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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
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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:20260319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270128
DTSTAMP: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
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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: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;VALUE=DATE:20260502
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261217
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SUMMARY:Bangladesh Not "Bhaangadesh"
DESCRIPTION: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 country in 1971. Featuring articles such as printed international artworks by Bangladeshi artists\, handcrafted tools\, and relevant media\, the exhibition serves as a homage to learn\, reflect\, discuss\, and heal. \nBangladesh\, Not “Bhaangadesh” seeks to raise social (in)justice awareness through showcasing Bangladeshi artistic expression\, and persistent crimes against humanity from the summer of 2024–of government-implemented curfews\, with “shoot-on-sight” commands\, country-wide internet revoked\, houses raids\, innocent lives taken\, and unnecessary arrests made\, etc. After decades of corruption and nepotism\, Bangladeshi students stood up against the unjust quota system of prioritizing government positions rather than basing hiring on skill\, talent\, and merit–for descendants of ancestors prominent in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/bangladesh-not-bhaangadesh/
LOCATION:King Manor Museum\, 150-03 Jamaica Ave\, Jamaica\, NY\, 11432\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260522T200133Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Ed Young’s Bright Worlds
DESCRIPTION:For over 60 years\, Ed Young (1931–2023) invigorated the world of children’s books through intimate storytelling\, inventive artistry\, and potent emotionality. This first U.S. retrospective features original artwork from 15 of his most significant projects—focusing on works drawn from his personal story and Chinese folktales—alongside a selection of his sketchbooks\, family photos\, and personal effects. \nYoung achieved distinction as a beloved storyteller and illustrator who challenged younger audiences with pictorial and moral complexity. He was a towering figure in children’s literature\, reaching wide audiences while earning the field’s top honors. His retelling of the Chinese “Little Red Riding Hood\,” Lon Po Po\, introduced generations of children to Chinese folklore and won the Caldecott Medal; he also received two Caldecott Honors for earlier works. Across his career\, he garnered numerous accolades\, including multiple selections for The New York Times’ “10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books” list. \nThe exhibition traces Young’s family life in Shanghai\, where he was the fourth youngest of five children. As a teenager\, he and his brother were sent to live in Hong Kong to flee the civil war in China. He immigrated to America for college\, eventually earning an art degree from the ArtCenter School in Los Angeles\, and then moved to New York. “I set out with $20 borrowed money in my pocket to bet my life in New York City\,” he wrote. After being laid off from an advertising studio\, he submitted sketches to children’s book publisher Ursula Nordstrom\, who hired him to illustrate The Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories (1962)\, launching a career that would span over 100 books. \nHis most memorable projects were deeply personal. Ed Young’s Bright Worlds guides viewers through key moments of his life and oeuvre with original artwork from The House Baba Built (2011)\, about his childhood in Japan-occupied Shanghai; Voices of the Heart (1997)\, exploring Chinese culture through the relationship between writing\, image and his lifelong tai chi practice; My Mei Mei (2006)\, on adopting his daughters; and Bright World (2024)\, a book published posthumously in China\, meditating on the cyclical nature of life. \n“So many of us grew up on Ed Young’s art and storytelling\,” said Herb Tam\, MOCA’s Chief Curator. “This exhibition will reveal what went into crafting masterworks of the children’s book form. Visitors will be enchanted by his fluent handling of media—from pastel and cut paper to pen\, ink\, and collage—and inspired by his story as a resourceful immigrant striving to make his mark in a creative field.” \n“As a father of three\, I’ve seen firsthand how children’s books shape the way we see the world\,” said Michael Lee\, MOCA’s President. “The imagery and storytelling stay with us—they become part of our family conversations\, our imaginations\, and even the way we share stories later in life. It’s a special honor to explore the life and mind of Ed Young\, whose work has inspired generations. Through this exhibition\, we not only celebrate his extraordinary achievements but also revisit how deeply his art was shaped by his journey as a Chinese American—reflecting his early life in China and the graceful balance he found as a lifelong practitioner of tai chi.” \nEd Young’s Bright Worlds is part of MOCA’s Luminaries for America250\, a yearlong celebration of Chinese American historymakers at the Semiquincentennial. For more about the Luminaries project\, visit https://www.mocanyc.org/2026/01/02/moca-luminaries-for-america250/ \nPhoto of Ed Young by Sean Kernan
