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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS: Hyphen Reunion with Co-Founders Melissa Hung and Bernice Yeung
DESCRIPTION:A celebratory event for Hyphen readers\, contributors\, and community members to reconnect and share stories!\n\n\nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) warmly invites you to an insightful conversation with Melissa Hung and Bernice Yeung\, co-founders of Hyphen magazine. Established in 2002 as a direct response to the closure of A. Magazine\, Hyphen emerged from the collective vision of a new generation of Asian American voices. \nMelissa Hung and Bernice Yeung\, friends since their college days at Northwestern University\, were deeply saddened by the shuttering of this influential publication. Determined to address this void\, they convened a gathering of writers and scholars—including Chris Fan\, Claire Light\, and Oliver Wang—in San Francisco. From this pivotal meeting\, the concept of Hyphen magazine was born. Its name symbolizes the intersectionality of identities and the connections within the Asian American community. Hyphen challenged stereotypical portrayals of Asian Americans by skillfully blending rigorous investigative journalism with creative and offbeat cultural coverage. \nFollowing the discussion\, a reunion reception will provide an opportunity for Hyphen readers\, contributors\, and community members to reconnect\, share stories\, and explore MOCA’s special exhibition\, Magazine Fever: Gen X Asian American Periodicals: \nIn the 1980s and ’90s\, as Asian American identity transformed from a radical vision born of political agitation into a broadly recognized demographic\, how did ethnic magazines reflect this new consciousness? Magazine Fever surveys a surge of Asian American magazine publishing during the multicultural era including A. Magazine\, AsiAm\, AsianWeek\, Audrey\, Giant Robot\, Hyphen\, Jade\, KoreAm\, Rice\, Transpacific\, YOLK\, and others. Through magazine publishing\, a vital form of mass media in the 1990s\, Asian Americans editorialized issues central to their lives and depicted themselves in ways that were unimaginable before. Magazine Fever presents stories of Generation X magazines–how they were founded and sustained; how they captured the essence of multiculturalism and Generation X paradigms\, and how they impacted the ways Asian American identity is understood today. \nAbout Melissa Hung \nMelissa Hung is a writer and journalist. She is the founding editor in chief of Hyphen and served in leadership roles at the independent magazine for more than a decade. Melissa writes about immigrant communities\, culture\, food\, disability\, grief\, and more. Her essays and reported stories have appeared in NPR\, Vogue\, Longreads\, and the anthologies Body Language and Disability Intimacy. A 2024 Sewanee Scholar\, she is at work on a collection of creative nonfiction about her mother and inheritance. She grew up in Houston\, Texas\, the eldest child of Chinese immigrants. \nAbout Bernice Yeung \nBernice Yeung is a co-founder and former board member of Hyphen\, and has contributed to Asian American media outlets such as A. Magazine and public radio’s “Pacific Time.” Currently\, she’s the managing editor of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Before that\, she was a reporter for ProPublica and “Reveal” from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The author of In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers\, Bernice’s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times and PBS Frontline. She grew up in San Jose\, California\, to immigrants from Hong Kong.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-hyphen-reunion-with-co-founders-melissa-hung-and-bernice-yeung/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:KAAGNY NextGen Summer Social
DESCRIPTION:Kick off the summer with KAAGNY! Join other professionals in the city for refreshments and community.\n\n\nCome kick off the season with us at the KAAGNY NextGen Summer Social — an evening of connection\, culture\, and community for professionals in NYC. This event is especially for Korean American second-gen professionals\, but everyone is welcome — whether you’re part of the community or simply want to connect\, learn\, and celebrate with us. \nWe’re creating a space where identities\, stories\, and careers intersect — casual enough to relax\, meaningful enough to build real connections. \nEnjoy Korean drinks courtesy of our amazing sponsors:Yoju\, America’s most popular soju canned beverage\, inspired by a classic Korean cocktail that mixes yogurt with soju. Yoju was started as a passion project by two best friends during the pandemic\, and they’re now on a mission to make Asian spirits into the American mainstream.Hana Makgeolli\, a Brooklyn-based producer of artisanal Korean rice wines. Since launching in 2020\, Hana Makgeolli’s sool is made to celebrate heritage and the labor of love. \nNY Makgeolli\, brews their own Makgeolli in small batches right in their restaurant in beautiful upstate NY\, following a generations-old recipe. Their unfiltered and unpasturized “saeng” (live) makgeolli contains millions of live cultures good for gut health. \nMakku\, founded in 2017\, is America’s first craft makgeolli\, a traditional Korean alcohol made from rice. Brewed in Gapyeong\, Korea\, with all natural ingredients\, Makku has a smooth and creamy body with soft bubbles and a hint of sweetness. Makku is gluten-free and vegan\, with 6% alcohol. Available in 5 flavors: Original\, Mango\, Blueberry\, Passion Fruit\, Strawberry. \nLunar\, Award-winning craft hard seltzer made with real fruit from Asia. Pair with a K-town night out or mom’s cooking. \nExpect: \n\nA laid-back atmosphere with NYC’s 2nd gen Korean American community\nUnique (Korean) drinks\, light bites\, and music\nOpportunities to connect across industries and interests\nA welcoming space to be yourself — no small talk required (unless you want to)\n\nCome for the culture\, stay for the community. Everyone’s invited! \nTickets include 2 free drink tickets\, after which drinks will be available for purchase.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kaagny-nextgen-summer-social/
LOCATION:Korean American Association of Greater New York\, 149 West 24th Street\, ## 6\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T220000
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SUMMARY:MOCA Pride Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a joyous evening of unapologetic queer brilliance—an electrifying celebration of drag\, dance\, music\, and cocktails!\n\n\nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) proudly celebrates Pride Month with our vibrant annual PRIDE MIXER. In a time when the LGBTQIA+ community—particularly our trans and BIPOC family—faces unprecedented challenges\, we embrace joy\, resilience\, and unity. At MOCA\, we are committed to fostering a space of celebration\, healing\, and empowerment\, ensuring every individual is seen\, valued\, and uplifted. \nJoin us for a joyous evening of unapologetic queer brilliance. Experience the dazzling charisma of Vanity LaVain’s iconic drag performance and immerse yourself in an amorous dance duet by Shan Y. Chuang and Yi-Wen Wang. Finally\, celebrate your power and freedom through movement as DJ Dizparity spins a thrilling mix of electronic and experimental beats. Plus\, explore and snag a pair of Tight Tams—the slaysian swimwear brand by Arthur Bramhandtam. \nWander through MOCA’s inspiring exhibitions\, sip on delicious cocktails\, reconnect with old friends\, and forge meaningful new connections. Pride is more than a moment— it’s our collective journey forward\, rooted in courage\, resilience\, and love. \nThis event is open to all ages\, and everyone is welcome to join the party! \nRun of Show (subject to change) \n\n6:30 pm – Doors Open\n7:00–7:45 pm – DJ Dizparity Set & Guest Mingling\n7:45–7:50 pm – Welcome Remarks\n7:50–8:00 pm – Shan Y. Chuang & Yi-Wen Wang: Duet Dance Performance\n8:00–8:30 pm – DJ Dizparity Set\n8:30–8:45 pm – Vanity LaVain: First Drag Performance Set\n8:45–9:15 pm – DJ Dizparity Set\n9:15–9:25 pm – Vanity LaVain: Second Drag Performance Set\n9:25–10:00 pm – DJ Dizparity Set\n\nAbout the Artists \nVanity LaVain \nVanity LaVain\, born and raised in Jersey City\, NJ\, has quickly earned the honor of becoming a NYC-based performer\, with shows spanning several boroughs. She