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SUMMARY:Lead Bigger: Book Talk with Anne Chow
DESCRIPTION:Lead Bigger: Book Talk with Anne Chow\, The First Asian Women CEO in AT&T’s History\n\n\nIn honor of AAPI Heritage Month\, the Asian American Authors Book Club and China Institute in America are proud to co-host a special book talk featuring Anne Chow\, trailblazing business executive and author of Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion. Anne made history as the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s history and continues to shape the future of business through her leadership and voice. \nIn conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng\, Director of Programs at China Institute\, Anne will reflect on her personal and professional journey—spanning more than three decades in technology and corporate leadership—and share powerful insights from her new book. \nThis conversation will offer inspiration not only for AAPI professionals\, but for anyone seeking to lead with purpose and authenticity in a complex\, ever-evolving world. \nCopies of Lead Bigger can be signed by the author on site. \n\n\nSPEAKER \nAnne Chow \nAnne is a transformative business leader whose trailblazing corporate career spans over three decades in the technology and business sectors. She is currently Lead Director on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) and also serves on the Board of Directors of 3M (NYSE: MMM) and CSX (NASDAQ: CSX). Anne is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and actively supports numerous local and national organizations\, including serving on the Dallas Mavericks Advisory Council and Georgia Tech’s President’s Advisory Board. \nIn her prior role as CEO of AT&T Business\, she was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history\, responsible for leading a $35B global operating unit comprised of over 35\,000 people. Appointed to this position in 2019\, she guided her team\, through the pandemic amid unprecedented market upheaval around the world\, to serve customers with communications solutions across all sectors. This includes small and medium-sized businesses\, global multinational enterprises\, the public sector and nearly all the Fortune 1000. \nAnne’s leadership experiences and expertise over the decades span product management\, marketing\, sales\, strategy\, customer service\, operations\, network engineering and more. Widely recognized for her role model inclusive leadership and her impact in driving success at the intersection of people\, culture\, and technology\, Anne was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business twice\, Forbes inaugural CEO Next List of Leaders set to revolutionize American business\, Most Inspiring Woman in Communications by Light Reading\, and is one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices. \nHer recent accolades include being recognized by The Johnson School at Cornell University with the L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement\, the highest honor for distinguished alumni\, being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business by the Dallas Business Journal and becoming the first leader of Asian descent to be inducted into the Dallas Business Hall of Fame since it’s inception in 1999. \nAs a lifelong learner committed to inspiration and impact\, Anne engages with local\, national\, and global audiences through keynotes\, panel discussions\, and published works. She is the national best-selling author of LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion\, by Simon & Schuster and co-author of The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias\, Cultivate Connection\, and Create High-Performing Teams. Anne holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA with Distinction from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music. \n\n\nMODERATOR \nSusan Yuqing Feng \nSusan Yuqing Feng joined China Institute as Director of Programs in October of 2023. Before joining CI\, Susan was the Editor in Chief of Bitpush News\, a leading block chain media based in New York and a columnist for the Financial Times Chinese Edition. \nThroughout her journalism career\, Susan conducted interviews with a multitude of world economic and political leaders\, including Warren Buffet\, Bill Gates\, Alan Greenspan\, Paul Volker\, President Clinton\, Zbigniew Brzeziński\, Michael Bloomberg\, Thomas Friedman\, and many more. Susan has also directed the documentary series “World Movers” which was released in March 2018. It illustrated the emerging new world order 70 years after WWII\, shedding light on what has changed the U.S. and the world and the forces affecting everyone. It focused on the relationships between technology and globalization\, the impact on immigration\, and the future of U.S.-China relations. \nSusan graduated from Columbia University and got her MA in International Affairs.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/lead-bigger-book-talk-with-anne-chow/
LOCATION:China Institute In America\, 40 Rector Street\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10006
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T200000
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SUMMARY:2025 Queens Borough President AAPI Heritage Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. hosts his annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Celebration. Enjoy a powerful evening of cultural performances\, honors for outstanding local leaders and organizations\, refreshments and much more.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-queens-borough-president-aapi-heritage-celebration/
LOCATION:Queens Borough Hall\, 120-55 Queens Blvd\, Kew Gardens\, NY
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T150000
DTSTAMP:20250512T124732Z
CREATED:20250505T124740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T124732Z
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SUMMARY:Courage to Advocate: AANHPIs for Public Education
DESCRIPTION:What is at stake for AANHPI students and public education\, and what can we do about it? Join us for a conversation on how AANHPIs are impacted by recent laws to defund public schools\, block access to education\, and threaten the right to freedom of expression in school. \nExperienced AANHPI advocates from across the country\, including our Co-Executive Director Roslyne Shiao\, will share the importance of protecting public education and offer strategies for getting involved in your local community. \nFree and open to all.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/courage-to-advocate-aanhpis-for-public-education/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Grades K–5,High School,Middle School,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T150000
