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SUMMARY:Food Festival: Japan Fes NYC
DESCRIPTION:JAPAN Fes renowned as the world’s largest Japanese food festival\, with over 1\,000\,000 projected annual attendees and 2\,000 vendors\, we proudly host the world’s largest Japanese food festival. Every Fes is set in a different neighborhood of NYC\, introducing it to a slice of Japanese culture and cuisine. Our vendors have been featured in publications such as The New York Times\, Food Network\, and The Today Show as a testament to their dedication of serving the best representation of Japanese cooking. Come try the best of Japan! \nHOURS:10PM-6PM    Check website for updated dates and locations. \nApril 19 on the Upper West Side\nApril 20 in Chelsea\nApril 26 in Chelsea\nApril 27 in Astoria\nMay 4 on the Upper West Side\nMay 10 in Chelsea\nMay 18 in Park Slope\nJune 7 in Midtown West\nJune 15 in Park Slope\nJune 22 on the Upper West Side\nJune 28 in Midtown\nJuly 6 in Midtown East\nJuly 12 in Chelsea\nJuly 20 in Times Square\nAugust 3 on the Upper West Side\nAugust 9 in Greenwich Village\nAugust 24 in the East Village\nSeptember 6 on the Upper East Side\nSeptember 13 in Chelsea\nSeptember 20 on the Upper West Side\nOctober 5 in Chelsea\nOctober 18 in the East Village\nOctober 26 on the Upper West Side\nNovember 8 in the East Village
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/food-festival-japan-fes-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T170000
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SUMMARY:Food Festival: Dragon Fest NYC
DESCRIPTION:We are an annual outdoor Chinese food & culture festival with experiential activities\, tastings\, and market fairs that showcases the vibrant food\, art and cultural traditions from China. It is a cultural platform that connects people in New York to Chinese restaurants\, food vendors\, artists and local communities. \n\nApril 13 – Astor Place (Panda Day)\nApril 20 – 6th Ave (30th–31st St)\nMay 10 – 6th Ave (30th–31st St)\nMay 24 – Astor Place (Panda Day)\nJuly 20 – 7th Ave\, 56th–57th St\, (Panda Day)\nAugust 16 (night market) – Queens Blvd\, Forest Hills (Panda Day)\nSeptember 20 – Broadway (113th–114th St)\nOctober 4 – 4th Ave (12th–13th St)\nOctober 5 – 6th Ave (31st–32nd St)\nOctober 12 – Broadway (81st–82nd St)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/food-festival-dragon-fest-nyc/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Food,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260104T022118Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Creating Kosher Chop Suey
DESCRIPTION:What happened when chop suey\, a Chinese dish with American roots\, encountered Jewish customers in New York at the turn of the century? A new Center for Women’s History installation in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Niche sheds light on the vibrant\, gastronomic collaboration between two ethnic communities. From debates in the Yiddish press to the publication of  kosher Chinese cookbooks\, and from representations in fine art to restaurant ephemera\, the installation explores how Jewish and Chinese women\, with a shared love for food\, together introduced a new phenomenon in the 1960s: kosher Chinese cuisine. Curated by Shiyong Lu\, Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History and Public History\, and Anna Danziger Halperin\, Director for the Center for Women’s History.  \nImage: Gifford Reynolds Beal (1879–1956). Chinese Restaurant #1\, ca. 1930. Oil on wood panel (reproduction). The New York Historical\, Gift of Charles H. Berman and Norman and Joanne Berman\, 2022.9
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-creating-kosher-chop-suey/
LOCATION:New York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251029
DTSTAMP:20250904T211952Z
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SUMMARY:Film Lab Launches Elevating Women in Entertainment Series
DESCRIPTION:Film Lab is launching a free podcast series that will run September 8 through October 28 designed to connect artists and creatives\, especially Asian American women\, with access to industry insiders\, mentorship and advice.  The series includes Sundance’s Jandiz Cardoso\, Erin Quill on arts and activism\, Dean John J. Chin of AAARI CUNY on the intersection of academia and entertainment and much more. \nThe free series premieres on Film Lab‘s YouTube Channel\, offering unfiltered advice and empowering stories from leading voices. \nThe schedule includes: \nJandiz Cardoso – Sundance Episodic Program Director9/8/25Eventbrite \nScott Foster – Co-Founder\, ScriptHopInterview: 9/10/25\, 10AMEventbrite \nAki Li – VP Sales & Marketing\, CrossingsTV9/12/25\, 12PMEventbrite \nErin Quill – Broadway Singer & Journalist9/22/25Eventbrite \nChristy Harst – CEO\, Building Doors VO9/29/25\, 4PMEventbrite \nJoe Tex – Producer & Co-Founder\, BATSU!Interview: 9/30/25\, 7PMEventbrite \nAndrea Louie – Arts & Activism AdvocateInterview: 10/9/25\, 5:15PMEventbrite \nDaniel Sakaya – COO\, CrossingsTVInterview: 10/21/25\, 5PMEventbrite \nDean John J. Chin – AAARI CUNY\nInterview: 10/28/25\, 4pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith its focus on mentorship\, allyship\, and representation across race\, gender\, and genre\, Elevating Women in Entertainment serves both as a resource for creatives and a call to action for the industry. \nFollow the full series at YouTube.com/@filmlabinc. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/film-lab-launches-elevating-women-in-entertainment-series/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
DTSTAMP:20250918T072819Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: The Porch on Windy Hill (with Discount)
DESCRIPTION:A4 discount with code ARTS20 for 20% off tickets! \nThe Porch on Windy Hill blends Appalachian\, Old Time and Bluegrass songs with a deeply personal\, contemporary story of discovery and reconciliation. The show follows Mira\, a biracial Korean American classical violinist\, and her folk-song-collector boyfriend Beckett as they escape pandemic isolation in Brooklyn and journey to the mountains of western North Carolina. When they unexpectedly reconnect with Mira’s estranged grandfather\, Edgar\, they uncover a tangled legacy of love\, loss\, and music—and discover the unforeseen harmony that can arise when generations and genres collide. \nThe Porch on Windy Hill: New York Premiere at Urban Stages \nWritten by SHERRY STREGACK LUTKEN\, LISA HELMI JOHANSON\, MORGAN MORSE\, and DAVID M. LUTKEN.\nConceived and Directed by SHERRY STREGACK LUTKEN.\nStarring TORA NOGAMI ALEXANDER\, DAVID M. LUTKEN\, and MORGAN MORSE.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-the-porch-on-windy-hill-with-discount/
LOCATION:Urban Stages\, 259 West 30th Street (btw 7th and 8th Avenues)\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20251210T194619Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: The New York Sari: A Journey Through Tradition\, Fashion\, and Identity
DESCRIPTION:The New York Sari showcases the deep influence that South Asians have had on the culture of New York City and how individuals have drawn strength from tradition while looking clearly towards a bolder future of inclusion and progress. \nThe New York Sari centers the sari as an essential part of the cultural fabric of New York City\, using it as a metaphor for the ways in which the individuals who wear and create saris have straddled tradition\, culture\, and modernity in their work\, art\, and lives. The exhibition tells the stories of who wears saris\, the relationship between saris and identities\, and how they’ve evolved over time. \nThe New York Sari showcases the deep influence that South Asians have had on the culture of New York City from the Gilded Age to the present day\, beginning with the little known history of Coney Island’s first theme park and culminating with the vibrant communities that are home to the South Asian diaspora today. Offering a unique history of migrant communities and gender in New York City\, the exhibition explores how individuals have drawn strength from tradition while looking clearly towards a bolder future of inclusion and progress.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-exhibit-new-york-sari-a-journey-through-tradition-fashion-and-identity/
LOCATION:New York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251006
DTSTAMP:20251005T000917Z
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SUMMARY:Theater: From Trinity to Trinity
