Chinatown Presents: No-No Boy

Acclaimed songwriter musician Julian Saporiti brings his No-No Boy project, an innovative blend of music and scholarship, to Pao Arts Center. Working from years of doctoral research at Brown University, Saporiti has transformed Asian American histories into an immersive multimedia concert using original folk songs and archival projections to create what NPR has called “an act of revisionist subversion.” This concert will focus on a selection of songs from Saporiti’s vast catalogue that highlight his family’s history as Vietnamese refugees, as well as a suite of songs that look at diverse stories from North America’s Chinatowns.