DTSTAMP:20250512T124731Z
CREATED:20250421T124732Z
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SUMMARY:Teaching AAPI History & Contributions
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, New Jersey passed the AAPI Curriculum Mandate requiring public schools to teach AAPI contributions\, history\, and heritage as part of a concerted effort to reduce prejudice and promote belonging for AAPI people\, culture\, and communities. \nJoin Dr. Khayti Joshi in person at Fairleigh Dickinson University to learn how to bring AAPI history\, culture\, and people to life in middle school and high school classrooms. Teachers will leave with practical resources\, tools\, and ideas on how to weave AAPI content into their current curriculum. \nFacilitator: Dr. Khyati Joshi  \nDr. Khyati Joshi is an educator\, scholar\, co-founder of the Institute for Teaching Diversity and Social Justice\, and Professor in the School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. \n\n\n$75 fee\, includes lunch and class materials. Parking is free. Professional development hours awarded. Generous scholarships available. \nPlease email isabella.kasegrande@aapinewjersey.org to process registration via PO\, inquire about scholarships\, or for any other questions. \n— \nPresented in partnership by Fairleigh Dickinson University\, Teach Asian American Stories\, and AAPI New Jersey.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/teaching-aapi-history-contributions/
LOCATION:Fairleigh Dickinson University\, 1000 River Rd\, Teaneck\, NJ\, 07666\, United States
CATEGORIES:High School,History,In Person,Middle School
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T193000
DTSTAMP:20250512T055227Z
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SUMMARY:Songs That Raised Us ; Face (Part 1/2)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dual community music exchange and micro language lab rooted in heritage study! This is a two-part series on May 14th and 28th.\n\n\nSongs That Raised Us ; Face (Part 1/2)  \nDrawing on native vernacular + formative music memory\, we will peel off the distortion of saving Orientalized ‘face’\, hear a case of moving national tradition toward modernity\, and relink the diasporic time capsule to a family of language that brings vibrancy to soundbites of cultural difference. \nThis dual community music exchange and micro language lab may be of particular interest for heritage learners while all skill levels and heritage-curious are welcome! \nMeet Our Instructor; Laura Ng \nAn interdisciplinary culture worker-sense maker and aspiring Canto diaspora\, Laura Ng uses design inquiry and provocation to facilitate collective discovery. \nTheir Heritage Restoration practice reclaims assimilated genealogy in American/transnational movements toward a new relating—of opt-in—contributing research + editorials in Arts for America\, CCA Design Is\, and Getty Pacific Standard Time. \nHer present interests involve the worldviews embodied in language and somatic currents of social signaling\, principled on reconnection to cultural transmission as it is lived. \nThis is a virtual event\, Zoom information will be emailed closer to the date of the event! This event will be two parts\, with the second being on May 28th.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/songs-that-raised-us-face-part-1-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T190000
DTSTAMP:20250509T162553Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T162553Z
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SUMMARY:Asian Americans in the “American West” (Online Teacher Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Expand how your students imagine the “American West” by learning how to incorporate photographs\, legal cases\, writings\, and life stories of Asian Americans who fought for social and cultural equality\, challenged discriminatory laws in court\, and built community in the West. \nParticipants will receive 1 CTLE hour
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-americans-in-the-american-west-online-teacher-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,History,Virtual,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T170000
DTSTAMP:20250512T054635Z
CREATED:20250501T071146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T054635Z
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SUMMARY:AAPI ReModel Minority Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the origins and impact of the “Model Minority Myth\,” which inaccurately depicts all Asian Americans as high-achieving\, law-abiding\, and seamlessly assimilated into American society. While seemingly positive\, this stereotype masks ongoing systemic racism and drives a wedge between communities of color. Participants will examine Asian American histories and experiences while learning strategies to challenge and dismantle this harmful narrative. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aapi-remodel-minority-workshop/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T140000
DTSTAMP:20250509T154508Z
CREATED:20250509T145239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T154508Z
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SUMMARY:Data-Driven Democracy: Reaching Voters with Digital Tools
DESCRIPTION:At “Data-Driven Democracy”\, we’ll teach you how to harness digital tools to both maximize your ability to target your audience and craft hyper-targeted and culturally competent messaging that resonates deeply with specific communities. Whether you’re looking to refine your messaging or make your outreach efforts more impactful\, this webinar will provide actionable strategies to help you connect meaningfully with your chosen audience. \nWebinar Speakers: \n-Facilitator: Chyann Sapp (Campaign Director – National Voter Registration Day) – \nGuest Speaker: Grant Wiles (Vice President of Data\, Research\, and Polling – NextGen America) \nRSVP now to ensure you receive the webinar recording and slides automatically. This webinar will have Closed Captioning provided by Zoom. If you need other accommodations to access the webinar\, please email info@nationalvoterregistrationday.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/data-driven-democracy-reaching-voters-with-digital-tools/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T170000
