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SUMMARY:SAKE-CON NYC 2025
DESCRIPTION:Ultimate Premium Sake Selection; Over 70 Sakes & Sake Cocktails\, 40 Breweries! Prepare to immerse yourself in an epic SAKE-CON extravaganza!\n\n\n\n\nSAKE-CON NYC 2025 \nPrepare to immerse yourself in an epic SAKECON extravaganza! \nUltimate Sake Selections: Over 70 Sakes & Sake Cocktails\, 40 Breweries! \nJoin us as we dive into the enchanting World of Japanese craft sake. Indulge in the unforgettable flavors of Japanese sake and transport your taste buds to Japan. And there’s more – immerse yourself in the vibrant energy of our pop-up market ! \nThis is more than an event\, it’s a journey through the heart of sake culture and a treasure trove of Japanese delights. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for an experience like no other. \nRain or Shine (We will move to the 2nd floor if it’s rain) \n  \n​There’s more to come! We’ve got additional surprises up our sleeves. \n  \nEarly Bird $65\, Regular/Door $80: Enjoy up to15 Sake & cocktails varieties of your choice! (Equivalent to 3~4 glasses of wine. $150 value) \nEarly Bird $30\, Regular/Door $40: Enjoy up to 5 Sake & cocktails varieties of your choice! (Equivalent to 1~1.5 glasses of wine. $60 value) \n$100 (Limited numbers of tickets available): Enjoy up to 15 Sake & cocktails (includes 2 premium sake) varieties of your choice! (Equivalent to 3~4 glasses of wine) *IWA 5 $500 bottle\, and Kamoshibito Kuheiji “Hi no Kishi” $1\,200 bottle at restaurants\, usually available only by the bottle. This is a change to taste by the glass! \nAll tickets allow you to: \n●Original Sake glass that you can take it home. *Door tickets are not included the original glass \n● Attendees must be 21 years old and older \n●Tickets must be purchased in advance\, sales will end once tickets sold out \n  \nEVENT HIGHLIGHTS \n● Ultimate Sake Selections includes many Award-Winning Sakes!\n● Super Premium Selections: Don’t miss the chance to taste the prestigious sake usually available only by the bottle at the restaurant! \n● Mouthwatering Japanese food Delights\n● Traditional Japanese Taiko Drum performance!\n● A treasure trove of Japanese delights and Asian Artisan Marketplace \n● Super photogenic backdrop (it’s a Lantern City and Big Fishes Koinobori Display) as backdrop to the festive atmosphere! \n● Good news if you wish to indulge in more Sake! Just ask us for an extra tasting ticket available for purchase. ($20 for 5 Tasting available for Ticket holders) \nMore to come! \n\nSAKECON NYC is a celebration of the rich tradition and exquisite craftsmanship of Japanese Sake. Join us for an immersive experience that will redefine your appreciation for this iconic Japanese beverage. \n\n\n\n\n\nPrepare to immerse yourself in an epic SAKECON extravaganza\, and this time\, we are taking over the Japan Village courtyard with the stunning photogenic backdrop (it’s Lantern city) as backdrop of the festive atmosphere in the Industry City Brooklyn. Picture this: 20\,000 square feet of showcasing the vibrant sprit of Japan into a SAKECON extravaganza! \nHere’s a taste of what you can expect: \n\nSpecial Sake Selection:\nBrace yourself for an unforgettable walkaround tasting experience featuring handpicked\, exquisite Sake varieties. Stay tuned for more details! *Refer to the ~Participating Sake Brewries~ section for details. More to followAOKI SHUZO www.kakurei.co.jp/english/\n\nBROOKLYN KURA @brooklynkura \nDASSAI BLUE @dassai_blue \nHAKKAISAN @hakkaisansake \nHEAVENSAKE @heavensake \nKATO SAKE WORKS @katosakeworks \nKIKUSUI @kikusui_pr \nKUBOTA @kubota_sake_global \nKUROSAWA @9630sake \nMIZUBASHO www.mizubasho.jp/en \nORIGAMI SAKE @origamisakeco \nONDA SHUZO http://maitsuru.com/ \nSHINKAME https://shinkame.co.jp/ \nTAKARA @takarasakeusa \nUKA @hatsumago_tohokumeijo \nWESAKE @drinkwesake \nPrefectures \n  \nKOCHI Prefecture 【TOSA-SAKE】 \nTSUKASA BOTAN @tsukasabotansns \nBIJOFU @bijofu \nSUIGEI @suigei_sake \nTOSATSURU @tosatsuru \nKAMEIZUMI @kameizumi_sake_brewing \nTAKAGI SHUZO @toyonoume \nTosaKikusui www.tosa-kikusui.co.jp \n  \nKANAGWA Prefecture \nhttps://kanagawa.us/ \nTENSEI  \nTANZAWASAN \nS.TOKYO \nIZUMIBASHI \n  \nISHIKAWA Prefecture \nYUHO http://mioya-sake.com/ \nTENGUMAI @tengumai1823 \n  \nTOYAMA Prefecture \nIWA 5 @iwa.sake\nHANEYA https://fumigiku.com/ \n  \nFUKUI Prefecture \nBorn “Gold” www.born.co.jp/product/gold \nFUKUCHITOSE @fukuchitose \n  \n  \n  \n\nFestive atmosphere Venue:\nOur setting could not be more perfect – just for you we have secured a space at the Indstry City Brooklyn\, ensuring a backdrop that’s as vibrant as the event itself.But hold on\, there’s more to come! Our menu may surprise you\, and we’ve got additional surprises up our sleeves. \nMore to follow! Menu may change.\nAsian Artisan Marketplace\nDiscover one-of-a-kind buys you won’t find anywhere else!\nMouthwatering Japanese Delights:\nIndulge in a delectable Japanese menu where every dish is priced between the affordable range of $10 and $20. Prepare your tastebuds for incredible umami flavors!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Upstairs \nUpstairs NYC is a non-profit organization formed in 2022 to promote friendly relations between New York and diversity culture. A growing community and with a focus on promoting learning and community engagement across 4 pillars: art and culture\, lifestyle\, technology\, and food. The organization regularly hosts panel discussions\, holds experiential events\, cultural celebrations and socials. \nwww.upstairsnyc.org \n@upstairsatnyc \n  \nAbout Japan Village\nThe culture at Japan Village is rooted in “omotenashi”\, a Japanese approach to great hospitality and a mutual respect for our guests. We hope to exemplify this generosity and mindfulness in our service.\nJapan Village hopes to serve as a center to creating and nurturing a strong Japanese community in Brooklyn. We’re excited to be a part of this growing community and spreading it to all of New York City.\nOur mission is not complete without cuisine by communicating Japanese culture and everyday life through the food served at the food hall and the plethora of ingredients and items that are available at Sunrise Mart. \nhttps://japanvillage.com/\nInstagram @japanvillagebrooklyn \nCrowd Photo Release \nBy entering the event\, you consent to having your image captured by official photographers and videographers. The resulting materials\, including still photographs\, video and audio recording may be used by Upstairs NYC for the promotional entities without restriction or financial compensation\, in news materials\, promotional materials\, on the web\, social media and other properties. If you do not agree to having your image captured or recorded\, please do not enter the event venue. \n  \nREFUND POLICY \nThe event fee is non-refundable. You can\, on the other hand\, transfer a ticket to a friend. \n  \nIf an event is postponed\, rescheduled\, or moved\, your tickets are still valid for the new date and no further action is required. Emails will be sent to ticket holders notifying them of any available refund options for the event. \nWe check ID at the entrance. Attendees 21 years of or older will be provided wristband at the check-in\, please wear the wristband while you attend the event\, we only provide alcohol drinks to the guests who wears the wristband. \nGuests who test positive to COVID-19 will be unable to enter the venue. These guests are encouraged to contact upstairsatnyc@gmail.com to book a future event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sake-con-nyc-2025/
