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SUMMARY:Food Festival: Japan Fes NYC
DESCRIPTION:JAPAN Fes renowned as the world’s largest Japanese food festival\, with over 1\,000\,000 projected annual attendees and 2\,000 vendors\, we proudly host the world’s largest Japanese food festival. Every Fes is set in a different neighborhood of NYC\, introducing it to a slice of Japanese culture and cuisine. Our vendors have been featured in publications such as The New York Times\, Food Network\, and The Today Show as a testament to their dedication of serving the best representation of Japanese cooking. Come try the best of Japan! \nHOURS:10PM-6PM    Check website for updated dates and locations. \nApril 19 on the Upper West Side\nApril 20 in Chelsea\nApril 26 in Chelsea\nApril 27 in Astoria\nMay 4 on the Upper West Side\nMay 10 in Chelsea\nMay 18 in Park Slope\nJune 7 in Midtown West\nJune 15 in Park Slope\nJune 22 on the Upper West Side\nJune 28 in Midtown\nJuly 6 in Midtown East\nJuly 12 in Chelsea\nJuly 20 in Times Square\nAugust 3 on the Upper West Side\nAugust 9 in Greenwich Village\nAugust 24 in the East Village\nSeptember 6 on the Upper East Side\nSeptember 13 in Chelsea\nSeptember 20 on the Upper West Side\nOctober 5 in Chelsea\nOctober 18 in the East Village\nOctober 26 on the Upper West Side\nNovember 8 in the East Village
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/food-festival-japan-fes-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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SUMMARY:Food Festival: Dragon Fest NYC
DESCRIPTION:We are an annual outdoor Chinese food & culture festival with experiential activities\, tastings\, and market fairs that showcases the vibrant food\, art and cultural traditions from China. It is a cultural platform that connects people in New York to Chinese restaurants\, food vendors\, artists and local communities. \n\nApril 13 – Astor Place (Panda Day)\nApril 20 – 6th Ave (30th–31st St)\nMay 10 – 6th Ave (30th–31st St)\nMay 24 – Astor Place (Panda Day)\nJuly 20 – 7th Ave\, 56th–57th St\, (Panda Day)\nAugust 16 (night market) – Queens Blvd\, Forest Hills (Panda Day)\nSeptember 20 – Broadway (113th–114th St)\nOctober 4 – 4th Ave (12th–13th St)\nOctober 5 – 6th Ave (31st–32nd St)\nOctober 12 – Broadway (81st–82nd St)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/food-festival-dragon-fest-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Creating Kosher Chop Suey
DESCRIPTION:What happened when chop suey\, a Chinese dish with American roots\, encountered Jewish customers in New York at the turn of the century? A new Center for Women’s History installation in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Niche sheds light on the vibrant\, gastronomic collaboration between two ethnic communities. From debates in the Yiddish press to the publication of  kosher Chinese cookbooks\, and from representations in fine art to restaurant ephemera\, the installation explores how Jewish and Chinese women\, with a shared love for food\, together introduced a new phenomenon in the 1960s: kosher Chinese cuisine. Curated by Shiyong Lu\, Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History and Public History\, and Anna Danziger Halperin\, Director for the Center for Women’s History.  \nImage: Gifford Reynolds Beal (1879–1956). Chinese Restaurant #1\, ca. 1930. Oil on wood panel (reproduction). The New York Historical\, Gift of Charles H. Berman and Norman and Joanne Berman\, 2022.9
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-creating-kosher-chop-suey/
LOCATION:New York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251029
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SUMMARY:Film Lab Launches Elevating Women in Entertainment Series
DESCRIPTION:Film Lab is launching a free podcast series that will run September 8 through October 28 designed to connect artists and creatives\, especially Asian American women\, with access to industry insiders\, mentorship and advice.  The series includes Sundance’s Jandiz Cardoso\, Erin Quill on arts and activism\, Dean John J. Chin of AAARI CUNY on the intersection of academia and entertainment and much more. \nThe free series premieres on Film Lab‘s YouTube Channel\, offering unfiltered advice and empowering stories from leading voices. \nThe schedule includes: \nJandiz Cardoso – Sundance Episodic Program Director9/8/25Eventbrite \nScott Foster – Co-Founder\, ScriptHopInterview: 9/10/25\, 10AMEventbrite \nAki Li – VP Sales & Marketing\, CrossingsTV9/12/25\, 12PMEventbrite \nErin Quill – Broadway Singer & Journalist9/22/25Eventbrite \nChristy Harst – CEO\, Building Doors VO9/29/25\, 4PMEventbrite \nJoe Tex – Producer & Co-Founder\, BATSU!Interview: 9/30/25\, 7PMEventbrite \nAndrea Louie – Arts & Activism AdvocateInterview: 10/9/25\, 5:15PMEventbrite \nDaniel Sakaya – COO\, CrossingsTVInterview: 10/21/25\, 5PMEventbrite \nDean John J. Chin – AAARI CUNY\nInterview: 10/28/25\, 4pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith its focus on mentorship\, allyship\, and representation across race\, gender\, and genre\, Elevating Women in Entertainment serves both as a resource for creatives and a call to action for the industry. \nFollow the full series at YouTube.com/@filmlabinc. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/film-lab-launches-elevating-women-in-entertainment-series/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
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SUMMARY:Theater: The Porch on Windy Hill (with Discount)
DESCRIPTION:A4 discount with code ARTS20 for 20% off tickets! \nThe Porch on Windy Hill blends Appalachian\, Old Time and Bluegrass songs with a deeply personal\, contemporary story of discovery and reconciliation. The show follows Mira\, a biracial Korean American classical violinist\, and her folk-song-collector boyfriend Beckett as they escape pandemic isolation in Brooklyn and journey to the mountains of western North Carolina. When they unexpectedly reconnect with Mira’s estranged grandfather\, Edgar\, they uncover a tangled legacy of love\, loss\, and music—and discover the unforeseen harmony that can arise when generations and genres collide. \nThe Porch on Windy Hill: New York Premiere at Urban Stages \nWritten by SHERRY STREGACK LUTKEN\, LISA HELMI JOHANSON\, MORGAN MORSE\, and DAVID M. LUTKEN.\nConceived and Directed by SHERRY STREGACK LUTKEN.\nStarring TORA NOGAMI ALEXANDER\, DAVID M. LUTKEN\, and MORGAN MORSE.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-the-porch-on-windy-hill-with-discount/
LOCATION:Urban Stages\, 259 West 30th Street (btw 7th and 8th Avenues)\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: The New York Sari: A Journey Through Tradition\, Fashion\, and Identity
DESCRIPTION:The New York Sari showcases the deep influence that South Asians have had on the culture of New York City and how individuals have drawn strength from tradition while looking clearly towards a bolder future of inclusion and progress. \nThe New York Sari centers the sari as an essential part of the cultural fabric of New York City\, using it as a metaphor for the ways in which the individuals who wear and create saris have straddled tradition\, culture\, and modernity in their work\, art\, and lives. The exhibition tells the stories of who wears saris\, the relationship between saris and identities\, and how they’ve evolved over time. \nThe New York Sari showcases the deep influence that South Asians have had on the culture of New York City from the Gilded Age to the present day\, beginning with the little known history of Coney Island’s first theme park and culminating with the vibrant communities that are home to the South Asian diaspora today. Offering a unique history of migrant communities and gender in New York City\, the exhibition explores how individuals have drawn strength from tradition while looking clearly towards a bolder future of inclusion and progress.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-exhibit-new-york-sari-a-journey-through-tradition-fashion-and-identity/
LOCATION:New York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: hapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project
DESCRIPTION:In 2001\, artist Kip Fulbeck began traveling the country photographing multiracial individuals of all ages and walks of life. Fulbeck’s work sought to address in words and images the one question that Hapa people are frequently asked — What are you? After photographing more than 1\,200 people\, the project culminated in the landmark book and exhibition Kip Fulbeck: Part Asian\, 100% Hapa\, which toured throughout the U.S. A new exhibition Hapa.me — 25 Years of The Hapa Project\, revisits some of the original subjects two decades later. How do they look now? How have their views on their own identity changed? \nDerived from the Hawaiian word for “half\,” the word “hapa” has been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed-race heritage includes Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. The exhibition comes at a time of increasing awareness and identification with being mixed race. The 2020 Census showed that 10% of the population identified as multiracial\, almost tripling from ten years before. In Hapa.me\, Fulbeck presents a nuanced portrait of change and growth within this broad identity by focusing on individual faces and voices. \nOriginating at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles\, this New York presentation will feature 30 portraits and responses of local subjects\, installed amidst a hand-painted mural that captures the beauty of being mixed. A central reading table encourages visitors to flip through Hapa.me artist’s books for a fuller archive of the project. This exhibition is a homecoming of sorts for Fulbeck: MOCA was one of the first museums to exhibit the Hapa Project and it has remained a fixture of our permanent exhibition which explores over 200 years of the experiences of Chinese in America. \nhapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project and related programs are made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, in partnership with the City Council; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and is funded by a grant from the New York City Tourism Foundation. \nAbout the Artist \nKip Fulbeck has exhibited and performed in over 20 countries and throughout the U.S. He is the author of six books including Part Asian\, 100% Hapa; Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids; and Hapa.me – 15 Years of The Hapa Project\, and the exhibition artist of Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. He teaches as a Distinguished Professor of Art at the UCSB\, where he received the Faculty Diversity Award and the Distinguished Teaching Award\, and has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member five times.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-hapa-me-25-years-of-the-hapa-project/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person,Museum
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251020
