Strands of fairy lights welcomed visitors into a room full of vendors selling food and goods at the Asian Pacific American Culture Center’s first ever night market. Various clubs, organizations and businesses from Colorado State University and the Fort Collins area comprised the market that was held 5-7 p.m. Nov. 13. at the Mary Ontiveros House.
Planned by APACC’s Cross-Cultural Coordinator Nicole Vicente and South Asian Coordinator Dipshikha Khadka, the event was inspired by Asian night markets that can be traced back as early as the Tang Dynasty. With hopes that the community may again host a night market, the organizers said the goal of the event was to bring together a variety of clubs and businesses to mix different cultures and people.
“We’re hoping that this event will become a bigger thing (and) that it’ll become more of a high-priority event,” Vicente said…