Connie Chung with Walter Isaacson

NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Connie Chung is the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any news program in the U.S. Profoundly influenced by her family’s cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career in a white, male-centered world. Overt sexism was a way of ... Read more

Pan Asian Rep 2024 Fall Reading Series – Calligraphy

520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Michell Room 520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Mitchell Room, New York, NY

Two cousins and their mothers confront changes generated by the past and the passing of time. In Los Angeles, one cousin faces her immigrant mother’s dementia while, in Tokyo, the other is challenged by her mother’s physical decline. Family history of the immigrant mother having married an African American and left Japan behind complicates all ... Read more

Patricia Tanumihardja – Mortar and Pestle: Classic Indonesian Recipes for the Modern Kitchen

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NY

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an insightful discussion with acclaimed food writer and cookbook author Patricia Tanumihardja, as she explores her latest culinary work, Mortar and Pestle: Classic Indonesian Recipes for the Modern Kitchen. Co-authored with her mother, Juliana Evari Suparman, this cookbook presents a vibrant collection of 80 ... Read more

China Institute in America Mid-Autumn Festival 2024

China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at China Institute in America for the entire family! Mid-autumn is one of the most celebrated holidays in China – a time for families to get together under the full moon and light up lanterns to symbolically illuminate the path to success for the rest of the year. Join us at ... Read more

$12

2024 APAICS Technology Summit

Mark your calendars for the upcoming APAICS Technology Summit, taking place on September 25-26! Don't miss out on hearing from elected officials, industry leaders, and community partners as they discuss topics such as digital equity, representation in digital spaces, and more!

Unveiling The Findings: State of Chinese Americans Survey 2024

Chinese Americans constitute about 5.5 million people and are the largest share of the Asian American population. Despite this fast-growing electorate, Chinese Americans have faced a surge in racism in everyday life, been historically underrepresented in politics and policy, and the specific policy preferences and political behaviors of those same Chinese Americans are unknown. So ... Read more

Eliza Griswold and Hahrie Han with Andrea Elliott: Reckoning with Race in the Church

NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Not all evangelical churches fit the stereotypes. In their latest books, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eliza Griswold and the Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute, Hahrie Han, bear witness to two churches who break the mold. In Circle of Hope, Griswold chronicles the ravaging and ultimately destructive results to a group of progressive-leaning Philadelphia evangelicals ... Read more

China Institute in America CrazyLaugh Comedy

China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY

CrazyLaugh A dynamic oversea Chinese culture content production platform. At CrazyLaugh, our mission is to inspire a shift in perspective, transforming life’s twists and stress into moments of humor and laughter. We believe every challenge is a setup for a punchline, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone find theirs. Together, we’re not just facing life’s ... Read more

$31.72

Three Iconic Directors: Gurinder Chadha, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Join us for this Viewpoints program bringing together three iconic directors of world cinema: Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), and Deepa Mehta (Water), in a conversation moderated by Aroon Shivdasani. Three filmmakers of Punjabi background, this "Bhenji Brigade" has made significant contributions to film with their fierce creative visions, and represent a larger Indian ... Read more

$30

Rupi Kaur: milk and honey 10th Anniversary Poetry Writing Workshop

NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum (Ground Floor) Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

In 2014 Rupi Kaur self-published her first collection, milk and honey. Its honesty and rawness stunned readers, as did its ability to confront bitterness and pain with genuine sweetness. Ten years and millions of copies later, it is one of the best-selling poetry books of the 21st century, and Kaur is a worldwide phenomenon. This year ... Read more

National Bunraku Theater

Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United States

The National Theatre makes its triumphant arrival with bunraku theater in New York City for the first time in 32 years! Witness a stunning production of traditional Japanese puppet theater, with two quintessential climaxes from bunraku repertoire: Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (Oshichi, the Greengrocer’s Daughter) and Sonezaki Shinju (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki). Known ... Read more

$72

Pan Asian Rep 2024 Fall Reading Series – My Man Kono

520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Michell Room 520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Mitchell Room, New York, NY

In the heyday of silent films, Japanese émigré TORIACHI KONO, in pursuit of the American Dream, becomes a loyal confidante of film star Charlie Chaplin, but at the dawn of WWII is swept up in anti-Japanese hysteria and accused of espionage. This will be a sneak peak of Pan Asian Rep's Feb 2025 world premiere ... Read more

Afro-Arab Jazz featuring Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares Quartet

Queens College - Kupferberg Center for the Arts 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing, NY

Discover the electrifying fusion in “Afro-Arab Jazz,” a dynamic collaboration between Lebanese pianist Tarek Yamani and French-Tunisian saxophonist Yacine Boulares, blending Arabic trance rhythms and jazz harmonies. With a quartet featuring Jongkuk Kim on drums and Sam Minaie on bass, they weave together Arabic trance rhythms and jazz harmonies, from Lebanese Dabke to Tunisian Stambeli ... Read more

$25

The Other Korea – Stories from the Diaspora

The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY

Join authors Ery Shin (Spring On the Peninsula) and Christine Ma-Kellams (The Band) as they discuss their books and stories from the Korean diaspora. Part of Town Hall's "K-Town Hall Series." Each ticket includes a copy of Spring On the Peninsula and The Band.

$50

One-day International Symposium – Along the Steppe-Silk Road

China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY

This full-day international symposium, in conjunction with the exhibition “Gold from Dragon City: Masterpieces of Three Yan from Liaoning, 337-436,” provides an immersive environment to investigate Three Yan artifacts and discover the life of the once-dominated ancient nomad tribe Murong Xianbei, alongside prominent scholars in the field. Through various artifacts, from the shining golden headdress ... Read more

$20 – $40

AAPI Training on Voters’ Rights

Free nonpartisan workshops for Asian American, South Asian, and Pacific Islander community groups.  Experienced lawyers will help community leaders and Asian Americans, South Asians, and Pacific Islanders understand:  their rights in the election  how to obtain language assistance  typical voting problems and how to cure deficiencies.   Attorneys will also cover the legal rules regarding electoral and voter education activities for tax-exempt nonprofit ... Read more

Diwali Lights Up Asia Society 2024

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Diwali, often known as the festival of lights, is celebrated in South Asia, by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. It symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.  Diwali returns to Asia Society with colorful, fun-filled, and multi-sensorial afternoon, presented in collaboration with The Culture Tree. On October 26th, 2024, ... Read more

$12