celebrate Lunar New Year.


❤️ Thank you to Pao Arts Center and BAGLY for having us and inviting us into their spaces!

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📣  We’re Hiring! 📣

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SAVE THE DATE - QARI 2024 Community Banquet!


QARI is excited to announce that we will be hosting our annual Community Banquet this year on Thurs, May 30th, 2024! QARI’s annual Community Banquet is an evening celebrating diversity and collaboration. The dinner banquet is an exciting opportunity for area leaders, partners, and stakeholders from Quincy, the South Shore, and Greater Boston to engage and promote synergy within the Asian and immigrant community.


Details of the QARI 2024 Community Banquet are below:

Date: Thursday, May 30th, 2024

Time: 6PM - 9PM

Venue: Ming Seafood Restaurant, 477 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02171

Theme: To be announced - stay tuned!


We hope that you will join us for an exciting and engaging evening!


For information about sponsorships and tickets, click here.

Join us at the 2024 Community Banquet!

January 2024 Newsletter

Dear Friends of ACDC,

I hope you had a peaceful and restorative holiday season. I am excited about what’s to come in 2024 - further progress on several new affordable housing developments in Chinatown and Malden, more resident leadership programming, community events at the Hudson Street Stoop, and another year of mobilizing young people to lead and engage in community planning efforts, among other events and programs planned for this year.


We look forward to another year of investing in people and the communities we call home.


Sincerely,

Angie Liou

Executive Director

🎉 Join us for our Annual Meeting!

🎊 Join ACDC for our 2024 Annual Meeting! Celebrate the Lunar New Year by hearing from youth, residents, and our staff about what we’ve been up to in the last year! A light dinner will be provided. This is a free event, but RSVPs are required.



✍️ RSVP: bit.ly/ACDCAM


⏰ Date: 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

📍Location: Bill Bordy Theater, 216 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02116


Please contact reina.matsumoto[at]asiancdc.org if you have any questions. 

Register for the Annual Meeting

🎁 ICYMI: Thank YouToy Drive Donors🧸

🤝 Thanks to the generous support of our partners, other organizations and community members, we were able to provide 139 children with toys for the holiday season!


⭐️ We are grateful for all of our supporters, including (but not limited to!):

The Comprehensive Care Department at Tufts Dental School, BioMed Realty, Tufts Community Relations, ASC A+, Benevolent Asian Jade Society of New England, Boston Hurricanes, CHIC Consulting, United Volleyball Club of Boston U15 National Team, Councilor Ed Flynn, and ACDC staff/board members and individuals including Mia C, Dana R., Katrina F., Kaitlyn W., Emily L., Heang R., Mira W., J.G., Emily S., Alice T., Agatha T., MyDzung C., Ponnapa P., Denise C.W., Ted W., Connie W., Wendy C., Alan & Karin C., Jeff & Marilyn C., the Soo Hoo family, the Sujo family, Jaclyn S., Helen W., Diane C., Chiemi K., Yvonne P., Zenub K., and Annie & Carl N.

See photos from the Toy Drive

📣 We’re hiring! 📣

🗣️ Interested in supporting ACDC’s affordable housing work and preserving sustainable, healthy neighborhoods? Apply to be ACDC’s Director of Real Estate! 


🌆 The Director of Real Estate will play a key role in the organization’s housing development work. The Director will establish a pipeline of projects and oversee the execution and implementation of affordable housing development, with a focus on ACDC’s primary geographies of Boston’s Chinatown, Malden, and Quincy. The Director will supervise 1-2 Real Estate Project Managers and various consultants.

Read the Full Job Posting

👥 Affordable Homes Act Hearing 🏠

📣 Last week, the Joint Committee on Housing listened to testimonies on H.4138, The Affordable Homes Act. Angie, ACDC's executive director, joined other community leaders and elected officials in testifying to support the bill.


