Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new romantic musical comedy MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. A New York Times Critics' Pick Inside a one-room apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life, listening to jazz records and caring for […]
Connection is a solo exhibition by Avani Patel, presented at Evercore’s New York City offices. Excerpt from Patel’s artist statement: “Art has been an integral part of my life since I was young. I used to go to the theater with my sister for her rehearsals and dance shows. Seeing the colorful costumes, flowing dresses and […]
Who is in our corner when we need help? Who do we call on when we are down? Who backs us up when we are cornered? In Our Corner: Exchanges in the Asian American Art Movements and Beyond explores the personal and professional support that artists of Asian descent received during and after the Asian American […]
The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) will present an all-femme, all-Asian American production of Cymbeline in New York City in January–February 2025. Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare's final plays and is about the British king Cymbeline and his daughter, Imogen. The production features a modern verse translation by Andrea Thome that brings the play's language […]
Created by artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya during her civic practice residency with Poster House, in partnership with Welcome to Chinatown, and presented by Pearl River Mart, “We Are Chinatown: A Portrait Of Our Community Rising Through Labor And Love” is an intimate offering that presents a rich and multifaceted portrait of a neighborhood continuously evolving while […]
Vegas: 3-Day Chinese Genealogy Conference (Jan 26-30, 2025) (in-person) This conference hosted by veteran genealogist Henry Tom in based in Las Vegas! For an early-bird price of $375, participants will enjoy a variety of in-person Chinese genealogy workshops and presentations, hands-on tutorials, and the opportunity to connect with other professional and amateur genealogists. Travel and […]
Join us on in honor of the Year of the Snake (2025) and learn about the historical significance of the first Chinatown in the United States. During the 1850s, thousands […]
Join us to learn actionable strategies to transform your relationship with money. Can’t attend in person? Register for virtual participation The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to […]
Are you looking for spaces to process your thoughts, emotions, & center your mental health and wellness this election season? Join us for one of our clinician facilitated listening sessions […]
Are you looking for spaces to process your thoughts, emotions, & center your mental health and wellness this election season? Join us for one of our clinician facilitated listening sessions […]
27th Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival on January 29, 2025 11:00am – 3:30pm. Opening Ceremony and Cultural Festival at Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Chrystie and Grand Streets. 1pm to 4pm : A dozen Lion, Dragon, and Unicorn dance troupes will march down the main streets of Chinatown (Mott, Hester, Bowery, East Broadway, […]
Put a spin on a MOCA tradition— help welcome the New Year by making handmade decorations to liven up the Museum. It’s back! Put a spin on a MOCA tradition— help welcome the New Year by making handmade decorations to liven up the Museum. Join teaching artist Yu Rong (and special guest the ALT Alliance […]
Celebrate the launch of Gordon & Li Li’s: Celebrate Chinese New Year Coloring & Activity Book by Brooklyn author, Michele Wong McSween Slither into fun and festivities as we kick off the Year of the Snake and the launch of Gordon & Li Li’s: Celebrate Chinese New Year Coloring & Activity Book by Brooklyn author, Michele Wong […]
An Afro Asia Series Program with Min Kyung Lee. Presented by the Institute of Fine Art. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. REGISTER Following the Korean War, the military government of South Korea supported industries to improve the dire post-war economic situation. Central to this strategy was to identify export goods that optimized local […]
A talkback, signing, and live podcast recording.In celebration of the recent Broadway revival of Our Town and the Lunar New Year, The Drama Book Shop presents, in association with Jay Michaels Global Communications, “Our Laundry, Our Town ” - A talkback, signing, and live podcast recording. Author/playwright Alvin Eng will be joined in conversation by […]
Additional Info: Join us to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Enjoy the gorgeous Garden Court as you ring in the Year of the Snake, catch up with friends, and make new connections. There will be snacks, a Lunar New Year cocktail and mocktail, fortune telling, and a Lion Dance performance! A ticket includes one drink, […]
An evening of stories honoring those who fought for (and are fighting for) Asian American Studies. Join us on Friday, January 31, from 6–8 PM at Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews for an evening of reflection, celebration, and community. Together, we’ll learn about the individuals and movements that have fought to ensure that Asian American stories […]
NYC's ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix, Max, 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 […]
Join us as we welcome the Year of the Snake with a day of serpent-ine surprises for the whole family! It’s time to shed the old year and slither into something new! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Snake with a day of serpent-ine surprises for the whole family! Morning Session: 10 […]
