Calendar of Events

4:30 – 8:30PM
SMSU North Conference Centers A,B, and C
Celebrate Filipino culture with vibrant traditions, colorful dances, and delicious flavors!
Immerse yourself in the heart of Filipino heritage—an event you won’t want to miss!

12:00 – 1:30PM
QTRC (SMSU North, Room 3315)
Join the QTRC as we read Chinese Canadian transgender activist and spiritual healer, Kai Cheng Thom's "Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls".
Participants will receive a copy of the book and are invited to join us for two book club meetings with snacks, community, and a guide on how to fall back in love with being human.

 2:00 - 4:00 pm, APIDA Center (SMSU North, 3rd Floor)

Join us to kick off APIDA and Arab Heritage Month with great conversations, community building activities, and an educational art exhibit in the APIDA Center!

Contact: Taraneh Tabatabai, Taraneh.tabatabai@csusb.edu

4:30 – 8:00PM
SMSU North Conference Center B/E
Pasifika Culture Night serves as a powerful space for cultural celebration, identity affirmation, and community-building. Through performances, storytelling, and shared traditions, we aim to honor and celebrate the richness of Pasifika cultures while empowering students in their academic and personal journeys.
* Must RSVP in advance

2:30 – 8:00PM
Conference Center (SMSU North) & Event Center (SMSU South)
This year's festival is especially meaningful since we are cerebrating the 10th Anniversary of the CSUSB Korean Festival as well as the 80th Anniversary of Korean National Liberation. The opening of the festival will showcase Kimchi, the very Korean staple dish. There will be a demonstration of Kimchi-making, and all attendees will make Kimchi to take home with them. The opening ceremony is first-come, first-served. At the dinner reception starting at 5:00 PM, guests will be served tasty Hansik with Bap and Banchan. Following the dinner reception, the performance showcase will take the audience to Korea through an art exhibition, traditional Korean performances, and K-pop cover dances. We hope that you will join the CSUSB Korean Festival 2025 to celebrate its 10th Anniversary!

1:00 – 2:00PM
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In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM's The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Chinatown and Hollywood represented the two primary sites where Chinese Americans performed racial difference for popular audiences during the Chinese exclusion era. In Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community, Dr. William Gow, an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies in the Ethnic Studies Department at Sacramento State University, examines the ways that Chinese Americans in Los Angeles used performances in Hollywood films and in Chinatown for tourists to shape widely held understandings of race and national belonging during this pivotal chapter in U.S. history. 

Contact: Robie Madrigal, rmadriga@csusb.edu

12:00 – 2:00PM
SMSU S Theatre

This workshop is designed to teach those about the rich culture and history of Cambodia. The information taught isn't widley known and will help spread awareness
about the culture.

Contact: Taraneh Tabatabai, taraneh.tabatabai@csusb.edu