🏠 The Affordable Homes Bill is the largest housing investment in MA history, totaling over $4 billion towards housing spending, policy, and programmatic actions. Many individuals and families are struggling to afford rent or delaying their dreams of owning a home due to exponentially increasing housing costs, and drastic action is needed now.


🗣 Angie highlighted the impact of the CITC program and transfer fees in her testimony. An excerpt:


"Community Investment Tax Credit or CITC...has enabled us to raise flexible funds for community-driven public art and placekeeping projects, resident leadership trainings, civic engagement, and youth development programs. CITC has enabled our resident and youth programs to expand, and we have a great track record of youth returning to continue as interns and even staff, and residents becoming vocal community advocates."

Learn more about the Affordable Homes Act

🎬 Film Screening with ArtsEmerson 🍿

Join ArtsEmerson for the Projecting Connections screening of Freckled Rice, preceded by Our Chinatown on February 18th at 3:30pm.


OUR CHINATOWN | KENNETH ENG AND CURTIS CHIN, CO-DIRECTORS

A son of Boston’s Chinatown, Paul W. Lee, returns to help build affordable housing. Our Chinatown is a collection of short vignettes that highlight the activists who are keeping Chinatown alive.


FRECKLED RICE | STEPHEN C. NING, DIRECTOR and YUET-FUNG HO, PRODUCER

This digitally remastered classic tells the coming of age story of 13-year-old coming to terms with his Chinese American heritage in Boston during the 1960s.


Date and time: February 18th at 3:30PM. Q&A with filmmakers follows screening.

Location: Bright Family Screening Room, Paramount Center

Tickets: ArtsEmerson.org (after Jan. 26)


Co-presented by Pao Arts Center, ACDC and BAAFF.

Get Tickets (after Jan. 26)

✨ Donate to ACDC & Get a 50% Tax Rebate ✨

ACDC still has CITC credits! If you missed the Dec 31 deadline, you can make a CITC donation for the 2024 tax year. Get a 50% tax rebate on any donation of $1,000 or more!


Email citc[at]asiancdc.org if you have questions.

Learn More & Donate Today

🎥 Check out ACDC's HSS Reels! 🐉

Videos by Harrison Tran

Did you miss the Hudson Street Stoop (HSS) Opening Celebration in 2023?


Check out our four-part video series highlighting HSS: Dancing Dragon artists Katherine Chin and Parke MacDowell.


The series also includes reflections from two HSS Committee members, Ada and Angela, and reactions from other community members.


Kudos to our Media Intern Harrison Tran for capturing these bright moments for us to share with you!


Follow ACDC on Instagram @asiancdc to stay updated on future HSS events.

Watch the videos here

🏡 Rental Assistance Reminder 📣

ACDC is still helping community members with RAFT applications. Starting this year, the new contacts for the bilingual RAFT hotline will be Julia Zhu, ACDC's Building Blocks Manager, and Alice Huang, ACDC's Housing Counselor. Both Julia and Alice are fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.


If you or someone you know needs rental or mortgage payment assistance, please contact our staff:


Julia's Contact Info

781-851-4619

Julia.Zhu[at]asiancdc.org


Alice's Contact Info

857-449-7123

Alice.Huang[at]asiancdc.org

Learn More About RAFT
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August 2023 Newsletter

Dear Friends of ACDC,

With summer winding down, we are grateful for the connections and memories shared with you at the community events and in our programs this season, and look forward to what's on the horizon for late summer and fall.


If you're looking for ways to support the Hawaiian communities impacted by the devastating wildfires in Maui, below is more information on how you can help.


In a recent, major legislative win, Massachusetts passed the Data Equity Bill. The bill mandates more comprehensive data collection within AAPI, Black, and Latine populations to better understand the nuanced experiences and needs within subgroups of these communities. ACDC is also collaborating with other MACDC member organizations to sustain crucial public funding for programs benefitting working-class first-time homebuyers. Read the article below to learn more about what's at stake.


Lastly, our youth have been hard at work organizing ACDC's annual Films at the Gate Festival! Come check out the festival starting Friday, August 25.


