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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
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SUMMARY:Yuen Woo-ping Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:In a Hong Kong film industry overflowing with martial arts talent\, Yuen Woo-ping stands apart. His legendary influence\, in a career spanning more than five decades\, has earned him the widely celebrated\, industry-bestowed moniker “天下第一武指\,” which translates as “The Number One Martial Arts Director Under the Sky.” As both film director and action choreographer\, Yuen helped elevate martial arts cinema into a sophisticated art form\, blending technical precision with character\, poetry\, and astonishing physical invention. His choreography prioritizes movement legibility\, spatial clarity\, and expressive geometry over brute force\, reshaping the visual grammar of global action filmmaking. \nBorn into a family of Peking Opera performers\, Yuen grew up in a tradition where drama\, martial arts\, acrobatics\, and dance were inseparable—a heritage linking him to contemporaries like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung\, who emerged from the same rigorous training. Yuen’s father\, Yuen Siu-tien\, an accomplished opera performer\, actor\, and martial arts director\, introduced his children to the film set. The Yuen siblings began as stunt performers and rose through the ranks. Together they formed the Yuen Clan\, becoming some of Hong Kong cinema’s most respected stunt performers and action directors. \nYuen’s first two films as a director\, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master (both 1978)\, launched Chan’s stardom. By shifting martial arts cinema away from solemn violence to wit\, personality\, and comedic invention\, the films established a template for Chan’s career. Yuen went on to collaborate with icons like Hung\, Jet Li\, Michelle Yeoh\, and Donnie Yen\, while consistently demonstrating an unparalleled ability to train performers of all backgrounds—including Hollywood stars like Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman—in his intensive “fight camps.” \nYuen’s work on The Matrix (1999)\, which seamlessly integrates Hong Kong wirework—human-controlled harnesses and cables that propel and suspend performers—with science fiction\, fundamentally altered how Hollywood approaches action. With Crouching Tiger\, Hidden Dragon (2000) he showed that martial arts could deepen a film’s emotional and intellectual resonance as much as its spectacle. Yuen’s extraordinary adaptability made him the definitive collaborator for visually distinct auteurs as diverse as Stephen Chow\, Ang Lee\, Quentin Tarantino\, Tsui Hark\, the Wachowskis\, and Wong Kar Wai. Decades after his debut\, Yuen’s latest epic\, Blades of the Guardians (2026)\, proves his vision still dictates the rhythm of modern action cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\nIron Monkey (少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮).1993. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nTue\, Sep 29\, 4:30 p.m.\nThu\, Oct 8\, 6:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nFearless (aka Jet Li’s Fearless\, 霍元甲).\n2006. Directed by Ronny Yu\nTue\, Sep 29\, 7:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKill Bill: Volume 2.\n2004. Directed by Quentin Tarantino\nWed\, Sep 30\, 4:00 p.m.\nSat\, Oct 10\, 6:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlades of the Guardians (鏢人:風起大漠).2026. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nWed\, Sep 30\, 7:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the Line of Duty 4: Witness (皇家師姐IV：直擊證人).1989. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nThu\, Oct 1\, 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIp Man 4: The Finale (葉問4：完結篇).2019. Directed by Wilson Yip\nThu\, Oct 1\, 7:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce Upon a Time in China (黃飛鴻).\n1991. Directed by Tsui Hark\nFri\, Oct 2\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Grandmaster (一代宗師). [Hong Kong cut].\n2013. Directed by Wong Kar Wai\nFri\, Oct 2\, 7:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Matrix.\n1999. Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski\nSat\, Oct 3\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Matrix Reloaded.\n2003. Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski\nSat\, Oct 3\, 7:00 p.m.\n\nSnake in the Eagle’s Shadow (蛇形刁手)\n1978. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nSun\, Oct 4\, 1:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaster Z: The Ip Man Legacy (葉問外傳：張天志).2018. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nSun\, Oct 4\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFist of Legend (精武英雄).\n1994. Directed by Gordon Chan\nMon\, Oct 5\, 6:30 p.m.\nSun\, Oct 11\, 1:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Miracle Fighters (奇門遁甲).1982. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nTue\, Oct 6\, 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDreadnaught (勇者無懼).\n1981. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nTue\, Oct 6\, 7:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTai Chi Master (太極張三豐).\n1993. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nThu\, Oct 8\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnce Upon a Time in China II (黃飛鴻之二：男兒當自強).\n1992. Directed by Tsui Hark\nFri\, Oct 9\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrunken Master (醉拳).\n1978. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nFri\, Oct 9\, 6:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKill Bill: Volume 1.\n2003. Directed by Quentin Tarantino\nSat\, Oct 10\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWing Chun (詠春).\n1994. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nSun\, Oct 11\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Magnificent Butcher (林世榮).1979. Directed by Yuen Woo-ping\nTue\, Oct 13\, 4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrouching Tiger\, Hidden Dragon (臥虎藏龍).\n2000. Directed by Ang Lee\nTue\, Oct 13\, 6:30 p.m.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/yuen-woo-ping-retrospective/
LOCATION:Museum of Modern Art\, 11 West 53 Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018
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SUMMARY:Best by 07/21/2026
DESCRIPTION:A residency-then-exhibition Artists: Clare Hu\, Tianyi Sun\, and Shaan Ken Rao \n398 West Street\, New York\, NY 10014 Residency: July 21 – September 16\, 2026 Exhibition: September 17 – October 17\, 2026 Opening Reception with the artists: Thursday\, September 17\, 2026 | 6-8 PM \nEli Klein Gallery is pleased to present Best by 07/21/2026\, a residency-then-exhibition featuring artists Clare Hu\, Tianyi Sun\, and Shaan Ken Rao\, opening on its own expiration date. Following At-Will Adaptation (2024)\, the gallery’s residency program returns this year for its second installment\, running from July 21st and culminating in a three-artist exhibition on Thursday\, September 17th. The three artists\, working in various mediums such as sculpture\, weaving\, painting\, and photography\, will create entirely new bodies of work using Eli Klein Gallery as their studio. The gallery will be open to the public during normal business hours throughout the duration of the residency. \n“Can the concept of the human survive discovering how the “sausage” of us is actually made\, what we really look and smell like at the cellular level?” This question\, raised by the writer and scholar Sophie Lewis in her catalog essay “New Wombs for Old Men” of the New Museum’s inaugural exhibition “New Humans\,” challenges the default practice of separating the maker from their associated defecations during the formation of a public-facing identity. On a metaphorical and non-visceral level\, contemporary art’s birth-giving process today resembles an ectogenesis\, with the “sausage-making” process susceptible to both curated previews and packaged commercialization. An artist’s studio is only alive when it breathes and excretes\, and more so when the discarded substances are studied\, categorized\, archived\, and recycled.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/best-by-07-21-2026/