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SUMMARY:Asia Society Global Talent Symposium + Awards
DESCRIPTION:The Global Talent Symposium + Awards offers a unique platform for culturally expansive leadership development. This one-day conference highlights leaders driving the business case for global talent and brings together professionals from a wide range of businesses and industries. \nJoin us on May 14 to gain insights from visionary experts\, apply key takeaways during interactive workshops\, and network with peers from across the country. \nThe 2025 Symposium will feature: \n\nThought-provoking sessions with leaders advancing global business success through innovation and culturally informed leadership.\nInteractive breakout discussions on mentorship\, executive coaching\, and wellness.\nAwards ceremony celebrating changemakers advancing Pan-Asian professionals and fostering inclusive workplaces.\nNetworking lunch and reception to build connections and community.\nExpanded large-format programming available both in person and via live stream.\nSenior Leadership Roundtable (By invitation only).\n\nPlease note that there are two ticket types: \nPanel Topics \n\nFrom Invisible to Influential: How to Stay Seen and Succeed in Any Environment [Hybrid]\nBeyond the Noise: Future-Proofing Strategies in a Complex Climate [Hybrid]\nStand Out to Move Up: Build Your Brand at Any Stage Workshop\nLeading Through Uncertainty: Lessons from Asian CEOs and Founders [Hybrid]
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asia-society-global-talent-symposium-awards/
LOCATION:Asia Society NYC\, 725 Park Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Hybrid,In Person,Professional Development,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T230000
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SUMMARY:Dance: Kaz Kumagai: Tap Into the Light
DESCRIPTION:Award winning tap dancer Kaz Kumagai presents his new work “TAP INTO THE LIGHT” with the legendary Jazz musicians Alex Blake (bass)\, Toru Dodo (piano)\, and Sol Liebeskind (vocals)\, along with the world best tap dancers such as Anthony Morigerato and Max Pollak and special guests!!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/dance-kaz-kumagai-tap-into-the-light/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T200000
DTSTAMP:20250508T153241Z
CREATED:20250420T194109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T153241Z
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SUMMARY:Viewpoints: Fareed Zakaria
DESCRIPTION:CNN host and author Fareed Zakaria joins Asia Society President and CEO Kyung-wha Kang for a conversation discussing Zakaria’s book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to Present in the present geopolitical and social context. \nThis program is part of Viewpoints: an annual series where prominent\, visionary figures are interviewed onstage about their work and perspectives before a public audience\, made possible by the generous support of Aashish and Dinyar S. Devitre and presented in partnership with Pratham USA.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/viewpoints-fareed-zakaria/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T200000
DTSTAMP:20250512T054504Z
CREATED:20250508T064810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T054504Z
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SUMMARY:AAPI Night Market at Barclays Center
DESCRIPTION:N AAPI Night Market\nCelebrate the AAPI community with food\, performances & more \nJoin us for the 4th annual AAPI Night Market at Barclays Center on Tuesday\, May 13 at 6:00PM. Celebrate the Asian American and Pacific Islander community with complimentary food from local vendors\, performances\, kids activities & more. \nThis event is free & open to the public.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aapi-night-market-at-barclays-center/
LOCATION:Barclays Center\, 620 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Night Market
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T200000
DTSTAMP:20250430T201257Z
CREATED:20250430T201257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T201257Z
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SUMMARY:The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration
DESCRIPTION:Reception & Book Signing to Follow \nTO RSVP In Person or zoom: https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=4acaad42-64c0-494d-b709-d724ab8837ff&envId=p-rzKFBb2xVk253Ulcjd_x1w&zone=usa \nMarking Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Roosevelt House\, please join us\, together with the Hunter College Asian American Studies Program\, for a discussion of the new Penguin Classics anthology\, The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration. The event will feature the volume’s coeditors Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung in conversation with Hunter College professor of education\, and the granddaughter—and daughter—of incarcerated Japanese Americans\, Cathlin Goulding. \nAn “essential volume\,” according to The New Yorker\, this anthology recovers\, and reframes\, the literature produced by those affected by the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II— based solely upon the race they shared with a wartime enemy. In a decision even FDR’s great admirers have condemned as one of the most indefensible of his presidency\, the Roosevelt administration expelled resident aliens as well as U.S. citizens from their homes\, imprisoning 125\,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in camps—without due process. \nFrom the extensive collection of essays\, memoirs\, letters\, fiction\, and poetry in the anthology emerges a shared story of the struggle to retain personal integrity in the face of increasing dehumanization. The contributors span incarcerees\, their children born in or soon after the camps\, and their descendants who reflect on the long-term consequences of mass incarceration for themselves and the nation. \nMany of the voices in the book are those of protest. Some are those of accommodation. All are authentic. Together\, they form an epic narrative with a singular vision of America’s past—one with disturbing resonances with the American present. \nAs citizens are once again incarcerated without due process\, under the same Alien Enemies Act used during WWII\, please join us for this important