We hope to see you at our final summer events to close out the season.


Warmly,

Angie Liou

Executive Director

⛑ Support Relief Efforts in Maui ⛑

Starting on August 8, the most deadly wildfire in the US in the last 100 years caused the destruction of homes, businesses, and land across more than 2,500 acres in Maui, including historic towns like Lahaina.


The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) started a relief fund and has raised $1.8M since last week. Funding supports evolving needs, including shelter, food, financial assistance, and other services as identified by CNHA's partners doing critical work on Maui.

Learn More & Donate Here

Please share with your friends, family and networks.

🎬 Films at the Gate 🍿

August 25 - 27

By Lee-Daniel Tran

Photo by Lee-Daniel Tran

Films at the Gate Festival is back for the 17th year! This event is organized by local high school youth and ACDC's A-VOYCE alumni. Films at the Gate has always been free for the community to enjoy live martial arts, musical and dance performances, and classic kung fu and contemporary films featuring Asian and Asian American artists and stories.


Friday, August 25 - Sunday, August 27

5:30 - 9:30 PM

Chin Park at the Greenway - by the Chinatown Gate

Check Out This Year's Movies

🏡 Real Estate Updates 🏗

Rendering by Stantec

New Affordable Housing Proposal for Chinatown

Join ACDC and The Community Builders at an upcoming virtual Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting regarding Parcel P-12C, located at 290 Tremont Street in Chinatown. We will present an all-affordable development proposal, which will include public open space.


Monday, August 21

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Virtual Meeting on Zoom - Registration Required

Register Here

🧺 Summer Picnic Recap 🍦

Photos by The Chinatown Project

In July, ACDC hosted a Summer Picnic for the community to beat the heat together! Thank you to Tufts University for providing space at the Tufts Community Common.


The program featured lively performances by Violin Viiv and the Kwong Kow Chinese School K-pop Dance Crew and was led by our wonderful bilingual emcee, Alison Qu. 


Thank you to all of the participating organizations: CHIC Consulting, Chinatown HOPE, Friends of the Chinatown Library, Chinatown Community Land Trust, The Greenway, ADAPT, The City of Boston, BPD, and Siena Farms for sharing resources with Chinatown residents and community members.


We were joined by special guests Boston City Council President Ed Flynn, Chulan Huang from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, Chris Cook from the Greenway, and Dr. Heang Leung Rubin of CHIC Consulting. 


Lastly a big thank you to all of our volunteers from KKCS, Sasaki, youth from ACDC's Summer Leadership Academy, and to the community, who helped make the Summer Picnic a wonderful event for all.

Follow ACDC on Instagram for More Updates

💰 ACDC's Matched Savings Programs 🏡

Applications Open Now

ACDC's Chinese-language Matched Savings Programs are now accepting applications. In this program, participants benefit from informative financial literacy and savings workshops and individual coaching, and receive a savings match from ACDC upon completing the program.


There are three different programs:

  • Matched Savings for prospective first-time homebuyers based in Boston
  • Matched Savings for prospective first-time homebuyers based in Malden
  • Retirement Matched Savings for those who do not have access to employer-sponsored retirement benefits


If you know someone who may benefit from the program, please refer to them to Julia Zhu, Building Blocks Manager. Julia is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and can be reached at Julia.Zhu[at]asiancdc.org.

Learn about ACDC's General Matched Savings program
Learn about ACDC's Retirement Matched Savings program

📄 MA Passes Data Equity Bill 🖋

Last week, Governor Maura Healey signed into law a bill that will combat harmful racial biases in data. The new law mandates the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to collect, organize, and assemble public data on major ethnic groups, of which each major Asian group—including but not limited to Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese—compose more than 466,000 Asian American residents living in the state.


This bill also mandates disaggregated data collection for Black and Latine populations. Much like the Asian American experience, Black and Latine communities encompass a wide range of subgroups with different needs and experiences. Through detailed demographic data, advocates, policymakers, and service providers gain a deeper understanding on systemic and societal issues faced by all major racial groups on a more granular level, leading to better-informed decisions around addressing urgent and long-term community needs.


