No-No Boy // Performance & Discussion

NO-NO BOY

DOORS AT 6:30PM / SHOW AT 7PM

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MusicGNV, Pulp Arts, and the UF Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship (CAME) will host an evening of music and dialogue with No-No Boy at Heartwood Soundstage on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00pm. 

No-No Boy is the musical project of Dr. Julian Saporiti, a scholar who explores Asian American histories through sound, songwriting and discussion. In the storytelling folk tradition of Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, Dr. Saporiti’s music has been featured in prominent publications such as NPR Music and Pitchfork, and released on the legendary Smithsonian Folkways label. Inspired by oral histories he has collected, his songs tell untold stories of Asian-Americans, from WWII Japanese internment to his own Vietnamese family history.

No-No Boy’s multi-media work shines as an example of ethnomusicology, exploring the relationship between music and social identity from a global perspective. For example, one song tells the true story of a swing band in a concentration camp during the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II.

The evening with No-No Boy will combine music, history and dialogue, exploring Asian-American experiences through the stories of trans-Pacific musical cultures. CAME, Pulp Arts, and MusicGNV invite the Gainesville community to participate in sharing and reflecting on their own stories while engaging in cross-cultural conversations. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere  with support from the Rothman Fund.