historical—and yet urgent—discussion. \nFrank Abe is the lead author of the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration and a finalist in creative nonfiction for the Washington State Book Award. He wrote\, produced\, and directed the award-winning PBS documentary Conscience and the Constitution\, on the largest organized camp resistance\, and\, with writer Frank Chin\, helped create the first Day of Remembrance in Seattle in 1978. \nFloyd Cheung is a professor of English Language and Literature and American Studies at Smith College. Coeditor and contributor to Recovered Legacies: Authority and Identity in Early Asian American Literature\, he has worked on the recovery of writings by H.T. Tsiang\, Sadakichi Hartmann\, Kathleen Tamagawa\, Munio Makuuchi\, and others. \nCathlin Goulding is a Hunter College professor of education and curriculum designer. She co-directs the YURI Education Project\, which helps PK-12 educators teach and tell Asian American histories. Her grandparents were incarcerated at the Jerome and Gila River camps\, where her mother was born.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-literature-of-japanese-american-incarceration/
LOCATION:Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College\, 47-49 East 65th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10065
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000
DTSTAMP:20250509T083541Z
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SUMMARY:Ching Ho Cheng: Luminous Life and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Panel conversation on the life and artistic legacy of Ching Ho Cheng with Sybao Cheng-Wilson\, Gordon Wilkins\, and Kyle Croft\n\n\nPlease join BANK NYC for a panel discussion on the life and artistic legacy of cultural luminary\, Ching Ho Cheng. This panel talk coincides with Cheng’s solo exhibition\, Tracing Infinity\, at BANK’s NYC pilot space from May 2 – June 14\, 2025. \nOur panelists\, Sybao Cheng-Wilson\, Director of the Estate of Ching Ho Cheng\, Gordon Wilkins\, Robert M. Walker Curator of American Art at the Addison Gallery of American Art\, and Kyle Croft\, Executive Director of Visual AIDS\, will contextualize Cheng’s work within the rich New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s and offer critical perspectives on his practice as a prolific Asian American and LGBTQ artist. \nThis panel discussion precedes Cheng’s inclusion in Sixties Surreal at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Fall 2025 and his upcoming traveling retrospective\, Ching Ho Cheng: The Light Will Continue\, which will originate at the Addison Gallery of American Art in early 2027. This will be Cheng’s first major institutional retrospective\, which fervently reconsiders this Asian American artist’s often overlooked life and body of work. It will also be accompanied by a monograph published in collaboration with Visual AIDS. \n  \n\n\n\nSybao Cheng-Wilson was born and raised in New York City\, where both she and her mother studied at the Mayor School of Fashion Design. After graduating\, she moved to Paris and modeled for fashion icons Antonio Lopez and photographer Bill Cunningham while studying French and ballet. She returned to the US in the 1970s and created a collection of hand embroidered women’s wear with her mother\, distributed to boutiques and the finest department stores across the country. Cheng-Wilson was featured in New York Magazine’s Best Bets and Soho News. \nAs of 1989\, Cheng-Wilson has dedicated herself extensively to the stewardship and curatorial duties of Ching Ho Cheng’s extensive oeuvre as Director of the Estate of Ching Ho Cheng. She has organized posthumous solo exhibitions of her brother’s work at Shepherd W&K Galleries\, David Zwirner\, and Art Basel Miami\, as well as Cheng’s upcoming traveling retrospective at the Addison Gallery of American Art. \n  \n\n\n\nGordon Wilkins is the Robert M. Walker Curator of American Art at the Addison Gallery of American Art\, Phillips Academy\, Andover\, MA. Wilkins oversees the care\, exhibition\, and growth of the Addison’s world-renowned collection of American art across media with a particular focus on the art of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He has curated numerous exhibitions on a broad array of topics\, ranging from European-American perceptions of the natural world in the nineteenth century to 1970s Bay Area conceptual photography. Wilkins is currently working on several special exhibition projects\, notably Ching Ho Cheng: The Light Will Continue\, the artist’s first retrospective and posthumous solo museum exhibition. The exhibition will open in early 2027 at the Addison before travelling to additional venues. \n  \nBefore he arrived at the Addison in October 2018\, Wilkins served as the Assistant Curator for Exhibitions and Research at the Peabody Essex Museum\, Salem\, MA for three years where he helped organize several temporary and permanent exhibition projects and publications including the celebrated Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings (co-organized with the National Gallery of Art\, Washington). He has contributed to several scholarly publications\, including Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North (2023) and Young\, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists (2020)\, and has lectured widely. Wilkins has also served as an Adjunct Professor of the History of American Art at the University of New Hampshire. \n  \n\n\n\nKyle Croft is the Executive Director of Visual AIDS. In his seven years with the organization\, he has worked to preserve the legacies of artists lost to AIDS and support a global community of artists living with HIV. He is organizing the exhibition Ministry: Reverend Joyce McDonald\, opening this July at the Bronx Museum\, and has edited volumes on Darrel Ellis\, Frederick Weston\, and William Olander.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ching-ho-cheng-luminous-life-and-legacy/
LOCATION:127 Elizabeth St\, 127 Elizabeth Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T170000
DTSTAMP:20250512T124731Z
CREATED:20250428T124732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T124731Z
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SUMMARY:Teaching the 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship: Making Sense of the Political Moment Through Asian American Histories
