Midtown Manhattan prepares for the 29th Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
NEW YORK, NY - Spring time blooms and luxury coops are the backdrop of this year's Festival Street Posters as they hang
along Second Avenue and UN Avenue around Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. The plaza is located on 47th Street and 2nd
Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, just a few steps away from the United Nations and Grand Central Station. This beautiful
oasis is the new location of the 29th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival.
This year's festival is absolutely exciting !! In addition to the all-time favorite portions of the festival - stage performances,
martial arts demonstrations, arts & crafts and children's fair programs. The Heritage Festival welcomes special activities
prepared by the Japan Society and Buddha's Light International Association.
Moreover, the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans is starting a new tradition, the 1st Annual CAPA Commercial Clip
Competition with the theme, "my CAPA Festival experience", the brain child of committee chair, Ed Wong. This new addition
to the Heritage Festival aims to document the Asian Pacific American experience from a personal point of view. For more
information on how to participate, kindly email Ed at ewong@capaonline.org.
The 29th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival will be held at Dag Hammarkjold Plaza on 47th Street and 2nd
Avenue this Saturday, May 10th, 2008 from 12-6pm. Rain or Shine.
The posters are printed as a public service by the Citi Foundation and designed by Ramon Gil, Fresh Concentrate.
SPECIAL BLESSING
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Hidden Gems
Hidden Gems is a group of track singers who primarily
perform to raise funds for a good cause. The first show by
Hidden Gems in Feb. 2005 was to raise funds to help the
victims of Tsunami. Since then, the group has gone on to
support several other worthwhile causes such as the Tsunami
Fund-raiser in Oct. 2005, Surbahaar for Asha for Education in
April 2006 and Melody Yaatra for the South Brunswick Public
Library in Nov. 2006. Most recently, the group did a fund-raiser
for CRY, titled "MusiKal Aaj Aur Kal", a journey through 50
years of Hindi film songs. Performing at the 29th Asian Pacific
American Heritage Festival are Rajesh Kulkarni, Partha
Receive spiritual cleansing and blessing from
Buddha at the gazebo located at the 2nd
Avenue side of the plaza. This speical
activity is organized by the Buddha's Light
International Association specially for the
Heritage Festival.
SPECIAL EXHIBIT
Mallikarjun and Sesh Subramaniam (Ramana).
Website: http://www.hidden-gems.com
Performance Schedule
12:45PM-1:05PM
Hailed as "dumfoundingly gorgeous" by
The New York Times, Japan Society
Gallery's current exhibition The Genius of
Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by
Shibata Zeshin will be open to CAPA
Heritage Festival goers the day of the
festival. For more information and to
receive complimentary tickets, visit the
Japan Society booth at the festival
Event Sponsors