Week of Events
Monday, September 14, 2026
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Featured September 14, 2026 -Featured Book Launch for Ke Huy Quan’s Memoir: Never Say Die
Book Launch for Ke Huy Quan’s Memoir: Never Say Die
Join us for a release event with Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan, discussing his new memoir NEVER SAY DIE. This event will be hosted on the 6th Floor of The […]
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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September 15, 2026 -Book Launch | Against Tech Oligarchy by JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine
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Featured September 15, 2026 -Featured Film Screenings & Discussion: Bittersweet Survival & Homes Apart
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September 15, 2026 -Curator’s Talk: Strolling Together in the World of Chinese Art
Book Launch | Against Tech Oligarchy by JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine
ABOUT THE BOOK As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers are fighting back. This is the rousing inside story of their movement—and the way it spawned an anti-worker backlash now reshaping the industry. After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the tech industry sprang into action to oppose his right-wing agenda, with […]
Film Screenings & Discussion: Bittersweet Survival & Homes Apart
Use the promo code “pioneer” for a 20% discount online Join us for a screening of “Homes Apart: Korea” and “Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America” by Christine Choy and JT Takagi as a part of The Christine Choy Retrospective. Featuring: Intro by Gerry Leonard, A-Doc Steering Committee and Q&A with JT Takagi, TWN […]
Curator’s Talk: Strolling Together in the World of Chinese Art
Join three expert art historians in unraveling China Institute Gallery’s anniversary exhibition, China Institute Gallery at 60, 1966–2026: Selections from Three Millennia of Chinese Art. Bringing decades of collective expertise, the […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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September 16, 2026 -Technology and Storytelling: Ken Liu and The Passing of the Dragon
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September 16, 2026 -Traces of Home Q&A Screening
Technology and Storytelling: Ken Liu and The Passing of the Dragon
Join us for a thought provoking evening with multi-award-winning speculative fiction author Ken Liu, for the release of his new collection, The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories -- which includes the […]
Traces of Home Q&A Screening
TRACES OF HOME opens in New York City on September 16 with a special Q&A screening featuring executive producers Melissa Barrera and Dena Takruri and director Colette Ghunim ❤️ In her (DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize) award-winning debut feature film Traces of Home, filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral […]
Thursday, September 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026 -Opening Night: Pasifika On Air Launch
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September 17, 2026 -Food, Memory, and Migration
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September 17, 2026 -Story Jam with Vietnamese Boat People & Think!Chinatown
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September 17, 2026 -Book Talk | Sunset at Lion Rock by Matthew Wong Foreman
Opening Night: Pasifika On Air Launch
Global debut of Pasifika On Air, a wave-making new platform dedicated to celebrating and amplifying Pasifika stories, voices, and creativity. Be part of this landmark event as we unveil the platform, hear from special guests, and celebrate this milestone with the Pasifika community. Join us for an evening of short films followed by a Q&A […]
Food, Memory, and Migration
Some of the most powerful stories begin around the dinner table 🥢 Join AAJA New York for an evening exploring how food writing helps us understand identity, memory, migration, family history, and culture. From recipes passed down through generations to reporting on the communities behind our favorite dishes, food can tell stories that reach far […]
Story Jam with Vietnamese Boat People & Think!Chinatown
Are you interested in participating in the upcoming 7th Annual Story Slam with Vietnamese Boat People, hosted by Think!Chinatown? Come to this Story Jam, and get all the details on how to apply. You’ll get to hear a guest Story Slam demonstration from a previous selected Storyteller, get the latest on the on the VBP […]
Book Talk | Sunset at Lion Rock by Matthew Wong Foreman
ABOUT THE BOOK Nobody in Eric’s family talks about why photos of his Uncle Mikey are on every table, in every room. Years of silence, together with a relentless Buddhist […]
Friday, September 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 -Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making Worlds
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September 18, 2026 -Pacific Island Film Festival: MĀRAMA
Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making Worlds
Across Continents employs Goan literary subjectivity as epistemology to critique a specific limitation of postcolonial thought, one that does not account for the situations or afterlife of Portuguese colonialism.
Pacific Island Film Festival: MĀRAMA
The Pacific Island Film Festival of New York City provides a platform for Pacific Island cinema and promotes networking and talent development in New York City, giving the communities in […]
Saturday, September 19, 2026
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Featured September 19, 2026 -Featured Between Here and Home Documentary
Between Here and Home Documentary
In the lead-up to the theatrical release of @lizziesarge’s critically acclaimed feature film @take_me_home_film, the Adoptee Film Fest invites you to join us for a screening of the film’s behind the scenes documentary, Between Here and Home and a special Q&A moderated by @claireaudreye. As an 2025 alumni of the fest and our 2026 Impact Award winner, we […]
Sunday, September 20, 2026
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September 20, 2026 -Meet & Greet | Habbi’s Treasures by Yoojin Grace Wuertz
Meet & Greet | Habbi’s Treasures by Yoojin Grace Wuertz
ABOUT THE BOOK A heartfelt ode to family, memory, and the stories that live in the everyday things we hold dear. During a game of hide-and-seek at his grandfather's house, Caleb finds something unexpected-a box full of unknown treasures. Inside are old clothes: a worn school uniform, a polished naval jacket, a folded tuxedo, and […]