LOCATION:Eli Klein\, 398 West Street\, New York\, NY\, 10014\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTSTAMP:20260912T015055Z
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SUMMARY:Tchah Sup Kim: The Key to a New World
DESCRIPTION:Tchah Sup Kim (1940–2022) was an artist whose lifelong practice explored fundamental questions of civilization\, the universe\, existence\, and humanity. Moving beyond formal experimentation\, his work sought new ways of seeing and understanding the world—often by challenging established boundaries between East and West\, the individual and the cosmos\, and the finite and the infinite. \nKim moved to New York in 1974 and studied printmaking at Pratt Institute\, where he began developing a distinctive visual language. His landmark etching Triangle Between Infinites (1976)\, now in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, introduced the triangle as a central motif in his practice. Rather than treating it as a closed geometric form\, Kim opened its vertex\, transforming the triangle into a structure of openness\, circulation\, and connection. \nThroughout the 1980s\, his work reflected his experiences of migration\, otherness\, and diasporic identity in New York. After returning to Korea in 1990\, his inquiry expanded toward broader questions of civilization\, history\, and the origins of humanity. \nNew York played a pivotal role in this artistic and intellectual journey. It was here that Kim encountered the center of Western modernism while also beginning to question its prevailing systems of thought. Presented now in New York\, The Key to a New World revisits that formative relationship and considers his practice through a contemporary lens. The exhibition title comes from a phrase found in one of Kim’s own notes. For him\, a “new world” was not simply a vision of the future\, but the possibility of thinking and seeing beyond existing frameworks. \n\nTuesday – Friday: 10 AM – 6 PM / Saturday: 11 AM – 5 PM\nClosed on Sunday and Monday.\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTchah Sup Kim received his BFA from Seoul National University in 1963. With a grant from John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund Fellowship\, he completed his MFA at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1976. \nWorking primarily in paint and mixed media\, Kim explores the principles of cosmos through nature and its phenomena. He raises questions regarding the universal truth that human beings have sought in and out of history. His artistic journey can be divided into three major periods: from 1965 to 1982\, during his early years in Korea and New York\, his work is characterized by a focus on geometry; from 1983 to 1993\, during his New York period\, he turns toward geopolitical and historical themes; and from 1993 to 2022\, after leaving New York for the rural village of Naepyung-ri in Korea\, and later alternating between the two locations\, he focuses his work on geography and nature. \nTchah Sup Kim’s artwork is currently housed in the collections of many renowned institutions\, including the Museum of Modern Art (NY)\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY)\, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Gwacheon\, Korea).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/tchah-sup-kim-the-key-to-a-new-world/
LOCATION:Korean Cultural Center New York\, 122 East 32nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTSTAMP:20260902T221003Z
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SUMMARY:Afterlayers: Tai Hwa Goh & Julia Kwon
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception: Thursday\, September 17\, 2026\, 5-7pm \nTwo artists transform traditional materials–textile and paper–to explore themes of identity and memory. Tai Hwa Goh creates intricate\, layered installations from printed and cut paper\, inspired by organic forms\, landscapes\, and the relationship between the interior and exterior. Goh’s process pushes the limits of traditional printmaking\, as she modifies the characteristics of paper and thin fabric by covering with batik or ironing thin sheets of beeswax onto her prints\, deliberately obscuring the underlying images. She then uses techniques like sewing\, gluing\, and manipulating printed materials to construct intricate\, honeycomb-like structures. Found objects seamlessly integrate into the work\, reflecting the blending of the personal and the universal\, as well as natural and artificial elements.Through this process\, the imagery gradually moves away from recognizable forms\, and the dense layers serve as a space where nature\, memory\, and personal experience intertwine. Her installations invite viewers to contemplate the balance between the natural world and human existence\, and how everyday moments can reveal deeper insights into our lives. \nJulia Kwon sews interpretive Korean textiles\, specifically in the form of patchwork bojagi (Korean object-wrapping cloth)\, to critique received notions of Asiatic femininity and challenge reductive\, easily legible identities. Although her bojagi textiles may initially be perceived as traditionally Korean\, the patchwork designs are actually derived from urgent contemporary sociopolitical issues and events. Her work moves beyond simply representing minority identities as she aims to comment on the interconnected systems of oppression. Kwon’s practice contests the notion of authenticity and explores the complexities involved in constructing identities within the current framework of cultural hybridity\, intersectionality\, and the collective pursuit of social justice \nThe Korea Society Gallery is open only by appointment.\nThe appointment must be made at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled visit. \nGallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10 AM-4:30 PM\nBy Appointment Only
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/afterlayers-tai-hwa-goh-julia-kwon/
LOCATION:The Korea Society\, 350 Madison Avenue\, 24th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10017
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270401
DTSTAMP:20260911T234039Z
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SUMMARY:Zine* Together
DESCRIPTION:Please join Asia Art Archive in America on Thursday\, September 17th from 5-8pm for the opening reception of their exhibition\, Zine﹡ Together. \nZine﹡ Together is the first exhibition of its kind to examine Asian American zines not only as objects\, but as actions—creative\, collective\, and relational. Drawing from Asia Art Archive in America’s Reading Room collection\, this exhibition highlights collaboratively produced zines from 2010 to the present\, alongside newly commissioned projects and prompts that trace zine-making as a mode of shared authorship and community building. \nIn the 1960s and 1970s\, zines (short for “magazines” or “fan-zines”) were characterized by their photo-copied\, staple-bound formats and emerged as popular do-it-yourself platforms for sharing counter-cultural socio-political programs and avant-garde art practice. In more recent decades and particularly in Asian American communities\, zines have served as a place to explore artistic narratives\, diasporic histories\, and collective responses to marginalization. \nKey to this exhibition is a commissioned research project and essay by Michelle Yee\, PhD\, and Elizabeth Chung that investigates the recent history of Asian American zines in relation to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and the parallel rise in anti-Asian violence across the United States. Situating zine-making within this moment of crisis\, the research frames the medium as one of many grassroots strategies for care\, documentation\, and solidarity. Together\, the exhibition and research project position zines not as peripheral ephemera\, but as vital cultural tools that register and record how communities respond in times of uncertainty. \nZine﹡ Together\, itself a collaborative project\, is organized by Claire Kim\, Susanna Chang\, Sarula Bao\, Michelle Yee\, Elizabeth Chung\, Mary Y. Yang\, Chen Luo\, and Tasnima Tanzim.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/zine-together/