LOCATION:Japan Village Courtyard\, 934 3rd Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11232\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food,In Person
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SUMMARY:MOCACREATE: Luminaries We Love with Teaching Artist Yu Rong
DESCRIPTION:Commemorate the lives and achievements of your favorite Asian American heroes by making paper dolls (plus all their accessories!)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mocacreate-luminaries-we-love-with-teaching-artist-yu-rong/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF)\, one of South Asia’s premier cultural events\, returns to Asia Society New York\, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists\, writers\, and other experts. The festival will present American audiences with a more nuanced view of Pakistan\, with discussions on fiction and nonfiction writing\, art\, science\, history\, and politics. \nLLF 2025 brings Lahore and New York together with a vibrant selection of lyrical\, literary and musical offerings: speakers this year include Manan Ahmed\, Iftikhar Dadi\, Qudsia Rahim\, Yasufumi Nakamori\, Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and more. The program also features a poetry session with this year’s Pakistan Youth Poet Laureates\, Mashallah Saif and Aiman Tahir Khan.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/lahore-literary-festival-in-new-york-2025/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Book,Festival,In Person
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SUMMARY:Music: Asian American Unity Fest – Hardcore Punk Showcase NYC
DESCRIPTION:Asian American Unity May 3-4\, 2025 in NYC.  Hardcore Punk Showcase \nAsian fronted bands from all across America \nMay 3 at Trans Pecos at 4:30pm  Tickets: https://www.thetranspecos.com/#/events/123106 \n\nBrainwashed\nDog Breath\nMassgrief\nNamatay Sa Ingay\nNo Model\nThe Tarrys\nYankee Bastard\n\n  \nMay 4 at TV Eye  at 6pm Tickets: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/balisong-cherub-chains-ferment-frothing-mad-god-instinct/644628?afflky=TVEye \n\nBalisong (Washington\, DC)\nCherub Chains (Seattle\, WA)\nFerment (NYC)\nFröthing Mad (NYC)\nGod Instinct (Philly\, PA)\nPrivate Mind (Long Island\, NY)\nSour (Columbus\, Ohio)\nWarden (Houston\, TX)\n\nTV Eye  https://tveyenyc.com/ \nFEATURE: ASIAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST – Hardcore Punk Showcase [USA]
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-american-unity-fest-hardcore-punk-showcase-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person,Music
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SUMMARY:SONDHEIM OLD FRIENDS Community Night with Discount
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim\, with an irresistible company headlined by none other than Tony Award® winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends comes to Broadway from London’s West End\, where it earned a bevy of 5-star raves and was hailed by The Times as “unmissable musical theatre.” \n$49 tickets with discount code MTCJL (while supplies last)\n($49 if purchased in person at the box office; additional $9 Telecharge fee per ticket for online or phone order)\n\nMay 2\, 2025\n6:45pm  Reception\n8:00pm  Curtain
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sondheim-old-friends-community-night-with-discount/
LOCATION:SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE\, 261 West 47th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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SUMMARY:Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora on Displacement\, Creativity\, & Otherness
DESCRIPTION:Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon\, writers examine the legacies of displacement and creativity that have shaped the Vietnamese diaspora.\n\n\nDVAN\, the Creative Writing MFA Program at the New School\, Poets & Writers\, and The Brooklyn Rail\, with support from the Authors’ Guild and AAWW\, present Viet Thanh Nguyen with Cathy Linh Che\, Lan Duong\, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud\, and Monique Truong. \nFifty years since the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War\, our panel will discuss two new books about the legacies of displacement and creativity that have profoundly shaped Vietnamese communities worldwide. The Cleaving is an unprecedented collection edited by Pelaud\, Duong\, and Nguyen\, featuring 37 Vietnamese writers on their complex ties to their homeland. To Save and To Destroy: Writing As An Other is a deeply personal and analytical meditation by Viet Thanh Nguyen on the role of literature in shaping solidarity and addressing historical wounds. \n  \nPLEASE NOTE: \n\nThis event is mixed seated/standing. Seating is limited and will be first come\, first served.\nRSVP is encouraged but not required.\nDoors open at 6 pm.\nCan’t attend? Order your signed copy of The Cleaving or To Save and to Destroy (please specify that you would like it signed in the comments box at checkout).\n\n\n\n\nViet Thanh Nguyen is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer and of Nothing Ever Dies\, a finalist for the National Book Award. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is the first Asian American member of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Born in Vietnam\, Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee with his parents and grew up in San Jose\, CA\, where his family opened the city’s second Vietnamese grocery store. He lives in Pasadena\, CA. His most revent book is TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: Writing as an other. \n\n\nCathy Linh Che is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Becoming Ghost (Washington Square Press\, 2025)\, Split (Alice James Books) and co-author\, with Kyle Lucia Wu\, of the children’s book An Asian American A to Z: a Children’s Guide to Our History (Haymarket Books). Her video installation Appocalips is an Open Call commission with The Shed NY\, and her film We Were the Scenery won the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival. \n\n\nLan Duong is Associate Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Treacherous Subjects: Gender\, Culture\, and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism\, coeditor of Troubling Borders: Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora\, and cowriter of Departures: An Introduction. Dr. Duong’s second book project\, Transnational Vietnamese Cinemas and the Archives of Memory\, examines Vietnamese films across history and across several institutional and community-oriented sites. Her book of poems\, Nothing Follows\, was published by Texas Tech University Press in 2023. She is a founding member of the Critical Refugee Studies Collective. \n\n\nIsabelle Thuy Pelaud is a professor at SF State University interested in the role of race and war in shaping identity and cultural productions. She wrote the very first book on Vietnamese American