For millions of immigrants, their American journeys began in one of New York’s oldest and most storied neighborhoods, the Lower East Side. Today, neighborhood heritage sites Henry Street Settlement, Museum at Eldridge Street, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), and the Tenement Museum remain dedicated to the preservation and celebration of immigrant and migrant experiences ... Read more

Please join us for a conversation with author Amy Yee as we mark the release of Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Introduced by Dr. Vivian Louie, this discussion will explore the ordinary but extraordinary Tibetans and stories ... Read more

Isabel Sandoval and creative director Clint Ramos discuss major projects, including Sandoval’s Apparition and Ramos’s Here Lies Love, which explore life under martial law in the Philippines. Lingua Franca, on which the two artists collaborated, will screen.

Join us on the 16th of October for a screening of The Family Vietgone. The fifty-minute documentary will be followed by a talk with playwright-filmmaker Qui Nguyen in conversation with Duke Dang.  Vietgone, which played Off-Broadway in 2016, is based on Qui Nguyen’s family’s compelling journey to America at the end of the Vietnam War. A New York Times critic’s pick, the play ... Read more

In partnership with the Princeton Active Circle (PAC), the Museum of Chinese in America(MOCA) is thrilled to present a live oral history session with Dr. Ming Wang, one of the world’s leading cataract and LASIK eye surgeons. A Harvard and MIT alumnus with a PhD in laser physics, Dr. Wang achieved a groundbreaking milestone by performing ... Read more

For the past four decades, the word “miracle” was widely used to describe China’s spectacular economic growth. As the world re-opened after the COVID pandemic, the hopes and expectations for China’s economic rebound were high as well. But in 2023, this long-awaited “surge” has not materialized and Chinese economy is today facing the most consequential ... Read more

Join us for an in-person event with award-winning writer and producer Curtis Chin for the launch of his new memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Joining Curtis in conversation is the Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Jafreen Uddin. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's ... Read more