International Cultural Festival

The Cypress College Foreign Language Department is hosting an International Cultural Festival February 28, 2023, from 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

This free event is intercultural and features world dance, a fashion show, live band music, and poetry. There will also be world cuisine with a cooking demonstration and free food samples. The Main Stage will be in front of the Art Gallery.

And if that weren’t enough, there will be student displays and discussions on intercultural artifacts, paintings, photos, slides, and films — plus an astronomy telescope observation, face painting, your name in Chinese calligraphy, and free Japanese food samples!

Event Schedule (subject to change) 

• 11 – 11:50 a.m. Pre-Opening Parade with Japanese dancers, musicians and inter-cultural fashioned students on the “ACCESS Tour” route of the campus (starting from Humanities with 10 stops) presenting a big banner to advertise the festival.
• 12 – 5:30 p.m. at the Patio (between Fine Arts, the Gallery and Cypress College Complex): World Cuisine Cooking Demonstrations by HRC Program Students, music, poetry, live performance, Cultural information booths, and Special gallery exhibition, etc.
• 5:30 – 7 p.m. DEI-themed Film Screening at the Planetarium (Immersive Digital Classroom) / At the same time, telescope observation by the pond.

For details, contact Professor Mihoko Luther at mluther@cypresscollege.edu.