• Discover Your Life & Leadership Purpose

    Non AAARI Events

    Patrice Tanaka, co-founder of three award-winning PR agencies, and the consultancy, Joyful Planet LLC, focused on building “purpose-driven” individuals and organizations, will conduct an hour-long “Discover Your Life & Leadership Purpose” webinar on August 20 from 2 to 3 p.m.

  • QBPO – INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

    Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Join Borough President Donovan Richards for a celebration of India's 78th Independence Day, as Queens honors its dynamic Indian American community with an evening of cultural performances, honors for local leaders, words of wisdom, refreshments and much more.

  • We Need To Talk About Pakistani Cuisine

    Museum of Food and Drink 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn, NY

    Despite being home to one of the largest diasporas in the world, shaped by centuries of migration, trade, and shared borders, Pakistani food remains poorly understood. But that may be starting to change. Join us for a conversation with Maryam Jillani, author of the cookbook Pakistan; Pervaiz Shallwani, Senior Writer and Editor at Bon Appétit; ... Read more

    $20
  • Writing for Graphic Novels – Workshop with Wendy Xu & Chris Kindred

    Non AAARI Events

    Curious about the professional process of creating a graphic novel? Join Wendy Xu and Chris Kindred for a weekend intensive where they take you step by step through the craft of combining script writing and art direction, with forays into the history of the medium and their own work experiences in comics as well as ... Read more

    $81.88
  • QBPO – INDONESIA INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

    Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Join Borough President Donovan Richards in celebrating 80 years of Indonesia's independence. Enjoy an evening filled with cultural performances, delicious food and more. In partnership with the Indonesian Gastronomy Association and Indonesia Bersatu New York.

  • The Butterfly Lovers

    David H. Koch Theater 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    An eternal love that defies all expectations. Reimagined by an international team of creative minds together with Hong Kong Ballet’s Choreographer-in-Residence Hu Song Wei Ricky and Mai Jingwen, The Butterfly Lovers is a legendary Chinese folktale about humble scholar Liang Shanbo and aristocratic heiress Zhu Yingtai, who disguises herself as a boy in order to ... Read more

    $51
  • Screening – Twenty-Four Eyes

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

    Imported 35mm Print. Equally known for her longstanding relationship with director Keisuke Kinoshita as with Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine remains eternally bound to her role in the immensely popular 1954 epic Twenty-Four Eyes, Kinoshita’s heralded anti-war masterpiece. Posted to teach in a remote fishing hamlet nestled within the sun-drenched isles of the Inland Sea, schoolteacher ... Read more

    $16
  • It’s Time for K-Culture 2025: Seoul Beauty Metro

    Korean Cultural Center NY 122 E 32nd St, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Seoul Beauty Metro brings together two powerful forces in Korean cultural promotion — the Korean Cultural Center New York(KCCNY)’s It’s Time for K-Culture initiative and Nurilounge’s K-Beauty Boost NYC project. This three-day experience transforms the KCCNY into a multi-level mini Seoul journey, guiding guests through Seoul’s most iconic beauty and lifestyle scenes. From Gangnam’s glam ... Read more

  • Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo

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

    Join us for a compelling evening with Michael Luo, executive editor of The New Yorker and acclaimed author of Strangers in the Land: The Struggle for Belonging in America, as he explores the complex and often overlooked history of Chinese exclusion and the Asian American experience in the United States.  In celebration of the release ... Read more

    $12
  • Serica Storytellers with SAPAAC: Yiming Ma | These Memories Do Not Belong To Us

    Non AAARI Events

    In partnership with the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club, Serica is proud to host a virtual conversation with Yiming Ma, author of the debut, These Memories Do Not Belong To Us, a powerful and provocative novel that explores how governments and media manipulate history to control the collective imagination, set in a future where ... Read more

  • Level Up Your Civic Holidays Activations: Go beyond tabling, free food, and merch!

    Non AAARI Events

    Join us for a virtual training collaboration from National Voter Education Week, Vote Early Day, and Campus Takeover designed to help you plan and execute high-impact Civic Holidays activations that will boost voter engagement in your community and build lasting connections with voters. Learn how to go beyond free food and swag to design interactive, ... Read more

  • Vote Early Day 101 August Workshop

    Non AAARI Events

    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.

  • Theater: GUT (굿) Act 2: Memoirs

    HERE Theater 145 6th Avenue, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Memoirs (Act 2) is the second act of GUT (굿), a three-act autobiographical hybrid/dance work and the fifth and final installment of Soomi Kim’s series exploring mortality in Korean and Asian American lives. Act 2: Memoirs examine the complex legacy between a Korean American daughter and her immigrant father, as she pieces together the history ... Read more

  • Festival & Screening – 9-Man: 80 Years of Chinatown Legacy

    Columbus Park 67 Mulberry Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Celebrate 80 years of 9-Man with an evening of food, music, and local vendors in the heart of Chinatown. This special community event honors the legacy of the game and the people who’ve built it—on and off the court. Whether you’re a longtime player or just discovering 9-Man, come experience the culture and community that ... Read more

  • Asian American Authors in Conversation: Tony Tulathimutte – Rejection

    Chatham Square Library 33 East Broadway, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Please join author Tony Tulathimutte as we discuss his collection of short stories Rejection : Fiction. Booksigning to follow Q&A. Tony is author of the novels Private Citizens and Rejection. His work has been published in  The Paris Review, N+1, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Playboy, and elsewhere. He has received a Whiting ... Read more

  • Recruiting Volunteers and Drawing People to Your Event

    Non AAARI Events

    Whether you are planning a small celebration or a large activation, getting people involved is essential to your success. Vote Early Day and National Voter Education Week are teaming up to provide a hands-on session that will provide practical strategies for recruiting volunteers and increasing event attendance to make your activation a success. We’ll discuss ... Read more

  • Sound and Directing – with Emily Strong

    The City College of New York - Shepard Hall 259 Convent Avenue, New York, NY
    AAARI Events

    Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for talk on sound recording and making films with documentary filmmaker and sound mixer Emily Strong.

  • NYUL Presents Center for Black Excellence Speaker Series with James Rhee and John King

    Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    NYUL's Center for Black Excellence Speaker Series launches at The Roosevelt House at Hunter College. Join us & SUNY Chancellor John King & entrepreneur James Rhee for a timely discussion on safeguarding and strengthening higher education for underserved communities in the current political climate.

  • Who Is This Music For? Asian Diaspora, Counterculture, and Access

    The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    A4 brings together Asian diasporic artists from experimental/countercultural music scenes and community leaders to discuss the lack of access Asian diasporic communities have to countercultural arts. Artists in the diaspora, especially those who work within experimental and countercultural scenes, often challenge traditional boundaries of genre and aesthetics.

  • MOCA x NYAFF Film Club: Saving Face

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

    A queer romantic comedy set in vibrant, multicultural New York City, Alice Wu’s irresistible feature debut breathed fresh life into the charming story of a young woman’s complicated life and her pursuit of love amid the chaos. Wilhelmina is a 28-year-old overworked medical resident living in Manhattan with no social life. Her widowed mother, Ma, ... Read more

  • Who Tells the War? Community Memory and the Vietnam War’s Enduring Legacies

    Non AAARI Events

    2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. This Luce Webinar hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, will examine the enduring consequences — particularly through the lens of how it differently affected communities across Southeast Asia. How the war is remembered, represented, and how do communities remember the war in ... Read more