literature titled This Is All I Choose To Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature and co-edited the award winning book Troubling Borders: An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora. After growing up in France\, she moved to the United States where she earned her doctorate from UC Berkeley and spent her career identifying the unique barriers facing Vietnamese American writers prior and after writing a book. Her academic work has been featured in The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature\, Themes in Contemporary North American Fiction\, Journal of Asian American Studies\, The Asian American Literary Review\, Amerasia Journal\, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She is now working on her creative writing. \nAs an Ethnic Studies Scholar\, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud devoted her life to rectifying the systemic and cultural barriers she identified in her scholarships. To this aim\, she co-founded with Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen a non-profit organization called the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN.org). For almost two decades Nguyen and Pelaud created\, through this organization\, opportunities for diasporic Vietnamese writers to be nurtured and empowered\, and for their work to be more visible. In three years for exemple\, they helped publish 18 books. Their last book The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora that they co-edited with Lan Duong is the direct result of their activist and academic works. This collection of dialogues shows with utmost clarity that their fight is absolutely needed and is highly relevant to American culture. \n\n\nBorn in Saigon\, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam)\, Monique Truong came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1975. She’s a novelist\, essayist\, children’s picture book author\, and librettist. Her novels are The Sweetest Fruits (Viking\, 2019)\, Bitter in the Mouth (Random House\, 2010)\, and the national bestseller The Book of Salt (Houghton Mifflin\, 2003). Her children’s picture book Mai’s Áo Dài (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books\, 2025) is co-written with Thai Nguyen and illustrated by Dung Ho. Along with Barbara Tran and Khoi Luu\, she’s a contributing co-editor of Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose\, 25th Anniversary Edition (Texas Tech University Press/DVAN Series\, 2023). A graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School\, she’s a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, Princeton University’s Hodder Fellowship\, Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award\, Bard Fiction Prize\, and John Dos Passos Prize for Literature\, among other honors. \n\n\n\nThe first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe. \nEdited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud\, Lan P. Duong\, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen\, The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved—a condition in which they have been separated from\, yet still hew to\, the country that they have left behind. \nComposed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France\, Indonesia\, Kyrgyzstan\, Canada\, Australia\, Israel\, and the United States\, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history\, legacies of colonialism and militarism\, and the writers’ own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together\, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement. \nFeatured writers: Hoai Huong Aubert-Nguyen\, Amy Quan Barry\, Doan Bui\, Thi Bui\, Lan Cao\, Cathy Linh Che\, André Dao\, Duy Đoàn\, Lan P. Duong\, Dương Vân Mai Elliott\, Le Ly Hayslip\, Matt Huynh\, Violet Kupersmith\, Thanhhà Lại\, Vincent Lam\, T.K. Lê\, Tracey Lien\, Marcelino Trương Lực \, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai\, Anna Möi\, Beth (Bich) Minh Nguyen\, Diana Khoi Nguyen\, Hieu Minh Nguyen\, Hoa Nguyen\, Philip Nguyễn\, Thảo Nguyễn\, Vaan Nguyen\, Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud\, Andrew X. Pham\, Aimee Phan\, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood\, Bao Phi\, Dao Strom\, Kim Thúy\, Paul Tran\, Monique Truong\, Minh Huynh Vu\, Ocean Vuong \n\n\n\nFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive political solidarity. \nBorn in war-ravaged Vietnam\, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee in 1975. The Nguyen family would soon move to San Jose\, California\, where the author grew up\, attending UC Berkeley in the aftermath of the shocking murder of Vincent Chin\, which shaped the political sensibilities of a new generation of Asian Americans. \nThe essays here\, delivered originally as the prestigious Norton Lectures\, proffer a new answer to a classic literary question: What does the outsider mean to literary writing? Over the course of six captivating and moving chapters\, Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through lenses that are\, by turns\, literary\, historical\, political\, and familial. \nEach piece moves between writers who influenced Nguyen’s craft and weaves in the haunting story of his late mother’s mental illness. Nguyen unfolds the novels and nonfiction of Herman Melville\, F. Scott Fitzgerald\, Ralph Ellison\, William Carlos Williams\, and Maxine Hong Kingston\, until aesthetic theories give way to pressing concerns raised by war and politics. What is a writer’s responsibility in a time of violence? Should we celebrate fiction that gives voice to the voiceless—or do we confront the forces that render millions voiceless in the first place? What are the burdens and pleasures of the “minor” writer in any society? Unsatisfied with the modest inclusion accorded to “model minorities” such as Asian Americans\, Nguyen sets the agenda for a more radical and disquieting solidarity with those whose lives have been devastated by imperialism and forever wars. \n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Arts Writing concentration of The New School’s MFA Creative Writing Program. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is funded in part by Poets & Writers through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, in partnership with the City Council.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/vietnamese-writers-in-the-diaspora-on-displacement-creativity-otherness/
LOCATION:Rizzoli Bookstore\, 1133 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:50 Years Later:  Reflections on the War in Southeast Asia and the Path Forward:  Closing Ceremony
DESCRIPTION: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 developed by Mekong NYC’s Women’s Circle and Youth Fellows\, this inter-generational project will celebrate the on-going political organizing and cultural work of our community as we seek a more just future. We will also feature performances by Khmae Urban and MAML.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/closing-ceremony-the-path-forward/
LOCATION:FPWA\, 40 Broad Street\, New York\, NY\, 10004
