Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
New Museum – IDEAS CITY Tour of Multiethnic Chinatown Date: Friday, May 3, 2013 Time: 10:30AM to 12PM Place: 214 Centre Street, Manhattan (Across the Street from Museum of Chinese in America) Free Admission New York City is one of the most diverse metropolises in the world. With its abundance of cultural, social, and historical … Read more
Museum of Chinese in America We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Time: 3PM to 8PM Place: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, Manhattan In 1982, tens of thousands of workers, mostly immigrant women, worked in union garment factories in and around Canal Street in … Read more
Tour of Chinatown, Manhattan: Exploring Its Multi-ethnic Origins and Current Development Date: April 15, 17, 18, 20 & 21, 2010 Time: 10:30AM to 12PM Place: 218 Centre Street, Manhattan (Across the Street from Museum of Chinese in America) Free Admission Age Level: 16 and over The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) will lead … Read more
In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate, attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather’s return from the fortune cookie factory. This book examines the most famous American Chinatowns, in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu–fingers of land on the … Read more
Chinatown Working Group Presents Town Hall: The Future of Chinatown Date: Monday, June 1, 2009 Time: 6:30PM to 8:30PM Place: PS 124 Yung Wing School – Auditorium 40 Division Street, Manhattan Open To Everyone Light Refreshments Served Can’t find a job? Can’t afford your rent? Too much traffic and not enough parking? Want more money … Read more
Author Henry Chang will read from his acclaimed novels CHINATOWN BEAT and YEAR OF THE DOG and will discuss the origins and methodology of his writing style, evoking Chinatown not only as setting but also as a character. He will explain how he has combined noir mystery with Chinese American sociology and history. Chinatown Beat … Read more