Happy Cleaners
Join us for a discussion of the feature film, Happy Cleaners (2019), a heartfelt story that celebrates the survival of immigrants, the experiences of the Korean American community, and the value of family.
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Gender Justice in lndo-Caribbean Communities
Indo-Caribbean community leaders discuss gender justice.
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion – Queens Book Celebration
Join Kew & Willow Books for a celebration of Bushra Rehman novel’s Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer desire in a Pakistani-American community in Corona, Queens. This celebration will feature some of Queens most celebrated and beloved writers including Bushra Rehman, Christine Kandic Torres, Jai Dulani, Joseph O. Legaspi, Nadia Q. Ahmad, Patricia Park, Soniya Munshi!
Indo-Caribbean Community Leadership and Political Priorities in Queens
Indo-Caribbean community leaders discuss political priorities in Queens, and their career paths.
Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond
Our Laundry, Our Town (Empire State Editions, 2022) is a memoir that decodes and processes the fractured urban oracle bones of Alvin Eng’s growing up in Flushing, Queens, a neighborhood of that singular universe that was New York City in the 1970s. As a theatre practitioner and professor, Alvin discovered the under-chronicled Chinese influence on Thornton Wilder’s seminal Americana drama, Our Town.
Immigrant Crossroads: Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York
The editors and contributors to Immigrant Crossroads examine the social, spatial, economic, and political dynamics that stem from this fast-growing urbanization. The interdisciplinary chapters examine residential patterns and neighborhood identities, immigrant incorporation and mobilizations, and community building and activism.