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SUMMARY:Food Festival: Japan Fes NYC
DESCRIPTION:JAPAN Fes renowned as the world’s largest Japanese food festival\, with over 1\,000\,000 projected annual attendees and 2\,000 vendors\, we proudly host the world’s largest Japanese food festival. Every Fes is set in a different neighborhood of NYC\, introducing it to a slice of Japanese culture and cuisine. Our vendors have been featured in publications such as The New York Times\, Food Network\, and The Today Show as a testament to their dedication of serving the best representation of Japanese cooking. Come try the best of Japan! \nHOURS:10PM-6PM    Check website for updated dates and locations. \nApril 19 on the Upper West Side\nApril 20 in Chelsea\nApril 26 in Chelsea\nApril 27 in Astoria\nMay 4 on the Upper West Side\nMay 10 in Chelsea\nMay 18 in Park Slope\nJune 7 in Midtown West\nJune 15 in Park Slope\nJune 22 on the Upper West Side\nJune 28 in Midtown\nJuly 6 in Midtown East\nJuly 12 in Chelsea\nJuly 20 in Times Square\nAugust 3 on the Upper West Side\nAugust 9 in Greenwich Village\nAugust 24 in the East Village\nSeptember 6 on the Upper East Side\nSeptember 13 in Chelsea\nSeptember 20 on the Upper West Side\nOctober 5 in Chelsea\nOctober 18 in the East Village\nOctober 26 on the Upper West Side\nNovember 8 in the East Village
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/food-festival-japan-fes-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260104T022118Z
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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:20250925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260330
DTSTAMP:20260104T022641Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: hapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project
DESCRIPTION:In 2001\, artist Kip Fulbeck began traveling the country photographing multiracial individuals of all ages and walks of life. Fulbeck’s work sought to address in words and images the one question that Hapa people are frequently asked — What are you? After photographing more than 1\,200 people\, the project culminated in the landmark book and exhibition Kip Fulbeck: Part Asian\, 100% Hapa\, which toured throughout the U.S. A new exhibition Hapa.me — 25 Years of The Hapa Project\, revisits some of the original subjects two decades later. How do they look now? How have their views on their own identity changed? \nDerived from the Hawaiian word for “half\,” the word “hapa” has been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed-race heritage includes Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. The exhibition comes at a time of increasing awareness and identification with being mixed race. The 2020 Census showed that 10% of the population identified as multiracial\, almost tripling from ten years before. In Hapa.me\, Fulbeck presents a nuanced portrait of change and growth within this broad identity by focusing on individual faces and voices. \nOriginating at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles\, this New York presentation will feature 30 portraits and responses of local subjects\, installed amidst a hand-painted mural that captures the beauty of being mixed. A central reading table encourages visitors to flip through Hapa.me artist’s books for a fuller archive of the project. This exhibition is a homecoming of sorts for Fulbeck: MOCA was one of the first museums to exhibit the Hapa Project and it has remained a fixture of our permanent exhibition which explores over 200 years of the experiences of Chinese in America. \nhapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project and related programs are made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, in partnership with the City Council; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and is funded by a grant from the New York City Tourism Foundation. \nAbout the Artist \nKip Fulbeck has exhibited and performed in over 20 countries and throughout the U.S. He is the author of six books including Part Asian\, 100% Hapa; Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids; and Hapa.me – 15 Years of The Hapa Project\, and the exhibition artist of Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. He teaches as a Distinguished Professor of Art at the UCSB\, where he received the Faculty Diversity Award and the Distinguished Teaching Award\, and has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member five times.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-hapa-me-25-years-of-the-hapa-project/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person,Museum
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTSTAMP:20260109T182331Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Niyū Yūrk: Middle Eastern and North African Lives in the City
DESCRIPTION:The first-ever exhibition at The New York Public Library to explore the history of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) immigration to NYC\, Niyū Yūrk highlights how the city has shaped the lives\, identities\, and creative practices of MENA communities\, artists\, and writers\, while celebrating their enduring contributions to the city’s cultural landscape and place in global culture. From Little Syria in Manhattan to Yemeni bodegas in Brooklyn\, from Armenian and Arab nightclubs along Eighth Avenue to community music festivals on Atlantic Avenue\, and from women’s activism and advocacy groups to experimental composers and playwrights like Halim El-Dabh and Reza Abdoh\, the exhibition shows how these rich stories are preserved within NYPL’s collections. \nNiyū Yūrk explores the often overlooked history of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) immigration to New York City\, from the first waves in the late 19th century to the present. The exhibition highlights how New York City has shaped the lives\, identities\, and creative practices of MENA communities\, artists\, and writers. It also emphasizes their enduring contributions to the city’s cultural landscape and place in global culture. \nThrough an array of materials—including local newspapers\, rare books\, archival documents\, prints\, artists’ books\, photographs\, music records\, and film—the exhibition showcases how these voices have been preserved and presented. Niyū Yūrk creates a dynamic dialogue across time\, illustrating the evolving nature of MENA migration to the city as well as the Library’s role in documenting this history. While reflecting on new directions in collecting practices\, it also aims to address gaps in those practices and envision a more inclusive archival future. \nThis exhibition is organized by The New York Public Library and curated by Hiba Abid\, Curator for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-niyu-yurk-middle-eastern-and-north-african-lives-in-the-city/
LOCATION:NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building\, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue New York\, NY 10018\, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251117
DTSTAMP:20251104T055152Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?)  with Discount
DESCRIPTION:DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?)\nNew York Premiere\nWritten and Performed by Zoë Kim\nDirected by Chris Yejin\nMa-Yi Theater Company in residence at The Public Theater \nUSE CODE “EATMAYI” FOR $40 TICKETS TO “DID YOU EAT? \nDID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?) is Zoë Kim’s autobiographical journey through love’s many forms–how it’s learned\, given\, and reflected inward. In a nimble and tender solo performance\, Zoë shapeshifts into the souls of her family through a landscape of memories where tears and laughter collide. It’s not just a story\, but a reckoning—weaving through the textured threads of Korean/American identity\, belonging\, and healing. DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?) is a poetic love letter to the inner child\, and hopefully yours too.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-did-you-eat-%eb%b0%a5-%eb%a8%b9%ec%97%88%eb%8b%88/
LOCATION:Public Theater\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251215
DTSTAMP:20251210T194831Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear  (with discount)