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibition-ed-youngs-bright-worlds/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Art,Book,Grades K–5
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
DTSTAMP:20260605T193304Z
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SUMMARY:Art Exhibit: Shared Lines: Asian American Stories on Route 66
DESCRIPTION:Route 66 might be the U.S.’s most famous highway. Traversing the country from Santa Monica\, CA to Chicago\, IL\, it’s been immortalized in songs\, books\, and movies. But along that iconic highway are stories that are far lesser known. \nWith a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation\, illustrator Sammy Yuen set out on a roadtrip to capture those stories. This exhibition — coinciding with Route 66’s 100th anniversary this fall — brings some of them to life. \nLike the stone guardian lions that appeared out of nowhere in Amboy\, CA\, a former ghost town purchased by Japanese American restaurateur and preservationist\, Albert Okura. The water towers in Kingman\, AZ that once supported operations of the railroad built by Chinese laborers. The Chinese American Museum of Chicago\, housed in an erstwhile tofu factory donated by Chinese immigrant and grocery magnate Raymond Lee. \n“This whole journey started with my first exhibition at Pearl River Mart\,” says Sammy. “Showing my new exhibition there brings it back\, full circle. I also like the idea of exploring Asian American communities outside of New York City’s Chinatowns. Beyond Manhattan and Flushing. Sometimes it’s just a strip mall or restaurants spread out in an area. But the stories of the people are often the same.” \nJoin us for the opening reception on June 6. Attendance is free but registration is appreciated. \n\nOn view June 6 through Sept. 27 in the Pearl River Mart gallery at 452 Broadway\nFree and open to the public every day from 11 AM to 7 PM\nLearn more in our interview with Sammy\n\nSpecial thanks to the National Trust for Historic Preservation\, who provided curation for this exhibition. \nThis exhibition is dedicated to Sammy’s father\, Sammy Yuen\, Sr. (1935 to 2026)\, for his unwavering support of the people he loved. \nAbout the Artist\nSammy Yuen is an artist\, illustrator\, designer\, writer\, and martial arts instructor. He is the recipient of multiple grants\, including awards from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, the National Trust for Historic Preservation\, and the Asian American Arts Alliance. His work has been exhibited at Pearl River Mart\, the Chinese American Museum of Chicago\, and Google Arts & Culture. He is currently developing a multi-generational picture book inspired by his family’s martial arts legacy. \nWith over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry\, he has created book covers — including more than 35 New York Times bestsellers — as well as marketing and advertising materials\, animated videos\, and social media assets. Across all of his work\, his goal is to tell stories that engage audiences and spark conversation.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/shared-lines-asian-american-stories-on-route-66/
LOCATION:Pearl River Mart Gallery – Soho\, 452 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906
DTSTAMP:20260818T203149Z
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SUMMARY:Transcendence
DESCRIPTION:Fou Gallery is pleased to present Transcendence\, a group exhibition featuring Tianshu Zhang (张天舒)\, Tao Xian(陶显)\, and Gloria Fan Duan(樊段晓春)\, on view from July 11 through September 5\, 2026. \nAs in the philosophy of the I-Ching [易经]\, the world is not an empty abstraction\, but a living structure of patterns through which all things transform. At a moment when attention is increasingly pulled outward by speed\, image\, and instability\, Transcendence turns inward\, inviting viewers to explore within for the subtle flow of energy that connects body\, mind\, and the natural world. \nBringing together painting and sculpture\, the exhibition considers abstraction not as a rejection of form\, but as a way of approaching what cannot be fully represented: spirit\, dream\, memory\, and the quiet forces that shape both human and natural existence. Through bodies\, imagined organisms\, and reconstructed botanical forms\, Transcendence explores the traces of inner energy moving between consciousness and the unconscious\, creating a path for viewers to enter a realm of inner light\, meditation\, and spiritual perception. \nFor Tianshu Zhang\, painting emerges from the threshold between dream and embodiment. Drawing inspiration from the imperceptible yet constant flow of Qi\, her paintings seek a balance between silhouette-like structures and fluid movement. Through layered brushwork\, Zhang evokes the body in abstraction\, where flesh\, spine\, and inner currents appear only partially\, as if sensing the presence