is a 2025 Glam Award for Best Dressed in New York City. This glamorous diva is proud to be of Filipino and Puerto Rican descent. \nShan Y. Chuang \nShan Y. Chuang\, a talented queer artist from Taiwan\, excels in acting\, singing\, dancing\, and choreography. A proud graduate of Circle in the Square’s Musical Theater program\, Shan was awarded a City Artist Corps Grant to create 10 Years In The Making\, 10 Years Of Me. Her work has been recognized at PhysFestNYC’25 and Prelude Festival ‘23. With over a decade of performances in NYC\, Shan’s work explores themes of LGBTQIA+ identity\, social justice\, and self-discovery through the language of dance. She has collaborated with MOCA and LINKED Dance Theatre on several productions and is currently a member of New York Chinese Cultural Center and NYC Queer Playback Theater. \nYi-Wen (Nicole) Wang \nYi-Wen Wang is an artist with exceptional talent and a proven record\, having performed at numbers venues in Taiwan and abroad (Japan\, theater/singers’ tours in China\, Singapore\, Malaysia\, and United states)). Ms. Wang has matured into a director\, actress\, choreographer and dancer of extraordinary abilities. She has been performing her craft for over 25 years. \nBorn and raised in Taiwan\, Yi-Wen studied at the Drama Department at the Taiwan National University of the Arts. She has worked with Hugh K.S.Lee\, Stan Lai\, S.H.E\, Show Lo\, Denise Ho those talented artists and singers. She was invited by Chinese Culture News in New York to perform at Rockefeller Center. She was also a dance director and choreographer for concerts in Los Angeles by JADE Entertainment. \nDizparity \nDizparity (Po Cheng Yeh) is a Taiwan-raised and Los Angeles-based award-winning DJ\, producer\, and composer. Known for his innovative soundscapes\, His distinctive style has not only garnered critical acclaim but also helped propel a diverse array of artists to commercial success. \nIn 2024\, Dizparity released his latest studio album\, Melancholy Order\, followed by a series of singles featuring various collaborators. This album blends analog synth arrangements with acoustic instrumentation\, skillfully bridging the gap between rave sound design and modern cinematic synth composition. \nTight Tams \nBorn and raised in Los Angeles\, Arthur Bramhandtam founded Tight Tams in 2018 after nearly a decade as a journalist in Hong Kong\, writing about queerness\, fashion\, and culture. Inspired by their move to New York\, love for sunbathing\, and passion for vibrant tan lines\, they created a queer-forward swimwear brand. Tight Tams features bold colors and prints influenced by Chinese aunties\, anime\, and East Asian art\, working with artists to design original patterns and adding signature details like jade charms—celebrating Asian culture fiercely under the sun.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-pride-mixer/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T190000
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SUMMARY:The Modern Day Impact of Historical Disinformation re Philippines and Domestic Violence
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Asian American Disinformation Table for a teach-in focusing in on the case studies from our recently released landscape report\, Where Do We Go From Here? Asian Americans\, Diaspora\, and Disinformation. This teach-in will explore the modern day impact of historical disinformation in the Philippines and in the narratives surrounding survivors of sexual violence.\n\nPanelists:\n\nMark Calaguas\, Filipino Young Leaders Program\nLeezel Tanglao\, Filipino Young Leaders Program\nJoy Sales\, Malaya Movement USA\nTabitha Ponciano\, Malaya Movement USA\nLaura Carther\, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-modern-day-impact-of-historical-disinformation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T183000
DTSTAMP:20250619T223233Z
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SUMMARY:“An Advice and Networking Event (Technology)"
DESCRIPTION:The Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative\n“An Advice and Networking Event (Technology)”\nJune 24 from 5 pm ET to 6:15\n\n\nThe Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative \n“An Advice and Networking Event (Technology)” \nJune 24 from 5 pm ET to 6:15 pm ET \n \nWe are pleased to invite you to the 47th event organized by the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative. This virtual event will enable Asian Americans of all ages to get valuable career advice from experienced and successful Asian Americans in the Technology industry. We are holding this event for different clusters of professions. \n \nWe will use an electronic\, virtual “ballroom” where experienced Asian American advisors will host individual tables that attendees can join. The attendees will have a list of the experienced advisors in advance and will be able to choose which tables they want to visit to get career advice and to ask questions. The attendees will be able to move from table to table as they wish during the one hour and 15 minute event. \n \nThis will be a unique opportunity to explore these professions with experienced practitioners and make personal connections. Discussions will be frank and informative as each table host will answer your questions and share personal insights about their profession\, including both the upsides and the downsides. \n \nWe hope this event will help those of you who are either just starting out or are in the early to mid-stages of their career to enhance their career planning. We hope that this event will help you overcome obstacles and to accelerate your career. \n \nIf you would like to join us for this networking/advisory event\, please register at: \n \nRegistration: https://c100-6-24-2025.eventbrite.com \nRegards\, \nPeter Young \nChair\, Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative \n \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 35 years ago.The Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community;\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China.\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. You can reach the headquarters office at 212-371-6565. \nCOMMITTEE OF 100 | Ensuring Full Inclusion in America\, Advancing U.S.-China Relations28 West 44th StreetSuite 1014New York\, NY 10036T: (212) 371-6565
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/an-advice-and-networking-event-technology/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Inclusion Talk Series (PRIDE Month) - Let's Get Smarter ft. Blair Imani
DESCRIPTION:Join Compass Family Services for the Inclusion Talk Series as we honor PRIDE Month with a virtual keynote from the talented Blair Imani\n\n\nJoin Compass Family Services as we honor PRIDE Month with a virtual keynote from the multi-talented scholar\, author\, and activist Blair Imani. Blair is the creator of the viral web series “Smarter In Seconds” and is a Los Angeles Times Best Selling Author. \nBlair will discuss her best-selling book\, “Read This To Get Smarter: About Race\, Class\, Gender\, Disability\, and More\,” which is an approachable guide to being an informed\, compassionate\, and socially conscious person today—from discussions of race\, gender\, and sexual orientation to disability\, class\, and beyond. \nBlair Imani is the creator of the viral web series\, Smarter In Seconds and LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky\, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality\, gender studies\, race and racism\, sociology\, and United States history. She is also a historian\, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HERstory (2018).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/inclusion-talk-series-pride-month-lets-get-smarter-ft-blair-imani/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T140000
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SUMMARY:Asian American Book Club: Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Asian American Book Club to discuss “Bibliophobia: A Memoir” by Sarah Chihaya\n\n\nWelcome to the Asian American Book Club! Join us for a lively discussion on Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya. Let’s dive into the pages of this captivating book and explore its themes together. This in-person event will be held at Bryant Park\, so bring your thoughts\, questions\, and enthusiasm. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow book lovers in our community. See you there!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-american-book-club-bibliophobia-a-memoir-by-sarah-chihaya/
