Events

Join A4 and the Disney Talent Casting team for an interactive workshop for musical theater artists and/or dance artists! Note: you may join for either or both the vocalist/actor audition portion and the dance call. You do not need to audition in order to join the workshop.  

  Please join the Asian American Disinformation Table for a teach-in focusing in on the case studies from our recently released landscape report, Where Do We Go From Here? Asian Americans, Diaspora, and Disinformation. This teach-in will explore the modern day impact of historical disinformation in the Philippines and in the narratives surrounding survivors of ... Read more

This documentary humanizes the experiences of victims and their loved ones, including the Go family, whose daughter, Michelle Go, was tragically pushed onto subway tracks; Christina Yuna Lee, who was followed and fatally stabbed in her own apartment; Michael Zhu, who was stabbed while on a routine walk near his home; and Noel Quintana, who was slashed in the ... Read more

This year, Vote Early Day partners will organize in person and online actions to empower their friends or neighbors to vote early nationwide. We hope you will join our monthly workshops to learn best practices and gain access to incredible tools to help your organization build an engaging and impactful celebration this fall.

Join author Sachiko Kashiwaba in conversation with translator Avery Fischer Udagawa about Kashiwaba's The Village Beyond the Mist, the book that inspired Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away!

Join Fou Gallery and The Serica Initiative for an evening of layered storytelling and introspective dialogue as we explore the complexities of identity through literature and visual art. Serica's Deputy Director & Writer Daniel Tam-Claiborne will share insights from his debut novel Transplants, a cross-generational story following two women’s parallel journeys of self-discovery across borders.

How to Have an American Baby is a kaleidoscopic voyage into the once-booming shadow economy catering to Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. on “birthing vacations” in order to obtain American citizenship for their babies. The film’s Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor Leslie Tai will be in conversation with ChinaFile Editor-in-Chief Susan Jakes following the screening. Tracing the underground birth tourism industry from ... Read more

Our second Committee of 100 Conversations event features Gordon Chang, Professor of American History, Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities at Stanford University and a Committee of 100 member. Chang will provide a crucial historical perspective on the urgent issues facing Asian Americans in a time of rising international tensions and anti-Asian sentiments at home. ... Read more

MOCA warmly invites you to an insightful conversation with Melissa Hung and Bernice Yeung, co-founders of Hyphen magazine. Established in 2002 as a direct response to the closure of A. Magazine, Hyphen emerged from the collective vision of a new generation of Asian American voices.

Please join ASPI for this timely conversation with trade and policy experts as well as industry leaders to explore how shifting U.S. trade policy, including recent tariff adjustments and the ongoing 90-day policy pause, is impacting the global textile and apparel landscape, with a particular focus on South Asia and Southeast Asia. The panel will ... Read more

WHITE WAVE Dance proudly announces the 24th Anniversary Season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF), a dynamic four-day event showcasing 45 cutting-edge dance companies from New York and around the world. The festival kicks off on Thursday, June 26, with a Gala Opening Night, setting the stage for an exhilarating weekend of contemporary dance at ... Read more

Acclaimed translator Jeremy Tiang joins us to discuss his debut novel and winner of the Singapore Literature Prize State of Emergency. Siew Li leaves her husband and children to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during ... Read more

Originally published in Japan in 1975, The Village Beyond The Mist is a beloved classic of Japanese children’s literature and has been cited by Hayao Miyazaki as one of his inspirations for the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away. Yonder, a Restless Books imprint, now brings Kashiwaba’s cherished tale to American audiences for the first time ... Read more

The NYCenter for Advancing Translational Research and Health, in partnership with Choose Healthy Life, Abyssinian Church, and Quest Diagnostics, invites you to Blueprint for Wellness—a free health screening event at The CUNY School of Medicine. What to Expect: Free Full Blood Screening: Get a comprehensive blood test by Quest Diagnostics (no insurance needed!). Personalized Results: ... Read more

Godot finally came — but… This one day in summer, a group of New York–based female artists take on the powerful words of Minoru Betsuyaku, one of Japan’s greatest absurdist playwrights, who boldly responded to Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with a work of his own. This is a work-in-progress reading and marks the first step ... Read more

Moe is a former geisha who launched the YouTube channel Kimono Mom in 2020 to share her love of Japanese food and family with the world. Over the past five years, she’s made almost 800 videos and created a global following with over 3 million subscribers.  Moe’s videos spotlight Japanese home cooking recipes often made ... Read more

In this performance by the Prehistoric Body Theater ensemble, Indonesian dancers channel prehistoric dinosaurs as they explore themes of mass extinction, climate crisis, and evolutionary ancestry through movement. Praised as “an innovative form of global public outreach for paleontology” (Oxford University Press), the company fuses animal movement with traditional dance and experimental Javanese percussion. Co-created with Indigenous ... Read more

Celebrate the life and legacy of Brooklyn College alum Shirley Chisholm at the Museum of the City of New York on July 1st. Private guided tours are open to all CUNY students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis (CCA) for a virtual panel on how China’s religious rejuvenation is reshaping communities and refashioning the relationship between Chinese citizens and the state, featuring Mayfair Yang, Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara; Gareth Fisher, Associate Professor, Syracuse University; and John Osburg, CCA Fellow on Chinese Society ... Read more