Margaret M. Chin and Syed Ali — The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become

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

Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become by leading sociologists Margaret M. Chin and Syed Ali. In this important and eye-opening analysis, Chin and Ali illuminate the power of peers, and peer culture, to shape ... Read more

Leading With Vision at Kakao Mobility: A Conversation with SVP Dr. Christopher Chang

The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY

Kakao Mobility Corp, a mobility subsidiary of South Korea's tech giant Kakao Corp, is a one of a kind mobility platform company. It operates the Kakao T app, a super app that provides an all-in-one mobility experience, with an industry-defining and market-leading “No. 1” product portfolio comprised of taxi-hailing, designated driver, turn-by-turn navigation, smart parking, ... Read more

Hiroshi Sugimoto: On Photography and Japanese Art

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of Japan's most important contemporary artists, will join Asia Society Museum Director Yasufumi Nakamori for a conversation exploring Sugimoto's photography, his current exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London, and the impact of historical Japanese arts, such as tea culture and calligraphy, on his current artistic practice. Sugimoto will discuss his new ... Read more

$15

THKS: The First Asian American Talk Show – Live!

Welcome to Chinatown Hub 115 Bowery, New York, NY, United States

Be part of several lively discussions about the impact of generative AI on Hollywood and the arts, as well as the persistence of Asian masculinity stereotypes. THKS (pronounced "thanks") is a new talk show featuring the brightest stars in the AAPI community. Founded by journalists of Asian descent, the show is produced and hosted by ... Read more

A4 November 2023 Town Hall: Community

Asian American Arts Alliance 29 West 38th Street, Floor 9, New York, NY

Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) welcomes you to attend and participate in November’s Town Hall on the theme of “community” in celebration of our 40th anniversary. We’ll be hosting you in A4’s office in Midtown, Manhattan. Since we’re celebrating a big milestone, we’re doing things a little differently. In lieu of featured presenters, A4 will ... Read more

“The Golden Years Theater” – A Series of Short Plays Celebrating the Legacy of Artists of this Generation

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY

Join us for an unforgettable evening of theatrical magic at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center in NYC! Get ready to be transported to a world of creativity, passion, and innovation as we present "The Golden Years Theater." This in-person event will showcase the best of Latino theater, pushing boundaries and exploring new ... Read more

$20

The Radical Cinema of Kijū Yoshida

Film at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater 165 W. 65th Street, New York, NY

Of the iconoclastic Japanese filmmakers who rose to prominence in the 1960s, perhaps none worked as fearlessly and concertedly toward crafting an unapologetically subversive body of work than Kijū Yoshida (1933–2022). Starting his career as a young recruit to Shochiku’s directing apprenticeship system (alongside fellow enfant terrible Nagisa Ōshima), Yoshida’s earliest work finds him radically politicizing the ... Read more

$17

Play – Export Quality

Here Arts Center 145 6th Ave, New York, United States

When survival means self-sacrifice, the only option for some women is to become a mail-order bride and marry a stranger from a foreign land. Inspired by true stories, Export Quality traces the harrowing journeys of four mail-order brides from the Philippines, as they experience hope and despair, love and loss, death and renewal. The play explores the ... Read more

$35

Celebrating Hidden Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander History

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

Please join us for a very special professional learning session at the Museum of Chinese in America to explore strategies for improving the way we teach Asian American and Pacific Islander history. We will share the newly published Hidden Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander curricular resources. .All participants will receive resources to bring back ... Read more

Telling the Stories of Tibetans in Exile: Far From the Rooftop of the World

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Join us for a conversation with journalist Amy Yee, author of Far From the Rooftop of the World, as she shares her experience documenting the stories of Tibetans in exile. Her storytelling journey began with a hug and request from the Dalai Lama in March 2008 when she was a Financial Times reporter in India. ... Read more

$15

Sex/Work in a Global Frame

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University 20 Cooper Square, 1st Floor, Room 101, New York, NY

This panel brings together scholars and activists working across different sites – the United States, the Caribbean, Thailand, and China – who are at the forefront of theorizing sex, gender, labor and migration. Challenging colonial narratives of rescue, redemption, and rehabilitation that undergird the global anti-trafficking movement, the panelists collectively envision global gender/sexual/economic justice by ... Read more

Screening – TAKE ME HOME

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan L2 Auditorium 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY

The Korea Society is thrilled to sponsor the screening of the award-winning short film Take Me Home, followed by a Q+A with director Liz Sargent and the film team at Marlene Meyerson JCC. Anna, an adult with a cognitive disability, lives with her mother in Midland Florida. When her mother is unresponsive, she calls her sister, Emily, for ... Read more