LOCATION:Bryant Park\, Bryant Park\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T201500
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SUMMARY:Drag Comedy Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a night of hilarious comedy and dazzling cabaret performance by the one and only British Asian beauty Lady Bushra!\n\n\nLive laugh comedy? Want something different? Love British humor? Then get ready to be in stiches as the ICONIC BBC New Comedy Award shortlisted drag comedian Lady Bushra brings you a comedy night like no other!\n \n⭐ “Dazzling!” – LA Times \n⭐ “Drag Royalty” – Theatre Reviews North \n⭐ “Delightfully Witty” – Broadway World \n \nPlayed by Amir Dean\, Lady Bushra’s drag persona is ‘Vicky Pollard meets Bollywood’. Known for her razor-sharp and quick-witted humor Lady Bushra has amassed a social media following of over 500K across all platforms whereas his online content has been viewed globally over 40 million times. \n \nSince 2022\, this British Asian beauty has been touring the UK and parts of Europe with his often sold out\, solo show ‘Drag Comedy Cabaret’. Now stationed in New York\, expect to see a well-dressed\, traditional beauty perform standup comedy but with a musical twist…all from a British South Asian perspective! \nThe Details: \n\nDate: Saturday 21st June\nTime: 7:00PM – 8:15PM\nVenue: Don’t Tell Mama\, New York City\nTickets: Early Bird only $10\n\n \nDon’t Tell Mama will be our venue for this event\, who will be happy to serve you with their fabulous food and drink concoctions in a cabaret style setting. $20 minimum per guest. Must include two drinks. \nLady Bushra in Action! \nInstagram: @lady.bushraFor any questions email: enquiries@ladybushra.com \n \nSee you all then!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/drag-comedy-cabaret-5/
LOCATION:Don’t Tell Mama\, 343 West 46th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T150000
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS – Subversities: Interventions in Queer Activism Past & Present
DESCRIPTION:Daniel C. Tsang\, a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist\, will reflect on fifty years of activism.\n\n\nCan’t attend in person? Join us online. \nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is honored to partner with the American LGBTQ+ Museum and Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY to welcome Daniel C. Tsang\, a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist\, for a special conversation reflecting on his fifty years of activism. In his groundbreaking article Gay Awareness\, published in Bridge Magazine (February 1975)\, one of the earliest pieces to openly discuss LGBTQ+ issues within the Asian American community\, he wrote: \nGay people have long been misunderstood by society. They have been ridiculed\, discriminated against\, and rejected\, even by their own families. It is time that we confront these realities\, challenge these prejudices\, and create spaces where we can live openly and with dignity. \nAt a time when such discussions were rare\, Tsang’s words served as a powerful call to action\, igniting dialogue and increasing visibility for LGBTQ+ Asian Americans. His activism continued with Gay Insurgent\, a radical queer journal he co-founded in 1980\, which provided a platform for intersectional voices challenging mainstream narratives on gender\, sexuality\, and racial justice. As an archivist\, journalist\, and scholar\, Tsang has remained at the forefront of advocacy\, shaping discussions on intersectionality and community empowerment. \nIn this program\, Tsang will reflect on the evolution of LGBTQ+ rights over the past 50 years\, his contributions to activism\, and the ongoing challenges faced by the community today. The conversation will be moderated by Herb Tam\, MOCA’s Chief Curator and Senior Director of Exhibitions and Programs\, and will be followed by a Q&A session\, offering the audience an opportunity to engage directly with Tsang’s insights and experiences. Through this event\, MOCA seeks to honor his legacy while fostering meaningful discussions on the intersections of race\, sexuality\, and activism in our communities today. \n*This program will be recorded and released on CUNY FORUM on a later date. \n \nABOUT Daniel C. Tsang \nDaniel C. Tsang is Librarian Emeritus at the University of California\, Irvine\, where he was a Social Sciences and Asian American Studies bibliographer and data librarian for 30 years\, as well as a union activist on campus. With decades of experience in queer activism\, academic labor organizing\, police watch\, and alternative media\, he has been a prominent voice in progressive movements. Tsang was twice a Fulbright Research Scholar\, in Hanoi and Hong Kong\, where he was born and raised. His reportage\, op-eds\, and interviews have appeared in Hong Kong Free Press\, South China Morning Post\, Los Angeles Times\, Critical Asian Studies\, Far Eastern Economic Review\, Michigan Free Press\, OC Weekly\, Fusion\, Covert Action Quarterly\, Asian Week\, AMASS\, CUNY Forum\, Gay Community News\, and Bridge Magazine. For more on his work\, visit his emeritus profile. \nABOUT American LGBTQ+ Museum \nThe American LGBTQ+ Museum (ALM) preserves\, investigates\, and celebrates the dynamic histories and cultures of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, and queer people\, as well as those of the emergent and adjacent identities among our communities. Using exhibitions and programs\, we seek to advance LGBTQ+ equality through the lens of social justice movements\, including\, but not limited to\, race\, gender\, class\, immigration\, and disability. \nABOUT Asian American/Asian Research Institute – CUNY \nThe Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) was established on November 19\, 2001\, by The City University of New York (CUNY) Board of Trustees\, in a resolution introduced by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein. The Institute is a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. It covers four areas: Asian American Studies; East Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; and Trade & Technology Studies.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-subversities-interventions-in-queer-activism-past-present/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:Malikah's Astoria Halal Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join us for vibrant halal street fest with food\, fashion\, music\, and community\, right in the heart of Astoria!\n\n\nFrom the organization that brought you the NYC Ramadan Night Market\, MALIKAH invites you to the Astoria Halal Fest! On June 21st from 12 PM – 6 PM on Steinway Street\, enjoy halal street food\, modest fashion\, Muslim-owned businesses\, live performances\, and more! \nWhether you’re grabbing your favorite halal bites\, shopping from local vendors\, or enjoying the vibrant atmosphere with friends and family\, there’s something for everyone. We can’t wait to celebrate with you in community! \nThis event is a fundraiser to support MALIKAH’s community mutual aid efforts and safety programming for women and girls in NYC. Every dollar you contribute toward ticket donations helps us continue this vital work! \nWant to be a vendor? Apply here by May 9th. \n  \nMalikah is a grassroots anti-violence and wellness organization advocating against gender and hate-based violence through self-defense training\, healing justice\, economic empowerment\, and community organizing for safety and power. We facilitate\, train\, and organize women and girls across all five boroughs in New York City through partnerships with CBOs\, public schools\, and religious institutions. Through our trainer model\, we equip women and girls in our communities with our four programmatic pillars: 1) healing 2) self-defense 3) organizing\, and 4) financial literacy.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/malikahs-astoria-halal-fest/
LOCATION:Steinway Street\, Steinway Street\, Queens\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person,Market,Performance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T210000
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Sage