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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SUMMARY:Conversations Left Unsettled: Healing the Wounds of War in Vietnam through the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:  \n\nNguyễn Phan Quế Mai\, Poet and Author; \nPeter Steinhauer\, Photographer\n\nModerator: \n\nTony Bui\, Artist in Residence\, Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor\, School of the Arts\n\nTo commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War\, this conversation will be centered on inheriting the past and fostering hope for the future. The artists’ talk will highlight how the arts have played a powerful role in promoting peace and building bridges for new generations. \nThis event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. This is part of the three-day series 50-30: From War to Peace in Vietnam and the United States\, April 30 – May 2\, 2025.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/conversations-left-unsettled-healing-the-wounds-of-war-in-vietnam-through-the-arts/
LOCATION:The Forum at Columbia University\, 605 West 125th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10027
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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SUMMARY:Derek Kirk Kim: ‘The Last Mermaid Book 01’
DESCRIPTION: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 01—a sweeping\, post-apocalyptic tale of the last mermaid on Earth that blends fantasy\, sci-fi\, and Korean folklore. \nDerek Kirk Kim is known for illustrating The Eternal Smile: Three Stories—a collaboration with Gene Luen Yang\, and was a director of Disney’s Amphibia\, lead character designer of Adventure Time\, and writer/artist of Same Difference & Other Stories. His most recent work with Image Comics is The Last Mermaid and the upcoming Royals.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/derek-kirk-kim-the-last-mermaid-book-01/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T160000
DTSTAMP:20250501T160136Z
CREATED:20250407T190004Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium on "Healing During Uncertainty: Asian American Mental Health"
DESCRIPTION:This symposium explores how identity\, culture\, history\, and systemic factors shape mental health in Asian communities. \nThe Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 2025 symposium\, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt\, explores the intersections of identity\, culture\, history\, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities. Centered around three key themes\, the symposium aims to address both longstanding and emerging challenges while equipping attendees with insights and practical strategies to advance mental health support. \n\n\nBuilding on the spirit of AAARI’s 2004 conference on “Asian American / Asian Studies: Aspects of Social Interaction\,” this event fosters collaboration between mental health professionals\, students\, and early-career practitioners\, while promoting meaningful discussions on policy implications and systemic change. It also reflects on past efforts and paves the way for a more inclusive\, culturally responsive approach to mental health\, benefiting both current and future generations. Despite challenges in institutionalizing Asian American studies\, CUNY has been a hub for vibrant activism and creative interventions to support AAPI students and communities. \nBy bridging research\, clinical practice\, and community engagement\, the symposium will address race-based trauma and foster partnerships to drive impactful change\, with workshops\, discussions\, and advocacy efforts aimed at advancing AAPI mental health across clinical\, organizational\, and policy levels. Join us for a day of reflection\, connection\, and action to shape the future of mental health within Asian and Asian American communities. \nThemes: \n\nYouth Mental Health: Addressing the mental health needs of Asian and Asian American youth\, with particular attention to cultural expectations and identity development.\nIdentities and Belonging: Exploring how diverse identities shape mental health experiences\, resilience\, and belonging within Asian and Asian American communities by navigating multiple identities\, challenging stereotypes\, and finding affirmation within their communities.\nMigration and Mental Health: Investigating the mental health impacts of migration\, acculturation\, and the challenges of navigating new environments.\n\nLuncheon Keynote Speaker: \n\nMimi Khúc\, Writer\, Scholar\, and Co-Editor of The Asian American Literary Review\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/symposium-on-healing-during-uncertainty-asian-american-mental-health/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Court Square West\, Community Room\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T210000
DTSTAMP:20250501T131441Z
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SUMMARY:Music: Stephanie Chou: AAPI Heritage Month Celebration
DESCRIPTION: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 for erhu and string trio commissioned and performed by the NYC-based multicultural chamber ensemble INTERWOVEN as well as the NY premiere of TamáleDumpling\, a festive food piece celebrating multiple cultures featuring vocalist Lito Villareal . \nStephanie Chou is a composer/saxophonist/singer who blends influences from her Chinese heritage with Western jazz and pop to create a bracingly original sound. Tonight’s show will feature some premieres of newly-written material and classics from her eclectic and wide-ranging body of work. The program includes some fan-favorites including strings\, a special string quartet performance of Dragon and the NY premiere of TamáleDumpling. Don’t miss their only NYC show this season! \nStephanie Chou – voice\, alto saxophone\, compositions\nAndy Lin – erhu\, viola\, violin\nJason Yeager – piano\nIke Sturm – bass\nRonen Itzik – drums\, percussion \nplus INTERWOVEN\, a multi-cultural ensemble whose mission is to integrate the sounds of East and West\, as well as Old and New.\nKeiko Tokunaga – violin\nAndrew Gonzalez – viola\nHikaru Tamaki – cello\nAnd Special Guest: Lito Villareal – voice \n“A stunning work that not only shines light on a dark chapter of history but also feels inspirational for contemporary listeners.” –DownBeat\n\n“A seamless blend of styles…creative and mesmerizing throughout\, as it traverses sounds both old and new….Chou’s performance never wavers\, and is a delight throughout.” — Broadway World\n\n“One of New York’s most socially relevant and ambitious jazz talents.” — New York Music Daily\n\n“A singular equation fashioned out of an idiosyncratic array of influences…A beguiling body of tunes shaped by her Chinese American heritage and deep engagement with various jazz\, folk and pop idioms.” — The Mercury News
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/music-stephanie-chou-aapi-heritage-month-celebration/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T200000
DTSTAMP:20250417T032459Z
CREATED:20250326T100840Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Cathy Linh Che: Becoming Ghost with Wo Chan
