Non AAARI Events

Asian Heritage Month events at Borough of Manhattan Community College with events like a Haiku Contest, documentary screenings, a Chongsam Fashion Show, film nights, tea tasting, cosplay, and a cultural dinner. Highlights included community talks, a Pickleball tournament, and meditation sessions, all aimed at honoring Asian culture and community engagement.

In Rheology, Misha joins forces with his physicist mother, Bulbul Chakraborty. Bulbul is obsessed with the mystery of sand: how it flows, like a liquid, but then jams into a solid. Misha is obsessed with his mother. But they’re running out of time. In this boundary-pushing new collaboration, an artist son challenges his scientist mother ... Read more

Join Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. for a celebration of Bangladesh Independence Day, as Queens honors our dynamic Bangladeshi community and culture with an evening of performances, honors for local Bangladeshi leaders, words of wisdom, refreshments and much more.

This June, New Yorkers will vote for the next NYC mayor. What are the candidates’ visions and plans for addressing immigration in NYC?. Your voice matters—come hear directly from those running to lead our city! Mayoral Candidate Forum on Immigrant NYC Doors open at 6:00 In-Person & Livestream Spanish & Chinese translations available in person

MOCA is thrilled to partner with the New York Asian Film Festival to present the MOCA x NYAFF Film Club, a quarterly program celebrating the brilliance and boldness of Asian and Asian American cinema. This series highlights films of historic and cultural significance under the theme Subversion, spotlighting daring films that challenge the norm, rewrite ... Read more

Theme: Re-Orienting Asian American Studies in a time of resurgent ethnonationalism and fascism

Malaysia has been strategically marketed as the embodiment of Southeast Asia's racial, cultural, and religious diversity. State narratives have, for decades, advertised Malaysia as the epitome of regional multiculturalism: a postcolonial nation in which racial harmony and unity are bolstered by rapid development. This brand of "exceptional multiculturalism," as | term it, facilitates the categorization ... Read more

In her deeply personal and moving directorial debut, filmmaker Vicky Du unravels her family’s war-torn history across three generations and three countries—China, Taiwan, and the United States. Light of the Setting Sun is a poetic exploration of the unspoken, revealing how inherited trauma, insecurity, and the echoes of war shape both identity and legacy. Through ... Read more

Each year, through this Rally Against Sexual Assault, KAFSC's Youth Community Project Team (YCPT) stands united in the fight against gender-based violence, advocating for prevention and empowering youth and community. We invite you to stand with us as we raise awareness, support survivors, and rally for change. 

About Patterns That Remain The book combines history, storytelling, research, and culturally grounded strategies to support readers as they move throughout their healing journey. If you are the child of Asian immigrants, this book is for you. If you are healing from diasporic wounds, this book is for you. If you want to break intergenerational ... Read more

5mm Presentation. Set in feudal Japan, The Life of Oharu is Mizoguchi’s harsh indictment of exploitative men and a system that victimizes women. Kinuyo Tanaka demonstrates extraordinary tour-de-force acting in her role as a woman at various stages of her life who is continuously affected by men around her. A testimony to the supreme craftsmanship ... Read more

A+ Asian Comedy is the ultimate Asian stand up comedy show, filled with the funniest Asian comedians New York City has to offer. Our comics can be seen on Netflix, HBO, and Comedy Central, but nothing compares to seeing them perform live at the world famous Broadway Comedy Club. Tickets are limited, so purchase yours ... Read more