• Demilitarizing Hawaiian Lands – Local Struggles, Global Implications (Virtual)

    Non AAARI Events

    Participants: Kyle Kajihiro (moderator), Camille Kalama, and ʻIlima Long This webinar will discuss the history of (de)militarization in Hawaiʻi and contemporary struggles to reclaim Hawaiian lands, including expiring military leases of Hawaiian trust lands and successful demilitarization campaigns on Kahoʻolawe, Mākua, and Kapūkakī (Red Hill). Zoom Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99388947770?pwd=nwn4fS4aPLYgQvAazkdH6E3tGNyvm0.1 Join by SIP 99388947770@zoomcrc.com Meeting ID: 993 8894 ... Read more

  • Exhibition Opening – Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective

    Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College/CUNY 135 East 22nd Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    The Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College is proud to present Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo, A Retrospective, the first major survey of New York-based artist Zhen Guo (b. 1955, Shandong Province, China). The exhibition is on view from March 12 – June 12, 2026, and is accompanied by an illustrated brochure with a new essay on ... Read more

  • Kirk Varnedoe Memorial Lecture Series with Patrick Flores

    The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    This talk reflects on the possibillities of curating Southeast Asia, reconsidering the gestures of art history and exhibition-making that supplement a regional aspiration.

  • Musical: At the Edge of Chinatown part of Rough Draft Festival 2026

    LaGuardia Performing Arts Center 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Created by the music group, The Slants, At the Edge of Chinatown follows three Asian-American teenagers navigating fractured identities while their family restaurants face extinction in a rapidly changing Chinatown. It’s an explosive musical about third-culture kids who must remix the old world to build their own, proving that sometimes the most powerful form of preservation is ... Read more

    $10
  • MOCA PERFORMS – Declaration of Independence, Day 2

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

    Museum of Chinese in America’s Performing-Artist-In-Residence program welcomes a cohort of 3 performing artists to generate a theme-based project. This year’s theme, Declaration of Independence, encourages the resident artists to interrogate what it means to be “American,” to see self-determination, or to stake a claim to visibility, freedom, and belonging.

    $14
  • ALC Habeas Training & Toolkit

    Non AAARI Events

    Join the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) for a training on habeas petitions seeking freedom for immigrants with unexecuted final orders of removal who have been recently re-detained after living in the community for many years. The training, along with an accompanying ALC toolkit, is focused on Ninth Circuit caselaw, but many of the arguments covered ... Read more

  • The Road to Healing, Rejuvenation, and Social Justice: Understanding Mental Health Challenges and Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization among CUNY Asian American/Asian College Students

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States
    AAARI Events

    In their study, Prof. Esther Son explores the mental health challenges and barriers to accessing services faced by Asian American/Asian college students at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, particularly after the pandemic.

  • The Theater of the Matters: The Island of Loves

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

    The Theater of the Matters presents a dual program in honor of Paulo Rocha and Sumiko Haneda. Haneda’s 1982 documentary The Poem of Hayachine Valley (早池峰の賦) will screen on 16mm on March 14 at Light Industry.

    $16
  • AAWW & The Strand Present: Amin Ahmad + Kirthana Ramisetti

    Strand Book Store 828 Broadway 3rd Floor, Rare Book Room, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Join us for an event with notable writer Amin Ahmad, discussing his new novel A KILLER IN THE FAMILY. Moderating this discussion is culture writer and author, Kirthana Ramisetti. This event will be hosted at The Strand at Columbus (SCA) located at 450 Columbus Ave. This event is co-presented with the Asian American Writers' Workshop. ... Read more

    $35.65
  • Writing Without Fear

    The Asian American Writers’ Workshop 18 West 21st Street, Suite 900, New York, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Are you working on a novel, memoir or non-fiction project? Did you start off with great enthusiasm, only to feel the project bog down? Are you overwhelmed by the complexity of the task? Has anxiety crept into your writing day? To produce good work, writers must be willing to take risks and to produce writing ... Read more