DESCRIPTION:“Becoming Ghost is an indelible reminder of all the people\, known and unknown\, who loved us enough to survive.” —Kaveh Akbar\n\n\nEvent guidelines: \n\nAll attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask at all times.\nTickets are limited to restrict capacity at our store\, and each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.\nAdditional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.\nA signing will follow the talk.\nHome address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/XvpbMGtD70o\nAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well\, please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket; email us and we’ll work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net. \nThe long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che\, on familial estrangement\, the Vietnam War\, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. \nThe follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debut Split\, Becoming Ghost documents Cathy Linh Che’s parents’ experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now\, placing them at the margins of their own story. The poetry collection uses persona\, speculation\, and the golden shovel form as a means of moving Vietnamese voices from the periphery to the center. The speaker’s disownment raises questions about the challenges of using parents as poetic subjects\, telling familial stories to a broader public\, and the meaning of forgiveness. \nCathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Split\, winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies\, An Asian American A to Z: A Children’s Guide to Our History\, and Becoming Ghost. Her writing has been published in The New Republic\, The Nation\, and McSweeney’s and she has received awards from MacDowell\, Bread Loaf\, Tin House\, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She currently lives in New York City. \nWo Chan who performs as The Illustrious Pearl is a poet and drag artist. They are a winner of the Nightboat Poetry Prize and the author of Togetherness (2022). Wo has received fellowships from MacDowell\, New York Foundation of the Arts\, Kundiman\, The Asian American Writers Workshop\, Poets House\, and Lambda Literary. Their poems appear in POETRY\, WUSSY\, Mass Review\, No Tokens\, The Margins\, and elsewhere. As a member of the Brooklyn-based drag/burlesque collective Switch N’ Play\, Wo has performed at venues including The Whitney Museum of American Art\, National Sawdust\, New York Live Arts\, and the Architectural Digest Expo. Find them at @theillustriouspearl. \nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/XvpbMGtD70o
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-store-cathy-linh-che-becoming-ghost-w-wo-chan/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T200000
DTSTAMP:20250417T031628Z
CREATED:20250412T054902Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Our City: Chinese American Memoirs of New York
DESCRIPTION:Kick off AANHPI Heritage Month with a discussion with Alvin Eng and Qian Julie Wang on growing up Chinese American in NYC\n\n\nJoin Lofty Pigeon Books this Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month for this special panel discussion featuring two singular and seminal memoirists on growing up Chinese American in New York: Alvin Eng (Our Laundry Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond) and Qian Julie Wang (Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood). \nThe authors will be joined by historian Alex Ho for a discussion\, audience Q&A\, reception\, and book signing. \nAbout Alvin Eng\nAlvin Eng is a native NYC author/playwright\, songwriter\, educator and performer. His plays and performances have been seen Off-Broadway\, in Paris\, Hong Kong and Guangzhou\, China. He is currently a New York Public Library Long Term Fellow—developing a companion book to his acclaimed memoir\, OUR LAUNDRY\, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond. His next book\, URBAN ORACLE BONES\, is a stage-to-page adaptation of his acoustic punk raconteur performance piece\, HERE COMES JOHNNY YEN AGAIN\, and examines the impact of the Opium Wars on the Chinese diaspora of NYC and the “heroin chic” punk/counterculture. He is on the Artist Advisory Committee of the New York Foundation for the Arts. \nAbout Qian Julie Wang\nQian Julie Wang is the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood\, which was named a best book of 2021 by the New York Times\, President Obama\, NPR\, Newsweek\, and more. Qian Julie is also managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP\, a firm dedicated to advancing educational civil rights for marginalized populations. She lives in Kensington with her family\, just minutes away from where she lived during the years that Beautiful Country traces\, and is proud to call Lofty Pigeon her local bookstore. \nAbout Alex Ho\nAlex Jia-feng Ho is a lecturer in Asian American history and Chinese culture and history at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Alex is a second-generation Taiwanese American\, who grew up in Central New Jersey and currently resides in Brooklyn. He has previously worked in museum education and media arts education at the Museum of the Moving Image and is currently a 2025 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Awardee.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-our-city-chinese-american-memoirs-of-new-york/
LOCATION:Lofty Pigeon Books\, Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, USA\, 743 Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T170000
DTSTAMP:20250501T120810Z
CREATED:20250501T120707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T120810Z
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SUMMARY:Corky Lee's Asian America - Book Panel
DESCRIPTION: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; opening remarks by NY Assembly Member Ron Kim & NYC Commissioner on Human Rights Rocky Chin. \nYoung Corky Lee (1947– 2021) was a Chinese American activist\, community organizer\, photographer\, journalist\, and the self-proclaimed unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate. His work chronicled the diversity of Asian American culture. \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://queenslib.org/37cd\nMeeting ID: 833 9180 7019\nPasscode: 383237
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/corky-lees-asian-america-book-panel/
LOCATION:Queens Library at Flushing\, 41-17 Main Street\, flushing\, NY\, 11355\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T200000
DTSTAMP:20250420T200942Z
CREATED:20250420T194102Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: The Latehomecomer: Performance & Book Giveaway
DESCRIPTION: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\, Literature to Life brings The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang to the stage at Bronx Library Center.\n\nThis  memoir is Kao Kalia Yang’s tribute to her remarkable grandmother whose spirit held them all together. Winner of a PEN USA Literary Award for Nonfiction and Minnesota’s Book Award and Readers Choice Award\, it is the first memoir written by a Hmong-American to be published with national distribution. A Hmong written language was not taught or used until the 1950s\, so author Kao Kalia Yang plays a large role in bringing the culture into the realm of literature.\n\n\nThe Story \nTold with the immediacy of the author as a young girl\, born in the Ban Vinai Refugee camp in Thailand\, Kao Kalia arrives in the United States when she is six. The story follows her journey from a quiet\, reticent student struggling to speak English while facing racial discrimination\, to a self-empowered young woman claiming her voice to tell the untold story of her people. \nIn Performance \nAccomplished Hmong actress and traditional Flower Singer\, Gaosong Heu\, brings this powerful\, personal story to life\, with her musical talent and knowledge of Hmong culture. The performance tells a universal story of immigration\, through the specific lens of this ancient culture inextricably bound to the history of the war in Vietnam. \nFree Books: Plus\, pick up a free copy of The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang! Giveaway books will be available while supplies last. All giveaways are first come\, first served and limited to one per person.\nThis event will take place in person.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-latehomecomer-performance-book-giveaway/