The Asian and Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network (APIs CAN!) is a coalition of community organizations in Massachusetts and a major advocate and proponent for the bill as they have been working on it since 2017. Thank you to State Representative Tackey Chan for his leadership in supporting this bill.

⛩ ACDC Chinatown Tours 👟

Photo by Jennifer Greer-Morrisey; courtesy of Tufts University

ACDC has reopened its Chinatown Tours since taking a hiatus during the height of the pandemic. ACDC recently led the the incoming class of Tufts Medical MD students on our tours through Chinatown to learn more about the intersections of health and the spaces we live in. ⁠

We believe that Chinatown is an irreplaceable historical and cultural hub. We envision a Chinatown where residents and visitors live, work, and play together to sustain a healthy, vibrant, and inclusive community.


This is a great activity for students of all ages and employee resource groups. Explore Chinatown on this walking tour and discover its history, community resilience, and past and present challenges. Submit an interest form today!


Want to book a tour for your group or network? Email tours[at]asiancdc.org to learn more.

Sign Up For a Tour Today

🍂 Fall Chinatown HOPE Event 🍂

Fall Fun in Phillips Square

WHEN: Saturday, September 9, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm 

WHERE: Phillips Square, Chinatown 


Join us as we bring joy and laughter to the heart of Chinatown in this FREE family-friendly community celebration. Cornhole games, crafting, music, giveaways and more! 

 

Brought to you by Chinatown HOPE, a collective of eight Chinatown organizations with the aim of coming together to leverage and build upon existing assets to have a greater, lasting impact on working class residents in Boston Chinatown. 

 

Questions about the event? Email Heang Rubin at heang[at]chiccommunityengagement.com.

Learn More About Chinatown HOPE

📰 ACDC in the News 👀

"Chinatown remains an extremely interconnected ecosystem, said Angie Liou, executive director of the Asian Community Development Corporation. Customers and business owners rely on each other — consumers want food, medicines, and other products that are specific to their culture and also want to visit businesses where workers speak their native languages."

Read the Article

"For many Bostonians residing in the city’s historic Chinatown neighborhood, increasing housing costs and continued industrial development in the city and surrounding areas have led to long-time residents moving out...residents primarily move out to surrounding suburban neighborhoods such as Malden and Quincy."

Read the Article

“For all the talk of closing the racial wealth gap, the racial homeownership gap, this [Chapter 206 funding] is a crucial piece of the puzzle,” said Angie Liou...Homebuyer education counseling is really critical. If you’ve never bought a home before and you’re the first person in your extended family to do so, it’s a really daunting prospect.”

Read the Article
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Found In Translation: A Deal 杂音

Saturday, April 2 | 7:00 pm (English), Directed by Michelle Aguillon 

Join us for a post-show talkback in English with director Michelle Aguillon and Intergenerational Storytelling exhibiting artist Melissa Teng after April 2 show

Saturday, April 9 | 7:00 pm (Mandarin), Directed by Tianding He

Pao Arts Center 

Free, Suggested Donation $10

A Deal by Zhu Yi is a dark comedy that follows a Chinese family's home buying journey in New York under the backdrop of a China-US economic crisis. Originally taking place in the winter of 2015, the themes and issues explored still resonate today.

 

Dancer: Naoko Brown, photo credit: Olivia Moon Photography

Convergent Waves: Boston

Thursday, April 21 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm - SOLD OUT

Friday, April 22 - Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm and 8:30 - 9:30 pm

Post-performance discussion after Saturday, April 23, 8:30 pm show

$20.00-$50.00 | limit of 50 person for each performance

Pao Arts Center

Be the first to experience Convergent Waves: Boston new site-responsive, multimedia experience by Lenora Lee Dance. Immerse yourself in a dance event which celebrates the contributions of activists and non-profit leaders and reclaims space by eliciting stories of community agency, resilience, and transformation.

