Events

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

Chun Wai Chan didn’t grow up in a Western cultural environment. Born in Huizhou, Guangdong, he made it to the finals of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland at the age of 18 and was awarded a full scholarship to study in the U.S. He began his career at the Houston Ballet, and through ... Read more

Join A4 for the July Town Hall at ICP, welcoming filmmakers, creators, producers, and distributors to share their projects and resources with the AAPI creative community. This month’s featured presenters include Munir Atalla, head of production & acquisitions at Watermelon Pictures and former creative writing strategist at Netflix; John Woo, executive director of Asian CineVision ... Read more

For the High Line, Yang presents Tales of Chinatown, an exhibition of three of her short films: Cantonese Tunes on Mott Street (2022), The Lady From Shanghai (2019), and Tales of Chinatown (2019). By following her protagonists on the streets, through their communities, and into their homes, Yang amplifies the voices of those often denied the chance to share their own stories—individuals ... Read more

We are excited to announce our inaugural gathering of 2025 ERG Initiative, scheduled for July 9th, 2025. The event will feature the panel on “How to foster year-round employee and ally engagement”, followed by networking reception. Now that AAPI Heritage Month has passed, how do ERG leaders integrate AAPI focused activities and initiatives throughout the ... Read more

We are pleased to invite you to attend this Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” event that will feature Committee of 100 member David Ho, who will talk about “The Art and Science of Innovative Life Science Discovery.” David Ho, pioneering AIDS research scientist, is a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University ... Read more

Please join acclaimed author Henry Chang and our staff as we discuss his Chinatown detective/crime novel series (that started with Chinatown Beat) in the context of two recent non-fiction works on New York's Chinatown gangs and the NYPD--Peter Chin's In the Ghost Shadows and Mike Moy's Bad to Blue.

Ten years after his film debut as the narrator of Mrinal Sen’s Parallel Cinema breakout Bhuvan Shome (screening on July 12), Amitabh Bachan had become a certified Bollywood icon. In Kaala Patthar—loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novel Lord Jim— he stars alongside Shashi Kapoor as a down-and-out coal miner named Vijay Singh

Join us for an event with award-winning author Claire Jia, discussing her debut novel Wanting. Joining Claire in conversation is acclaimed writer Jenevieve Ting. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome was one of three breakout films from 1969 that defined the start of the Parallel Cinema movement, distinguished by a reflexive, satirical wit and a playful stylistic approach. In the film, Utpal Dutt stars as an officious bureaucrat working for the Indian Railroad in Bengal. A boredom-inspired bird hunting expedition in Gujarat ... Read more

In observation of this Japanese summer festival based on a legend of “star-crossed” lovers, AAA members will provide telescopes to show the public the night sky. There will also be a picture story of the folk tale, as well as an Origami table, Bon Odori, Chorus and tanzaku paper on which to write and hang ... Read more

Films and stories set in or about New York that can only happen in the greatest city on earth. Punk to Protest - Writing is Activism with Alvin Eng A short video documentary on Alvin Eng, an Asian American author, musician, playwright and educator from NYC. This documentary offers a glimpse into the intersection of ... Read more

It’s an evening of art, ideas, and entanglements—join us for the launch of Winged Seeds, the exhibition catalogue that brings the textures of the show to your fingertips. This celebratory gathering brings together artist Jia Sung and graphic designer Rey Carlson in conversation, as they share the behind-the-scenes journey of crafting the zine—threading together themes ... Read more

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Judge Denny Chin, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Co-Director of the Center on Asian Americans and the Law and Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Fordham Law School. In this ... Read more

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome back Hyeseung Song to celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of her first book, Docile: a “profound and poetic meditation on the value of living” (Grace M. Cho, author of Tastes Like War), told through Song’s own story of subverting the model minority myth, contending with mental illness, ... Read more

From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the challenges facing Indigenous people around the world. Before Martha’s Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it was home to the Wampanoag people. Today, as tourists flock to the idyllic beaches, the island has become increasingly ... Read more