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Yaffa’s latest book\, Sage!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Yaffa’s latest book\, Sage! \nSage is a poetry collection that acknowledges all transphobia is systemic but the pain of everyday interpersonal violence is still felt in our bones. A collection that highlights challenges and joy within interpersonal relationships from the perspective of a queer and trans Palestinian living at the margins of displacement\, disability\, immigration & ongoing genocide. Sage is a beacon of light\, shedding light to wounds that have festered and rotted\, and finding the paths forward as fascism claims more of who we are. \nAll proceeds go to Trans folks most affected by ongoing gen0cides. \nFollow @yaffasutopia and @merajpublshing to stay updated. \n__ \nYaffa (they/them) is a stand-up comedian currently withholding their comedy until Falasteen is free. In the meantime\, they have vowed to flood the market with books\, visual art\, and perhaps even plays. They are an acclaimed disabled\, autistic\, trans\, queer\, Muslim\, Indigenous Palestinian. Mx. Yaffa is the Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) and the founder of several non-profits and community projects. They are multi-generationally displaced and currently searching for the next country to move to. They currently split their time between Jordan and Occupied Lisjan territory\, where they are in service to Indigenous communities until they can return home to Falasteen. \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-sage/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T203000
DTSTAMP:20250617T050733Z
CREATED:20250617T050733Z
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SUMMARY:Laughing Lassi - The Best Desi Standup Comedy Show in NYC!
DESCRIPTION:A South Asian Standup Comedy Show & Networking/After-party in the heart of New York City!\n\n\nLaughing Lassi is the premier comedy show bringing together the funniest South Asian comedians from New York City and around the globe. As featured in TimeOut NYC\, The New Yorker\, India Tribune\, and the New York Comedy Festival\, this monthly event has become a cultural phenomenon\, consistently selling out every show this year. \nLooking for a night of laughs in NYC? Laughing Lassi offers a unique comedy experience with diverse performers delivering top-tier entertainment. The show is in English and welcomes audiences of all backgrounds\, making it the perfect evening to enjoy with friends\, family\, or coworkers. \nEvent Details:\n\nWhen: Doors open at 6:30 PM\, and the show starts promptly at 7:00 PM (No “Brown Time” here!).\nWhere: Conveniently located in NYC\, with a lively atmosphere to match the laughs.\nVenue Policy: A two-drink minimum applies (non-alcoholic options available).\n\nFollow us on Instagram @LaughingLassi for exclusive highlights\, photos\, and videos from past shows. Stay updated on upcoming performances\, comedian lineups\, and exciting news about the South Asian comedy scene in NYC. \n🎟️ Get Tickets Now: Tickets sell out fast\, so grab yours today and guarantee your seat for a night of non-stop laughter! \n🚨 Important Information: \n\nLineups are subject to change due to last-minute cancellations.\nRefunds are available up to 24 hours before the event. No refunds on the day of or after the show.\n\nJoin us at Laughing Lassi to celebrate South Asian talent and experience a comedy show like no other. Don’t miss your chance to be part of NYC’s most talked-about South Asian comedy event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTags: \n#westvillage #tiktok #southasian #desi #indian #bollywood #broadway #indianfood #brooklyn #greenwichvillage #art #culture #browngirls #bengali #love #bangladesh #standupcomedy #funny #jokes #SouthAsianEvent #funnymemes #meme #hilarious #viral #timesquare #louisck #joerogan #photooftheday #nyc #newyork \ncomedy cellar nyccomedy shows nycnew york comedy clubcomedy club nyccomedy club nyccomedy club new yorkny comedy clubnyc comedy clubthe comedy cellar nycsouth asian standup comedy showindian standup comedy show in new york citydesi standup comedy show in new york cityLive Standup Comedy Show in New York CitySouth Asian Standup Comedy Show in New JerseyPakistani Standup Comedy ShowBangladeshi Standup Comedy ShowBest Standup Comedy Show in New York CityBest Comedy Show in West VillageComedy CellarComedy Cellar New YorkGotham Comedy ClubCheap Comedy Tickets New YorkStandup Comedy ShowComedy ShowStandup Comedy Show New York CityBest Standup Comedy Show in New New York Citycomedy cellar nycTHE KING’S JESTERHasan MinhajRadio City Music HallRussell PetersAct Your AgeThe Best Standup Comedy Show in ManhattanThe Best Comedy Show in ManhattanA+ Asian Comedy ShowAsian Comedy ShowChinese America Japanese AmericanKorean AmericanPhilipino American
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/laughing-lassi-the-best-desi-standup-comedy-show-in-nyc-7/
LOCATION:Broadway Comedy Club\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623
DTSTAMP:20250522T091143Z
CREATED:20250522T091141Z
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SUMMARY:New York Indian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest\, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature\, documentary and short films made from\, of\, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent\, arthouse\, alternate and diaspora genres. \nThe New York Indian Film Festival is the oldest such film event in North America. We present NYIFF 2025\, the 25th edition\, from June 20 – 22\, 2025. Three days will be packed with a celebration of new Indian cinema from different regions of the country – a mixture of films and conversations. Hope you enjoy our curated program. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-york-indian-film-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Film,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T170000
DTSTAMP:20250607T131111Z
CREATED:20250607T125710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250607T131111Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Paula Yoo: “Rising from the Ashes” and Writing for Teens and Television
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual author talk with award-winning writer Paula Yoo as she discusses her wide-ranging career in young adult nonfiction and television (Supergirl\, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and The West Wing) and her latest book. “Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles\, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee\, Latasha Harlins\, Rodney King and a City on Fire.” \nYoo will also talk about her writing and research process and offer advice to young writers who are interested in breaking into creative writing\, nonfiction writing and television. \nYoo’s other books include: “From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement\,” the young adult novel “Good Enough\,” and children’s picture book biographies “Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story\,” “Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story\,” and “Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunnus and the Village Bank.” \nThis event is open to middle and high school students and educators.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/virtual-author-talk-with-paula-yoo-rising-from-the-ashes-and-writing-for-teens-and-television/
LOCATION:
CATEGORIES:Discussion,High School,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T210000
DTSTAMP:20250617T101732Z
CREATED:20250606T094732Z
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Mothersalt and Becoming Ghost
