Family Day: Spring Into Nowruz

Celebrate Nowruz and welcome the Persian New Year with a fun, family-friendly afternoon filled with interactive workshops, music, crafts, storytelling, and more. Persian Sweets and Savories for purchase in Garden Court. Co-presented with Pardis for Children.

CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ

The Persian New Year

Workshops, Live Theater and a Nowruz Photo Booth
 

Workshops & Activities:

• Interactive Nowruz Table
• Flower Necklaces and Bracelets 
• Nowruz Picture Frame 
• Fish and Flower Origami
• Nowruz Tambourine 

Designed by Aida Izadpanah, Maryam Rasoulzadeh, Negin Keyhanfar, Puya Dalili and Rene Saheb 

Nowruz Photo Booth:

Designed by Negin Keyhanfar

Live  Theater Production "I am a True Lion!"
1:30 PM and repeated at 3:00 PM

On a long winter night, a mother lion and her cub travel to a new location and hear the sound of a mighty roar echoing from the mountains. The mother shares a story about the origin of the roar—it is the roar of the True Lion.

A play based on "Story of a True Lion" by Akbar Nemati
Written and directed by Mehrnaz Tiv and Yekta Khaghani

Starring (in order of appearance):

Carmel Kooros 
Narges Khaloghli 
Tina Bararian
Sade Namei 
Towan Khoshabeh 

Production Designer and Prop Master: 
Negin Keyhanfar

Production Manager: 
Mahya Jaberiansari

Music Director:
Parham Haghighi

Musicians: 
Daro Behroozi
Martin Shamoonpour
Mehrnam Rastegari

Graphic Designer:
Elaheh Taherian

Family programs at Asia Society are supported by The Coca-Cola Company.