Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011 Time: 1PM to 4PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 19th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan As the 10-year anniversary of September 11th approaches, join us at a community hearing in to discuss and learn about the impact of 9/11 on the Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian communities … Read more
Chan Is Missing (USA, 1982) Running Time: 80 Minutes Two San Francisco taxi drivers — Jo (Wood Moy) and his glib nephew, Steve (Marc Hayashi) — take to Chinatown’s streets searching for Chan Hung, an intermediary who’s vanished with the cash the cabbies gave him to obtain their medallion. Along the way, their odyssey leads … Read more
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Japan, 2006) Running Time: 98 Minutes Inspired by author Yasutaka Tsutsui’s novel, this anime follows the adventures of Makoto Konno, a seemingly ordinary high school student who makes a startling revelation when she learns that she’s been endowed with the ability to travel back in time. Following a series … Read more
A Gun, A Woman, A Noodle Shop (China, 2009) Running Time: 90 Minutes Master director Yimou Zhang tackles an adaptation of the Coen brothers’ classic Blood Simple in this period dramedy full of slapstick and plot twists. When the owner of a Chinese noodle shop attempts to kill his adulterous wife, the fireworks fly. The … Read more
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Time: 5:30PM to 8PM Place: Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street, Manhattan Free Admission Cash bar and book signing: 5:30PM to 7PM Presentation: 7PM to 8PM Following the discovery of bin Laden in Pakistan, should the U.S. declare Pakistan a rogue state and cut off all aid, or … Read more
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011 Time: 4PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 19th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission For thousands of years, rivers – both East and West – have been used as a source of food and drinking, for energy, and for navigation. Culturally and politically, rivers have also … Read more