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SUMMARY:Variety Show: disOrientalism part 9: Lucky Numbers (with discount)
DESCRIPTION:A spectacular all-star variety show to celebrate the Year of the Horse and AAPI heritage month. Comedy\, cabaret\, and music from the city’s most accomplished award-winning AAPI performers-from Broadway to Lincoln Center to the Grammy Stage to the Tony Awards to the best of downtown clubs. The show is curated and hosted by New York’s triple-threat dragon ladies – comedienne/spoken word artist Kate Siahaan-Rigg and child star-turned-Broadway-actress Olivia Oguma. This program lasts about 75 minutes and is guaranteed to boost your immunity against boredom\, inaction\, xenophobia\, orientalism\, and ill-advised bowl cuts. \nDiscount Code: SEVEN \nAn allotted amount of free tickets is available first-come\, first-served by following @kateriggnyc and sending her a DM with your email address OR send email to kate@katerigg.com requesting tickets. \nARKAI is a GRAMMY® award-winning\, genre-defying string duo that bridges the classical and the contemporary\, weaving cinematic soundscapes with electrifying virtuosity into epic performances around the world. Graduates of The Juilliard School\, ARKAI’s trailblazing journey includes major prestigious stages like Carnegie Hall\, GRAMMY® Museum\, Lakers NBA Playoffs\, EMMY Awards\, and TED Talks. Their versatility has led to collaborations with celebrity photographer David LaChapelle\, opening for GRAMMY® and Oscar-winning pianist Jon Batiste\, tours with celebrity violinist Lindsey Stirling\, and chart-topping releases with pianist Tony Ann. ARKAI’s sophomore album Brightside recently won a GRAMMY® Award in the Best Contemporary Instrumental category. \n\nTHE DYNASTIES This all-Asian\, female-presenting cabaret dance group honors the legacy of Asian performers who graced the nightclubs of San Francisco’s Chinatown during the Golden Age of nightlife. \nWhat began as a tribute has grown into a bold\, contemporary expression of Asian identity and performance. The dancers\, each rooted in different styles and cultural lineages\, reflect the vast diversity of the Asian diaspora. Together\, they bring a rich tapestry of movement\, perspective\, and presence—offering audiences an experience that is both nostalgic and radically new. \nThe Dynasties were Created by Preston Mui to celebrate Asian identity\, empower women\, and spark conversations about the Asian American experience through art\, music and dance. \nPooja Reddy is a Brooklyn-based comedy writer and stand-up comedian\, raised in rural Kentucky with roots in Hyderabad\, India. She began her career in Washington\, DC\, working for First Lady Michelle Obama followed by a role brokering public private partnerships at the United Nations Foundation – natural stepping stones to stand-up comedy. \n\nPooja is also the co-host of Kutti Gang\, a New York Times and Time Out New York recommended comedy show. Currently\, she is a member of The Public Theater’s 2025–2026 Joe’s Pub Working Group\, where she is developing her solo show\, Pooja Reddy is White Trash. Pooja’s writing and performances have been featured widely\, including in New York Magazine and in the 2025 Emmy-nominated special Voices Rising on PBS. \nPooja’s work blends comedy\, storytelling\, and cultural commentary through contributions to PBS’ ALL ARTS Network\, Disney’s Localish\, and through collaborations with organizations like Yellow Dot Studios and Doc Society. Off stage\, Pooja can usually be found catching up on shifts at her food co-op\, playing rummy\, or riding horses – still chasing the glory of her peak equestrian achievement: hobby horse champion of the 1999 Etoile Community Fair. \n\nKate Siahaan-Rigg (@kateriggnyc):  A star on the Manhattan comedy scene\, producer and co-host Kate Rigg graduated from Juilliard drama and immediately began moonlighting in comedy and spoken word club stages around the country\, bringing solo shows (Zombie Asian Moms\, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show\, Kate’s Chink-O-Rama) and creating wild events like this one all over the city. By day\, she creates and produces comedy-based TV shows\, serves as creative director for OTRIFF- the nation’s only diversity film festival hosted by the Disability Community\,  is co-chair of the Joe’s Pub Council with Millicent Fortunoff\, and acts in plays. \n\nOlivia Oguma (@olioguma): Co-host and producer Olivia was the first Asian-American Young Cosette in Les Misérables and has been wowing New York audiences ever since in the Broadway casts of Mamma Mia\, A Christmas Carol\, Disney’s High School Musical\, Yellowface\, and several off-Broadway shows. She has appeared in many\, many productions of Miss Saigon (and zero productions of King and I. ) She does a lot of plays where she is usually crying or playing a 14-year-old\, and sometimes\, she plays a crying 14-year-old. She has also been on a bunch of TV shows where she usually plays the token Asian assistant who drops something at inopportune times. \nPhoto credit: Thomas Brunot
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/variety-show-disorientalism-part-9-lucky-numbers/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:Theater: Stories from the City of Immigrants
