NISHIMONAI BON ODORI (Akita Prefecture) Nishimonai Bon Odori is a traditional Bon dance with a history of approximately 700 years, and it was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2020. Akita Prefecture, located in the northern part of Japan, is well known throughout the country for producing delicious rice and sake. Because Akita […]
Join in for a free traditional Chinese dance class in Seward Park. Beloved dance teacher, Margaret Yuen will lead us through a warm up, get us moving to music, and teach us how to use traditional dance props like ribbons and fans. The Red Silk Dancers will give us a little performance! No experience needed. Just […]
Bestselling author Marie Lu is back with another exciting young adult fantasy novel Mortal Things. On a journey to save her best friend, Rose Lin Fairchild is forced to test her abilities against the gods and unravel the truth of the immortal world. How far is Rose willing to go? If you loved her Legend series, then you're […]
We all know cooks whose fingertips seem to infuse every meal with deliciousness. In Korean, that magic touch is called sohn-mat, or “hand taste”―but you don’t have to be born […]
How can artists use their creative practice to respond to the moment, build solidarity, and support the communities they care about? Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the intersection of art, activism, and community-building with multidisciplinary artist and activist Perry Yung, co-founder of SLANT Performance Group. Inspired by the legacy of New York City’s […]
Celebrate both the closing of Chinatown Arts Festival and the opening of our MOONSquare group show with drinks and desserts at the Think!Chinatown Studio! To make this party extra special, we want you to take a trip down memory lane to gear us up for Think!Chinatown’s upcoming 10th birthday. Jump in to our live doodle […]
Join us for a timely conversation with NPR journalist Emily Feng on her groundbreaking new book Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria’s Civil War (Columbia Global Reports, October 2026), an extraordinary work of reportage tracing one of the most surprising and consequential stories to emerge from the global war on terror. Drawing on years of reporting […]
Brooklyn Kura launched in 2016 in Brooklyn, NY, breaking ground as New York’s first sake brewery. Over the past 10 years, Brooklyn Kura would provide sake education and awareness far beyond NYC and fundamentally change the trajectory of the American sake landscape. Tonight, Brandon Doughan, Co-Founder and Master Brewer of Brooklyn Kura, speaks about the […]
All original artwork for sale! Free RSVP! This art show expands on my ever evolving journey with grief and love through my fragmented memories. Remembering my shadows and trying to bring them to light while tending to myself with compassion was the inspiration for all of these pieces. There is such deep, profound love we […]
A Poets & Writers First Fiction 2026 Debut SelectionIn the late 1970s, Ziad Idilbi a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, marries Salma, a Lebanese refugee escaping the war in Beirut. Resolving to start over for the very last time, the couple opens a corner store in Toledo, Ohio. Over the decades, whether it’s bigotry (pre- and post-9/11), […]
Seoul alt-pop sensation Leenalchi live at Pioneer Works, co-presented with WMI.The Seoul-based seven-piece phenomenon brings their infectious fusion of 17th-century Korean storytelling and deep-groove psychedelic funk to Brooklyn for an unforgettable, danceable night in the Main Hall.Pioneer Works is thrilled to team up with WMI to present the Brooklyn debut of Leenalchi, the sensational Seoul-based […]
Author Anisa Rahim will discuss her book, An American Meo, a hybrid work of nonfiction, fiction, and myth that explores identity, heritage, and the weight of generational memory.