DESCRIPTION:Use PSCOMMUNITY for $25 tickets. Discount code is only valid on full priced regular tickets and cannot be applied to Member tickets or combined with any other offers. \nBy Alex Lin\nDirected by Joshua Kahan Brody \nWith Cindy Cheung\, Wai Ching Ho\, Amy Keum\, Jon Norman Schneider\, and Daisuke Tsuji \nDon’t mess with a Chinese grandma. \nWhen a high-rise developer threatens to buy out A-Poh’s successful Chinatown restaurant\, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her three precious grandchildren from all corners of the country to plan their next mode of attack.   There’s just one problem – A-Poh’s memory is rapidly fading. What follows is a chaotic journey through reality\, myth\, and magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family\, legacy\, and sanity. \nA caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear that explores the changing face of America’s Chinatowns and the fight to preserve a fading cultural memory. \nPlease join us for post-show talkbacks after the following performances: \n\nFriday\, November 14 at 7:00PM – Emerging API Artists in conversation with playwright Alex Lin with artists Jesse Jae Hoon\, Julia Izumi\, and Yilong Liu\nSaturday\, November 15 at 7:00PM – API Night: A Community Night and Talkback in collaboration with CAATA (the Consortium of Asian American Theater Artists)\nSunday\, November 23 at 2:00PM – Gentrification and Uplifting Small Businesses in Chinatown with Harry Trinh from Welcome to Chinatown and playwright Alex Lin\nTuesday\, December 2 at 7:00PM with the cast and creative team of Laowang
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-laowang-a-chinatown-king-lear-with-discount/
LOCATION:59E59 Theater\, 59 East 59th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251124
DTSTAMP:20251104T063528Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: Ready For Company and Other Family Tales
DESCRIPTION:Ready For Company and Other Family Tales: a one-woman play about family and legacy. An inheritance of stories and unfinished quests from this Jewish-Japanese-American family tree. \nWith a complicated family history\, Kim excavates meaning from small remembered moments\, inherited souvenirs\, the oft-repeated family tales (as well silent secrets) left for her to unpack. Told with music\, movement and “show-and-tell” objects\, this one-woman journey of nostalgia and discovery portrays with humor the beautiful and enigmatic paths of immigration – and what we choose to carry forward. \nRefreshments will be served! \nTickets:\n$30 Adults\n$25 Students/Seniors\n$10 First ten tickets to every performance (limit 2 per person)\n$10 La MaMa Members \nPhoto credit: Malick Welli and Charlotte Brathwaite for Ready For Company and Other Family Tales. Courtesy of the artists and Kim Ima.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ready-for-company-and-other-family-tales/
LOCATION:The Downstairs\, 66 East 4th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T163000
DTSTAMP:20251104T063856Z
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SUMMARY:The Silent Risk: Lung Cancer in Asian American Women
DESCRIPTION:Join the discussion on lung cancer in Asian American women and learn about what resources are available at Kaiser Permanente.\n\n\nPlease join us on Thursday\, November 6\, 2025 \, from 3:30 pm EST / 12:30pm PST for a discussion between Internal Medicine physician Dr. Amanda Chang alongside Thoracic Surgeon Dr. . Jeff Velotta and Pulmonologist Dr. Peter Le. They will explore topics related to lung cancer risk in Asian American women and answer common questions to help you better understand and screen for this. \n\nCLICK HERE ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT TO JOIN.\n\nJoin the call on Zoom to learn more and find out what resources are available at Kaiser Permanente. \n________________________________________________________________________________________ \nHouseCalls is a virtual communication tool created to S.E.E.E. our members and create conversation around making healthy lifestyle choices\, self- advocacy\, and best practices in the prevention of chronic disease. \nSupport our members and community to take control of their preventive care and chronic conditions​ \nExplore ​and identify opportunities to improve care​ \nEncourage dialogue and partnership between members and medical specialists​ \nEducate ​on how to care for chronic conditions at home \nPlease view prior events here: http://www.kp.org/eastbay/housecalls \n\n\nSpeaker and Moderator Information \nDr. Amanda Chang is a second-year Internal Medicine resident at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center. She is a daughter of Chinese immigrants and a Bay Area native who grew up in San Jose and attended UC Berkeley for college. She went out to Chicago to complete medical school at Northwestern University\, and was delighted to be able to return to the Bay Area for residency and serve the diverse community of the East Bay. In her free time\, she can be found running around Lake Merritt\, hiking with her Shiba Inu on one of the many scenic trails in the area\, or exploring new food spots. \nClick here to learn more about Dr. Chang! \n\n\nDr. Jeff Velotta‘s clinical interests involve all aspects of thoracic surgery\, especially minimally invasive lung and esophageal surgery\, image-guided surgical techniques for small lung nodules\, and multimodality treatment of mesothelioma. Along with his colleagues\, he is committed to maintain Kaiser Permanente in Oakland as a center of excellence for the Bay Area and continue its values and success. \nIn addition to his full-time clinical duties at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center\, he is a clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of California\, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. His role entails teaching and training UCSF medical students and surgery residents throughout the course of the year. He is very interested in surgical quality research pertaining to outcomes in minimally invasive surgeries for lung and esophageal cancer. He currently has ongoing studies pertaining to novel ways to provide better pain relief after thoracic surgery\, multimodality treatment of mesothelioma\, and the incidence and outcomes for never-smokers with lung cancer. \nHis wife\, also a Bay Area native\, is an internal medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. In his spare time\, you can find him with his two young boys at the park or on the beaches of Hawaii. \nClick here to learn more about Dr. Velotta! \n\n\nDr. Peter Le grew up in Southern California\, went to college at Cal\, and is an energetic Cal Football and Los Angeles Lakers Fan. Along with discussing treatment options with patients\, his goal is to help patients understand what their disease is\, and what to expect with this disease. One of his joys is teaching Physicians in Training at the Intensive Care Unit. Fluent in both Spanish and Vietnamese he welcomes all patients in whom English is their second language. \nClick here to learn more about Dr. Peter Le!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-silent-risk-lung-cancer-in-asian-american-women/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T183000
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the NYU Critical Racial Anti Colonial Study Co-Lab. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU\, NYU Department of Media\, Culture\, and Communication\, and NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. \nREGISTER \nEdited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews\, Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power (Duke University Press\, 2025) is the first comprehensive volume to explore the impact of empire on Afghanistan’s past and present. It features cross-disciplinary\, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan and paths to decolonial futures. With a particular focus on the US intervention that began in 2001\, the collection marks a decolonial turn in Afghanistan and American studies. \nThis event will feature contributors speaking on topics from media\, developmentalism\, and funding practices to anthropological approaches to US military tactics and autoethnographic work on Indigeneity and migration: \nMatthieu Aikins\, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\nWazhmah Osman\, Temple University\nZohra Saed\, Macaulay Honors College & CUNY Graduate Center\nMorwari Zafar\, Georgetown University\nPaula Chakravartty\, NYU Critical Racial Anti Colonial Study Co-Lab \nwith discussants:\nManan Ahmed\, Columbia University\nOla Galal\, NYU \n  \nNYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event\, open to the public. Registration is required. \nAccessibility note: This venue is accessible via elevator. If you have any access needs\, please email mcc@nyu.edu.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/decolonizing-afghanistan-countering-imperial-knowledge-and-power/
