Chinese American Association of Lexington

Dancing in the rain! A super fun way to celebrate CAAL’s 40 & Fabulous years of service to Lexington at the Patriots’ Day Parade.

Audiences came to Cary Hall with a full house on Saturday April 8 and watched the play “Interconnect” with great interest and enthusiasm. The 6-act play with 200 performers told the stories of the Chinese American community in Lexington and the Greater Boston area. Their trailblazer initiatives and spirit of love have built connections and communities in times of crisis. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Chinese American Association of Lexington. This is the first event that kicks off the celebration of Patriot’s Day, and the May AAPI Heritage Month.

Here are some audience comments after the show:

“Thank you so much! I will read the script with great interest and for a fuller understanding of what was happening. It was wonderful to sit among so many people understanding Chinese so fluently, and to hear it spoken in so many contexts. (My husband and I have a daughter adopted from China at the age of 1, who is now 29, and grew up in Lexington).” – Pat Moyer

“Thank you for inviting us to last night’s performance. It was a great historical exhibition of how CAAL evolved from a minor volunteering group of Chinese Americans to present day a very heavy weight organization in the Lexington community Thanks to you all for putting so much time and energy into an important show. I invited a neighbor from Brookhaven to go with us, she was very impressed with the performance. CAAL, you have come a long way!!! Thanks to people like you.” – Sophia Ho

“I thoroughly enjoyed the show–I didn’t realize, Nick, that you not only wrote and directed, but also starred in it. I’m glad it was such a success.” – Suzanne Adams

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四年疫情，人们经历了病毒变异、疫苗争论、美中关系的倒退、对亚裔的仇恨；也经历了居家办公、居家上学等生活方式的巨变。而疫情四年，受到最大冲击的无疑是华裔。子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫。疫情终于到了尾声，很多人选择昂首前行，遗忘一切；也有人选择直面痛苦，以史为鉴。《拾音社》将疫情四年浓缩成六幕话剧《互联》，从MIT留学生与莱镇普通华裔移民家庭的视角揭示展示华裔移民的觉醒与成长，并携手莱镇华协与新英格兰华人联盟一起将它展现在大众的视野，叙说我们的故事，也为庆祝四月爱国者日和五月的亚太裔传统月打响“第一枪”！

4月8日7点在Cary Hall 最后一次隆重上演！

演出与购票信息：http://interconnect.caal-ma.org

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恭喜所有莱镇华协青少年义工项目的成员

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Joined a wonderful interfaith gathering at Temple Emunah on Mar 30, and had the conversation around the topic of Antisemitism.

Thanks to all the organizers, performers and volunteers for a wonderful Dance Around the World Night!

Here is the video report from BFA

【四月的诗】四月的风开始变柔，看雨后落满山岗，人间便落到了心坎； 鱼儿推着四方的云，奏放生命之音，四月天在泥泞中饱含深情 …

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大家好！

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《互联》1.0 @UMB 版于去年11月19日在麻州大学波士顿校区首演爆满轰动，反响热烈。今年2月26日《互联》2.0 @MIT 版是结合MIT和社区团体加盟的在MIT贝壳大剧场的演出，首次英文字幕版被美国观众也誉为史诗性巨作！

今年是莱镇华协成立40周年，此次《互联》3.0升级版将更为精彩。结合疫情和时局中莱克星顿华裔旗帜性创举和大波士顿各华人团体互联协作, 增加和细化几个重要桥段。也为庆祝四月爱国者日和五月的亚太裔传统月打响“第一枪”！

演出信息

时间 ：7:00 – 9:00 pm, 2023/04/08

地点：Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420

票务和停车信息 Ticket & Parking Info

http://interconnect.caal-ma.org

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The original play “Interconnect” by Nick Ning inspired by the real stories of Chinese Americans during the COVID pandemic will stage at Cary Hall in Lexington on April 8! The play presented by Shiyin Poetry Society, Chinese American Association in Lexington, and New England Chinese American Alliance will feature many performance groups in the Boston area.

 “Interconnect” 1.0 @UMB premiered at UMass Boston on November 19th last year and was a full-house sensation.  “Interconnect” 2.0 @MIT on February 26th at the MIT Kresge Main Theater has addition of English subtitles. It was wowed by the broader audiences as “an epic production!”.

“Interconnect” 3.0 @Lex Cary Hall on April 8 is the best ever! It tells stories of the Chinese American community in Lexington and the Greater Boston area. Their trailblazer initiatives and spirit of love have built connections and communities in times of crisis. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Chinese American Association of Lexington. Let this play be the “first shot” to kick off the celebration of Patriot’s Day, and the May AAPI Heritage Month!

Director’s Notes:

Interconnect, a play (with English subtitles), tells the story of a Chinese student at MIT and a Chinese-American family in Lexington coming together to grapple with the turmoil of the COVID pandemic. Though they face the same global and local events together, Qiang and the Ding family have very different experiences – and yet some remain similar in surprising ways. All of them wonder about the way forward. How do we build bridges instead of walls between people in times of crisis?

This original six-act drama presents the dynamic lives of Chinese and Chinese-Americans as they navigate experiences from finding love to coping with loss and everything in between. Their stories are based on real events from the past three years, including Chinese-American efforts to help Wuhan, widespread mask relief campaigns, and joining in the Stop Asian Hate movement. Even Michelle Wu’s election as the new mayor of Boston gets a moment!

As tensions between the US and China escalate ever higher, this play is a relevant look at the people caught in the middle. Where are Chinese-Americans supposed to fall? What does it even mean to be American, or Chinese? 

In general, how is identity formed – is it chosen, earned, or destined?

Showtime：7:00 – 9:00 pm, 2023/04/08

Address: Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420

Ticket, Parking and more Info about the show: http://interconnect.caal-ma.org

Dance Around the World 

Time: Sat, 3/18  

Social:  6:00 PM – 6:45 PM  

Performance: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM  

Location: Lexington High School Gymnasium, 251 Waltham Street  

三月十八日晚，由莱克星顿艺术委员会 (LCA) 和莱镇庆典委员会 (TCC) 组织主办和赞助的公共艺术项目舞动世界（Dance Around World）将在莱镇高中体育馆举行。来自不同舞蹈团体的舞者不仅将给大家展示包括爵士舞、踢踏舞、现代舞、嘻哈、中国古典舞、印度奥迪西，韩国宫廷舞等等在内的不同风格不同文化背景的舞蹈，也将带领大家一起舞动，领略舞蹈的乐趣与魅力。

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