DESCRIPTION:Stories from the City of Immigrants is an evening of monologues curated from oral history collections that vividly bring to life the vital role immigrants play in New York City’s past\, present and future. Poignant\, funny\, and surprising\, these stories span 125 years and many countries of origin\, creating a visceral experience of the epic journeys so many people have taken to make NYC their home. Hosted by actor Arian Moayed with music from women-led samba reggae drumline marching band Fogo Azul. \nWith Performances by: \nMicaela Diamond (Elsbeth)\nJayne Houdyshell (Only Murders in the Building)\nSimu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)\nSunita Mani (GLOW)\nJustin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy)\nSepideh Moafi (The Pitt)\nLaith Nakli (Ramy)\nPej Vahdat (The Old Man)\nAnd more! \nThe event will be recorded for the Selected Shorts radio show and podcast. \nActors are subject to change
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-stories-from-the-city-of-immigrants/
LOCATION:Symphony Space\, 2537 Broadway at 95th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10025\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:Golden Hour Fest: A Festival Celebrating Asian Musicians
DESCRIPTION:Musician and comedian Charlene Kaye presents GOLDEN HOUR FEST\, an annual variety show and holiday party celebrating the AAPI community!\n\n\nDOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PM \nMusician and comedian Charlene Kaye presents GOLDEN HOUR FEST\, an annual variety show and holiday party uplifting musicians of AAPI descent. Rolling Stone recently profiled Kaye with the headline “Why Everybody Loves Breakout Comedy Star Charlene Kaye\,” and she was just featured on CBS mornings on how she “turned pop parody into viral gold.” \nLINEUP \n\nCharlene Kaye (comedy)\nParty Foul (pop band from Hawaii)\nLabiahead (all girl Radiohead)\nGushes (music)\nEmergency Tiara (music)\nChanel Ali (comedy)\nHenry Bae (drag)\n\nProceeds to benefit the Asian Pride Project.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/golden-hour-fest-a-festival-celebrating-asian-musicians/
LOCATION:littlefield\, 635 Sackett Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person,Music,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:disOrientalism Part 8: Godzilla v. The Karens
DESCRIPTION:A spectacular all-star show with the city’s most accomplished AAPI performers curated and hosted by New York’s original comedy dragon ladies – notorious comedienne/rapper Kate Siahaan-Rigg alongside child star-turned-Broadway-actress Olivia Oguma.  Come be thrilled by the virtuostic skills of Jazz world fave Helen Sung\, the comedy of rising star Julia Shiplett\, original music by Broadway baby and new wave rocker Sam Poon\, and the legendary spoken word/rock duo Slanty Eyed Mama. This program lasts about 75 minutes and is guaranteed to boost your immunity against boredom\, inaction\, xenophobia\, orientalism\, and bowl cuts. \nJulia Shiplett (@juliashiplett) is a comedian\, actor and writer based in NYC by way of Chicago. Named a Vulture Comedian to Watch\, she has performed standup around the country as well as on Comedy Central and SHOWTIME. She has made appearances on TV series and films such as Love Life (HBO)\, Turn Me On (IFC) and most recently Overcompensating (Prime). \nSam Poon (@spoonuel) is an actor\, singer and songwriter who been working since the age of nine. He was most recently seen as Warren in the world premiere of Empire Records at the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey. On Broadway he appeared in Macbeth\, The King and I\, and Sing Street. He also performed in national tours of Les Misérables and Billy Elliot. His numerous TV and Film credits include FBI\, Boychoir\, Crazy Famous\, Portraits in Dramatic Time\, Generation Wrecks\, “NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly\,” “The Late Show with David Letterman\,” and “The Today Show.” His original music defies genre and definition for a truly unique sonic experience. \nHelen Sung (@sung_helen) is an award-winning jazz pianist and composer and a Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston\, Texas\, and alumna of HSPVA\, she diverged from her classical upbringing after a jazz epiphany during studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to graduate in the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (re-named the Herbie Hancock Institute in 2019) and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Piano Competition. In addition to her own band and projects\, she has performed with such luminaries as Clark Terry\, Wayne Shorter\, Ron Carter\, Wynton Marsalis\, Regina Carter\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Cecile McLorin Salvant\, Lea Delaria\, and the Mingus Big Band. She is currently on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Columbia University. A Steinway artist\, “Sung plays with crisp swing and elegant invention\, her rhythms drawing from the music’s deepest blues roots – and setting listeners’ heads bobbing – while she explores her own fresh ideas\, often inspired from her classical training.” (New York Times) \nSlanty Eyed Mama (@slantyeyedmama)  Part hip hop\, part rock\, part electroclash\,  part spoken word part comedy from two rock n roll asian chicks. The multi-award winning Slanty Eyed Mama interprets the world through the searing electric violin of Lyris Hung (who currently tours with the Indigo Girls and  founded the progressive metal band HUNG) and the iconoclastic rants from Kate Rigg\, aka. Lady K-Sian. Together they have headlined international music festivals\, Asian Heritage Fests all over the country\, been profiled twice on PBS\, been invited to perform (also twice) at the Smithsonian Museum\, and toured with numerous theatrical concerts like Zombie Asian