LOCATION:Asia Art Archive in America\, 23 Cranberry Street\, Ground Floor\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTSTAMP:20260927T170404Z
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SUMMARY:Synthetic Mobility
DESCRIPTION:Fou Gallery is pleased to present “Synthetic Mobility”\, a two-person exhibition featuring Tokyo- and New York-based artist Ai Makita and China-born\, Houston-based kinetic artist Sizhu Li\, on view from September 19 through November 8\, 2026. The exhibition brings to the fore important questions about the interaction between technology and humans\, considering how larger societal shifts affect the way artists represent humanity and reconstituted spaces. \nThe concept of the exhibition is connected to Timothy Morton’s idea of hyperobjects\, according to which we cannot fully perceive larger structures surrounding us and widely distributed across space and time\, but can try to describe their attributes and make a reasonable guess about their true nature. Synthetic mobility – the artificial generation of realistic human movement patterns using advanced algorithms – is a phenomenon related to the new acceleration of living rhythms promoted by digital progress. As the world is enveloped in ideological and cultural conflicts\, Makita and Li consider what it means to remain individuals today\, and how changes in technology alter our sense of perception and our mode of existence. \nAi Makita presents oil paintings\, several of them developed in conjunction with the AI model Midjourney and others based on images created in Photoshop by folding aluminum sheets. The depicted forms represent abstract conjunctions of pipes\, conduits\, and industrial infrastructure. Folded materials result in labyrinths of fluidity and line resembling a circulatory or nervous system\, an organism’s internal anatomy\, or an invisible technological network now made visible. The created conduits recall flowing rivers\, transcended thresholds\, and the linearity of time. Close conceptual connection with Minimalism makes Makita’s stretched lines internally connected to Donald Judd looking at the properties and the rigidity of the structures as well as relation of this (in)stability to the current historical moment. Process art likewise plays a significant role in Makita’s practice\, albeit in a form more appropriate to its new\, updated version\, where the digital has taken the place of the physical. Her paintings leave the viewer with a sense of wonder about where these meandering curves are leading and whether there is any specific destination. Mystery emerges not through mystical effects\, but through the inability to grasp the full picture\, pushing us to step away while also looking closer. \nSizhu Li presents sculptures made primarily from aluminum sheets and industrial fans. In Pushing Hands (2024–present)\, opposing forces travel through an industrial metal wave\, creating a rhythm of tension and equilibrium that references the Taoist principle of balance. The title directly refers to the fundamental Tai Chi practice of Tui Shou\, or “pushing hands\,” centered on sensing\, yielding to\, and balancing opposing forces. Evolving from her earlier project Moonment\, Li uses programmed fans and suspended aluminum sheets to construct a live\, percussive environment of moving metallic waves. In Yuanbao (2026)\, she brings the traditional Chinese symbol of wealth and blessing into conversation with the ephemeral form of clouds\, moving between material and spiritual aspirations\, permanence and transience. Meanwhile\, Oops\, Caught’ya! (2026) turns the clamp into both a generative and restraining device\, using movement\, suspension\, and pressure to consider freedom\, constraint\, instability\, and balance. \nTogether\, the two artists create a dialogue in which materials work as experimental tools to devise new understandings of where we are as a human species. Both artists look at motion\, structure\, and encounter as facilitated by materials\, planes\, and color. Makita’s paintings examine the transformations and limits caused by new synthetic mobility\, while Li’s sculptures engage the same idea through three-dimensional objects. Neither artist provides specific arguments or answers; instead\, they offer aesthetic tools that can help broaden our understanding of the technological forces increasingly shaping contemporary life.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/synthetic-mobility/
LOCATION:Fou Gallery\, 89 5th Avenue\, # 701\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Queens Night Market
DESCRIPTION:The Queens Night Market is a large\, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens\, featuring over 100 independent vendors selling merchandise\, art\, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances\, all celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of NYC and Queens. \nEvery Saturday from  4pm to midnight \nApril.18 to  August 22  and  September 19 to October 31. 2026 \nWe’re located behind the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Corona Park in Queens NYC \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/queens-night-market-3/
LOCATION:New York Hall of Science\, 47-01 111th St\, Corona\, NY\, 11368\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Night Market
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019
DTSTAMP:20261003T035608Z
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SUMMARY:Hold These Truths
DESCRIPTION:During World War II\, student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government’s orders to forcibly incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. Struggling to reconcile his country’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the Constitution\, he journeys toward greater understanding of America’s triumphs – and confrontation with its failures. A 36-character solo play inspired by civil rights pioneer Gordon Hirabayashi. \nby Jeanne Sakata – directed by Lisa Rothe
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hold-these-truths/
LOCATION:Luna Stage\, 555 Valley Rd.\, West Orange\, NJ\, 07052\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260927T172328Z
CREATED:20260927T172328Z
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SUMMARY:Moving Rasa Discovery Cards Inside/Outside
DESCRIPTION:Move what’s inside\, outside. Move what’s outside\, inside. \nWhat happens when something you’re carrying inside—a feeling\, question\, image\, memory\, impulse—gets to take shape in the world around you? \nAnd what happens when the world answers back? \nOver six gatherings\, we’ll use the Moving Rasa Discovery Cards to improvise between our inner and outer worlds. We might climb onto something\, lean into another person\, follow the shape of a tree\, move with a wall\, let a card change our attention\, or allow an unexpected impulse to lead somewhere new. \nWe’ll work with group improvisation\, contact\, imagination\, questions\, and the environments we enter. Some gatherings will happen indoors. Others will take us outside into different NYC places. Each environment becomes part of what we discover. \nThere is no movement to get right and no fixed meaning to find in a card. We’ll notice what emerges through the relationships we make—with ourselves\, one another\, the cards\, and the places around us. \nLocation:\nReal World Sculptures: Norman A Rockefellar Park\nRiver Terrace and\, Chambers St\nNew York City\, NY 10282