DESCRIPTION:Amaterasu Za\, New York’s only bilingual Japanese-English theater company\, presents the New York premiere of From Trinity to Trinity\, a powerful one-woman play based on the autobiographical writings of Kyoko Hayashi\, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. The play follows Hayashi’s 1999 pilgrimage to the Trinity Site in New Mexico\, where the bomb that changed her life was first tested.\n\nPerformed by acclaimed actress Ako (Shogun\, God Said This\, Snow Falling on Cedars)\, this one-woman play is adapted from an English translation of Hayashi’s book by Eiko Otake (of Eiko & Koma). Ako’s performance—enhanced by evocative imagery and soundscape — offers an intimate yet universal meditation on trauma\, resilience\, remembrance\, and the stories nations tell themselves.\nOn August 9th\, 1945\, fourteen-year-old schoolgirl Kyoko Hayashi was sent to work at the Mitsubishi Munitions Factory and miraculously survived the blast only to endure radiation sickness and its painful after-effects for the next 73 years. Hayashi started writing in 1962 and became a leading literary voice for the Hibakusha\, those who survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She published dozens of books\, articles\, stories\, and poems\, and won multiple literary awards. \nHer moving autobiographical short work\, From Trinity To Trinity\, about her 1999 pilgrimage to Trinity Site in New Mexico\, where the atomic bomb that would define her life was first tested\, was published in 2000 and translated into English by Eiko Otake of the performance artist duo Eiko & Koma (Station Hill Press\, 2010). In 2009\, Eiko reached out to the NY-based actress Ako (Shogun\, God Said This\, Snow Falling on Cedars\, and the founder of the Amaterasu Za theater company in NYC) suggested she perform it as a one-person play. It has been performed only twice\, in workshops at New York Theater Workshop in 2009 and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010. They say that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it\, but how you remember the past and whose eyes you are seeing it through are just as important. \nIn this\, the 80th anniversary year of the 1945 atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, which coincides with the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps throughout Germany that same year\, we are reminded of humanity’s boundless capacity for cruelty and destruction. Those who survived these catastrophes came away with perspectives that some expressed in art and others in literature or advocacy. Their voices were powerful\, and they deserve to be heard and even amplified again and again in this time when the news\, sadly\, seems to be filled once again with stories of violence\, indifference\, and nationalism. \n\nPerformed in English with Japanese subtitle translation.\nRunning time: approximately 45 minutes.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater/
LOCATION:HERE Theater\, 145 6th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260330
DTSTAMP:20260104T022641Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: hapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project
DESCRIPTION:In 2001\, artist Kip Fulbeck began traveling the country photographing multiracial individuals of all ages and walks of life. Fulbeck’s work sought to address in words and images the one question that Hapa people are frequently asked — What are you? After photographing more than 1\,200 people\, the project culminated in the landmark book and exhibition Kip Fulbeck: Part Asian\, 100% Hapa\, which toured throughout the U.S. A new exhibition Hapa.me — 25 Years of The Hapa Project\, revisits some of the original subjects two decades later. How do they look now? How have their views on their own identity changed? \nDerived from the Hawaiian word for “half\,” the word “hapa” has been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed-race heritage includes Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. The exhibition comes at a time of increasing awareness and identification with being mixed race. The 2020 Census showed that 10% of the population identified as multiracial\, almost tripling from ten years before. In Hapa.me\, Fulbeck presents a nuanced portrait of change and growth within this broad identity by focusing on individual faces and voices. \nOriginating at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles\, this New York presentation will feature 30 portraits and responses of local subjects\, installed amidst a hand-painted mural that captures the beauty of being mixed. A central reading table encourages visitors to flip through Hapa.me artist’s books for a fuller archive of the project. This exhibition is a homecoming of sorts for Fulbeck: MOCA was one of the first museums to exhibit the Hapa Project and it has remained a fixture of our permanent exhibition which explores over 200 years of the experiences of Chinese in America. \nhapa.me: 25 Years of the Hapa Project and related programs are made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs\, in partnership with the City Council; Bloomberg Philanthropies; and is funded by a grant from the New York City Tourism Foundation. \nAbout the Artist \nKip Fulbeck has exhibited and performed in over 20 countries and throughout the U.S. He is the author of six books including Part Asian\, 100% Hapa; Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids; and Hapa.me – 15 Years of The Hapa Project\, and the exhibition artist of Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. He teaches as a Distinguished Professor of Art at the UCSB\, where he received the Faculty Diversity Award and the Distinguished Teaching Award\, and has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member five times.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-hapa-me-25-years-of-the-hapa-project/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person,Museum
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251002
DTSTAMP:20250906T163440Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy: Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole
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. \nPhoto Credit: Fujio Emura
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/comedy-youngmi-mayer-hairy-butthole/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T160000
DTSTAMP:20250915T054748Z
CREATED:20250914T235032Z
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SUMMARY:Building and Sustaining Your Business Through the Power of Community
DESCRIPTION:Asian American founders on finding the support to build\, sustain and thrive in the restaurant industry.\n\n\n**This event will be online only** \nMegan Nakano\, Executive Director and Founder of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois\, moderates a conversation with Mary Aregoni\, CEO & Founder of Saigon Sisters\, and Kathy Vega Hardy\, Owner of A Taste of the Philippines\, on sustaining their brands through community.The discussion includes : \n\nLearn how Asian American entrepreneurs have leveraged community connections to launch\, sustain\, and grow their businesses\nDiscover strategies for turning cultural identity and authenticity into a competitive business advantage\nHear firsthand how Kathy Vega Hardy and Mary Aregoni navigated challenges\, built loyal audiences\, and expanded their brands\nGain insights on creating partnerships between small businesses\, corporations\, and civic institutions\nExplore the role of mentorship\, collaboration\, and storytelling in scaling entrepreneurial success\n\n\n\nJoin Megan Nakano in conversation with Mary Aregoni and Kathy Vega Hardy\n\n\n\nMEGAN NAKANO is the Executive Director and Founder of the Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois (AACCIL)\, where she provides pro bono consulting for Asian American entrepreneurs and those seeking to do business with them. With 25+ years of experience across the public\, private\, and nonprofit sectors\, Megan is dedicated to bringing resources and opportunities to disadvantaged communities. She has previously served as Director of the Asian American Alliance Small Business Development Center\, as a commercial lender and CRA Officer for an Asian American community bank\, and with the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council helping Fortune 500 companies and government agencies advance their supplier diversity programs. A Chicago native\, she has served on numerous boards and advisory councils at the city\, state\, and federal levels. \n  \n\n\n\nMARY AREGONI is the CEO and Founder of Saigon Sisters\, a Chicago-based restaurant recognized for bringing the vibrant flavors of Vietnam to the mainstream. Since opening in 2009\, she has grown Saigon Sisters across diverse service models—from restaurants and food halls to airports\, hospitals\, catering\, and delivery—demonstrating resilience in the competitive dining industry. Mary is celebrated as a trailblazer