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SUMMARY:Honoring AALDEF: Highlights from Fusong
DESCRIPTION:Honoring the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund \nFUSONG\, a new musical by Christine Toy Johnson and Cecilia Lin\, tells the story of two Chinese women in two different centuries linked by their complicated destiny. As Fusong is kidnapped from her small village in China and thrown into the dark world of San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1866\, Isabel\, a novelist\, grapples with her books being banned and how the truth of Fusong’s story impacts her own place in the divided America of 2025. A story about honor\, duty\, sacrifice\, love\, and the kind of endurance that transcends time. \nBased on “The Lost Daughter of Happiness” by Geling Yan \nDirected by: Gabriel Barre \nFeaturing Jasmine Forsberg (SIX\, HERE LIES LOVE) as “Fusong”\, Marc dela Cruz (HAMILTON)\, Tony nominee Stephen Bogardus (FALSETTOS)\, Paolo Montalban (CINDERELLA)\, Emy Coligado (THE CHANGELING)\, Matt Dengler (THE VISIT)\, and Brian Jose\, with Music Direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross (OPERATION MINCEMEAT). \nTicket prices are $29 to $69 + fees. Livestream pass available for $26.57. \nProceeds to benefit the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/highlights-from-fusong/
LOCATION:The Green Room 42\, 570 Tenth Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Theater
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SUMMARY:Chinese Americans in the Jim Crow South: From Sharecropping to Groceries
DESCRIPTION:Chinese Americans in the Jim Crow South: From Sharecropping to Groceries explores the experiences of Chinese Americans who lived alongside African Americans during the 90 years of Jim Crow. Participants will explore how Chinese Americans labored in cotton fields and were positioned between Black sharecroppers and white plantation owners\, occupying a unique and often precarious place in the Southern racial hierarchy. The session also examines how many Chinese Americans later became small business owners\, establishing grocery stores that provided essential goods and services in Black communities throughout the South and filled a critical economic and social role in a segregated society. \nFacilitator: Rodney Jackson and Dr. Khyati Joshi  \nFree and open to all. Professional Development hours awarded. \nThis event is brought to you by Fairleigh Dickinson University\, Teach Asian American Stories and AAPI New Jersey.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinese-americans-in-the-jim-crow-south-from-sharecropping-to-groceries/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:High School,History,Middle School,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T183000
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SUMMARY:Theater Takeover Tuesday & Potluck Asian America: Meet Karen Huie
DESCRIPTION:Potluck Asian America is joining forces with the community-based Theater Takeover Tuesdays crew to support the new animated film Hoppers. \nMeet Karen Huie\, the voice of Grandma Tanaka in Hoppers! \nTheater Takeover Tuesdays is a grassroots moviegoing group organized by Julie Huang and friends that brings communities together to support films\, particularly those connected to Asian and Asian American actors\, writers\, directors\, and creators. The gatherings began during the SAG-AFTRA strike\, when artists could not promote their work in the usual ways and people were eager to reconnect after years of COVID isolation. \nFrom time to time\, actors\, writers\, directors\, stunt performers\, and others connected to the film stop by to meet the audience. The dream is to bring artists and communities together in a joyful\, authentic way while encouraging more organizations to join the effort and help fill theaters through the simple act of showing up. \nTuesday\, March 24\, 5:00 PM\nLa Caverna\, 122 Rivington Street
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/potluck-asian-america-theater-takeover-tuesday-meet-karen-huie/
LOCATION:La Caverna\, 122 Rivington Street\, New York\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T190000
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SUMMARY:Get Lit March Book Club: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join WNYC’s Alison Stewart and writer Megha Majumdar for a live conversation about her newest book\, A Guardian and a Thief\, a finalist for the National Book Award. \nThe New York Public Library and WNYC—two indispensable New York institutions—are partnering to host a book club that brings New Yorkers together and fosters community. \nThe March title is Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief – an electrifying new novel in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other in a city ravaged by climate change and food scarcity. \nIn a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine\, Ma\, her two-year-old daughter\, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate\, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse\, containing their treasured immigration documents\, has been stolen. \nSet over the course of one week\, A Guardian and a Thief tells two stories: the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba\, the thief\, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command\, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families\, each operating from a place of ferocious love and undefeated hope\, each discovering how far they will go to secure their children’s future as they stave off encroaching catastrophe. \nA masterful new work from one of the most exciting voices of her generation. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/get-lit-march-book-club-a-guardian-and-a-thief-by-megha-majumdar-hybrid/
LOCATION:NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) New York Public Library\, 455 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Official Commemoration of the 115th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire
DESCRIPTION:Special guest speakers and ceremonial ladder raising by FDNY. \nThe Designer for this historic memorial is Richard Joon Yoon\, an architect and designer\, professor at Pratt & NYC/Queens resident along w/ Uri Wegman. \nWe’ll also be laying 146 flowers honoring the workers who died that day \nLocation: Washington Place and Greene Street • NYC
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-official-commemoration-of-the-115th-anniversary-of-the-triangle-factory-fire/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Activism,History
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T183000
DTSTAMP:20260321T212846Z
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SUMMARY:The Health Impacts of Immigration Policy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the NYU Migration Network. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. \nREGISTER \nHeld monthly over the semester\, these public conversations bring together scholars\, artists\, and practitioners for cross-disciplinary exchanges to develop and refine understandings of migration and mobility\, its histories\, and its political stakes. With migration so sensationalized by much of the media\, these conversations are a rare opportunity to invite the public to engage with questions of migration and mobility in a nuanced\, thoughtful\, and analytical manner. \nThis conversation on “The Health Impacts of Immigration Policy” will feature Maria Elena de Trinidad Young (UCLA) and Laura Wherry (NYU). \nNYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event\, open to the public. Registration is required. \nAccessibility note: If you have any access needs\, please email migration-network@nyu.edu. \n  \nMaria Elena de Trinidad Young\, PhD\, MPH\, is an affiliate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and an assistant professor at UC Merced. Young focuses on the impact of the US immigration system on the health of immigrant populations. Her research examines the relationship between health inequities and factors such as citizenship and legal status and state and local policies. Her current research seeks to understand the various structural\, institutional\, and individual mechanisms that link policy with health outcomes. \nYoung was formerly the project director of the NIH-funded Research on Immigrant Health and State Policy (RIGHTS) Study which seeks to understand the experiences of Latino and Asian immigrants in California in the areas of health care\, social services\, employment\, education\, and law enforcement and how these experiences have had an impact on their health and access to health care. Young was also the Chancellor’s postdoctoral fellow at UC Merced where she lead a study to examine how media coverage of immigration policy may influence immigrant well-being. \nLaura Wherry is an associate professor at NYU Wagner and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Economics of Health program. During the 2024-25 academic year\, she served as the senior economist for health care on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Her research focuses on the role of public programs and policies on the health and economic well-being of individuals in the US. She has a particular interest in policies that affect access to health care for women and children in lower income families. \nImage: U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations following the implementation of Title 42 USC 265 at the northern and southern land borders\, March 22\, 2020\, photograph by Jerry Glaser. Dedicated to the Public Domain via CC0 1.0
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-health-impacts-of-immigration-policy/
LOCATION:NYU Wagner\, Main Event Space\, 105 E 17th Street\, New York\, NY
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T193000
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS with Charlotte Brooks – The Moys of New York and Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an engaging conversation with historian Charlotte Brooks\, Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center\, on her new book\, The Moys of New York and Shanghai One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution. Through the remarkable story of the Moy family\, Brooks traces the lives of Chinese Americans who moved back and forth across the Pacific during the first half of the twentieth century\, navigating racism in the United States\, political upheaval in China\, and shifting ideas of citizenship\, belonging\, and home.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-with-charlotte-brooks-the-moys-of-new-york-and-shanghai/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Book,History,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260321T214118Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T214118Z
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SUMMARY:A Fiction Reading by Min Jin Lee (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special fiction reading by New York State writer Min Jin Lee\, author of Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko\, and a finalist for the National Book Award. This event\, in memory of Marjorie Hecht Watson for Women’s History Month\, will also feature a conversation with Julie Goodale\, offering insights into Lee’s work and creative process. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Online RSVP is recommended. \nCan’t attend the event in person? Join us virtually on Zoom \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-fiction-reading-by-min-jin-lee/
LOCATION:Kupferberg Center for the Arts – Queens College\, 153-49 Reeves Avenue\, Flushing\, NY\, 11367
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260227T073606Z
CREATED:20260227T073606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T073606Z
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SUMMARY:Hidden Brain: "Perceptions" Tour with Shankar Vedantam
DESCRIPTION:Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then\, Hidden Brain has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals\, improve their relationships\, and develop a deeper understanding of their emotions. Now\, host and creator Shankar Vedantam brings seven key insights from the first decade of Hidden Brain to the stage. Whether youre new to the show or a longtime listener\, this evening of science and storytelling will change how you think about yourself. Come share your own thoughts and ideas with Shankar and other fans of the show! There is a 72hr hour delivery delay prior to this event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hidden-brain-perceptions-tour-with-shankar-vedantam/
LOCATION:The Town Hall\, 123 West 43rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260321T214554Z
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots: Data‑Informed Community Stories
DESCRIPTION:Connecting the Dots: Data‑Informed Community Stories is the official launch of CPC’s new Impact Map and Interactive Tour! This milestone represents more than two years of dedicated work and hundreds of staff hours to bring our community’s stories\, data\, and impact to life in a meaningful\, accessible way. At the event\, you’ll experience 1) a live demonstration of the Impact Map and Interactive Tour\, 2) a sneak peek of our new app\, and 3) insights into how CPC is leveraging data to elevate community voices and drive better outcomes. Please RSVP at Connecting the Dots registration link. For more information\, please contact Edgar Pereira (epereira@cpc-nyc.org) or Christina Wong (cwong3@cpc-nyc.org).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/connecting-the-dots-data-informed-community-stories/
LOCATION:CPC One\, 45 Suffolk Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Data,In Person,Survey
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T191500
DTSTAMP:20260321T215835Z
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SUMMARY:The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the publication of Aleah N. Ranjitsingh’s edited volume The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations. The volume expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora. \n Its interdisciplinary chapters center Caribbean people of Chinese\, Indian\, Japanese and Javanese descent in and outside of the Caribbean\, reveal migration narratives\, encounters on Caribbean plantations and in diasporic urban centers\, notions of homeland and experiences of return\, family histories\, identity formation and subjectivity\, the ways in which Caribbean people create and convey meaning about these histories\, experiences and self\, and the contributions of Caribbean people of Asian descent to the framing of the Caribbean and Asian diasporas.\n\nRanjitsingh (Brooklyn College) will be joined in conversation by volume contributors Nikoli Attai (Binghamton University)\, Sue Ann Barratt (University of the West Indies)\, Cristine Sabrina Khan (Stony Brook)\, Jillian Ollivierre (York University)\, and Tarika Sankar (Brown University).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-asian-caribbean-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-essays-on-migration-identity-and-literary-and-cultural-representations/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T193000
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS with Kip Fulbeck – hapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project
DESCRIPTION:Presented during the closing week of hapa.me\, the Museum of Chinese in America cordially invites you to an engaging conversation with artist and professor Kip Fulbeck\, moderated by Herb Tam\, MOCA’s Chief Curator and Senior Director of Exhibitions and Programming. Together\, they will reflect on 25 years of The Hapa Project\, Fulbeck’s landmark body of work that centers the voices and faces of people of mixed Asian and Pacific Islander heritage while posing a deceptively simple yet enduring question\, What are you?
