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Year of the Snake Party
Feb
25
6:00 PM18:00

Year of the Snake Party

Bring in the Year of the Snake with an elegant reception featuring live music, small plates, and drinks. Enjoy imaginative Lunar New Year-inspired dishes provided by local chef, Asia Mei of Moonshine 152. Experience live performances and the current exhibit at Pao Arts Center. Before the night is over, leave your hopes for the new year on our wishing tree to bring good fortune to the community and local artists.

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Special Art Class | 特殊需要兒童美術班
May
16
to Jun 6

Special Art Class | 特殊需要兒童美術班

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This class provides a platform for children and parents to meet new friends and interact with others. Through the interesting drawing and hand-on art activities, children develop their understanding and interest in arts, as well as improve communication between parents and children. There are 4 sessions in total for this class, 90 minutes per session, parents and children join together.

Date: May 16 2024 to June 6, 2024; Thursday (4 sessions in total)

Time: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Location: Pao Arts Center (99 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02111)

Participant: Children with special needs age 6-11 and their parents.

Language: Mandarin, English

Fee: Free

Contact:

Send an email to: Chuanwei.zhou@bcnc.net

Call Chuanwei Zhou: 617-249-2995 x1026


這個課程提供一個平台讓小孩及家長認識新朋友,並與他人積極互動。通過有趣的繪畫和手工製造等活動,培養小孩對美術的認識和興趣,也增進親子之間的感情交流。本課程共有四次,每次一小時三十分鐘,家長和孩子共同參加,

日期:2024年5月16號至6月6號; 每週四(共4堂課)

時間:下午4:30至下午6:00

地點:包氏文藝中心 (99 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02111 )

服務對象: 6至11岁的特殊需要儿童和家长

語言:普通話,英文

費用:免費

查詢:

電郵聯絡: Chuanwei.zhou@bcnc.net

電話聯繫周先生: 617-249-2995 x1026




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[Cancelled] Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Shrimp
Jun
6
to Jun 27

[Cancelled] Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Shrimp

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Tiny, but mighty—look under water for the inspiration for this month’s brush painting class, shrimp.

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Class will be held on Saturdays, June 6, June 13, June 20, and June 27. Class will be taught in Chinese, with an English translator present.

Register for the series by Saturday, May 30.

About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Grounding In Our Histories [Virtual]
May
31
2:00 PM14:00

Grounding In Our Histories [Virtual]

Photo by Nico Manigat

Photo by Nico Manigat

Join Asian American Resource Workshop and Pao Arts Center to reconnect with history as we orient for our future in conversation with global diasporas as explored in Pao Arts Center's current exhibition Homeward Bound. In this facilitated journey in conversation with histories of queer Asian American organizing, participants will ground into personal and collective histories to inform our understandings of the current global pandemic and interconnected structures of oppression and resilience. Everyone is welcome, and this event is created by and for queer and trans Asian Americans.

This is a free virtual event, though donations to support Pao Arts Center programming are welcome. To receive an email with the Zoom link, please register below:

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About Asian American Resource Workshop:

The Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) works for the empowerment of the Asian Pacific American community to achieve its full participation in U.S. society. AARW is a member-based organization that uses arts, education, and activism to build the skills and political analysis of our pan-Asian membership. AARW’s resources and activities are used to respond to current Asian Pacific American issues and to promote Asian Pacific American identity.

Sponsors:

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This exhibition is brought to the Pao Arts Center with generous support from Mass Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, finding, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of Mass Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Contact: Anju Madhok | anju.madhok@bcnc.net

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Chinatown Presents: Finding Home featuring Sham-e-Ali Nayeem [Virtual]
May
28
6:00 PM18:00

Chinatown Presents: Finding Home featuring Sham-e-Ali Nayeem [Virtual]

Join us for a night of poetry, healing, and conversation with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem.

What happens when we lose our anchor? In her debut book City of Pearls, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem writes poetry to offer a meditation on healing from grief. Weaving together memories of her late father and ancestral home of Hyderabad, Nayeem explores the landscapes of loss. Nayeem, an Indian Muslim American, draws from the languages of her life to express vulnerability and tenderness in her poetry: Hyderabad—the City of Pearls—become a metaphor for resilience and growth to transform the grit of migration, displacement and loss.

Nayeem will be joined in conversation with spoken word poet Bao Phi.

Pre-register to receive livestream directions and event reminders.

About the Artists:

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Author of the poetry collection, City of Pearls (UpSet Press 2019), Sham-e-Ali Nayeem is a Muslim Indian American poet and artist of Hyderabadi descent. A former public interest lawyer supporting economic justice for survivors of family and intimate partner violence, Sham-e-Ali is recipient of the Loft Literary Center Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship.

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Photo Credit: Anrong Xu

Bao Phi is a spoken word artist, poet, author, children's book writer, arts administrator, and father.

Chinatown Presents is funded is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Cynthia Woo | 617-863-9080

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[Postponed] Chinatown Presents: Music x Mental Health featuring Rex Mac, Optic Bloom, and The Sunset Kings
Apr
3
7:00 PM19:00

[Postponed] Chinatown Presents: Music x Mental Health featuring Rex Mac, Optic Bloom, and The Sunset Kings

Because the health and safety for our artists, seniors, audiences and community members is our priority, this event has been postponed. Ticket holders will be contacted with new performance dates and fees will be refunded. Please feel free to reach out by email to ashley.yung@bcnc.net with any questions or concerns.

Music and songs inspire an evening of self-care, transformation, and healing. Curated by Rex Mac, featuring music from Rex Mac, Optic Bloom, and The Sunset Kings.

After the performances, there will be a guided meditation and a conversation about managing general anxiety led by Dr. Catherine Vuky, a license clinical psychologist.

Registration is free. $10 suggested donation supports community arts programming for all.

About the Artists:

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Rex Mac is an Asian American, Boston-based hip hop artist, journalist, and 2019 Boston Music Awards nominee. From his maximalist, hip hop album on mental health, ABLOOM (2017), to his instrumental, contemporary dance-driven visual EP, HER NAME IS HAPPINESS (2019), Rex has amassed glowing reviews from Boston media platforms and delivered electric performances on stages from BAMS Fest, Great Scott, Sonia, to the Lilypad, among countless others.

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Optic Bloom is a queer “future soul” duo comprised of Flowerthief and Dephrase. They recognize music as a spiritual technology and harness its transformative capacity to explore trauma, identity, and liberation.

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The Sunset Kings is an indie-rock band featuring vocals, guitars, bass, drums, violin, and saxophone to tell narratives of POC struggle, gender dysphoria, and decolonization. Formed in Boston, The Sunset Kings live together and create a raw sound drawing from their unique chemistry as individuals from all over North America and an eclectic list of influences spanning from The Doors and Radiohead to Snarky Puppy, BADBADNOTGOOD, and The Mars Volta.  

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Dr. Catherine Vuky is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of the Asian Mental Health Concentration program at William James College. She is a clinical supervisor at South Cove Community Health Center, working with immigrant and refugee children and families. Her theoretical approach is embedded in family systems with a special focus on children and adults with issues of complex trauma and depression.

Chinatown Presents is sponsored by Eleanor & Frank Pao and the Boston Cultural Council:

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Cynthia Woo | 617-863-9080

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[Postponed] Chinatown Presents: Cultural Notes, A Classical Music Recital
Mar
28
6:00 PM18:00

[Postponed] Chinatown Presents: Cultural Notes, A Classical Music Recital

Because the health and safety for our artists, seniors, audiences and community members is our priority, this event has been postponed. Ticket holders will be contacted with new performance dates and fees will be refunded. Please feel free to reach out by email to ashley.yung@bcnc.net with any questions or concerns.

Pao Arts Center is proud to present an evening of classical music that brings together Eastern and Western culture. Artists Han-Wei Chen, Leona Cheung, Anthony León, and Esther Yi-An Tien will perform songs for voice and piano, featuring music in multiple languages.

Registration is free. $10 suggested donation supports community arts programming for all.

About the Artists:

Baritone Han-Wei Chen is attaining his Graduate Diploma in Voice Performance at the New England Conservatory, studying under Bradley Williams. Han Wei received his Master's at the Taipei National University of the Arts. He has obtained many prizes i…

Baritone Han-Wei Chen is attaining his Graduate Diploma in Voice Performance at the New England Conservatory, studying under Bradley Williams. Han Wei received his Master's at the Taipei National University of the Arts. He has obtained many prizes in singing competitions held in Taiwan, including first prize at the Taipei National Competition of Opera ensemble and Taiwan Association of Vocal Artists New Star Award in 2016.

Leona Cheung received her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Tanya Blaich and Cameron Stowe. She has an outstanding career as collaborative pianist specializing in art song repertoire. Past…

Leona Cheung received her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Tanya Blaich and Cameron Stowe. She has an outstanding career as collaborative pianist specializing in art song repertoire. Past season highlights include her extensive performances at the Oxford Lieder Festival (Oxford, United Kingdom), Leeds Lieder Festival (Leeds, United Kingdom), Toronto Summer Music Festival (Toronto, Canada), Franz-Schubert-Institut (Baden bei Wien, Austria), Songfest (Los Angeles, United States), Liederabend series at New England Conservatory (Boston, United States), and Hong Kong SingFest (Hong Kong).

