We’re so excited to be hosting our first professionally led Craft & Chat! This month’s will be a bit different as it will be at @joyflowerpotnyc in Greenpoint!
Enjoy our usual conversations and coffee in addition to a wonderful floral workshop led by the founder Kelly Nguyễn.
Kelly Nguyễn, founder of Joy Flower Pot, is a self-taught florist whose journey began in her father’s garden in Vietnam. From a young age, she was drawn to flowers not only for how they looked, but for what they carried—memory, care, and intention.
She went on to open her first studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and has since expanded to Greenpoint, where she continues to build a space centered around flowers, community, and shared experiences.
Only one more week to get tickets for this incredible deal!!! Link in bio!
Tập tiếng Việt and craft at Joy Flower Pot! ✨💐 Thursday, 4/16
We’re back for another Craft & Chat—this time with flowers! Join us for a cozy evening of practicing Vietnamese, connecting with community, and getting crafty together at Joy Flower Pot 🌸
Our featured activity will be floral arranging 💐—you’ll create your own small bouquet to take home. All materials and tools will be provided, and no experience is needed—just come ready to learn, chat, and create.
This workshop will be led by an amazing instructor from JPT ✨
Schedule
6:00–6:15pm – Arrive and introductions
6:15–7:45pm – Craft and chat (floral arranging)
7:45–8:00pm – Show and tell
🎟 Tickets include:
All floral materials + tools 🌿
One drink ☕️
Space is limited, so please RSVP only if you’re sure you can attend. We’ll be preparing materials ahead of time, and tickets are non-refundable after 4/12.
(Tickets in the link in VCS bio!)
Celebrate Vietnamese Heritage Night at the Yankees this August! ⚾️
Join us as we come together as a community to honor the generations before us, celebrate our culture in the present, and uplift our community for the future.
Enjoy the game and get an exclusive Vietnamese Yankees hat designed by a member of VCS, @lexyniso ！When purchasing your ticket, a donation option to @vcs.nyc is available.
Link in our bio for tickets! 🎟️
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this month’s Craft & Chat at @hien.fromvietnam 🤎
It felt so special returning to a space that has held us before and even more special seeing so many familiar faces alongside new ones!
This time, we spent the evening painting ceramic tiles 🎨
Each piece was so fun and unique. We loved seeing everyone’s creativity come to life. Swipe —> to see everyone’s pieces!
A huge thank you to Christmas at @hien.fromvietnam for welcoming us back and hosting us so warmly! If you missed this one, we’ll see you at the next 💌
Come join us for a Mending Workshop on 4/4 from 2–5 PM at @welcome.to.chinatown
Bring a well-loved garment that needs a little care and learn simple mending techniques—like patching, stitching, and creative repair—while connecting with community.
Hosted by @lexyniso and @michaela.to.day, they will provide guidance, tools, and a welcoming space to give your clothes a second life ✨
What to bring / what to expect:
🧵 Your Garment: Bring 1–2 pieces that need repair (holes, tears, loose seams, missing buttons, etc. Please see slides for ref.)
✂️ Tools + Materials: We’ll have free basic sewing tools, thread, needles, and patches available. If you have extra or unwanted sewing supplies, feel free to bring them to share with the community.
🌱 Beginner-Friendly Skills: Learn practical mending techniques you can use again and again
🤝 Community: Meet fellow creatives and neighbors while working on something with your hands
🥐 Food: Enjoy bites from local vendor @matnbutter
✨ Creative Repair: Explore visible mending and ways to turn repairs into something beautiful
The event is free, but please RSVP through the link in our bio.
Tập tiếng Việt and get crafty at Hien From Vietnam! ✨☕️ Our next Craft & Chat is about ceramic tile decorating! Come design and paint your own tile while chatting in Vietnamese. All materials will be provided, and no experience is needed. Space is limited, so be sure to grab your spot! Come practice Vietnamese and unwind with us. 🎨🧵
Thursday 3/19 at Hien From Vietnam: 6:00pm–6:30pm — Arrive and introductions 6:30pm–7:45pm — Craft & Chat Ceramic Tile Decorating Activity or Bring your own Craft! 7:45pm–8:00pm — Show and tell
— Purchase a ticket to save your spot at the cafe! (RSVP in bio) Your $12 ticket includes a free beverage from the menu and the ceramic tile decorating activity.
Please only RSVP if you’re sure you can come. Tickets are non-refundable after March 17.
Meet the team 👉👈
Due to recent updates, the Southeast Asian Festival team has decided to move the event in a new direction. More info to come!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our February Craft & Chat at Larry’s Caphe ✨ It was so special introducing a dinner set to our crafting sessions!
A huge thank you to @larryscaphe for the spectacular food and drinks 🍵🍛☕️
If you couldn’t make it this time, keep an eye out for our March session!
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới ✨Still thinking of this night! Tết is community in motion and our volunteers carried it with so much grace. Thank you to everyone for showing up with so much generosity and love-this celebration lives on because of you!
📸 : @marcosorianophoto
We love nothing more than a room full of familiar faces and new friends 🧧
Thank you to everyone who came together to celebrate Tết with us!
So grateful for our volunteers, collaborators, performers @vcs.nyc, @mavalabs, @figznchibz and everyone who helped make this night possible 🫶
Special thanks to @welcome.to.chinatown for hosting us and to @its.maivino, @theluckyoxco and @joyflowerpotnyc for being a part of the celebration.
Music by:
@hao.composer
@haakon.huynh
@valerie.hauyen
@rohun.dhar
@imanhpoint
📸: @marcosorianophoto
Until next time ✨
**Tập tiếng Việt and craft over dinner at Larry’s Cà Phê! ✨🍲 Thursday, 2/19**
We’re back for another Craft & Chat— this time with dinner! Join us for a cozy evening of practicing Vietnamese, connecting with community, and getting crafty together.
