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A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival

Performing Arts
In Person
Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date: Nov. 9, 2017 – Nov. 12, 2017

Time: 7 p.m.



A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival returns in 2017 for a second edition. Featuring four evenings of local and national artists descended from the Asian diaspora, and working in contemporary dance, music, performance, sound, theatre, and culinary arts; this year’s festival is presented by, A-Squared Theatre, Links Hall, and Tatsu Aoki’s Asian Improv aRts Midwest.

This year’s artists include Jeff Chan & Suwan Choi, Taka Yamamoto, Lu Yim, Fujima Yoshinojo (Rika Lin) with Tatsu Aoki, Hugh Sato & M Wu, and A-Squared Theatre. 

The Saturday program includes a Pop-Up Dinner starting at 5PM that will explore fusion and diffusion of borders and migration through the palate with home cooked Thai, Vietnamese, and Filipino meals that share similarities.

You can find more information and tickets here: http://www.linkshall.org/a-squared-festival-2017/


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