of energy moving within. The body becomes a vessel through which consciousness moves between memory\, desire\, vulnerability\, and transformation. \nTao Xian approaches this spiritual interiority through the imagined life of nature. Drawing from Daoist thought\, Jungian psychology\, and organic forms\, she creates luminous semi-abstract paintings that occupy a space between organism and inner landscape. In works inspired by deep-sea plants and imagined botanical forms\, Tao allows imagination to become a mode of perception\, suggesting a silent energy shared between the individual soul and the larger universe. The visible traces of nature become vessels for psychic and spiritual life\, where the boundary between self and world remains fluid. \nGloria Fan Duan extends the exhibition’s inquiry into nature\, perception\, and unseen forces through a practice situated at the intersection of art\, science\, and technology. Conceived during NARS Foundation (Brooklyn\, New York)\, An And Foundation (Wassaic\, New York) and Fou Gallery’s Tulum Residency (Mexico)\, the series presented in this exhibition combines cast resin and glass flowers\, leaves\, and stems with handmade vessels\, assembling them into sculptural installations inspired by Japanese ikebana. Through mediation\, preservation\, and deliberate arrangement\, Duan reconstructs nature in translucent botanical forms that hover between specimen and offering\, garden and laboratory\, occupying a threshold between existence and non-existence. No longer living plants yet still carrying the trace of organic life\, these works offer a material counterpart to Zhang’s bodily energies and Tao’s imagined spiritual organisms. The processes of preservation\, reproduction\, and arrangement become forms of meditation\, suggesting that the artificial may also serve as a vessel for care\, ecological memory\, and spiritual attention. \nThrough the body\, the imagined organism\, and the reconstructed garden\, form becomes a threshold through which inner energy\, memory\, and spiritual perception may appear. Rather than presenting transcendence as escape\, the exhibition understands it as a process of attunement\, a way of sensing what exists beneath the visible. Installed as a quiet and immersive environment\, Transcendence invites viewers to move through the works as they might move through a breath cycle\, a dream\, or a moment of meditation\, entering a space where the visible world opens onto its unseen dimensions. In this suspended space\, transcendence becomes a quiet practice of returning to the energies that bind the self to the world.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/25502/
LOCATION:Fou Gallery\, 89 5th Avenue\, # 701\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
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SUMMARY:Asian Pear Picking at Lee Orchard Garden
DESCRIPTION:Picking tickets for this Thursday 9/3 and Friday 9/4 are available to purchase on the website now.\nDue to a late spring freeze\, our orchard has significantly limited amounts of our Asian pears across all varieties. We anticipate a very short season. As a result\, we highly recommend that you purchase your picking tickets in advance or pre-order boxed fruit at your earliest convenience. \nAsian pear varieties available: \n\nHosui\, 20th Century\, Hybrid (Described as Apple Pear/Hosui mix) – from September 3\nApple Pear – from September 10\n\n \nOrganic Chestnuts\, Organic Fresh Dates\, and Organic Pawpaws will be available starting mid-September. If you are interested\, please fill out the contact box here with your interest and preferred contact method. We will be collecting names and contacting in order of submission once the produce is ready. Please note availability is not guaranteed. \nPre-Order Reservation Fee: $5.00 per pre-order pick-up reservation. The pre-order reservation fee will be credited toward your purchase. Please respect your pick up date. Sorry\, no refunds for no-shows. \nStarting Thursday\, September 3:\nThursday – Sunday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm\nMonday – Wednesday: Closed
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-pear-picking-at-lee-orchard-garden/
LOCATION:Lee Orchard Garden\, 12 Nostrand Road\, Cranbury\, NJ\, 08512\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food,Small Business
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SUMMARY:Committee of 100 Conversations – Hao Jiang Tian on September 3\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Hao Jiang Tian\, a world renown opera singer and the founder of iSing!\nSeptember 3\, 2026 at 6 pm ET.\n\n\nDear Friends\, \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend our 15th Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes” event on September 3\, 2026 that will feature Hao Jiang Tian\, a world renown opera singer and the founder and artistic director of iSing!\, which for 15 years has trained Western and Chinese singers for careers in opera. He is also a Committee of 100 member. \nHao Jiang Tian\, internationally renowned bass\, has sung more than 1\,400 performances of 50 operatic roles worldwide. The only Chinese singer to have appeared at the Metropolitan Opera for 20 seasons in 26 different operas\, Tian has been highly acclaimed for his performances in leading bass roles at major opera houses around the world. \nTian is also the founder and Artistic Director of the iSING! International Young Artists Festival. Celebrating its 15th anniversary\, iSING!