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-with-kip-fulbeck-hapa-me-25-years-of-the-hapa-project/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T185447Z
CREATED:20260319T185342Z
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SUMMARY:JEST ASIANS — All-Pro Asian Comedy Showcase
DESCRIPTION:JEST ASIANS brings together some of the most exciting Asian comedians from across the global Asian diaspora for a night of sharp\, fearless stand-up comedy. Featuring performers from across Asia\, Australia\, and the United States\, the show explores culture\, identity\, and life across continents through bold and hilarious storytelling. \nThe lineup includes Tony Chou (host & producer)\, Aaron Chen\, Andrew Fung\, Divya Gunasekaran\, Edward Pokropski\, and David Jin. \nThe program is co-presented by Asia Society and The Humor Section\, a comedy platform founded in Beijing in 2013 and now based in New York\, dedicated to advancing Asian comedians on the global stage. \n$15 Members\, $25 Nonmembers. Students and Seniors: Use coupon SENSTU at check out.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/jest-asians-all-pro-asian-comedy-showcase/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T203000
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SUMMARY:Learning How To Read By Moonlight
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-night only reading of a new play with music by Gaven Trinidad and directed by Nicholas Polonio. \nA collection of Filipino\, Fil-Am\, and AANHPI artists is coming together for a concert reading of the play Learning How to Read by Moonlight to fundraise for University Settlement’s Adult English Classes. The classes are offered at a variety of levels to adult immigrant students during the daytime\, evenings\, and weekends\, free of charge. \nNick Polonio is the director. Carolina Do and Ariel Estrada are producing\, with co-producers: New York Theatre Workshop\, The Song Collective\, Betterfly Productions\, Leviathan Lab\, and University Settlement. \nThis 2025 Boston Critics’ Pick play follows a young\, undocumented Filipino family’s journey to build a home in Queens\, New York. The story is told through the eyes of six-year-old Eddie\, exploring his fears and joys in a world that tells him he has no home. The play is performed in both English and Tagalog. Though written in 2019\, we believe the play’s exploration of immigration\, language\, and resistance is resonant now more than ever. We hope that through our storytelling\, we raise funds for these amazing language programs\, as well as remind our audiences that they are human. \nTickets are pay-what-you-can\, and all proceeds go directly to University Settlement.  \nIf you cannot attend\, there is an option to still donate. Every donation\, no matter how small\, counts! Please feel free to share this information with others.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/learning-how-to-read-by-moonlight/
LOCATION:Speyer Hall\, 184 Eldridge Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T203000
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SUMMARY:What's Your BUSINESS PURPOSE? with Patrice Tanaka
DESCRIPTION:Patrice Tanaka is a best-selling author\, public speaker on business and life purpose\, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of three award-winning\, PR & Marketing agencies\, and the consultancy\, Joyful Planet\, focused on building purpose-driven individuals and organizations to help them unleash greater success\, fulfillment and joy in their personal lives\, workplaces\, and communities. As an extension of her work through Joyful Planet LLC\, Patrice created the 501c3\, Joyful Planet Foundation\, which provides pro bono support to non-profit leadership development programs serving diverse\, emerging leaders committed to creating an equitable\, inclusive\, and joyful planet. \nPatrice will talk about the two most important things she ever did to unleash greater success\, fulfillment\, and joy in her personal life\, workplace\, and communities**: 1) Discovering and operationalizing a “business purpose” for her start-up PR agency** that had them recognized within eight years as the #1 Most Creative PR Agency in the country and\, at the same time\, the #2 Best Workplace among all agencies; and 2) Discovering and actively living her own “life purpose” to “Choose Joy. Be Mindful of Joy. Share Joy with Others\,” which led her to accomplish many things\, including co-founding two other PR & Marketing agencies. The last one was one of the “Top 10” largest\, independent PR agencies in the country\, and the largest\, employee-owned firm with 240 employee-owners. \nPatrice has been inducted into the PRWeek Hall of Fame and honored by many organizations for creativity\, top PR & Marketing campaigns of the year and decade\, best workplace\, corporate social responsibility\, public service\, entrepreneurship\, mentoring\, and commitment to diversity\, equity\, and inclusion. \nPatrice has lived in New York City for most of her adult life but calls Hawaii “home” and she is committed to living her life with the “Aloha Spirit.”
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/whats-your-business-purpose-with-patrice-tanaka/
LOCATION:Peerspace\, 134 W 29th Street\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Professional Development
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T220000
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SUMMARY:Community Let’s Build Safety Together
DESCRIPTION:AAPI Women Lead is pleased to welcome Kalaya’an Mendoza back for Part 2 of Be Ready\, Stay Ready. Join us for Let’s Build Safety Together\, an exciting interactive fireside chat and training. \nAs a survivor-centered organization working to end gender-based violence against women and girls\, community safety is community safety is crucial. For AAPI Women Lead\, safety includes preventing harassment and abuse on the streets and in our homes. It also means practicing accountability when harm shows up in our communities. \nThat’s why we’re gathering on Thursday\, March 26\, from 5pm PST / 8pm EST for a special evening of conversation and learning with two experienced community guides: Kalaya’an Mendoza and Dr. Connie Wun\, Executive Director of AAPI Women Lead.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/community-lets-build-safety-together/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Safety,Virtual
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SUMMARY:2026 Asian Americans and STEM Conference: Science in a De-Globalizing World
DESCRIPTION:Scholars in humanities and STEM fields will discuss Asian American scientists’ lives\, racial formation\, advocacy\, and pedagogy.\n\nScholars across Yale\, CUNY\, and NYU from STEM and Humanities present the 2026 Asian Americans and STEM Conference at NYU Brooklyn Campus!\n\n\nPanel 1: Immigration and Scientific Knowledge\nPanel 2: Scientific Legacies of War\n\n\n\nMore information about the conference keynote speaker\, panelists\, and agendas\, please visit the conference website: https://asianamstem.yale.edu/conference/asian-americans-and-stem-conference-2026 \nREGISTRATION FEE\nFree \nDATE/TIME\nMarch 27\, 2026\, Friday.\, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nLOCATION\nNew York University (NYU) at 370 Jay St. Brooklyn \n  \nAsian Americans and STEM website: https://asianamstem.yale.edu/. \nPlease send questions to: asianamstem@yale.edu.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2026-asian-americans-and-stem-conference/
