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The Culture Tree

Grow your Mind, Strengthen your Roots

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Events

SPRING EVENTS:


March 1, CMOM  Welness Event around Lotus


March 8, 12pm Holi Party Dilli Style - Dilli Dilli


March 9, 2pm CMOM and Rubin Museum Holi 


March 13, 4pm NYPL Holi


March 15, 11am Seaport Holi


March 31, 2pm Eid at CMOM


April 5, Eid at Brooklyn Children's Museum


April 17, Earth Day at CMOM


April 19, Holi by the Water (18+)


April 26, 10am Holi Puja for Kids at Ganesh Temple - SOHO


April 29, Trailblazers in Business: Sheila Marcelo and Indra Nooyi


May 3, BCM Holi


May 10, CMOM Mother's Day


June 12, Asia Society Indian Food Event

Puppet Shows

Ramleela

Colors of Krishna's Love

Colors of Krishna's Love

Story of Diwali, The Indian Festival of Lights

The festival of Diwali has its roots in ancient India and the epic Ramayan. Through Ramleela our Puppet Show, see Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman and Ravana come to life. It is a famous story on Diwali from North India. The show will teach the meaning of true devotion, love, kindness and valor; a

Story of Diwali, The Indian Festival of Lights

The festival of Diwali has its roots in ancient India and the epic Ramayan. Through Ramleela our Puppet Show, see Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman and Ravana come to life. It is a famous story on Diwali from North India. The show will teach the meaning of true devotion, love, kindness and valor; all while learning why we celebrate Diwali. We will end in a surprise celebration!


Duration: 30 mins

Time Frame: October/November
Age: 3 –  12 years

Includes a puppet making activity kit


This puppet show has been produced in partnership with The Culture Tree and WonderSpark Puppets

Colors of Krishna's Love

Colors of Krishna's Love

Colors of Krishna's Love

Celebrate Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors

Through our puppet show Colors of Krishna’s Love, we bring to life Krisha and a popular story of Holi.

Holi has its roots in ancient Indian mythology. Lord Krishna loves to have fun with his friends and family. He plays Holi, throwing colored powder, and sharing love and laughter. The Culture Tr

Celebrate Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors

Through our puppet show Colors of Krishna’s Love, we bring to life Krisha and a popular story of Holi.

Holi has its roots in ancient Indian mythology. Lord Krishna loves to have fun with his friends and family. He plays Holi, throwing colored powder, and sharing love and laughter. The Culture Tree has created a puppet show that showcases Krishna playing Holi with his friends Radha and Sudama. Here children will learn the story of Holi and also learn how it is celebrated.


Duration: 30 minutes 

Timing: March/April

Age: 3 – 12 years (Children and parents)

 

This puppet show has been produced in partnership with The Culture Tree and WonderSpark Puppets

The Tree Hugger

Colors of Krishna's Love

The Tree Hugger

Little Amrita loves to nap under her

 favorite tree, swinging from its branches and watching the animals. When the king orders all the trees to be chopped down to build himself a bigger palace, how can one little person possibly stop them? Inspired by the true story of the original tree huggers, the Bishnoi Hindus, who used peaceful resist

Little Amrita loves to nap under her

 favorite tree, swinging from its branches and watching the animals. When the king orders all the trees to be chopped down to build himself a bigger palace, how can one little person possibly stop them? Inspired by the true story of the original tree huggers, the Bishnoi Hindus, who used peaceful resistance to defend their village's trees in 1700s India.  This show will empower your children to understand the importance of climate change and what they can do to help reverse the climate crisis. 


Duration: 30 min

Time Frame: April (Earth Day), June (World Environment Day) or Year Round 

Age: 3 – 12 years (Children and parents) 

This puppet show has been produced in partnership with The Culture Tree and WonderSpark Puppets

Other Programs

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

We represent all dance forms from South Asia. We can host performances, workshops and dance story time

Art Workshops and Kits

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

We work with artists from all across South Asia to showcase art from different regions. We also have art kits and art workshops for different festivals

Cultural Stories

Dance Performance and Dance Storytime

Cultural Stories

We work with authors/illustrators from the South Asian diaspora and create programs and experiences around their books.

Literature Festivals

Literature Festivals

Literature Festivals

Our lit fest feature readings, meet-and-greet sessions with authors and illustrators, panel discussions, and writing and illustration workshops. 

AAPI Lit Fest

Wonderland Lit Fest

Food As Culture

Literature Festivals

Literature Festivals

Represent and celebrate the diverse foods of South Asia. We have hands-on sessions to make these foods or food tastings. We also have discussions and panels: Panel 1 and Panel 2

Musical Experience

Literature Festivals

Musical Experience

We showcase music and musicians from all across South Asia and create programs that are experiential and educational


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