At midnight on July 1st, 1997, 156 years of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end, as the colonial city-state was reunited with Mainland China under the status of “special administrative region.” The uncertainty many Hong Kongers felt about this event and its implications would, subtly or quite directly, influence films made in ... Read more

Journalist Jonathan Eig (King: A Life), University of Florida professor and former field director of SNCC's Mississippi Freedom Summer Project Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, and political scientist Brandon M. Terry (To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.) offer new perspectives on life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ... Read more

Let's bundle up and gather for Winter Tea in Prospect Park! We will start with a short nature walk through the park trails, meet at boathouse, have some tea and enjoy the music and multilingual poetry performance we prepare for you. Embark on a musical journey with Gamin and Galen Passen as they lead us to ... Read more

Since 2020, COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than one million Americans. Nearly one-fifth of us knew someone among them. All of us have been impacted. In a culture that avoids talk of death and puts grief on a timeline, what does our mourning look like? How will we manage the voids the pandemic ... Read more

Join host Michelle Meow as our panel discusses the contributions women and non-binary filmmakers have made in film, talking with Liz Sargent, Julia Gouw, and Michelle Sugihara of CAPE (the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment). We will screen "Take Me Home," Sargent's short film and a 2024 Oscar contender for best action short film, ... Read more

A recent report by the Pew Research Center on workplace discrimination shows that about 9 in 10 Asian Americans have personally experienced discrimination of some form. However, according to a survey SwAA conducted in collaboration with Blind, so few resources exist to assist Asian professionals in fighting back (about 23% of those surveyed reported having ... Read more

Please join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) for a webinar focused on how nonprofits and community-based organizations can effectively access federal funding opportunities in the arts and humanities. This event will include speakers from the National ... Read more

A collaboration between the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and MoMA, this conversation will explore themes of memory, autobiography, authenticity, heritage, and the relationship to photography in the work of artist An-My Lê and writers Monique Truong and Ocean Vuong. This event is in conjunction with the exhibition An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers/Giữa hai giòng sông/Entre ... Read more

Join us for a book talk with the Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy Scott Snyder. This new work provides an authoritative overview of the internal and external pressures on the U.S.–South Korea alliance and explores its future prospects. He argues that exclusive-nationalist leaders’ ... Read more

Get ready to soar into the festivities as we welcome the Year of the Dragon with an afternoon of legendary fun for the whole family! Tickets: $5/person. Kids under 2 free. Limited free tickets for Culture Pass, Cool Culture, and Culture Connected families. Culture Pass tickets will go live on the Culture Pass site on February ... Read more

Please join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) for a webinar focused on how nonprofits and community-based organizations can effectively access federal funding opportunities to address health disparities. This event will include speakers from the U.S. Department ... Read more

Join Adam Brookes, best-selling author of Night Heron and former BBC News correspondent, as he speaks with Susan Feng, Director of Programs at China Institute, about his new book Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City. It tells a gripping true story of the bold and determined ... Read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. Specifically, generative AI is becoming a ubiquitous tool for users across sectors to experiment and apply to their work and life. As with most technologies, businesses seek ways to leverage AI to gain an edge in their respective industry, or at the minimum keep up with ... Read more