LOCATION:New York University (370 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY)\, 370 Jay St\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person,Science,Technology
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SUMMARY:Writing Legal Lives: Biography\, Memoir and the Law
DESCRIPTION:A conference exploring how personal narratives inform our understanding of the law\, justice and ethics.\n\n\nHow does biography and memoir shape our understanding of law? \nJoin us for a one-day conference exploring how legal figures have been represented through biography/memoir and how personal narratives shape our understanding of law\, justice and ethics. Co-sponsored by the MA Program in Biography and Memoir and the Touro Law Review. Co-organized by Rodger Citron (BAM)\, Kyu Ho Youm (BAM) and Miryam Segal (MALS\, Middle Eastern Studies). \nFeaturing: \nJohn Q. Barrett on his biography of Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson \nKai Bird on American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn and the World He Made \nGuido Calabresi\, in conversation with Norman Silber\, on Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi \nAsma Bint Shafiq on A Social Justice Lawyer in Bangladesh: The Pioneering Work of Salma Sobhan \nGary Stein on Justice for Sale: Graft\, Greed\, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham \nDavid Tatel on Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice \nBrenda Wineapple on Keeping the Faith: God\, Democracy\, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-legal-lives-biography-memoir-and-the-law-2/
LOCATION:365 5th Ave\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
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SUMMARY:The DeGrasse Family of New York City (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Prithi Kanakamedala will present on their project examining the life of George DeGrasse and his family\, who lived on land in New York City donated by Aaron Burr in the early nineteenth century. DeGrasse\, listed as being born in Calcutta\, India\, and often claiming to be Burr’s former servant\, becomes the focus of a reevaluation in light of new research suggesting Burr may have had a secret Black and Indian family in the Caribbean. This work explores the possibility that the DeGrasse family represents an early Indo-Caribbean presence in New York\, and will culminate in a digital site and book chapter as part of a broader book project.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-degrasse-family-of-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T203000
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SUMMARY:Koryo-saram and its Manifold Afterlives
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of exchanges emerging from the exhibition “To time\, to distance” curated by Tamara Khasanova and Junho Peter Yoon.\n\n\nAAAinA is proud to share an evening of presentations and conversations emerging from the group exhibition\, To time\, to distance\, featuring artists Alisa Berger\, Daria Kim\, Luiza Pârvu\, and Toma Peiu. The exhibition highlights reflections by these artists on their belonging to and relationship with Koryo-saram communities (Корё-сарам\, 고려사람). Within the global Korean diaspora\, Koryo-saram occupies a distinct position as an identity formed in the aftermath of the forcible deportation of Koreans living in the Russian Far East to Central Asia in the 1930s. \nStarting with the history of Koryo-saram\, the program frames diaspora as a site of ongoing negotiations\, frictions and innovations. With research-based presentations\, field notes\, and artist talks\, the evening will reflect on how legacies of forced migration unfold across space and time\, challenging the issue of continuity. These ideas are explored not as static or linear trajectories\, but as kinetic conditions that continually reshape one’s relation to self and collective belonging. Following presentations by writer and curator Sophia Park and artists Alisa Berger\, Daria Kim\, and Toma Peiu\, the artists will join for a conversation moderated by Park. \nTo time\, to distance is co-curated by Tamara Khasanova and Junho Peter Yoon and will be on view at AHL Foundation from March 26 – April 25\, 2026. For more information and viewing hours\, please visit ahlfoundation.org. \nBios: \nAlisa Berger was born in 1987 in Makhachkala\, Republic of Dagestan\, and raised in Lviv\, Ukraine and later Essen\, Germany. She studied at KHM Academy of Media Arts Cologne\, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá and Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. She was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize and the Deutsche Filmakademie FIRST STEPS Award. In 2023 she received the Studio Collector Prize at Jeu de Paume. Her work has been shown at institutions such as Eye Filmmuseum\, Jeu de Paume\, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum\, Centre-Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris\, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf\, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art\, and Kindl Berlin\, as well as at film festivals including Berlinale\, IDFA\, CPH:DOX\, and Hot Docs\, among others. From 2018 to 2022\, she lived in Tokyo and studied Butoh performance. \nDaria Kim is a multidisciplinary artist born in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan\, living and working in Berlin. Her practice spans performance\, sculpture\, video\, installation\, sound\, painting\, and drawing\, and is grounded in material experimentation\, embodied memory\, and diasporic histories. Trained initially in painting\, she continues to work with charcoal and watercolour\, while in sculpture she develops unconventional\, concept-driven materials and processes. Daria has exhibited internationally\, including at KW Institute for Contemporary Art\, documenta fifteen as part of the DAVRA collective\, and the Bukhara Biennial. She is currently completing her MFA at Berlin University of the Arts. \nTamara Khasanova is an independent curator\, researcher\, and writer based in Brooklyn\, New York\, originally from Ukraine and Uzbekistan. She was a 2024–25 Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program (ISP) and holds an MA degree in Curatorial Practice from the School of Visual Arts. Her research and curatorial work center emergent aesthetics\, pedagogical and discursive practices\, and forms of collective knowledge production\, oriented toward questions of language\, ecology\, nuclear legacies\, and colonial histories. She has curated exhibitions\, organized screenings\, lectured\, and contributed to projects across cultural\, publishing\, and educational institutions including e-flux\, Protocinema\, Davra Curatorial Lab\, White Columns\, Minneapolis College of Art and Design\, The Clark Art Institute\, the Queens Museum\, and TransitoryWhite\, among others. She currently serves as Studio Director and Curatorial Fellow at École du Soir convened by Christian Nyampeta. \nSophia Park is a writer and curator living in Brooklyn\, N.Y. and Seoul\, South Korea. Recently\, she worked as a curator for the 15th Gwangju Biennale. She has participated in curatorial projects and programs with AHL Foundation (NYC\, U.S.)\, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons (Utrecht\, Netherlands)\, GYOPO (Los Angeles\, U.S.)\, 2022 Singapore Biennale (Singapore)\, Asian American Arts Alliance (NYC\, U.S.)\, and others. Her writing can be found in publications such as Monument Lab’s Bulletin\, The Amp\, Asymptote Journal\, Womanly Mag\, Inciter Art\, and others. She is part of the curatorial collaboration slow cook with Caroline Taylor Shehan and takes care of gummi reading\, a mobile reading and study space. She holds a B.A. in Neuroscience from Oberlin College and an M.A. in Curatorial Practice from the School of Visual Arts. \nLuiza Pârvu and Toma Peiu produce film\, installation and scholarship. Their work looks at memory\, migrant imaginaries\, post-socialist transformation and environmental precarity\, centering livelihoods on the fringes of society\, and seeking to trace present-day reverberations of histories from the past. Their work has been presented in venues worldwide\, including film festivals\, galleries\, classrooms\, and community centers. Pârvu and Peiu have produced several installations informed by ethnographic research and documentary work in Central Asia or Eurasian diasporas in the US\, including Caution: Once Upon a Time\, a River / Once Upon a Time\, a Sea (2025)\, 7 Scenes from a Neighborhood Cafe (2018)\, Migrant Water (2018) and The Sea Was Here (2019); and are currently in post-production with their feature documentary film How Come We Ended Up Here?\, a 16mm poetic journey across post-pandemic New York City\, led by an oral history of the Korean Central Asian diaspora. They make work through the Bucharest-based production company Root Films. \nJunho Peter Yoon is a doctoral candidate in East Asian Studies at New York University and the Assistant Director of the Center for Korean Research and the Unson Microcollege Program at Columbia University. He received his B.A. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University and an M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. His research spans critical theory\, cultural studies\, ethics\, and ecological thought\, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary Korean literature\, film\, and history. His dissertation\, Toward Planetary Ethics\, explores the ethical and political impasses of the Anthropocene through a close engagement with Korean cultural texts. He has worked with journals and institutions such as e-flux Journal\, Screening Room\, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea\, and the New York Asian Film Festival. He is currently co-editing two special issues on global Asian photography and the archive\, and posthuman visuality in contemporary South Korean art and media. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nPhoto credits\, clockwise: Junho Peter Yoon\, Sophia Park (Credit: Chris Voss)\, Tamara Khasanova\, Alisa Berger (Credit: Neven Allgeier)\, Luiza Pârvu and Toma Peiu\, Daria Kim (Credit: Iliya Braun) \nThe event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts\, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, Ruth Foundation for the Arts\, and other foundations and individuals.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/koryo-saram-and-its-manifold-afterlives/
LOCATION:Asia Art Archive in America\, 23 Cranberry Street\, Ground Floor\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Laughing Lassi – The #1 South Asian Stand-Up Comedy Show in New York City!
DESCRIPTION:Laughing Lassi brings the funniest South Asian comedians from NYC and around the world to one stage.\n\n\nAfter four years of sold-out shows\, we’re kicking off 2026 with a killer lineup and fresh programming! This year\, not only do we keep our optional after-party — we’re introducing a brand-new audience spotlight segment! \n🔥 One lucky audience member will get 1–2 minutes on stage to tell their joke.💬 Just submit your joke when purchasing your ticket.📣 If selected\, you’ll perform live — and your set will be featured on our social media! \nGET YOUR TICKETS NOW!Laughing Lassi is New York City’s premier South Asian stand-up comedy show\, featuring the best Desi and Indian-American comedians from NYC and beyond. \nAs featured in TimeOut NYC\, The New Yorker\, and India Tribune\, this monthly comedy event has become a must-see cultural experience — a place where laughter meets identity\, storytelling\, and community. \nWhether you’re South Asian or simply love smart\, diverse humor\, Laughing Lassi promises a night of non-stop laughter and unforgettable energy. Each lineup features top comedians who have performed on Comedy Central\, Netflix\, and major festivals around the world. \n📅 When: Doors open at 6:30 PM | Show starts 7:00 PM sharp (no “Brown Time” here!)📍 Where: Midtown Manhattan – Convenient NYC location🍸 Venue Policy: 2-drink minimum (alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available) \nJoin hundreds of fans who’ve made Laughing Lassi a monthly tradition for celebrating South Asian talent and NYC comedy. \nThe show is in English\, welcoming audiences of all backgrounds. Perfect for a night out with friends\, family\, or coworkers. \n🎟️ Tickets: Shows sell out fast — 💬 Follow Us: IG@LaughingLassi\, Medium@LaughingLassi\, TikTok@LaughingLassi \n \n🚨 Important Information\n\nLineups are subject to change due to last-minute cancellations.\nTickets cover the main show (7:00 PM – 8:30 PM)\, not your drinks. The after-party is optional and free for attendees based on audience interest – please email us for details.\nRefunds available up to 24 hours before the event; no refunds on the day of or after the show as we have limited seating.\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\n\n\nLaughing Lassi — The South Asian Comedy Movement Taking Over New York City\nIn a city known for comedy greatness\, where stages like Comedy Cellar\, Gotham Comedy Club\, New York Comedy Club\, NY Comedy Club\, and shows in West Village\, Greenwich Village\, Times Square\, and Brooklyn define what’s funny\, there is now a new voice rising — one that reflects a billion people across the globe. \nThat voice is Laughing Lassi\, New York City’s leading South Asian stand-up comedy show and one of the fastest-growing live comedy events in Manhattan. \nLaughing Lassi brings together Desi\, Indian\, Pakistani\, Bangladeshi\, Bengali\, Filipino American\, Japanese American\, Chinese American\, and Korean American comedians in a space where identity\, culture\, and comedy collide. It is not just a show — it is a movement. A monthly showcase in the heart of Midtown Manhattan\, steps away from Times Square\, designed for audiences who crave bold storytelling\, sharp perspective\, and the raw energy of international voices. \nThe show reflects the momentum of global comedians who have changed the landscape of comedy — Hasan Minhaj\, Andrew Schulz\, Nimesh Patel\, Ali Wong\, Russell Peters\, Vir Das\, Hari Kondabolu\, Zarna Garg\, Jimmy O. Yang\, Aparna Nancherla\, Aakash Singh\, and more. Comedy fans search phrases like “shows like Hasan Minhaj\,” “brown comedy in NYC\,” or “stand-up comedy similar to Russell Peters\,” and Laughing Lassi appears because