DTSTAMP:20251017T202118Z
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SUMMARY:Viet Film Fest 2025 Virtual
DESCRIPTION:The mission of Viet Film Fest is to celebrate Vietnamese stories and voices in cinema. \nAs the largest international Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora\, Viet Film Fest showcases the best creative work by and about Vietnamese people. Our award-winning films have been screened in numerous cities and countries. Viet Film Fest was created in 2003 by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) to celebrate the many stories about Vietnamese people. Now running successfully for over a decade\, the festival has attracted thousands of national and international attention for its stunning showcase of shorts and features submitted from many corners of the world\, including Australia\, Cambodia\, Canada\, France\, Germany\, Israel\, Japan\, Korea\, Norway\, the Philippines\, Poland\, United Kingdom\, Singapore\, the United States\, and Vietnam. \nThe festival will be taking place in-person October 10-12\, 2025 in Sanat Ana CA and virtually October 4-19\, 2025. \nUse code VC10 for 10% off all screenings! Code does not apply for special screenings or events. \nhttps://watch.eventive.org/vietfilmfest2025 \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/viet-film-fest-2025-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Festival,Film,Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251103
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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibit: Xyza Cruz Bacani: The Diaspora is Home
DESCRIPTION:Picnic\, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. \nOctober 4 – November 2\, 2025\nFlux IV\, 56-21 2nd Street\nOpen Saturdays\, 12:00 – 6:00 pm or by appointment \nFlux Factory is pleased to present The Diaspora is Home\, a solo exhibition by Xyza Cruz Bacani. This exhibition presents photographs of the Asian American diaspora\, from portraits in living rooms to scenes of community gatherings\, food traditions\, and religious practices. Installed within a living room environment\, Bacani’s work evokes belonging and cultural continuity\, transforming the gallery into a space of warmth\, reflection\, and collective memory. The Diaspora is Home runs from October 4 – November 2\, 2025 with an opening reception on Saturday\, October 4\, accompanied by the presence of community members who appear in the photographs\, sharing food they have prepared\, and a tea demonstration by Anna Ye. \nThe Diaspora is Home invites you into the lived experience of immigrants in Queens. When we leave our motherlands\, we take more than our belongings. We bring our languages\, flavors\, the strength of our ancestors\, and resilience forged in hardship. Leaving is never simple. Arriving is a different story. We carry the pains of separations; traumas that we can still taste in our mouths. We learned to find joy in our small victories\, pride in our survival\, and accept the scars of migration as beauty in building anew. This exhibition traces these dualities: joy and struggle\, memory and reinvention. \nDeveloped through visits to homes and close engagement with community members\, Bacani’s works reflect an intimate process of trust and reciprocity. The accompanying living room installation mirrors the spaces in which the photographs were taken\, creating a familiar and welcoming environment. By inviting visitors to gather\, sit\, and reflect\, the installation transforms Flux IV into a site of hospitality and shared presence\, underscoring the centrality of home within the diasporic experience. Each work in The Diaspora is Home speaks to the search for home\, the courage to remain visible\, and the tenderness of community. In today’s world\, where immigrants are portrayed negatively and our existence is questioned daily\, we choose to tell our own stories. \nJoin us on this journey. Bring your own stories. Together\, we honor the spaces between us\, find  our home in the diaspora where kindness grows\, hope lives\, and celebrate our undeniable existence. \nXyza Cruz Bacani: The Diaspora is Home is presented as part of the artist’s 2025 NYSCA Fellowship. Special thanks to Fujifilm US\, Martin Kaminer\, and the Tim Hermann Charitable Family Foundation for their support. \nAbout the Artist\nXyza Cruz Bacani (b. 1987\, the Philippines) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and writer based in New York. Her experience as a second-generation domestic worker in Hong Kong informs her practice and engagement in less visible\, erased\, and underreported world events. Her works explore migration\, transnational identity\, climate change\, and labor. Bacani received her M.A. in Arts Politics at New York University. She has been recognized as one of Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders\, Artpil 30 Under 30 Women Photographers\, Forbes’s 30 Under 30 Asia\, and BBC’s 100 Women of the World. Her artistic accomplishments are documented by the Philippines House of Representatives under ‘House Resolution No. 1969’. She received multiple grants from the New York State Council of the Arts\, WMA Commission\, the Open Society Moving Walls Foundation\, and the Pulitzer Center\, and was one of the Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellows. She is also the author of We Are Like Air. Bacani’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York\, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago\, KADIST Collection\, Asian