Cuban and Colombian tenor Anthony León holds a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance from La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He currently studies voice under Bradley Williams, pursuing a Master of Music in Vocal Per…

Cuban and Colombian tenor Anthony León holds a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance from La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He currently studies voice under Bradley Williams, pursuing a Master of Music in Vocal Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. Most recently, Anthony starred as Mr. Owen (The Tenor) in Postcard from Morocco at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Esther Yi-An Tien, soprano, was born and raised in Taiwan. She earned her Bachelor’s degree with Ah Young Hong at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where she was a recipient of George Woodhead Prize in Voice. She is currently wor…

Esther Yi-An Tien, soprano, was born and raised in Taiwan. She earned her Bachelor’s degree with Ah Young Hong at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where she was a recipient of George Woodhead Prize in Voice. She is currently working on her master’s degree in the studio of Dr. Ian Howell at New England Conservatory of Music. This season, Esther will be performing Linfea and Il Destino from Cavalli’s La Calisto with the NEC Opera in the Huntington Theater

Chinatown Presents is sponsored by Eleanor & Frank Pao and the Boston Cultural Council:

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Cynthia Woo | 617-863-9080

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[Cancelled] Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Birds in All Seasons
Mar
7
to Mar 28

[Cancelled] Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Birds in All Seasons

Because the health and safety for our artists, seniors, audiences and community members is our priority, this event has been cancelled. Class participants will be contacted with new dates and fees will be refunded. Please feel free to reach out by email to ashley.yung@bcnc.net  with any questions or concerns.

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Birds chirping, trees budding, and warmth in the air. Celebrate the spring season by learning how to depict small birds through all seasons fall, winter, spring, and summer.

Class will be held on Saturdays, March 7, March 14, March 21, March 28. Class will be taught in Chinese, with an English translator present.

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Register for the series by Saturday, February 29.

About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Traka: Story and Movement Workshop with Jean Appolon Expressions
Feb
8
10:00 AM10:00

Traka: Story and Movement Workshop with Jean Appolon Expressions

Explore how dance, culture, and community can be pathways to healing through a story and movement workshop with Jean Appolon.

Currently in residency at Boston Center for the Arts, Appolon’s newest work Traka (“Troubles” in Haitian Kreyol) explores the impact of his father’s murder in Haiti in 1991 and the healing capabilities of dance, culture, and community. As part of his residency, Appolon will lead a community workshop with a focus on connecting the immigrant, refugee, and dance communities.

Workshop participants are invited to contribute to the creative process of this new work by sharing and moving at your level of comfort through written or movement communication. Elements shared may be woven into the premiere performance in May.

All abilities are welcome. Workshop is free and open to the public.

Register here on Eventbrite. Suggested donation of $10 goes toward supporting community arts and events like this at the Pao Arts Center.

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Photo credit: Elyse Mertz

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About the Artist:

The Artistic Director and Founder of Jean Appolon Expressions, Jean Appolon is also a successful choreographer and teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He received his earliest training and performance opportunities in Port-au-Prince with the Viviane Gauthier Dance Company, and the Folkloric Ballet of Haiti. Appolon continued his dance education in the U.S. with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Joffrey American Ballet School, graduating with a BA in 2003 from a joint degree program at The New School.

Jean teaches regularly at Boston Ballet, The Dance Complex (Cambridge, MA), and the University of Massachusetts Boston, among other locations. Appolon was recently inducted to the 1804 List of Haitian American Changemakers in the U.S.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Chavi Bansal | 617-863-9072

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Company One PlayLab Pao Fellowship Kickoff
Feb
5
6:30 PM18:30

Company One PlayLab Pao Fellowship Kickoff

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This bilingual (Chinese/English) event is a chance to enjoy food, hear from the Fellows, and start a conversation with the artist team about your visions for a theatrical work based on the stories of Boston’s Chinatown.

Company One Theatre (C1) and the Pao Arts Center are thrilled to announce the 2020-2021 PlayLab Pao Fellows, Kit Yan and Melissa Li. Over the next two years of community-centered art making, Yan and Li, with the support of Community Producer Christina R. Chan, will create a new theatrical work that responds to the neighborhood’s concerns and shapes a rapidly changing Chinatown through artistry.

Click here to RSVP to the Fellowship Kickoff.

