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Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective

Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College/CUNY 135 East 22nd Street, New York
Non AAARI Events

The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is proud to present Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, the first major New York survey of artist Zhen Guo (b. 1955, Shandong Province, China). The works on display span nearly sixty years, from Zhen Guo’s first embroidery (Chairman Mao, 1966) to her large-scale papier-mâché and sewn fabric breast ... Read more

Exhibition: Ed Young’s Bright Worlds

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York
Non AAARI Events

For over 60 years, Ed Young (1931–2023) invigorated the world of children’s books through intimate storytelling, inventive artistry, and potent emotionality. This first U.S. retrospective features original artwork from 15 of his most significant projects—focusing on works drawn from his personal story and Chinese folktales—alongside a selection of his sketchbooks, family photos, and personal effects.

Heart on Fire, Brain on Ice: Philippine Nonfiction since 2000

Museum of the Moving Image 30-01 35th Avenue, Astoria
Non AAARI Events

Direct and political in their aims, these documentaries, features and shorts mostly unreleased and unseen in the United States, take a clear-eyed view of the Philippines’ most exploited—landless peasant farmers, urban poor displaced by development, generations of indigenous families affected by toxic waste left behind by U.S. military bases—as well as those among them who ... Read more

$17.50

Lucky FM 2

The Club 74A East 4th Street, New York
Non AAARI Events

Slant returns to The Club to dig deeper and wider into the liminal space between past and present with Lucky FM 2. Through the underground radio’s telethon portal….Slant journeys through AANHPI histories with bamboo flutes, drums, and guitars telling stories of the Japanese-American concentration camps, the International Hotel, Vincent Chin, and today. Performed viscerally through ... Read more

Movie: Forge (starring Kelly Marie Tran)

Quad Cinema 34 W. 13th Street, New York
Non AAARI Events

In this thriller, In Miami, the resourceful Zhang siblings—Raymond and Coco—sell forged paintings to unsuspecting parties. Despite their thriving underground operation, the siblings are still short on cash when they cross paths with disgraced millionaire Holden Beaumont. Sensing an opportunity to make a fortune, Holden convinces the Zhangs to forge long lost masterpieces as a ... Read more

$20
Ongoing

Theater: Dragoness and Art Exhibit: Misalignment

Inspiration Point Center for the Arts 710 Tiffany St, Bronx
Non AAARI Events

A high-octane, satirical commentary on race and creating art under capitalism, Dragoness interrogates the ethics of reinventing identity in order to satisfy the expectations of those in power.

$15

Conversation with Joan Chen: Memory, Identity, Cinema, and Beyond

China Institute of America 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York
Non AAARI Events

China Institute invites you to an evening conversation with acclaimed actor, filmmaker, and writer Joan Chen on her Chinese nonfiction work Catfish 《猫鱼》. Through family stories, the culture memory of Shanghai, behind-the-scenes stories from her film career, and reflections on love, pain, migration, and womanhood, Chen offers an intimate portrait of an artist’s life across ... Read more

2026 CUNY Asian American Film Festival

CUNY Graduate Center (Martin Segal Theatre) 365 Fifth Avenue, New York
AAARI Events

The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.

MOCA PERFORMS – Dialogues with Composers Now

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York
Non AAARI Events

In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, MOCA continues its commitment as a vital platform for timely and resonant live arts, uplifting Asian American artists working across time-based disciplines, including music, theater, dance, and film. The Museum of Chinese in America is proud to partner with Composers Now to present Dialogues, a special program exploring the ... Read more

$20