LOCATION:Bronx Library Center\, 310 East Kingsbridge Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Performance,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T200000
DTSTAMP:20250421T060031Z
CREATED:20250420T194057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T060031Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: “Remnants of the Past” by LinDa Saphan and Nate Hun
DESCRIPTION: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 and continue to influence Southeast Asian cinema to this day.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-remnants-of-the-past-by-linda-saphan-and-nate-hun/
LOCATION:The People’s Forum\, 320 West 37th St.\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T190000
DTSTAMP:20250421T053848Z
CREATED:20250420T194052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T053848Z
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SUMMARY:NYC Council Songkran & Thingyan Celebration 2025
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Songkran\, the Thai New Year\, and Thingyan\, the Burmese New Year\, with New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams and other Council Members on Tuesday\, April 29th at City Hall. Both holidays\, typically celebrated in mid-April\, are famous for their joyful water festivals symbolizing cleansing and renewal for the year ahead. Join us starting at 5:30 PM (doors open 5:00 PM) for this cultural celebration. RSVP by Friday\, April 25th.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nyc-council-songkran-thingyan-celebration-2025/
LOCATION:City Hall Council Chambers\, City Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10007
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250429T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250429T183000
DTSTAMP:20250428T124731Z
CREATED:20250331T124745Z
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SUMMARY:Harnessing the Power of Graphic Novels in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Graphic novels (memoirs and nonfiction) and comic books are an integral tool in increasing literacy and engagement in the classroom. Through this workshop\, educators will learn the scholarship and research behind the benefits of using comics and graphic novels in the classroom while also gaining access to learning activities and materials to support this work. Participants will learn about the current research on literacy in social studies and how graphic novels improve literacy\, reading comprehension\, and engagement. The workshop ends with a walk-through of various activities and novels that educators can use in their classrooms. Participants will receive a workshop folder filled with classroom activities and lesson extensions at the end of the session. This workshop is ideal for middle school – high school social studies and ELA teachers. \nFacilitator: Rachael Richard\, TAAS Ambassador \nHosted in partnership with NJEA. This workshop is free but teachers must be NJEA members to sign up. \nThis event is brought to you by Teach Asian American Stories\, AAPI New Jersey\, and NJEA.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/harnessing-the-power-of-graphic-novels-in-the-classroom/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education,High School,Middle School,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T201500
DTSTAMP:20250421T205352Z
CREATED:20250410T150116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T205352Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Zarna Garg - This American Woman.
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss an unforgettable evening of conversation with trailblazing comedian Zarna Garg and her daughter Zoya for the launch of Zarna’s hilarious memoir\, This American Woman. From escaping an arranged marriage in India to carving out her own path in America and thriving in her second act\, Garg’s wild ride is full of laughter\, resilience\, and triumph. \nAll full-price tickets of $40 or more include a copy of This American Woman.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-zarna-garg-this-american-woman/
LOCATION:Symphony Space\, 2537 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T210000
DTSTAMP:20250421T052825Z
CREATED:20250420T194048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T052825Z
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SUMMARY:Queens Borough President Songkran Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Borough President Donovan Richards in celebrating the 2025 Songkran Festival\, as we welcome the Thai New Year and honor Queens’ vibrant Southeast and South Asian communities. Enjoy an evening filled with cultural performances\, delicious food and more. In partnership with the apicha Community Health Center\, OCA-NY and Thai Community USA-NYC.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/queens-borough-president-songkran-celebration/
LOCATION:Queens Borough Hall\, 120-55 Queens Blvd\, Kew Gardens\, NY
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T120000
DTSTAMP:20250420T175513Z
CREATED:20250420T175511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250420T175513Z
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SUMMARY:NYC Mayoral Control and its Impact on NYC Schools
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to gain a better understanding of Mayoral Control and what it means for NYC schools? Ahead of the upcoming election\, join CACF for an important conversation on how Mayoral Control impacts public school students and families. \nJoin CACF’s Education Policy Team for a webinar on what you need to know about Mayoral Control and its impact on NYC’s public schools. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nyc-mayoral-control-and-its-impact-on-nyc-schools/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000
DTSTAMP:20250421T052311Z
CREATED:20250420T194047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T052311Z
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SUMMARY:Sunnyside Dance Project
DESCRIPTION:Korea Art Forum (KAF) is thrilled to announce the Sunnyside Dance Project\, a unique cultural initiative presenting traditional Korean dance forms in partnership with the NYC DOT Open Streets program. The project will feature captivating participatory dances and/or drum performances\, bringing together vibrant community engagement with Korea’s rich artistic traditions. The performances will take place on 46th Street between Queens Blvd and Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside\, Queens\, on the following dates: April 27 in celebration of Earth Day and May 4\, 11\, and 18 for Asian Heritage Month. All events will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sunnyside-dance-project/
