{"id":455555,"date":"2026-09-06T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455555\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:42:56","slug":"south-asian-new-works-festival-set-for-sept-19-in-downtown-san-jose-east-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455555\/","title":{"rendered":"South Asian New Works Festival set for Sept. 19 in downtown San Jose \u2013 East Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Asian New Works<\/p>\n<p>EnActe Arts and SJSU King Library are presenting a South Asian New Works Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the library, 150 E. San Fernando St. in downtown San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>The free festival features staged readings of new plays including \u201cLost Waters\u201d by\u00a0Nayantara Nayar\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPhantasmagoria\u201d by Deepika Arwind). The documentaries \u201cSeat at the Table\u201d and \u201cBurqa Boxers\u201d will be screened; the first film explores leadership and representation, while the second follows young Muslim women in Kolkata breaking barriers through boxing. Visual artists Ria Sharma and Priyanka Rana will discuss their creative processes via an\u00a0interactive panel<\/p>\n<p>The festival runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Register at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4izZyr8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4izZyr8.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood Notes<\/p>\n<p>ALMADEN\/CAMBRIAN: Vitalant is holding blood drives in San Jose during National Preparedness Month in September. All donors in September will receive a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt in time for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>Blood drives are set for Monday, Sept. 14, noon-4:45 p.m., at Cambrian Park Church of the Nazarene, 2575 Coit Drive; Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1-4:30 p.m., at Almaden Golf and Country Club, 6663 Hampton Drive; and Friday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the San Jose Elks Lodge, 444 W. Alma Ave.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60% of the population is eligible to give, and you don\u2019t need to know your blood type before donating. Review eligibility requirements and make an appointment to donate by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/vitalant.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vitalant.org<\/a> or calling 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Asian New Works EnActe Arts and SJSU King Library are presenting a South Asian New Works Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[54395,184,7,51811,4978,584,839,1280,181,23,88,90,89,198,200,18740],"class_list":["post-455555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-almaden-valley","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-cambrian","tag-downtown-san-jose","tag-events","tag-festivals","tag-health-care","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}