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, with Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, featuring readings by Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh! \n__ \nMia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of MOTHERSALT (Alice James Books\, 2025) and ISAKO ISAKO\, a California Book Award finalist and winner of the Alice James Award\, Nautilus Gold Award for Poetry\, National Indie Excellence Award\, and Maine Literary Award. She is also the author of the chapbook NOTES FROM THE BIRTH YEAR\, winner of the Bateau Press Chapbook Contest. Mia’s work has received the Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry and the Singapore Poetry Prize\, and she is a Kundiman Fellow and founding member of The Ruby SF\, a gathering space for women\, transfeminine\, and nonbinary artists. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area\, where she teaches poetry and writes about music and the interior life. \nCathy Linh Che is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Becoming Ghost (Washington Square Press\, 2025)\, Split (Alice James Books) and co-author\, with Kyle Lucia Wu\, of the children’s book An Asian American A to Z: a Children’s Guide to Our History (Haymarket Books). Her video installation Appocalips is an Open Call commission with The Shed NY\, and her film We Were the Scenery won the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival. She teaches as Core Faculty in Poetry at the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Antioch University in Los Angeles and works as Executive Director at Kundiman. She lives in New York City. \nSahar Muradi is author of the collection OCTOBERS\, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the 2022 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the National Poetry Series. She is author of the chapbooks [ G A T E S ]\, Ask Hafiz\, and A Garden Beyond My Hand\, and co-editor\, with Seelai Karzai\, of EMERGENC(Y): Writing Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War\, An Anthology of Writing from Afghanistan and its Diaspora. Her writing has been supported by Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, Bethany Arts Community\, Blue Mountain Center\, and Sustainable Arts Foundation. Sahar lives in New York City\, where she directs the arts education programs at City Lore and dearly believes in the bottom of the rice pot. \nEugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of Bianca (Four Way Books\, 2023) and Blood\, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books\, 2014). Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including TIME\, The Nation\, Poetry\, Ploughshares\, Waxwing\, and the Best of the Net anthology. Eugenia serves as a Poetry Editor at The Adroit Journal and as Valentines Editor at Honey Literary. http://www.eugenialeigh.com \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-mothersalt-and-becoming-ghost/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T160000
DTSTAMP:20250611T110311Z
CREATED:20250514T104750Z
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SUMMARY:MOCACREATE: Bountiful Brushstrokes with Teaching Artist Yu Rong
DESCRIPTION:Grab a brush and join MOCA teaching artist Yu Rong for a special Chinese calligraphy workshop.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mocacreate-bountiful-brushstrokes-with-teaching-artist-yu-rong/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T160000
DTSTAMP:20250609T034740Z
CREATED:20250310T030307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T034740Z
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SUMMARY:The Localized History Digital Archive Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive!\n\n\nThe Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive! Please join us for a community event featuring youth presentations on localized Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander history. The event will also include a showcase of the data and research we’ve conducted over the past two years\, along with fun games\, interactive booths\, and\, of course\, food! \nWe hope this event will provide an opportunity for community members\, educators\, and youth from across New York State to engage with our project\, access valuable archival stories and histories\, and participate in real-time data collection and discussions. These contributions will help shape the creation of a youth-led\, community-driven\, localized AANHPI history curriculum for New York State schools.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-localized-history-digital-archive-launch/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Court Square West\, Community Room\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250625
DTSTAMP:20250603T123551Z
CREATED:20250603T123507Z
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SUMMARY:New York Primary Elections June 14 to 22 and June 24
DESCRIPTION:New York Primary Elections June 14 to 22 and June 24 \nNYC citywide Offices: for Mayor\, City Comptroller\, Public Advocate\, Borough President\, City Council and more \n\nUpdate voter registration address Deadline: June 9th\nRegistration Deadline: June 14\nEarly Voting: June 14 to June 22\nElection Day: June 24\n\nWhat is Ranked Choice Voting in NYC: https://www.nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/ranked-choice-voting/ Vote for 1 to 5 candidates for primaries for Mayor\, City Comptroller\, Public Advocate\, Borough President\, City Council \nFind your NY early voting or Election Day poll site and sample ballot \n\nNYC  https://findmypollsite.vote.nyc/\nNYS  https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/\n\nVoting Info for \n\nNew York City: https://vote.nyc/\nNew York State: https://www.elections.ny.gov/\nOther States: https://apiavote.org/how-to-vote/in-your-state/\n\nIf you run into trouble or see anything wrong\, you can call these nonpartisan hotlines for immediate assistance: \nEnglish: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)\nSpanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682)\nAsian Languages/English: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)\nArabic/English: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287) \nNYC primary 2025 voting guide: Everything you should know  https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-city-voting-primary-election
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-york-primary-elections-june-14-to-22-and-june-24/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Election
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623
DTSTAMP:20250603T130912Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: Pan Asian Rep's NuWorks Festival
DESCRIPTION:Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s annual festival of new experimental works by Asian American artists. \nPan Asian Rep culminates its 48th Milestone Season with the annual NuWorks Festival\, an experimental series of self-created work from innovative artists exploring an eclectic range of genres and techniques using poetry\, text\, dance and music. \nCatch all four programs! \nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM A\nSaturday\, June 14 at 7:00 p.m.\nThursday\, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nChasing the Butterflies   Created by Myka Cue\nYour Movie Guide to Life   Created by Bee Vang\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM B\nSunday\, June 15 at 3:00 p.m.\nFriday\, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nKotsu-Kotsu   Created by Momo Akashi\nBoat Noodle Burglary   Created by Chacha Tahng\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM C\nTuesday\, June 17 at 7:00 p.m.\nSaturday\, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nEVEN HERE   Created by Aiyu Collective\nWhere I’m From   Created by Howard Ho\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM D\nWednesday\, June 18 at 7:00 p.m.\nSunday\, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. \n\nWhat Oppenheimer (2023) Did Not Show You    Created by Katsuto Sakogashira\nJust a Yellow Cab in New York City   Created by Youlim Nam
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-nuworks-festival/
LOCATION:Theatre Row: One\, 410 W 42nd St\,\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T210000
DTSTAMP:20250522T084508Z
CREATED:20250522T084508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T084508Z
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SUMMARY:Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto
DESCRIPTION:Hack City Comedy – Friday\, June 13 – 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show\n\n\nIf having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual\, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast\, Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen\, are trying to do with their Hack City comedy show — overkill on the funnies. Join the two as they host one of NYC’s most diverse comedy shows\, featuring comics from HBO\, Comedy Central\, and your Twitter feed. \nHosted by Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto \n\n\n7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show \n$15 GA (mixed seated / standing) \nAges 21+ \n\n\n \nFAQ\nAll Advance and Door tickets are Mixed Seating and Standing. Seating is limited. \nWhen you arrive\, simply check in at the door by providing the name of the ticket purchaser to claim your Will Call tickets. \nOnly Credit and Tap to Pay are accepted for ticket sales at the door. \nMost other questions answered here.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hack-city-comedy-with-mic-nguyen-and-jenny-arimoto-6/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 702 Union St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T203000