LOCATION:46th Street\, Queens\, Queens Blvd & Greenpoint Ave\, Sunnyside\, NY
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T200000
DTSTAMP:20250426T083234Z
CREATED:20250405T080232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250426T083234Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: In Celebration of Outside Women
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Roohi Choudhry’s Outside Women\, featuring Mona Eltahawy and Yashica Dutt\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a powerful celebration of Roohi Choudhry’s incandescent debut novel Outside Women\, a sweeping\, century-spanning story of feminist resistance\, radical kinship\, and migrant solidarity. \nChoudhry will be joined by Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls) and Yashica Dutt (Coming Out as Dalit) for an evening of readings and conversation on building transnational feminist community and writing toward justice. Together\, these three writers—whose work has shaped movements across borders—will reflect on the themes of Outside Women: finding courage in sisterhood\, defying silence across generations\, and the revolutionary possibilities of standing together. \n__ \nSet in South Africa\, Pakistan\, and New York City\, Outside Women weaves together the lives of Sita\, an indentured laborer in 1890s Durban\, and Hajra\, a Pakistani scholar in exile a century later\, each forced to reckon with the cost of fighting for a stranger. Lyrical\, gripping\, and deeply tender\, Outside Women is “riveting… an incisive story of how change happens” (Publishers Weekly) and a radiant exploration of what it means to risk everything for liberation. \nDon’t miss this urgent and electric evening with three of the boldest feminist voices writing today. \n__ \nRoohi Choudhry was born in Pakistan and grew up in southern Africa. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. She worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health\, wrote for the United Nations\, and facilitates creative writing workshops for interfaith groups\, schools\, libraries\, and community organizations. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares\, Callaloo\, Longreads\, and the Kenyon Review. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York.\nFind out more at roohichoudhry.com. \nMona Eltahawy is a feminist author\, commentator and disruptor of patriarchy. Her latest book is an anthology on menopause she has edited called Bloody Hell! And Other Stories: Adventures in Menopause from Around the World. Her first book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution (2015) targeted patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa and her second The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls (2019) took her disruption worldwide. Her commentary has appeared in media around the world and she is founder and editor-in-chief of the newsletter FEMINIST GIANT. \nYashica Dutt is the award-winning author of Coming Out as Dalit\, an internationally acclaimed journalist and among the leading global voices on caste. Dutt’s work has been published in the New York Times\, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic\, and she has been featured on the BBC\, The Guardian and PBS Newshour. Her writing has been part of Pen America’s India at 75 anthology that featured prominent Indian writers looking back on India’s history in its 75th year of independence\, and a collection titled Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India’s Best Writers. Coming Out as Dalit was published in the South Asian subcontinent in 2019\, and a revised and the updated edition was released by Beacon Press in 2024. It is an enduring best-seller and is currently part of the curriculum in over 50 colleges and universities worldwide\, including Harvard University\, UC Berkeley\, and UC Davis. Dutt is currently working on her second book on caste in the United States\, also commissioned by Beacon Press. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space. \nWe highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-outside-women/
LOCATION:Xenana Projects\, 154 Scott Avenue\, Studio 317\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read: Interior Chinatown Discussion and Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore themes in Interior Chinatown and begin your own scripted story inspired by the novel.\n\n\nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) presents its 2024-25 NEA Big Read initiative\, featuring Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu\, a National Book Award winner. \nThis April\, join us for an engaging book discussion and writing workshop led by educator Alice Fung. This interactive program will explore literary appreciation and feature a dynamic writing activity inspired by the novel. Participants will discuss themes of family history\, the immigrant experience\, and storytelling as a means of addressing real-world challenges. All attendees will receive a FREE copy of Interior Chinatown. This event is open to all\, and no prior writing experience is required. \nCentered around the theme Where We Live\, MOCA has been hosting a series of free\, multidisciplinary public programs including talks and community events with artists\, performers\, and scholars. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. \nAbout Interior Chinatown \nWillis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son\, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day\, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant\, where Black and White\, a procedural cop show\, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here\, too\, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it? \nAfter stumbling into the spotlight\, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known\, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown\, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal\, exploring the themes of pop culture\, assimilation\, and immigration—Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving\, daring\, and masterful novel yet. \nAbout Charles Yu \nCharles Yu is the author of four books\, including his latest\, Interior Chinatown\, which won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction\, was shortlisted for the Le Prix Médicis étranger\, and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He has received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award\, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for his work on the HBO series Westworld\, and has also written for shows on FX\, AMC\, Facebook Watch\, and Adult Swim. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a number of publications including the New Yorker\, the New York Times magazine\, the Atlantic\, Wired\, Time and Ploughshares.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nea-big-read-interior-chinatown-discussion-and-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Laughing Lassi - The Best Desi Standup Comedy Show in NYC!
