Rhode Island Kung Fu Club

07/28/2026

7/18 The Sabaidee Project is a Lao community organization in Killingly, CT. They recently held their first Champa Asian Fest in eastern CT, a cultural and traditional arts celebration and the rain/wet didn’t stop the great festivities.
We were happy to be invited and appreciate connecting with people like the Sabaidee Project, who are positively impacting their community.

07/06/2026

It was a hot one, but many many parade goers were out. So were happy faces and good energy.

07/06/2026

07/06/2026

We were happy to mark the country’s 250th by being in the Bristol Fourth of July Celebration, the nation’s oldest continuous celebration.

Thanks to the parade organizers who invited us & welcomed our lions. Their openness including lion dance shows the community there are different ways to celebrate and “do America”. And that citizens of any ethnicity/culture can have civic pride.

A big thanks to the hundreds of volunteers that worked the parade! We only talked with a handful of them- from the ones who assisted us in our line up, helped get us water, to the main organizing committee- but they all donate their time & energy to make the parade happen.

It was meaningful to be a part of Lion Dance Across America, a project that connected dozens of lion dance groups across the US participating in July 4th parades.

Even though orgs may have completely different pursuits or do different things, they can have one thing in common— having committed people & volunteers aiming to do positive things for the community.

06/22/2026

As one of NEFA's current Walking Together grantees, RIKFC was happy to be included in their recent community reception and to perform for their, board, staff, and community. Thank you to NEFA for the invitation.

The event venue was The Steel Yard, another community-minded nonprofit we know and admire; it was a fitting example of how different organizations can come together to create something positive. It was great to connect not only with other branches of RI’s arts & culture community, but also others from across New England- we appreciate these relationships.

It was especially meaningful to help recognize NEFA Board Chair Carrie Zaslow and also Kathleen Pletcher, founder of FirstWorks, who has been an RIKFC supporter since our earliest days, initially booking us over 15 years ago. It was our pleasure to have the chance to personally acknowledge her vision, dedication, and contributions to the arts in Pvd and our state.

Community, connection, and culture were at the core of the evening. We were honored to play a small part in this celebration.

06/22/2026

for the honorees

06/22/2026