• MOCA x NYAFF Film Club: Yellow Rose

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

    Yellow Rose is a coming-of-age musical drama that follows Rose Garcia, a Filipina teenager growing up undocumented in a small Texas town. When her mother is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Rose is forced to navigate an uncertain future while pursuing her dream of becoming a country music singer. Starring Eva Noblezada in ... Read more

    $10
  • Sneak Peek of the work-in-progress film, Relative Strangers

    Non AAARI Events

    Please join us for a panel of special guests and a virtual sneak peek of our current work-in-progress production, Relative Strangers—the first feature-length documentary about mixed race adopted Koreans.

  • Voices Rising: Korean Diaspora Voices in Performance

    Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    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 ... Read more

    $45
  • Wonggongchang Mega Explosive

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

    The Museum of Chinese in America proudly presents Wonggongchang Mega Explosive, the second full-length album by Taiwanese composer, electronic musician, and producer Calvin Kaiˇ-Weiˉ Chang, a.k.a Kaiwei.

    $10
  • Mid-Autumn Family Festival

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

    Mooncakes, lanterns, and sweet reunions abound at MOCA’s Mid-Autumn (中秋节) Family Festival! Join us for crafts, shadow puppets, music, games, and more as we come together to celebrate this traditional holiday.

    $10
  • Race and Space: How Laws Create and Impact Asian Spaces

    Non AAARI Events

    Since its origins, America has existed as a racially segregated country. For most of its history, the law has been used to create and enforce this segregation. With the Reconstruction era’s 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, or as historian Eric Foner calls it, the “second founding,” the U.S. abolished slavery, granted citizenship, and enshrined equality ... Read more

  • “Third Act” Film Screening

    The Japanese American Association of New York 49 West 45th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    oin us for a screening of Third Act, the award-winning documentary film, and a panel discussion with filmmaker Tad Nakamura, moderator Sean Miura, and local leaders Stephanie Kato and George Hirose.

  • Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies | 2026 Technology Summit

    Non AAARI Events

    The APAICS Technology Summit brings together community and corporate leaders, subject matter experts, as well as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) elected officials for bipartisan policy discussions that affect the AA & NH/PI community and the nation at-large.   Panel topics will range from how technology is transforming the way ... Read more

  • Rising Up to Serve: Leveraging Bar Associations for Community-Centered Lawyering

    Non AAARI Events

    This panel examines how attorneys and advocates—particularly through bar associations like AABANY—can serve as a critical bridge between legal professionals and the unique legal needs faced by AANHPI and immigrant communities in New York City. Drawing on experiences across immigration, housing, employment, and community advocacy, the program will explore how attorneys can leverage AABANY and ... Read more

  • Buddhist Self-Knowledge Practices: The Sheila and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Colloquium

    Brooklyn College (Library, Woody Tanger Auditorium) 2900 Bedford Ave, Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    In this presentation, viewing Buddhism from a self-knowledge standpoint, Professor of Philosophy Christopher W. Gowans (Fordham University) will examine a variety of Buddhist practices—ethical, philosophical, and meditative—as these practices have been understood in the traditional “path” approaches (Buddhist practice as a path from suffering to an enlightened life of tranquility and compassion) and the rather ... Read more