for Asian American women in food\, empowering others through leadership and mentorship. She is active in Let’s Talk Womxn\, Les Dames d’Escoffier\, and the James Beard Women’s Leadership Program\, and is widely recognized as a champion of Vietnamese cuisine. \n  \n\n\n\nKATHY VEGA HARDY is the owner and chef behind A Taste of the Philippines. Born in Manila\, she launched her concept as a food truck in Denver in 2012 before relocating to Chicago in 2018\, where she has grown it from farmers markets to the Chicago French Market and now her Jefferson Park restaurant. Kathy has been featured in the Chicago Tribune\, Eater Chicago\, and Block Club Chicago\, and gained national recognition competing on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen and Chopped. Her dishes—lumpia\, pancit\, and ube creations—blend tradition and innovation\, bringing Filipino cuisine to wider audiences while showcasing the resilience and staying power of Asian American women restaurateurs. \n  \n\n\nPlease note:\nIMPORTANT! You’ll need to be logged in to Eventbrite to access the webinar on the date of the program. For this\, you’ll need to create a (free) account with Eventbrite using the same email address that you used to register for the event. \nThis program will be held using Zoom. The link to access the Zoom webinar will be sent to you via a confirmation email after you register. \nIf you’re unfamiliar with the features of Zoom please take a moment to familiarize yourself with them here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us or look up any online tutorial. \nZoom may process some personally identifying information about you\, for more information please review https://zoom.us/privacy. \nClick here to view NYPL’s Privacy Policy.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/building-and-sustaining-your-business-through-the-power-of-community/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Business,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T183000
DTSTAMP:20250927T114828Z
CREATED:20250904T231731Z
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SUMMARY:Career Panel: Obstacles and Opportunities in Media and Entertainment
DESCRIPTION:▦ Speakers: \n\nAlbert Cheng\, Vice President\, Head of Prime Video\nRichard Lui\, NBC/MSNBC News Anchor\nNicole Dungca\, Reporter\, The Washington Post and President\, Asian American Journalists Association\n\n▦ Moderator: \n\nPeter Young\, Chairman of the Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative and Committee of 100 member\n\n▦ Time: 5:00 pm EST (Panel) 6:00 pm EST (Virtual Networking) \nAsian Americans have been very underrepresented historically when it comes to leadership positions in the U.S. Asian Americans succeed at the entry and the middle ranks of many professions\, but consistently do not do as well in the senior ranks. Although there has been improvement over time\, there is still a significant gap that has not been closed. This is also true of Media and Entertainment. \nCommittee of 100 has hosted many webcasts\, seminars and summits that have brought experts forward to share their research and experienced individuals from many different fields\, genders and age groups to discuss their experiences\, observations and solutions. The goal of this initiative is to contribute to the already significant efforts of organizations and individuals who have been tackling this issue. \nThis event will be a fireside chat interview with three successful Asian Americans who have observed and experienced the Asian American Career Ceiling problem in the entertainment\, digital and published journalism\, and broadcast news worlds. They will share their with us how they dealt with the problem in their careers\, about what is driving the problem\, where they see the issue heading in terms of solutions\, and what they see individuals and organizations doing to address this issue. \nThe interview will be conducted by Peter Young\, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative. \n▦ Speaker Bios: \nAlbert Cheng \nVice President\, Head of Prime Video (U.S. and Global) \nIn his role\, he leads the Prime Video business holistically across SVOD\, TVOD\, Prime Video Channels and AVOD in the United States\, responsible for the P&L and revenue growth\, as well as programming strategy\, marketing\, brand\, research\, licensing and distribution. Albert’s U.S. and global teams work relentlessly towards the mission to turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination for customers offering the world’s largest collection of premium entertainment in a single application; a place where customers can find all of their favorite movies and series under one roof\, be it content produced by Amazon MGM Studios or by other studios\, third-party channels made accessible as an add-on subscription through Prime Video Channels\, or titles to rent or buy via the Prime Video Store. \nCheng joined Amazon in 2015 as Chief Operating Officer at Amazon Studios\, where he oversaw the general management of the company alongside Head of Amazon MGM Studios\, Jennifer Salke. He held dual roles as Co-Head of TV and COO from 2018-2021. Prior to Amazon\, Cheng spent 15 years as an executive at The Walt Disney Company\, most recently as Executive Vice President\, Digital Media and Chief Product Officer for Disney/ABC Television Group. During that time\, Cheng and his team won four Primetime Emmy Awards\, and were the first in history to put TV episodes on iTunes in 2005\, first to stream top broadcast shows online in 2006\, stream in HD in 2007\, first to launch an iPad app in 2010\, and first to offer live broadcast network feeds in 2013. \nCheng has also held executive positions at Fox and board roles at BMI and Lifetime and was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. \nCheng earned a Bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.‍ \n  \nRichard Lui \nNBC/MSNBC News Anchor \nRichard Lui is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years in broadcast journalism\, film\, technology\, and business. Currently an anchor at MSNBC / NBC News and previously with CNN Worldwide\, Lui was the first AAPI male to anchor a daily\, national news show. \nThe team Emmy and Peabody winner remains one of the few Asian Americans to serve uninterrupted as an anchor for the last 20 years. \nLui is the author of the bestselling and award-winning book “Enough About Me” from HarperCollins Zondervan\, as well as author of the groundbreaking Inclusion@work risk reports released at Davos\, SXSW\, and CES. As a film director he recently released the Oscars- and Grammy-qualifying documentaries ‘Sky Blossom’ (2021) and ‘UNCONDITIONAL’\, (2023) which were honored with rare premieres at the White House\, U.S. Congress\, and the United Nations. \nRichard’s overlapping 20-year business career includes time at Citibank\, Oliver Wyman\, Mrs. Fields Cookies\, a fintech patent\, and launching six tech brands over three business cycles. As an NACD Fellow\, he has served on private and NGO boards in the AI\, gender equity\, and human trafficking sectors. In 2017\, Richard founded PRISCA\, a not-for-profit company that forms action-based narrative change strategies. Richard is a volunteer and celebrity caregiving ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Association\, AARP\, Plan International\, BrightFocus\, and Caring Across Generations. \nNicole Dungca \nReporter\, The Washington Post \nPresident\, Asian American Journalists Association \nNicole Dungca is a reporter in The Washington Post’s investigative unit. She was the co-host of Broken Doors\, an investigative podcast that won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Radio and was a finalist in the Audio Reporting category of the Pulitzer Prizes. Before The Post\, she was part of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team\, where she delved into topics such as racism in Boston\, secret criminal hearings in Massachusetts\, the state’s burgeoning cannabis industry and transportation. Dungca has also covered education at the Oregonian\, and written for the Times-Picayune and Providence Journal. She is currently the president of the Asian American Journalists Association. To reach her with tips\, email her at nicole.dungca@washpost.com or send her a secure message on Signal at ndungca.08. \nHonors and Awards: Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting\, 2018; Livingston Awards\, finalist\, 2018; Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award\, 2019; Gerald Loeb Award\, 2021; Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting\, 2023; Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Radio\, 2023; John Jay/Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting\, 2023; Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary\, 2024 \nShe is the President of the Asian American Journalists Association and graduated from Brown University with a BA in Literatures and Cultures in English \n▦ Moderator:\nPeter Young \nCEO and President\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member\nPeter Young is CEO and President of Young & Partners\, a corporate strategy and boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership\, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy\, M&A\, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers\, Schroders and Lehman Brothers\, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co.