DESCRIPTION:Birthright citizenship—a cornerstone of the 14th Amendment—is once again under attack. In partnership with Asian Law Caucus\, this workshop will delve into the history and ongoing relevance of the 14th Amendment\, exploring how Asian Americans have played a pivotal role in shaping its legacy. Together\, we’ll examine landmark moments including the Chinese Exclusion Act\, United States v. Wong Kim Ark\, and Executive Order 14160\, and reflect on the broader question: Who gets to be an American citizen? A legal representative from Asian Law Caucus will join us for a live Q&A to address the current threats to birthright citizenship and answer your questions. Educators will leave with historical context\, up-to-date legal insights\, and ready-to-use resources to teach this critical topic in their classrooms. \nFree and open to all. Professional Development hours awarded. \nFacilitator: Sulynn Miao \nThis event is brought to you by Teach Asian American Stories\, AAPI New Jersey\, and Asian Law Caucus.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/teaching-the-14th-amendment-birthright-citizenship-making-sense-of-the-political-moment-through-asian-american-histories/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Grades K–5,High School,History,Middle School,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250601
DTSTAMP:20250509T163831Z
CREATED:20250509T130559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T163831Z
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SUMMARY:New York Asian Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:This May\, the first-ever New York Asian Arts Festival (@nyasianartsfestival) takes over the city with a month-long celebration of Asian American creativity. Anchored by a group exhibition in SoHo and a citywide calendar of hands-on art classes and community events\, NYAAF spotlights the artists\, storytellers\, and cultural spaces shaping Asian American art today. Rooted in community and driven by culture\, the festival proudly creates space for connection\, exchange\, and expression through art and creativity. \nThe gallery exhibition runs May 23–25 in SoHo and is free to attend. Workshops and events take place May 9–31 across NYC\, in partnership with AAPI-owned and aligned studios. \nLearn more and see the full festival lineup at nyasianartsfestival.com.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-york-asian-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250514
DTSTAMP:20250508T153034Z
CREATED:20250418T142415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T153034Z
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SUMMARY:APAICS Legislative Leadership Summit in Washington DC
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 APAICS Legislative Leadership Summit brings together nonprofit and corporate leaders\, subject matter experts\, as well as local\, state\, and federal elected officials to discuss important issues that affect the Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community and the nation at large. Past events focused on issues\, policies\, practices\, and trends in the AA & NH/PI community in an environment that facilitates solution-oriented dialogue and building public service pipelines in communities of color. \nThe 2025 Legislative Leadership Summit will feature various plenary and breakout sessions on the top issues affecting the AA & NH/PI community and the nation at large. \nThe titular plenary of this year’s Summit will feature amazing current and former public officials: \nMayor Lily Wu\, Witchita\, KS\nManpreet Kaur\, Vice Mayor\, Bakersfield City Councilmember\nEsther Kiaʻāina\, Honolulu City Councilmember\nDavid Oh\, Asian American Business Alliance of Greater Philadelphia\nKrystal Ka’ai Hetherington\, Kaai Consulting Group (Moderator)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/apaics-legislative-leadership-summit-in-washington-dc/
LOCATION:The Royal Sonesta Washington\, Capitol Hill\, 20 Massachusetts Ave NW\,\, Washington DC\, DC\, 20001
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T123000
DTSTAMP:20250509T160057Z
CREATED:20250509T124759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T160057Z
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SUMMARY:Chinatown '75 Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Tours on May 11\, 17\, and 18\, 2025 from 11:00am to 12:30pm \nCHINATOWN ‘75 is an interactive walking tour that tells the story of the police brutality case that rocked Chinatown and the protest movement that arose in its wake. In May of 1975\, 25\,000 protesters marched from Chinatown to City Hall to demand justice for the beating of Peter Yew. CHINATOWN ‘75 traces the route of the original march in commemoration of its 50th anniversary. \nBased on archival research and oral histories with march participants\, CHINATOWN ‘75 uses the Peter Yew protests to paint an in-depth portrait of a transformative moment in Chinatown’s history. We’ll explore how the interactions between radical social movements\, community organizations\, and the NYPD shaped the ensuing demonstrations\, and how the iconic photographs of the march came to symbolize a generation of Asian American activism. \nTours will be led by Dr. Michael Menor Salgarolo\, a New York City-based historian\, walking tour guide\, retired stand-up comedian\, and founder of UNASSIMILATED Walking Tours. He holds a PhD in History from New York University\, where he teaches courses in Asian/Pacific/American Studies in the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis. \nThis walk is presented by UNASSIMILATED Walking Tours and Think!Chinatown\, as part of the 2025 Chinatown Storytelling Festival. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to Think!Chinatown.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinatown-75-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Private: Corner of Canal Street & Elizabeth Street\, 30 Elizabeth Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Walking Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20250508T152727Z
CREATED:20250420T194108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T152727Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Panel: Mothers in the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join A4 for a panel discussion on motherhood with artists across the Asian diaspora\, including Hala Alyan\, Maia Ruth Lee\, (Artists + Mothers)\, Natalia Nakazawa\, and Shawna X. The discussion will be moderated by Justine Lee\, programs director at A4\, and hosted at STORM Bookstore in Brooklyn. Seating is limited\, so RSVP soon with a suggested donation of $10. There will be time for Q&A\, mingling\, and refreshments. \nOn the eve of Mother’s Day\, A4 brings together artists of the Asian diaspora to share candidly about how motherhood has shaped their practices (and vice versa)\, the realities of balancing the two identities\, and resources they have found or created to navigate and be joyful during the many stages of raising children. \nPanelists include Hala Alyan\, poet and author of the forthcoming memoir I’ll Tell You When I’m Home; Maia Ruth Lee\, visual artist and board member of Artists + Mothers; Natalia Nakazawa\, visual artist\, educator\, and the creator of the Arts Parents group; and Shawna X\, visual artist whose work focuses on the relationship between mothers’ bodies and the landscape of the universe. The discussion will be moderated by Justine Lee\, programs director at A4\, and mother to Olive. There will be time for Q&A. \nFollowing the panel\, we invite attendees to mingle and enjoy light refreshments. Each attendee will leave with a printed resource list\, which is also available on A4’s website here. \nAgenda:\n2:00-3:00 pm (1 hr) – Panel discussion\n3:00-3:15 pm (15 min) – Q&A\n3:15-4:00 pm (45 min) – Mingling and refreshments \nRecording: The panel discussion will be recorded and published on A4’s YouTube channel after the event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mothers-in-the-arts/
LOCATION:STORM bookstore\, 118 Norman Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11222
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20250509T151827Z
CREATED:20250415T223234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T151827Z
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SUMMARY:Living Room Storytelling Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn the skills to tune in to\, record\, and celebrate the stories all around us\, with the people we love.\n\n\nIn this workshop\, our Storytelling Lead and Chinatown Records DJ historian Rochelle Kwan will give us a peek into her deeply personal process of listening and storytelling with her family and neighbors. We’ll explore the ways that stories can happen all around us and how we can get started with our loved ones right in our own living rooms at home. Free with RSVP required! \nWe’ll walk away with how we can: \n\nTune into the everyday stories all around us\nStart getting to know our loved ones and facilitate meaningful conversations\nWork with what we have to record our own stories\nActivate these stories to co-create art together\n\nJust like we learn to tune the dial just right on the radio\, we’ll walk away with the skills to tune in to\, record\, and celebrate the stories all around us\, with the people we love. \n— \nChinatown Records is a homegrown community effort to celebrate the richness of music\, memory\, and history that comes with inherited family collections. Rooted in deep listening\, Chinatown Records imagines music as a familiar entrypoint and bridge for opening up conversation\, sparking memories\, and building connections across generations – starting right here at home with our loved ones. Spanning across Chinatown block parties\, sonic family histories\, living room listenings\, and endless learning with family and neighbors\, Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 is an ever-growing record of the people we love\, who bring all this music back to life with us. \nchinatownrecords.us || @chinatownrecordsproject  \nThink!Chinatown is a place-based intergenerational non-profit in Manhattan’s Chinatown\, working at the intersection of storytelling\, arts\, and neighborhood engagement. T!C is the team behind neighborhood cultural programs like Chinatown Arts Festival\, Chinatown Night Market\, Chinatown Block Parties\, Chinatown Storytelling Festival\, and more. Find more at www.thinkchinatown.org
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/living-room-stories-workshop/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown’s Studio\, 1 pike street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Storytelling,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20250509T082229Z
CREATED:20250509T021134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T082229Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Tennis Festival
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Asian American\, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander food\, music and dance on-court! Play tennis & celebrate culture with USTA Eastern\n\n\nTo celebrate both National Tennis Month as well as Asian-American\, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in May\, we are partnering with Cunningham Park Tennis Center for the third time. The day will serve as a celebration of Asian culture and diversity as well as introduce community members to the sport. Those who attend the completely free event can enjoy Asian music\, dance and food and tennis\, while they learn more about the sport and the AANHPI culture. On this day\, people of all ages and cultures can hit the courts for a little friendly\, relaxed competition and instruction. There will be an exhibition game by Vania King and Sanae Ohta. \nOur emcee will be Emmy award winning journalist Michelle Yu. \nBring your racquet and get on court! \nVendors and partners include: \n\nSpice Symphony\nWen-Wen\nFruitist\nSanzo\nManila Manila\nStarbucks\nMomo Ash\nHenna by Sana Rais\nTokki Tennis\nThe Serica Initiative\nVoss water\nADV\nTechnifibre\nAssembly Member Nily Rozic\nNew York Chinese Cultural Center\nResorts World NYC\n\nThank you Cunningham Tennis and the Asian American Pacific Islander Tennis Association for joining USTA Eastern in bringing this event to fruition!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-asian-american-and-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-tennis-festival/
LOCATION:Cunningham Tennis\, 19600 Union Turnpike\, Queens\, NY\, 11366\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T170000
DTSTAMP:20250509T151521Z
CREATED:20250509T145236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T151521Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Japan Day Parade & Festival
DESCRIPTION:Japan Day @ Central Park was founded in 2007. This event was held every May in Central Park until 2019\, to celebrate and promote the U.S.-Japan friendship\, express gratitude to NYC\, and strengthen the solidarity of the Japanese-American community. \n  \nDate: Saturday\, May 10th\, 2025 \nOpening Ceremony: 12:30PM (Opening Ceremony) \n*Live Streaming on @japanparadenyc Instagram \nParade starts at 1:00PM \nParade Route: Central Park West\, from 81st to 67th street (Southbound) \nStreet Fair: 11:00AM – 5:00PM\nStreet Fair Location: 72nd Street (Between Central Park West & Columbus Ave)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-japan-day-parade-festival/