Art Museum San Francisco\, Foreign Correspondents Club Hong Kong\, New York University Special Collections\, and numerous private collections worldwide. www.xyzacruzbacani.com \nAbout Anna Ye\nAnna Ye is a tea educator\, cultural organizer\, and founder of Anna Ye Tea\, a specialty tea company dedicated to elevating Vietnamese teas and heritage. Born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown to immigrant parents\, and now based in Astoria\, Queens\, Anna draws on her background in fine dining hospitality and community organizing to create experiences that weave together food\, culture\, and storytelling. She also serves as Kitchen Studio Lead at Think!Chinatown\, where she co-develops and co-produces cultural culinary programming. www.annayetea.com \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nMedia & Visitor Contact\nMeghana Karnik\, Curator & Exhibitions Director\nmeghana@fluxfactory.org \nAccessibility\nFlux IV is located on the ground floor of 56-21 2nd Street\, Long Island City\, NY 11101 between the Queens Landing Boathouse & Environmental Center and Gotham Point apartments. The closest bus stop is 2 St/55 Ave on the Q101. The closest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Ave on the 7 line (purple) and 21st st G line (green). The closest ferry pier is Hunter’s Point South Ferry Landing. A Citibike station is located at Center Blvd & Hunters Point South Ferry Landing. iPark (paid parking) is available on 1-20 56th Ave\, Long Island City\, NY 11101. There is a public restroom left of our front door. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/xyza-cruz-bacani-the-diaspora-is-home/
LOCATION:Flux IV\, 56-21 2nd Street\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photography
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SUMMARY:Slumlord Millionaire - Film and Talk
DESCRIPTION:Fearless residents and allies battle corrupt landlords and developers for their homes. With the film directors and activists speaking.\n\n\nSLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE is a documentary focused on the housing crisis in NYC. In New York City’s most quickly gentrifying neighborhoods\, a group of fearless residents\, activists\, and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords and developers for the basic human right to a home. \nThe film features four individual David vs. Goliath battles that clearly expose the human toll of gentrification.: \n🏠Janina Davis\, a former supermodel who is trying to reclaim her home after a deed theft scam; \n🏠Sam and the Bravo family who have been in a legal battle with their landlord for 15 years; \n🏠Ren Ping Chen\, a resident of Manhattan Chinatown who fears his historic community may disappear after the construction of four luxury towers; and \n🏠Moumita Ahmed whose city council campaign was viciously targeted by real estate developer billionaires \nJoin us for this acclaimed PBS documentary\, with the film directors and activists at the City College of NY\, Shepard Hall Rm 291 at 259 Convent Ave at 140th street at 6 PM Oct 8th. Free\, light refreshments served. ID needed to enter the building. Accessible space\, ASL and CART provided. \nPresented by Third World Newsreel\, the Documentary Forum at CCNY and cosponsored by AAARI (Asian Americn/Asian Research Institute CUNY). \nDirections: #1 to 137 st\, ABCD to 145th St. Accessible route: #6 to 125th St\, M101 bus to 140th street. Questions to workshop@twn.org \nFilmmakers Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching directed and produced the award winning documentary AFTER SPRING\, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. They were both honorees on DOC NYC inaugural “40 Under 40” list as directors. \n#SlumlordMillionaire #Cinema #Activism #Documentary #HousingRights #HousingJustice \n\n\n\nDIRECTORS & PRODUCERS \nEllen Martinez and Steph Ching directed and produced AFTER SPRING\, a feature documentary about the Syrian refugee crisis. The film was Executive Produced by Jon Stewart\, world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival\, broadcast on Starz and is the recipient of a Frontline Award for Documentary Journalism. Their work has been supported by the Sundance Institute\, Latino Public Broadcasting\, Firelight Media\, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and NYSCA. They were both honorees on DOC NYC inaugural “40 Under 40” list as directors. As a producer\, Ellen has worked on projects for HBO\, Disney+\, PBS\, Participant Media and Imagine Documentaries and was a Netflix Nonfiction Directing/Producing Fellow. She is originally from Texas but grew up living overseas in Dubai\, Venezuela\, and Syria. She is now based in Brooklyn\, New York. Steph is also an editor and she has worked on “Cameraperson\,” “The Fourth Estate\,” “The Brink\, “Take Out with Lisa Ling” and Netflix’s “White Hot.” She is the proud daughter of Hong Kong immigrants. \nPhoto: Carlos Sanfer \n\n\nPRODUCER \nNicole Tsien (she/her) is an independent producer based in Queens\, New York. She is most passionate about uplifting BIPOC filmmakers and supporting creative documentaries. She previously worked in television for over a decade; most recently as the Director of Program Development at CNN Films where she worked on Little Richard: I Am Everything\, directed by Lisa Cortés\, produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment; and Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia\, directed by Salima Koroma\, produced by Left/Right. She was formerly the Co-Producer of