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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829
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:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20251210T194619Z
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260818T235641Z
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SUMMARY:Noguchi’s New York
DESCRIPTION:In 1922\, Isamu Noguchi first moved to New York—a city that would remain his on-again\, off-again home for the remainder of his life. Though he was an avid traveler who built meaningful connections and temporary homes around the world\, Noguchi always returned to New York. It was here that he created some of his most iconic artworks and imagined countless others. \nThis exhibition examines Noguchi’s deep and dynamic relationship with New York City\, exploring how its material\, cultural\, social\, and political landscape indelibly transformed his artwork and thinking\, and how he in turn transformed the city. It also highlights Noguchi’s unflagging attempts to give back by sculpting communal spaces for exploration and play—efforts often thwarted\, most notably by the influential NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. \nNoguchi’s New York encompasses more than 50 works\, including sculptures\, project models\, photographs\, and archival materials. The exhibition also brings to life Noguchi’s visions for unrealized playgrounds and playground equipment through a series of hand-painted animated films by Jack Cunningham and Nicolas Ménard of Eastend Western. \nOrganized on the 40th anniversary of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum\, this exhibition celebrates the Museum itself as one of Noguchi’s most profound gifts to this city he called home. \nPhoto credit: Isamu Noguchi\, 1980
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/noguchis-new-york/
LOCATION:Noguchi Museum\, Noguchi Museum\, 9-01 33rd Rd\, Astoria\, NY 11106\, USA\, Astoria\, NY\, 11106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTSTAMP:20260327T140311Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: Jesa (with Discount)
DESCRIPTION:By Jeena Yi\nDirected by Mei Ann Teo\nMa-Yi Theater Company in Residence \nJESA by Jeena Yi\, directed by Mei Ann Teo\, is a riotous and heart-wrenching new play that explodes the idea of the “perfect family gathering.” When four estranged Korean American sisters reunite in Orange County to perform their father’s Jesa—a traditional ritual honoring the dead—old wounds erupt\, secrets surface\, and ghosts (literal and emotional) refuse to stay buried. With razor-sharp dialogue\, explosive humor\, and unexpected tenderness\, JESA asks how we honor our ancestors when we can barely stand each other. Come for the sibling brawls and burning shrimp\, stay for the aching truth of what binds us. \nEnjoy $10 Off All Performances With Discount Code: MAYIJESA \nCommunity Nights: \nMarch 22\, 1:30PM: Talkback – Care\, Courage\, and Collective Action: Safety in Uncertain Times\nWe invite you to stay after the 1:30PM performance for a post-show conversation addressing the recent surge in anti-immigration policies\, the erosion of constitutional rights for BIPOC communities\, and the impact on New Yorkers. Frontline organizers and advocates will share practical ways New Yorkers can protect themselves\, support their neighbors\, and take action. Featuring Yuh-Line Niou (former New York State Representative)\, Hae-Lin Choi (co-founder\, Hands Off NYC)\, and others. \nMarch 26\, 7:30PM: AAPI Community Night \nMarch 29\, 1:30PM: Chinese Open Caption \nApril 4\, 1:30PM: Talkback with Cast and Creatives of JESA\nJoin us for a conversation with director Mei Ann Teo and others about the creative process of producing Jeena Yi’s World Premiere of JESA after the show.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-jesa/
LOCATION:Public Theater\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260729
DTSTAMP:20260731T150944Z
CREATED:20260720T222654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T150944Z
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SUMMARY:A Legacy Continued: Recent Acquisitions to the Asia Society Museum Collection
DESCRIPTION:A Legacy Continued features recent acquisitions received from Sandra Ferry Rockefeller and Hope Aldrich in honor of their parents\, John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller. These gifts were originally part of Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller’s personal collection\, and this display celebrates their homecoming. These pieces complement other works within the museum collection\, some of which are included in this exhibition. Together\, they offer greater opportunities for comparative studies among them. \nTwo Chola bronze statues of Hindu deities from Hope Aldrich—a Shiva and a Satyabhama—add to the already magnificent group of Indian Chola bronzes in the collection. From Sandra Ferry\, two lovely gilt bronze Chinese Buddhist statues augment the museum’s existing Chinese Buddhist sculptures\, while the addition of three Thai works furthers the collection’s strength in Southeast Asian sculpture. See Selected Works in the Exhibition to preview some of these important gifts.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-legacy-continued-recent-acquisitions-to-the-asia-society-museum-collection/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260730
