Events for Oct/20/2025

DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?) is Zoë Kim’s autobiographical journey through love’s many forms–how it’s learned, given, and reflected inward. In a nimble and tender solo performance, Zoë shapeshifts into the souls of her family through a landscape of memories where tears and laughter collide. It’s not just a story, but a reckoning—weaving through the ... Read more

Dalit Journeys for Dignity is a facilitated discussion about the radical, field-shifting subfield of Dalit Studies within South Asian Studies. This event centers around the publication of this second volume, the Dalit Studies Volume Two (April 2025, SUNY Press and Permanent Black), using this occasion to reflect on the developments in this field since its ... Read more

Join Gabe Dunn, bestselling author, actor, and filmmaker, and host of the podcast “Bad With Money,” and Professor Celina Su, Department of Political Science, for a conversation on racial capitalism, coalition building, and her book recent book, Budget Justice. Drawing on her years of engagement with democratic governance in New York City and around the ... Read more

From Spikes to Spindles (1976; 46 minutes). Director: Christine Choy. Producer: Third World Newsreel. A portrait of lower Manhattan Chinatown in the mid-1970s. Sparked by the mobilization of Asian American New Yorkers against police violence following the NYPD’s brutal assault against 27 year old Peter Yew in Chinatown, the film considers over a century of Chinese ... Read more

Turning your side hustle into a thriving business takes more than passion—it takes funding, strategy, and the right playbook. This panel brings together experts across investing, banking, and community building to share real-world insights on raising capital—without the fluff. What we’ll cover: Grassroots & community support: partnerships, sponsorships, and building traction from day one Angel/VC ... Read more

Come celebrate the publication of We Are Each Other’s Liberation, a groundbreaking anthology centering Black and Asian feminist solidarities. Emerging out of a collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, We Are Each Other’s Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities offers an urgent call for the just future we might ... Read more

The Stolen Relations project is a tribally collaborative initiative to recover, interpret, and share with the public the long-hidden history of Native American enslavement. Developed over the past decade and formally launched in May 2025 (www.stolenrelations.org), the project brings together a growing database of individual records alongside contemporary Native perspectives, artwork, music, and other resources for tribal ... Read more

Gish Jen’s latest novel, Bad Bad Girl, began as a memoir of her late mother, Loo Shu-hsin, before evolving into a fictionalized portrait of their turbulent mother-daughter relationship. As a child Shu-hsin learns how little her life is valued as a woman in 1930s Shanghai and is constantly reprimanded, “Bad bad girl! You don’t know ... Read more

Join us for an evening reflecting on the life and legacy of choreographer H.T. Chen, a cultural pillar of New York’s Chinatown, whose work bridged Asian traditions and American modern dance. Born in Shanghai, raised in Taiwan, and trained at Juilliard and NYU, Chen came to New York in the 1970s and founded HT Chen ... Read more

Musical theatre royalty and official Disney Legend Lea Salonga is bringing her acclaimed Stage, Screen & Everything In Between tour to North America in 2025 with a stop at Town Hall on October 20. In Stage, Screen & Everything In Between, musical theatre fans will experience stage and screen classics from Lea’s iconic roles including ... Read more