Upcoming Events
Cambodian Cultural Workshop
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Middlesex Community College
9:00am - 2:00pm
Admission : By Invite Only
Lowell Public Schools is organizing a Cambodian Culture Workshop for students, faculty, and community members.
Registration Info Coming Soon*
Khmer Literary Arts Day
Friday, March 21, 2025
UMass Lowell, 255 Coburn Hall
11:00am - 4:00pm
Admission: Free
The Center for Asian American Studies at UMass Lowell, with support from the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association, will facilitate a one-day Khmer Authors' conference to provide spaces for reading, writing, and other sharing of experiences and emotions around the Cambodian American journey.
Proleung Khmer Launch Party
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Middlesex Community College, F. Bradford Morse Federal Building
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Admission: $50.00
The series will officially launch at the Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building with an inaugural reception including blessing dance, Proleung Khmer previews and presentations. This is a ticketed event. Following this reception, attendees will be invited to continue on to the Boott Mill Event Center to participate in the free Eco-Film Series focused on Khmer individuals and conservation work in Cambodia.
"Don't Think I've Forgotten" & Q&A
Saturday, April 12, 2025
61 Wilder St, Lowell, MA 01854
O'LEARY LIBRARY 222, UMass Lowell
Admission: Free
Film screening and Q&A with filmmaker Mr. Nate Hun
"Transcending the In-Between"
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
MCC - Richard & Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Admission: Free
Middlesex Community College presents an artist talk and performance with Khmer-Cham (Muslim) Anida Ali.
Registration Info Coming Soon*
Genocide Remembrance Vigil
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Lowell JFK Plaza
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Admission: Free
Proleung Khmer invites all to join in a vigil to remember our loved ones who had perished during the genocide.
Registration Info Coming Soon*
Khmer New Year Celebration (Lowell)
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Clemente Park, 803 Middlesex Street, Lowell
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Admission: Free
Traditional and modern Cambodian live performances, traditional khmer games, modern games, kids activities, merchandise and information vendors, accompanied by live Khmer band.
Khmer New Year Celebration (Lynn)
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Lynn Commons
8:00am - 6:00pm
Admission: Free
Karona Center Inc. of Lynn invites all to join in Khmer New Festivities. The event begins with parade at 7:30 am at Lynn City Hall to the Common. (rain date 5/3)
Exhibit Opening Ceremony
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Loading Dock Gallery & Nibbana Cafe
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Admission: By Invite Only
There will be an opening ceremony for the "Khmer in Lowell" exhibit.
Khmer New Year Parade
Saturday, April 19, 2025
CMAA, 465 School St, Lowell
12:30pm
Admission: Free
Join CMAA's Annual Khmer New Year Parade! The parade will begin at CMAA, and end at Clemente Park, followed by performances, popular Cambodian games and a live band, hosted by the Clemente Park Committee.
What You Are Now & Panel Discussion
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Merrimack Repertory Theatre 50 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
3:30pm
Admission: $15 - $50
Set in Lowell, What You Are Now follows Pia, a passionate young researcher investigating new ideas about how to heal the mind from traumatic memories. Her interest is deeply intertwined with her family’s history. When a figure from the past shows up, urging Pia’s mother to testify about her experiences during the violence of 1970s Cambodia, unresolved histories are brought to the surface. what you are now is a thrillingly insightful new play that asks the audience to move through the shifting dance between the past and present, and to consider how with new understanding we might change “who you were then” to “what you are now.”
Ceremonial Tree Planting
TBD
Armory Park
Admission: Free
The City of Lowell would like to contribute a ceremonial tree planting in honor of Proleung Khmer, those who had perished in the genocide, and survivors.
Main Exhibit
TBD
Lowell Community Health Center, 5th floor
Admission: Free
Community members will be invited to visit and experience an all encompassing exhibit displaying history of Khmer people up to the present.
Registration Info Coming Soon*
Lakhon Bassac & Panel Discussion
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Stoklosa Middle School, Lowell, MA
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Admission: Free
Lakhon Bassac is a type of Khmer theatre that is a cross between opera and a musical. Masters Chamroeun You and Neang Sovanndara will lead a traditional performance of "Preah Chan Korup" by the Khemarak Rangsey Troupe with live music led by Music Master Sovann Khon and the Tepniyum Band. During the refugee camps, Lakhon Bassac was performed to entertain refugees along the Thai Border. The performers had fled Cambodia at the end of the Khmer genocide and wanted to practice, train and perform their art. Although the target audience will be the elders who may have seen Lakhon Bassac performed while they were refugees, all are welcome to attend this event. A Q&A will allow the performers to tell their stories of survival.
Registration Info Coming Soon*
What You Are Now & Panel Discussion
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Merrimack Repertory Theatre 50 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
3:30pm
Admission: $15 - $50
Set in Lowell, What You Are Now follows Pia, a passionate young researcher investigating new ideas about how to heal the mind from traumatic memories. Her interest is deeply intertwined with her family’s history. When a figure from the past shows up, urging Pia’s mother to testify about her experiences during the violence of 1970s Cambodia, unresolved histories are brought to the surface. what you are now is a thrillingly insightful new play that asks the audience to move through the shifting dance between the past and present, and to consider how with new understanding we might change “who you were then” to “what you are now.”
What You Are Now & Panel Discussion
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Merrimack Repertory Theatre 50 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
3:30pm
Admission: $15 - $50
Set in Lowell, What You Are Now follows Pia, a passionate young researcher investigating new ideas about how to heal the mind from traumatic memories. Her interest is deeply intertwined with her family’s history. When a figure from the past shows up, urging Pia’s mother to testify about her experiences during the violence of 1970s Cambodia, unresolved histories are brought to the surface. what you are now is a thrillingly insightful new play that asks the audience to move through the shifting dance between the past and present, and to consider how with new understanding we might change “who you were then” to “what you are now.”
Panel Discussion for the Lowell High School Community
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Lowell High School Cafeteria
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Admission: By Invite Only
Students and Faculty of Lowell High School are invited to participate in a conversation about the 50th Anniversary of the Khmer Genocide and its aftermath. Panelists include young people who will be sharing their life experiences, with some sharing about being children of refugees.
Closing Ceremony & Cultural Showcase
Friday, May 23, 2025
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Admission: $20 - $50
To conclude the series of events for Proleung Khmer 2025, there will be a cultural showcase bringing together different generations of performers, artists, and genres of music and dance to the big stage, and ending with a celebration of our resiliency and strength.
Registration Info Coming Soon*