MOCA TALKS – The Making of Five Senses of Chinatown
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYThe Museum of Chinese in America cordially invites you to an engaging panel discussion on its special exhibition Five Senses of Chinatown, as part of our vibrant MOCA FEST 2024, commemorating the Lunar New Year. This guided conversation will provide an insider’s perspective on the curatorial process and our cross-departmental collaboration, offering a unique understanding of ... Read more
A4 January Town Hall: Home(land)
The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NYIn A4’s first Town Hall of the year, we are focused on land, displacement, and the AAPI-led decolonization, abolitionist, and anticapitalist movements that advocate for equitable rights to exist and make a home. We will be hearing from featured presenters Vivien Sansour of the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library to discuss their work for a free ... Read more
Untold APIDA Stories: Hmong Breakdance Community in Fresno
Breakdancing in the Hmong communities of Fresno started as a result of community organizing, specifically through diasporic gathering events like Hmong New Year celebrations. As the Hmong immigrant population grew in Fresno by the 1990s, community organizers established resources and gathering spaces. As community centers opened throughout Fresno, Hmong breakdance crews became more prominent as ... Read more
Fostering Asian American Mental Health
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYJoin us for our first in a series of in-depth conversations this year about mental health within the Asian American community, featuring U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma, author of Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being. The conversation will be moderated by Vicky Nguyen, NBC News Senior ... Read more
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Queens College - Kupferberg Center for the Arts 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing, NYFounded by the late Taiwanese-American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, the cross-cultural Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company blends Chinese cultural elegance with New York’s modern dance spirit. Their ground-breaking works explore ancient legends reflecting current issues and contemporary dances influenced by Chen’s multicultural experiences in New York. Join us for a program showcasing Chen’s distinctive style and diverse ... Read more
Play + Placemaking for Afro-Asian Solidarity
The Laundromat Project 1476 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NYHow can we design cities to build solidarity between Black and Asian communities? Join artists and urban planners Daphne Lundi and Louise Yeung for a placemaking workshop that taps into our sense of play and imagination by using found objects to envision spaces for Black and Asian futures. Lundi and Yeung will explore how places ... Read more
Lunar New Year: Celebrating the Year of the Dragon
Queens College/CUNY (Goldstein Theatre) 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing, NYJoin us for a spellbinding family dance performance as we embrace the spirit of the Year of the Dragon through the power and beauty of dance. Immerse yourself in a world of wonder as Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company takes the stage, weaving together graceful movements and vibrant costumes to bring ancient traditions to life. Come ... Read more
Screening – Dersu Uzala
Film at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater 165 W. 65th Street, New York, NYIn Akira Kurosawa’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, an unexpected friendship arises between a Russian military geographer and the Nanai hunter he has hired to guide his expedition across the Siberian taiga. After the baffling fiasco of his previous film, Dodes’ka-den, and his subsequent suicide attempt, Kurosawa experienced an artistic rebirth with this ... Read more
Oshogatsu: New Year’s Celebration
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrate the New Year Japanese-style at our Oshogatsu event that’s filled with fun for the whole family! After watching a riveting Japanese taiko drum performance, kids are invited on stage for a hands-on drum mini-workshop. Families can then welcome the New Year with exciting and traditional activities like New Year’s calligraphy, lion dancing and other ... Read more
Komunidad: Filipinos in the UAE
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in New York 19 Washington Square North, New York, NYKomunidad: Filipinos in the UAE is a documentary photography project that captures the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the UAE. It offers an intimate glimpse into the daily experiences of four individuals from the Filipino community. Now part of the NYUAD Akkasah Photography Archive in NYU's Special Collections, artist Xyza Cruz Bacani's work is significant ... Read more
Author Talks: Bora Chung & Anton Hur
The author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a National Book Award and International Booker Prize Finalist, are back with a new collection of short stories. A rising star of Korean literature, Bora Chung burst onto the American literary scene last year with the publication of her astounding debut, Cursed Bunny: Stories, translated by Anton Hur. ... Read more
January 2024 Briefing- Voices of the AAPI Community: Unveiling Insights from New AAPI AP-NORC SURVEY
On Tuesday, January 30, APIAVote, AAPI Data and the Asian Americans Journalist Association (AAJA) will be co-hosting the second in the Voices of AAPI Communities monthly briefing series that analyzes findings from the new AAPI Data/AP-NORC Survey. This briefing will focus on AAPI views on the economy, including inflation, student debt, and medical debt.