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Cook & Dine LNY Special Edition, Jan. 8

Please join us for our first-ever Lunar New Year Dumpling Making Night and festival dinner on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020. Highlight of this special evening include: Nine traditional Lunar New Year festival foods from different regions of China Hands-on making 3 different types of dumplings from scratch Red envelopes and many other traditions explained Silent [...]

2020-03-09T22:06:43-05:00December 10th, 2019|

Diversity Celebrated Through Public Art

By Christina Autry For the past ten years, the International District has been home to 22 distinctive globes, installed and painted at the inception of the district. These two-ton concrete globes, engraved with “ID” and displayed on the medians of Bellaire, Beechnut, and Bissonnet, help to increase awareness that “yes, you are in the [...]

2020-10-06T06:54:09-05:00November 22nd, 2019|

Wazobia African Market

By Christina Autry “Come, come, come!” bids Wazobia African Market to shoppers in the International District. “Wa,” “zo,” and “bia” all translate to “come” in Nigeria’s three largest linguistic groups. And grocery shopping at Wazobia translates to having a wide selection of products imported directly from West African countries, Nigeria included. This makes sense, considering [...]

2020-10-06T06:54:13-05:00November 22nd, 2019|
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