Events

Montréal’s acclaimed contemporary physical theater troupe The 7 Fingers pulls into PAC NYC. The passengers on this train don’t sit in silence staring at their phones – they express their hopes and dreams through an astonishing blend of cirque, music, and dance, telling human stories with superhuman skills. Poetic goodbyes. Anticipatory reunions. Fateful encounters. Each ... 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

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

North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film returns for its 18th year this summer at Japan Society. Join us for 30 curated films from across Japan featuring major award-winners, indie darlings, up-and-coming filmmakers, restorations, documentaries, experimental and short films and more. JAPAN CUTS is a showcase of the latest in Japanese cinema, featuring both ... 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.

­Presented by the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center, the 24th New York Asian Film Festival returns this summer from July 11-27, 2025 with its most ambitious and globally expansive lineup yet. With more than 100 films across four NYC venues: Film at Lincoln Center, SVA Theatre, LOOK Cinemas W57, and ... Read more

Asia Society celebrates two distinct traditions of Indian cinema this summer with Parallel Days/Bollywood Nights; four weekends of films featuring beloved popular Hindi-language cinema alongside landmark films in the arthouse “Parallel Cinema” movement, which flourished from the late sixties to the early/mid nineties—highlighting both their vast differences and occasional connections.

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.