LOCATION:239 Greene St\, 239 Greene St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T200000
DTSTAMP:20251027T032242Z
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Opening Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to be blown away by the incredible short films at KAFFNY 2025 – it’s going to be a cinematic experience like no other!\n\n\n\nKodak Blues by Caleb Jiyong Chong 24:47 \nAfter being left in an empty house by her parents\, a Korean-American college girl must find what to do for the rest of her summer break and perhaps\, the rest of her life. \n \n \n\n\n\nEid Mubarak by Isabel Ahmed 11:50 \nEid Mubarak explores the tension that arises between belonging and autonomy when some Muslim women decide to remove their hijab. The film follows Aya on the holy holiday of Eid as she grapples with her desire to make her own decisions about expressing her identities\, while also longing to stay connected to her Arab community and family\, which sometimes demands conformity. \n \n \n\n\n\nBeside Myself by H. Paul Moon 3:00 \n“BESIDE MYSELF” is a poem/film that engages the reader/viewer to trade places with the poet for a generative new thing that can\, with your help\, change the world. \nStep outside yourself\, look back at yourself\, whom do you see? That’s the question Bob Holman asks in “BESIDE MYSELF.” Fighting the metaphorical with the literal\, H. Paul Moon’s film captures a small band of Bob’s friends voicing the poem in alternating identities\, scored by composer David T. Little\, for this meditative reflection on A.I. and the life cycle of the creative process. \n \n \n\n\n\nHyeree Ro’s Precesise Ambiguity by Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung 11:13 \nThis documentary short follows artist Hyeree Ro as she mines memories of road trips with her father and processes his recent passing through a new body of work\, Niro (2024)\, a sculptural installation and series of performances that universalizes her own personal experiences of estrangement\, loss\, and memory. \n \n \n\n\n\nSometimes I Wish I was a Fish by Yeajoon Cho14:47 \nA depressed\, male sex worker learns how to open up — the hard way. \n \n \n\n\n\nSmall Hair Halmeoni by Audrey Song13:18 \nA filmmaker attempts to piece together who her grandmother is through family memory and archives. \n \n \n \n\n\n\nYellow Balloon by Summer Luu 13:42 \nIn 1996\, a Vietnamese-American kid named Ái Vân from San Jose\, California is adopted by their paternal immigrant grandparents in Vancouver\, Washington. On their journey\, Ái Vân processes their identity\, the unspoken rules of complex social dynamics and discovers the reality of letting go.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-opening-shorts/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Adoption and Re-Kinning - The Legacies of Mixed-Race Children Born of War
DESCRIPTION:A film screening of Deann Borshay Liem’s documentary “Geographies of Kinship” and a conversation among Rosemarie Peña and Deann Borshay Liem\n\n\nDeutsches Haus at NYU\, the University of Cologne North America Office\, the German Research Foundation (DFG) North America\, and the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York present “Adoption and Re-Kinning” as part of the conference “The Legacies of Mixed-Race Children Born of War: Kinship\, Belonging and Transnational Adoption after World War II.”  \nThe evening will include a film screening of Deann Borshay Liem’s documentary “Geographies of Kinship” and a conversation between Rosemarie Peña and Deann Borshay Liem\, which will be moderated by Silke Hackenesch. Welcoming remarks will be provided by Eva Bosbach\, Director of the University of Cologne North America Office. \nAbout the film: \n“Geographies of Kinship\,” 2019\, 80 min\, DCP. \nIn this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program\, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. Raised in foreign families\, each sets out on a journey to reconnect with their roots\, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. Along the way there are discoveries and dead ends\, as well as mysteries that will never be unraveled. \nUltimately what emerges is a deepened sense of self and belonging\, as well as a sense of purpose\, as Geographies of Kinship’s four protagonists question the policies and practices that led South Korea to become the largest “sending country” in the world—with 200\,000 children adopted out to North America\, Europe and Australia. Emboldened by their own experiences and what they have learned\, these courageous characters become advocates for birth family and adoptee rights\, support for single mothers\, and historical reckoning. \nThe broader history of transnational adoption since the Korean War provides the backdrop to our stories. For over half a century\, the Korean adoption experience and subsequent Diaspora have transformed not only how adoption is practiced worldwide\, but also how kinship\, identity and race are perceived and contested. As the forerunner for international adoptions from China\, Russia\, Guatemala\, Ethiopia and other countries\, the Korean model challenges us to reflect on universal questions of identity\, assimilation\, kinship and belonging. Geographies of Kinship explores these themes by listening closely to those who have lived the experience most intimately-adoptees-while relaying a compelling history of epic scope. \nAbout the participants: \nDeann Borshay Liem is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian known for films that explore war\, memory\, family and identity including her landmark adoption films First Person Plural\, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee and Geographies of Kinship. Her documentary production studio Mu Films is based in Berkeley. \nDr. Rosemarie Peña holds a PhD in Childhood Studies from Rutgers University and is the President of the Black German Heritage and Research Association (BGHRA). As a Black German adoptee herself\, Rosemarie Peña has published widely on and spoken frequently about her family history as well as on transatlantic Black German history in general. \nPD Dr. Silke Hackenesch\, (moderator) Assistant Professor\, Institute of North American History\, Department of History\, University of Cologne. Author of “Colorblind Love or Racial Responsibility? The Adoption of Black German Children to Postwar America” (manuscript under review with New York University Press). \nAttendance: \nWhile NYU has ended COVID-19 related restrictions and policies\, we continue to remind and recommend to members of the NYU community that they stay up-to-date on their boosters and stay home if they feel sick. Masks are always welcome. \n“Adoption and Re-Kinning: An Evening with Deann Borshay Liem\, Rosemarie Peña\, and Silke Hackenesch” is funded by the DAAD from funds of the German Federal Foreign Office (AA). Additional funds are provided by the University of Cologne North America Office\, the German Research Foundation (DFG) North America\, and the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH). \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/adoption-and-re-kinning-the-legacies-of-mixed-race-children-born-of-war/
LOCATION:Deutsches Haus At New York University\, 42 Washington Mews\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T203000
