Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesDogugaeshi, the award-winning phenomenon by genius puppeteer Basil Twist, is back! Born as a Japan Society commission, this ever-innovative piece now celebrates its 20th anniversary. Enter a mystical world, where a mysterious white fox shepherds you through past and present Japan. Inspired by a disappearing traditional stage mechanism from Japan’s Awa region called dogugaeshi, Twist ... Read more
Connie Chung with Walter Isaacson
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesConnie Chung is the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any news program in the U.S. Profoundly influenced by her family’s cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career in a white, male-centered world. Overt sexism was a way of ... Read more
Asian American Identity: Immigration History and Transgenerational Impact
This workshop is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of Asian American identity through the lens of immigration history and its transgenerational impact on culture and identity. Participants will explore the historical context of Asian immigration to the United States, examine the diverse experiences of Asian American communities, and gain insights into how these ... Read more
Pan Asian Rep 2024 Fall Reading Series – Calligraphy
520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Michell Room 520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Mitchell Room, New York, NYTwo cousins and their mothers confront changes generated by the past and the passing of time. In Los Angeles, one cousin faces her immigrant mother’s dementia while, in Tokyo, the other is challenged by her mother’s physical decline. Family history of the immigrant mother having married an African American and left Japan behind complicates all ... Read more
Cultural Icon, Cultural Ambassador: Yue-Sai Kan, “The Most Famous Woman in China”
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYA trailblazer in promoting understanding between Asia and the rest of the world, anchor, entrepreneur, and author Yue-Sai Kan will discuss her memoir with Asia Society Trustee Lulu C. Wang.
Patricia Tanumihardja – Mortar and Pestle: Classic Indonesian Recipes for the Modern Kitchen
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an insightful discussion with acclaimed food writer and cookbook author Patricia Tanumihardja, as she explores her latest culinary work, Mortar and Pestle: Classic Indonesian Recipes for the Modern Kitchen. Co-authored with her mother, Juliana Evari Suparman, this cookbook presents a vibrant collection of 80 ... Read more
China Institute in America Mid-Autumn Festival 2024
China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NYCelebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at China Institute in America for the entire family! Mid-autumn is one of the most celebrated holidays in China – a time for families to get together under the full moon and light up lanterns to symbolically illuminate the path to success for the rest of the year. Join us at ... Read more
2024 APAICS Technology Summit
Mark your calendars for the upcoming APAICS Technology Summit, taking place on September 25-26! Don't miss out on hearing from elected officials, industry leaders, and community partners as they discuss topics such as digital equity, representation in digital spaces, and more!
Unveiling The Findings: State of Chinese Americans Survey 2024
Chinese Americans constitute about 5.5 million people and are the largest share of the Asian American population. Despite this fast-growing electorate, Chinese Americans have faced a surge in racism in everyday life, been historically underrepresented in politics and policy, and the specific policy preferences and political behaviors of those same Chinese Americans are unknown. So ... Read more
Eliza Griswold and Hahrie Han with Andrea Elliott: Reckoning with Race in the Church
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesNot all evangelical churches fit the stereotypes. In their latest books, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eliza Griswold and the Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute, Hahrie Han, bear witness to two churches who break the mold. In Circle of Hope, Griswold chronicles the ravaging and ultimately destructive results to a group of progressive-leaning Philadelphia evangelicals ... Read more
Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons (Workshop – Part 2)
The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us at our next discussion/workshop on communication with author Jessica Chen to discuss her new book, Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons. Part 2 workshop will take place ... Read more
China Institute in America CrazyLaugh Comedy
China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NYCrazyLaugh A dynamic oversea Chinese culture content production platform. At CrazyLaugh, our mission is to inspire a shift in perspective, transforming life’s twists and stress into moments of humor and laughter. We believe every challenge is a setup for a punchline, and we’re dedicated to empowering everyone find theirs. Together, we’re not just facing life’s ... Read more
Three Iconic Directors: Gurinder Chadha, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYJoin us for this Viewpoints program bringing together three iconic directors of world cinema: Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding), Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), and Deepa Mehta (Water), in a conversation moderated by Aroon Shivdasani. Three filmmakers of Punjabi background, this "Bhenji Brigade" has made significant contributions to film with their fierce creative visions, and represent a larger Indian ... Read more
Rupi Kaur: milk and honey 10th Anniversary Poetry Writing Workshop
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum (Ground Floor) Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesIn 2014 Rupi Kaur self-published her first collection, milk and honey. Its honesty and rawness stunned readers, as did its ability to confront bitterness and pain with genuine sweetness. Ten years and millions of copies later, it is one of the best-selling poetry books of the 21st century, and Kaur is a worldwide phenomenon. This year ... Read more
National Bunraku Theater
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe National Theatre makes its triumphant arrival with bunraku theater in New York City for the first time in 32 years! Witness a stunning production of traditional Japanese puppet theater, with two quintessential climaxes from bunraku repertoire: Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (Oshichi, the Greengrocer’s Daughter) and Sonezaki Shinju (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki). Known ... Read more
Pan Asian Rep 2024 Fall Reading Series – My Man Kono
520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Michell Room 520 8th Avenue - 3rd Floor Bruce Mitchell Room, New York, NYIn the heyday of silent films, Japanese émigré TORIACHI KONO, in pursuit of the American Dream, becomes a loyal confidante of film star Charlie Chaplin, but at the dawn of WWII is swept up in anti-Japanese hysteria and accused of espionage. This will be a sneak peak of Pan Asian Rep's Feb 2025 world premiere ... Read more
Ada Limón and Peter Sís: In Praise of Mystery
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesAda Limón’s poem “In Praise of Mystery” will be launched into space as an engraving on the Europa Clipper spacecraft this October. It has also been adapted into her debut picture book. The poem asks us what it means to explore beyond our known world and how the unknown can reflect us back to ourselves. ... Read more