Join us as we welcome the Year of the Snake with a day of serpent-ine surprises for the whole family! It’s time to shed the old year and slither into something new! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Snake with a day of serpent-ine surprises for the whole family! Morning Session: 10 […]
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Model Majority with a night of sssnake-filled sketch comedy, special guests and moreCelebrate Lunar New Year aka Year of The Snake with your fave comedy team Model Majority (recently featured on Good Morning America) for a sssexy and sssilly night of sssnake-filled sketch comedy, music, audience prizes, special guests and […]
Glow Sneak Lunar New Year Celebration: Parade, Fair & Performances! (Peking Opera, Lion Dance, Traditional Foods, Sugar Painting and more!)FREE "Year of the Snake" exclusive commemorative beanie for theater performance ticket holders!Glow Cultural Center proudly presents our most popular event of the year - the 2025 Lunar New Year Celebration - at the historic Flushing […]
Experience a once-in-a-lifetime cultural extravaganza as we bring the enchantment of Prince Kung’s Palace Museum—a national first-class museum and one of the most prestigious cultural treasures of China—to the heart of New York City. This year’s festival will transport you to the grandeur of Beijing with an authentic and dazzling celebration featuring rich traditions, interactive workshops, and mesmerizing […]
Join Niña Mata as she celebrates the launch of her debut author-illustrated middle grade book at B&N with special guest Jennifer Baker. If you’re receiving this invite, it’s because you’ve been a special part of my life, and I’d love to celebrate this milestone with you. Here are the deets—hope to see you there! XOXO. […]
Your family is unique in all the world, but how do you best tell its story? Whether you’re starting with boxes (or electronic folders) of photos, diaries, news clippings, recipes, and other mementos or whether memories themselves are your main material, documenting a family history can be daunting. But it can be done well and […]
disOrientalism is a truly New York experience-- bringing together the best artists from Broadway, Stand Up Comedy, Dance, and Music for one spectacular all-star AAPI variety hour. To start off the year of the Snake, we are going to love you a long time with some one-of-a-kind performances carefully curated and hosted by New York's original […]
An absorbing, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in […]
In the heyday of silent films, Japanese émigré TORAICHI KONO, in pursuit of the American Dream, becomes a loyal confidante of film star Charlie Chaplin, but at the dawn of WWII is swept up in anti-Japanese hysteria and accused of espionage. Don’t miss this gripping drama!
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how ancient wisdom can transform the way we approach modern love.Can’t attend in person? Register for virtual participationThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an engaging discussion with Cassindy Chao, the highly respected dating coach, matchmaker, and author of Ancient Wisdom, Modern Love: Chinese Wisdom for […]
Quarterly screenings & conversations on Asian and Asian American cinema in collaboration with New York Asian Film Festival*The film is Rated R.MOCA is thrilled to partner with the New York Asian Film Festival to present the MOCA x NYAFF Film Club, a quarterly program celebrating the brilliance and boldness of Asian and Asian American cinema. […]
Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Nayantara Roy's The Magnificent Ruins!Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Nayantara Roy's The Magnificent Ruins, a "rare feast" of a novel in which a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait […]
To celebrate the year of the snake, we’re bringing back our Lunar New Year Fair, this time in partnership with Gotham Park! This free weekend fair will take place from February 7-9, 2025. Visitors can shop, eat, play + celebrate the Year of the Snake! We are bringing the spirit of the holiday to life […]
Join multidisciplinary artist Chris Deng @heycdeng at Georgie's Cafe @georgies_les in a guided collage workshop where we'll collage our own Lunar New Year hanging decor pieces, traditionally meant to invite in prosperity/good luck for the year ahead. We'll kick off with a brief craft lecture where we'll explore methods of selecting images and meditate on […]
On Super Saturday, the streets of Chinatown will be transformed into a stage for a spectacular display of athleticism and tradition. This day, typically the second Saturday of the Chinese […]
On Sunday , February 9th from 11.30 am to 2:30 pm - The Brooklyn Chinese American Association Chinese New Year Parade begins at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park […]
Our Queer Book Group meets monthly to discuss contemporary fiction and nonfiction titles that relate to queer identity and more. OFFSITE EVENT: HOLLOW NICKEL Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 PM Queer […]
Celebrate the Year of the Snake at MOCA with mahjong and live music! General Admission $10* | MOCA Members $5* | Each ticket includes one complimentary drink. Join us at the Museum of Chinese in America for an auspicious Lunar New Year Mixer as we celebrate the enigmatic and elegant Year of the Snake. Taking […]
Join us for a teach-in about how conflict can transform our relationships and communities for the better. Leading with Love: Reframing Conflict & Accountability Conflict is everywhere, yet many of […]