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SUMMARY:Salman Rushdie with Daniel Kehlmann: The Eleventh Hour (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Salman Rushdie\, longtime friend of 92NY’s storied literary community\, returns to our stage for a reading and conversation with Daniel Kehlmann about The Eleventh Hour — a supremely inventive new collection about survival\, death\, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life. \nAwarded the Best of Booker for his seminal debut\, Midnight’s Children — honoring it as the most accomplished novel to ever receive the prestigious literary prize — Salman Rushdie has been probing the depths of identity\, history\, and mortality to stunning effect for 45 years. In The Eleventh Hour\, he turns his extraordinary imagination to life’s final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his work — India\, England\, and America. \nDo we accommodate ourselves to death\, or rail against it? Do we spend our “eleventh hour” in serenity or in rage? Spanning private tragedy\, national calamity\, political parable\, and simmering mystery\, Rushdie’s new stories further cement him as one of the boldest writers of our time. \nJoin the internationally renowned\, award-winning author for an unforgettable evening of reading and conversation in celebration of survival\, freedom of expression\, his new collection\, and his extraordinary contributions to world literature.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/salman-rushdie-with-daniel-kehlmann-the-eleventh-hour-hybrid/
LOCATION:92nd Street Y (92NY / 92Y)\, 1395 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10128\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T220000
DTSTAMP:20251027T032243Z
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Attachment Project
DESCRIPTION:KAFFNY 2025 Feature documentary film screening for ‘Attachment Project’ follow by Q&A with director Joy Dietrich\n\n\n\nAttachment Project Joy Dietrich 1:27:12 \nThree foreign-born adoptees of various ages attempt to forge stronger ties with their American families with the help of novel\, sometimes controversial therapies. Shot over a decade by one of the subjects\, an adoptee filmmaker\, the documentary explores the building blocks of human connection\, the primacy of early care\, and the role of parents in their journey to create a sense of a family in their adoptive homes. \n*The director\, Joy Dietrich\, will be present for the Q and A \n \n \n\n\n\nNot Alone Cameron Koike 3:14 \nA not so brave boy finds himself a little too immersed in the horror movie he’s watching when his family leaves him home alone.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-the-attachment-project/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T190000
DTSTAMP:20251104T071112Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Performing Chinatown: Hollywood\, Tourism\, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
DESCRIPTION:In Performing Chinatown: Hollywood\, Tourism\, and the Making of a Chinese American Community (Stanford University Press\, 2024)\, historian William Gow argues that Chinese Americans in Los Angeles strategically used their performances in both Hollywood films and Chinatown tourist attractions to influence perceptions of race and national identity during the Chinese Exclusion Era. \nDrawing on oral histories and archival research\, the book reveals how these performances were tied to restrictive immigration laws\, beginning with the 1875 Page Act. By focusing on the experiences of everyday people—from movie extras to merchants—Performing Chinatown uncovers the long-overlooked history of how Los Angeles’s Chinatown and Hollywood shaped each other and\, in turn\, shaped Asian American identity.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/performing-chinatown-hollywood-tourism-and-the-making-of-a-chinese-american-community/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T200000
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Water Lillies
DESCRIPTION:Water Lillies -by Chanho Lee\n\n\n\nWater Lillies Chanho Lee 1:58:38 \nThe water lilies blooms\, even in the filthiest waters. Amid the mire of selfish desires and the indifference to others’ suffering\, hope begins to bloom anew in the fleeting moment when we recognize the humanity within one another. \n \nSynopsis :Hyowon\, who dreams of becoming an actress\, runs away to Seoul with Eunseo\, a high school dropout. The two girls step into the sprawling city with their fragile hopes\, clutching at its promises like lifelines. Their first home is a basement room\, dim and shabby\, the air thick and heavy\, but to them\, it is a sanctuary\, a nest of possibilities. \nEunseo begins working odd jobs to keep them afloat\, while Hyowon\, drawn by her dream\, takes on menial tasks at a theater company. They are buoyed by their own visions of tomorrow\, their dreams threading through the cracks in the worn walls. Soon\, Hyowon starts taking acting lessons from Suyeon\, a lead actress at the theater. Suyeon’s voice is steady\, her words sharp: “Acting is the art of embodying another’s suffering.” Hyowon listens\, but the weight of those words eludes her. She cannot yet grasp the depths of Eunseo’s pain\, nor can Eunseo fully see hers. \nThe two drift\, parallel yet apart\, their lives entangled by need and longing but marred by unspoken distance. The city presses in\, relentless. Their lives fracture under the strain of survival\, yet questions linger in the spaces between them. What does it mean to carry someone else’s sorrow? What does it mean to live with your own? \nFor them\, life is an unanswered question\, fragile as the surface of water\, trembling under the weight of its own reflections.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-water-lillies/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T200000
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SUMMARY:Mother-Son Double Book Launch: Heartland Masala; Extremely Happy Holidays (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special double launch with mother-son duos Auyon & Jyoti Mukharji\, and Devin McEwan & Sandra Boynton!\n\n\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/F0FU77Wwvls\n\n\n\n\nEvent guidelines: \n\nAll attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask at all times.\nTickets are limited to restrict capacity at our store\, and each ticket will include either a copy of the featured books or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.\nAdditional copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.\nA signing will follow the talk.\nHome address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/F0FU77Wwvls\nAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well\, please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket; email us and we’ll work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net. \n  \nHeartland Masala: \nHeartland Masala pairs 99 recipes from Indian cooking instructor Jyoti Mukharji with cultural and historical essays by her son Auyon Mukharji. An effervescent celebration of Indian cuisine and the American immigrant experience\, this beautiful cookbook is playful\, informative\, and utterly original. \n“Heartland Masala is a joyful\, inspiring cookbook that shows off the dazzling culinary inventiveness of an appealing mother-son cooking duo.“—Foreword Reviews\, Starred Review \nFilled with rich storytelling\, stunning visuals\, and a blend of modern and traditional dishes\, this book is both a heartfelt portrait of one Midwestern family and a practical guide to cooking incredible Indian meals at home. \n  \nJyoti Mukharji is a chef\, teacher\, and retired physician. She immigrated to the US from India in the late 1970s\, and she began teaching weekly Indian cooking classes out of her home in Prairie Village\, KS in 2010. Jyoti has since welcomed several thousand students into her kitchen\, and her writing and teaching have been celebrated in press and radio outlets across the Midwest. Jyoti’s team includes her husband Jhulan (art director)\, her eldest son Arnob (grocery shopping deputy)\, her middle son Auyon (musical guest)\, and her youngest son Aroop (copy editor). \nAuyon Mukharji is a musician\, writer\, and culinary historian who spends most of his time thinking about food. He studied biology at Williams College and was awarded a Watson Fellowship in 2007 to study self-expression in folk music. Since 2009\, Auyon has toured with\, and cooked for\, the acclaimed indie-folk band Darlingside. He otherwise finds time to work in and around kitchens (and farms) in both his hometown of Kansas City and his adopted state-of-residence of Massachusetts. \n  \nExtremely Happy Holidays: \nIt’s the most wonderful time of the year\, namely COCKTAIL TIME! \nWhat better way to honor and enjoy all the holidays of a year than to toast each one with a fabulous new cocktail? This exuberant little book takes you from New Year’s Day all the way to New Year’s Eve\, with stops along the way at the other festive holidays of the year: Groundhog Day\, Super Bowl Sunday\, Valentine’s Day\, St. Patrick’s Day\, April Fools’ Day\, Easter\, Cinco de Mayo\, Mother’s Day\, Father’s Day\, Independence Day\, Talk Like a Pirate Day\, Halloween\, Thanksgiving\, Hanukkah\, and Christmas. McEwan’s original creations are truly wonderful\, and he is a droll and delightful guide through the tools and techniques the reader will need to make all these snazzy cocktails and mocktails at home. The book is designed and illustrated by the inimitable Sandra Boynton\, who happens to be the author’s mother. \n  \nDevin C.B. McEwan will do just about anything to avoid getting a proper grown-up job. Since 2001\, he’s been splish-splashing down the world’s rivers as a member of the U.S. Canoe & Kayak Team (and 2016 Olympic Team). An avid amateur mixologist\, McEwan was recently told by a drinking buddy\, “You should write a book! And I’ll do the illustrations!” While such drunken ramblings are usually best ignored\, in this case the drinking buddy in question was Sandra Boynton\, internationally celebrated cartoonist and\, incidentally\, McEwan’s mother—so how could he say no? \n  \nSandra Boynton is the author’s mother. When she’s not busy taste-testing cocktails\, Boynton writes/illustrates books and writes/produces music. She’s worked with B.B. King\, Yo-Yo Ma\, Alison Krauss\, Lyle Lovett\, Patti LuPone\, Brian Wilson\, Kacey Musgraves\, Ben Folds\, Stanley Tucci\, Meryl Streep\, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Kate Winslet (a duet)\, Darius Rucker\, Zooey Deschanel\, Dwight Yoakam\, Patrick Warburton\, and others. But Devin is her favorite collaborator because NOT ONE of those other people ever even OFFERED to make her a cocktail.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mother-son-double-book-launch-heartland-masala-extremely-happy-holidays/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T203000
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SUMMARY:A+ Asian Comedy. Asian Stand Up Comedy in NYC's Broadway Theater District.
DESCRIPTION:NYC’s ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix\, HBO\, Hulu\, and TikTok.\n\n\nA+ 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 them perform live at the world famous Broadway Comedy Club. Tickets are limited\, so purchase yours now and enjoy the show! \nVenue Policy: \nA two-drink minimum applies (non-alcoholic options available). \n16 and older
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-asian-comedy-asian-stand-up-comedy-in-nycs-broadway-theater-district-13/
LOCATION:318 W 53rd St\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T203000
DTSTAMP:20251104T062422Z
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SUMMARY:NYDFF Feature: Invisible No More by Larry Tung & Mehrunnisa Wani
DESCRIPTION:Invisible No More by Larry Tung & Mehrunnisa Wani\n\n\nNYDFF Feature: Invisible No More by Larry Tung & Mehrunnisa Wani \nAsian Americans are no longer just an emerging force in New York City politics –they are making sweeping strides at all levels of government. The surge in Asian American representation is undeniable\, with their political strength and influence on full display\, particularly in Brooklyn’s newly designated Asian opportunity district. Created in 2023 through the once-a-decade redistricting process\, this district reflects the explosive growth and impact of the Asian American community. \nCity Councilmembers Linda Lee\, Sandra Ung\, Susan Zhuang\, and State Senator John Liu and former State Senator Iwen Chu share their journeys into public service — how they broke barriers\, took seats at the table\, and now champion the voices of their communities.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nydff-feature-invisible-no-more-by-larry-tung-mehrunnisa-wani/
LOCATION:Cinema Village\, 22 East 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T221500
DTSTAMP:20251027T032244Z
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SUMMARY:KAFFNY 2025: Closing Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable cinematic journey at KAFFNY 2025: Closing Shorts\, where stories come to life on the big screen.\n\n\n\nElijah by Razid Season19:00 \nHaider\, a Bengali Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Grueling hours\, rude customers\, a collapse in medallion values in New York City and suicides among fellow drivers continually chip away at his hope for the future. Under this backdrop\, crisis spills into his family life as his child\, Shoshi\, is consumed by a struggle: a desire to live life fully as man in a transphobic immigrant culture. His relationship with his transgender son challenges his past views on LGBTQ issues\, forcing him to confront prejudice in his community to protect the child he loves. \n \n \n\n\n\nThe Stranger by Minseo Kwon 6:07 \nEunhee struggles to care for her ill mother\, Young-ja\, who loves only her son and refuses to go to the hospital with her. This pattern has persisted throughout Eunhee’s life. After Young-ja’s death\, Eunhee grapples with mixed emotions towards her mother. She gradually encounters her feelings as she talks with David\, a cleaner from the ‘Grief Cleaning’ service. In the end\, she finds herself mourning after discovering a note from her mother hidden behind a photo. \n \n \n\n\n\nLife Support by Jamon Tolbert10:32 \nInspired by true stories\, an emergency doctor struggling under the weight of life and death decisions must confront his own hidden traumas as he teaches a young medical student what it truly means to save a life. \nTold with raw intensity and emotional depth\, Life Support has won multiple jury awards for Best Short Film\, Best First Time Filmmaker\, & Best Performance. It offers a rare glimpse into the world of emergency medicine\, where every choice can mean the difference between life and loss. \nMore than a film\, Life Support has sparked a national campaign to heal a system in crisis. It has inspired an educational platform that uses film and storytelling to confront burnout and moral injury among doctors\, nurses\, and frontline responders\, with the goal of reaching medical schools\, residencies\, and hospitals across the country. \n \n \n\n\n\nSonata by Eljin Yoo19:49 \nKorean-American sisters and classical musicians\, Viv and Gia\, struggle to practice a piano and violin duet\, as their mother May\, reminds them about the importance of harmony. \nTheir bond is tested as adulthood brings conflicting priorities—Gia pursues her musical dreams while Viv chooses to care for their ailing mother. \nAs their mother’s condition suddenly deteriorates\, they must overcome their growing resentment in order to find reconciliation through music. \n \n \n\n\n\nLast Breath on Earthby Kevin V. Doan 3:30 \nLAST BREATH ON EARTH follows Clara as she embraces thoughts of spirituality\, afterlife\, and loneliness in the aftermath of her mother’s death. \n \n \n\n\n\nGrace by Jana Park12:49 \nHonolulu\, 1959: Over a family dinner\, two women hide their forbidden love—one resisting the pressure to marry\, the other her nation’s admission to the United States. WINNER: Best Indigenous Nations Film (South Pacific Film Festival\, NZ) \n \n \n\n\n\nTuesday Lunch Club by Keeho Kang 7:19 \nIn 1990s New York\, three young Asian American artists built their own creative refuge — a weekly lunch gathering called The Tuesday Lunch Club. Thirty years later\, they reunite to relaunch it\, revisiting the art\, friendship\, and identity that shaped their lives. Blending memory\, humor\, and reflection\, ‘Tuesday Lunch Club’ explores how community can sustain artists across generations. \n \n \n\n\n\n6 O’Clock by Keeyong Hong15:09 \nMoonsook\, who was adopted as a child into an American family\, returns home to care for her mother with dementia\, only to find out her brother Mike has placed her in a nursing home. Despite Moonsook’s attempts to reach him\, Mike insists their mother is fine and shouldn’t be contacted. Moonsook later discovers her mother’s wish to stay in the nursing home\, leaving her feeling upset and longing for her mother’s presence.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaffny-2025-closing-shorts/