\, the corporate strategy firm. \nMr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors\, both corporate and non-profit and is President and board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization. \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 37 years ago. \nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n● Promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; \n● Advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China. \nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/obstacles-and-opportunities-in-media-and-entertainment/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Professional Development,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Tatou Festival- Short Films: Action\, Climate Awareness\, Activism
DESCRIPTION:iA Tatou Festival Program. Presented by Te Ao Mana. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. \nIn partnership with the Tatou Festival\, the A/P/A Institute at NYU hosts a special screening several poignant short films by Native filmmakers from the Pacific\, followed by wala’au with the artists and their collaborators. \nThe program will feature artists Dakota Camacho (Etak and Mali’e’)\, Lanihuli Kanaka’ole (The Uluwehi Project)\, Leilehua Lanzilotti (the sky in our hands\, our hands in the sky)\, Hāwane Rios (Standing Above the Clouds)\, and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash (Ho’oulu Hou). Charli LeGrice moderates the conversation. \nDoors open at 6:00 p.m.\, and the program begins with an immersive experience featuring the work of Kanaka Maoli composer and Pulitzer Prize nominee Leilehua Lanzilotti. The screenings will begin at 6:30 p.m. \nNYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event\, open to the public. Registration is required. \nAccessibility note: This venue has an elevator and is accessible for wheelchair users. There are single-stall\, all gender restrooms\, and a lactation room available. If you have any access needs\, please email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu \n  \nImage: Leilehua Lanzilotti\, still from the sky in our hands\, our hands in the sky\, 2023. Single-channel video\, 46 minutes. Directed by Leilehua Lanzilotti; music by Leilehua Lanzilotti; cinematography by Gahlord Dewald. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/action-climate-awareness-activism/
LOCATION:20 Cooper Square\, 3rd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS – Rock Springs Chinatown and the 1885 Chinese Massacre
DESCRIPTION:Discover daily life in Rock Springs Chinatown before and after the 1885 Chinese Massacre in this archaeological talk.\n\n\n$10 General Admission | $5 Student and Senior Admission | Free for MOCA Members \nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an insightful presentation with Laura W. Ng\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Grinnell College and a historical archaeologist specializing in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Chinese migrants and their transpacific lives. \nRailroad work and coal mining brought Chinese laborers to rural southwestern Wyoming starting in the 1870s. The Rock Springs Chinatown was constructed by the Union Pacific Coal Company as part of a racialized landscape intended to segregate Asian immigrant coal miners. At the same time\, Chinese laborers were scapegoated for white unemployment\, which culminated in the passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Newspapers emphasized that Chinese laborers were foreigners because they were “heathens” and sent remittances to China. Within this context\, a fight broke out between white and Chinese coal miners in Mine #6 and white miners led a mob that brutally attacked Chinatown and its residents. The mob burned most of the Chinatown structures down and at least 28 Chinese were murdered. \nDrawing on the burn layer from the massacre as a time marker\, and in collaboration with Chinese American descendants\, Professor Ng will discuss how archaeological excavations provide tangible insight into silenced histories of Chinese immigrant labor\, transpacific migration\, and racial exclusion. \nAbout Laura W. Ng \nLaura W. Ng is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Grinnell College in Iowa. She is a historical archaeologist who researches late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Chinese migrants and their transpacific lives. Laura is currently investigating archaeologies of racism and transnationalism at the Evanston and Rock Springs Chinatowns in rural Southwestern Wyoming in collaboration with Dr. Dudley Gardner and Chinese American descendants. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University. \n\n\n\nNot a MOCA member yet? Join MyMOCA now to receive exclusive member benefits\, special discounts and offerings and “First to Know!” announcements about MOCA’s exhibitions and public programs. \nClick here to become a MyMOCA Member!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-rock-springs-chinatown-and-the-1885-chinese-massacre/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:In-Store: Lana Lin: The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam w/ Monique Truong (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:“Lyrical prose\, palpable love\, and formal audacity coalesce to make this a must-read.” —Publishers Weekly starred review\n\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/8_fAjTk-Rfg\n\n\nEvent guidelines: \n\nEach ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.\nAdditional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.\nA signing will follow the talk.\nHome address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/8_fAjTk-Rfg\nAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well\, please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket; email us and we’ll work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. \nSituated between memoir\, social criticism\, and conceptual art\, The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam is an incisive response to a modernist classic and an affecting exploration of the poetics and politics of our times. \nIn her 1933 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\, Gertrude Stein invented a new literary form by narrating her own story from the perspective of her partner\, blurring the lines between portrait and self-portrait. Almost a century later\, experimental filmmaker and artist Lana Lin has resurrected Stein’s project to tell a different story of queer love\, life\, and artistic collaboration. \nAt heart a candid chronicle of her partner Lan Thao’s life journey from Việt Nam during the war\, and her own troubled history as a gender-queer Taiwanese American\, Lin draws in subjects as varied as photography\, cancer\, tropical fruit\, 9/11\, and Eve Sedgwick’s eyeglasses\, weaving an intimate landscape of living that is also a critical investigation of race and gender. \nLana Lin is a writer\, artist\, and filmmaker based in New York and Connecticut. She is the author of the book Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects: Fractured Subjectivity in the Face of Cancer and film and video works including The Cancer Journals Revisited. Her various works and collaborative projects (with Lan Thao Lam as “Lin + Lam”) have exhibited at festivals and art and educational spaces throughout the world\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, Whitney Museum\, and New Museum\, New York; The National Gallery of Art\, Washington\, D.C.; Gasworks\, London; the Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute\, New Taipei City; Arko Art Center\, Korean Arts Council\, Seoul; and the 2018 Busan Biennale. Having had three years of psychoanalytic training before dropping out\, she sometimes still dreams of becoming a psychoanalyst one day. \nBorn in Saigon\, South Vietnam\, Monique Truong came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1975. She’s a novelist\, essayist\, children’s book author\, and librettist. Her novels are The Sweetest Fruits (Viking\, 2019)\, Bitter in the Mouth (Random House\, 2010)\, and the national bestseller The Book of Salt (Houghton Mifflin\, 2003)\, with German translations published by C.H. Beck. Her children’s picture book Mai’s Áo Dài (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books\, 2025) is co-written with Thai Nguyen and illustrated by Dung Ho. A graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School\, she’s received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, Hodder Fellowship\, American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Rosenthal Family Foundation Award\, Young Lions Fiction Award\, Bard Fiction Prize\, and John Dos Passos Prize for Literature\, among other honors.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-store-lana-lin-the-autobiography-of-h-lan-thao-lam-w-monique-truong/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Why APIDA Curriculum Matters
