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Echoes of the Past and Future Promises: An Evening of Cambodian Arts and Culture
Oct
10
5:00 PM17:00

Echoes of the Past and Future Promises: An Evening of Cambodian Arts and Culture

  • Northeastern Illinois University, Recital Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Culture is like a tree with its roots deeply connected to the past while its branches continue to grow toward the future.

Experience melodies that echo from ancient temples, royal palaces, and the Cambodian countryside. Music is living history. Dance is an inherited language. Stories preserve memory, and art brings our heritage to life. Together, they reflect the rich diversity and enduring unity of our community.

On this special evening, our museum becomes a living museum as artists, musicians, dancers, and storytellers transform our archives into living experiences. Different generations come together—each contributing their own voice while honoring those who came before. Their work reminds us that preserving culture is not only the mission of museums, but a shared responsibility.

Your attendance and generosity help preserve these living traditions, care for our collections, expand educational programs, and inspire future generations to value and carry forward their cultural heritage.

Join us for an evening where the past is not simply remembered—it is brought to life through performance, shared through story, and carried forward into the future.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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Please note: Tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, your purchase will be treated as a donation to support the event and make it possible for others to attend.

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The Rebirth of Apsara: Beyond Genocide
Oct
3
7:00 PM19:00

The Rebirth of Apsara: Beyond Genocide

  • NEIU Auditorium (arrive at 3679 W Brynmawr Ave or Parking Lot D to enter) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

RSVP HERE: rebirthofapsara2025.eventbrite.com

Support this production and help preserve the legacy of Khmer arts. Your donation ensures these stories continue to be shared.

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The Rebirth of Apsara: Beyond Genocide premiered on April 19, 2025 at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and was mounted again June 6 and 7 at the Middlesex Community College Academic Arts Center. This full-length multi-media dance/theatre production is created to observe the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Khmer Rouge Genocide and to honor its survivors, the resilience of the Cambodian spirit, and to celebrate how Khmer arts has been and continues to be transmitted from generation to generation. It is an adaptation of The Rebirth of Apsara, a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission that premiered at Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, CA on February 1, 2024. Through a story created by Rob and Charya Burt, the production investigates the relationship between art and war exploring how Cambodian arts and in particular Apsaras, fabled female celestial beings, have embodied the essence of Cambodian culture from ancient mythology to its post genocide resurrection. Mirroring her own life’s journey as an artist to explore the impact Apsara has had on both Khmer civilization and Cambodian artists of today, Charya Burt sets her re-imagined classical dance gestures to music by renowned Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung and traditional Khmer pin-peat all tied together by a soundscape performed live by Marimba Lumina virtuoso Joel Davel and an engaging video backdrop designed by Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh. The text is written by Cambodian-American theatre artist Kalean Ung with additional text by Charya Burt developed to make this adaptation of the original more personal. Joining lead performer Charya Burt is dancer/soloist Chakravartin Sokhomsan, dancer Hannah Chea, and community dancers from the Cambodian Classical Dance Tep Nimmit Dance Troupe.

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The Story of Cambodia |  Dance, Music and Food
May
31
11:00 AM11:00

The Story of Cambodia | Dance, Music and Food

The National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial

May 31, 2020

11 am - 12 pm

YouTube Live (recorded)

This is the 1st of 3 virtual fundraising events designed to support The National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial.

You're invited to the kick-off event to the series. Join us in a virtual tour of The National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial; meet-and-greet with staff and board members; a short video of The Freedom Walk; and an artist talk with Narath Tan who specializes in Cambodian mask-making.

 

Donations of $10 or more will receive gifts.

Stream the virtual fundraiser on Facebook Live through the Museum's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cambodianmuseum/

Please register on Eventbrite to receive reminder email prior to virtual event.

June TBD

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July TBD

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This fundraiser will help us sustain the museum operations and programs.

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