DTSTAMP:20250612T233244Z
CREATED:20250522T233237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250612T233244Z
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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\, Max\, 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! \nAdditional Info: \nOnly a Two Drink Minimum Per Person (Non alcoholic Drinks Available) \n18 and older
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-asian-comedy-asian-stand-up-comedy-in-nycs-broadway-theater-district-8/
LOCATION:318 W 53rd St\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T200000
DTSTAMP:20250603T152611Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Friendship as Creative Act with Stephanie Niu and Juliana Chang
DESCRIPTION:Can friendship be a creative act? In this book talk\, debut poets (and college roommates!) Juliana Chang and Stephanie Niu will discuss their publication journeys and explore the myriad of ways their writing has been intertwined with and influenced by friendship. Juliana and Stephanie will read from their debut collections\, So Long This Wound Stayed Open and I Would Define the Sun\, and discuss the ways friendship has shaped these works\, whether editorially or emotionally\, in order to ask: how can we make space for friendship in the creative process? What do we gain when creativity and community flourish together? \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nStephanie Niu is a poet and writer from Marietta\, Georgia. She is the author of I Would Define the Sun\, which won the inaugural Vanderbilt University Literary Prize\, and chapbooks Survived By (Host Publications\, 2024) and She Has Dreamt Again of Water (Diode Editions\, 2022). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review\, The Missouri Review\, Literary Hub\, Copper Nickel\, Ecotone\, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJuliana Chang is a Taiwanese American poet. Her first full-length collection\, So Long This Wound Stayed Open\, was published with ELJ Editions in 2024. Juliana’s work appears in The American Poetry Review\, The Chestnut Review\, diode poetry journal\, Burningword Literary Magazine\, Best New Poets 2023\, and elsewhere. She holds a BA in Linguistics and an MA in Sociology from Stanford University\, and a JD from Harvard Law School.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-talk-friendship-as-creative-act-with-stephanie-niu-and-juliana-chang/
LOCATION:Yu & Me Books\, 44 Mulberry Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Dance: E-Moves Festival: Eiko Otake + DonChristian Jones
DESCRIPTION:Harlem Stage presents the premiere of SOAK\, a place-specific work created at Harlem Stage by interdisciplinary artists Eiko Otake and DonChristian Jones. It was with Jones in 2017\, that Otake started her ongoing The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable\, an evolving series of experiments in collaboration. In their new work SOAK\, they explore water as a shared origin\, and the body as rivers of memories. Drawing upon their singular and dynamic history of collaboration\, they collide toward many tomorrows.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/e-moves-festival-eiko-otake-donchristian-jones/
LOCATION:Harlem Stage\, 150 Convent Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T183000
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SUMMARY:2025 What Can We Do? Artists in the Community
DESCRIPTION:Join A4 for a celebration of What Can We Do? artists\, their projects\, and their contributions to the community! \nThe event will include brief presentations from each of the artists followed by time to mingle and enjoy light refreshments. \nThis year\, more than 20 artists carried out creative projects showing care to the AAPI community in Flushing\, Queens\, and Chinatown\, Manhattan\, and to the Palestinian community throughout NYC. \nMany of the artists collaborated with and/or tailored projects for the constituents of community-based organizations including Chatham Square Public Library\, University Settlement\, Queens Botanical Garden\, Queens Public Library\, and Women for Afghan Women. \nTheir projects varied widely in scope and discipline (full list here). Examples include: \n• “Poeticians\,” a gathering for amateur Arab artists to showcase their writing\, music\, and art (Hind Shoufani)\n• a healing space for various Palestinian-led organizations including Palestinian Feminist Collective offering ear acupuncture\, meditation and collective creative ceremony\, and homemade Syrian food (Michi Osato and Noelle Ghoussaini)\n• a beginner-friendly dance workshop series designed to introduce participants to the richness of Korean music\, dance\, and traditions in Flushing\, Queens (Da Hyun Kim)\n• a holistic workshop series combining physical strength movement classes with music and storytelling for seniors at Knickerbocker Village in Chinatown\, Manhattan (Rochelle Kwan of Chinatown Records in collaboration with dancer Mei-Yin Ng) \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-what-can-we-do-artists-in-the-community/
LOCATION:Asian American Arts Alliance\, 29 West 38th Street\, Floor 9\, New York\, NY\, 10018
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T180000
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SUMMARY:AAPI Women Lead: A Live Conversation with Author Nicole Chung
DESCRIPTION:Join AAPIWL for a conversation with Nicole Chung on A Living Remedy— grief\, care\, & the broken U.S. healthcare system.\n\n\nJoin us for a meaningful conversation with author Nicole Chung as we explore her memoir A Living Remedy—a deeply personal story about grief\, family\, and navigating the failures of the U.S. healthcare system. \nNicole shares the story of losing her adoptive parents and the challenges of caretaking in a system that often fails working-class families. Her reflections offer a powerful critique of medical institutions and invite us to consider what care\, connection\, and justice can look like in the face of loss. \nThis event will be hosted by Dr. Connie Wun \, Executive Director of AAPI Women Lead\, who will engage Nicole in an intimate conversation about writing through grief\, honoring loved ones\, and imagining systems rooted in dignity and compassion. \nThis event is for anyone who has experienced loss\, cared for family\, or is rethinking how we support each other in times of crisis. \nAbout the Author: \nNicole Chung is the author of the award-winning memoir A Living Remedy\, which was named a Notable Book by The New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by over a dozen other outlets. Her 2018 debut All You Can Ever Know was a national bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Chung has written for The New York Times Magazine\, The Guardian\, Time\, Esquire\, The Washington Post\, and many other publications. Previously\, she was the digital editorial director of Catapult\, where she helped lead its magazine to two National Magazine Awards; before that\, she was the managing editor of The Toast and an editor for Hyphen magazine. Born\, adopted\, and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, she currently lives in the Washington\, DC area. \nAbout the Moderator: \nDr. Connie Wun is a co-founder of AAPI Women Lead\, a former sex worker\, and the daughter of Vietnamese war refugees. She has published in academic books\, journals\, and mainstream press\, including Anti-Blackness\, Critical Sociology\, and Elle Magazine\, and is a co-editor for the anthology Abolition for the People with Colin Kaepernick and Christopher Petrella. She has been recognized nationally and featured in various media outlets\, including NPR\, Democracy Now\, and MSNBC. \n**** Make sure to enter our raffle for a chance to win a signed copy of the A Healing Remedy. Tickets can be purchased during check out. \nLearn more about AAPI Women Lead at http://www.aapiwl.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aapi-women-lead-presents-a-live-conversation-with-nicole-chung/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T193000
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SUMMARY:Committee of 100 Conversations – Founding of the Committee of 100 with Henry and Oscar Tang