DTSTAMP:20260731T151947Z
CREATED:20260720T223215Z
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SUMMARY:Busy\, Busy Towns: Moving Images of a Changing Asia
DESCRIPTION:This selection of works from the Asia Society Museum Collection explore how rapidly evolving cultural\, political\, and ecological issues have shaped urban landscapes across contemporary Asia\, and in particular China\, Indonesia\, and Taiwan. The exhibition presents seven works featuring the artists Song Dong\, Chen Shaoxiong\, Tromarama\, and Chen Chieh-jen. The innovative range of styles implemented to produce these moving images—through stop-motion animation of woodcuts\, ink painting\, or embroidery—among other methods\, speaks to the creative depth and diversity of the region. The artists explore the dynamic energy of cities\, whether fueled by consumerism and gentrification or by collapsing industries and environmental degradation. Actively reflecting on the regeneration of cityscapes and the subsequent impact on urban lives\, these works initiate a renewed dialogue with the current exhibition\, (Re)Generations: Rina Bannerjee\, Bryon Kim\, and Howardena Pindell amid the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/busy-busy-towns-moving-images-of-a-changing-asia/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270128
DTSTAMP:20260818T200949Z
CREATED:20260818T200949Z
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SUMMARY:Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Asia Society’s seventieth anniversary\, Asia Society Museum presents Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Celebrating 70 Years of Asia Society and the Rockefeller Legacy. \nDisplaying seventy of the finest examples of Asian art in the United States drawn from Asia Society’s permanent collection\, the exhibition showcases the extraordinary range of bronzes\, ceramics\, and metalwork thoughtfully assembled between the 1950s and the 1970s by John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906-1978) and his wife Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909-1992). John D. Rockefeller 3rd founded Asia Society in 1956 with the mission to promote greater knowledge of Asia in the United States; the bequest of the collection to Asia Society in 1979 underscores the Rockefellers’ conviction that an aesthetic encounter with great works of art promotes deep cross-cultural understanding. \nWith highlights including spectacular Buddhist and Hindu sculptures\, and rare Chinese\, Korean\, and Japanese ceramics\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon celebrates historic achievements in Asian art spanning more than two millennia. The exhibition foregrounds the transformative power of faith and the catalyzing potential of international trade in the creation of great works of art across Asia. \nBuddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon presents a special opportunity for museum visitors to experience the unparalleled quality of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Thrid Collection at its home at Asia Society Museum in New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/buddha-and-shiva-lotus-and-dragon/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027
DTSTAMP:20260327T140040Z
CREATED:20260327T140040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T140040Z
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SUMMARY:Japan Fes NYC 2026:  Japanese Food Festival
DESCRIPTION:JAPAN Fes\, one of the city’s most beloved street food events\, is returning to celebrate a major milestone: its 10th anniversary in New York City\, bringing dozens of Japanese food vendors to the streets for a full day of snacking\, sipping and exploring.  Each event typically runs from 10 am to 6 pm and pops up in neighborhoods across Manhattan\, Brooklyn and Queens. \nHere are the 2026 JAPAN Fes dates in NYC: \nMarch 28 in the East Village\nMarch 29 in Midtown West \nApril 4 in the Village\nApril 5 on the Upper West Side\nApril 11 in the East Village\nApril 12 in the East Village\nApril 18 in Morningside Heights\nApril 19 in Chelsea\nApril 25 in Chelsea\nApril 26 in Astoria\nMay\nMay 2 on the Upper East Side\nMay 3 on the Upper West Side\nMay 9 in Chelsea\nMay 24 in the Village\nMay 30 on the Upper East Side\nMay 31 in the East Village\nJune\nJune 6 in the East Village\nJune 7 on the Upper West Side\nJune 14 in the East Village\nJune 21 in Brooklyn\nJune 27 in Times Square\nJune 28 in Astoria\nJuly\nJuly 11 in Chelsea\nJuly 19 in Times Square\nAugust\nAugust 2 on the Upper West Side\nSeptember\nSeptember 12 in Chelsea\nSeptember 13 in Chelsea\nSeptember 19 on the Upper East Side\nSeptember 26 in Morningside Heights\nSeptember 27 on the Upper East Side\nOctober\nOctober 3 in the East Village\nOctober 10 in Astoria\nOctober 24 in the East Village\nOctober 25 on the Upper West Side
