Promoting South Asian Performing Arts at the Heart of NYC, Presented by Aalokam Aalokam is excited to announce the 4th Annual We R Dancing Dance Festival. Initially launched in 2022 by Bharathi Penneswaran, the founder of Aalokam, the vision of the festival was to amplify, support, and celebrate the artistic expression of the Indian Classical […]
Open to the public, free of charge Ferries run between 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Project Overview In celebration of Filipino American History Month, Kinding Sindaw brings the legendary Rinayung, the magical boat of Bantogen from the epic Darangen, to symbolically sail the Hudson River and dock at Governors Island. The daylong event highlights living […]
Presented by The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York (JFDINY), FUN FEST JAPAN celebrates Japan and NYC with an all day Japanese cultural festival, featuring traditional performing arts and fun cultural activities for the whole family! Enjoy performances by JFDINY’s own Minbuza (Japanese Folk Dance), Samurai Sword Soul (Traditional Sword Fighting), and Taiko Masala […]
The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 is tomorrow, October 6; in this class, we will talk about the traditions and customs, and the deeply rooted cultural meaning, behind this festival. Julia Adams is a certified Life Coach, a Songwriter and an educator at a private museum. She is also an expert in tea cultures, skilled in the […]
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with live performances, mooncakes, tea tastings, and cultural experiences for the whole family! This Year, We’re Bringing the Mid-Autumn Celebration to Life at The Shops at Skyview This year, we’re proud to invite our community to join us at The Shops at Skyview for a vibrant and unforgettable Mid-Autumn Celebration on […]
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of hands-on fun, vibrant performances, and cultural discovery as we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 🎉 Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at China Institute in America! 🌕🥮 Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of hands-on fun, vibrant performances, and cultural discovery as we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival — one of China’s most […]
Presented by the Korean American Diaspora Foundation, this concert offers a powerful musical reflection on resilience, memory, and collective hope. The program includes Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, followed by the Emperor […]
Started playing the piano in early childhood, Akiko made her solo debut in 1976 with “JAPANESE GIRL” which she recorded in LA with Lowell George and other members of Little Feat. With its creative sound that fused Japanese scales, folk songs, instruments with the pop, rock, jazz and contemporary music, it had a huge impact […]
The New York State Office of Language Access (OLA) works to ensure meaningful language access in government services and programs for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP). OLA supports state […]
One of Japan’s foremost modern fiction writers, Haruki Murakami is known for his surreal, unforgettable journeys through the human psyche. To celebrate the acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood, 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Japan Society and the hit podcast Selected Shorts present an evening of his stories read live on stage by actors from stage and screen. Featuring oddball characters, […]
With experimental dance by Chihiro CuteBeat, costumes, poetry, and Astroprojections by Amir Bey, and uplifting music by Saco Myoji on mbira This performance will harmonize with the Full Moon that occurs at 11:48 PM EDT that same night, as an evocation of the Moon’s Magic. It will feature a collaboration of the wide-ranging movement of […]
This program features a unique public affairs arts conversation between Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo and Matthew Shilvock, who is in his tenth season as San Francisco Opera’s general director. The Monkey King (猴王悟空), by Huang Ruo and American librettist/playwright David Henry Hwang, conducted by Carolyn Kuan, is of topical interest as an action hero story with […]