LOCATION:Village East Cinema\, 189 2nd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251108T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251108T113000
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SUMMARY:Who We Choose to Forget: The BIPOC Fight for Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:Join this powerful talk on memory\, legacy & BIPOC stories of service and sacrifice—revealing how remembrance drives anti-racist change.\n\n\nMAR Talks Presents: Who We Choose to Forget: The BIPOC Fight for Remembrance\nIn honour of Remembrance Day\nMAR is deeply honoured to welcome Dr. Neilesh Bose\, historian\, writer\, scholar\, public speaker\, and professor at the University of Victoria\, for a powerful talk on memory\, legacy\, and the BIPOC fight for remembrance. As colonialism continues to shape which stories are honoured and which are silenced\, this talk invites us to explore how histories of service and sacrifice have been distorted\, erased\, or forgotten across both Canadian and global contexts. \nTogether\, we’ll reflect on how reclaiming these narratives can fuel anti racist change\, reshape how we parent\, and help us imagine a more just and truthful future. This is an urgent invitation to remember differently and to remember together\, recognizing that remembrance itself can be a radical\, anti racist act. \nDate: Saturday\, November 8th\, 2025 \nTime: 10:00 am – 11:00 am \nIntroducing Dr. Neilesh Bose\nHistorian\, public speaker\, and writer\, Neilesh Bose is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. His research interests include the history of colonial and early post-colonial South Asia\, as well as the histories of South Asian diasporas in the modern world. He also holds active research and teaching interests in African history and the history of the African diaspora. He enjoys teaching courses on global and comparative history\, with a focus on histories of colonialism and anticolonial activism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From 2015 to 2025\, he held the Canada Research Chair of Global and Comparative History at the University of Victoria. In this capacity\, he convened several public programs exploring the history and politics of the Global South. He has lectured and/or taught in various institutions in India\, Bangladesh\, South Africa\, and the U.S.A. His books include Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India (Cambridge\, 2025)\, India after World History: Literature\, Comparison\, and Approaches to Globalization (Leiden\, 2022)\, South Asian Migrations in Global History: Labor\, Law\, and Wayward Lives (London\, 2020)\, and Recasting the Region: Language\, Culture\, and Islam in Bengal (Oxford\, 2014). \nhttps://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/boseneilesh/ \nMAR Talks Zoom Link / How to Join\nOnce registered\, you will receive a confirmation email and reminder emails for the event. The Zoom link will be sent on the day of the event. \nA recording of the event will be sent to attendees and may be made available on our social media channels at a later date.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/who-we-choose-to-forget-the-bipoc-fight-for-remembrance/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T133000
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SUMMARY:The Dumpling Circle - Learn to make dumplings
DESCRIPTION:The Dumpling Circle \nJoin us for the first-ever dumpling circle! We’ll be making Yi’s favorite Wagyu Beef & Chinese Chive dumplings together. \nYour discounted ticket includes a 3-hour dumpling-making experience\, 2 seasonal appetizers\, 10 handmade dumplings\, and non-alcoholic drinks.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-dumpling-circle-learn-to-make-dumplings/
LOCATION:Welcome to Chinatown\, 115 Bowery\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food,In Person
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SUMMARY:MOCA PERFORMS - Brothers Paranormal
DESCRIPTION:Two Thai-American brothers investigate a haunting that blurs culture\, grief\, and reality for a couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina.\n\n\nDoor Opens at 2:45pm | Show Begins at 3:00pm \nSomewhere in the American Midwest in 2007\, Thai-American brothers Max and Visarut are struggling to keep their fledgling paranormal investigation business alive. When they’re hired by Delia and Felix\, an African-American couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina\, the brothers are drawn into a haunting that defies logic and belief—a female apparition who may be speaking Thai. As their investigation unfolds\, reality\, fantasy\, and sanity collide\, forcing everyone to confront buried grief\, cultural ghosts\, and the fragile boundaries between worlds. The Brothers Paranormal is a thrilling\, chilling\, and deeply moving exploration of loss\, identity\, and the unexpected compassion that emerges in our darkest hours. \nCREATIVE TEAMPrince Gomolvilas\, PlaywrightKeng S. Meateanuwat (เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร)\, Director \n \nABOUT Prince Gomolvilas\, Playwright \nPrince Gomolvilas is an internationally produced Thai-American playwright and winner of a PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama. His critically acclaimed ghost story\, The Brothers Paranormal\, debuted Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theatre\, in a production by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. It has since been published by Dramatic Publishing and performed across the United States and Canada. He is a former Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Southern California. For more information and to watch his TEDx Talk\, visit www.princegomolvilas.com. \nABOUT Keng S. Meateanuwat เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร\, Director \nKeng S. Meateanuwat (เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร) is a Thai theatre director/writer/translator/storyteller based in NYC. They taught acting/directing at Bangkok University for three years. They were a resident director at Bangkok University Theatre Company\, where they directed and translated numerous plays\, including August: Osage County\, True West\, The Humans\, Fool for Love\, Bent\, Death and the Maiden\, and The Clean House. Recent directing credits include Dear Mr. C (Village Theater)\, What You Are To Me (NQT\, HERE ARTS)\, Lungs (Life Studio\, Bangkok)\, KHAM (ART/NY)\, Lanna Dream (The Den Chicago)\, The Adventure of Sky and Friends (New Victory Labworks)\, A Sisyphean Dream (Pan Asian Rep’s Nuwork 2023)\, and The Revolutionists (Heartland Theatre Company). Assistant directing credits include Transitional Love Stories (TheatreLab NYC)\, Sanctuary City (Seattle Rep)\, and Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love (Roundabout Theatre Company). 2022 National SDC Directing Fellowship Award and 2023 The John Cauble Emerging Producer/Leader Award from the Kennedy Center. 2023 The Drama League’s Irene Gandy Directing Assistantship recipient. Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group cohort 5. Keng’s adaptation\, Walk to the Stars\, is a semifinalist for the 2024 National Playwrights Conference at the O’Neill. 2025 The Drama League’s Special Project Residency. Keng is also the Executive Director of Thai Theatre Foundation US. M.F.A. Directing: Illinois State University. www.kengsm.com
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-performs-brothers-paranormal/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:DISCOVER  INDIA
