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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
Artists Space 11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsArtists Space presents “Multiple Offerings”, the first retrospective in twenty-five years dedicated to the groundbreaking work of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. She produced an expansive range of works comprising performances for film and video, installation, photography, artist’s books (including her genre-defying book Dictée from 1982), and works on paper, which will fill Artists ... Read more
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Exhibition – Art of Manga
Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NYNon AAARI EventsArt of Manga is the first major exhibition in the Americas to explore manga—Japanese comics and graphic novels—as an art form. Marking its East Coast debut, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation is packed with more than 600 drawings that showcase manga’s immersive power and social impact. Don’t miss this rare opportunity for US audiences to encounter ... Read more
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King of the Yees, a play by Lauren Yee
Signature Theatre 480 West 42nd Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsFor nearly twenty years, Larry Yee has been the heart and soul of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association, a fraternal organization in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown. But to his daughter Lauren, a playwright living in New York, the association is an obsolete relic of a vanishing world. When Larry suddenly disappears, Lauren sets off on a ... Read more
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Boundless Bound Online Forum: Dialogues Across Heritage, Publishing, and Practice
Non AAARI EventsBoundless Bound Publishing invites artists, designers, educators, archivists, researchers, and independent publishers to a free online forum exploring cultural heritage, contemporary Chinese and diasporic experience, artist books, archives, and independent publishing. Through three conversations, the forum examines cultural memory, identity, translation, creative practice, and the ways cultural heritage is transmitted and reinterpreted across generations, communities, ... Read more
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Celebration of the TECO-NY Book Donation to Queens College Library
Queens College (Rosenthal Library) 65-30 Kissena Blvd, President's Conference Room 2, Flushing, NYNon AAARI EventsThe Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO-NY) has donated their collection of books to the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Queens College, CUNY. The Queens College Library (QCL) received 366 boxes of books in 16 categories, including, but not limited to, Art, Anthropology, Language and Literature, History, and Social Sciences, which enhances QCL's ... Read more
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MOCA CINEMA – History of NYC’s Chinatown: Episode 2 and Episode 3
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to a special screening of two episodes from History of NYC’s Chinatown, a newly released documentary series from NYC Media: Episode 2: A Community Takes Root and Episode 3: The Shape of Belonging.
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Min Jin Lee with Aidan Flax-Clark: American Hagwon
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street & 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsMin Jin Lee’s first novel since the bestselling Pachinko follows one family across decades and continents as they search in schools, jobs, churches, and beyond for meaning and success. Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo, DH, and Mido—find their fortunes twisted and their lives upended, first by ... Read more
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Puppet Theater: Kojiki de Creation
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsThursday, October 15 at 7:30 pm—Followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members Friday, October 16 at 7:30 pm—Preceded by a Pre-Performance Lecture Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 pm—Preceded by a Pre-Performance Lecture Sunday, October 18 at 2:30 pm—Followed by an Artist Q&A Following the acclaim of 2022’s 9000 Paper Balloons, New York-based puppeteer Maiko Kikuchi returns to Japan Society ... Read more
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18th Annual Boston Asian American Film Festival
Emerson Paramount Center 559 Washington St, Boston, MANon AAARI EventsBoston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF builds on over 45 years of AARW’s support for the Asian American Community through film.