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/japan-fes-nyc-2026-japanese-food-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Food,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260402
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260420
DTSTAMP:20260403T200039Z
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SUMMARY:Circus Arts: Yoah
DESCRIPTION:Fly into a world of wonder with YOAH\, a mesmerizing circus from Fukuoka\, Japan playing at the New Victory Theater! Wow the whole family with hypnotic projections\, stunning aerial silks and glowing diabolos. \nSave 20% with code YOAHPAC. \nIn the moonlit glow of dawn\, a young wanderer named Yoah descends from her aerial silks into a circle of Shinto spirits\, made manifest as mysterious maestros of cirque! Hypnotic projections play in sync with the performers as they send juggling balls soaring\, conjure confidence atop a tower of chairs and fling their glowing diabolos to the heavens in hopeful arcs of neon. Set to a dramatic medley of traditional Japanese drumming and thumping electronica\, this wordless symphony of circus will dazzle your breath away.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/circus-arts-yoah/
LOCATION:New Victory Theater\, 209 West 42nd St\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Circus,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104
DTSTAMP:20260818T202009Z
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SUMMARY:Shu Lea Cheang\, LOVER LOVE
DESCRIPTION:LOVER LOVE\, a new commission for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art by Shu Lea Cheang\, begins with a portal. A window is flung open and the gray wall of an apartment block dissolves into a turbulent\, overcast sky\, against which a smoky being is enveloped by a six-winged seraphim—an angel of the highest order. \nThis opening transition is both a gesture to Cheang’s longtime collaborator\, musician Aérea Negrot (1980–2023)\, who died by suicide\, and a marker of an entry into a hybrid space of documentation and imagination. For this film\, presented as a four-channel installation\, Cheang worked with eight intergenerational performers in Tucson\, Arizona\, all of whom contributed their own experiences\, narratives\, and dreams of and for trans and gender nonconforming life in today’s United States. \nThis collaboratively scripted film moves between physical and virtual space: between performances in a motel room\, a junkyard\, and city streets amid surrounding nature\, we can see desert plants blooming anthropomorphic appendages and souls escaping inhuman oppression to take transhuman flight. \nThe gallery’s four screens\, themselves portals to the film’s world\, can be shifted by viewers into and out of the path of each projector. Each movement triggers a segment of Negrot’s 2011 track “It’s Lover\, Love”—a dreamy\, minimalist meditation on the lingering traces of broken promises and vanished love. These aural and physical shifts create new compositions\, morphing the installation into an active landscape in which to navigate agency\, survival\, and intimacy in a time of escalating political precarity.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/shu-lea-cheang-lover-love/
LOCATION:The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art\, 26 Wooster Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174017Z
CREATED:20250313T205315Z
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SUMMARY:Civic Responsibility & Activism: Mobilizing Communities for Lasting Change
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our final session on civic action & advocacy! Learn how collective efforts\, activism & policy change drive lasting community imp\n\n\nJoin us for the final program in our series\, celebrating the power of civic action and community advocacy. This session will highlight how collective efforts can drive lasting change and inspire a future shaped by engaged communities. \n  \nKey Discussion Points: \n\nUnderstanding Civic Responsibility: Explore the concept of civic responsibility and its role in driving social change. Learn how individuals and communities can take action to address critical issues.\n\n  \n\nEffective Activism Strategies: Discover proven strategies\, including the power of protest\, for mobilizing communities and advocating for change. Understand how to build grassroots movements and create impactful campaigns.\n\n  \n\nThe Role of Legal and Policy Advocacy: Examine how legal and policy advocacy contribute to social change. Learn about successful initiatives and how to navigate the legal landscape to advance community goals.\n\n  \n\nCase Studies and Success Stories: Hear inspiring examples of effective activism and community mobilization. Learn from real-world successes in creating lasting impact and driving change.\n\n  \nRegister now to be part of this impactful conversation and learn how to harness civic responsibility and activism for meaningful change! \n  \nAdditional details about the event’s speakers will be shared as the date approaches. Stay tuned!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/civic-responsibility-activism-mobilizing-communities-for-lasting-change/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Archives,Election,Legal,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T200000