DESCRIPTION:INDIAN FOLK ARTS ….\n\n\nCome join us for an evening of amazing Indian Folk Arts\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nJYOTSNA GUPTA\n \nShe has a Bachelor’s degree in Music and a lifelong passion for singing. Over the years she has performed oat various venues\, which gave her the opportunity to share her love for music with diverse audiences.\n \nSinging continues to be her creative expression and source of joy\, and she is now focusing on balancing her role at home while nurturing her musical journey.\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nMOHIT M SHARMA\n\nHailing from Mumbai\, Mohit works as a Research Manager at Weill Cornell Medical College\, New York\, and holds a Master’s in Public Health.\n \nA budding vocalist\, he has been passionate about music and writing poems/songs since his college days\, exploring music from diverse cultures and languages.\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nTANISH BANSAL\nA Software Developer based in Edison\, NJ\, and graduate of New York Tech\, Tanish blends a modern tech career with a deep passion for music. \n \nA guitarist and singer since his college days\, he has performed at cultural fests in India and now shares his music at community events in the USA.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \nANKUSH SHARMA\n \nRajasthan’s own Ankush Sharma brings soul to the stage with classic Hindi and Bollywood melodies. \n \nWith 30+ gigs and a JDA honour to his name\, his music blends nostalgia\, emotion\, and Rajasthani pride—guaranteed to leave you smiling.\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nBHAVIN OZA \n \nMumbai-born Software Developer and graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology.  \n \nA singer and guitarist\, Bhavin has performed at community events and continues to share his music in the USA. \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nRiITVIJ SAXENA\n \nHe is a software engineer based in New York with five years of industry experience.\n \nOutside work\, Ritvij enjoys playing and listening to music\, experimenting with new recipes\, traveling\, and spending time with friends and family.\n \n \n\n\n\nKARAN AMBARDEKAR\nAn Urban Planner in NYC by profession and a creative soul born in Mumbai\, with Marathi and Bollywood music closest to his heart.\nHe has performed at multiple cultural events at school\, city and state level.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/discover-india/
LOCATION:Washington Square South\, Washington Square South\, Garibaldi Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T140000
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SUMMARY:Redhawk Native American Arts Council
DESCRIPTION:Free\, community event featuring music and family-friendly fun and learning.\n\n\nThird Street Community Event Series\nFeaturing: Redhawk Native American Arts Council\nSunday\, Nov 9\, 2025 at 2:00 PM \nAnna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall at Third Street Music School \n \nRedhawk presents an interactive family-friendly cultural celebration featuring song\, dance\, history\, and expression. \n \nQuestions About Third Street Events? \nContact: Third Street Music School \nEmail: info@thirdstreet.nyc \nPhone: 212-777-3240 \n \nTicket Policy \n\nRSVPs are first-come\, first-served.\nRSVPs are required of all attendees\, including children. An adult must accompany all children.\nAn RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Free events are oversold to accommodate drops.\nSame-day walkups will be accepted. Remaining seats will be released before the show starts\, as space permits.\n\nVenue Policy \n\nThis venue is accessible to wheelchairs\nLarge items\, including strollers and carts\, are not permitted in the hall but can be left in the lobby at the owner’s discretion. Third Street does not assume liability for any theft or damage.\nNo food or drinks are permitted in the performance space.\nNo pets allowed\, service animals only.\n\nPhoto & Video Policy \nTo celebrate and promote our programs and school\, photos and videos may occasionally be taken during classes\, rehearsals\, and performances. These images may be used in newsletters\, social media\, promotional materials\, or on our website. By participating in our programs or attending an event at Third Street\, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/redhawk-native-american-arts-council/
LOCATION:Third Street Music School Settlement\, 235 East 11th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T160000
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SUMMARY:Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea
DESCRIPTION:The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the ninth annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Awardee is Dr. Peter Na\, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.  In his lecture\, Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea\, he casts suicide not as an individual failure or “extreme choice (극단적 선택)\,” but as a systemic and cultural crisis requiring a coordinated national response. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist\, public health researcher\, and mental health advocate\, Dr. Na examines the scale and societal costs of suicide in Korea and analyzes key structural drivers such as academic and workplace pressures\, poverty and isolation among older adults\, and the pervasive stigma surrounding mental illness and treatment. 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/reframing-suicide-as-a-shared-social-responsibility-in-korea/
LOCATION:The Korea Society\, 350 Madison Avenue\, 24th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10017
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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SUMMARY:Across Generations and Oceans: A Fireside Chat with Gish Jen
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Bad Bad Girl\, the latest semi-autobiographical novel by Gish Jen.\n\n\nIn partnership with the US-China Education Trust and the Serica Initiative\, we cordially invite you to join us for the launch of Bad Bad Girl\, the latest semi-autobiographical novel by Gish Jen. The book traces her mother’s journey exploring gender\, migration\, and cultural identity through Jen’s poetic prose. \nThe event features a reading and fireside chat with Gish Jen in conversation with Qian Julie Wang\, New York Times bestselling author and litigator. A book signing will follow the event. \nAbout Gish Jen \nGish Jen’s work has been included in The Best American Short Stories five times\, including in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. A fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, she has received NEA\, Guggenheim\, and Radcliffe fellowships\, a Lannan Literary Award\, and a five-year Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award. Her short work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The New York Times\, and many anthologies; she has taught at Harvard University\, NYU Shanghai\, and other universities. Bad Bad Girl is her tenth book. \nAbout Bad Bad Girl \nMy mother had died\, but still I heard her voice. . . \nGish’s mother\, Loo Shu-hsin\, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid—far more loving to than her real mother—is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: “Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!” Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father\, she receives not only an English name—Agnes—but a first-rate education. To his delight\, she excels. But even then he can only sigh\, “Too bad. If you were a boy\, you could accomplish a lot.” Agnes finds solace in books and\, in 1947\, announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms\, she sets sail—never to return. \nLonely and adrift in New York\, she begins dating Jen Chao-Pe\, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born\, though\, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes\, confronted with a strong-willed\, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself\, is repeating the refrain—“Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!”—as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood. \nSpanning continents\, generations\, and cultures\, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending\, courageous\, wise\, and as immensely incisive as it is compassionate. \nAbout Qian Julie Wang \nQian Julie Wang is the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood\, which was a Today Show Read With Jenna pick and named a best book of 2021 by the New York Times\, President Obama\, NPR\, Newsweek\, Good Housekeeping\, and more. A graduate of Yale Law School and Swarthmore College\, Qian Julie is managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP\, a firm dedicated to advancing educational civil rights for marginalized populations. Her writing has been published in major publications such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, and more\, and she has appeared on the TODAY Show\, NBC\, PBS\, and NPR\, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. \nAbout US-China Education Trust \nThe US-China Education Trust (USCET)\, a program of the F.Y. Chang Foundation\, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington\, D.C.\, dedicated to advancing US-China relations through education and exchange for next generation leaders. Founded in 1998\, USCET brings together students\, scholars\, and policymakers to deepen US knowledge of China\, strengthen Chinese understanding of the United States\, and center the voices of individuals who make up the bilateral relationship.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/across-generations-and-oceans-a-fireside-chat-with-gish-jen/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:Vā Moana and Hawai‘i Futures