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The 1st New York Korean Independent Film Festival
Korean Cultural Center NY 122 E 32nd St, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsPresented by Korean Cultural Center New York In Collaboration with Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN), Jeonju International Film Festival(JEONJU IFF), Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival(MSFF), Muju Film Festival(MJFF), Seoul Independent Film Festival(SIFF) In Special Partnership with Korea Creative Content Agency New York Center, Netflix
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The Bengali: An Evening of Film and the Power of Storytelling
Turkevi Center (Turkish House) 821 United Nations Plaza (First Ave and 46th St), New York, NYNon AAARI EventsJoin us for an evening of film, conversation, and community at Turkevi Center (Turkish House) as we explore the stories we inherit, the identities we carry, and the unexpected connections that shape our world. In The Bengali, named one of Nonfics' Top 20 Documentaries, director Kavery Kaul takes an American woman to India to uncover her grandfather Shaik ... Read more
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Tagasaló o Nagsasalo? Precents and Consequences of Intergenerational Support in Later-Life Filipino Families
NYU Silver School of Social Work (Parlor - Rm 101) 1 Washington Square North, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsFilipino families are often described through the lens of utang na loob (debt of gratitude) and reciprocal obligation, but who actually ends up providing and receiving support as parents age — and why — remains an open empirical question. Is support concentrated in a single tagasaló — the family member who catches every financial and ... Read more
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Reimagining Filipino Brooklyn
Center for Brooklyn History 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, New YorkNon AAARI EventsJoin us for a special program in celebration of Filipino American History Month.
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Filipinx American History Month: The 1924 Hanapēpē Massacre
Non AAARI EventsOn September 9, 1924, 16 Filipino plantation workers and 4 law enforcement officers were killed during the Hanapēpē Labor Strike in Kauaʻi, becoming known as the Hanapēpē Massacre. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hanapēpē Massacre. In honor of FAHM, join us to learn more about the 1924 Hanapēpē Massacre and how it ... Read more
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Coming Home: Tibetan Singer Yungchen
Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsHer name translates to “Goddess of Melody and Song”—a title bestowed upon her by a Tibetan lama, and one she has carried across the globe.
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Transpacific Chinatowns in Rural Wyoming: The Archaeology of Chinese Labor, Racial Violence, and Community
AAARI EventsThis talk discusses preliminary results from archaeological collaboration with Dr. Dudley Gardner and Chinese American descendants on the Wyoming Chinatowns
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APA VOICE South Brooklyn Candidate Forum
Homecrest Community Services, Bensonhurst Center 6915 15th Ave (Entrance on 15th Ave), Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsJoin us for the APA VOICE South Brooklyn Candidate Forum — a non-partisan opportunity to meet the candidates running to represent us in Senate District 17 & Assembly District 49!
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Chinese American NASA Space Pioneers – A Chinese American Woman’s Journey at NASA
Non AAARI EventsJoin us to know about a Chinese American Woman's Journey at NASA! Born in Vance, Mississippi, Josephine Jue began working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963 as a mathematician. Presenter: Josephine Jue Discussant: Gilroy Chow Moderator: Bob Stein
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Filipino American History Month Little Manila Parade & Block Party
70th Street, Roosvelt Ave & 41st Ave Woodside, NYAAARI EventsThis Filipino American History Month, the Office of Assemblymember Steven Raga, together with the Office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Woodside on the Move, Bright Spot Community Development Center, NaFFAA New York State Chapter, and FANHS Metro New York Chapter, will host the first-ever Filipino American History Month Little Manila Parade & Block Party ... Read more
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Performance – “Choreographies of Care” by Kim Ye
Model Airplane Field (Flushing Meadows Corona Park) Forest Hills, NYNon AAARI EventsThe 30-minute movement-based performance combines choreography from the Asian tradition of park dancing with US military parade sequences, Qigong, and gestures taken from pregnancy, childrearing, and sex work. Performed by an intergenerational ensemble to a score that layers Chinese nursery rhymes, traditional East Asian instrumentals, in utero recordings, and “Taps,” the piece proposes caregiving as ... Read more
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Archeology and the Making of Ifugao History
Events Space - 1st Floor 19 Washington Square North, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsWho has the authority to tell Ifugao history, and what changes when communities take part in that work? This conversation draws from archaeology in Ifugao to examine how knowledge about the past is produced and shared. Research has challenged long-held claims about the age of the rice terraces and has shown how community knowledge can ... Read more
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Teaching AAPI Histories – Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiian Identity, Culture, and Rebirth of the Sacred
Non AAARI EventsThe UCLA Asian American Studies Center, with support from The Asian American Foundation, presents this webinar series on teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories for K-12 and University Educators. Learn from leading scholars and classroom educators how to integrate AAPI narratives into your curriculum.
