Festival Events

Friday, April 18, 8-11pm
HipHopistan Hyde Park

Hip Hop Concert with Abstract/Vision, Chee Malabar, Yogi B & Natchatra
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
In Collaboration with the South Asian Language and Area Center, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Funded in part by The University of Chicago Arts Council

Sunday, April 20, 6-8pm
“Suicide and the Asian Community in the United States”
Lecture by Grace Chan, Board Member of the Asian American Suicide Prevention Initiative The University of Chicago Alumni House

Monday, April 21, 5:30-7:30pm
OMSA Cultural RSO Meet-and-Greet
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

Monday, April 21, 8-9:30pm
“Good Asian Drivers”
Performance with Kit Yan and Melissa Li—A PRIDE Event
Hutchinson Courtyard
In Collaboration with Queers and Associates, the LGBTQ Programming Office, and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
Funded in Part by Student Government

Tuesday, April 22, 12-1:30pm
“Crossroads and Intersections: Navigating Identity through the Arts”
Discussion led by Good Asian Drivers, Kit Yan and Melissa Li—A PRIDE Event
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Shared Resource Room
In Collaboration with Queers and Associates, the LGBTQ Programming Office, and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
Funded in Part by Student Government

Tuesday, April 22, 5-8pm
Community Organizing Training with Ryan Yokota, Ph.D. Candidate in the University of Chicago History Department
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, RSO Conference Center
In Collaboration with the Progressive Asian American Students’ Coalition (PAASC)

Wednesday, April 23, 7-9pm
“The Advantage and Disadvantage of Dorm: The First Generation of Khmer Women Leaders Explore Democracy at Phnom Penh's Harpswell Foundation Dormitory and Leadership Center for University Women”
Lecture by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Social Sciences 122
In Collaboration with the Chicago Weekly and Students for Human Rights

Thursday, April 24, 5-6pm
Sexual Violence Prevention Workshop
Discussion on Rape Culture
Presentation by Resources for Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP)
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Amandla Lounge

Friday, April 25, 10pm-1am
“It’s All Relative”
Hip Hop Concert with Maintenance Crew, Ivy League, Decay, and Astonish
Cobb Coffee Shop
In Collaboration with the Organization of Black Students, WHPK Radio, the Southside Solidarity Network, and Students for a Democratic Society

Saturday, April 26, 3-4pm
Indian Classical Dance Concert
International House An event of Chicago Opera Theater’s “India Blooms in Chicago”

Sunday, April 27, 11am-1pm
Festival Closing Reception
Catered Brunch by Foodism
Reynolds Club, South Lounge

PDF of the calender can be found here

Events funded in part by the Office of Multicultural Students Affairs, Student Government, and the University of Chicago Arts Council.

PanAsia thanks its collaborators for this year’s Spring Festival: ASU, the Chicago Weekly, the LGBTQ Programming Office, Northwestern University, OBS, PAASC, Q&A, the South Asian Language and Area Center, SSN, SDS, SHR, and WHPK Radio.