DESCRIPTION:This workshop provides an overview of the Asian American Education Project’s lesson plans and the five thematic units on citizenship; civil rights; identity; immigration; and racism. It will cover the importance of including APIDA history in school curriculums through exploring the contributions of APIDAs in labor activism; the fight for school integration and citizenship rights; the use of Model Minority Myth as a racial wedge; how the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype is part of systemic racism; and the intersectionality of APIDAs and other minority communities.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/why-apida-curriculum-matters/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Unscripted: A Night Against Censorship\, Featuring George Takei
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn Public Library welcomes George Takei to Central Library’s Grand Lobby for a conversation about the transformative power of books and the dangerous trend of censorship. The event is free and open to the public. \nA pioneering author\, actor and activist\, George Takei is the honorary chair of Banned Books Week 2025. This annual nationwide event highlights the value of open access to information and the freedom to seek and express ideas from all points of view. \nTake Action Against Book Bans \nFollowing Mr. Takei’s conversation with librarian and poet Adeeba Rana\, special guests and the public will be invited to the stage to share their own stories about books which inspired them; their experiences with censorship; and the importance of the First Amendment. \nSpecial Guests Include:  \n\nPhilomena Polefrone\, associate director of American Booksellers for Free Expression\nPlaywright Kate Hamill\nBroadway Actress Valerie Wright\nActor and Grammy Nominee Austin Ku\nALA President Sam Helmick\nJonathan Friedman\, Syms Managing Director\, U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America\n\nPlus: \n\n📸 Have your photo taken – photographer David Gray will take photos of participants with their favorite book. Please bring a copy of a book that is meaningful to you. The photographs will become part of an exhibition at Central Library during Banned Books Week.\n💡 Learn more  – representatives from the National Coalition Against Censorship\, the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom\, and the Brooklyn Voter Alliance will be at the event.\n📚 Take home free books – giveaways galore!\n\nNote: Registrations will be honored on a first come\, first served basis until we reach capacity.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/unscripted-a-night-against-censorship-featuring-george-takei/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:We the People: Plan Your Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fast\, joyful 60-minute virtual launch that blends art\, storytelling\, and action to get you ready for CWA 2025!\n\n\nJoin us on October 2\, from 3 to 4 pm PT for a joyful 60-minute virtual kickstart that blends art\, storytelling\, and action to get you ready for the Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy. Together\, we’ll celebrate culture as a force for change and connect with people across the country. \nWhat to Expect: \n\nInspiring true stories and mini performances showing culture shaping policy and community change\nInteractive moments\, including live mapping\, quick chat prompts\, and a 3-minute small-group conversation\nArtists weaving music\, poetry\, and live drawing into the experience\nA clear\, simple plan to host a conversation in your community—choose your path (Home • Work • Community • City Hall) and add it to our map.\n\nThis event is designed to spark connection\, courage\, and joy while giving you practical tools to participate in the Week of Action. You’ll leave energized\, connected\, and ready to help build a democracy that truly serves We the People. \nLocation: Online (Zoom link provided upon registration; captions + ASL available upon request) \nThe webinar will be recorded and available on the Race Forward website for on-demand viewing.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/we-the-people-plan-your-cultural-week-of-action-on-race-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Storytelling,Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Ocean Vuong: The Emperor of Gladness at NYU
DESCRIPTION:Ocean Vuong\, internationally acclaimed author and NYU Creative Writing Program Professor\, reads from his latest novel\, The Emperor of Gladness. Reading followed by a conversation with NYU Creative Writing Program Director Deborah Landau. The event will conclude with a signing/reception in the Skirball lower lobby\, with books for sale courtesy of McNally Jackson. \nWriter\, professor\, and photographer\, Ocean Vuong is the author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous\, winner of the American Book Award\, The Mark Twain Award\, and The New England Book Award. The novel debuted for six weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and has since sold more than a million copies in 40 languages. A nominee for the National Book Award and a recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant\, he is also the author of the poetry collections\, Time is a Mother\, a finalist for the Griffin prize\, and Night Sky with Exit Wounds\, a New York Times Top 10 Book\, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize\, the Whiting Award\, the Thom Gunn Award. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation\, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation\, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation\, The Elizabeth George Foundation\, The Academy of American Poets\, and the Pushcart Prize. Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of its 100 Leading Global Thinkers\, Vuong’s writings have been featured in The Atlantic\, Granta\, Harpers\, The Nation\, New Republic\, The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Paris Review\, The Village Voice\, and American Poetry Review\, which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. His newest novel\, The Emperor of Gladness\, was published in May 2025 by Penguin Press. \nDeborah Landau is the author of five collections of poetry\, most recently Skeletons\, which was named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Books of 2023.” Her other books include Soft Targets (winner of The Believer Book Award)\, The Uses of the Body\, and The Last Usable Hour\, all Lannan Literary Selections from Copper Canyon Press\, and Orchidelirium\, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the Robert Dana Anhinga Prize for Poetry. In 2016 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. The Uses of the Body was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered\, and included on “Best of ″ lists by The New Yorker\, Vogue\, BuzzFeed\, and O\, The Oprah Magazine\, among others. A Spanish edition\, Los Usos Del Cuerpo\, was published by Valparaiso Ediciones in 2017.  UK editions of her books include Soft Targets (Bloodaxe\, 2020) and Skeletons (Corsair\, 2024). Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, The Atlantic\,  New York Review of Books\, The Nation\, American Poetry Review\, Poetry\, CNN\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Yale Review\, and The New York Times\, and included in anthologies such as The Best American Poetry\, Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation\, Not for Mothers Only\, Resistance\, Rebellion\, Life: 50 Poems Now\, The Best American Erotic Poems\, and Women’s Work: Modern Poets Writing in English. Landau was educated at Stanford University\, Columbia University\, and Brown University\, where she was a Javits Fellow and received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature. She is a Professor at NYU\, where she directs the Creative Writing Program.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ocean-vuong-the-emperor-of-gladness-at-nyu/