About the Fellows:

Kit Yan is a transgender, Yellow American, New York based artist, born in Enping, China, and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kit is a 2019 Vivace Award winner, 2019 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, 2019 Lincoln Center Writer in residence, a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, 2019-2020 Musical Theater Factory Makers Fellow, and a 2019-2020 Playwright’s Center Many Voices Fellow. Works include Interstate, which won "Best Lyrics" at the 2018 New York Musical Theater Festival, and Queer Heartache, which won 5 awards at the Chicago and SF Fringe Festivals. Their work has been produced by the American Repertory Theater, the Smithsonian, Musical Theater Factory, the New York Musical Festival, and Diversionary Theater. They have been a resident with the Civilians, Mitten Lab, 5th Avenue Theater, and the Village Theater. 

Melissa Li is a composer, lyricist, performer, and writer based in New York and Baltimore. She is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award, a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, a 2019 Lincoln Center Theater Writer-in-Residence, a 2019 Musical Theater Factory Maker, a 2019 Macdowell Colony Fellow, and a former Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow. Musicals include Interstate (New York Musical Festival, Winner “Outstanding Lyrics”), Surviving the Nian (The Theater Offensive, IRNE Award Winner for "Best New Play" 2007), and 99% Stone (The Theater Offensive). Her works have received support from The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Village Theater, Musical Theater Factory, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, Dixon Place, and others. 

About the Community Producer

Christina R. Chan is a founding member of the Asian American Playwright Collective (AAPC). As an actor, director, and writer, her work focuses on the Asian, Asian American immigration experience. She identifies as a 1.5 generation immigrant: born in Hong Kong, she then immigrated to the US as a toddler, and grew up in Boston. Christina was a Company One 2016 PlayLab Fellow, and her first full length play, Stir Frying Mahjong, was a Eugene O'Neill National Theater Conference 2017 Semi-Finalist. She was commissioned to adapt and direct a play written by Harry H Dow, the first Asian-American lawyer in 1938 to pass the Massachusetts bar. She is the recipient of 2016 and 2017 Live Art Boston grants from The Boston Foundation. 

About Company One Theatre

Company One Theatre builds community at the intersection of art and social change.  Founded in 1998, Company One has situated itself as a home for social justice and artistic excellence by connecting Boston’s diverse communities through live performance, the development of new plays and playwrights, arts education, and public engagement programming. By establishing a dedicated space for marginalized and alternative narratives to thrive and working with partners and collaborators across the city, Company One has become a local leader in the ongoing conversations that continue to define the era of social change in contemporary America.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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In the Kitchen: Dumplings
Feb
2
11:00 AM11:00

In the Kitchen: Dumplings

Learn to make dumplings, a popular Chinese dish symbolizing wealth and prosperity for the new year, with BCNC community member Forra Yu. Forra will lead the class in making meat and vegetarian dumplings.

The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC. Materials will be provided.

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About the Artist: Forra Yee Ngor Yu is a self-taught cook who immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong in 1978. When she couldn’t find her favorite dishes from home in Boston, she decided to recreate them. Forra specializes in classic Chinese dishes including dim sum.

Besides cooking, her other passion is serving her community. Currently, she is Treasurer of the Malden Lions Club and volunteers for several local non-profits. She finds the volunteer work very rewarding and fulfilling at a personal level.

She is currently employed as a Tax Compliance Officer in Wealth Management Services at State Street.

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Lunar New Year Celebration
Feb
2
11:00 AM11:00

Lunar New Year Celebration

On Sunday, February 2nd, Boston's Chinatown will host the biggest Lunar New Year parade in New England with troupes of colorful lion dance dancers ringing in the Year of the Rat. Come to the Pao Arts Center and let your creative and artistic impulses flourish.

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Drop in for family-friendly activities from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm including:

Hungry for more? Learn how to make dumplings, a traditional new year dish.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Chinatown Presents: Personal Storytelling for Social Change at Dudley Cafe
Nov
23
6:30 PM18:30

Chinatown Presents: Personal Storytelling for Social Change at Dudley Cafe

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Humans are storytelling creatures. As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet to tell and transfer information through story. We make meaning of and understand the world through stories. But sadly, some stories improve the worlds we live in and others destroy them.

As work for justice intensifies amid rising global populism, learning to wield our personal stories to support the change we want to see in our communities at all scales (local, regional, national, global) grows more important by the minute.

Pao Arts Center, PRX Podcast Garage and Dudley Café join together to present two nights of storytelling across neighborhoods by everyday community members.

Twelve participants will participate in a four-week workshop to learn about storytelling skills and share their personal stories!

These stories will be shared at Pao Arts Center on October 25th and Dudley Café on November 23rd. We hope you can join us at both locations to support our community storytellers!

