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“Chinatown, My Chinatown”: A Literary Evening
For over 150 years, Manhattan’s Chinatown has been celebrated, imagined and caricatured in American literature, news reports and in popular song. Whose Chinatown is this anyway? What is real and what is simply fantasy? Your favorite place for egg custards is someone else’s least favorite. The best soy milk in town, in your opinion, makes your neighbor gag. And let’s not get started on Hong Kong!
At “Chinatown, My Chinatown”: A Literary Evening, get to know Chinatown through the words of New Yorkers who know this neighborhood best! Hosted by Ed Lin, join us for an evening of readings from novels and unpublished memoirs about the “real” Chinatown from renowned authors and artists, Henry Chang, Ava Chin (Mott Street), Ping Chong, Alvin Eng (Our Laundry, Our Town), S.J. Rozan (The Murder of Mr. Ma), and Radha Vatsal (No. 10 Doyers Street). Books will be available for purchase on site by our friends and neighbor, Yu & Me Books.
Pay-as-you-can RSVP required! Books will be available for purchase on site by our friends and neighbor, Yu & Me Books.
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Chinatown Arts Festival is a month-long festival produced by Think!Chinatown to celebrate the cultural richness of Manhattan’s Chinatown with musical and dance performances, storytelling projects, film screenings, art exhibitions, a block party, and so much more! This series of cultural programs presents traditional Chinatown artists, and emerging Asian American artists in context and dialogue with each other, bringing the generations together and making connections with a wider arts audience. The festival also highlights cultural happenings presented by neighboring organizations and artists to increase awareness of Chinatown’s cultural assets. Learn more at thinkchinatown.org/artsfest
Think!Chinatown is an intergenerational non-profit based in Manhattan’s Chinatown, here to listen, to respond, and to build Chinatown’s capacities as a strong & vibrant immigrant neighborhood of NYC. Our mission is to foster intergenerational community through neighborhood engagement, storytelling & the arts. We push from within our neighborhood to shape better policies and programs that define our public spaces, to celebrate our cultural heritage, and to innovate how our collective memories are represented. Learn more at thinkchinatown.org