DESCRIPTION:A conversation between the artist Sean Connelly and Professor Albert Refiti\n\n\nPresented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands. \nA conversation between the artist Sean Connelly (2025 Artist-in-Residence) and Professor Albert Refiti (Auckland University of Technology). \n  \nNYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event\, open to the public. Registration is required. \nAccessibility note: This venue is accessible for wheelchair users. There are all gender restrooms. If you have any access needs\, please email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu \n  \nAbout the Artists \nBorn and raised in Honolulu\, Sean Connelly is an artist and building practitioner working collaboratively across sculpture\, architecture\, film\, and cartography. Connelly’s practice engages deeply with grassroots interventions and supports Native liberation\, food sovereignty\, land justice\, and cultural resurgence centering ‘āina (Land / That Which Feeds). \nAs founding director of After Oceanic Built Environments Lab and the nonprofit Hawai‘i Nonlinear\, Connelly actively cultivates ancestral knowledge\, ecological insight\, and social justice to transform built environments into living archives of intergenerational healing. Collaborating closely with cultural bearers\, creative practitioners\, and Indigenous experts across Pae ‘Āina Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Islands)\, Connelly’s work contributes to a grassroots community of care\, actively shaping liberated oceanic futures. He is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the A/P/A Institute at NYU. \nLeali’ifano Dr. Albert Refiti is the leader in critical studies research on spatial design and architectural environments in the Pacific\, with a focus on material culture and ethnography on the subject. He advanced the discipline by creating a method of spatial exposition to examine the notion of vā (space) and wā (time) as central mechanisms to understand Pacific societies and their buildings\, artifacts\, and social system. \nRefiti practised architecture in Auckland (1990\, 1994-2002) and London (1991-1993) before beginning his academic career at Auckland University of Technology in 2002. He founded Vā Moana Research Cluster with Tina Engels-Schwarzpaul in 2012\, a successful platform setting the agenda for international research that engages Indigenous Pacific and Western thought to study Pacific notions of space. Based at Auckland University of Technology’s School of Art and Design\, Vā Moana has created a far-reaching network of international scholars whose research transforms ways of thinking about contemporary and customary Pacific understandings of the world\, by examining Indigenous Moana modes of producing space\, objects\, rituals\, and performance; develop new to promote discussion and publications from Pacific perspectives; focus on how Pacific concepts affect the production of space and the use of the built environment\, re-exploring and extending customary knowledge alongside academic discourse. \n  \n  \nImage: Thatch Assembly with Rocks (2017)\, sculpture\, on view during the Honolulu Biennial. Courtesy of Sean Connelly.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/va-moana-and-hawaii-futures/
LOCATION:20 Cooper Sq\, 20 Cooper Square\, 3rd floor lobby\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Who’s in and Who’s Out? Understanding the Results of the Mayoral Election
DESCRIPTION:Understanding the Results of the Mayoral Election\n\n\nAfter this unprecedented mayoral election\, what does the outcome mean for New York City? An expert panel discusses the results and how they will shape the direction of government policies\, the future of the political parties\, and the sense of belonging for different groups around the five boroughs. How will the coalitions and divisions revealed by this election change the city’s political landscape? Featuring Sayu Bhojwani\, former NYC commissioner for immigrant affairs\, TED speaker\, and author of People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door; New York State Senator John Liu\, chairman of the New York City Education Committee; Hank Sheinkopf\, a veteran of political campaigns in New York City and beyond\, who is an alumnus of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Political Science; NYC Council Member Nantasha Williams\, an alumna of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare who represents District 27 in Southeast Queens; and others. John Mollenkopf\, distinguished professor of Political Science and Sociology and director of the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center\, moderates. \nPresented with the Center for Urban Research and the Interdisciplinary Conversation on Migration and Belonging in New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/whos-in-and-whos-out-understanding-the-results-of-the-mayoral-election/
LOCATION:Elebash Recital Hall\, The Graduate Center\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Mahjong" by Nicole Wong - Book Event & Interactive Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A conversation & game workshop with Nicole Wong\, author of “Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora” with Lisa Wong Macabasco.\n\n\nA step-by-step guide to Mahjong for new and seasoned players alike. For many third-culture kids in the Asian diaspora\, the sight and sound of clacking mahjong tiles conjures deep-seated memories. Some learned to play alongside elders\, while others watched from afar. Maybe you only distantly know of the game through movies or articles about pop-up mahjong nights. Whether you are looking to reconnect with the game\, pick up a new hobby\, or introduce others to a favorite pastime\, Mahjong is a step-by-step guide for new and seasoned players alike. \n \nAfter the book talk\, mahjong gameplay will follow\, with instruction guided by The Mahjong Project and help from local NYC mahjong group Food Mahjong Club. \n \nNicole Wong is a writer and producer based in Oakland\, California. She is the creator and founder of “The Mahjong Project”\, an effort to preserve and celebrate the cultural history of mahjong across the Asian diaspora\, and bring more people into the joy of playing the game. “The Mahjong Project” hosts pop-up mahjong nights across the Bay Area and beyond\, often partnering with community organizations and local foodmakers. Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora is her first book. Nicole’s work has been featured in Vogue\, The Washington Post\, CNN\, KQED\, and more. \nLisa Wong Macabasco is Vogue’s research manager and senior digital line editor. She covers culture—including films\, art\, TV\, theater\, and books—as well as food and travel. She has written for Vanity Fair\, The Guardian\, and T magazine. \n \n[ABOUT THIS EVENT: The rear half of the store will be used exclusively for this event. The front bar will be open to the public for drinking & chatting. Book browsing will be limited to a few display tables and shelves closest to the front of the store.]
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mahjong-by-nicole-wong-book-event-interactive-workshop/
LOCATION:Book Club Bar\, 197 East 3rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
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