Following April’s successful performance of Comfort Girl, Stephanie brings her band back to Joe’s Pub for a performance of entirely different material! Stephanie 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 live premieres of newly-written material and […]
Join us for this captivating discussion that explores the dynamic interplay between culture and technology!Register via ZoomPurchase The Chinese ComputerThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to join an insightful discussion with Thomas S. Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University and author of The Chinese Computer: A Global History of […]
Join us to celebrate the release of Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture with a lively discussion between Giant Robot's co-founder Eric Nakamura and journalist Claudine Ko, writer Ed Lin, and artist, illustrator and author Travis Louie.
This series brings together movement leaders to discuss the strategic questions facing the movement at this critical juncture.Panel Overview: The past 15 years have seen persistent and powerful uprisings and mass movements in the streets. With unrest likely to grow in the coming years, it is critical that base-building organizations think strategically about what their […]
Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. REGISTER As the 2024 presidential election approaches and in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 uprisings for Black Lives, and 2023 Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, Claire Jean Kim‘s Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World (Cambridge University Press, 2023) offers us a historically-grounded and theoretically astute […]
This workshop sheds light on some of the many overlooked histories of Oceania, or the Pacific Islands, to recenter the “PI” in “AAPI.” This 90-min session will give an overview of U.S. Pacific Islander history, covering topics of colonization and military intervention, and interrogate the common misconstructions of the Pacific and its people. Participants will […]
Fatima Rajina discusses British Bangladeshi Muslim men and the changing landscape of their dress and language.Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men, examining how factors like […]
Watch some of the funniest South Asian American comedians from New York City as well from all around the U.S. and the world. Every show also features a non-South-Asian guest performer, just to keep the spice level under 5. Our house shows at Broadway Comedy Club regularly feature New York’s best South Asian Comedians as […]
Join a MOCA educator for a public gallery tour of our core exhibition, With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America.
Enjoy live performances, family-friendly fun, and explore unique products, art, and treats by Muslim & SWANA artists and businesses!🎉 Join Us at the Malikah Block Party! 🎉✨ October 26th | Celebrating Community, Culture, & Connection!Come out and experience a vibrant day filled with amazing Muslim & SWANA artists, creators, and small businesses! Enjoy live performances […]
Diwali, often known as the festival of lights, is celebrated in South Asia, by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. It symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Diwali returns to Asia Society with colorful, fun-filled, and multi-sensorial afternoon, presented in collaboration with The Culture Tree. On October 26th, 2024, […]
Ever wonder what it would be like to see yourself on the cover of a magazine? Design a magazine cover starring… you!