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We present the artistic heritages and living practices of Asia (broadly defined) and the Asian American experience as a lens to promote cultural awareness, dialogue, and social justice through performances, education and community engagement.

02/27/2026

Kalidas Parakkal Menon, a UMass computer science and economics major, got a special opportunity when vocalist Ben Parag invited him to join Sunny Jain and his band for a couple of songs during Wild Wild East. Kalidas rocked the guitar onstage at The Drake last Thursday and made the night one to remember.

02/18/2026

Founder and dhol drum player of the infectiously fun band Red Baraat, Sunny Jain brings his newest performance, Wild Wild East, to Amherst this Thursday!

Today at 3 p.m., he’ll chat with radio hosts Monte Belmonte Kaliis Smith on The Fabulous 413. Tune in on New England Public Media, then catch Sunny Jain live at The Drake this Thursday at 8 p.m.!

11/05/2025

The Fine Arts Center is deeply disappointed to announce the cancellation of our presentation of Alaa Shehada’s The Horse of Jenin. Mr. Shehada is unable to perform. We are working with artist management in hope of arranging a performance — either in person or virtual — at a later date. We look forward to having an opportunity to bring this powerful event to our patrons in the future.

11/04/2025

🎉 Join us for a reception as we launch the first issue of our online journal, Afong’s Room: Dis/Orienting Asian and Asian American Performance.

Afong’s Room is a journal born from collaborations among faculty, administrators, artists and students. It calls on us to see the stage as a site for truth, memory, and collective liberation through reflecting on performance as a tool for resistance and social justice.
Inspired by the AAAACP’s 2024–2025 season, the first issue highlights artists whose works “dis/orients” the stage and use performance as resistance, honoring the long legacy of Asian and Asian American artists who has confronted systems of power through radical creativity.

📓 You can check out the journal at afongsroom.org!

🟨 The reception will be at the Bowker Auditorium Lobby, UMass Amherst, on Thursday November 6th, 6-7 PM

🥙 Refreshments will be provided. RSVP at the link in the bio! Please note, the reception is free to attend, and RSVP is not required for the reception.

🎭 Stay after for a solo theatre show, the Horse of Jenin, by Palestinian Theatre Artist, Alaa Shehada at 7:30 PM. Tickets for the show can be purchased online!

🫱🏻‍🫲🏾 Lead support of the journal is the UMass Fine Arts Center Asian and Asian American Arts and Cultures Program (AAAACP) in collaboration with other UMass Amherst programs, including the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, Office for Equity and Inclusion, and Asian/Asian American Certificate Program, as well as the Five College Asian/Pacific/American Studies Certificate Program.

04/08/2025

Save the date, Wed Apr 23 6pm at New Africa House Theater! Free event!

Join multi-GRAMMY winner Meshell Ndegeocello , dance artist and UMass professor Duane Holland Jr. , and theatre artist and multicultural arts manager Roberta Uno to discuss and celebrate the legacy of James Baldwin's enduring impact on the performing arts.

And tickets are selling out for Meshell's concert on Thursday April 24 at Bowker Auditorium! Http://www.fac.umass.edu.

02/21/2025

The face of today 🤣😛! Join GRAMMY winning singer Fleur Barron and pianist Kunal Lahiry .lahiry this Saturday 2/22 8pm at Bowker Auditorium for "The Power and the Glory", unpacking the colonizers and the colonized.

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02/15/2025

Join us next Sat Feb 22 8pm at Bowker Auditorium for GRAMMY winning, Singaporean-Scottish singer Fleur Barron and acclaimed q***r Indian American pianist Kunal Lahiry!

The Power and the Glory explores the complex legacies of colonialism in a program hailed as “joyous and revelatory”! 😃

Plenty of tix left at fac.umass.edu. Free student reservations available. Message for info.

02/13/2025

Join us for GRAMMY-winning singer Fleur Barron , performing next Saturday, Feb 22, 8pm at Bowker Auditorium ( Stockbridge Hall)! Fleur is one of the world's most stunning new opera singers, and she'll be onstage with acclaimed pianist Kunal Lahiry .lahiry. Both artists are part of a new generation of world-class, socially engaged performers decolonizing classical music. Tix at fac.umass.edu. See you there!

12/01/2024

Only three days until the US premiere of "Losing It" by acclaimed Palestinian-American-led company, , a solo journey through generational trauma co-created by and Samar Haddad King, and "Noah", one man's story of love, courage and regret (excerpt from "The Store", 2011), performed for the first time by .

This Wednesday, December 4, 730pm at Bowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst. Tickets at fac.umass.edu. As always, discounts for students, youth, seniors, and UMass employees. Please join us!

11/29/2024

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