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Making or Faking Chinatown? Representing People, Place and Culture
Chinatown!Studio 1 Pike Street, New YorkWeek of Events
“NEW BEGINNINGS” Group Art Show
“NEW BEGINNINGS” is a free group art show centered on change, opportunity, and rebirth featuring twenty contributors from BUCK’s Asian Employee Resource Group (ERG) APAC@BUCK on view at Land to Sea, an Asian American- and Women-owned café and creative venue in Brooklyn, NY. “NEW BEGINNINGS” celebrates the Year of the Dragon, symbolizing change, opportunity, and […]
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Making or Faking Chinatown? Representing People, Place and Culture
Illustration by John Lee On view July 18–October 2024, Think!Chinatown is proud to present Making or Faking Chinatown? Representing People, Place and Culture, a thought-provoking urban planning-focused exhibition exploring the unresolved debate of cultural representation in Chinatown’s built environment through extensive research, photographs from Chinatowns across North America, and artwork by artist John Lee. The exhibition […]
The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean
Dan Lie, Memory Stick ou Pau de Memória, 2015. (Image: Edouard Fraipont) The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean is the first exhibition in New York City to center the artistic production of the Asian diaspora in the region from the 1940s to the present. Focusing on postwar and contemporary art, […]
See What I Wanna See
“See What I Wanna See”, a musical by Michael John LaChiusa, is based on three short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. The story unfolds like a classical Japanese screen painting, opening each act with a prologue inspired by Kesa and Morito, a pair of fatally contentious lovers. The first act, set in 1951, follows a murder […]
$44.50 – $123.00
Documentary: Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
For 50 years, Chinese American photographer Corky Lee documented the celebrations, struggles, and daily lives of Asian American Pacific Islanders with epic focus. Determined to push mainstream media to include AAPI culture in the visual record of American history, Lee produced an astonishing archive of nearly a million compelling photographs. His work takes on new […]
$18
Theater: Counting and Cracking
Belvoir St. Theatre’s Counting and Cracking, by S. Shakthidharan and directed by Eamon Flack, comes to NYU Skirball this fall for its North American Premiere after critically acclaimed productions in Australia and the United Kingdom. The sweeping, episodic play features nineteen actors from across the globe on a multi-generational journey of a Sri Lankan-Australian family from 1956-2004. Radha fled Sri […]
$45 – $125
Monday, September 2, 2024
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
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September 5, 2024 -Democracy, War, and Identity: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Cathy Linh Che in Conversation
Democracy, War, and Identity: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Cathy Linh Che in Conversation
@ Authors Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer, A Man of Two Faces) and Cathy Linh Che (Split, Becoming Ghost) share readings of their work and discuss their experience of democracy as Vietnamese American immigrant writers whose work engages vistas of American democracy amidst the legacy and representations of the Vietnam War. A Q&A will follow […]
Friday, September 6, 2024
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
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September 7, 2024 -MOCA PERFORMS – Tomorrow, by the Sea
MOCA PERFORMS – Tomorrow, by the Sea
This musical reading revisits Japan's tragic 2011 earthquake and explores the process of healing through cultural practices during Obon.The Museum of Chinese in America is excited to present a staged reading of a new musical, Tomorrow, by the Sea, by Yunhye Park (book, lyrics), Alexander Ronneburg (music, book, lyrics), and Erika Ito (music). This poignant […]
Sunday, September 8, 2024
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Featured September 8, 2024 -Featured Dragon Fest New York 2024 – Astor Place
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September 8, 2024 -MOCA PRESENTS – Moonlit Motion, a Community Dance Workshop
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Dragon Fest New York 2024 – Astor Place
An annual outdoor Chinese food & culture festival with experiential activities, tastings, and market fairs. 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. 9/8 location: Astor pl, (13-25 Astor Pl, New York, NY 10003)
MOCA PRESENTS – Moonlit Motion, a Community Dance Workshop
A special AAPI community dance workshop inspired by the moon, drawn from its deep symbolism in Asian culturesAre you ready to move under the influence of the moon? In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Museum of Chinese in America is excited to collaborate with Choreographer Jiemin Yang for a special community dance workshop inspired […]