DESCRIPTION:“The Founding of the Committee of 100” June 11\, 2025 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern\n\n\nDear Friends\, \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend the first Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes” event. This new program will feature interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts\, heroic achievements\, or recollections of important events. Each interview will start with a live broadcast\, followed by video and podcast recordings that will be available as part of a library of the interviews. \nChinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science\, the arts\, agriculture\, philanthropy\, political leadership\, architecture\, business\, and more. \nOur first Committee of 100 Conversations event will feature two of the founders of the Committee of 100\, Henry Tang and Oscar Tang\, who will talk about the founding of the organization\, their own personal histories\, the impact that the organization has had over the years\, and the important role that the Committee of 100 hopes to continue to have far into the future. \nFounded 36 years ago\, the Committee of 100 is a non-profit\, non-partisan membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, science\, technology\, and the arts. The organization was formed following the aftermath of Tiananmen Square. At the urging of Dr. Henry Kissinger\, renowned architect I.M. Pei assembled an exceptional group of Chinese Americans to address the critical issues impacting the Chinese community in America and help foster positive relations between the U.S. and Greater China. This group of luminaries — Yo-Yo Ma\, I.M. Pei\, Henry S. Tang\, Oscar Tang\, Chien Shiung Wu\, and Shirley Young — became the first generation of Committee of 100 members. \n  \nCommittee of 100’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; and advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China. \nPeter Young\, Chair of the Initiative and a Committee of 100 Member\, will be the moderator. The fireside chat will be held on June 11\, 2025 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website. \nWe hope you will join us. Thank you! \nBest regards\,\nCommittee of 100 \n  \nUpcoming Committee of 100 Conversations – Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes Events \nJune 26\, 2025 at 3 pm ET – Gordon Chang\, Critically acclaimed author and historian\, Professor of History at Stanford University will speak about the history of Asian American contributions to America and his just published book on the topic. \nJuly 10\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – David Ho\, Innovative AIDS research scientist; \nFounding Scientific Director\, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; his elegant studies unraveled the dynamic nature of HIV replication in vivo and revolutionized our basic understanding of this horrific disease. This knowledge led him to champion combination antiretroviral therapy that resulted in unprecedented control of HIV in patients. \nJuly 29\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Linda Tsao Yang\, Governance Pioneer\, Former U.S. Ambassador and the first woman and the first minority to represent the United States on the board of a multilateral financial institution\, she will talk about her pioneering efforts and the challenges of good governance. \n  \nCommittee of 100 Conversations\nRecollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nJune 11\, 2025 Webcast \n▦ Topic: \n“The Founding of the Committee of 100” \n▦ Speakers: \nHenry Tang \nManaging Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \n  \nOscar Tang \nExpert on Chinese Culture and Art\, Leading Philanthropist\, Investment Management Pioneer \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nCo-Chairman\, New York Philharmonic \nChairman\, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee \n  \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young\, CEO\, Young & Partners\, Committee of 100 \n▦ Time: \n6:00 pm Eastern Time \n  \nDuring this webcast\, our two speakers will talk about their own careers\, but will focus primarily on the events that led to the founding of the Committee of 100\, the formation of its twin missions\, the rationale of its structure\, the early recruitment of members\, its activities over the years\, the significant impact it has had overtime and today\, and the future expectations that the members and the leadership have for the organization. \nThe interview will be moderated by Peter Young\, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be 45 minutes long. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com \n▦ Speaker Bios: \nHenry Tang \nManaging Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nHenry Tang is a seasoned 30-year investment banking veteran of Wall Street having participated in and observed the global transformation of the capital markets. As a securities management executive an one of the early Chinese American senior financial executives\, he has been engaged in global investment and banking activities in Europe\, Asia and the U.S. for several of the largest Wall Street investment banks including Salomon Brothers\, Lehman Brothers and Prudential. \nHenry Tang’s business experiences have also been enhanced by a broad participation in numerous public and community activities. He has been active in many efforts to help bridge cultural and economic understanding between the China region and the U.S. and between Chinese Americans in the U.S. \nTogether with I.M. Pei\, Yo-Yo Ma\, and a group of prominent Americans of Chinese heritage\, Mr. Tang helped found the Committee of 100\, whose 159 person membership now includes Computer Associates CEO Charles Wang and renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho\, to help create a better understanding of American and Chinese cultural and economic events. \nIn addition\, Mr. Tang also has a long-standing commitment towards fostering conditions for the advancement of Asians into senior leadership positions in business\, politics\, academia\, medicine\, science\, and government. Several years ago\, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission chaired by then Labor Secretary Lynn Martin. \nMr. Tang has also served as a director of the Committee on Economic Development\, the Federation of Protestant Agencies\, the Chinese American Planning Council\, the Asian Financial Society\, and the Chinese American Executive Forum. He also served as a member of the New York-Beijing Sister City Commission. In 1987\, Mayor Edward Koch granted him the Ethnic New Yorker Award. He is also the first recipient of the Asian American Business Achievement Award. In 1994\, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. \nOscar Tang \nExpert on Chinese Culture and Art\, Leading Philanthropist\, Investment Management Pioneer \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nCo-Chairman\, New York Philharmonic \nChairman\, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee \n  \nOscar L. Tang has been a private investor since 1993 when he retired from Reich & Tang\, an asset management firm he co-founded and served as CEO for 23 years. He now devotes his time to supporting arts and culture and educational organizations. \nHe is the Co-Chairman of the New York Philharmonic and was part of the leadership which along with Lincoln Center led the historic renovation of David Geffen Hall in 2022. He participated in the recruitment of Gustavo Dudamel to be the next Music Director\, including endowing the position in his and his wife’s name. \nTang has served as a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 30 years. He also serves on the boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and USA Bobsled and Skeleton Foundation. In 1989 he co-founded the Committee of 100 with Yo-Yo Ma\, I.M. Pei and others to advance US-China relations and Chinese American inclusion\, and serves on its board. \nIn 1990 Tang was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities; he later served on the New York State Council on the Arts from 2002 to 2004. \nA graduate of Phillips Academy\, Andover\, Tang served on the Academy’s board of trustees from 1995 to 2012 and as board president from 2004 to 2012\, during which time Andover became the first American preparatory school to go “need blind”. He attended Yale University and Harvard Business School\, and has founded centers of academic excellence at Andover\, Princeton\, Columbia and Berkeley and recently the Hsu-Tang Library for Classical Chinese Literature at the Oxford University Press. \n  \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program\nPeter Young \nCEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member\, New York Regional Chair and Board Member \nPeter Young is CEO of Young & Partners\, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership\, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy\, M&A\, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers\, Schroders and Lehman Brothers\, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co.