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moving-rasa-discovery-cards-inside-outside/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270208
DTSTAMP:20260924T203746Z
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SUMMARY:Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
DESCRIPTION:Yoshitaka Amano (b. 1952\, Shizuoka\, Japan) creates worlds. It’s something he’s done since he was fifteen\, when he moved to Tokyo and began working as a character designer for an anime studio. There\, drawing was always an act of translation. His task was to convert narrative into illustrated concepts\, drawings that would become the connective tissue of a fictional universe. Throughout his career as an independent artist and as a character designer for storied anime and video game franchises\, such as Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D\, drawing has always been a way of describing the porousness between the real and the fantastic. “I want to depict a world I myself have never seen\,” Amano says of the feeling from which his work begins. \nOrigins 始源 takes up Amano’s interest in primordial beginnings. Over the last few years\, Amano has been absorbed in Greek and Shinto mythology\, making drawings of the characters that animate these stories. Here\, he presents Pandora\, a series of drawings of the Greek myth of the first mortal woman; they circle the gallery like an ancient frieze\, or the storyboards for an animation. Alongside these works\, a selection of illustrations\, animation\, and popular materials from the 1980s and ’90s\, including the anime film Angel’s Egg and sensual depictions of The Tale of Genji\, is presented in our library. In all the stories Amano is drawn to\, origins are an eternal structure\, a threshold where being emerges. For him\, that threshold is the page; his figures seem to move and drift across its surface\, entering into worlds that exist beyond our lived reality. \nThis exhibition\, Amano’s first institutional solo show in New York\, offers a chance to encounter an artist whose drawings continue to have extended lives in the world around us. Right now\, more likely than not\, you could find them appearing on someone’s gaming console as they play Final Fantasy and livestream it to Twitch; on a Gatchaman Uniqlo tee worn in the streets of Tokyo; or even on an iPhone as someone watches Angel’s Egg on the subway\, in bed\, or really anywhere streaming is available. \nArts and Letters commissioned an essay\, Shining Genji\, by Sean Thor Conroe\, which accompanies the exhibition as part of our Reader series.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/yoshitaka-amano-origins-at-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters/
LOCATION:American Academy of Arts and Letters\, Audubon Terrace\, New York\, NY\, 10032\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261022
DTSTAMP:20260926T224740Z
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SUMMARY:Midtown Dance: Bhangra in the Plaza
DESCRIPTION:Bollywood rhythm comes to the 34th Street district with performances and lessons that blend fitness with traditional Indian folk dance. \nEvery Wednesday from 9/30 through 10/21 at 6:00 PM
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/midtown-dance-bhangra-in-the-plaza/
LOCATION:Greeley Square Plaza (Broadway between 32nd and 33rd Streets)\, Greeley Square Park\, Broadway\, New York\, NY\, United States\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024
DTSTAMP:20260927T003557Z
CREATED:20260927T003302Z
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SUMMARY:SLEEPLESS NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:Chinese American Counci is pleased to present SLEEPLESS NIGHT\, a solo exhibition by Xuhong Shang\, on view from October 2 through October 23. \n\n\n\n\nSLEEPLESS NIGHT is an exhibition that explores the unstable boundary between reality and dream\, presence and absence\, movement and confinement. Through installation\, photographic fragments\, painting\, video\, sound\, and spatial intervention\, Xuhong Shang creates an environment where perception is interrupted and certainty becomes fragile. \nThe exhibition is centered around the single-channel video Sleepless Night and expands into a physical installation composed of dark surfaces\, fragmented images\, linear structures\, and layered visual interruptions. The exhibition suggests a space where images appear partially concealed\, crossed\, taped\, and suspended within a field of darkness. These elements create a visual rhythm of obstruction and passage\, suggesting windows\, routes\, barriers\, memories\, and psychological thresholds. The viewer is invited not only to look at the work\, but to move through a condition of uncertainty. \nThe title SLEEPLESS NIGHT evokes a state of wakefulness between consciousness and dream. In this in-between condition\, time becomes stretched\, thoughts become fragmented\, and ordinary images take on emotional and symbolic weight. The exhibition reflects this mental space through fractured compositions\, grayscale imagery\, and stark contrasts between light and shadow. The visible world appears unstable\, as if caught between documentation and imagination. \nThe dark wall surface may be understood as a night sky\, an interior void\, or a psychological field. Across this darkness\, white strip boards cut through the canvas images and extend outward into the surrounding space. These sharp white lines suggest lightning crossing the night\, sudden flashes of thought\, or cracks breaking through the surface of memory. They connect the images while also damaging and disrupting them\, creating a tension between illumination and rupture. As the strips move from image to dark space\, they become more than formal devices; they operate as psychological forces\, exposing the instability of perception and the fragile condition of the mind during sleeplessness. \nTravel\, architecture\, and transitional spaces emerge as recurring visual references. Airplanes\, airport-like structures\, passages\, and abstracted silhouettes suggest movement across distance\, yet this movement is never fully free. Instead\, it is crossed by interruptions\, invisible borders\, and psychological weight. The white linear forms may be read as paths\, fractures\, signals\, restrictions\, or flashes of anxiety. They point toward direction and disorientation at the same time. \nIn Shang’s work\, ambiguity functions as a space of possibility. Rather than presenting a fixed narrative\, SLEEPLESS NIGHT asks viewers to confront the uncertain nature of perception itself. The exhibition reflects on how memory\, migration\, globalization\, and cultural experience shape the way we understand reality. It questions how images carry traces of personal and collective history\, and how the intangible forces of dream\, anxiety\, nostalgia\, and desire can become physically present within space. \nThe video Sleepless Night\, a single-channel work with sound\, becomes both an anchor and an atmosphere for the exhibition. Its duration suggests an intimate encounter with time\, while its presence extends the installation into a psychological and sensory field. Sound and moving image deepen the feeling of suspended consciousness\, placing the viewer within a state where the real and the imagined overlap. \nUltimately\, SLEEPLESS NIGHT is an exhibition about uncertainty as a condition of contemporary life. It invites viewers into a contemplative space where images are incomplete\, meanings remain open\, and the familiar becomes strange. Between darkness and light\, movement and stillness\, dream and reality\, the exhibition asks: what remains visible when certainty disappears?
