3News Lynna Lai was honored to serve as a guest emcee. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 1:57 AM EDT May 23, 2021
CLEVELAND The Cleveland Asian Festival is back after being canceled last year becasue of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For 2021, however, it was virtual, since it does take months of planning for an in-person event. Once again, 3News Lynna Lai was honored to serve as a guest emcee.
The annual celebration of Asian Pacific Islander heritage included cultural performances, cooking demonstrations and a tour of Cleveland s Asiatown neighborhood. Afterward, everyone was encouraged to head over there and support the local businesses and restaurants. I just like the food, the culture, the people are nice, nothing else matters, patron Merouane Sadji said. They have really good stuff, so that s the reason I come by.
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Cleveland Asian Festival goes virtual for 2021
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cleveland Asian Festival will return in 2021, with a virtual event set for 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22.
The celebration will take place for about 90 minutes, featuring AsiaTown businesses through a virtual tour of the Cleveland neighborhood’s shopping centers and restaurants, according to a press release. Performances and health resources will also be featured in the streamed event.
The event can be viewed online at the Cleveland Asian Festival’s YouTube and Facebook pages, and at clevelandasianfestival.org/2021.
This year’s virtual Cleveland Asian Festival arrives after the 2020 event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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A native Clevelander raised in Central America, Johnny Wu is a veteran award-winning filmmaker. He is also the co-founder of the Cleveland Asian Festival and producer of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation s annual One World Day.
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Wu is one of Cleveland’s most prolific independent filmmakers, having been involved in more than a dozen feature films since 1998. He is also the owner of Media Design Imaging, co-founder of the Cleveland Asian Festival, producer of the annual One World Day at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, a member on several civic boards, a regular on the comic con circuit and an inductee of two Martial Arts Hall of Fames and the International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame.