Think!Chinatown’s Afternoon Tea 下午茶 series is back this year for a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration! In observation of the Mid-Autumn Festival (it’s September 17th this year), we invite you to join us in exploring the rich cultural heritage of mooncakes and tea. From flaky crust and soft snowskin mooncakes to flavorful coconut and lotus fillings, taste […]
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at China Institute in America for the entire family! Mid-autumn is one of the most celebrated holidays in China – a time for families to get […]
Join us for a marathon reading uplifting and celebrating Palestinian voices as part of the Asian American Literature Festival!Organized by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Reorienting Reads, and our friends […]
Learn election day related terms in Cantonese and encourage your families to vote for Cantonese learners of any level. From telling someone your political party to explaining the process of voting in Cantonese, this two-hour workshop has everything you need (Cantonese vocab + sentence breakdown + supplementary resources) for you to encourage your Cantonese families […]
Erasing Borders Dance Festival - 2024 Saturday, Sept 21, 2024, Ailey Citigroup Theater (Live In-Person) 6PM Samir Kumar Panigrahi and Santosh Ram (Odissi duo) Vedya Spurthi Konda (Kuchipudi solo) Fuchsia Dance Company (Bharatanatyam group) Nirupama and Rajendra (Kathak duo)
Yardbird Productions and The Institute of Jazz Studies present the AAPI Jazz Fest Showcase in collaboration with the American Dream Mall!The 2024 AAPI Jazz Fest Showcase brings you an incredible […]
Join organizers and participants of the 2024 Asian American Literature Festival to hear from readers and guests and collectively share in our takeaways from the week. Tanzila Ahmed, Aria Curtis, […]
Erasing Borders Dance Festival - 2024Sunday, Sept 22, 2024, Ailey Citigroup Theater (Live In-Person) 6PMGuest of honor: Alarmel ValliMalavika Singh and Sri Thina Subramanian (Odissi duo)Ramya Harishankar (Bharatanatyam solo)Anugraha Sridhar […]
EB Dance - 23 SeptMonday, Sept 23, 2024, (Virtual, on IAAC Facebook.com | YouTube.com)7PMJayaprabha Menon (Mohiniyattam solo)Ratikant Mohapatra/Srjan team (Odissi duo from Orissa)Vaishnavi Dhore (Bharatanatyam solo)Rima Kallingal (Contemporary group)
The Center on Asian Americans and the Law presents ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail—a documentary about the saga of the Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown, New York. Abacus became the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forced the Sung […]
APAICS Technology Summit, taking place on September 25-26 on YouTube and Facebook Live! The APAICS Technology Summit brings together community and corporate leaders, subject matter experts, as well as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) elected officials for bipartisan policy discussions that affect the AA & NH/PI community and the nation […]
Chinese Americans constitute about 5.5 million people and are the largest share of the Asian American population. Despite this fast-growing electorate, Chinese Americans have faced a surge in racism in everyday life, been historically underrepresented in politics and policy, and the specific policy preferences and political behaviors of those same Chinese Americans are unknown. So […]