the DNA of the show is exactly that — smart\, multicultural storytelling rooted in immigrant experience and identity. \nWhy Laughing Lassi Matters\nMost comedy lineups in Manhattan look the same: similar voices\, similar perspectives\, similar punchlines. \nLaughing Lassi is different. \nAt Laughing Lassi\, comedians talk about: \n\nImmigrant parents who negotiate everything\nMarrying outside your culture\nConfusing dating rules in America\nBeing brown in corporate America\nNavigating two identities at once — “American enough” but also “brown enough”\n\nFrom Bollywood jokes to crowd work about spicy food to diaspora humor that hits at your soul\, these comedians deliver observational humor\, storytelling comedy\, dark humor\, and clean comedy depending on the night. \nMany audience members discover Laughing Lassi while searching: \n\ncomedy near me\nNYC date night ideas\nunique NYC experiences\ncomedy shows tonight NYC\nthings to do in NYC this weekend\nfun things to do in Manhattan\nbest nightlife in NYC\n\nOthers find it while specifically looking for a: \n\nsouth asian standup comedy show\nindian standup comedy show in new york city\npakistani standup comedy show\nbangladeshi standup comedy show\ndesi standup comedy show in new york city\nsouth asian standup comedy show in new jersey\n\nOr when searching generic NYC entertainment terms: \n\nstandup comedy show\ncomedy show\nstandup comedy show new york city\nlive standup comedy show in new york city\ncheap comedy tickets new york\nbest comedy show in manhattan\nbest standup comedy show in new york city\n\nLaughing Lassi ranks because it is genuinely what people are searching for. \nNYC Is Ready for This Comedy Era\nNew York City has always been the proving ground of comedy. Every great comedian hustles through Comedy Cellar\, Comedy Cellar NYC\, Comedy Cellar New York\, Gotham Comedy Club\, and eventually dreams of performing at iconic venues like Radio City Music Hall\, just like the tours of Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester and Act Your Age. \nBut Laughing Lassi fills a gap that no traditional comedy club was addressing. \nFor the first time in NYC: \n\nBrown people are not just the audience.\nBrown comedians are the headliners.\n\nThe laughter in that room hits differently\, because finally the stories being told onstage reflect the people sitting in the crowd. \nMore Than a Show: It’s a Cultural Touchpoint\nLaughing Lassi is not just entertainment — it is a cultural gathering. \nAudience members describe it as: \n\n“brown community therapy”\n“brown TED Talk\, but funnier”\n“Bollywood meets Andrew Schulz crowd work”\n“Hasan Minhaj energy with Russell Peters nostalgia”\n\nSouth Asian humor blends seamlessly with NYC nightlife\, making the show a go-to destination for: \n\nfriend groups looking for something new\,\ncouples searching for date night ideas NYC\,\nsolo newcomers searching comedy near me\,\ntourists exploring things to do in New York City\,\nbrown singles hoping to meet other South Asians.\n\nLaughing Lassi regularly draws diverse crowds from: \n\nManhattan\nWest Village\nBrooklyn\nQueens\nNew Jersey\nLong Island\n\nThis show is becoming the official South Asian culture event NYC didn’t know it needed. \nA Community That Represents Millions\nLaughing Lassi is the only show where an audience member can shout: \n\n“Say something in Bengali!” \n\n…and three comics on the lineup actually can. \nIt is the only show where: \n\nA Pakistani comedian roasts a Bangladeshi guy sitting in the front row\,\nAn Indian comic compares aunties to CIA interrogators\,\nA Filipino American jokes about being mistaken for South Asian\,\nA Korean American explains why brown parents and Korean parents are the same — just different spices.\n\nLaughing Lassi is a multicultural comedy night with global flavor. \nWhat Makes Laughing Lassi SEO-Powerful\nBecause it includes phrases people actively search: \n\ncomedy cellar nyc\ncomedy shows nyc\ncomedy club nyc\ncomedy club new york\nnyc comedy club\nbest comedy show in west village\nsouth asian comedy nyc\ndesi standup comedy show new york city\nindian comedians nyc\npakistani comedy show nyc\nbangladeshi comedy show new york\n\n…and NYC tourism search terms: \n\nlive comedy near times square\nlast minute tickets NYC\ngroup activities NYC\nweekend events NYC\n\nLaughing Lassi naturally ranks. \nSearch engines see Laughing Lassi associated with high-value keywords like: \n\ncrowd work comedy\nstorytelling comedy\nimmigrant humor\ndiaspora jokes\nmulticultural comedy\n\nThis helps Google\, Instagram\, YouTube\, TikTok\, and Eventbrite connect Laughing Lassi with searches for “shows like Hasan Minhaj” or “brown comedy NYC.” \nLaughing Lassi is the Future of Comedy\nLaughing Lassi is becoming the cultural home for the next generation of comedians — the ones who will headline Netflix specials\, late-night shows\, and eventually sell out Radio City Music Hall. \nBecause the future of comedy is not one voice. \nIt’s many. \nAnd they’re all on this stage. \nCall to Action:\nFollow the journey on Instagram: @LaughingLassiCome see the show that everyone is talking about — the one critics and audiences call: \n\n“The best standup comedy show in Manhattan.” \n\n\n“The funniest Desi comedy show in New York City.” \n\n\n“If Hasan Minhaj and Russell Peters had a baby — it would be Laughing Lassi.” \n\nTickets sell out fast.Seats are limited.And every month is a completely new lineup.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/laughing-lassi-the-1-south-asian-stand-up-comedy-show-in-new-york-city-3/
LOCATION:Broadway Comedy Club\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Theater: Four Seas Players: The So-Called Perfect Life
DESCRIPTION:In their pursuit of a perfect life and a perfect marriage\, a couple enrolls in a revolutionary AI system called Perfect Life\, a device that promises certainty\, compatibility\, and lasting love. \nBut instead of fixing their relationship\, the system begins to excavate it—dragging buried memories\, unresolved conflicts\, and unlearned lessons back to the surface. As the AI rewinds\, analyzes\, and reconstructs their past\, the couple is forced to confront a difficult truth: perfection cannot move them forward until they understand what they’ve been avoiding. \nA darkly humorous and emotionally piercing exploration of love\, choice\, and accountability\, The So-Called Perfect Life asks whether intimacy can ever be optimized—and whether a future together is possible without first facing the mess of being human. \nPlaywright: Patrick Lee \nCo-Directors: Patrick Lee & Wing Lo \nTicket Prices: Early Bird $21.80\, Seniors $13.48 \n  \nAbout The Four Seas Players\nTHE FOUR SEAS PLAYERS was founded by Dr. Joanna Chan\, Ms. Sun Fu Lo\, Dr. Leo Yam\, and Mr. Chung Lo in October 1970 in New York City’s Chinatown\, as a community outreach program for young people and recent immigrants. Its purpose is to promote a spirit of harmony and cooperation through artistic involvement and to nurture an interest in and appreciation for the dramatic arts\, especially in the tradition of Chinese culture and its relationship with the Western art form as seen in New York. The name “Four Seas” represents the first two Chinese characters in the ancient saying: “Within the four seas\, all men are brothers.”