LOCATION:Central Park West\, Central Park West (72nd Street)\, New York\, NY
CATEGORIES:Festival,Hybrid,In Person,Parade,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T130000
DTSTAMP:20250508T145710Z
CREATED:20250407T185343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T145710Z
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SUMMARY:Asia in a Bite Food Fest LIC\, May 10-11\,  2025
DESCRIPTION:Asia in a Bite Food Fest is a Free Admission event celebrating Asian cuisine & culture while connecting with local communities. RSVP Now! \nKey Highlights\n🌏 30+ Food Vendors featuring a variety of authentic and fusion Asian cuisines\, including renowned vendors from NYC! 🍜 \n🎶 Instrumental Performances showcasing the beauty of Asian music and cultural heritage. \n🎉 Free Admission for all\, making it accessible for everyone to join the celebration. \nJoin us to celebrate the Year of the Snake 🐍 with delicious food\, vibrant performances\, and a festive atmosphere in the new spring!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asia-in-a-bite-food-fest-lic-may-10-11-2025/
LOCATION:Culture Lab LIC\, 5-25 46th Avenue\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T210000
DTSTAMP:20250501T113151Z
CREATED:20250404T030244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T113151Z
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SUMMARY:Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto
DESCRIPTION:Hack City Comedy – Friday\, May 9 – 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show\n\n\nIf having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual\, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast\, Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen\, are trying to do with their Hack City comedy show — overkill on the funnies. Join the two as they host one of NYC’s most diverse comedy shows\, featuring comics from HBO\, Comedy Central\, and your Twitter feed. \nHosted by Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto \n\n\n7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show \n$15 GA (mixed seated / standing) \nAges 21+ \n\n\n  \nFAQ\nAll Advance and Door tickets are Mixed Seating and Standing. Seating is limited. \nWhen you arrive\, simply check in at the door by providing the name of the ticket purchaser to claim your Will Call tickets. \nOnly Credit and Tap to Pay are accepted for ticket sales at the door. \nMost other questions answered here.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hack-city-comedy-with-mic-nguyen-and-jenny-arimoto-5/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 702 Union St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T203000
DTSTAMP:20250501T230231Z
CREATED:20250417T224803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T230231Z
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SUMMARY:A+ Asian Comedy. Asian Stand Up Comedy in NYC's Broadway Theater District.
DESCRIPTION:NYC’s ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix\, Max\, Hulu\, and TikTok.\n\n\nA+ Asian Comedy is the ultimate Asian stand up comedy show\, filled with the funniest Asian comedians New York City has to offer. Our comics can be seen on Netflix\, HBO\, and Comedy Central\, but nothing compares to seeing them perform live at the world famous Broadway Comedy Club. Tickets are limited\, so purchase yours now and enjoy the show! \nAdditional Info: \nOnly a Two Drink Minimum Per Person (Non alcoholic Drinks Available) \n18 and older \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-asian-comedy-asian-stand-up-comedy-in-nycs-broadway-theater-district-7/
LOCATION:318 W 53rd St\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T193000
DTSTAMP:20250509T132933Z
CREATED:20250509T132933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T132933Z
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SUMMARY:Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole\, curated by Margaret Cho
DESCRIPTION:Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying “If you laugh while crying\, hair will grow out of your butthole.” The show follows highlights of her life based loosely on her memoir\, I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying. It is a sad comedy show designed to make the audience laugh and cry at the same time. \nThis performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Vanguard Residency curated by Margaret Cho.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/youngmi-mayer-hairy-butthole-curated-by-margaret-cho/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T190000
DTSTAMP:20250508T151812Z
CREATED:20250508T151812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T151812Z
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SUMMARY:Shoes Off: All Asian Improv Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Asian improvisers unite! With a rotating cast of performers\, experience improv from a different perspective\, across multiple genres and unique characters. Come join Magnet Theatre in celebrating culture\, comedy and community.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/shoes-off-all-asian-improv-comedy/
LOCATION:Magnet Theater\, 254 West 29th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T200000
DTSTAMP:20250501T112550Z
CREATED:20250501T080609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T112550Z
