Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001)
80WSE, NYU 80 Washington Square East, New YorkLegacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) is an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed “Asian American,” a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968. Utilizing an interdisciplinary and research-driven praxis, Legacies uncovers how artists of Asian descent have historically negotiated ... Read more
Play – Yellow Face
Todd Haimes Theatre 227 West 42nd Street, New YorkTony Award® winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) will make his Roundabout debut with the Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, his hilarious is-he-or-isn’t-he comedy of identity, show business, and (perhaps) autobiography. Starring Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet). Inspired by real events, the playwright’s fictionalized ... Read more
2024 National Student Vote Summit
University of Maryland, College Park 1000 Hilltop Circle, BaltimoreOn November 20-22, the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition’s annual National Student Vote Summit will unite nonprofit leaders, campus staff, administrators, faculty members, philanthropic partners, and students from across the country. This summit aims to build connections within the nonpartisan student democratic engagement space, share valuable lessons learned, provide comprehensive training and resources, and ... Read more
House of Chow Presents: The Woman in Red. The Child in Blue.
Created by House of Chow’s Artistic Director Yvonne Huatin Chow, The Woman in Red. The Child in Blue. is a dance theater piece dedicated to daughters that are cycle-breakers. Weaving cultural movement lineages of Hip-Hop Dance, Chinese Kung-Fu Wu-Su, and Asian folk dances, this Shamanic journey tracks a mother and daughter whose healing and freedom ... Read more
Korean–Western Architecture in Modern Korea and Beyond By Dr. Suzie Kim
Charles B. Wang Center - Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony BrookPhotographs taken by early American missionaries to Korea, such as Samuel Austin Moffett (1864–1939) and Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner (1889–1973), capture what life was like in Korea during the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, including people, buildings, streets, cityscapes, and rural landscapes. Focusing on in-depth research of rare images of now-vanished early modern architecture in ... Read more
Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment
Bystander Intervention Training – This one-hour, interactive training will teach you Right To Be’s 5Ds of bystander intervention methodology and why this training is so important now. We’ll show you the positive impact that bystander intervention has on individuals and communities. We’ll talk through five strategies for safe intervention: distract, delegate, document, delay and direct, ... Read more
Ascend New York Metro – Stretching Beyond Your Comfort Zones
Beyond the comfort zone is the growth zone, where you learn new things, meet new people, travel to new places, and try new experiences. While it may be a challenge, the growth zone can help expand your world and find your passions and goals in life. When you are not able to accomplish things that ... Read more
Author Talk: In Celebration of Find Me as the Creature I Am
Asian American Writers' Workshop 112 West 27th Street #600, New YorkJoin AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Emily Jungmin Yoon’s Find Me as the Creature I Am! Emily will be joined by writers Monica Sok and Sally Wen Mao. Find Me as the Creature I Am is a book full of tenderness and violence, longing and love. Ranging from inherited family tales to ... Read more
Author Talk and Signing: Natalie Anna Jacobsen, author of Yokai Fantasy Ghost Train
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New YorkJapan Society is honored to welcome debut author Natalie Anna Jacobsen for a special talk and signing in celebration of the release of her first book, Ghost Train, a Young Adult historical fantasy set in 1877 Kyoto during the early years of the Meiji Restoration. Ghost Train tells the story of Maru Hosokawa, a samurai ... Read more
MĀYĀ – The Musical
PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE 2537 Broadway at 95th St., New YorkIn the twilight of the British Empire, an aspiring poet named Maya Mehta sets out to make her mark on the world. When Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Salt March passes through her hometown, Maya is torn between duty to her family and the passionate ideals of her freedom-fighting friends in the Indian Independence Movement. Ultimately, through ... Read more
Post-Election Analysis in the South Asian Context
Wondering how the U.S. election results could impact South Asia and South Asian Americans? Our panel of experts will break it down and explore what to expect in the coming years. Don’t miss this chance to get an in-depth perspective from those in the know!