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/four-seas-players-the-so-called-perfect-life/
LOCATION:Abrons Arts Center\, 466 Grand Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Japan Fes NYC 2026:  Japanese Food Festival
DESCRIPTION:JAPAN Fes\, one of the city’s most beloved street food events\, is returning to celebrate a major milestone: its 10th anniversary in New York City\, bringing dozens of Japanese food vendors to the streets for a full day of snacking\, sipping and exploring.  Each event typically runs from 10 am to 6 pm and pops up in neighborhoods across Manhattan\, Brooklyn and Queens. \nHere are the 2026 JAPAN Fes dates in NYC: \nMarch 28 in the East Village\nMarch 29 in Midtown West \nApril 4 in the Village\nApril 5 on the Upper West Side\nApril 11 in the East Village\nApril 12 in the East Village\nApril 18 in Morningside Heights\nApril 19 in Chelsea\nApril 25 in Chelsea\nApril 26 in Astoria\nMay\nMay 2 on the Upper East Side\nMay 3 on the Upper West Side\nMay 9 in Chelsea\nMay 24 in the Village\nMay 30 on the Upper East Side\nMay 31 in the East Village\nJune\nJune 6 in the East Village\nJune 7 on the Upper West Side\nJune 14 in the East Village\nJune 21 in Brooklyn\nJune 27 in Times Square\nJune 28 in Astoria\nJuly\nJuly 11 in Chelsea\nJuly 19 in Times Square\nAugust\nAugust 2 on the Upper West Side\nSeptember\nSeptember 12 in Chelsea\nSeptember 13 in Chelsea\nSeptember 19 on the Upper East Side\nSeptember 26 in Morningside Heights\nSeptember 27 on the Upper East Side\nOctober\nOctober 3 in the East Village\nOctober 10 in Astoria\nOctober 24 in the East Village\nOctober 25 on the Upper West Side
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/japan-fes-nyc-2026-japanese-food-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Food,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T120000
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SUMMARY:NY Seasonal Tea Ceremony: Matcha & the Hina Doll Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Hinamatsuri Tea ritual featuring a rare Kinin-date ceremony—celebrating seasonal beauty\, grace\, and Japanese tradition!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ny-seasonal-tea-ceremony-matcha-the-hina-doll-festival/
LOCATION:Globus Tea Room\, 889 Broadway PHC\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T120000
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SUMMARY:National Muslim Women's Summit | MALIKAH
DESCRIPTION:Gather\, Heal\, and Build: A Summit for Muslim Women Rooted in Collective Freedom and Care\n\n\nEvery year\, Malikah hosts the National Muslim Women’s Summit\, one of the few nationwide gatherings dedicated to social justice rooted Muslim women. In 2026\, we gather under the theme Collective Freedom and Collective Care\, exploring how spiritual grounding\, emotional resilience\, storytelling\, and community accountability shape the lives of Muslim women. \nThis year’s summit will take place at the Islamic Center of New York City and features a full day of conversation\, creativity\, and connection. \nThrough Qur’an recitation\, poetry\, comedy\, music\, fireside chats\, and a dynamic panel discussion\, we will explore how Muslim women build freedom through shared responsibility and collective care. Featuring workshops in healing justice\, self defense\, and creative expression\, the summit offers both reflection and practical tools for personal and collective growth. \nWhat to Expect: \n✨ Qur’an recitation and community du’a\n✨ Workshop on healing justice\, self defense\, creative expression\n✨ Workshop on spiritual care\, economic power\, and advocacy\n✨ Opening and closing poetry performances\n✨ A live comedy set as collective release\n✨ Musical performance rooted in memory and spiritual grounding\n✨ Three intimate fireside chats\n✨ A multi speaker panel on faith\, resistance\, and collective freedom\n✨ Networking\, marketplace space\, community dinner\, and sponsored goodies\n✨ Prayer accommodations throughout the day \nThe National Muslim Women’s Summit 2026 is an invitation to gather\, reflect\, and build together in a space created by and for Muslim women. For scholarship tickets\, sponsorship opportunities\, or accessibility requests\, please email malikahevents@malikah.org. \nAbout Malikah: \nMalikah is a grassroots anti-violence and wellness organization advocating against gender and hate-based violence through self-defense training\, healing justice\, economic empowerment\, and community organizing for safety and power. We facilitate\, train\, and organize women and girls across all five boroughs in New York City through partnerships with CBOs\, public schools\, and religious institutions. Through our trainer model\, we equip women and girls in our communities with our four programmatic pillars: 1) healing 2) self-defense 3) organizing\, and 4) financial literacy. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/national-muslim-womens-summit-malikah/
LOCATION:The Islamic Center of New York City\, 350 6th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T200000
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SUMMARY:Music: Steven Chelliah - FuzAsian Dimension
DESCRIPTION:International Multi-Award Winning Guitarist\n\n\nFuzAsian DimensionInternational Multi-Award Winning Jazz-Rock-Fusion Guitarist\, Composer and Vocalist\, Author of the FuzAsian® Method\, Steven Chelliah\, is a Malaysian born American Guitarist\, Composer and Vocalist based in NYC and is the inventor of the FuzAsian® Method\, a system of modern jazz that explores the universe of Indian Scales (Ragas) as vehicles for chromatic and harmonic exploration in Jazz Improvisation. \nIn this Concert entitled FuzAsian Dimension\, Chelliah will be featuring select pieces from his upcoming album entitled ‘FuzAsian Dimension’\, which will feature Progressive Jazz Fusion pieces employing the FuzAsian Method (Indian Scales) in the compositions\, arrangements and guitar solos. These pieces will bring the listener on a journey of Eastern sonorities\, dynamic rhythmic interplay between the band\, and guitar virtuosity. \nThe FuzAsian Dimension is a dynamic guitar led power trio (Guitar\, Bass\, and Drums)\, with Steven Chelliah on Guitar\, Pedal-Keyboard\, and Vocals\, Sean Hanon on Upright and Electric Bass and Rintaro Mikami on Drums. In this special pre-Easter show\, Steven will also be throwing in brand new rock originals and some Hendrix and Deep Purple classics\, applying his original sound of the FuzAsian Method into these iconic rock standards. \nHere is a rising star in the world of Rock and Jazz Guitar\, packing with him original songs like ‘Dreams of Yesterday’\, ‘Nothing Left To Give’ and Double Flat Seven from his International Multi-Award Winning album FUZASIAN\, that has won him 17 international awards. Come out for a Saturday night of dynamic and high intensity music and improvisation and allow this Power-Trio take you on a sonic journey to the FuzAsian Dimension! \nFeaturing : Steven Chelliah – Guitar\, Pedal Keyboard\, Vocals\nSean Hanon – Bass\nRintaro Mikami – Drums \n\n\n🍽️ Food & Beverage Minimum:There is a $25 minimum per person\, per set (excluding tax and tip). \nDoors open and dinner service begins 1 hour before showtime. \n💻 Livestream Access:A livestream link will be emailed 30 minutes prior to the event. \n🎟️ Ticket Policy:Your ticket serves as your reservation — no additional booking required. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/steven-chelliah-fuzasian-dimension/