Moms\, Americasiana\, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show (also an award winning movie) and Birth of a nASIAN. \nKate Siahaan-Rigg (@kateriggnyc):  A star on the Manhattan comedy scene\, producer and co-host Kate Rigg graduated from Juilliard drama and immediately began moonlighting in comedy and spoken word club stages around the country\, bringing solo shows (Zombie Asian Moms\, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show) and creating wild events like this one all over the city. In her day job she creates and produces comedy based tv shows and acts in plays. \nOlivia Oguma (@olioguma): Co-host and producer Olivia was the first Asian-American Young Cosette in Les Misérables and has been wowing New York audiences ever since in the Broadway casts of Mamma Mia\, A Christmas Carol\, Disney’s High School Musical\, Yellowface\, and several off-Broadway shows. She has appeared in many\, many productions of Miss Saigon (and zero productions of King and I. ) She does a lot of plays where she is usually crying or playing a 14 year old and sometimes\, she plays a crying 14 year old. She has also been on a bunch of TV shows where she usually plays the token Asian assistant who drops something at inopportune times. \nhttps://www.katerigg.com/ \nPhoto Credit: Thomas Brunot
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/disorientalism-part-8-godzilla-v-the-karens/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person,Music,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:Q-Wave 20th Anniversary Celebration: Queer History\, Queer Now
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate 20 years of Q-Wave with us as we honor our queer history and embrace our queer futures with food\, drag\, dancing\, and more!\n\n\nQ-Wave’s 20th Anniversary Celebration: Queer History\, Queer Now 🎉🏳️‍🌈 \nCome join us at The People’s Forum for a night of celebration as we mark 20 years of Q-Wave. \nWe’re celebrating our queer history and the vibrant community we’ve built over the last 20 years—with drag performances\, a panel with our founders\, and beats by the legendary DJ Rekha 💃 \n—– \n✨ Time & Location ✨ \n📅 Sat\, April 19\, 2025 | 4–8 PM \n📍 The People’s Forum | 320 W 37th St\, NYC \n—– \n✨ What to Expect ✨ \n\nFood & Drinks – Enjoy delicious bites from Sen Saigon & more!\nRaffle – Featuring local vendors & artists from NYC’s queer API community (curated from Q-Wavers!)\nLive DJ Set – Beats by the legendary DJ Rekha\nDrag Performances – Featuring the incredible Jolli B & Spicy Daddy\nPanel Discussion – A conversation with Q-Wave’s founders\, moderated by SC member Karen\, diving into our history & future\nQ-Wave Merch Drop – Long-awaited merch will be available for purchase\n20th Anniversary Collage Reveal – A special showcase honoring our community’s journey\, created by Q-Wave members!\n\n—– \nAccessibility \nThe main event will take place on the ground floor. The venue has step-free access at the entrance. An elevator is available for access to the second floor. All restrooms are gender-neutral. \n—– \nAbout Q-Wave \nQ-Wave is a grassroots organization of lesbian\, bisexual\, trans\, and queer women\, trans men\, and gender non-conforming/non-binary/trans folks of East Asian\, Southeast Asian\, South Asian\, West Asian\, and Pacific Islander descent. We seek to build a strong and belonging community\, create awareness around social justice issues\, increase queer Asian visibility\, and seek to uplift marginalized voices through our programming in NYC. Our community building has been and will be fueled by delicious food. For more information about Q-Wave\, visit our website. \n—– \nCommunity Guidelines \nQ-Wave is committed to fostering a safe environment of belonging and inclusion for our community. By attending this event\, you agree to the tenets of Q-Wave’s Code of Conduct. \nIf you are found to be in violation of this code of conduct\, you will be removed from the event space\, and may be removed from our listserv and/or prohibited from attending virtual or in-person events in the future.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/q-wave-20th-anniversary-celebration-queer-history-queer-now/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Storytelling,Theater,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:Variety Show: disOrientalism Part 7: Yellow Fever Fever!
DESCRIPTION:disOrientalism is a truly New York experience– bringing together the best artists from Broadway\, Stand Up Comedy\, Dance\, and Music for one spectacular all-star AAPI variety hour. To start off the year of the Snake\, we are going to love you a long time with some one-of-a-kind performances carefully curated and hosted by New York’s original dragon ladies– \n\nnotorious comedienne/rapper Kate Siahaan-Rigg alongside\nchild star-turned-Broadway-actress Olivia Oguma.\n\nJoining us are \n\nKathleen Kim\, the creator of the first Asian-American muppet character in the history of Sesame St.\,\niconic award-winning actor and activist BD Wong\,\nrising star comic Adam MamaWala\,\nKorean Broadway star Joomin Hwang\, and\nkiller nuyorasian rock duo Slanty Eyed Mama.\n\nThe program lasts about 75 minutes and is designed to boost your immunity against boredom\, cold nights and steam heats in your walkup apartment\, xenophobia\, orientalism\, objectificAsian\, and bowl cuts.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/variety-show-disorientalism-part-7-yellow-fever-fever/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Variety Show
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