Our featured activity will be making **lucky red knots** 🧧🪢, and all materials will be provided. No experience needed — just come ready to learn, chat, and create.
**Schedule**
* **6:30–7:00pm** – Arrive and introductions
* **7:00–8:15pm** – Craft and chat over dinner
* **8:15–8:30pm** – Show and tell
🎟 **Tickets are $25** and include:
* Stew
* Mochi
* One drink
* All materials for making lucky red knots
Space is limited, so please RSVP only if you’re sure you can attend. We’ll be preparing food and materials ahead of time, and tickets are **non-refundable**.
👉 **Tickets in VCS bio!**
Come hang out, practice Viet, enjoy a warm meal, and leave with a lucky knot✨
In addition to our incredible artists, we’ve got a great DJ as well!
Anh DJ (she/her) @imanhpoint
Coming from the street dance scene, Anh has built a deep physical relationship with music, exploring movements and feelings through rhythms and the surrounding energy. DJing became a natural progression: learning to select and mix music that moves the body first. As a local raver and dancer in NYC’s underground DIY dance music scene, she makes her DJ debut this Lunar New Year. She’s bringing the spirit of Tết from her hometown, Saigon, and transforming it into an energetic and joyful celebration at our Tết feast this weekend.
Only two days left until our Tết Feast! We’re excited to feature three amazing VCS artists!
Hao Le is a local composer and pianist and Haakon is a professionally-trained violinist. Together they blend acoustic and synthetic music to create emotive soundscapes that invite listeners to reflect on the big feelings that come with everyday moments.
Valerie Nguyen is a New York–based singer-songwriter who grew up in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her music explores growth, longing, and the quiet spark that lives in the space between who we are and who we are becoming. For Tết 2026, she is joined by dear friend and collaborator ROH, presenting a mix of familiar songs and entirely new solo and collaborative works.
#tết #vcs
We are so excited to also feature The Lucky Ox at Tết Feast!
The Lucky Ox creates Asian American craft sodas inspired by nostalgic flavors found across Asian desserts, street drinks, and everyday moments. We take familiar pairings—often passed down through generations—and reimagine them as modern, thoughtfully made sodas.
Our flavors are designed to feel instantly approachable while still offering something new. Heritage Asian flavors, such as Pandan & Matcha, layered with depth and reimagined for modern drinking.They’re crafted to be enjoyed on their own or shared at gatherings, making them a refreshing non-alcoholic alternative for get-togethers, celebrations, and parties—without the bitterness or learning curve of an aperitif. Each flavor is carefully layered with acidity, sweetness, bitterness, and texture, creating structure and length usually found in cocktails.
Our second food partner for Tết Feast is figz n’ chibz!
They are a bakeshop and kitchen that is a warm seat at the table, a bite of your mother’s cooking, and laughter that lingers after dessert. Started by two best friends who started as co-workers at a coffee shop during the midst of their early 20s career crisis, we decided to deploy our passion to create and share love through community.
Inspired by our Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian identity, we handmake pastries, sourdough, and blend elements of East & Southeast Asian cuisine. This is café by morning and dinner party by night. Our goal is to connect the broader Asian-American diaspora through food and drink.
We’re excited to serve maivino again at our Tết Feast! If you haven’t tried this amazing wine before, check out their vegan friendly wines at @its.maivino!
Founded by Pam and Mai, two Vietnamese cofounders based in New York, Mai Vino produces organic, sugar-free wines in four signature varieties. We’ve enjoyed sharing their wines at past events, from Paint & Sip to our Tết Celebration, and were glad to feature them again for this gathering.
As we gear up for our January Craft and Chat, this upcoming Thursday, (Link in the Bio, only one ticket left!)
we also wanted to highlight some moments from our December session. We had an amazing time knitting and sipping with @hien.fromvietnam.
Stay cozy and warm this weekend! ❄️
Introducing the menu for our Tết Feast at @welcome.to.chinatown ! We’re super excited to feature dishes around multiple regions of Vietnam. Stay tuned for more from @mavalabs 👀 and don’t forget to get a ticket before we sell out! Link in the bio 🫶
Xin chào bạn! Come join us for a lively Tết feast featuring five+ regional dishes, drinks, live music from local Viet artists, cultural games, and lots of community connection to ring in the Year of the Horse! Hosted by the Vietnamese Creative Society (VCS), @mavalabs (an experimental art, food, and entertainment studio), and @welcome.to.chinatown, this will be an exciting event full of comfort and joy.
Schedule:
6 PM: Doors Open
7 - 8 PM: Performances
8 - 9 PM: Karaoke or just chill :)
What a ticket gets you:
🍲 Food: Five+ traditional and creative dishes from across the Northern, Central, and Southern parts of Vietnam. Menu inspired by the fairytale behind bánh chưng (the official dish of Tết), where the emperor put out a cooking competition across Vietnam to determine his heir. Food prepared by @mavalabs (they run an incredible supper club series!), @figznchibz (local Viet bakery), and resident chefs and bakers at VCS :)
🍹 Drinks: Wine from local Viet wine business MaiVino (@its.maivino)
🎶 Performances: Come hear live music from local Vietnamese artists…
🎤 Karaoke: … or be the performer yourself! No Vietnamese party is complete without some late night karaoke. Confidence, but not singing skills, required ;)
🃏 Games: Play classic Viet games like bầu cua cá cọp and tiến lên. Don’t know how to play? We’ll teach you!
🎧 Music: Live DJ music
Tickets linked in the bio!