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sleepless-night/
LOCATION:Chinese American Arts Council / Gallery 456\, 456 Broadway\, 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
DTSTAMP:20260902T204709Z
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SUMMARY:MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival: Becoming
DESCRIPTION:Immigration is never a single arrival but an ongoing process of becoming. Beyond legal status and paperwork\, immigrants navigate displacement\, alienation\, adaptation\, and the long\, sometimes complicated journey toward belonging. What did you have to learn to survive and build a life in the United States? What did you choose to carry with you from the culture you came from? What was lost in translation? And what new part of yourself emerged along the way? \nEchoes of Arrival returns to the Museum of Chinese in America for a new iteration\, Becoming. Through a collection of personal stories\, the ensemble explores the many ways immigrants remake themselves while making a life in a new country. These stories of change\, resilience\, loss\, discovery\, and belonging illuminate how immigration does not simply transform individuals. It continues to shape the rich and ever-evolving cultural fabric of the United States. \nCREATIVE TEAM\nConceived by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li\nDevised & Performed by Shan Y. Chuang\, Nikkiesha N. McLeod\, Timmy Ong\, Pascal Phoa\, Jeremy Rafal\, Nedelka Sotelo\, Fang Tseng\n  \nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nFriday 10/2\nShan Y. Chuang\, Nikkiesha N. McLeod\, Pascal Phoa\, Jeremy Rafal\, Fang Tseng\nThursday 10/8\nShan Y. Chuang\, Timmy Ong\, Pascal Phoa\, Jeremy Rafal\, Fang Tseng\nFriday 10/16\nShan Y. Chuang\, Timmy Ong\, Pascal Phoa\, Jeremy Rafal\, Nedelka Sotelo\nThursday 10/22\nShan Y. Chuang\, Nikkiesha N. McLeod\, Timmy Ong\, Nedelka Sotelo\, Fang Tseng\nFriday 11/6\nNikkiesha N. McLeod\, Timmy Ong\, Jeremy Rafal\, Nedelka Sotelo\, Fang Tseng
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-performs-echoes-of-arrival-becoming/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
DTSTAMP:20260821T183629Z
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SUMMARY:Art of Manga
DESCRIPTION:Be drawn into the world of manga.\nArt of Manga is the first major exhibition in the Americas to explore manga—Japanese comics and graphic novels—as an art form. Marking its East Coast debut\, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation is packed with more than 600 drawings that showcase manga’s immersive power and social impact. Don’t miss this rare opportunity for US audiences to encounter an astonishing selection of original manga artworks\, including examples from beloved series Inuyasha\, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure\, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers\, ONE PIECE\, and many more. \nA global phenomenon\, manga is driven by those who design\, draw\, and very often author the stories that define the medium. Discover influential manga artists\, or mangaka\, and their distinct approaches to storytelling. Through compelling narratives and captivating imagery\, each mangaka’s work invents a universe that may be familiar or supernatural\, historical or futuristic\, contemplative or action-packed. These tales address universal themes such as coming of age\, tapping into hidden strengths\, and finding beauty in the ordinary—as well as contemporary issues such as environmentalism\, gender roles\, LGBTQ+ rights\, and socioeconomic inequality. Whether you enter as an otaku or a novice\, you’ll leave Art of Manga fluent in this vital medium. \nGo all-access with “Art of Manga.” The Manga Fan Pass gives one adult and one guest unlimited entry throughout the exhibition’s run—plus a slew of other perks especially for manga fans. \nThe $75 pass includes… \n⚫ Unlimited entry for you and a guest to “Art of Manga” (subject to availability) as well as general admission to Museum galleries \n⚫ Invites to Member Previews and select Member Evenings for “Art of Manga” \n⚫ Exclusive presale access to “Art of Manga” public programs \n⚫ 10% discount at the Café and Museum Shop (excluding gashapon machines) \n⚫ A collectible badge for you to wear and show off your love of manga (wear your badge each time you return to get a new pin to build your collection!)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/art-of-manga/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Museum\, 200 Eastern Parkway\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20260909T024920Z
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SUMMARY:King of the Yees
DESCRIPTION:For nearly twenty years\, Larry Yee has been the heart and soul of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association\, a fraternal organization in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown. But to his daughter Lauren\, a playwright living in New York\, the association is an obsolete relic of a vanishing world. When Larry suddenly disappears\, Lauren sets off on a wild quest to find him\, embarking on a surreal\, magical journey through the history and myths of her own lineage. KING OF THE YEES is a hilarious and heartfelt “kind of true” story by Signature resident artist Lauren Yee\, who turns her incisive comedic eye on what we inherit and what it means to truly be a Yee.  \n \nAbout the Playwright \n \nLAUREN YEE is proud to be a Signature Theatre resident playwright. She is an award-winning playwright\, screenwriter\, and librettist based in New York City. Prior to the pandemic\, Lauren was named by American Theatre as the second-most-produced playwright of that upcoming season. Recent plays include Cambodian Rock Band with music by Dengue Fever (South Coast Rep\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, La Jolla Playhouse\, Signature Theatre\, East West Players)\, The Great Leap (Denver Center\, Seattle Rep\, Atlantic Theatre\, Steppenwolf\, American Conservatory Theatre)\, King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre\, Center Theatre Group)\, and Mother Russia (Seattle Rep\, Signature Theatre\, upcoming at Hampstead Theatre\, South Coast Rep\, Trinity Rep). She is writing the book for the musical adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time\, with music and lyrics by Heather Christian. Honors include the Doris Duke Artists Award\, Whiting Award\, Steinberg/ATCA Award\, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award\, Horton Foote Prize\, Kesselring Prize\, Primus Prize\, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton\, and the #1 and #2 plays on the 2017 Kilroys List. TV: ”Pachinko” (Apple)\, “Soundtrack” (Netflix)\, “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu)\, “Billions” (Showtime)\, “Clipped” (FX). She’s previously developed pilots for Netflix and Apple and is currently developing TV and feature projects for Netflix and Universal. BA: Yale\, MFA: UCSD. laurenyee.com
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/king-of-the-yees/
LOCATION:Signature Theatre\, 480 W 42nd St.\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270111