 

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Red Wintersweet and Sparrows

Xiaoyong Liu, Ink on Paper, Willow Tree and Chickens, 2022

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Willow Tree and Chickens

Saturday, April 23 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Online Via Zoom 

Ticketing: $15 per class | $45 per class with supplies mailed, deadline for registration with mailed supplies: April 13

We continue to explore the theme of flower-and-bird paintings this spring. This month we will paint a scene with chattering chickens gathering under a gently swaying willow tree. Class is taught in Mandarin but friendly for English speakers.

 

Last call for our March class: Peach Flowers and Chickens

Saturday, March 26 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Online Via Zoom 

$15 per class

 

Photo credit: Matthew Okazaki, Ojichan's Home, Crystal City, Texas, 1945, Digital collage, 12 x 16

 

 Final Days of Intergenerational Storytelling

Through March 25, 2022

Pao Arts Center

Free, Suggested Donation $10

Storytelling across generations allows us to preserve and reimagine family histories and strengthen and advance community narratives. Stories also reinforce culture. Interpreting the stories of our elders for ourselves and each other allows the stories to live on in more expansive ways. How do we reinterpret our ancestor’s stories for ourselves? How do we acknowledge certain generational divides within our evolving society while still honoring our elders? 

Participating artists: Melody HsuMadeline Lee, Yuko OkabeMatthew OkazakiMelissa Teng, and Lily Xie. Curated by Leslie Anne Condon.

Meet a few of our Intergenerational Storytelling artists!

Their work is on view through March 25.

Yuko Okabe

 Headshot of the artist, Melissa Teng

Meet Melissa Teng

Melissa Teng is a social practice and multimedia artist whose works examine systems of control and the freedoms within, often as acts of collective imagination and care. Her work is frequently in collaboration with community and responds to issues of hypervisibility and invisibility.

Matthew Okazaki

Headshot of the artist, Lily Xie

Meet Lily Xie

Lily Xie is a Chinese-American artist and educator whose socially engaged work explores radical imagination, reimagined histories, and other routes to collective resilience. Lily shares strategies adapted from her drawing and bookmaking practices as tools for community empowerment and justice.

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Pao Arts Center and Lenora Lee Dance present

World Premiere of Convergent Waves: Boston


Boston, MA- Pao Art Center is thrilled to announce Convergent Waves: Boston in celebration of its 5th anniversary! This new site-responsive, multimedia performance by Lenora Lee Dance celebrates the contributions of activists and non-profit leaders, and reclaims space by eliciting stories of community agency, resilience, and transformation. Inspired by rich narrative, this work represents a powerful call for community-oriented development in the face of rapid change, making a collective statement for the preservation of community as neighborhoods across the country inhabited for generations face cultural erosion, loss of businesses, and displacement through gentrification. Convergent Waves: Boston highlights successes in preserving the cultural fabric and accomplishments of these communities.

 

Lee shares, “We are excited to bring Lenora Lee Dance to Boston for the first time to create and premiere this new work, and more importantly connect the stories of Boston to those across the country. My priority as an artist has always been to connect deeply with audiences, and consider how we can uncover layers of experiences through dance, music, film, installation,  research and interviews integrated and grounded in community and place-based work.”

 

Pao Arts Center Director Cynthia Woo shares, “Especially in times of increased anti-Asian sentiment, it is critical for us to leverage artistic and creative work to shed light to our stories in both a local and national context and to provide a face and voice to these experiences.”  

  

There will also be a virtual presentation of Convergent Waves: Boston presented by ArtsEmerson in Fall 2022. After Convergent Waves: Boston the project will tour to San Francisco (June 9, 2022), Los Angeles (Spring 2023), and New York City (Fall 2023) continuing to shed light on the stories of displacement and gentrification in communities across the country.

