Join us for an insightful panel featuring SALDEF, APIAVote, LEADFilipino, and ACDC. These organizations have active civic engagement programming planned for the upcoming midterm elections and will share more about how they are reaching out to their specific communities, the programmatic goals, and how they are making the case for why AAPIs need to vote! […]
North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film returns for its 19th year this summer at Japan Society! Join us for over 30 curated films from across Japan featuring major award-winners, indie darlings, up-and-coming filmmakers, restorations, documentaries, short films, anime and more. JAPAN CUTS Powered by Canon is a showcase of the latest in Japanese cinema, featuring […]
ChuanFest is a four-day performance festival featuring AAPI and immigrant artists across poetry, movement, performance, and installation. Six shows, one durational installation, one performance ritual, one poetry workshop, one community party, four days, two venues. ChuanFest is an AAPI interdisciplinary performance festival organized by the award-winning in-version ensemble. The Festival, spanning four days (July 9–July […]
Dive into the cool mix of Chinese opera, art, design, and tech at this fun and unique opening ceremony!Join us for the opening ceremony of Chinese Opera: A Century of Dreams -- Art, Design, and Technology, and enjoy a guided tour led by curator Lan Chen.Free Admission with light refreshments.
This year’s program features more than 50 filmmakers, ranging from acclaimed veterans to exciting new voices, who will be on hand for post-screening Q&As and special appearances, giving audiences an insider’s look into the stories behind their work. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, June 18 at 2pm, with an early access period for […]
It's SAADA's 18th birthday . . . let's celebrate together!!! Join us for our virtual birthday celebration on Friday, July 10 at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Commemorate this special milestone with us, hear about what's coming up at SAADA, and get the scoop on the who, what, when, where, why, and how of our […]
The Chinatown Night Market team is back! This year as Chinatown Nights*. Friday, June 26 & Friday July 10, 2026 Think!Chinatown’s summer series of food, art & music at the […]
NYC's ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and TikTok.A+ 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 […]
Asia Society presents "Desire & Solitude: The Cinema of Isabel Sandoval", featuring Sandoval's latest film alongside two that inspired it and her three previous features. Lingua Franca Isabel Sandoval, Philippines/USA, 2026, 95 min. In English, Russian and Tagalog with English subtitles. Followed by a Q&A with Isabel Sandoval moderated by film critic Genevieve Yue. In […]
ChuanFest is an AAPI interdisciplinary performance festival organized by the award-winning in-version ensemble. The Festival, spanning four days (July 9–July 12), has six main shows alongside an interactive installation, a prelude poetry workshop, and a community gathering with food-making, across two venues in the East Village and Astoria, Queens. Lineup Program A (Day 1 and […]
Asia Society presents "Desire & Solitude: The Cinema of Isabel Sandoval", featuring Sandoval's latest film alongside two that inspired it and her three previous features. Preceded by the short film Shangri-La (2021). Moonglow Isabel Sandoval, Philippines/Taiwan/Japan/USA, 2026, 107 min. In English and Tagalog with English subtitles. Followed by a Q&A with Isabel Sandoval moderated by film critic […]
July 11 (Sat.) 6:30pm-9pm “The 10th Annual NYC Tanabata Festival @ Carl Schurz Park on the esplanade, enter at 84th to 89th Streets on East End Ave.” presented by the Japanese & Japanese American community in New York with the Amateur Astronomers Association of NY (AAA). In observation of this Japanese summer festival based on a legend of "star-crossed" […]