‘s mission is to train Western singers to perform in Chinese while nurturing outstanding young Chinese singers for careers on the world’s leading opera stages. \nChinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science\, the arts\, agriculture\, philanthropy\, political leadership\, architecture\, business\, and more. \nThe Committee of 100 Conversations Initiative features interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts\, heroic achievements\, or recollections of important events. Each interview will start with a live broadcast and the video recording will be available on the Committee of 100 website as part of a library of the interviews. \nCommittee of 100’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; and advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China. \nPeter Young\, Chair of the Conversations Initiative and a Committee of 100 Member\, will be the moderator. The fireside chat will be held on June 10\, 2026 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-9-3-2026.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website. \nWe hope you will join us. Thank you! \nBest regards\,Committee of 100 \n \nCommittee of 100 ConversationsRecollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nSeptember 3\, 2026 Webcast \n▦ Speaker: \nHao Jiang Tian\, a world renown opera singer and the founder of iSing! \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young\, CEO\, Young & Partners\, Committee of 100 \n▦ Time: \n6:00 pm Eastern Time \nDuring this webcast\, our speaker will talk about how he accidentally discovered opera\, pursued it against all odds\, established as groundbreaking career in the international opera world\, and has given back to the community through his creation of iSing! and other activities over the years. \nThe interview will be moderated by Peter Young\, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be one hour long. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-9-3-2026.eventbrite.com \n \n▦ Speaker Bio: \nHao Jiang Tian \nWorld renown opera singer \nFounder and Artistic Director of iSing! \nHao Jiang Tian\, internationally renowned bass born in Beijing\, has sung more than 1\,400 performances of 50 operatic roles worldwide. The only Chinese singer to have appeared at the Metropolitan Opera for 20 seasons in 26 different operas\, Tian has been highly acclaimed for his performances in leading bass roles at major opera houses around the world\, including the Berlin State Opera\, Teatro Comunale in Florence\, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa\, the Arena di Verona\, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires\, San Francisco Opera\, Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Canadian Opera Company\, Washington National Opera\, and opera houses in France\, Belgium\, Spain\, the Netherlands\, Portugal\, Chile\, Russia\, Japan\, and all of China’s major opera houses. \nTian has collaborated with opera legends Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo in more than ten operas and over one hundred performances. In addition\, Tian performed leading roles in the world premieres of modern Chinese operas including Tan Dun’s The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera\, Stewart Wallace’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter based on Amy Tan’s novel at San Francisco Opera\, Guo Wenjing’s Poet Li Bai at Central City Opera\, Steve Hui’s The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci in Hong Kong\, Tang Jianping’s Voyage to the East in Tokyo\, Lei Lei’s The Orphan of Zhao at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing\, Enjott Schneider’s Marco Polo at the Guangzhou Grand Theatre\, and Chien Nan-chang’s Le Peintre at the National Theater in Taipei. \nHis autobiography\, Along the Roaring River: My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met\, was published by Wiley & Sons as a Lincoln Center Book. His Chinese-language book\, Turandot at the Arena\, was published by SDX Joint Publishing Company. \nTian is the founder and Artistic Director of the iSING! International Young Artists Festival. Celebrating its 15th anniversary\, iSING!