Registration is free! Suggested donation: $10

About PRX: PRX is a leading media company, shaping the future of audio by connecting talented producers with their most engaged, supportive audiences. PRX builds technology and creates cutting-edge content that reaches millions of listeners worldwide.

About Dudley Cafe: The mission of Dudley Cafe is to provide the Roxbury family with wholesome food, in-house youth empowerment programs, a continued celebration of the arts, along with a creative space encouraging collaboration between locals and neighborhood organizations. Based out of the newly renovated historic Ferdinand building, a former furniture company, Dudley Cafe is part of Bruce C. Bolling Building in Dudley Square.

Chinatown Presents is funded is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Contact: Chavi Bansal | 617-863-9072

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API Arts Network Presents: 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother
Nov
21
to Nov 23

API Arts Network Presents: 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother

Experience 140 LBS , a theatrical, autobiographical solo dramedy written & performed by Susan Lieu.

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Thursday, November 21, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Friday, November 22, 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Saturday, November 23, 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Click here to purchase tickets, prices starting at $25

Two hours into surgery, Susan's mother loses oxygen to her brain and the plastic surgeon deliberately does not call 9-1-1 for fourteen minutes. Five days later, while in a coma, she flatlines. The surgeon is charged with medical negligence and her family falls apart; no one talks about what happened. Nineteen years later on her wedding day, Susan's mother's seat sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore what she's always wanted: to know who her mother was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer's family, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty.

Directed by Sara Porkalob, 140 LBS has been featured on NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, ABC7 News, CAAMFest 37, and The Moth Mainstage. The San Francisco Chronicle calls it "fascinating, touching, upsetting, poignant, startling, affecting, engrossing, emotional, informative and, more than anything, humane." 140 LBS had a sold-out world premiere February 2019 in Seattle, sold-out premiere in San Francisco in May 2019, and is making its premiere in Boston in partnership with ArtsEmerson, the API Arts Network, and the Pao Arts Center.

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Susan Lieu, Playwright & Performer
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American activist playwright and performer who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. With a vision for individual and community healing—made possible through the interplay of comedy and drama—her work delves deeply into the lived realities of body insecurity, grieving, and trauma. Her first work, 140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER, is a solo theatrical show about the true story of how Lieu lost her mother to plastic surgery malpractice when she was 11 years old and her search to find the man responsible for her mother's death. Lieu plays 11 characters in 75 minutes, weaving the story through the lens of the Vietnamese refugee experience. She has been featured at CAAMFest37, The Moth Mainstage, and RISK! Susan is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Management. For more information, go to susanlieu.me or follow her on instagram @susanlieu.

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Sara Porkalob, Director
Sara Porkalob is an award winning artist-activist and creator of the DRAGON CYCLE. She’s based in Seattle but will very soon be working all over the nation. She’s featured in Seattle Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2018, City Art’s 2017 Futures List, and served as Intiman Theatre's 2017 Co-Curator. She is a co-founder of DeConstruct, an online journal of intersectional performance critique. The DRAGON CYCLE is a trilogy of plays about the three generations of her family; one play for each generation built around a central female protagonist. The first in the cycle, Dragon Lady (a two act cabaret with original music focused on her gangster/nightclub singer Grandma), is the recipient of three 2018 Gregory Awards for Outstanding Sound/Music Design, Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and Outstanding Musical Production. For more information, go to saraporkalob.com or follow her on instagram @sporkalob.

About the API Arts Network: The Asian Pacific Islander (API) Arts Network is a volunteer-run and led grassroots collaboration of artistic and cultural producers, funders, presenters, and supporters, formed to increase visibility and diverse representation of APIs on a regional and potentially national level through self-generated activity and advocacy.

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Meet the Artist:  Joanne Chang
Nov
14
6:00 PM18:00

Meet the Artist: Joanne Chang

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Join us for an evening of conversation, wine, and delicious food with one of Boston’s most beloved chefs and James Beard Award winner, Joanne Chang!

Pastry Love is the latest cookbook by Joanne Chang and perhaps her most personal and comprehensive book yet. Come taste some of these treats—from salted almond chocolate toffee to mini raspberry meringues!—and bring home the recipes.

Your $75 ticket includes a signed copy of Pastry Love plus savory and sweet bites from Flour Bakery. Seating is limited, reserve your ticket now!

Janet Wu, anchor/reporter at Bloomberg News, is the moderator.

Proceeds support BCNC programs, including the Pao Arts Center.

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About the Author

An honors graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Joanne Chang left a career as a management consultant to enter the world of professional cooking. She is the chef and co-owner of Flour Bakery + Café, with nine locations in the Boston area, and Myers + Chang. She is the 2016 winner of the James Beard award for Outstanding Baker and the author of four acclaimed cookbooks. She lives in Boston.

