Asian American / Asian Research Institute

K-Music Night: John Park, OKDAL, Yozoh & Jeena
2026-08-13 - 2026-08-16 | Korean Cultural Center NY, 122 E 32nd St, New York, NY, 10016
The Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) and the Korea Creative Content Agency New York Center (KOCCA NY) are pleased to present K-Music Night 2026. We invite you to discover four artists who reflect the breadth and diversity of contemporary Korean music. Highlighting Korean American identity, cross-cultural storytelling, acoustic warmth, emotional songwriting, and literary singer-songwriter sensibility, this year’s program offers an intimate and compelling portrait of Korea’s indie and singer-songwriter scenes for New York audiences and industry professionals alike.
The 2026 lineup features Korean American R&B solo artist John Park, folk-indie duo OKDAL, indie icon singer-songwriter Yozoh, and Korean American indie rock artist Jeena.
Presented in New York, home to one of the country’s most vibrant Korean American communities, K-Music Night 2026 offers a meaningful musical dialogue between Korean artists, Korean American artists, and New York audiences.

Building Civic Partnerships as a Revenue Strategy for Community Media
2026-08-13 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | The center for community media
​Instructor: Madeleine Bair, Founder, El Tímpano
​For the past five years, El Tímpano has developed a novel way to sustain and even expand its public-service journalism: civic partnerships. Through this model, nonprofits, government agencies, and other mission-aligned organizations contract El Tímpano to distribute vital information to “hard to reach” communities. El Tímpano began this work in 2020 with a $6,000 grant to support census outreach. In 2025, civic partnerships brought in approximately $350,000, making it El Tímpano’s second-largest source of revenue.
​In this session you’ll learn how to:

​The basics of a civic partnerships strategy and how to determine if it’s right for you

​How to retain editorial independence while earning revenue from civic and nonprofit agencies

​The steps to develop a civic partnerships strategy in your organization

2026 AAPI-LEAD - Youth Conference (Cohort B)
2026-08-14 - 2026-08-17 | 40 Broad Street, 40 Broad Street, New York, NY, 10004
AAPI-LEAD (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – Learn. Engage. Advocate. Dream) is a 4-day youth conference that brings together NYC’s AAPI and allied youth to discuss the experiences and issues most relevant to AAPI young people.

“An Advice and Networking Event (Technology)”
2026-08-26 18:00 - 19:15
Overview

Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings August 26, 2026 from 6 pm ET to 7:15 pm ET

The Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative

“An Advice and Networking Event (Technology)”
August 26, 2026 from 6 pm ET to 7:15 pm ET

We are pleased to invite you to the 60th event organized by the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative. This virtual event will enable Asian Americans who are in the early to mid-stages of their careers to get valuable advice from experienced and successful Asian Americans in the technology industry. We have been holding this event for different professions in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
We will start with welcoming comments and introduction to the advisors, followed by virtual breakout rooms where the experienced Asian American advisors will host individual breakout rooms that attendees can join. The attendees will have a list of the experienced advisors in advance and will be able to choose which breakout rooms they want to visit to get career advice and to ask questions. The attendees will be able to move from room to room as they wish.
This will be a unique opportunity to explore career paths in the technology profession with experienced industry executives. Discussions will be frank and informative as each breakout room host will answer your questions and share personal insights and their stories about successful careers in technology.
We hope this event will help those of you who are getting ready to start your careers or who are at junior or mid-level levels of your organization. We hope that this event will help you overcome obstacles and accelerate your careers.
If you would like to join us for this networking/advisory event, please register at https://c100-8-26-2026.eventbrite.com
Regards,
Peter Young
Chair, Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative
New York Regional Chair, Committee of 100, and board member
The Committee of 100
The Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts founded 36 years ago.
The Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of:
● Promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community;
● Advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China.
To learn more about the organization, please go to https://www.committee100.org.

A4 Picnic Performances: Grace Kelly, Ashni
2026-09-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Bryant Park, Bryant Park, Manhattan, 10018, United States
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture. The series provides a platform for extraordinary artists and serves as a vital outdoor venue for a wide array of New York’s cultural institutions. No tickets needed, just show up on the lawn!
Grace Kelly is a saxophonist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader who has performed over 1,500 concerts in more than 40 countries. As a bandleader, she has appeared at major venues and festivals, including the Kennedy Center, Moscow Symphony Hall, and the Montreal, Newport, and Montreux Jazz Festivals. Early in her career, she performed at Barack Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inauguration and later joined Jon Batiste’s house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She has released 15 albums and is known for a genre-crossing sound blending jazz, pop, and electronic influences.
Ashni is a New York City-based singer, songwriter, and pianist. Weaving jazz, R&B, and pop, with a thread of North Indian folk music, she evokes the incisiveness and soul of Fiona Apple and Hiatus Kaiyote with the genre-crossing, form-expansion of Arooj Aftab. Her work explores our relationship to self, each other, and the natural world, enveloping listeners in a cathartic dimension, providing “haunting relief” (Kajal Mag), and forging a new sound.