DTSTAMP:20260805T153101Z
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SUMMARY:Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s NYC Salon
DESCRIPTION:Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s NYC Salon is the first New York solo museum exhibition of the Japanese modern artist Gen’ichirō Inokuma (1902–1993). Organized by Japan Society Gallery in collaboration with the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) in Marugame\, Japan\, the exhibition explores Inokuma’s paintings shown at the Willard Gallery and various multimedia works created during his twenty-year residence in NYC (1955–1975). Along with important holdings from MIMOCA\, the exhibition presents Inokuma’s works in the Japan Society collection and the recently discovered Hirose Family Collection. \nInokuma’s Manhattan sojourn was shaped by meaningful connections with the American avant-garde: Jasper Johns\, Mark Rothko\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Alexander Calder\, David Smith\, Isamu Noguchi\, Yoko Ono\, John Cage\, Merce Cunningham\, and many others. Inokuma and his wife\, Fumiko\, also served as a social and cultural bridge between American and visiting Japanese artists and architects\, often hosting gatherings at their New York apartments. The exhibition features photographs\, film footage\, and ephemera documenting these artistic interactions. \nBy illuminating Inokuma’s little-known role in postwar American art history\, NYC Salon brings new insights into New York City’s mid-20th-century art world—both its collaborative artistic atmosphere\, and its vibrant international social scene \nTimed Tickets: $20 Nonmembers\, $15 Students and seniors \nGallery Exhibition Hours\n\nTuesdays-Fridays: 11 am-5 pm\n\n\nSaturdays & Sundays: noon-6 pm\n\n\nFree First Fridays: 5 pm-7 pm*\n\n\n*October 9\, 2026; November 6\, 2026; December 4\, 2026\, January 8\, 2027
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/genichiro-inokumas-nyc-salon/
LOCATION:Japan Society\, 333 East 47th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T210000
DTSTAMP:20260927T181337Z
CREATED:20260927T181257Z
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SUMMARY:Works & Process Presents Minnesota Opera: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
DESCRIPTION:Works & Process presents The Many Deaths of Laila Starr\, a performance from the Minnesota Opera by Kamala Sankaram and Minita Gandhi on Monday\, October 12\, 2026 at 7PM at the Peter B. Lewis Theater\, 1071 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10128. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/guggenheim/3515/event/1476994. \nWitness the transformation of BOOM! Studios’ acclaimed graphic novel The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V. and Filipe Andrade into a vivid and transporting tale for the operatic stage by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Minita Gandhi. Commissioned and developed by Minnesota Opera’s groundbreaking New Works Initiative\, the opera explores the blurred boundary between divine and human through the lens of magical realism when the goddess of Death is cast down to Earth to live as a mortal named Laila Starr. \nAhead of the world premiere in Saint Paul join Ram V.\, Sankaram\, Gandhi\, and members of the opera’s creative team––including director Mary Birnbaum\, scenic designer Mimi Lien\, costume designer Oana Botez\, and choreographer Rohit Gijare––for a conversation about their collaborative process\, interwoven with cast members performing excerpts. Infused with elements of Konnakol\, Raga\, and EDM\, this fantasy on purpose and impermanence unfolds with both kinetic energy and striking clarity\, as a god made mortal begins to see the world––and life itself––through fresh eyes. All are invited to continue the conversation at a reception in the rotunda. \nMinnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative is a groundbreaking commissioning program aimed at invigorating the operatic canon with an infusion of contemporary works. Launched in 2008\, it has resulted in the premiere of nine new operas including Silent Night\, The Shining\, Doubt\, Edward Tulane\, The Song Poet\, and more. The initiative is centered around a six-person creative cohort of three composers and three librettists who work in different pairings to collectively create three full-scale operas\, three chamber operas\, and three song cycles. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr is the second opera from the current cohort—composers Kamala Sankaram\, David Hanlon\, and B.E. Boykin and librettists Minita Gandhi\, John de los Santos\, and Harrison David Rivers—to premiere\, following Boykin and Rivers’ My Name is Florence in January 2026.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/works-process-presents-minnesota-opera-the-many-deaths-of-laila-starr-by-kamala-sankaram-and-minita-gandhi/
LOCATION:Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, 1071 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10128\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T200000
DTSTAMP:20260928T225525Z
CREATED:20260928T225504Z
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SUMMARY:Baruch Mid-Autumn Festival and Mahjong Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Join the Baruch Asian Heritage Alumni Network for our new celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival! Hosted at a trendy lounge in Chinatown\, you’ll enjoy buffet food\, drinks\, and even a Mahjong tournament! (Don’t worry\, beginners. We’ll teach you how to play in this friendly competition for players of all skill levels). \nTypically celebrated in late September in China and across much of East and Southeast Asia\, the Mid-Autumn Festival focuses on family\, gratitude for the harvest\, and prayers for good fortune\, centered around the symbolism of the full moon. We look forward to seeing you at this new Baruch tradition! \nPlease email the Office of Alumni Relations with any questions about this event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/baruch-mid-autumn-festival-and-mahjong-tournament/
LOCATION:100 Feast & Lounge\, 100 East Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,Games
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T210000
DTSTAMP:20260927T161720Z
CREATED:20260927T161720Z
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SUMMARY:Japas Cervejaria x Yu & Me Books Takeover
DESCRIPTION:Japas is a Brazilian craft beer brand founded by women of Japanese descent\, blending Japanese heritage with Brazilian creativity. \nThrough bold flavors\, playful storytelling\, and distinctive design\, the brand creates beers that celebrate identity\, culture\, and connection. More than a brewery\, Japas is a platform for sharing stories and building community across cultures. \nFor ONE NIGHT ONLY\, the Japas is team is coming into town and taking over the Yu & Me Books bar! We’re staying open late to celebrate beers\, books\, and new buddies! Come stop by\, hang out\, and have a beer! Free RSVP.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/japas-cervejaria-x-yu-me-books-takeover/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260927T191036Z
