The whole family is invited to the kick-off event of the Smithsonian’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The day includes workshops on origami, letter writing, stamp designing, and storybook making; presentations by artist Sushmita Mazumdar, storyteller Kathy Mathieson, and children’s book author and stamp illustrator Kam Mak; and performances by Hawaiian dance group Halau O Na Hali‘a, South Asian “fusion dance team” Chamak, and the Northern Virginia Rondalla, a string orchestra that plays traditional Filipino folk music. Children’s books with Asian American themes will be available for purchase.

 

This is the fifth and final event in the Smithsonian Heritage Month series “Sharing Stories/ Sharing Heritage,” which explores the ways objects and stories connect us to our heritage and to each other.

 

Sponsors: National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Heritage Committee, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, and Smithsonian Heritage Months Steering Committee