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SUMMARY:The Condition of Being Near:  Ecologies of Afro-Asia Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:Artists\, writers\, & organizers to consider the breadth of political & social solidarities connecting Black\, African\, & Asian diasporas.\n\n\nThis series of dialogues lead up to the 2026 exhibition The Condition of Being Near (CoBN)\, co-curated by Zairong Xiang\, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of Arts (Duke Kunshan University) and Denise Ryner\, Andrea B. Laporte Curator (ICA Philadelphia). The exhibition will examine the nuanced conditions and operations of south-south solidarity through the lens of a series of global acupuncture points of Afro-Asian culture\, history and relationships. \nCoBN invites artists\, writers and community organizers to consider the wide breadth of political and social solidarities connecting Black\, African\, and Asian diasporas across North America\, the Caribbean\, and Asian and African regions. What can historical and contemporary visual cultures tell us about transracial and trans-regional Afro-Asian “stand-ins”; or networked exchanges built on astute pragmatism\, community proximity\, or survival economies under colonial and post-colonial re-ordering\, marginalization\, and erasure? \nThese dialogues draw together the perspectives of a range of writers\, curators and artists to think broadly about known and lesser-known south-south community and regional ecologies\, influences\, and networks across industry\, mass culture\, the arts\, and political thought. \nThis event will take place at Performance Space NYC. The address is below: \n150 1st Avenue #4th floor \nNew York\, NY 10009 United States \n  \nSchedule-At-A-Glance\nFriday\, May 9\, 2025 from 12:00 – 8:00 PM \n12:50 – Opening Remarks by Denise Ryner Andrea B. Laporte Curator (ICA Philadelphia)\, and Denise Ferreira Da Silva\, Samuel Rudin Professor in the Humanities\, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures (NYU) \n1:00-2:00pm – Open Research Session with Zifeng Liu (HKBU\, Hong Kong)\, Christian Nyampeta (artist based in New York)\, Lee Xie (NYU) \n2:15-3:50pm – Roundtable Discussion: Afro-Asian Political Economy and Artistic Ecologies Across the Americas and the Caribbean with Michaeline A. Crichlow (Duke University\, Durham)\, Richard Drayton (Kings College London)\, and Aaron Kamugisha (Smith College\, Massachusetts)\, moderated by Denise Ferreira Da Silva. \n4:00-5:30pm – Roundtable Discussion: Curating Afro-Asia Roundtable Discussion with Nikita Yingqian Cai (Times Museum\, Guangzhou)\, Michelle Yeonho Hyun (ICA Shanghai) and Tao Leigh Goffe (Hunter College\, CUNY )\, moderated by Denise Ryner (ICA Philadelphia/CRACS Co-Lab Curatorial Fellow) \n6:00-7:00pm – Joan Kee and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons in Conversation \n7:15 – 8:00 PM – Performance: Nothing #9: Yes + No by Autumn Knight \nMore details on the sessions and speaker bios can be found here. \n  \nAccessibility\nPerformance Space New York is located at 150 First Avenue at the corner of 9th Street in Manhattan. The courtyard is step-free; the ground is a wheelchair accessible ecofloor system (grid of tightly packed gravel). ADA all-gender bathrooms are located inside Performance Space on the 4th and 5th floors. On the 1st floor are gender-segregated\, ADA\, multi-stall bathrooms. \nIf you or a friend require a particular form of support or translation not listed here or in the event descriptions\, email boxoffice@PerformanceSpaceNewYork.org. \n  \nImage Credit \nImage Description: The Dixieland Steel Band (1951)\, Port-of-Spain\, Trinidad\nCourtesy of Dr. Robert Lee\nPhoto Credit: Ace Studio (Trinidad)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-condition-of-being-near-ecologies-of-afro-asia-dialogues/
LOCATION:Performance Space New York\, 150 1st Avenue\, #4th floor\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bhangra Bash: Punjabi & South Asian Beats
DESCRIPTION:Late night bhangra party in Soho! Ladies free entry w/ rsvp all night. DJ sets\, late night happy hour\, & more await. 21+ only.\n\n\nIntroducing BHANGRA BASH @ SOB’s! A party dedicated to bhangra\, punjabi\, and South Asian beats. With late night happy hour\, themed cocktails\, and surprise guest DJs spinning all night long. Ladies get FREE ENTRY w/ RSVP all night. \nJoin us Thursday May 8th from 10pm-late at SOB’s – the premier venue for Bhangra\, Bollywood\, and Desi music in New York City. With alumni like Malkit Singh\, M.I.A. Bally Sagoo\, DJ Kratex\, and more\, SOB’s has remained the home of South Asian music in NYC\, with early bhangra dance classes and late-night desi parties. \nFor table/bottle service reservations\, please contact booking@sobs.com. \n– \nCome early at no extra cost for our BHANGRA DANCE CLASS! A dinner & drinks happy hour from 6-9:30pm with free dance lessons from Learn Bhangra NYC. Click here for more info.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/bhangra-bash-punjabi-south-asian-beats/
LOCATION:SOB’s\, 204 Varick Street\, New York\, NY\, 10014\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Surprising History of Asian Americans and Racial Justice
DESCRIPTION:The Surprising History of Asian Americans and Racial Justice\nDr. Ellen Wu\n\n\nThe Institute for Common Power Course\n\n“The Surprising History of Asian Americans and Racial Justice”\nDr. Ellen Wu\nThursdays\, May 8\, 15\, 22\, 2025\n  \n  \nLecture #1 (“Diversity”) explores how the “minority rights” revolution of the 20th century\, sparked by the Black Freedom Movement\, widened to encompass Asian Americans.\n  \nLecture #2 (“Data”) deep-dives into the strange status of Asian Americans as an “overrepresented” (rather than “underrepresented”) minority group.\n  \nLecture #3 (“Democracy”) overviews the little-known but increasingly consequential impact of Asian American political engagement.\n  \nProfessor Ellen Wu researches\, teaches\, and writes about race\, immigration\, and United States history. She is a proud graduate of Indiana University Bloomington’s College of Arts and Sciences\, where she doubled majored in Biology and History. Prof. Wu earned an MA in Asian American Studies at UCLA and a PhD in History at the University of Chicago. She is now Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the College Arts and Humanities Institute at IU Bloomington. \nProf. Wu’s scholarship has been supported with fellowships from the Ford Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and New America. She is author of the award-winning book The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority (2014). Her research has been featured in a variety of public-facing platforms\, including Washington Post\, Slate\, NPR\, Goop\, Adam Ruins Everything\, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver\, and the PBS documentary series Asian Americans. \nCurrently Prof. Wu is writing Overrepresented: The Surprising History of Asian Americans and Racial Justice\, a new story about diversity\, data\, and democracy in the United States (forthcoming from Princeton University Press). \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-surprising-history-of-asian-americans-and-racial-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:History,Virtual
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