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SUMMARY:Trio Azura
DESCRIPTION:This October\, Carnegie Hall presents the Carnegie Hall debut of Trio Azura\, winners of the 2025 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the organization’s first-ever ensemble-in-residence. \nFeaturing Korean cellist Yejin Hong\, the trio has been praised by Gramophone for its “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion\,” and won multiple prizes at the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2024. For their Carnegie Hall debut\, the musicians perform timeless piano trios by Maurice Ravel and Felix Mendelssohn\, alongside Jennifer Higdon’s acclaimed first Piano Trio.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/trio-azura/
LOCATION:Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall\, 881 7th Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T223000
DTSTAMP:20260822T222457Z
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SUMMARY:The 2046: A World of Wong Kar Wai
DESCRIPTION:The Red Pavilion presents The 2046: A World of Wong Kar Wai\, a chamber ensemble experience inspired by the films of Wong Kar Wai. Led by Victor Lin\, the music draws from In the Mood for Love\, 2046\, Days Of Being Wild\, and related works\, shaped by the understated\, recurring motifs that define his cinematic language. \nBuilt on restrained\, cyclical phrasing\, the ensemble moves through slow waltzes and suspended harmonies\, where small shifts in texture carry emotional weight. The sound is intimate and deliberate\, connecting what remains physically separate but emotionally intertwined.  As the music unfolds\, it becomes a point of convergence – where memory\, distance\, and longing gather just beneath the surface\, giving voice to what cannot be expressed openly. \nBring your would-be lover\, your lover’s lover\, or come as your wistful self.\nJust remember: Love is all a matter of timing.\n \n\nWalk-ins welcome pending availability. 2 Drink Minimum per person for table service. 21+ ID Required. All Sales Final.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-2046-a-world-of-wong-kar-wai-2/
LOCATION:The Red Pavilion\, 1241 Flushing Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Nightclub
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019
DTSTAMP:20260805T151815Z
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SUMMARY:Puppet Theater: Kojiki de Creation
DESCRIPTION:CONTEMPORARY PUPPET THEATER | WORLD PREMIERE \nThursday\, October 15 at 7:30 pm—Followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members\nFriday\, October 16 at 7:30 pm—Preceded by a Pre-Performance Lecture\nSaturday\, October 17 at 7:30 pm—Preceded by a Pre-Performance Lecture\nSunday\, October 18 at 2:30 pm—Followed by an Artist Q&A \nFollowing the acclaim of 2022’s 9000 Paper Balloons\, New York-based puppeteer Maiko Kikuchi returns to Japan Society with Kojiki de Creation — a world premiere animating the gods\, islands\, critters and howling chaos of the Kojiki\, Japan’s oldest mythological chronicle. As a lone reader opens the book\, an ancient world erupts from its pages onto the stage: Kikuchi fashions fearsome Shinto gods from everyday objects and draws primordial creatures into being before your eyes. The result is a theatrical conjuring of the birth of Japan itself — assembled\, with characteristic whimsy\, from paper\, ink and imagination. \nOn Friday\, October 16 and Saturday\, October 17\, a pre-performance lecture on Japanese creation myths and the Kojiki begins at 6:30 pm.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/puppet-theater-kojiki-de-creation/
LOCATION:Japan Society\, 333 East 47th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Cultural Programs,Puppet Show
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261026
DTSTAMP:20260918T013140Z
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SUMMARY:1st New York Korean Independent Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:🎬 ANNOUNCING THE 1ST NEW YORK KOREAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (NYKIFF) 🎞️✨ \nMark your calendars! This October\, the Korean Cultural Center New York proudly presents the inaugural New York Korean Independent Film Festival (NYKIFF). \nDedicated to bold storytelling and visionary filmmaking\, NYKIFF brings the most compelling voices of contemporary Korean independent cinema to New York City—featuring 15 films and 10 special guests attending in person for screenings\, talks\, and Q&As. \nMore exciting details\, guest announcements\, and special events will be unveiled soon\, so stay tuned! 🔥 \n🗓️ FESTIVAL DATES\nOctober 15 – October 25\, 2026 \n📍 LOCATION\nKorean Cultural Center New York\n(122 E 32nd St\, New York\, NY) \n⏰ MARK YOUR CALENDAR:\n📢 Full Lineup Reveal: Tuesday\, Sept 22 @ 12:00 PM EST\n🎟️ RSVP Open: Thursday\, Sept 24 @ 12:00 PM EST
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/1st-new-york-korean-independent-film-festival/
LOCATION:Korean Cultural Center New York\, 122 East 32nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Film and the Power of Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening & Conversation: The Bengali\nPart of the #UnderOurSun Impact Campaign \nRSVP Link: https://forms.gle/LKw1uFY6jUvQcP9H6 \nJoin for an evening of film\, conversation\, and community at Turkevi Center (Turkish House) to explore the stories you inherit\, the identities you carry\, and the unexpected connections that shape the world. \nIn The Bengali\, named one of Nonfics’ Top 20 Documentaries\, director Kavery Kaul takes an American woman to India to uncover her grandfather Shaik Mohamed Musa’s past. He was one of the early group of men who arrived in the late nineteenth century and married African American women. Her unlikely quest triggers a boldly different encounter between East and West. A personal search becomes a deeper journey into culture\, memory\, and identity\, breaking barriers and building bridges\, revealing how histories travel\, and families form across unexpected places. \nThe Bengali has inspired the @Under.Our.Sun impact campaign\, a digital storytelling movement that invites everyone to share their own cultural heritage and lived experience. Through in-person screenings\, lively panel discussions\, and digital storytelling\, the campaign sparks timely conversation about migration and belonging. \nThe Alliance of Women Film Journalists calls The Bengali “a lyrical and poetic documentary that shows how stories and presumptions can change\, forging connections that are rich and real — not just to the past\, but to the world at large.” \nProgram\n5:30 PM — Reception\n6:00 PM — Film Screening\n7:15 PM — Conversation & Audience Q&A \nFeaturing\nKavery Kaul\, Director\, The Bengali\nGordon Tapper\, President\, Give Them a Hand Foundation\, Former Section Chief\, United Nations\nModerated by Bedatri D. Choudhury\, Arts Editor\, Philadelphia Inquirer and Programmer\, DOC NYC
