Mekong NYC is proud to host New York City’s first ever book launch of “Remnants of the Past: A Filmography of Early Cambodian Cinema” by LinDa Saphan and Nate Hun. Join us for a live reading and guided conversation with LinDa and Nate, as we celebrate films of Cambodia that survived the Khmer Rouge genocide […]
Literature to Life is a performance-based literacy program that presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of American literary classics. Now, in partnership with NYPL and the World Literature and Arts Festival, […]
The Monkey King is the epitome of tricksterdom. First appearing in the 14th-century Chinese novel, “Journey to the West,” the character born as Sun Wukong embodies rebellion, individualism, and daring. […]
Join Chee Wang Ng & Virgo Lee, for a discussion on "Fifty Years of Photographic Justice: Corky Lee's Asian America." Moderated by Jiefei Faye Yuan of the Queens Memory Project; […]
Kick off AANHPI Heritage Month with a discussion with Alvin Eng and Qian Julie Wang on growing up Chinese American in NYC Join Lofty Pigeon Books this Asian American, Native […]
"Becoming Ghost is an indelible reminder of all the people, known and unknown, who loved us enough to survive." —Kaveh Akbar Event guidelines: All attendees are strongly encouraged to wear […]
Steph brings her band back to Joe's Pub for a spring performance in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month! They'll also be celebrating the release of her newest recording Dragon, a composition […]
This symposium explores how identity, culture, history, and systemic factors shape mental health in Asian communities. The Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 2025 symposium, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt, explores […]
Join award-winning comic book writer and artist Derek Kirk Kim for a virtual conversation about his creative journey, from Same Difference and Adventure Time to Amphibia and his newest work The Last Mermaid Book […]
Speakers: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Poet and Author; Peter Steinhauer, Photographer Moderator: Tony Bui, Artist in Residence, Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor, School of the Arts To commemorate the 50th […]
As we close out our week of events, our Closing Ceremony will look to the path forward for the Southeast Asian community. Through the unveiling of a community quilt project […]
Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon, writers examine the legacies of displacement and creativity that have shaped the Vietnamese diaspora. DVAN, the Creative Writing MFA Program at the New […]