Noguchi’s New York
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 […]
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Events for May 8, 2026
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A Legacy Continued: Recent Acquisitions to the Asia Society Museum Collection
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 […]
Busy, Busy Towns: Moving Images of a Changing Asia
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, […]
Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon
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. Displaying seventy of the […]
Japan Fes NYC 2026: Japanese Food Festival
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 […]
Free
Shu Lea Cheang, LOVER LOVE
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 […]
Art Exhibition: Siyan Wong: Make It 10 Cents
Make it 10 Cents is a painting exhibition to raise awareness and to support a one-day pop-up redemption on May 26th in Chinatown. This pop-up simulates the passage of the Bigger Better Bottle Bill by redeeming all materials at the 10-cent rate. Siyan Wong’s paintings depict elderly low wage workers who collect cans to survive. Each […]
Free
Sunnyside Rhythm Block: AAPI World Sound
Korea Art Forum (KAF) and gong present Sunnyside Rhythm Block (SRB), a free outdoor public performance series in Sunnyside, Queens, taking place across four weekends from April 18 through May […]
Free
Theater: Indian Princesses (with Discount on May 17)
Access $25 tickets Use Disount Code: JAANY for May 17 at 7pn show. Indian Princesses by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez directed by Miranda Cornell n the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers attend a program designed to bond families through handmade activities, camp-like adventures, and a heavy dose of cultural […]
$25 – $132
Bangladesh Not “Bhaangadesh”
This exhibition explores how Bangladeshis in Bangladesh and beyond took actions during the 2024 mass uprisings against the quota system in place, since 1972, immediately after the birth of the […]
Free
Our Journeys Exhibition (Montclair NJ)
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with Our Journeys, a powerful multimedia exhibition created by the Vietnamese Boat People nonprofit organization (VBP), on view from May 6 to June 6 during library […]
NYS AAPI Summit (in Albany)
The New York State AAPI Summit is an annual landmark legislative event uniting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) legislators The New York State AAPI Summit returns for its third […]
$30 – $105
Ongoing
Queens Night Market
The Queens Night Market is a large, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens, featuring over 100 independent vendors selling merchandise, art, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances, all celebrating […]
Free
Amader Dawat, Apicha CHC, DRUM Presents: “Elijah” (Screening & Discussion)
Join us for a screening of "Elijah", a coming-out story of a Bengali-American trans man. Followed by a Q+A with filmmaker, Razid Season!Sypnosis: A South Asian Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Grueling hours, rude customers, a collapse in medallion values, and suicides among fellow drivers continually […]
A+ Asian Comedy. Asian Stand Up Comedy in NYC’s Broadway Theater District.
NYC's ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and TikTok.A+ Asian Comedy is the ultimate Asian stand up comedy show, filled with the funniest Asian comedians New York City has to offer. Our comics can be seen on Netflix, HBO, and Comedy Central, but nothing compares to seeing […]
Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto
Hack City Comedy - Friday, May 8 - 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show If having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast, Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen, are trying to do with their Hack City comedy […]
$20
“AGAIN” by Jason Wang, a work-in-progress performance
"AGAIN" is an interactive full-length play being developed based on testimonies of seniors from University Settlement.