 

Dancers Lynn Huang and Johnny Nguyen, photo credit: Robbie SweenyFor more information: https://www.paoartscenter.org/events/2022/convergent-waves-boston

 

 

 

Performance Details:

 

Thursday | 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Friday - Saturday, April 21 - 23, 2022

7:00 - 8:00 pm and 8:30 - 9:30 pm

Performances will begin on time, please arrive early.

Post-performance discussion after Saturday, 8:30 pm show

 

Ticket Prices

General Admission: $25

Arts Patron: $50

Student/Senior: $20

 

Location

Pao Arts Center

99 Albany Street

Boston, MA 02111

 

COVID-19 Protocol:

As of March 15, 2022, Pao Arts Center is requiring all patrons to be masked. Protocols subject to change.

Filming:  Performances will be filmed. By entering into this performance space, guests consent to being filmed and for their likeness to be used in any way.

Conceived, Produced & Directed by Lenora Lee

Choreography by Lenora Lee in collaboration with the performers

Performers / Dance Collaborators: Naoko Brown, IJ Chan, Flora Hyoin Kim Han, Lynn HuangJohnny Huy Nguyen

 

Media Design by Lenora Lee

 

Music

  • Composed by Vijay Iyer, performed by Fieldwork, Vijay Iyer Trio, Miranda Cuckson, Michi Wianko, Kyle Arrmbust, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, and Wadada Leo Smith. Additional recordings composed and performed by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith.
  • Composed and performed by Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, Jamie Kempkers, Edward Wilkerson Jr.
  • Composed by Francis Wong. Performed by Francis Wong, Deszon X. Claiborne, Tatsu Aoki.

 

For more detailed information about the music, click here

 

Interviewee Voiceover by Susan Chinsen, Ken Eng, Paul Lee, Tunny Lee, Angie Liou, Lydia Lowe, Cynthia Woo, Yu-Wen Wu, Cynthia Yee

Convergent Waves: Boston is supported by ArtsEmerson, Pao Arts Center, and by generous individuals. The creation, presentation of and production residency for Convergent Waves: Boston was also made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

Special Thanks to: Asian Community Development Corporation, Carmen Chan, Chinatown Community Land Trust, Chinese Historical Society of New England, Susan ChinsenKen Eng, Stephanie Fan, Amy Guen, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harry Lee, Paul Lee, Tunney Lee, Angie Liou, Lydia Lowe, Cynthia Soo Hoo, Cynthia Woo, and Cynthia Yee.

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LENORA LEE DANCE

Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) integrates contemporary dance, film, music, and research and has gained increasing attention for its sustained pursuit of issues related to immigration, incarceration, global conflict, and its impacts, particularly on women and families. The company is directed by San Francisco native Lenora Lee, who has been a dancer, choreographer and artistic director for the past 24 years in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. She has been an Artist Fellow at the de Young Museum, a Djerassi Resident Artist, a Visiting Scholar at New York University 2012-2016, an Artist in Residence at Dance Mission Theater, a 2019 United States Artists Fellow.

 

LLD creates works that are both set in public and private spaces, intimate and at the same time large-scale, inspired by individual stories as well as community strength, at times crafted for the proscenium, or underwater, or in the air, and at times are site-responsive, immersive and interactive. For the last 14 years, the company has been pushing the envelope of large-scale multimedia, and immersive dance performance that connects various styles of movement and music to culture, history and human rights issues. Its work has grown to encompass the creation, presentation and screening of films, museum and gallery installations, civic engagement and educational programming. LenoraLeeDance.com

 

About Pao Arts Center:

Pao Arts Center was established in 2017 as a visionary program collaboration between Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) and Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC). Located at 99 Albany Street in downtown Boston, Pao Arts Center is Chinatown’s first arts and cultural center.

 

Pao Arts Center represents the belief that investing in arts, culture, and creativity are vital to the health and well-being of individuals, families, and vibrant communities. Through its innovative approach, Pao Arts Center empowers creativity, connection, learning, and support. paoartscenter.org

 

Pao Arts Center is supported by Barr Foundation, Boston Cultural Council/Reopen Creative Boston Fund administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Klarman Family Foundation, and New England Foundation for the Arts.

