[SOLD OUT] Family Day: Spring Into Nowruz
VIEW EVENT DETAILSCelebrate the Persian New Year. In partnership with Pardis for Children.
Celebrate Nowruz and welcome the Persian New Year with a fun, family-friendly afternoon on Saturday, March 16, 2024, from 1 - 4 p.m. Join us for a day filled with interactive workshops, music, crafts, storytelling, and more. Don't miss our live theater performance and make sure to stop by our special Nowruz photo booth to commemorate the start of the Spring season! Enjoy Persian sweets and savories as well, available for purchase at the Leo Cafe. Spring Into Nowruz is an Asia Society Family Day co-presented with Pardis for Children.
PROGRAM:
Eighth Floor
1 - 4 p.m.
Workshops:
- Flower and Butterfly Prints
- Make a Norouz Card
- Egg Painting
- Fish in a Fishbowl
- Amou Norouz Collage
Activities:
- Interactive Norouz Table
- Norouz Photo Booth (Designed by Aida Izadpanah)
Installations:
White Butterflies (Designed by Atieh Sohrabi)
Auditorium
1:30 p.m. and repeated at 3 p.m.
Live Performance (First come, first served)
“Spring is around the corner!”
A play based on ”Gol Umad, Bahar Umad” by Manouchehr Neyestani
Nokhodi has eagerly awaited the arrival of spring for months. When she hears that spring won't come this year, she sets out on an adventurous journey to find it.
Written by: Diana Fathi and Yekta Khaghani
Directed by: Yekta Khaghani
Starring (in order of appearance): Bahar Beihaghi, Narges Kalogli, Tina Bararian
Production Designer: Afsaneh Aayani
Production Manager: Leila Abdollahi Miller
Music Director: Parham Haghighi
Musicians: Parham Haghighi, Daro Behroozi, Martin Shamoonpour
Pardis for Children
Pardis for Children was founded in 2011 to give Iranian and Iranian American families—and the public—a place for their children to learn about and enjoy Iranian culture, while also forming supportive relationships and communities. Through classes and workshops, events, and educational materials, Pardis for Children fosters love and knowledge of Persian language and Iranian culture.
Family programs at Asia Society are supported by The Coca-Cola Company
Event Details
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