DESCRIPTION:A South Asian Standup Comedy Show & Networking/After-party in the heart of New York City!\n\n\nLaughing Lassi is the premier comedy show bringing together the funniest South Asian comedians from New York City and around the globe. As featured in TimeOut NYC\, The New Yorker\, India Tribune\, and the New York Comedy Festival\, this monthly event has become a cultural phenomenon\, consistently selling out every show this year. \nLooking for a night of laughs in NYC? Laughing Lassi offers a unique comedy experience with diverse performers delivering top-tier entertainment. The show is in English and welcomes audiences of all backgrounds\, making it the perfect evening to enjoy with friends\, family\, or coworkers. \nEvent Details:\n\nWhen: Doors open at 6:30 PM\, and the show starts promptly at 7:00 PM (No “Brown Time” here!).\nWhere: Conveniently located in NYC\, with a lively atmosphere to match the laughs.\nVenue Policy: A two-drink minimum applies (non-alcoholic options available).\n\nFollow us on Instagram @LaughingLassi for exclusive highlights\, photos\, and videos from past shows. Stay updated on upcoming performances\, comedian lineups\, and exciting news about the South Asian comedy scene in NYC. \n🎟️ Get Tickets Now: Tickets sell out fast\, so grab yours today and guarantee your seat for a night of non-stop laughter! \n🚨 Important Information: \n\nLineups are subject to change due to last-minute cancellations.\nRefunds are available up to 24 hours before the event. No refunds on the day of or after the show.\n\nJoin us at Laughing Lassi to celebrate South Asian talent and experience a comedy show like no other. Don’t miss your chance to be part of NYC’s most talked-about South Asian comedy event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/laughing-lassi-the-best-desi-standup-comedy-show-in-nyc-5/
LOCATION:Broadway Comedy Club\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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SUMMARY:More Than a Meal: Celebrating Korean Food and Community
DESCRIPTION:This panel features moderator and freelance journalist Hannah Bae\, Chef Jae Jung\, and food writer James Park as they dive into the history of Korean food and its impact on New York. The Koreatown neighborhood has humble origins dating back to the 1980s and now dominates 32nd Street in midtown from 6th Avenue all the way to Madison Avenue. This neighborhood has served as the cultural epicenter for Korean culture to spread throughout New York. As much as Korean culture has affected New York\, New York culture has done the same in kind. This can be seen  in how Korean food has been popularized in NYC. This panel will explore the impacts of these collaborating cultures\, and the ways they are different\, unique\, complimentary\, and contradictory.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/more-than-a-meal-celebrating-korean-food-and-community/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Food,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Propaganda\, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Propaganda\, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan (Routledge\, 2025) interrogates the mediatized politics of western intervention in Afghanistan\, to gain a deeper understanding of the occupation within the broader transition toward a multipolar global order. \nAccurate histories of western interventions and regional realities are often obscured or even eclipsed in the accounts of western mainstream media\, which\, if anything\, tend to rue the withdrawals and lionize the suffering of returning troops. This volume investigates the state’s role in the dark underbelly of the shortsighted interventionist media narrative\, as well as the dehumanizing portrayals of people living in the Afghanistan–Pakistan region. \nChapter themes: \n\nCritically evaluates the narrative of the Global War on Terror\, as well as the wars launched after 9/11 that destabilized the Middle East.\nContextualize developments in Afghanistan with a historical framework that will problematize linear narratives that are mobilized in support of interventions.\nRe-present specific aspects of the geopolitical and humanitarian consequencea that have eluded mainstream media workers\, including journalists and Hollywood moviemakers.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/propaganda-communication-and-empire-western-intervention-in-afghanistan/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual,Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T210000
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SUMMARY:Sonic Histories: Living Room Listening with Chinatown Records
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the NYU Rethinking Materialism Working Group & Chinatown Records. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU\, NYU Department of Music\, and The Urban Democracy Lab at NYU Gallatin. \nREGISTER \nWhat is the soundtrack to your living room? From our favorites on the radio to the conversations woven over them\, our living rooms ring with the sounds and stories of our families. \nPresented by Chinatown Records 華埠錄音\, this intimate living room listening brings together music and oral history through the music we love and the histories behind them. Pulling from the ever-growing Chinatown Records archive of 30+ record collections inherited from family and neighbors\, we listen together to songs that have long filled Chinatown living rooms – and the histories and memories that come with them. \nRooted in the belief that we can all be DJs and oral historians\, we invite you to bring a favorite song of your own to share and soundtrack our living room with us\, whether on a vinyl record or online. Come step into these musical portals with us\, back to a time – whether 50 years ago while dancing in our youth or to our childhood singing along at family karaoke parties – that etched every word and beat into our memory. \nThis special listening event will be co-led by Chinatown Records resident DJ’s yiuyiu 瑶瑶 (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan) and Buckley Yung 翁百里\, who have soundtracked countless Chinatown Block Parties and living room listenings together ever since yiuyiu taught Buckley to DJ in 2023. \n  \n  \nPhotograph by @cindytrinh.photo.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sonic-histories-living-room-listening-with-chinatown-records/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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SUMMARY:Legal\, Visible\, and Still Vulnerable: Immigration Enforcement in 2025
DESCRIPTION:As immigration enforcement grows increasingly discretionary and unpredictable\, even those with legal status are facing new risks\, presenting a challenge for journalists covering this important storyline. \nSAJA (South Asian Journalists Association) and AMEJA (Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association) are co-hosting a vital panel featuring journalists on the frontlines of this evolving landscape. \nWe’ll explore: \n\nWhere protections break down—and why\nHow students\, workers\, and families are being affected\nThe challenges of covering these issue with empathy and transparency
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/legal-visible-and-still-vulnerable-immigration-enforcement-in-2025/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T193000
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SUMMARY:New Voices of the Bengali Diaspora: Poetry Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join the New York Public Library for a celebration of Poetry and the Bengali Diaspora in New York City! This is a hybrid event. \nThis panel will be bringing together contemporary poets of the Bengali diaspora: Ashna Ali and Amatan Noor. These writers will read excerpts of their work\, followed by a conversation about identity and the intersectionality of language\, beauty\, gender\, queerness\, and translation in diaspora poetry. The discussion will be moderated by Jafreen Uddin\, Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. \nPlus\, pick up a free copy of The Relativity of Living Well by Ashna Ali! Giveaway books will be available while supplies last. All giveaways are first come\, first served and limited to one per person. \nThe discussion will be preceded by a short poetry reading from each author. This event is presented in partnership with Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-voices-of-the-bengali-diaspora-poetry-reading-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Parkchester Library of the NYPL New York Public Library\, 1985 Westchester Ave\, Bronx\, NY\, 10462\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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