POV\, the longest-running documentary series on PBS where during her tenure\, she worked to present over 90 films to a national audience and has been the recipient of multiple News and Documentary Emmys\, Peabody\, and duPont-Columbia nominations and awards. Nicole has participated on panels and juries worldwide\, including CAAMFest\, Doc NYC\, and Austin Film Festival. She took part in the inaugural Film Independent Documentary Producing Lab in 2024; was a 2021 Rockwood JustFilms Fellow; and was part of the inaugural cohort of Doc NYC Documentary New Leaders in 2020. Nicole is on the Steering Committee for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and serves as a board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Latino Public Broadcasting \nLatino Public Broadcasting is the leader of the development\, production\, acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural media that is representative of Latino people\, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans. LPB provides a voice to the diverse Latino community on public media throughout the United States. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Firelight Media \nFirelight Media is the premier destination for non-fiction cinema by and about communities of color. Firelight Media produces documentary films\, supports filmmakers of color\, and cultivates audiences for their work. \nCO-PRODUCTION / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Center for Asian American Media \nThe Center for Asian American Media is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding\, producing\, distributing and exhibiting works in film\, television and digital media. For 40 years\, CAAM has exposed audiences to new voices and communities\, advancing our collective understanding of the American experience through programs specifically designed to engage the Asian American community and the public at large.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/slumlord-millionaire-film-and-talk/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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SUMMARY:Artists for Liberation: A Panel Discussion on Asian American Cultural Organizing for Change
DESCRIPTION:Join Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and a panel of multi-disciplinary Asian American writers and artists for a vital discussion about organizing towards our collective liberation through the arts. \nFor generations\, Asian American organizers have harnessed the arts to spur change. Joining this tradition\, community arts organizations and teaching artists curate events for learning and to challenge the status quo. Panelists will discuss the lineage of the arts – including literature\, dance\, music\, and performance – as part of Asian American action; how teaching artists use workshops to organize; and how such spaces provide frameworks for action and respite from the mainstream arts establishment. \nPanelists include Jerome Viloria\, musician\, dancer\, and acting director of Kinding Sindaw; Dena Igusti\, an Indonesian Muslim playwright and poet; and Rachel Chang\, a musician\, songleader\, and educator. \nThe discussion will be moderated by Roohi Choudhry\, writer\, organizer\, and educator\, who organized a similar panel as part of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in March 2025. \nThe panel discussion will culminate with a brief performance and call-and-response song by Rachel Chang. There will be time for Q&A and a reception following the panel. \nThe event is hosted by Accent Sisters\, an artist-run bookstore and gallery for diasporic creatives\, located in Union Square. This event is open to all\, particularly artists\, organizers\, and cultural workers. \nThis event requires RSVP with a suggested donation of $5. \nAgenda:\n6:40-7:20 pm (40 min) – Panel\n7:20-7:30 pm (10 min) – Performance\n7:30–8:00 pm (30 min) – Q&A\n8:00–8:30 pm (30 min) – Reception \nRecording: The panel discussion will be recorded and published on A4’s YouTube channel after the event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/artists-for-liberation-a-panel-discussion-on-asian-american-cultural-organizing-for-change/
LOCATION:Accent Sisters\, 89 5th Ave #702\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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SUMMARY:Brian Jones Discusses Black History Is for Everyone with Jamaal Bowman
DESCRIPTION:BPL Presents welcomes Brian Jones\, a longtime educator whose Black History Is For Everyone explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race\, nation\, and the stories we tell about who we are. Jones will be in conversation with Jamaal Bowman. \nBlack history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to excise it from classrooms\, libraries\, and the popular imagination. Yet its opponents fail to understand a simple truth: the best education challenges our assumptions\, helps us see larger forces at work\, and gives us glimpses of alternate futures. \nIn Black History Is for Everyone\, Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history\, using his own experiences as a lifelong learner and classroom teacher to question everything—from the radicalism of the American Revolution to the meaning of “race” and “nation.” \nWith warmth and immersive storytelling\, Jones encourages us to delve deeper into our collective history\, explores how curiosity about our world is essential—and reminds us that with stakes so high\, the effort is worth it. \nPARTICIPANTS \nBrian Jones has taught many ages and grades in New York City’s public schools and the City University of New York. He served as the inaugural director of the Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library and was the associate director of education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The author of The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History\, his writing has also appeared in The New York Times\, Guardian\, and Jacobin. Photo credit Tatiana Daubek \nJamaal Bowman is an American politician and lifelong educator who served from 2021 to 2025 as the United States representative for New York’s 16th congressional district. Bowman is the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action\, a public middle school in Eastchester\, Bronx and holds a doctorate in education leadership.