Celebrate Hmong and Southeast Asian culture at the 18th annual Taste of Toj Roob (The Mountains) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, sponsored by the Hmong and Southeast Asian American Club.
The event includes dinner and entertainment starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Laird Room of the Dreyfus University Center, 1015 Reserve St., Stevens Point. Doors open at 4 p.m.
This year's theme is "Language Barrier," with keynote speaker Chou Moua, a Gilman Scholar with the University of Minnesota who has worked in Hmong community development both in Minnesota and southeast Asia. Members of the club will also perform a play.
Dinner is a three-course meal that includes sesame ball appetizers, white rice, glass noodles, stir-fried pork belly with Chinese broccoli and rice cakes for dessert. A vegetarian option is available.
Tickets are $13 for general admission or $15 the day of the event. UW-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff members from all three campuses may attend for $11. Purchase tickets through the Information and Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center concourse, by calling 715-346-4100 or online at https://tickets.uwsp.edu.
HaSEAAC promotes awareness and provides understanding of the Hmong and Southeast Asian culture to UW-Stevens Point and the local community through personal experience, knowledge and historical understanding. For more information, email haseaac@uwsp.edu.