\, the corporate strategy firm. \nMr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors\, both corporate and non-profit and is a board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive. \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 35 years ago.\nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. \nCOMMITTEE OF 100 | Ensuring Full Inclusion in America\, Advancing U.S.-China Relations\nMailing: Committee of 100\, 28 West 44th Street\, Suite 1014\, New York\, NY 10036 \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/committee-of-100-conversations-recollections-pioneers-and-heroes/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T170000
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SUMMARY:Talking Our Way To Justice: Civic Dialogue for Building the Future
DESCRIPTION:Join us in a conversation about the central role that dialogue has in advancing justice.\n\n\nThis session is open to all\, but there is a limit on the number of participants. Please add yourself to the waitlist if the capacity is full\, and please cancel your registration if you know you will not be able to attend so we can offer the spot to someone else. Thank you! \n \nTalking Our Way To Justice: Civic Dialogue for Building the Future \nWe have likely all had experiences where the reason we left a movement or organization was not because of the mission\, but because of how difficult it felt to work with the other people in the movement. The central problem with the ethic of “less talk\, more action” is that human action goes through human communities. Therefore\, there is no non-authoritarian pathway toward justice that does not at some point include bringing people together to talk about hard problems and develop collective solutions.  \nHowever\, these conversations can be extraordinarily challenging\, and continued failures in these conversations leads to organizational failure\, individual disinvestment\, and burnout. It can be easy to conclude that the problem is simply that people are bad\, inefficient\, and self-absorbed\, but it is much more helpful to consider that communication about things that are important to us is more difficult than we might like to imagine.  \nIn this session\, we will re-center talk as a critical component of justice work\, validate the skills and dispositions people need to develop (that most of us have not) in order to have dialogue about justice\, and work through processes that been used across communities to help people come together to develop civic solutions that advance justice. \n \nMeet the Instructor: \nRicky Blissett is the Associate Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Both within and outside of their role at UMBC\, their research primarily focuses on attitudes and ideologies in the politics of educational equity and justice\, as well as the spaces in which public ideologies translate into policy action. Their expertise includes educational politics and governance\, ideological politics of race- and gender-conscious policy\, and program evaluation and research methodology. Further\, they are a dialogue facilitator with training in conflict mediation and multiple models of dialogue. They are the principal investigator of the Democracy and Equity in Education Politics research group\, program co-chair for the Policy and Politics division (L) of the American Educational Research Association\, and principal coordinator for the Just Education Policy institute. Ricky holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies (with a minor in Quantitative Methods) from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University\, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (with a minor in Computer Science) from the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/talking-our-way-to-justice-civic-dialogue-for-building-the-future/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T153000
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SUMMARY:Aging at Home in the Digital Era: The Latest Research and Technology w/ MIT Age Lab's Dr. Maryam FakhrHosseini
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for this afternoon talk\, the next in the Living Well\, Ending Well series and the final program of 2024-2025. \nIn a world where technology continues to advance at a rapid speed\, what can technology do for us as we continue to age at home? This question and many more are answered by Dr. Maryam FakhrHosseini\, one of the researchers at the MIT Age Lab. This presentation explores the intersection of demographic change and emerging technologies. Focusing on current and near-term applications of artificial intelligence and drawing from expert interviews\, research findings will be presented on the topic of smart home integration. This talk will also touch on the growing relevance of AI-driven solutions for aging populations and how technology can support daily life for older adults. \nSpeaker Bio:  \nDr. Maryam “Shabnam” FakhrHosseini is a Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab\, where she investigates the intersection of cognitive science\, human factors\, and emerging technologies to better understand the technology adoption process. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Technological University. \nHer research focuses on advancing smart home systems\, optimizing connected home logistics\, and integrating socially assistive robots into everyday environments to support aging in place. Prior to joining MIT\, Dr. FakhrHosseini served as a User Researcher at Bose Corporation\, where she applied empirical user experience methods to guide product development. Her work connects research and real-world application to shape inclusive\, technology-driven solutions that enhance the lives of older adults through connected systems and human-centered design.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aging-at-home-in-the-digital-era-the-latest-research-and-technology-w-mit-age-labs-dr-maryam-fakhrhosseini/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T060000
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SUMMARY:New Jersey Volunteers Needed for Election Protection and Exit Polling
DESCRIPTION:Call for Voter Protection & Exit Poll volunteers In New Jersey \nOn Election Day (June 10)\, join AAPI New Jersey and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)  to conduct a nonpartisan\, multilingual exit poll of Asian American voters to identify important issues for the Asian American community and ensure voting rights are protected. \nExit Pollers will receive service hours or $25/hour and a VOTE t-shirt! \nSign up to work in one of 3 locations with high AAPI populations: \n\nJersey City\,\nPalisades Park\,\nEdison\n\nQuestions? Reach out to vote@aapinewjersey.org
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-jersey-volunteers-needed-for-election-protection-and-exit-polling/
LOCATION:Multiple\, See description for details\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T140000
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SUMMARY:Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience at Tribeca Film Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re back in NYC! Join the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in partnership with Asian CineVision\, to our next event during the Tribeca Festival. Join us in community over pastries\, complimentary drinks (limited to the first 175 attendees) and panels celebrating the filmmakers at Tribeca.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-pacific-filmmakers-experience-at-tribeca-film-festival-2025/
LOCATION:Sugar mouse\, 47 3rd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person,Networking,Panel
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