DTSTAMP:20260309T220707Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Japanese Art & Music
DESCRIPTION:Art by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda; Music from Shoko Nagai & Satoshi Takeishi; + Art discussion moderated by Kyoko Sato of Japan Contemporaries.\n\n\nJoin us to hear live music by renowned Japanese due renowned duo Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi that was inspired by Scale and Tonality\, a solo exhibition featuring new  work by artist Nishiki Sugawara-Beda. \nFollowing the performance\, Kyoko Sato\, a New York-based curator and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Japan Contemporaries\, will moderated an art discussion with Sugarwara-Beda about her brand-new body of work\, KuroKuroShiro+\, which she began in early 2024 with the invitation to artistically respond to Palo Duro Canyon in west Texas\, the second largest canyon in the US. Multiple visits to the canyon allowed her to touch\, feel\, and extract materials from the canyon system and created this series of work that incorporated the materials from Texas.  \nSugawara-Beda collaborated with New York-based composer\, pianist\, and accordionist\, Shoko Nagai\, who created two pieces of music after visiting the canyon with Sugawara-Beda. Springboarded from this experience\, Scale and Tonality explores how the titular themes intersect in both the visual and aural realms.  \nUltimately\, this exhibition explores the relationship between scales and tonalites across music and painting through the materials the artist has harvested and collected from her current home state\, Texas\, and her native country\, Japan.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/an-evening-of-japanese-art-music/
LOCATION:Amos Eno Gallery\, 191 Henry Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T110955Z
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SUMMARY:Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the NYU Center for Black Visual Culture. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. \nREGISTER \nJeff Chang and cultural critic Bakari Kitwana discuss Chang’s new publication Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner\, 2025). This conversation will be followed by a book signing\, during which copies will be available for purchase. \nAs the best-known martial artist and one of the most celebrated action stars ever\, Bruce Lee is a global icon. He symbolizes swagger\, strength\, and the unbeatable spirit of the underdog. But in more than fifty years since his untimely death at age thirty-two\, the legend has eclipsed the real man. During his lifetime\, Lee fought to be seen—from Hong Kong to Hollywood\, Asian tenements to American ghettos\, the lonely garret to the international screen. He emerged as a star in an era when Asian Americans were fighting against exclusion and invisibility. Now\, drawing on private letters\, rare documents and photos\, and interviews with his closest confidants\, Water Mirror Echo reveals the Bruce many never saw and places his complicated life within a revolution from which it cannot be separated: the emergence of Asian America. \n\n\n\nJeff Chang’s first book\, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, was called one of the best nonfiction books of the last quarter century. His latest\, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America\, was named one of 2025’s Best by Publisher’s Weekly\, Alta\, Vogue\, Kirkus\, and NPR. He authored the award-winning Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America\, and We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation. He has written for the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Washington Post\, The Guardian\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and many more. He is the host of the Signal award-winning podcast\, Edge of Reason\, and of KALW Public Media’s podcast\, Notes From the Edge. \nBakari Kitwana an internationally known cultural critic\, journalist\, activist\, and thought leader in the area of hip-hop\, youth culture\, and Black political engagement. Kitwana is the executive director of Rap Sessions\, which for the last fourteen years has conducted over 150 townhall meetings around the