Events

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a timely conversation with award-winning journalist and author Karen Hao on the promises and perils of today’s AI revolution. Drawing on years of reporting and her bestselling book Empire of AI, Hao traces OpenAI’s rapid rise from its origins as a safety-minded nonprofit to ... Read more

Join us on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 for an evening of meaningful conversation and connections. The event will feature a fireside chat with local business leaders, offering insights into current challenges and opportunities across industries. As part of the agenda, we'll also explore the latest economic forecast. The evening concludes with a networking reception, giving ... Read more

Please join us as Roosevelt House and the Tenement Museum host a discussion to mark the 60th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 3, 1965. Lifting the restrictive 41-year-old national origins quotas, the law—also known as The Hart-Celler Act—ushered in a new era of ... Read more

Hear from an archive producer and an archivist - from two sides of this field, and its importance for filmmakers and communities.

Join us for a discussion with Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) Advocacy Fellows to hear firsthand about the realities of life in North Korea, the decision and process of leaving, the adjustment to a new life in South Korea, and the discovery of new meaning and motivation. This discussion features two advocacy fellows: Rose Jang, ... Read more

Quickly evolving artificial intelligence technology is emerging as a potentially powerful journalism tool, including for harnessing data in stories. But AI needs to be wielded carefully and correctly to get accurate, trustable results in storytelling. Join Sandeep Junnarkar, Data Journalism Director at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, for a three-part training ... Read more

NCAPA with AAPI Data will be hosting our monthly DNA Forum where we will discuss federal policy updates related to the government shutdown. AAPI Data will provide brief updates about their newest survey and info about data fortification.

Join NYSEAN for a talk by Nicholas Kuipers about his new book, States Against Nations (Cambridge University Press, 2025). In his book, Kuipers questions the virtues of meritocratic recruitment as the ideal method of bureaucratic selection. He argues that while civil service reform is often seen as an admirable act of state-building, it can actually ... Read more

Alvin K. Wong (University of Hong Kong) joins the NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality for a discussion about his new book Unruly Comparison Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (Duke University Press, 2025). The book examines queerness in Hong Kong through a transdisciplinary analysis of Sinophone literature, cinema, visual culture, and civil ... Read more

  Join Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. and the Diwali Celebration Committee for a festive Diwali Celebration. The celebration will feature: Cultural Performances Honoring Community Leaders Refreshments Free, open to the public, RSVP suggested.

Five brave storytellers will take the mic to share their journey of migration, identity, love, loss, healing, and discovery. Think!Chinatown is proud to host Vietnamese Boat People for their 6th annual and first ever in-person Story Slam. This year’s theme is “My Journey.”  Stay tuned for announcements for this year’s selected storytellers.  This Story Slam ... Read more

Nikkitha Bakshani celebrates the US release of her novel Ghost Chilli with Kat Tang at The Crown Inn. Hosted by Fleet with cosponsor AAWW. Join us for a celebration of the US release of Ghost Chilli, Nikkitha Bakshani's acclaimed debut novel, the recipient of a Cosmopolitan Book Award and a finalist for the 2025 New ... Read more