LOCATION:NYU Skirball Center\, 566 LaGuardia Place\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the 14th Anniversary of Pvt. Danny Chen's Death  (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in commemorating the 14th anniversary of Pvt. Danny Chen‘s death and honoring his legacy. We will gather at Pvt. Danny Chen Way\, a street named in his honor\, to remember Danny and reaffirm our commitment to ending racial harassment and hazing in the military. Your presence will help keep his story alive and send a powerful message. \n\nDate: Friday\, October 3\, 2025\, 11:30 AM to 12 PM\nLocation: Pvt. Danny Chen Way (corner of Canal and Elizabeth Streets)\n\nLivestream: If you cannot attend in person\, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/pvtdannychen2025 \nWe look forward to seeing you there as we continue to fight for justice and advocate for a military free from racism and hazing. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/commermoration-of-the-14th-anniversary-of-pvt-danny-chens-death-hybrid/
LOCATION:Canal St and Elizabeth St\, Canal St and Elizabeth St\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T200000
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SUMMARY:Wing on Wo Presents: Rising Lotus a Collection by Michelle Wen
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of ‘Rising Lotus\,’ a collection of imaginative ceramic jars by artist Michelle Wen on Friday\, October 3rd // 6-8pm.\n\n\nWing on Wo is thrilled to present ‘Rising Lotus\,’ a collection of imaginative ceramic jars by artist Michelle Wen. Inspired by her childhood visits to Chinatown\, Michelle creates a collection that not only breathes new life into the shop’s apothecary history but also uses the jar as a vessel to transport us to an otherworldly landscape of a lotus garden. This collection and its meticulously crafted ink painting and sculptural details are a love letter to Michelle’s family\, honoring her grandfather’s stories of a heavenly landscape of unfathomable beauty\, her father’s legacy of Chinese ink painting\, and Michelle’s mom and grandmother’s matriarchal power that continue to fuel her to keep expanding her practice. We are so thrilled to be sharing this work at W.O.W. as part of our ongoing Centennial programming <3 Join us for the opening on Friday\, October 3 from 6-8pm! \nABOUT MICHELLE WEN \n@michelle_wen_artist \nMichelle Wen is a ceramic artist and instructor born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York\, and received her BFA from Pratt Institute. An important aspect of Michelle’s practice is community engagement\, as she has been teaching arts and ceramics at a non-profit in Bed-Stuy for eight years. Michelle also continues to hold fundraisers to support humanitarian\, environmental\, and social justice causes by raffling off her ceramics. Michelle is honored to be showing her work at Wing on Wo\, as Chinatown still plays a significant role in her life and remains a place of gathering and sentimental value for her family. \nMichelle’s work has been featured in Vanity Fair and Pottery Making Illustrated. She has collaborated with the Brooklyn Nets\, the YES Network\, Asian Women Giving Circle\, and CUNY TV. Featured exhibitions include The Brooklyn Museum\, the Montclair Art Museum\, and the iidrr Gallery in Chinatown.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/wing-on-wo-presents-rising-lotus-a-collection-by-michelle-wen/
LOCATION:Wing On Wo & Co\, 26 Mott Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,In Person
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SUMMARY:Resonance: An Immersive AAPI+ Dance Event and Night Market
DESCRIPTION:Resonance is an immersive AAPI+ dance and night market experience created by choreographer David Cartahena Lee and Samaw Dance. On October 4–5\, 2025\, We Are Here Brooklyn will come alive with interactive booths\, art\, and community offerings\, followed by a performance exploring identity\, resilience\, and queer AAPI+ stories through contemporary and street dance. \nTickets are $35 and include complimentary experiences connected to the AAPI+ and queer community\, as well as complimentary snacks and refreshments. Building on last year’s sold-out weekend\, Resonance expands into two days of programming that celebrate AAPI+ artistry\, queer identity\, and Filipino Heritage Month. \nChoreographed and directed by David Cartahena Lee\, Resonance blends street dance\, contemporary\, and waacking to amplify stories from the AAPI+ and queer community. The evening features Risky Business\, a hallmark company work that embodies resilience and collective strength\, alongside new choreography exploring identity\, vulnerability\, and belonging. \nAudiences also step into a curated night market where community and artistry converge. Highlights this year include drag performers\, Filipino party games\, Yobo Spirits\, Lunar\, Azn Baddies Club\, and so much more!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/resonance-an-immersive-aapi-dance-event-and-night-market/
LOCATION:We Are Here Studio\, 563 Johnson Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person,Night Market
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SUMMARY:Viet Film Fest 2025 Virtual
DESCRIPTION:The mission of Viet Film Fest is to celebrate Vietnamese stories and voices in cinema. \nAs the largest international Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora\, Viet Film Fest showcases the best creative work by and about Vietnamese people. Our award-winning films have been screened in numerous cities and countries. Viet Film Fest was created in 2003 by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) to celebrate the many stories about Vietnamese people. Now running successfully for over a decade\, the festival has attracted thousands of national and international attention for its stunning showcase of shorts and features submitted from many corners of the world\, including Australia\, Cambodia\, Canada\, France\, Germany\, Israel\, Japan\, Korea\, Norway\, the Philippines\, Poland\, United Kingdom\, Singapore\, the United States\, and Vietnam. \nThe festival will be taking place in-person October 10-12\, 2025 in Sanat Ana CA and virtually October 4-19\, 2025. \nUse code VC10 for 10% off all screenings! Code does not apply for special screenings or events. \nhttps://watch.eventive.org/vietfilmfest2025 \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/viet-film-fest-2025-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Festival,Film,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibit: Xyza Cruz Bacani: The Diaspora is Home
DESCRIPTION:Picnic\, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. \nOctober 4 – November 2\, 2025\nFlux IV\, 56-21 2nd Street\nOpen Saturdays\, 12:00 – 6:00 pm or by appointment \nFlux Factory is pleased to present The Diaspora is Home\, a solo exhibition by Xyza Cruz Bacani. This exhibition presents photographs of the Asian American diaspora\, from portraits in living rooms to scenes of community gatherings\, food traditions\, and religious practices. Installed within a living room environment\, Bacani’s work evokes belonging and cultural continuity\, transforming the gallery into a space of warmth\, reflection\, and collective memory. The Diaspora is Home runs from October 4 – November 2\, 2025 with an opening reception on Saturday\, October 4\, accompanied by the presence of community members who appear in the photographs\, sharing food they have prepared\, and a tea demonstration by Anna Ye. \nThe Diaspora is Home invites you into the lived experience of immigrants in Queens. When we leave our motherlands\, we take more than our belongings. We bring our languages\, flavors\, the strength of our ancestors\, and resilience forged in hardship. Leaving is never simple. Arriving is a different story. We carry the pains of separations; traumas that we can still taste in our mouths. We learned to find joy in our small victories\, pride in our survival\, and accept the scars of migration as beauty in building anew. This exhibition traces these dualities: joy and struggle\, memory and reinvention. \nDeveloped through visits to homes and close engagement with community members\, Bacani’s works reflect an intimate process of trust and reciprocity. The accompanying living room installation mirrors the spaces in which the photographs were taken\, creating a familiar and welcoming environment. By inviting visitors to gather\, sit\, and reflect\, the installation transforms Flux IV into a site of hospitality and shared presence\, underscoring the centrality of home within the