Curator’s Choice Lecture | McSweeney’s 78: The Make Believers

Thurs, May 1 • 3:45 PM

Asian Art Museum

About this event

Join us as Natasha Reichle, Associate Curator of Southeast Asian Art, leads a special curator’s choice discussion with McSweeney’s 78: The Make Believers co-guest editor Vu Tran and contributing author Doan Bui. Following this program, enjoy refreshments and a walking tour from the museum to Myrtle Alley in Little Saigon, where the Tenderloin Museum will host an evening program as part of First Thursdays Art Walk. This event presents a unique anthology exploring the Vietnamese diaspora, combining highbrow and lowbrow narratives. Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, contributors share their collective experiences through a mix of perspectives and languages.

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