 

 

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Annie Trieu | Communications Associate

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)

Boston: 617-635-5129 x1097

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Join us for In-Person and Virtual Music in Boston’s Chinatown

Image Caption: aznjujube performing at last year's Experience Chinatown. Photo credit: Katie Medrano – Escobar.

Take Out Thursdays presented by Pao Arts Center and the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

Thursdays, August 5 | August 12 | August 19 | August 26 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Greenway

Free and open to the public

Bring your families, come by after work and join Pao Arts Center and The Greenway Conservancy for a series of family-friendly concerts and performances. Stop by your favorite Chinatown eatery, grab a snack or dinner, and discover a new creative performer!

August 5 opens with musician Ava Sophia.

This program is part of the Rediscover The Greenway series. Funding and support for this program is provided by abutting property owners who serve as members of the Greenway Business Improvement District (BID). The Greenway BID plays an essential role in supporting an appealing, accessible, and vibrant experience for all that visit The Greenway to gather, relax, unwind, and explore.

Company One Theatre & Pao Arts Center Present: Kit Yan and Melissa Li’s Work-In-Progress Boston Chinatown Musical

Thursday, August 19 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Online

Free 

Company One Theatre's  2020-2021 PlayLab Pao Arts Center Fellows, Kit Yan and Melissa Li, share a work-in-progress of their residency work. Performances of songs and music will be intertwined with community member conversation celebrating the vibrancy of Chinatown.

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Experience Chinatown Schedule

Visual Arts installations On View | September 9 – 25

Performances:

Thursday, September 9 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Thursday September 16 | 5:00 – 8:30 pm

Thursday, September 23 | 5:00-6:00 pm

Saturday, September 25 | 12:00 - 3:00 pm

Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Rose Kennedy Greenway 

Mark your calendar for performances and visual arts installations in Chinatown! 

 

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Photo, Wen-hao Tien sets up her camera for her piece "Teach Me Your Song". Courtesy Peter Crawley.

Closing Public Programs for Wen-hao Tien: Home On Our Backs 

Teach Me Your Song: Thursday, July 22, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Family Friendly Closing Celebration: Saturday, July 31, 2:00 – 4:00 pm 

Enjoy the final month of Wen-hao Tien: Home on Our Backs. Visit the gallery in person, participate in Teach Me Your Song on Thursday, July 22, or join us for a final gathering Saturday, July 31!

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ResLab 2021 Kick-Off

Friday, August 27, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Mary Soo Hoo Park, on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA 02111

Join us for our 2021 ResLab Kick-Off with our program partner Asian Community Development Corporation alongside their annual Films at the Gate series. This year’s family-friendly activation is taking place at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in partnership with the Greenway Conservancy.

Chinese Watercolor on paper, Chrysanthemums, Boston, 2021. Courtesy of Xiaoyong Liu. 

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Chrysanthemums

Saturday, August 28, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Online

$15 per class | $45 per class with supplies mailed

Deadline for registration with mailed supplies: Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Relax one Saturday afternoon to learn to paint the radial, disk-like blooms of the yellow chrysanthemum flower with butterflies.

Photo, Beef Chow Fun, 2021. Courtesy of Valerie Li.

In the Kitchen (At Home): Beef Chow Fun

Friday, August 20, 12:00 pm

Online

Stay tuned for our upcoming episode of In The Kitchen. Valerie Li teaches us a classic Cantonese dish: Beef Chow Fun. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be the first to know when the video drops.

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SAVE THE DATE: Experience Chinatown

September 9 - 25, 2021

Various Locations

Experience Chinatown returns this September! Stay tuned for our schedule of performances, artists installations, and much more. Check out this year’s locations, times, artists, and supporters! 

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Meet the Summer Interns!

Welcome Saira, Clara, Qing Qing, Carlee, Mandy, and Sarah to Pao Arts Center's team.

 

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