diasporic experience. Each work in The Diaspora is Home speaks to the search for home\, the courage to remain visible\, and the tenderness of community. In today’s world\, where immigrants are portrayed negatively and our existence is questioned daily\, we choose to tell our own stories. \nJoin us on this journey. Bring your own stories. Together\, we honor the spaces between us\, find  our home in the diaspora where kindness grows\, hope lives\, and celebrate our undeniable existence. \nXyza Cruz Bacani: The Diaspora is Home is presented as part of the artist’s 2025 NYSCA Fellowship. Special thanks to Fujifilm US\, Martin Kaminer\, and the Tim Hermann Charitable Family Foundation for their support. \nAbout the Artist\nXyza Cruz Bacani (b. 1987\, the Philippines) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and writer based in New York. Her experience as a second-generation domestic worker in Hong Kong informs her practice and engagement in less visible\, erased\, and underreported world events. Her works explore migration\, transnational identity\, climate change\, and labor. Bacani received her M.A. in Arts Politics at New York University. She has been recognized as one of Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders\, Artpil 30 Under 30 Women Photographers\, Forbes’s 30 Under 30 Asia\, and BBC’s 100 Women of the World. Her artistic accomplishments are documented by the Philippines House of Representatives under ‘House Resolution No. 1969’. She received multiple grants from the New York State Council of the Arts\, WMA Commission\, the Open Society Moving Walls Foundation\, and the Pulitzer Center\, and was one of the Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellows. She is also the author of We Are Like Air. Bacani’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York\, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago\, KADIST Collection\, Asian Art Museum San Francisco\, Foreign Correspondents Club Hong Kong\, New York University Special Collections\, and numerous private collections worldwide. www.xyzacruzbacani.com \nAbout Anna Ye\nAnna Ye is a tea educator\, cultural organizer\, and founder of Anna Ye Tea\, a specialty tea company dedicated to elevating Vietnamese teas and heritage. Born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown to immigrant parents\, and now based in Astoria\, Queens\, Anna draws on her background in fine dining hospitality and community organizing to create experiences that weave together food\, culture\, and storytelling. She also serves as Kitchen Studio Lead at Think!Chinatown\, where she co-develops and co-produces cultural culinary programming. www.annayetea.com \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nMedia & Visitor Contact\nMeghana Karnik\, Curator & Exhibitions Director\nmeghana@fluxfactory.org \nAccessibility\nFlux IV is located on the ground floor of 56-21 2nd Street\, Long Island City\, NY 11101 between the Queens Landing Boathouse & Environmental Center and Gotham Point apartments. The closest bus stop is 2 St/55 Ave on the Q101. The closest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Ave on the 7 line (purple) and 21st st G line (green). The closest ferry pier is Hunter’s Point South Ferry Landing. A Citibike station is located at Center Blvd & Hunters Point South Ferry Landing. iPark (paid parking) is available on 1-20 56th Ave\, Long Island City\, NY 11101. There is a public restroom left of our front door. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/xyza-cruz-bacani-the-diaspora-is-home/
LOCATION:Flux IV\, 56-21 2nd Street\, Long Island City\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Photography
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SUMMARY:2025 Korean Festival & Parade
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our 2025 Korean Festival & Parade for a day of delectable Korean cuisine\, traditional dance\, K-pop and more!\n\n\n🎉 Join Us for the Annual Korean Festival & Parade in Koreatown NYC! 🎉 \nCelebrate Korean culture\, community\, and creativity at our biggest event of the year! The Korean Festival & Parade brings together thousands of people for a vibrant day filled with performances\, food\, and fun. \n✨ What to Expect: \n\n🎶 K-Pop Performances – Talented groups and soloists bringing high energy to the stage.\n💃 Traditional Dance & Music – Experience the beauty of Korea’s rich cultural heritage.\n🍜 Food Vendors – Savor authentic Korean street food favorites\, plus global bites to keep you exploring.\n🎊 The Parade – Colorful floats\, cultural pride\, and community spirit marching through Koreatown.\n🌟 Family-Friendly Fun – Entertainment and excitement for all ages.\n\nFestival Info \n📍 Location: Koreatown\, Manhattan (32nd Street between Broadway & 5th Ave)\n⏰ Time: 10 AM – 6 PM \nParade Info \n📍 Location: Start on 38th St. & 6th Ave (march to 27th St.!)\n⏰ Time: 12 PM – 2 PM \nWhether you’re a longtime fan of Korean culture or just looking for a fun day out\, the Korean Festival & Parade is the perfect place to celebrate\, eat\, dance\, and make unforgettable memories. \nCome hungry\, come curious\, and come ready to join the merriment — we can’t wait to see you there! 🎉
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-korean-festival-parade/
LOCATION:Koreatown\, Koreatown\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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SUMMARY:NYC Mid-Autumn Fest 2025: Art\, Music\, Food\, Performances
DESCRIPTION:A day-long festival of NYC’s Asian-American Arts & Food Scene\, featuring performance artists\, creators\, musicians/DJs\, chefs\, and artisans.\n\n\nALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. \nThe Mid-Autumn Fest is the culmination of an 8-week fundraiser for Meals for Unity. If you cannot attend\, please consider donating directly here. Proceeds also go to making the festival a reality. Our mission is to uplift the Asian-American creative community by creating spaces for them to share their art and\, importantly\, to help them get paid for it so that they can keep making more. \nAlso known as the Harvest Moon Festival\, the Mid-Autumn Fest is an extraordinary opportunity to unite the Asian-American community in celebration of the fruits of our labor throug a day-long celebration—featuring a mix of performers and creators: musicians\, dancers\, DJs\, artisans\, culinary masters\, creators\, martial arts practitioners\, visual artists\, and comedians. \nSPONSORS \nTo be Announced! \nCOMMUNITY PARTNERS \nTo be Announced! \nABOUT MEALS FOR UNITY \nAs a group of young professionals who are predominantly first-generation Americans\, we understand the unique challenges and needs of the elderly AAPI community. Our experiences\, along with those passed on to us from generations prior\, have shaped our perspectives and gave us the knowledge and tools to be able to empathize\, support\, and uplift this neglected sector of the community. \nBy leveraging their resources\, networks\, and professional experiences\, they source culturally relevant meals from locally owned AAPI restaurants\, catering to the specific dietary needs and preferences of the elderly AAPI community while stimulating the Chinatown economy. Their goal is to provide not just sustenance\, but also a sense of comfort and nostalgia; paying homage to the heritage of those they serve. \nBy the end of 2024\, we have served over 22\,600 free meals\, have executed 66 meal distribution events\, have been aided by over 900 volunteers\, and have partnered with over 65 corporate sponsors\, non-profits\, and local restaurants. \nABOUT MOONLITE \nMoonlite exists to uncover\, illuminate\, and elevate the diverse perspectives and expressions that currently exist in our creative community of Asian Americans. We create wholly unique experiences to build our collective sustainability. In plain speak\, we love showcasing the diverse talents of the Asian-American creative community by creating spaces for them to share their art and\, importantly\, to help them get paid for it so that they can keep making more. \nWhile our goal is to build up our creative community and foster sustainable careers\, we believe wholeheartedly that this is best achieved when everyone is having A GOOD TIME. \nHere are some snaps from last year’s Mid-Autumn Fest. For more content\, visit @midautumnfest and poweredbymoonlite.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nyc-mid-autumn-fest-2025/
LOCATION:Hana House\, 345 Adams St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Dance,Food,In Person,Market,Music,Performance,Shopping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T160000
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SUMMARY:Mid-Autumn Family Festival!
