Eric Firestone Gallery is pleased to announce a major exhibition exploring the history of Godzilla Asian American Arts Network, which was active in the 1990s. The exhibition will showcase the work of individual artists involved with the network at the time. Spanning two gallery spaces, the show includes established artists and also amplifies the voices ... Read more

Spanning over 90 years of Japanese cinema, from the silent era to the early 21st century, the festival includes work by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Kaneto Shindō, Ishirō Honda, Takashi Miike, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hideo Nakata, among many others.

New York International Children’s Film Festival has presented thoughtful, provocative, intelligent film for all ages for over 25 years.

A classmate of director Jia Zhangke at the Beijing Film Academy, Wang Hongwei would become one of the mainstays of Jia’s cinema from their student days onward—an archaeologist sifting through the debris of a vanished Fengjie in Still Life, an abusive massage parlor customer in A Touch of Sin, the lead in Jia’s 1997 breakthrough Xiao Wu (Pickpocket)… Sometimes ... Read more

Civics Week is a time each spring for schools across the city to celebrate youth voice, civic empowerment, and the importance of registering to vote. Civics Week includes efforts to get every young person to understand that their voice matters and that they can create change as active participants of their community. We're excited to ... Read more

New York City has bounced back from the depths of the pandemic, fully rebounding from the jobs lost since 2020 and emphatically repelling the threat of a “doom loop” scenario. But New York still has work to do to keep pace with a vastly changed post-pandemic landscape and reimagine key facets of the city’s economy ... Read more

China Institute in America proudly presents "Empowering Voices," a groundbreaking program that delves into the multifaceted narratives of Asian women and their pivotal roles in shaping society. This initiative not only aims to illuminate the challenges, triumphs, and contributions of Asian women in various domains but also seeks to foster a vibrant networking environment where ... Read more

Speaker: Frank H. Wu, President, Queens College/CUNY Frank H. Wu has served as the president of CUNY Queens College since July 2020. He is the first Asian American to serve in this role. He previously served as chancellor and dean at the University of California Hastings College of Law and faculty at Howard University. He received ... Read more

The Philippine Village Historical Site is a living monument in Clayton, Missouri, that holds space for respectful engagement with histories of the 1904 World’s Fair and the accurate telling of those histories from Filipino and Indigenous perspectives. In this talk, interdisciplinary artist (and caretaker of the site) Janna Añonuevo Langholz shares how she honors the ... Read more

Like the foundational role of butter in French cooking or olive oil in Italian cuisine, jangs stand as the cornerstone of Korean cooking, infusing every dish with a symphony of flavors and complexity. Chef Mingoo Kang, often referred to as South Korea’s best chef, invites readers on a gastronomic journey in Jang: The Soul of ... Read more

Hear from funders and film support organizations - as deadlines for their opportunities are coming up. What are these funders and support groups looking for in your project, your proposal and sample? Would you qualify as an emerging or an early career filmmaker? Join us online on Wednesday March 13th to hear from Lucy Mukerjee ... Read more

The seventh University-wide diversity conference returns to the Graduate Center, scheduled for Thursday March 14, 2024.   This one-day event will focus on how both health equity and social justice work in tandem to realize a greater sense of inclusion and belonging at CUNY.