# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-08:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a fun evening of Thai cooking demonstrations, music, and a light show.About this EventMORTAR, PESTLE, AND LIGHTSLive Art Light Show + Thai Cooking Demonstration.What happens when food, art, and light collide?Join artists VC Tang and Combsy for Mortar, Pestle, and Lights—an immersive experience blending a live art light show with the sights, sounds, aromas, and flavors of Thai cooking.Watch ingredients come together with the rhythmic pounding of the mortar and pestle while light and art transform the space around you.Come experience Thai food beyond taste—as memory, movement, color, culture, and art.Presented as part of Flavors of the Diasporas: A Culinary Journey of Belonging at Chopsticks Alley Art.------On View "Flavors of the Diasporas: A Culinary Journey of Belonging" ExhibitionFood carries memory. A familiar scent can recall a childhood moment, a dish can bring back a person or place, and a recipe passed through generations can keep traditions alive. This exhibition brings together artists from Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Iran, and India who now call the Bay Area home. What begins with food expands into an exploration of cultural memory, migration, identity, and belonging.For some artists, food is central to the work. Eileen Wong Cervera draws on the flavors and memories of her journey from Sarawak to San Jose, while VC Tang connects food, ritual, and cultural memory. Hadi Aghaee reflects on identity and human experience through figurative and surreal painting. Hang Huynh draws from Vietnamese heritage, family, and healing. Justin Tran uses film and visual storytelling to explore people, places, and connection, while Pragati Sharma Mohanty carries Indian myths and cultural stories across generations. Ryan Boun and Saraswathy Lakshmivaraham preserve and reinterpret cultural traditions through dance and the body.Together, the artists invite us on a multisensory journey through food, movement, image, sound, and story, revealing the many ways we carry culture with us and make a place our own.Program starts at 7 pm(The gallery will be open from 1-9 pm)Exhibition on View from October 2, 2026 - February 5, 2027Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery38 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95113ChopsticksAlleyArt.orgGallery Hours:Fri 1 – 6 pm | First Fri 1 – 9 pmSat 12 – 4 pmGuided Tours Available by AppointmentFunded in part by:Applied Materials FoundationMakahakama FoundationPackard FoundationApplied Materials FoundationPackard FoundationSilicon Valley Community FoundationSVCREATES, in partnership with the County of Santa ClaraCalifornia Arts Council, a state agencyParking: Street parking or paid parking across the street from the location.90 minutes free parking in City Parking lots - Info: https://parksj.org/ https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/bb3116e0-c3a6-11f1-8964-5b65d1557b86-rimg-w1144-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-jose/mortar-pestle-and-lights-a-live-art-and-thai-cooking-demonstration/100002003023613548 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts, entertainment, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: San Jose - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose - **lat**: 37.3358311 - **long**: -121.8885461 - **full address**: Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose, 38 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/689b990da7f2b6d6d67395545dd1e65b5831c4000274ea014298b96d174857b1-rimg-w676-h304-dc482868-gmir.jpg?v=1791525692 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration being held? - **A:** Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration takes place on Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose, 38 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration? - **A:** Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration is organized by CHOPSTICKS ALLEY ART. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Mortar, Pestle, and Lights - A Live Art and Thai Cooking Demonstration is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in San Jose, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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