 
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About the Moderator

Janet Wu is a multi-media journalist and anchor at Bloomberg. An Op-Ed contributor to The Boston Globe, her work has also been published in The New York Times and the 2018 "Norton Sampler of Essays." She graduated from Yale with a dual major in Philosophy and Psychology and earned a master's degree in Journalism and International Affairs at Columbia University. She is a founding member of SheGives, a philanthropic organization of women.

 

This event is made possible thanks to our sponsor, Betty Szeto.

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Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Squirrels
Nov
2
to Nov 30

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Squirrels

NOVEMBER 9 - CLASS IS FULL! Remember to preregister early for Nov 16 and 23rd!

We are no stranger to squirrels, but did you know that there are over 250 species of squirrels in the world?

Easily recognizable in parks and woodlands with their large, bright eyes, slender bodies and bushy tails, tree squirrels - the most commonly recognizable type of squirrels - are often seen darting and leaping across grass and branches, looking for nuts, acorns, and berries.

Capture these cute, animated creatures as they hunt for food in Chinese watercolor.

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Class will be held on Saturdays, November 2, 9, 16, and 23. Class will be taught in Chinese, with an English translator present.

Register for the series by Saturday, October 26.

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About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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Chinatown Presents: Personal Storytelling for Social Change at Pao Arts Center
Oct
25
6:30 PM18:30

Chinatown Presents: Personal Storytelling for Social Change at Pao Arts Center

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Humans are storytelling creatures. As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet to tell and transfer information through story. We make meaning of and understand the world through stories. But sadly, some stories improve the worlds we live in and others destroy them.

As work for justice intensifies amid rising global populism, learning to wield our personal stories to support the change we want to see in our communities at all scales (local, regional, national, global) grows more important by the minute.

Pao Arts Center, PRX Podcast Garage and Dudley Café join together to present two nights of storytelling across neighborhoods by everyday community members.

Twelve participants will participate in a four-week workshop to learn about storytelling skills and share their personal stories!

These stories will be shared at Pao Arts Center on October 25th and Dudley Café on November 23rd. We hope you can join us at both locations to support our community storytellers!

Suggested donation: $10

About PRX: PRX is a leading media company, shaping the future of audio by connecting talented producers with their most engaged, supportive audiences. PRX builds technology and creates cutting-edge content that reaches millions of listeners worldwide.

About Dudley Cafe: The mission of Dudley Cafe is to provide the Roxbury family with wholesome food, in-house youth empowerment programs, a continued celebration of the arts, along with a creative space encouraging collaboration between locals and neighborhood organizations. Based out of the newly renovated historic Ferdinand building, a former furniture company, Dudley Cafe is part of Bruce C. Bolling Building in Dudley Square.

Chinatown Presents is funded is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

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Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Chavi Bansal | 617-863-9072

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In the Kitchen: Pakoras and Chai
Oct
12
11:00 AM11:00

In the Kitchen: Pakoras and Chai

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Warm pakoras, cool coriander chutney, and hot spiced chai - a perfect complement to a crisp October weekend. Join Chavi in making and tasting these classic Indian treats!

This season’s other workshops for the In the Kitchen series are July 13: Fried Tofu & Seafood Tofu and August 10: Baigan Choka & Oil Roti.

The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC. Materials will be provided. 

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About the Artist: Born and brought up in India, Chavi Bansal is an artist, educator, personal trainer, and yoga teacher. Her passions include: seeing people happy and healthy, building communities, and sharing nutritional information about everyday food. She has conducted many workshops including: Eating healthy under a budget, Nutritional cooking, and Healthy Simple Indian food.

She has been teaching classes at Roxbury tenants of Harvard in Boston and would love to bring some of her successful recipes to BCNC. To know more about Chavi please check out : https://www.chavibansalyoga.com/  and https://www.chavibansal.org/.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street, and is wheelchair accessible. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-635-5129 x 2017

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Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Gongshi (Scholar's Rocks)
Oct
5
to Oct 26

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Gongshi (Scholar's Rocks)

Gongshi, known as Scholar's rocks in English, are naturally occurring or shaped rocks that are historically favored by Chinese Literati. These fantastically-shaped stones, often placed in traditional Chinese gardens, can be any color, shape and size, and have inspired poets, painters and writers.

Come and try your hand at painting these erratics in Chinese watercolor as they are accompanied by the Four Gentleman flowers: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo and the chrysanthemum.

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Class will be held on Saturdays, October 5, 12, 19, and 26. Class will be taught in Chinese, with an English translator present.