LOCATION:Chelsea Table & Stage\, 152 West 26th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T210000
DTSTAMP:20260324T203739Z
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SUMMARY:Anandibai: A Night of Music for a Philadelphia Icon
DESCRIPTION:An evening of new music inspired by Anandibai Joshee\, a Philadelphia icon and the first South Asian woman physician!\n\n\nAnandibai: A Night of Music for a Philadelphia Icon \nJoin us for a powerful evening of music and storytelling inspired by Anandibai Joshee—a trailblazing Philadelphia icon and the first South Asian woman to become a physician. \nFeaturing new music and performances by Devi Majeske\, Pan V\, Maya Keren\, Anju\, and Dwight Dunston aka Duns. \nIn 1883\, at a time when it was rare for women to learn to read and write\, much less attend university\, Anandibai traveled from India to Philadelphia by herself at the age of 18 to study at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. \nAnandibai’s extraordinary life\, resilience\, defiance of societal limitations\, and commitment to serving others make her a true Philadelphia icon. \nCelebrate America 250 with a story you won’t hear anywhere else! \nAbout SAADA \nSAADA is the leading source for South Asian American history—a history spanning more than 250 years. Through our archive\, storytelling projects\, exhibits\, artistic partnerships\, walking tours\, lesson plans\, and books\, SAADA demonstrates how South Asian Americans have helped shape our nation. Learn more on our website. \nLead support for this event is provided by William Penn Foundation.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/anandibai-a-night-of-music-for-a-philadelphia-icon/
LOCATION:Neighborhood House\, 20 North American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260331
DTSTAMP:20260327T123834Z
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SUMMARY:Musical: Proud Marys
DESCRIPTION:Prospect Musicals’ IGNITE Festival and National Asian Artists Project present PROUD MARYS\, a genre-bending new pop musical in association with community partner Broadway Barkada. Three daughters shake up the strict traditions of their Filipino-American family when they all get knocked up out of wedlock at the same time. With humor and heart\, PROUD MARYS tackles nuanced conversations about women’s physical and mental health through the lens of a devoutly Catholic Fil-Am family … breaking open the myth of the model minority\, one pop song at a time. \nBook\, story and lyrics by Jennifer Paz\nMusic and lyrics by Anthony Fedorov\nDirection and dramaturgy by Fran de Leon
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/musical-proud-marys/
LOCATION:Baruch Performing Arts Center\, 55 Lexington Ave. (Enter at East 25th Street)\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T120000
DTSTAMP:20260327T074435Z
CREATED:20260327T071721Z
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SUMMARY:Pineapple Cake Experience
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an intimate pineapple cake tasting — a deep dive into the history/culture of + a guided sampling of 10 Taiwanese brands/types.\n\n\nJoin the Pineapple Cake Experience!\nReady to dive into the delicious world of pineapple cakes? This in-person event is all about tasting\, learning\, and having fun with this tropical treat. Whether you’re a foodie or just curious\, come savor the flavors\, meet fellow cake lovers\, and discover what makes pineapple cake a true favorite. Don’t miss out on this sweet adventure! \n\n\nMissing your favorite Taiwanese pineapple cake? Always wanted to visit Taiwan? Love nerding out over something delicious and niche? Save yourself the airfare to Taiwan — this event is for you!! \nJoin Rose for an intimate pineapple cake tasting — a one-of-a-kind food experience. Choose from a morning (10:30am) or afternoon (1:30pm) session on Sunday\, March 29 in the Backroom of Myrtle Wombat\, community beloved Taiwanese convenience store in Clinton Hill\, Brooklyn. \nWhat’s included: \n\nA guided tasting/sampling of 10 pineapple cake brands\, hand picked and brought straight from Taiwan\nPaired with Taiwanese Alishan Mountain Oolong Tea\nA deep dive into the history\, culture\, and evolution of pineapple cakes — including how they’ve inspired modern takes like Rose’s Pineapple Shorts\nAn intimate\, curated group of fellow Taiwanese food & culture lovers\n\n📍 Myrtle Wombat Backroom — 581 Myrtle Ave\, Brooklyn NY 11205 \n*Spots are limited and all sales are final. Photos from the event may be used for future marketing — we’ll make you look good 📸 \nTickets at https://www.rosespineappleshorts.com/meet-the-shorts/p/pineapple-cake-experience
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/pineapple-cake-experience/
LOCATION:Myrtle Wombat\, 581 Myrtle Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T173000
DTSTAMP:20260327T073553Z
CREATED:20260315T073753Z
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SUMMARY:The Peking Acrobats
DESCRIPTION:Prepare to be amazed as The Peking Acrobats® deliver a jaw-dropping performance that defies gravity and belief. This thrilling showcase blends the time-honored tradition of Chinese acrobatics with live music\, bold visuals\, and cutting-edge special effects—creating a high-flying experience for all ages.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-peking-acrobats/
LOCATION:Queens College – Colden Auditorium\, 153-49 Reeves Avenue\, Flushing\, NY\, 11367
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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