In the mood for hip hop, Japanese drumming, board-breaking tae kwon do or Korean boy bands? Tomorrow night, the annual Asian Arts Festival will feature a variety of performances highlighting Asian culture and identity.
"It is one of the few events where we all come together and express ourselves and share culture and identity with the greater community," said Terrence Gong '07, a returning coordinator.
The festival will include a wide variety of artistic endeavors including dance, song, poetry and stationary art. "Some acts are culturally oriented, but then we also have acts like the spoken word group which deals with identity and experience," Gong said.
The festival, Gong stressed, is for everyone, not just the Asian community. "It's really for the whole Brown community and we encourage everyone to come show support," he said.
Participating groups will include the Asian American Students Association, which is sponsoring the festival, along with the Brown Taiko Club, Offbeat, the Brown Hapa Club, Archipelag-a, Brown Tae Kwon Do, The Revelasians, the band KB Toys, Brown Liondance and the Filipino Alliance.
Gong, Noah Chevalier '07, Lana Zaman '08, Alissa Yamazaki '08 and Emiko Sugiyama '06 will be among the performers, while stationary art by Katherine Mann '05, Quyen Truong '05 and Herald cartoonist Eddie Ahn '05 will be on display.
The festival is Saturday at 7 p.m. in Solomon 101.
Tickets are on sale for a suggested donation of $4 at the P.O. today from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and are also available at the door. All proceeds go to tsunami relief.