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/brian-jones-discusses-black-history-is-for-everyone-with-jamaal-bowman/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,History,In Person
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SUMMARY:[VIRTUAL] Author Talk: Our History Brings Us Here: A Reading and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for readings and a conversation with Luisa Igloria\, Michelle Peñaloza\, and Rhoni Blankenhorn moderated by R. A. Villanueva!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for readings and a conversation between Luisa Igloria\, Michelle Peñaloza\, and Rhoni Blankenhorn\, moderated by R. A. Villanueva! We’ll be toasting their books – Luisa’s Caulbearer\, Michelle’s All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems\, and Rhoni’s Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet – each released within the past year! \n__ \nLuisa A. Igloria is the author of Caulbearer (Immigrant Writing Series Prize\, Black Lawrence Press; 2024)\, Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Co-Winner\, 2019 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Prize (Southern Illinois University Press\, 2020)\,The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (Phoenicia Publishing\, Montreal\, 2018)\, 12 other books\, and 4 chapbooks. She was the inaugural recipient of the 2015 Resurgence Poetry Prize\, UK—the world’s first major award for ecopoetry (now known as the Ginkgo Prize)\, selected by a panel headed by former UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. She is lead editor of the new ecopoetry anthology The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands\, Waters\, Wildlife\, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press\, 2025)\, with Aileen Cassinetto and David Hassler; and lead editor\, along with co-editors Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S. Hoffman\, of Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (Paloma Press\, September 2023). Luisa is a Louis I. Jaffe Professor of English and Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Old Dominion University; she also leads workshops for and is a member of the board of The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk. During her appointed term as 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-22)\, Emerita\, the Academy of American Poets awarded her one of twenty-three Poet Laureate Fellowships in 2021\, to support a program of public poetry projects. \nMichelle Peñaloza is the author of All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems\, winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award and the James Laughlin Award (Persea Books\, 2025). She is also the author of Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire\, winner of the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk National Poetry Prize (Inlandia Books\, 2019)\, and the chapbook landscape/heartbreak (Two Sylvias\, 2015). Some of her honors include the Frederick Bock Prize from the Poetry Foundation as well as grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, and PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists). The proud daughter of Filipino immigrants\, Michelle was born in the suburbs of Detroit\, MI and raised in Nashville\, TN. She now lives in Covelo\, CA. \nRhoni Blankenhorn is a Filipina American writer. Her poems have appeared in The Slowdown\, Narrative\, Poetry Northwest\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Breadloaf\, Saltonstall\, and Sewanee. Rhoni’s debut\, Rooms for Dead and the Not Yet\, won the Trio Award\, and was published by Trio House Press July\, 2025. \nR. A. Villanueva is the author of two collections of poetry: A Holy Dread\, winner of the Alice James Award (forthcoming in 2026) and Reliquaria (University of Nebraska Press\, 2014)\, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. New work has been featured by the Academy of American Poets and National Public Radio—and his writing appears widely in international publications such as Poetry London and The Poetry Review. His honors include commendations from the Forward Prizes and fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts\, and Kundiman. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nThis event will be streamed on Zoom Webinar. Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link via email\, which will be sent out two days in advance of the event. For other access needs\, please contact msaleh@aaww.org. \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/virtual-our-history-brings-us-here-a-reading-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual,Webinar
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