Experience Chinatown 2025: Imagine a Greener Future for Chinatown
胡清白鹤派 Woo Ching White Crane performs a lion dance. Photo credit: Olivia Moon Photography
On Saturday, September 27, 2025, Pao Arts Center hosted the 8th annual Experience Chinatown Arts Festival at Chin Park on the Greenway and at locations across Chinatown.
On Saturday, September 27th, 2025, an astounding 2,078 community members gathered to participate in crafts and activities, and enjoy a variety of Asian-inspired performances, including: lion dance by Woo Ching White Crane, K-Pop dance by Kosmic, globally-influenced music by Kapatid Kud, Juk Sing, and Coraldefense, theatre arts with CHUANG Stage, and Taiko drumming by KASA (Karen’s Awesome Students Association).
Visitors engaged in activities that explored the theme: Imagine a Greener Future for Chinatown. Shaina Lu, Kelly Tan, Caroline Hu, and Lani Asuncion, BCNC, and Chinatown Community Land Trust, led interactive activities encouraging visitors of all ages to think about the role of nature in their own lives, as well as the importance of public spaces in our neighborhood.
Muralists created large-scale images, each in their own visual style and distinct creative interpretation of how they Imagine a Greener Future for Chinatown. Artists Em Ding, Amanda 陳 Beard Garcia, Tao Hom, Kelly Jin, Trinity Kao, Xiang Li & Fei Wu, Yuan-yuan Wang, and BCNC Summer Youth Program created eight site-specific murals in partnership with local Chinatown businesses, Q Restaurant, Happy Lamb Hot Pot, Shojo, Dumpling Cafe, Waku Waku, APM Coffee, and BCNC. Thousands viewed the murals from August 30 - October 17, 2025.
Pao Arts Center would like to give a special thanks to everyone who made Experience Chinatown 2025 possible, including: visitors, staff, volunteers, Pao Arts Center Leadership Council, muralists, activity leaders, performers, Chinatown businesses, and our generous sponsors and partners.
Photo credit: Olivia Moon Photography
Special thanks to our generous sponsors and partners
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