Events

After the smoke cleared, there was a city to rebuild. BPL Presents is proud to welcome a screening and conversation around the new documentary, 9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero, with director Josh Sabey, Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Dr. Sarah Sayeed, and Michael Kimmelman. After the 9/11 attacks, no one could agree what should be done with Ground Zero. ... Read more

Join us for a special screening of Netflix’s new dance-based comedy Best of the Best, followed by a conversation with stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Priyanka Kedia, Hasan Minhaj, Ankur Rathee, and Chaneil Kular, director Lena Khan, and co-writer and producer Prashanth Venkataramanujam, moderated by journalist and podcast host Reshma Gopaldas.

When he declared that the world had reached “the end of history," what did conservative political thinker Francis Fukuyama mean? Does he still believe it? He joins us to discuss his new memoir, In the Realm of the Last Man — a strikingly personal new reflection on the ideas he’s reconsidered.

Artists 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

In an extraordinary, rare New York appearance, internationally acclaimed couturier Guo Pei invites you into the magical realm of her creative universe. Widely celebrated for seamlessly weaving centuries of Chinese cultural heritage with breathtaking haute couture, Guo Pei’s monumental creations have been featured in major exhibitions at world-leading cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in ... Read more

『王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼』 Oritsu Uchugun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa New 4K Restoration. The debut of animation studio Gainax (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and a seminal work of cel animation, Hiroyuki Yamaga’s Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise launched a new generation of animators with its conceptual, Promethean ambitions. Set on an alternate Earth in the kingdom of ... Read more

Introduction by Jawni Han. Leave it up to chance and come watch a Sakamoto-affiliated picture, presented on film. 35mm. Approx. 90-120 min. Part of Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto

This September, in partnership with America250, the Asian American Business Development Center is proud to present Hidden in Plain Sight: Asian Americans and the Making of America, an immersive exhibition bringing more than 150 years of Asian American history to the center of the American story.

Let’s hop into a great year of learning together. Today’s topic? The Rabbit on the Moon! Chinese legend says that there’s a Jade Rabbit living on the moon. Learn how the rabbit got to the moon, and what it’s doing there, by reading the legend here! Then join us on September 12th to make fun Jade Rabbit-themed ... Read more

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface returns with her dazzling new novel. Taipei Story is a humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock. Don’t miss an afternoon of lively conversation as Kuang and author Hua Hsu (The New Yorker, Stay True) delve into questions of identity, memory, and the pull of home across ... Read more

Imported 35mm Print. The fourth and final film of eccentric filmmaker Donald Cammell, best known for his brilliant 1970 debut Performance co-directed with Nic Roeg, Wild Side was butchered by studio interference, re-cut and taken away from Cammell who subsequently took his own life. A provocative, erotic neo-noir starring Christopher Walken in one of his ... Read more

Join us for a free, live simulcast concert of the Tony® and Olivier Award-winning musical.