CULTURAL CELEBRATION

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration

Sunday, May 7 | 11 AM

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with dance and music traditions from across South and Southeast Asia as featured in current exhibition Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art. Enjoy in-gallery storytelling tours, hands-on art making inspired by movement and dance, and special performances by the Chitresh Das Youth Dance Company and Gamelan Sekar Jaya. Celebrate with us...

Browse our AAPI Heritage Month resource page for more ways to honor and uplift the voices, visibility, representation, and experiences of the AAPI community.

New for May

Dance Dialogues

Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art

Experience the power of dance with live performances inside the exhibition! On select Sundays and Thursdays, catch 30–45 minute dance performances while walking through Beyond Bollywood. Admission is included with your exhibition ticket; arrive early, as space is limited. Learn more...

Bollywood Dance Classics Film Series: "Guide"

Thursday, May 4 | 6 PM

Explore the origins of modern Bollywood through four critically acclaimed Indian films from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, with an emphasis on stories of dancing women. The first in this series and based on R.K. Narayan’s 1958 novel, genre-defining romance "Guide" follows a tour guide who falls for an unhappily married dancer. Reserve tickets...

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