DESCRIPTION:Glowing lanterns\, sweet reunions\, and Mid-Autumn magic!\n\n\nGlowing lanterns\, sweet reunions\, and Mid-Autumn magic! Join us for an afternoon of Mid-Autumn tales\, drop-in arts & crafts\, mooncake making\, and more on October 4\, 2–5 PM. Check back shortly to see the full schedule of events. \nTickets: $8/person. Free for MyMOCA Family Level Members & kids under 2. Limited free tickets for Culture Pass\, Cool Culture\, and Culture Connected families\, stay tuned for information on their release. RSVP required. \nKnow Before You Go \nFestival capacity is limited\, walk-ins will be admitted as capacity allows. Due to the limited capacity of the museum and efforts to adhere to safety guidelines\, families may have to wait to enter the museum during peak times. \nFamily Festivals are bustling events with lots of sights\, sounds\, and aromas. There is limited stroller parking available\, with a staff-operated lift used to reach the restrooms and lower level spaces. We recommend families with sensory concerns join our MOCACREATE drop-in programs. \n\n\nMOCA’s Family Festival Series is supported with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mid-autumn-family-festival-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Festival,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T203000
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SUMMARY:Over the Moon: Mid Autumn Night Market
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Mid-Autumn festival at The Hub\, with local makers and small businesses! \nVendors include locally baked mooncakes (with flavors inspired by Chinatown)\, mooncake-inspired jewelry\, and so much more.  Come support AAPI Small Businesses\, and explore exclusive Mid-Autumn specials: \nArt & Design: \n\n\nDatum J Design \n\n\nStudio Ichiban \n\n\nJewelry & Apparel: \n\n\na/c space \n\n\nLai Hing Jewelry \n\n\nXanh Studio \n\n\nSun Wind Shop (ft. Tarot Card readings!) \n\n\nFood & Dessert: \n\n\nKitsby x Welcome to Chinatown (limited-edition mooncakes!) \n\n\nKhot Phet \n\n\nVery Cool Ice Cream \n\n\nBuddha Bodai \n\n\nLittle Moon Bakehouse \n\n\nMisc: \n\n\nPFLAG NYC Chapter
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/over-the-moon-mid-autumn-night-market/
LOCATION:Welcome to Chinatown\, 115 Bowery\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Night Market
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T193000
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SUMMARY:Hiyoku: Wings That Fly Together | Taiko Concert with Discount
DESCRIPTION:Join OMNY Taiko for an unforgettable evening of powerful rhythm\, heartfelt storytelling\, and communal spirit.\n\n\nHiyoku: Wings That Fly Together | TAIKO CONCERT\nDiscount code “potluckasianamerica” for 15% off tickets. \nIn Chinese and Japanese poetry and art\, the mythical hiyoku bird has just one wing—it can only fly when it finds its other half and the two work together in harmony. In this concert\, OMNY Taiko explores this theme of connection and the beauty of individual voices resonating\, not in unison\, but in mutual support. Our strength lies in celebrating our differences—our unique bodies\, expressions\, and rhythms—and having them enrich our performances\, our collaborations\, and our community. \nThrough thunderous storms\, delicate weavings\, and joyful celebrations\, each piece in Hiyoku traces the journey of individuals coming together in sound and spirit. We aim to share energy\, trust\, and support not only amongst the performers\, but to you in the audience as well. This is a concert about flying higher because we lift one another—wing to wing\, heart to heart. \nThis year\, OMNY Taiko will be joined by New York Taiko Aiko Kai as our special guests! \nJoin us at the Brooklyn Music School on October 4th for an unforgettable evening of drumming that blends traditional Japanese rhythms with our New York roots. This in-person event will start at 6:00 PM EDT\, doors open at 5:30 PM. We can’t wait to see you there! \nNote: Tickets may be available at the door\, depending on availability. \n– —– \nAbout OMNY Taiko \nOMNY Taiko is a vibrant\, tight-knit community drumming group striving to share the art of taiko drumming with people and communities across the New York City area through inclusive\, accessible performances\, classes\, and workshops. \nAs a form of rhythmic and artistic expression\, taiko allows individuals to convey emotion and energy\, and to connect with others through music. OMNY Taiko emphasizes the communal aspect of ensemble drumming: \n\nbringing people together to create music as a group\nfostering a sense of community and belonging\nproviding opportunities for collaboration and teamwork\n\nOne of our primary goals is to become emblematic of the energy of New York City\, reflecting the story of a seed born on the concrete streets and blossoming into a vibrant community with the strength and tenacity of a city that never sleeps.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hiyoku-wings-that-fly-together-taiko-concert/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Music School\, 126 Saint Felix Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert,In Person,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T200000
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SUMMARY:Aalokam x We R Dancing Festival
DESCRIPTION:Promoting South Asian Performing Arts at the Heart of NYC\, Presented by Aalokam\n\n\nAalokam is excited to announce the 4th Annual We R Dancing Dance Festival. \nInitially launched in 2022 by Bharathi Penneswaran\, the founder of Aalokam\, the vision of the festival was to amplify\, support\, and celebrate the artistic expression of the Indian Classical dance community in the United States of America\, and to inspire the next generation of dancers.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aalokam-x-we-r-dancing-festival-day-1/
LOCATION:Ailey Citigroup theater\, 405 W 55th St\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Festival,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T170000
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SUMMARY:Filipino American History Month - Gathering at Governors Island
DESCRIPTION:Open to the public\, free of charge\nFerries run between 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM\n\nProject Overview \nIn celebration of Filipino American History Month\, Kinding Sindaw brings the legendary Rinayung\, the magical boat of Bantogen from the epic Darangen\, to symbolically sail the Hudson River and dock at Governors Island. The daylong event highlights living traditions of the Philippines through performance\, craft\, ritual\, and storytelling\, featuring master artists\, tradition-bearers\, and diaspora voices\, grounding ourselves in the tradition of Filipino strength and heritage. \nA panel and workshop featuring Filipino American historians\, organizers and community workers will discuss and reflect on our history of resilience\, coalition-building and organizing\, and what we face as a community looking to the future. \nThis immersive gathering weaves indigenous knowledge\, artistic practices\, and community dialogue — making visible the cultural resilience that has withstood displacement and colonization\, as inspiration moving forward as a community. \nProgram Components (11 AM – 5 PM) \nRitual:\n● Opening Ritual & Invocation (11:00 AM)\n● Kulintang & Ritual Dances (11:30 AM) – Kinding Sindaw ensemble \nTalk Backs\, Workshops and Panel:\n● Talk-Back Session: Indigenous Voices in Diaspora (12:30 PM)\n● Panel: Lakas na Loob – A History of FilAm Organizing and Community Reflection (12:30)\n● Herbal Knowledge & Healing Practices (1:00 PM)\n● Edible Kitchen Stories (Tasting & Narratives) (2:00 PM) \nPerformances:\n● Gangsa of the Cordillera & Dance (2:30 PM)\n● Dance Storytelling: The Darangen & Bantogen (3:00 PM)\n● Poetry Reading & Filipino Language Overview (3:30 PM)\n● Community Healing & Reflection Circle (4:00 PM)\n● Kulintang Closing Ensemble (4:30 PM) \nAll Day:\n● Bead-Making Workshop (Mangyan Tradition) (All Day)\n● Visual Arts & Baybayin Exhibit (All Day) \n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\nColonel’s Row\, Governor’s Island\nNew York\, NY
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/filipino-american-history-month-gathering-at-governors-island/
LOCATION:Colonel’s Row\, Governor’s Island\, Colonel’s Row\, Governor’s Island\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Dance,Festival,History,In Person,Storytelling,Workshop
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