Register for the series by Saturday, September 28.

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About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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Experience Chinatown Arts Festival
Sep
28
1:00 PM13:00

Experience Chinatown Arts Festival

Hear, see, and create together at BCNC’s annual family-friendly arts festival! Join us for a day of arts and culture in Chinatown.

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Our featured artists, performers, and workshops: Boston Bhangra * Community Music Center of Boston * Circus Up * Henna Café * International Institute of New England - Flag-making * Jason Fei - Interactive Drumming * Lily Xie - Collaborative Map-making * Maple Leaf Dance Group * Museum of Fine Arts - Kite-making * Odaiko New England - Japanese Taiko Drumming * PRX Podcast Garage, Rayna Lo - Calligraphy * Residence Lab * Rex Mac * Shonool Malik - Kathak Dance * Pao Arts Center Senior Dance and Softball Group * Violin Viv * Wah Lum Kung Fu - Lion Dancing * Yosi Karahashi – Flamenco

Hungry for more? Show your Experience Chinatown program book at the following restaurants on September 28th, and receive these great deals from our partners!

All deals valid only on 9/28/2019.

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Jean Quintal.

Watch a video from last year’s Experience Chinatown here:

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Horses
Aug
10
to Aug 31

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Horses

Humans and horses have had a unique relationship since ancient times. These beautiful and loyal animals have worked with mankind on fields and stood by us as companions in times of adventure or battle. Learn how to paint these elegant and spirited creatures in their element while practicing your hand at Chinese watercolor!

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Class will be held on Saturdays, August 10, 17, 24, and 31.

Register for the series by Saturday, August 3.

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About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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In the Kitchen: Baigan Choka and Oil Roti
Aug
10
11:00 AM11:00

In the Kitchen: Baigan Choka and Oil Roti

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Experience the flavors of two popular Caribbean foods with East Indian influences: Baigan choka - mashed roasted eggplant - and oil roti - thin, flaky flatbread that melts in your mouth! In this workshop, Dharani will lead us in bringing these recipes to life while connecting these foods to stories of Indo-Guyanese-American identity.

The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC. Materials will be provided. 

This season’s other workshops in the In the Kitchen series are July 13: Fried Tofu & Seafood Tofu and October 12: Pakoras & Chai.

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About the Artist: Dharani Persaud is a queer Indo-Guyanese-American writer, activist, and archival enthusiast from Minnesota. She currently works in Boston at GrubStreet as their Youth & Community Programs Coordinator. She has writing published or forthcoming in Kajal Magazine, 2040 Review, Brown Girl Magazine, and Hobart. In her free time she enjoys experimenting with recipes from her ancestors or lying in the sun.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street, and is wheelchair accessible. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-635-5129 x 2017

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SING OUT STRONG: Immigrant Voices
Aug
8
6:00 PM18:00

SING OUT STRONG: Immigrant Voices

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Join us for SING OUT STRONG: Immigrant Voices, a free concert of new songs based on the stories and experiences of Boston area immigrants. Presented by White Snake Projects in partnership with Pao Arts Center, Sing Out Strong features composers from Peru, Latvia, India, China, Taiwan, and Mexico and writers from Haiti, Vietnam, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and China. Composers and writers have been paired up to amplify stories of the immigrant experience through song and to celebrate the contributions of immigrant artists to our city and culture. Join us in celebrating these new American songs!

The concert is free but seating is limited; please reserve your tickets here:

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SING OUT STRONG: Immigrant Voices is a free public program in support of the new, DACA-themed opera, I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, produced by White Snake Projects and composed by Jorge Sosa with libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs, directed by Elena Araoz and conducted by Maria Sensi Sellner, premiering at the Paramount Theater, Robert J. Orchard Stage, in Boston September 20-22, 2019.  Sign up for complimentary tickets through TAP, White Snake Projects’ Ticket Access Program, here.

More about the event: 

When the president of the United States revoked the protections of DACA in September of 2018, White Snake Projects embarked on the creation of a new opera focused on immigration and the immigrant experience, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams. Cerise Lim Jacobs, creator + librettist and founder of White Snake Projects, is an immigrant from Singapore, and Jorge Sosa, composer, is an immigrant from Mexico. Their experiences, along with the experiences of many other immigrants, inform and shape the project. To further amplify the stories of Boston-area immigrants, White Snake Projects created Sing Out Strong: Immigrant Voices, a free concert of new songs by immigrant writers and composers, using art to create dialogue and empathy within our communities.