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/an-evening-of-film-and-the-power-of-storytelling/
LOCATION:Turkevi Center (Turkish House)\, 821 United Nations Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Speaking In Shadows: An Invocation of Migrant Presence
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Almeida Arturo\, Nyssa Chow and Jennifer Wen Ma \nOctober 15\, 6-8pm\, Join us for an open house and meet the three artists behind the installation where they will be in residency with our community to invoke what is lost and remembered across experiences of migration. \nABOUT THE ARTIST: Jennifer Wen Ma (1973\, Beijing\, China) is a visual artist who moved to the United States in 1986\, and received her Master of Fine Art degree in 1999 from Pratt Institute\, New York. Ma works and lives between New York and Beijing. Ma’s interdisciplinary practice bridges varied media such as installation\, drawing\, video\, public art\, design\, performance\, and theatre; often bringing together unlikely elements in a single piece\, creating sensitive\, poetic and poignant works.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/speaking-in-shadows-an-invocation-of-migrant-presence/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit
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SUMMARY:Viet Craft & Chat
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to be back with another **Viet Craft & Chat**! 🎃✨ \nCome join us for a fun **Halloween pumpkin painting night**! We’ll spend the evening painting our own mini pumpkins\, practicing Vietnamese\, and connecting with fellow creatives. Bring your creativity and get ready to craft\, chat\, and celebrate the spooky season together! 🎨👻 \n📍 **Hien From Vietnam** — 121 Mott St\, New York\, NY 10013\n📅 **Thursday\, Oct. 15 | 6:30–8:30 PM**\n🎟️ **$15 ticket — includes a drink from the café!** ☕️
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/viet-craft-chat-2/
LOCATION:Hien From Vietnam\, 121 Mott St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T210000
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SUMMARY:CPC Brooklyn Harvest Moon Benefit
DESCRIPTION:On October 15\, join @cpcbcs_nyc for our annual Harvest Moon Benefit! \nWe are especially proud to share that our very own President and CEO is being honored at this year’s event. It will be a wonderful night to celebrate her leadership\, gather with friends \, and support the work CPC does across our neighborhoods!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/cpc-brooklyn-harvest-moon-benefit/
LOCATION:New Phoenix Seafood Restaurant\, 912 65th St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gala
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SUMMARY:CAAAV Gala
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating our rich history and four decades of organizing grassroots movements! \n\nCAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities organizes working class Asian immigrants and youth in New York City neighborhoods on the frontlines of gentrification. Since 1986\, we have been building power in communities across the city\, organizing South Asian taxi drivers\, Filipina domestic workers\, Chinese and Bangali tenants\, and more to fight for racial\, gender\, and economic justice. Come celebrate with food\, music\, culture\, and community as we honor our accomplishments and rally for what’s next. \n\n\nWhen\nOctober 15\, 2026 from  6:00 PM to 10:00 PM \nLocation\nBrooklyn\, NY \nContact\nEmail: gala@caaav.org \nEvent Fee(s): $150 and up
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/caaav-gala/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Gala
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T200000
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Filipino Brooklyn
DESCRIPTION:This Filipino American History Month\, we’re exploring a largely forgotten chapter of Brooklyn’s past. 🇵🇭 💙 Filipino seamen and their families once built a vibrant waterfront community in the working-class neighborhoods around the Brooklyn Navy Yard. \nUrban renewal and changing immigration policies eventually erased much of this history—but contemporary historians\, artists\, and community members are working to remember and reimagine it. \nJoin us for Reimagining Filipino Brooklyn\, a conversation that honors this important legacy.\n📆 Thursday\, October 15\, 2026\n🕒 6:30–8 PM\n📍 Center for Brooklyn History
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/reimagining-filipino-brooklyn/
LOCATION:Center for Brooklyn History\, 128 Pierrepont Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11201
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Chinese Arts Workshop Series: Sip & Brush – Calligraphy
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by MOCA’s special exhibition Ed Young’s Bright Worlds\, the Chinese Arts Workshop Series at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites participants to explore traditional and contemporary Chinese art through creative practice. This fall\, discover the cultural histories\, philosophies\, and stories behind Chinese art forms in a welcoming space for learning\, experimentation\, and connection. \nThe series opens with two evenings of Chinese calligraphy led by Teaching Artist Yu Rong. In a relaxed\, social studio setting\, participants will learn foundational brush techniques and create characters and compositions inspired by autumn. They will also have the opportunity to practice writing their names in Chinese calligraphy\, with personalized guidance from the artist. \nAll materials are provided. Just bring your curiosity and enjoy an evening of artistic exploration at MOCA. You’ll leave with your own calligraphy artwork\, new creative skills\, and a deeper appreciation of Chinese artistic traditions. \nRegistration Notes \nPlease register using your full name and include your Chinese name if you have one. If you do not have a Chinese name\, the artist will prepare a phonetic rendering of your name in Chinese characters. Please also register at least one week before the workshop date to give the artist time to prepare personalized writing instructions. All art supplies\, including Chinese calligraphy brushes and ink\, are included. \nAbout Yu Rong \nYu Rong is a New York–based multimedia artist and educator whose practice blends Eastern and Western art traditions. She works across painting\, printmaking\, ceramics\, digital art\, and fiber arts\, with exhibitions at Milan Design Week\, London Design Fair\, Prague Design Week\, Ceres Gallery\, and ARC Gallery. Yu holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and an MFA from the New York Studio School. As a teaching artist at the Museum of Chinese in America and a workshop leader for organizations such as Microsoft\, Google\, and Columbia University\, she fosters creativity\, cultural exchange\, and well-being through art. Learn more at www.yurong.work and @yurong.work
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinese-arts-workshop-series-sip-brush-calligraphy/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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