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Godzilla: Echoes of the 1990s Asian American Arts Network

Eric Firestone Gallery 4 Great Jones, 4th Floor & 40 Great Jones, New York

Eric Firestone Gallery is pleased to announce a major exhibition exploring the history of Godzilla Asian American Arts Network, which was active in the 1990s. The exhibition will showcase the work of individual artists involved with the network at the time. Spanning two gallery spaces, the show includes established artists and also amplifies the voices ... Read more

Film Series – Japanese Horror

Film Forum 209 West Houston Street, New York

Spanning over 90 years of Japanese cinema, from the silent era to the early 21st century, the festival includes work by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Kaneto Shindō, Ishirō Honda, Takashi Miike, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hideo Nakata, among many others.

$11

Film Series – A Touch of Wang Hongwei

Metrograph 7 Ludlow Street, New York

A classmate of director Jia Zhangke at the Beijing Film Academy, Wang Hongwei would become one of the mainstays of Jia’s cinema from their student days onward—an archaeologist sifting through the debris of a vanished Fengjie in Still Life, an abusive massage parlor customer in A Touch of Sin, the lead in Jia’s 1997 breakthrough Xiao Wu (Pickpocket)… Sometimes ... Read more

$17

NYCDOE Social Studies and Civics Week 2024

Civics Week is a time each spring for schools across the city to celebrate youth voice, civic empowerment, and the importance of registering to vote. Civics Week includes efforts to get every young person to understand that their voice matters and that they can create change as active participants of their community. We're excited to ... Read more

How To Encourage Students To Start Writing

Queens College - Library (President's Conference Room) 65-30 Kissena Blvd - QNS01 - RO525, Flushing

This workshop will provide teachers with an opportunity to discuss the creation of effective pre-draft activities and assignments that will help students get started on their writing assignments. We’ll discuss brainstorming, organizing, and drafting prompts to help students address common responses to writing assignments like writing anxiety, procrastination, and writer’s block. Faculty in all disciplines ... Read more

Escape to “Dalifornia”

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York

Join author and China Books Review editor Alec Ash in conversation with author Barbara Demick to discuss Ash's new book The Mountains Are High, which explores the Chinese who are reverse migrating from cities to the countryside.

$15