The audience will see and hear an hour-long concert of 13 short songs that express the personal experiences of Boston-area immigrants, as well as two songs from the new opera, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams. The songs will be accompanied by piano and cello.

Composers:
Anais Azul
Oliver Caplin
George Lam
Avik Sarkar
Marina Lopez
Jorge Sosa
Sheela Ramesh
Shuying Li
Kate Pukinskis
Michele Cheng

Writers:
Heloiza Barbosa
Eva Chrusciel
Jonathan Figueroa
Helen Huang
Joel Louis
Melody Maduro
Rute Pires
Ramin Raza
Daniela Sanchez
Huiquing Shao
Jorge Sosa
Irene Da Silva
Ivette Souza
Firorella Valle

Musicians
Musicians from Juventas New Music Ensemble
Melissa Joseph, soprano
Vera Savage, mezzo

Video Links
Workshop Video: I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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Leavings/Belongings: Final Drop-in Bundle Making
Aug
8
4:00 PM16:00

Leavings/Belongings: Final Drop-in Bundle Making

Credit: Yu-Wen Wu

Credit: Yu-Wen Wu

Join Artist-in-Residence Yu-Wen Wu in the Leavings/Belongings project at the Pao Art Center.

Inspired by the tradition of storytelling while making, the bundle-making project engages women from various immigrant and refugee communities in the making of symbolic “bundles.” Through the act of making together, participants can share stories. These anomalously shaped cloth wrapped bundles may represent what is left behind, and what may be carried in migration – survival, hope, dreams. Throughout these sessions, these bundles will be exhibited collectively in public spaces to generate conversation, dialogue, and bridges across experiences, generations, and ethnicity. The bundles will contribute to the project Leavings/Belongings.

The final workshop will be held from 4-6pm on Thursday, August 8th.

Materials are provided. Feel free to contribute to the project by bringing fabric meaningful to your personal or your family's journey.

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About the Artist:

Yu-Wen Wu is a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist. Born in Taipei, Wu came to the United States at the age of seven. Her work is informed by this bi-cultural upbringing — the eastern and western influences in life and art.

Wu’s current work explores the issues of Displacement, Assimilation and Individual and National Identity. Through video, installation, drawing and sculpture she challenges our impressions of accuracy and storytelling. Compositing imagery, she draws together the natural world and social movement, on both a personal and global scale. She approached her own experiences of immigration and other culturally specific happenings by presenting them as a series of inevitable occurrences. 

She is the recipient of numerous awards, exhibiting museums and galleries nationally and internationally, and in many public and private collections.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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Silent Flight - Dance Performance Reprise
Jul
27
2:00 PM14:00

Silent Flight - Dance Performance Reprise

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Silent Flight is a site-responsive and improvisational dance piece directed by Wendy Jehlen, Artistic Director of ANIKAYA Dance Theater, in collaboration with an international ensemble of professional dancers from Asia, Africa, South America and the United States.

Through community workshops, the dancers collaborate with seniors from the Chinatown community who practice folk dance weekly at the Pao Arts Center. The performance incorporates elements based on the flocking behavior of birds, exploring similarities between the movements found in human cultures, with relatable content about migration and immigration. The dance piece uses creativity and culture to improve community health and well-being.

The performance will take place at the Rose Kennedy Greenway - Chinatown Park, and is funded in part by Boston Cultural Council; Eastern Bank; and the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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Community Karaoke Night - March
Jul
25
to Oct 24

Community Karaoke Night - March

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Photo credit: Tina Xu

Take the mic, push your friends to the stage front, and belt out some old favorites or catchy new songs with your neighbors! Gather at the Pao Arts Center to sing and share time with community members in Chinatown.

Can’t get enough karaoke? Save the date for Community Karaoke Night in June.

This free event is supported by the Barr Foundation and ArtPlace America.

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street, and is wheelchair accessible. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Anju Madhok | 617-863-9073

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Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Lilies
Jul
13
to Aug 3

Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Lilies

Loved by many, lilies are delightfully fragrant flowers that come in different colors. They bloom every summer and are instantly recognizable in their elegant stature and strong stems. Come practice your hand at Chinese watercolor and have something to bring home or share as a gift!

Materials will be provided. The fee is non-refundable unless the class is cancelled by BCNC.

Class will be held on Saturdays, July 13, 20, 27, and August 3.

Register for the series by Saturday, June 29 at the following link:

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About the Artist: Xiaoyong Liu emigrated to the United States in 2008. In 2009, he started teaching children and adults Chinese painting of landscapes, flowers, and birds. In recent years, his students have exhibited their art and participated and won awards in the National Teenagers Calligraphy Contests. 

Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA Green, Red, and Orange lines.

Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080

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