‘s mission is to train Western singers to perform in Chinese while nurturing outstanding young Chinese singers for careers on the world’s leading opera stages. This has remained one of the Festival’s central goals since its founding. Over the past fifteen years\, nearly 400 young singers from 38 countries—including approximately 300 from the United States and China—have participated in this nonprofit program. iSING! has presented more than 60 concerts and opera performances in over 30 cities across the United States\, the United Kingdom\, France\, and China. Today\, dozens of iSING! alumni perform leading roles at many of the world’s foremost opera companies\, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York\, the Berlin State Opera\, the Vienna State Opera\, Teatro alla Scala in Milan\, San Francisco Opera\, the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto\, Los Angeles Opera\, Washington National Opera\, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. \nIn January 2023\, the iSING! International Young Artists Festival presented the American premiere of Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems with the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra at Lincoln Center. The project was presented again with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing in 2024 and 2025. The performances featured outstanding young singers from ten countries performing\, in Chinese\, Tang Dynasty poetry written more than a thousand years ago. The music was specially commissioned from six composers representing six different countries. Hao Jiang Tian conceived the project and serves as its producer and stage director. \nHis honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Denver (2014)\, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2015)\, the Carnegie Mellon Award (2011)\, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music (2021). \n \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \nPeter Young \nCEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member\, New York Regional Chair and Board Member \nPeter Young is CEO of Young & Partners\, a boutique corporate strategy and investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership\, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy\, M&A\, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers\, Schroders and Lehman Brothers\, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co.\, the corporate strategy firm. \nMr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors\, both corporate and non-profit and is President of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, the 108 year old leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive. \n \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 35 years ago.The Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. \n \n \nCOMMITTEE OF 100 | Ensuring Full Inclusion in America\, Advancing U.S.-China RelationsMailing: Committee of 100\, 28 West 44th Street\, Suite 1014\, New York\, NY 10036 \nT: (212) 371-6565
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | All Our Evenings by Ruthvika Rao
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the author of the acclaimed novel The Fertile Earth comes a powerful tale of desire\, friendship\, and rivalry between three inseparable friends over the course of an unforgettable summer. \n  \n\n\nIn 1990s Hyderabad\, three teenagers—Arjun\, Ruhee\, and Ganesh—forge an unexpected bond. Over the course of a single sun-drenched summer\, they discover love\, friendship\, and solace from their troubled families. They also discover the Red House\, an abandoned house in their neighborhood\, which becomes the site of their intimate friendship. But one night at the Red House\, an unexpected act of violence shatters their lives forever. \nA decade later\, Ruhee returns to Hyderabad\, and Arjun\, who has never forgotten his first love\, is given a chance to tell the truth\, both to himself and to those around him. But the tangled threads of fate\, class\, and desire remain\, as does a lacerating secret. \nBy turns tender and unsettling\, Ruthvika Rao’s All Our Evenings is a deeply affecting novel about youthful passion\, redemption\, and the people we can never let go. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nRuthvika Rao is from Hyderabad\, India. Her debut novel\, The Fertile Earth\, was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, the Chautauqua Prize\, the Crossword Book Award\, and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. She has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa and the University of Toronto. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Michigan. \nIN CONVERSATION WITH \nAube Rey Lescure is a French-Chinese-American author and Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine Off Assignment. Her debut novel\, River East\, River West\, was shortlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction\, the Carol Shields Prize\, the Massachusetts Book Award\, and the Maya Angelou Book Award\, among others. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Granta\, Guernica\, LitHub\, Electric Literature\, and more. Her essay “At the Bend of the Road” was selected for Best American Essays 2022.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-all-our-evenings-by-ruthvika-rao/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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SUMMARY:A4 Picnic Performances: Grace Kelly\, Ashni
