Ca Dao Poetry Open Mic | Community Day: Lunar New Year 2021

Watch Ca Dao Workshop participants perform their original poems! Open Mic MCed by An Bùi.
In conjunction with Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy, Chopsticks Alley and San José Museum of Art invited participants for a fun traditional Vietnamese poetry workshop with instructions by Poet Chinh Nguyen of Văn Thơ Lạc Việt and led by Poet An Bùi. You will listen to traditional Vietnamese poetry songs and learn how to tell your story through your own poetry.
Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy is a two-year partnership between the San José Museum of Art, Chopsticks Alley, and the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs that brings Vietnamese artists and community members together to share, amplify, and artistically present stories of the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to San Jose, one of California’s most diverse cities.