Join us May 4th at Littlefield for Boba Gays: Asian Comedy Show—an all-Asian, all-queer variety night of stand-up, sketch, and improv! DOORS 5PM | SHOW 6PM Boba Gays is back and BOBA-IER and GAYER than ever! Join us for a night of all-Asian excellence with a variety comedy show packed with stand-up, improv, and sketch—all […]
Ever feel like you have to be “successful” all the time or that struggling isn’t an option? The model minority myth creates unrealistic expectations that can lead to stress, burnout, and silence around mental health for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In this Mental Health Monday Lunch & Learn with Sweta Kansagra, LCSW, we’ll have […]
Tony Award winner Lea Salonga – beloved for her work on Broadway in Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Here Lies Love, and more – joins us with 11-time Emmy Award-winning host of NY1’s On Stage Frank DiLella to talk about her role in the new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Salonga is fresh […]
3AF Impact Series by the Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) The 3AF Impact Series is happening on Tuesday, May 6, a virtual half-day event where top advertising and marketing industry experts will share key insights on the fastest-growing consumer segment: Asian Americans. This event will provide: Expert discussions on Asian American consumer influence The latest […]
This workshop will focus on providing middle school ELA teachers with an overview of Asian American literature including memoirs, novels, and short stories. Several AAPI authors will be highlighted, and ways to introduce these authors and their work in an age-appropriate way will be presented. Points of consideration on how to choose appropriate literature with […]
Join us for the launch of Vicky Nguyen’s memoir Boat Baby, where she shares the incredible journey of her family’s daring escape from Vietnam and her unlikely path from refugee to NBC News anchor and correspondent today. Reception to follow the discussion. Starting in 1975, following the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnam’s 'boat people' […]
Join us for our sixth annual Asian Comedy Fest, now bi-coastal! ACF in NYC will run May 6th-8th for a total of 6 shows, featuring over 50 of some of the best API comedic talent in the world. Tuesday, May 6th At 7:00pm EST: Stand-Up Comedy Feat. Mic Nguyen Tuesday, May 6th At 9:00pm EST: […]
Yue-Sai Kan invites you to enjoy a fun evening discovering something you might not know about Chinese food Chinese gastronomic culture has exerted a profound and lasting influence on the world—often in ways unknown or forgotten. From the porcelain plates that grace our tables to ingredients like soy sauce, noodles, and chili sauce that have […]
Join Us in Celebrating AAPI month. Come hang out with Christine Lau at Nom Wah Test Kitchen! May 7th -seating at 6:00pm and at 8:15pm Explore Christine's signature cuisine of weaving together diverse cultures and flavors. Her 7 course prix-fixe menu is inspired by Cantonese banquets & Japanese kaiseki menus where the evening will take […]
The Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design will be presented by Yatin Pandya in the Satz Auditorium Join us for our 2025 Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design as sustainable design expert Yatin Pandya presents “Sustainability is a Way of Life: Towards Humane, Sustainable, and Timeless Architecture" on Wednesday, May 7. The talk will draw […]
Join BPL Presents as Katie Kitamura takes the Dweck stage to discuss Audition, an exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough […]
Hybrid Author Talk - Join us online or in-person! Beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of Chinese migrated to a distant land they called Gum Shan-–Gold […]