Non AAARI Events

Artists Space presents “Multiple Offerings”, the first retrospective in twenty-five years dedicated to the groundbreaking work of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. She produced an expansive range of works comprising performances for film and video, installation, photography, artist’s books (including her genre-defying book Dictée from 1982), and works on paper, which will fill Artists ... Read more

Art of Manga is the first major exhibition in the Americas to explore manga—Japanese comics and graphic novels—as an art form. Marking its East Coast debut, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation is packed with more than 600 drawings that showcase manga’s immersive power and social impact. Don’t miss this rare opportunity for US audiences to encounter ... Read more

For nearly twenty years, Larry Yee has been the heart and soul of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association, a fraternal organization in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown. But to his daughter Lauren, a playwright living in New York, the association is an obsolete relic of a vanishing world. When Larry suddenly disappears, Lauren sets off on a ... Read more

Chinatown Arts Festival is returning for its ninth year this October! We’re activating our streets and parks by celebrating Chinatown arts outdoors. We’ve got two headlining performances at SDR Park-- a Min (Fuzhounese) opera accompanied by a full orchestra featuring new backdrop artwork commission and bi-lingual super titles, AND a big swing dance featuring a ... Read more

Luna Nga Thị Howard and Anna El-Eini share Luna’s story of surviving the Vietnam War, exploring family, identity, trauma, and forgiveness.

Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the intersection of art, activism, and community-building with multidisciplinary artist and activist Perry Yung, co-founder of SLANT Performance Group.

Join us for a reading with MAXINE HONG KINGSTON and others, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Woman Warrior.

Sejong Soloists Chamber Music Series Hosted by Violinist Chee-Yun with Lun Li, Violin & Juhee Lim, Piano

Through evidence-informed dialogue and cross-functional collaboration, the conference explores strategies for responsible AI adoption, institutional governance, and effective implementation across higher education.

The Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection at Connecticut College presents The Big Dipper Formation: Fu Xiaodong’s Cosmos, the first solo North American exhibition by prominent contemporary Chinese artist and curator Fu Xiaodong (付晓东). Curated by Yibing Huang, the exhibition runs from October 28, 2026, through February 1, 2027, in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room ... Read more

Join us for a timely conversation with NPR journalist Emily Feng on her groundbreaking new book Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria’s Civil War (Columbia Global Reports, October 2026), an extraordinary work of reportage tracing one of the most surprising and consequential stories to emerge from the global war on terror.

The birth of North Korea after the Korean War—centered on state authority and work culture—was distinctly represented by architecture. Architecture was divided into two interconnected types: monumental structures symbolizing the utopian vision of the state and vernacular structures instrumental to the regime of production. Architecture was also part of North Korea’s urbanization efforts through efficiency, ... Read more