PAST EVENTS
AAPI Afinity Night
Catch the world premiere of the play, GORGEOUS by Keiko Green, produced by Rivendell Theatre, on a night specially dedicated to and celebrating APIDA audience members. Enjoy light bites at a pre-show reception. Stay for a post-show discussion with APIDA Art’s Mia Park and other community leaders.
Cultural Conversation
Please join APIDA Arts, the League of Chicago Theatres and CIRCA-Pintig for a Cultural Conversation, featuring a panel discussion with APIDA Art’s Mia Park and other industry leaders.
Mosaic
APIDA Arts was invited to share work from Asian, Pacific Island, Desi/South Asian creatives at MOSAIC, a gala benefit for the Chicago Cultural Alliance.
World Dumpling Fest
Ki is 2/3 of the rock band Kim, Chicago’s first and only Asian American female power pop group. Longtime multi-dimensional artist and drummer Mia Park (APIDA Arts artistic director) and singer-guitarist Janet Knowles have played music together for over 20 years.
Sama Sama Project
Join us for an afternoon celebrating Filipino culture and music in the heart of Chicago! Chicago’s Premier Filipino Folk Fusion band, SamaSama Project presents the Great Filipino Songbook, a bedazzling performance of the most memorable Filipino songs shaped by American pop culture from the past century.
Heritage Roundtable
Hear APIDA Arts producer Emily Zhang speak about how we preserve, promote, and develop creative Asian American Pacific Island heritage in Chicago. This is a free event with other esteemed speakers.
PAST EVENTS
The Great Filipino Songbook
Asian Americans have become an integral part of Chicago’s cultural fiber. Due to the vast diversity in the countries defined as Asian, it is difficult to truly represent the breadth and depth of the diaspora under one “race”. We can be unified through our creativity and imagination.
LANNA Dream
Lanna Dream is a 45-minute solo contemporary dance theatre performance that reflects the choreographer’s perspective on the recent historical progression of arts and culture in the Lanna region of northern Thailand. Within the context of the Lanna identity from the late 19th century to the present, Northern Thai/Lanna people have had an archetypal and stereotypical image imposed on them from outside and inscribed into their everyday surroundings and lives.
Past Events
The Great Filipino Songbook
LANNA Dream
Lanna Dream is a 45-minute solo contemporary dance theatre performance that reflects the choreographer’s perspective on the recent historical progression of arts and culture in the Lanna region of northern Thailand. Within the context of the Lanna identity from the late 19th century to the present, Northern Thai/Lanna people have had an archetypal and stereotypical image imposed on them from outside and inscribed into their everyday surroundings and lives.
Musical Cabaret
Cameron Cai
Singer
Seo Young Park
Singer
Mariel Saavedra
Singer
Jasmine Meyer
Planist
Emily Zhang
MC Producer
Mia Park
Director Producer
Marian Chen
Producer
Musical Cabaret
Cameron Cai
Singer
Seo Young Park
Singer
Mariel Saavedra
Singer
Jasmine Meyer
Planist
Jasmine Meyer
Planist
Emily Zhang
MC Producer
Mia Park
Director Producer
Marian Chen
Producer