2026 Nonprofit Resource Fair
2026-09-23 16:00 - 19:00
Join us at the 2026 Nonprofit Resource Fair to connect with organizations and access valuable resources.

In these unprecedented times, nonprofits must be resilient, well-resourced, and deeply connected within the larger movement ecosystem. Join us for a Nonprofit Resource Fair, hosted by Nonprofit New York and Amalgamated Bank, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect with financial, legal, governmental, and other sector experts who can support your mission as partners, vendors, or advisors.

Voices Rising: Korean Diaspora Voices in Performance
2026-09-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10065
This convening of company members from The Cherry Orchard and others reflects on Korean and Korean American diasporas that have shaped the evolution of Asian American theater and performance. The conversation considers how Korean artists are influencing U.S. culture from the global reach of K-pop and K-drama to the vitality of the contemporary stage while carrying forward deep artistic traditions. This New York Emmy-nominated series uplifts stories across the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and celebrates the growing impact of Asian diasporic artists on American culture.

Koreatown, NYC: The Consumption of a Transnational Brand
2026-10-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Asian American / Asian Research Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, 10036, United States
This book explores how Manhattan’s Koreatown transformed into a “transclave”—a commercialized ethnic hub driven by South Korea’s global nation-branding strategy and the diverse cultural mosaic of New York City.

Monuments to War
2026-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 | High Line Spur at 30th St, 10th Av, 30th Street & 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Closing the series, Nico Rodriguez, deputy director of Monuments Lab, considers Nguyen’s work alongside contemporary artistic approaches to memorialization. The discussion explores how artists reimagine monuments to war by transforming sites of violence into spaces for remembrance, reflection, and collective healing.
The lecture will be followed by a guided meditation by Steve Clorfeine, a meditation teacher from the Shambhala tradition with over 40 years of experience.
Rain date: October 11, 2 – 3pm

2026 Annual Conference: Stay Relentless
2026-11-05 08:00 - 20:00 | New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
Early-bird registration is now open for the 2026 Nonprofit New York Annual Conference, taking place on November 5, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM at the New York Marriott Marquis.
Join nonprofit leaders, practitioners, consultants, advocates, funders, and sector partners from across New York for a dynamic day of learning, collaboration, and connection.
From May 13 through August 31, 2026, attendees can access discounted early-bird pricing for this year’s conference.
This year’s conference theme, “Stay Relentless,” is a call to action. It asks us to remain steadfast, determined, and solution-focused in a moment that continues to challenge and reshape our work. It is about staying grounded in community, connected to one another, and committed to delivering high-quality, high-impact support and services to all New Yorkers.
The 2026 Annual Conference will bring together nonprofit leaders, practitioners, advocates, consultants, funders, and changemakers for a full day of learning, strategy, reflection, and connection. Through timely discussions, shared resources, and opportunities to exchange ideas with peers, the conference is designed to help nonprofit professionals move forward with clarity, resilience, and purpose.
Whether you are leading an organization, shaping strategy, managing programs, or supporting operations behind the scenes, this conference is designed for you.
Come for the insights, stay for the connection, and leave moving forward, relentlessly.
We hope you will join us.

2026 CUNY IT Conference
2026-12-03 - 2026-12-04 | John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019
The 2026 CUNY IT Conference focused theme is: AI Disruption and Opportunities. Artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education at extraordinary speed, altering how we teach, learn, conduct research, make decisions, design services, and imagine the future of our institutions. For many, AI represents disruption in its most immediate form—challenging long-standing assumptions about expertise, authorship, assessment, labor, privacy, and trust. Yet it also offers new opportunities to improve access, enhance student support, expand creativity, streamline operations, and open new possibilities for teaching and learning.
AI is already changing the conditions under which higher education operates. The question is not whether institutions will respond, but how. This year’s conference invites the CUNY community and its partners to share ideas, experiments, concerns, strategies, and discoveries that can help us navigate this moment with intelligence, imagination, and care. If you are exploring how AI is disrupting familiar practices—or creating meaningful new opportunities—we encourage you to join us for this year’s CUNY IT Conference!

Play - The Unsinkable
2027-02-10 - 2027-03-07 | Perelman Performing Arts Center, 241 Fulton Street, New York, NY, 10007
When 17-year-old Little Fong is plunged into the freezing Atlantic as the Titanic sinks, survival becomes a battle inside his own mind. The Unsinkable is a wildly inventive, darkly funny, and deeply moving odyssey inspired by the six Chinese seamen who lived—then were erased from the story of the Titanic’s survivors. From Liverpool’s engine rooms and Chinatown streets to Cuban sugarcane fields, and a Chicago nursing home in 1986, Little Fong’s memories and desires spring to life through puppetry, cross-Atlantic dance traditions, and flourishes of Chinese opera. He fights for dignity and love even as time slips and his life is largely forgotten.