DESCRIPTION:Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture. The series provides a platform for extraordinary artists and serves as a vital outdoor venue for a wide array of New York’s cultural institutions. No tickets needed\, just show up on the lawn! \nGrace Kelly is a saxophonist\, singer\, songwriter\, and bandleader who has performed over 1\,500 concerts in more than 40 countries. As a bandleader\, she has appeared at major venues and festivals\, including the Kennedy Center\, Moscow Symphony Hall\, and the Montreal\, Newport\, and Montreux Jazz Festivals. Early in her career\, she performed at Barack Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inauguration and later joined Jon Batiste’s house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She has released 15 albums and is known for a genre-crossing sound blending jazz\, pop\, and electronic influences. \nGrace is a nine-time DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star\, winning Alto Saxophone in 2017 and Baritone Saxophone in 2023. As a songwriter\, she was awarded “Song of the Year” in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for Feels Like Home. \nShe has collaborated with artists including Dave Brubeck\, Wynton Marsalis\, Harry Connick Jr.\, Gloria Estefan\, Lin-Manuel Miranda\, and Questlove. She has appeared in film and television\, including the Amazon Prime series Bosch\, and is an official Yamaha Artist featured in the Emmy Award-winning production The Right Note. \nAn active educator\, Grace has taught thousands of students worldwide and is the founder of Sax Pro\, an online saxophone community and learning platform. She has held a teaching residency at Berklee College of Music\, where she also serves as the youngest member of its Board of Trustees. \nAshni is a New York City-based singer\, songwriter\, and pianist. Weaving jazz\, R&B\, and pop\, with a thread of North Indian folk music\, she evokes the incisiveness and soul of Fiona Apple and Hiatus Kaiyote with the genre-crossing\, form-expansion of Arooj Aftab. Her work explores our relationship to self\, each other\, and the natural world\, enveloping listeners in a cathartic dimension\, providing “haunting relief” (Kajal Mag)\, and forging a new sound. \nWith over 3.8 million streams and a growing audience\, Ashni has captivated sold out rooms at renowned venues like Lincoln Center\, Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater\, Public Records\, Joshua Tree Music Festival\, Sunset Sunside in Paris\, The Quarter at the Royal Opera House Mumbai\, and more. \nHer music has been featured on Spotify’s Women of Jazz playlist\, in Ayodele Casel’s Where We Dwell at New York City Center\, and the acclaimed\, Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls. She is a member of the Resistance Revival Chorus. Ashni’s EP Who I Dreamed Of released in 2022. Her debut album is set to release in fall 2026.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a4-picnic-performances-grace-kelly-ashni/
LOCATION:Bryant Park\, Bryant Park\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,Music
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SUMMARY:GAPIMNNY Bar Night
DESCRIPTION:Next Elixir #happyhour featuring Dj @empty_visions1 Thursday September 3rd at @atlassocialclub! See you there!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/gapimnny-bar-night/
LOCATION:Atlas Social Club\, 753 9th Ave\, \, NY\, New York\, New York\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Mixer
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SUMMARY:KOCCA Spotlight: K-Animation: The Square
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented by the Korean Cultural Center New York & Korea Creative Content Agency New York Center \nKorea on Screen is a year-long screening series celebrating the depth and diversity of Korean cinema. This edition turns the spotlight on Korean animation\, presenting one feature-length film and five short films across two days. \nThrough imaginative worlds and distinctive visual storytelling\, the program explores relationships shaped by distance and separation\, the boundaries that divide individuals and communities\, and the fragile beliefs through which people understand themselves and one another. Moving between intimate romance\, social allegory\, and surreal journeys through memory and loss\, these six works demonstrate the expressive range of contemporary Korean animation. \nThursday\, September 3\, 2026 at 7:30 PM – The Square (광장)\nIsak Borg\, first secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang. Even though he’s a diplomat\, he is secretly dating Bok-joo\, a local traffic officer. One day\, after a shady man was seen at their secret meeting spot\, Bok-joo goes missing. With his departure date approaching\, Borg searches for Bok-joo and begins to get suspicious of his interpreter\, LEE Myeong-jun. \nKorean Cultural Center New York\n(122 E 32nd Street\, New York\, NY 10016) \nTicket: FREE (RSVP REQUIRED)\n* RSVP and seating are first come\, first served.\n* Limited same-day standby tickets available.\n* For an additional question\, please contact to film@koreanculture.org \n* Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours in advance.\n* Please note: After three no-shows without notice\, you may be subject to restrictions on future reservations.\n* All contents featuring Korean dialogue will have English subtitles available.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kocca-spotlight-k-animation/
LOCATION:Korean Cultural Center New York\, 122 East 32nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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