🇰🇷 Celebrate Korean Culture at the Gardens! 🇰🇷 On Saturday, October 17 from 2-4pm, join us for the 4th Annual Korean Culture Day at Old Westbury Gardens! 🌸 Spend the afternoon celebrating the richness and vibrancy of Korean culture with Korean food tastings, traditional and K-Pop dance performances, and beautiful live music. Bring your family […]
AAPI New Jersey’s Light Up Diwali festival returns to the Montclair Art Museum. This joyous gathering honors the diverse cultural traditions of the South Asian diaspora. Diwali, the festival of lights, commemorates a triumph of light over darkness and is a time for all to gather and celebrate new beginnings. Spend a magical afternoon enjoying […]
A unique immersive night of live arts experience unfolding through the windows of the Think!Chinatown Studio. Traditional and contemporary dances, Cantonese opera, sizhu 丝竹 (silk and bamboo) instrumental music intertwine with delicate papercut-inspired window installations, transforming the windows into a living stage of movement, color, and sound. Featuring: Ling Tang — traditional Chinese dance Ba […]
The unhinged comedy show where explore some taboo topics.No filter. No apologies. Brown Unhinged is the rawest, most uncensored night of the NYC South Asian Comedy Festival — bringing the boldest South Asian comedians to the iconic Broadway Comedy Club stage in the heart of Manhattan.Step & repeat photo wall on-site — strike a pose […]
“24 hours of uninterrupted, absolutely incredible music performances" —The New York TimesPioneer Works is excited to present the 15th annual Ragas Live Festival featuring 24 hours of transcendent music in the Pioneer Works Main Hall. The entire program will be broadcast live on video at Pioneer Works' YouTube, WKCR 89.9 FM in NYC (audio only) […]
India vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh vs Sri LankaNew York City's biggest comedy night of the year just got bigger. Best of NYC opens the world's largest South Asian comedy festival with two unmissable experiences in one ticket: a stand-up comedy showcase featuring breakout South Asian comedians, followed by a South Asian dance party with two […]
NAAP exists to lead in educating, cultivating, and stimulating audiences and artists, current and future, by showcasing exceptional work by vibrant artists of AANHPI descent. With a uniquely compelling American voice, NAAP brings Meredith Willson's Tony Award-winning musical comedy to the concert stage. Wicked, funny, warm, and romantic, The Music Man follows fast-talking salesman Harold […]
This Filipino American History Month, our office, in partnership with the Office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Woodside on the Move, Bright Spot Community Development Center, the National Federation of Filipino American Associations New York State Chapter, and Filipino American National Historical Society Metro New York Chapter, is proud to host the first-ever Filipino […]
Interested in playing tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons, but not sure where to start? Join Counterspell Games and Behind the Screen for an interactive how to play workshop! Learn directly from Chris Vicari, an author, educator, and professional DM with years of experience both running games and teaching game theory, alongside Counterspell […]
Learn the techniques of Chinese dough sculpting (known as mianren 面人 or miansu 面塑) with master artist Mr. Ye Xun. This folk art dates back 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty. In celebration of Chinatown Arts Week, Mr. Ye, our dough figurine artist from Chinatown Nights, will teach you how to make your own miniature […]
Join the Counterspell Games pop-up at Welcome to Chinatown for a night of adventure! Your mission: Board an impossible flying ship and join a ragtag crew to save the capitol city before it’s too late! If you love in-person games, role-playing as characters, and exploring new places in a science-fantasy world, you'll love the theme of […]
VCS is excited about the First Light: AAPI Film Festival! To kick the event off, we are excited to announce five featured films screening on Saturday, September 26th ✨ 📅 Oct. 18 at 3:00 PM 📍telos.haus at 303 Ten Eyck St 🎬 First Winter Directed by Schantelle Alonzo (@Mishipiku) Ángel is a newly arrived immigrant […]