nation on difficult dialogues facing the hip-hop and millennial generations. Kitwana is the author of Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop and co-editor (with David Orr\, Andrew Gumbel and William Becker) of Democracy Unchained: How to Rebuild Government For the People (The New Press\, 2020). His groundbreaking 2002 book The Hip-Hop Generation popularized the expression and has been adopted as a coursebook in classrooms at over 100 college and universities. \n  \n\nNYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event\, open to the public. Registration is required. Non-NYU guests may be asked to present a government-issued photo ID. NYU guests must present their NYU ID. \nAccessibility note: This venue has an elevator and is accessible for wheelchair users. There are single-stall\, all gender restrooms and a lactation room available. If you have any access needs\, please email cbvc@nyu.edu.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/water-mirror-echo-bruce-lee-and-the-making-of-asian-america/
LOCATION:20 Cooper Square\, 3rd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10003
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T203000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a release event with award winning writer Rachel Khong\, discussing her new short story collection MY DEAR YOU.\n\n\nModerating this discussion is New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. \n \nCan’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of My Dear You here. \n \nACCESSIBILITY: \nStrand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. \nASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by Mar. 26 to request. \nPlease ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred. \nFor further information on accessibility in this space\, or to make a request\, please contact events@strandbooks.com \n——————————————————————— \nFrom the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans\, a brilliant short story collection about love\, life\, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it’s so easy to be someone else \nThe characters in My Dear You find themselves facing extraordinary choices in scenarios that range from the everyday to the absurd: The U.S. government injects all citizens with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and gender. God does away with humans in favor of something much better. A woman adopts a cat who conjures the ghosts of her ex-loves. A factory worker decides to befriend a sex doll she is tasked with selling. \nThese stories go deep beneath the surface\, touching on the particular awkwardness of dating in your thirties and asking: What does it mean to be an Asian woman in America? Or an American? Or a human? Along the way\, the characters stop to consider interventions from the supernatural\, the earthly\, the robotic\, and the immortal. \nPlayful\, profane\, and yet enveloped with profound compassion for life\, however you define it\, My Dear You takes on dating\, marriage\, and the pressures of having or not having children; intimacy\, memory\, race\, and capitalism; living\, dying\, and being dead. At their very core\, they are tales of love in its many forms: being in love when you’re not supposed to be\, or not being in love but wishing you were; failing at dating apps or finding yourself in weird but wonderful lifelong friendships; struggling in heaven to remember your loved ones. \nRanging from the sinister to the tender\, these witty and expertly paced stories will have you laughing out loud one minute and reaching for your best friend the next. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Andrea Lo \nRachel Khong is the author of Goodbye\, Vitamin\, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction. Real Americans\, her second novel\, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2018\, Khong founded The Ruby\, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. With friends\, she teaches creative writing as The Dream Side. She lives in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nMary H.K. Choi is the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact\, Permanent Record and Yolk. Her fourth novel\, Pool House\, is slated for release on June 9\, 2026.  \nHer writing has been featured in The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, New York and GQ. Previously\, she was a culture correspondent for Vice News and has written comic books for Marvel and DC. She is currently developing her books for film and TV from New York\, where she lives. Learn more about her at choitotheworld.com and @choitotheworld on all social\, as well as Maryhkchoi.substack for her newsletter.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/rachel-khong-mary-h-k-choi-my-dear-you/
LOCATION:Strand Book Store\, 828 Broadway\, Third Floor\, Rare Books Room\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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