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

Acclaimed translator Jeremy Tiang joins us to discuss his debut novel and winner of the Singapore Literature Prize State of Emergency. Siew Li leaves her husband and children to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during ... Read more

Originally published in Japan in 1975, The Village Beyond The Mist is a beloved classic of Japanese children’s literature and has been cited by Hayao Miyazaki as one of his inspirations for the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away. Yonder, a Restless Books imprint, now brings Kashiwaba’s cherished tale to American audiences for the first time ... Read more

The NYCenter for Advancing Translational Research and Health, in partnership with Choose Healthy Life, Abyssinian Church, and Quest Diagnostics, invites you to Blueprint for Wellness—a free health screening event at The CUNY School of Medicine. What to Expect: Free Full Blood Screening: Get a comprehensive blood test by Quest Diagnostics (no insurance needed!). Personalized Results: ... Read more

Godot finally came — but… This one day in summer, a group of New York–based female artists take on the powerful words of Minoru Betsuyaku, one of Japan’s greatest absurdist playwrights, who boldly responded to Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with a work of his own. This is a work-in-progress reading and marks the first step ... Read more

Moe is a former geisha who launched the YouTube channel Kimono Mom in 2020 to share her love of Japanese food and family with the world. Over the past five years, she’s made almost 800 videos and created a global following with over 3 million subscribers.  Moe’s videos spotlight Japanese home cooking recipes often made ... Read more

In this performance by the Prehistoric Body Theater ensemble, Indonesian dancers channel prehistoric dinosaurs as they explore themes of mass extinction, climate crisis, and evolutionary ancestry through movement. Praised as “an innovative form of global public outreach for paleontology” (Oxford University Press), the company fuses animal movement with traditional dance and experimental Javanese percussion. Co-created with Indigenous ... 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