The Tasveer Film Festival is the leading South Asian film festival in North America, headquartered in the scenic Pacific Northwest city of Seattle, Washington State. We are also the first and only Oscar® qualifying South Asian Film Festival in the world. Held annually during the first two weeks of October, the Tasveer Film Festival showcases […]

Japan Week has events for the Weekdays and for Saturday: Weekdays (Oct. 6–10): Lectures and Demonstrations. (BC students only) Saturday (Oct. 11): Matsuri (Festival) Day open to the general public and BC students.

October 12th (Sunday) 10am - 4pm October 13th (Indigenous Peoples' Day) 10am - 2:30pm RSVP Required.

Join us at the Washington State History Museum to celebrate Filipino American History Month. The word buhay means “alive” or “life” in Tagalog, so this community event will explore how the Filipino community lives and finds happiness in Washington. Curated by the Filipino American National Historical Society – Greater Puget Sound Chapter, this free programming […]

Pulitzer Prize winning author Tessa Hulls will be discussing her graphic novel "Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir", which explores the reverberations of her Chinese grandmother's escape from the Communist regime and is the record of Hulls' decade-long expedition to reclaim her Chinese heritage.

Tibet: Tibetan cuisine features hearty dishes like momos and thukpa, ideal for its mountainous landscape.

Bunka no Hi (Japanese Culture Day) is a holiday in Japan celebrating Japanese culture. At the JCCCW, Bunka no Hi is a free-to-attend cultural festival dedicated to celebrating, commemorating, and educating the public about Japanese and Japanese American culture in the Seattle area. The theme of this year’s Bunka no Hi festival will be “Finding […]

Tamiko and Teruko Nimura are Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) sister artists who often draw on Japanese and Japanese American culture and history in their careers. After reflecting on the influence of Japanese culture in their childhoods, Tamiko will discuss her creative writing and her work on Tacoma’s historic Japantown, and Teruko will share her use […]

Bangladesh: End the year with Bangladesh’s vibrant curries and sweets, including biryani and rasmalai.