Join us to explore themes in Interior Chinatown and begin your own scripted story inspired by the novel. The 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. This April, join us for an engaging book discussion and writing workshop […]
Join AAWW for a celebration of Roohi Choudhry's Outside Women, featuring Mona Eltahawy and Yashica Dutt Join 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. Choudhry will be joined by Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women […]
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 […]
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. Join CACF’s Education Policy Team for a webinar on what you need to know about Mayoral […]
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.
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. This memoir is Kao Kalia Yang’s tribute to her remarkable […]
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; […]
Kick off AANHPI Heritage Month with a discussion with Alvin Eng and Qian Julie Wang on growing up Chinese American in NYC Join 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: […]