Greet your neighbors with freshly brewed tea, prosperity tray goodies, and more!Greet your neighbors with lucky Lunar New Year sayings and chat over prosperity tray goodies and freshly brewed tea. Calligraphy artist Master Lei will bring his chunlian 春聯 traditional Lunar New Year decorations to sell. In Our Corner curator, Sophia Ma will lead exhibit […]
Your family is unique in all the world, but how do you best tell its story? Whether you’re starting with boxes (or electronic folders) of photos, diaries, news clippings, recipes, and other mementos or whether memories themselves are your main material, documenting a family history can be daunting. But it can be done well and […]
disOrientalism is a truly New York experience-- bringing together the best artists from Broadway, Stand Up Comedy, Dance, and Music for one spectacular all-star AAPI variety hour. To start off the […]
An absorbing, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in turn. Jadunath Kunwar’s beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. In 1935 in a village near George Orwell’s birthplace, Jadu’s mother, while pregnant with him, nearly dies […]
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how ancient wisdom can transform the way we approach modern love.Can’t attend in person? Register for virtual participationThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an engaging discussion with Cassindy Chao, the highly respected dating coach, matchmaker, and author of Ancient Wisdom, Modern Love: Chinese Wisdom for […]
Quarterly screenings & conversations on Asian and Asian American cinema in collaboration with New York Asian Film Festival*The film is Rated R.MOCA is thrilled to partner with the New York Asian Film Festival to present the MOCA x NYAFF Film Club, a quarterly program celebrating the brilliance and boldness of Asian and Asian American cinema. […]
Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Nayantara Roy's The Magnificent Ruins!Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Nayantara Roy's The Magnificent Ruins, a "rare feast" of a novel in which a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait […]
To celebrate the year of the snake, we’re bringing back our Lunar New Year Fair, this time in partnership with Gotham Park! This free weekend fair will take place from February 7-9, 2025. Visitors can shop, eat, play + celebrate the Year of the Snake! We are bringing the spirit of the holiday to life […]
Join multidisciplinary artist Chris Deng @heycdeng at Georgie's Cafe @georgies_les in a guided collage workshop where we'll collage our own Lunar New Year hanging decor pieces, traditionally meant to invite in prosperity/good luck for the year ahead. We'll kick off with a brief craft lecture where we'll explore methods of selecting images and meditate on […]
On Super Saturday, the streets of Chinatown will be transformed into a stage for a spectacular display of athleticism and tradition. This day, typically the second Saturday of the Chinese New Year, is considered the "Closing" of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Over 20 lion dance groups, each with their own unique style and energy, […]
On Sunday , February 9th from 11.30 am to 2:30 pm - The Brooklyn Chinese American Association Chinese New Year Parade begins at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park […]
Our Queer Book Group meets monthly to discuss contemporary fiction and nonfiction titles that relate to queer identity and more. OFFSITE EVENT: HOLLOW NICKEL Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 PM Queer Book Group with Alex Discussing Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom Led by Greenlight bookseller Alex, […]