MOCA PRESENTS – Moonlit Motion, a Community Dance Workshop

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NY

Are you ready to move under the influence of the moon? In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Museum of Chinese in America is excited to collaborate with Choreographer Jiemin Yang for a special community dance workshop inspired by the moon, Moonlit Motion.

$12.51

Four Decades without Justice: BHOPAL’s Survivors of the Union Carbide Gas Disaster Speak

CUNY School of Law 2 Ct Square W, Queens, NY, United States

Bhopal Gas Disaster survivors visiting the U.S. from India will speak about their four decades long efforts for justice. The Bhopal gas disaster is one of the most tragic industrial accident causing catastrophic environmental and human harm. More than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing ... Read more

The Most Famous Woman in China (Book Talk)

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY

Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Asian American Studies Program, is proud to present a discussion with renowned television host and businesswoman Yue-Sai Kan about her new autobiography, The Most Famous Woman in China. Joining her in conversation will be former congresswoman and Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Leader in Residence at Roosevelt House, Hon. Carolyn ... Read more

AARP NY: Building Disaster Resilient Communities

AARP New York and The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Center for Healthy Aging (CHA) collaborate to present Building Disaster Resilient Communities. This session will be led by SBP, a national disaster recovery and resilience organization dedicated to shrinking the time between disaster and recovery by reducing risk, increasing resilience, and improving the recovery ... Read more

JLF New York 2024

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Celebrating books, ideas, and dialogue, the Jaipur Literature Festival — described as “the greatest literary show on Earth” — returns to New York in 2024, presenting a series of conversations and performances examining the human experience through the imaginations of some of the world’s leading authors, thinkers, and performers. This year's festival will feature Shashi Tharoor, ... Read more

$30

How the World Made the West: Josephine Quinn with Ken Chen

NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

How the World Made the West poses a bold challenge to “civilizational thinking” on the origins of Western culture—that is, the idea that civilizations arose separately and distinctly from one another. Rather, Josephine Quinn locates the roots of the modern West in everything from the law codes of Babylon, Assyrian irrigation, and the Phoenician art ... Read more

The South Korean Film Industry

South Korea’s film industry is producing movies and original series eagerly anticipated by the global audience, and it is now arguably considered one of the few countries outside the United States to have captivated the world’s hearts and minds through pop music, TV dramas, and film. Similarly, the exponential growth in the South Korean film ... Read more

Professional Development Workshop: Integrating APIDA in Your Everyday Teaching

Join the Asian American Education Project for a live, virtual workshop that will teach educators of all subjects how to seamlessly integrate APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) history into their everyday teaching. Educators will understand the importance of spotlighting APIDA figures and historical moments in their classroom all year round, not just during Lunar ... Read more

Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi

Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United States

Dogugaeshi, the award-winning phenomenon by genius puppeteer Basil Twist, is back! Born as a Japan Society commission, this ever-innovative piece now celebrates its 20th anniversary. Enter a mystical world, where a mysterious white fox shepherds you through past and present Japan. Inspired by a disappearing traditional stage mechanism from Japan’s Awa region called dogugaeshi, Twist ... Read more

$58

Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001)

80WSE, NYU 80 Washington Square East, New York, NY

Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) is an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed “Asian American,” a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968. Utilizing an interdisciplinary and research-driven praxis, Legacies uncovers how artists of Asian descent have historically negotiated ... Read more

Perelman Performing Arts Center – 9/11 Open House

Perelman Performing Arts Center 241 Fulton Street, New York, NY

Perelman Performing Arts Center will be open to 9/11 community members after the Reading of the Names at the 9/11 Memorial, approximately from 12pm-5pm. Community members do not need to have attended the Reading of the Names for entry into the building. Restrooms and places to rest will be available. Light refreshments will be provided. ... Read more