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Workshop – Fund, Make, and Release Your Film
Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) 29 West 38th Street, Floor 9, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsIn this intimate two-hour workshop led by Thomas Percy Kim (who raised $1.6M in crowd-equity for his film Isle Child and is a co-founder of the independent film studio The Vandalist), your project will be pressure-tested with live feedback to get your project ready for the world of independent financing. Co-facilitated by Maaya Shah, you’ll ... Read more
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An Evening with David Henry Hwang in conversation with Jeff Yang
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsPlease join the Asian American Studies Program for an evening with Tony- and Obie-award winning playwright David Henry Hwang in conversation with journalist Jeff Yang. DAVID HENRY HWANG is a playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. His stage works include the plays FOB (1980, Obie Award), M. Butterfly (1988, Tony Award), Golden Child (1996, Obie Award, Tony ... Read more
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AI Fundamentals & Master Prompting
Non AAARI EventsJoin Furg Herrera (MBA ’17) for a practical webinar on the lasting skills behind meaningful AI results: clear communication, useful context, and critical thinking. Learn a repeatable approach you can apply across AI tools, even as the technology evolves, and build a foundation for moving from answers to reusable assets, workflows, and automation. You'll learn ... Read more
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Asian American Studies Matters
AAARI EventsIn its 250-year existence, the United States has welcomed, nurtured, while also barred and deported Americans who hail from all parts of the world. The Asian American experience is at once unique and familiar. From the first migrants to these shores in the late 1500s, to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, to the incarceration ... Read more
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Vietnamese Boat People 2026 Story Slam
Think!Chinatown Studio 1 Pike Street, New York, NYAAARI EventsDo you have a story only you can tell? Vietnamese Boat People is back at the Think!Chinatown Studio for their 7th Annual Story Slam—an evening of live storytelling, community, and connection. Starting as the Mỹ Việt Story Slam, an online performance focusing on stories from the Vietnamese diaspora, this collaboration with Think!Chinatown features in-person live ... Read more
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Yiyun Li with Jennifer Egan: Music Against the Night
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street & 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsYiyun Li’s latest book is Music Against the Night. In Dublin, as the 18th century nears its end, a young virtuoso named John Field comes of age as his family nurtures visions of him becoming the next Mozart. His talent takes him to England, France, and Russia, where he becomes a famous pianist and composes ... Read more
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Environmental Crisis in Southeast Asia: Politics, Misrule, and Resistance
NYU Wagner - Main Event Space, Room 101 105 East 17th Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsThis conference brings together scholars and practitioners to examine the politics of the environmental crisis across Southeast Asia—a region where socio-ecological ruptures are not aberrations but products of longstanding structures of extraction and governance failure. Panelists trace the roots of these crises and assess how extractive industries, increasingly legitimized through the language of green transitions ... Read more
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Environmental Crisis in Southeast Asia: Politics, Misrule, and Resistance
NYU Wagner School of Public Service 105 East 17th Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsThis conference brings together scholars and practitioners to examine the politics of the environmental crisis across Southeast Asia—a region where socio-ecological ruptures are not aberrations but products of longstanding structures of extraction and governance failure. Panelists trace the roots of these crises and assess how extractive industries, increasingly legitimized through the language of green transitions ... Read more
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From Major to Career: Finding Your Career Path as a Transfer Student
Hunter College - Jennifer J. Raab Career Center 695 Park Row - HE 244, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsAre you a transfer student still figuring out your major or what you want to do after college? You’re not alone! Join us for an evening of career exploration, alumni stories, and networking. Date: Thurs, 10/22/26 Time: 5:30PM - 7PM Location: Jennifer J. Raab Career Center, HE 244 WHAT TO EXPECT - Tour the New ... Read more