Join us virtually for a moment of brightness, warmth, and community at our 5th Annual SAADA Stakeholders Meeting! Dear SAADA Stakeholders: our supporters, volunteers, fellows, educators, community members, and well-wishers! […]
International violin virtuoso Iskandar Widjaja returns with a concert full of classical and contemporary musical inspiration From Dvořák and Gershwin to a selection of Asian, American, and European works - […]
February 16, 2025 | Sunday | 27th Lunar New Year Parade and Festival: Year of the Snake Parade Starts at 1:00pm in NY Chinatown. It starts at Hester and Mott Streets […]
Practice your mahjong skills with friendly games between friends and neighbors - all player levels welcome! Practice your mahjong 麻將 skills with friendly games between friends and neighbors. For newbies […]
Curated by Tara Fickle. Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. REGISTER “Skin” has multiple and fraught meanings in Asian America. Asian skin tones are ambiguous, variously labeled as yellow, […]
SUMO By Lisa Sanaye Dring A co-production of Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse Directed by Ralph B. Peña Discount code MAYISUMO for discount and no fees Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye […]
In conversation with Think!Chinatown's art exhibition, In Our Corner, join us for an evening of sharing, tea, and baos!Join us for an evening of sharing, tea, and baos! In parallel to the theme of solidarity in the "In Our Corner" exhibition, Think!Chinatown is proud to bring a host of ally organizations to the Studio. The […]
MOCA's resident artists to present their works-in-progress and share their insights into projects' cultural & artistic nuances. Museum of Chinese in America's 2024-2025 Performing-Artist-In-Residence program welcomes a cohort of 5 performing artists to generate a theme-based project. This year’s theme, Heteroglossia, encourages the resident artists to explore the construct of identity based on their particular […]
A+ Asian Comedy is the ultimate stand up comedy show, filled with the funniest Asian stand up comedians that 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 […]
MOCA's resident artists to present their works-in-progress and share their insights into projects' cultural & artistic nuances.Museum of Chinese in America's 2024-2025 Performing-Artist-In-Residence program welcomes a cohort of 5 performing artists to generate a theme-based project. This year’s theme, Heteroglossia, encourages the resident artists to explore the construct of identity based on their particular lifestyles […]
Presented by NYU Libraries. Co-sponsored by Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, NYU Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands, NYU Office of Sustainability, and NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. REGISTER Bhumika Saraswati, an award-winning, internationally published journalist, filmmaker, and photographer, will be sharing artwork from her acclaimed project Unequal Heat, an examination of the […]
We are pleased to invite you to attend the forty-fifth Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative event, featuring a panel discussion on "Succeeding in Corporate Real Estate: An Asian American Perspective." This event will feature insights from two accomplished real estate executives: Devin Chen: Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Portfolio Management […]
Join us for readings by Izzy Ampil, Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Danya Issawi, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, and Karen Yuan, hosted and curated by Ruth The Asian American Writers' Workshop is proud to host lactose intolerant (@lactoseintolerantnyc), an anti-clout monthly reading series featuring writers of color in NYC. Join us for readings by Jennifer Baker, Irene Hsu, […]
This Immigrant History Initiative (IHI) workshop will focus on how to teach the critical concepts of intersectionality and cross-racial solidarity through an Asian American history lens. In this session, we will closely examine a few historical case studies at the intersections of race and gender, and examples of cross-racial solidarity. Educators will explore a selection […]
Presented by NYU Libraries. Co-sponsored by Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, NYU Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands, NYU Office of Sustainability, and NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. REGISTER (open only to NYU community members) Bhumika Saraswati, an award-winning, internationally published journalist, film-maker, and photographer reporting on the intersection of caste, gender, […]
Join us in Pittsburgh to explore ways of remembering and sharing stories of immigrants' and refugees' first days in the U.S.!SAADA's First Days Project collects the stories of immigrants’ and refugees’ first days in the United States.Regardless of whether their first day in the country was five, twenty, or forty (or even more) years ago, […]
This presentation examines survey results from three screenings of The Cost of Living (2023, Sixty First Productions), a documentary highlighting the financial struggles of three families in Flushing. The film is part of the Undo Poverty: Flushing (UPF) collaborative’s efforts to combat poverty and reduce stigma through a narrative change approach. The three separate screenings featured subtitles in Chinese, […]
A captivating concert that combines harp, flute, and gayageum in an intimate exploration of women’s generativity and rest. Door Opens at 2:45 pm | Performance Begins at 3:00 pm In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Museum of Chinese in America honors the remarkable contributions of Asian and Asian American women composers to the […]