Exhibit: “The Monkey King in Chinatown” by AAPI Comic Book and Graphic Novel Artists
Pearl River Mart Gallery - Soho 452 Broadway, New York
PSEG Social Impact film series Blended Families: Adopting New Identities
VirtualWeek of Events
Broadway: Maybe Happy Ending
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 […]
Queens Night Market
The Queens Night Market is a large, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens, featuring over 100 independent vendors selling merchandise, art, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances, all celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of NYC and Queens. Every Saturday from 4pm to midnight April. 12 to August 16 and September 13 to October […]
Food Festival: Japan Fes NYC
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 […]
Food Festival: Dragon Fest NYC
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. April 13 – Astor Place (Panda Day) […]
Exhibit: “The Monkey King in Chinatown” by AAPI Comic Book and Graphic Novel Artists
The Monkey King is the epitome of tricksterdom. First appearing in the 14th-century Chinese novel, “Journey to the West,” the character born as Sun Wukong embodies rebellion, individualism, and daring. He’s also the inspiration behind the stunning works in this exhibition. Curator Jerry Ma’s modern Monkey King idea began with his first exhibition at Pearl […]
New York Asian Arts Festival
This May, the first-ever New York Asian Arts Festival (@nyasianartsfestival) takes over the city with a month-long celebration of Asian American creativity. Anchored by a group exhibition in SoHo and a citywide calendar of hands-on art classes and community events, NYAAF spotlights the artists, storytellers, and cultural spaces shaping Asian American art today. Rooted in […]
NYC Chinatown Restaurant Week®!
Chinatown Restaurant Week®! May 19-24 Welcome to Chinatown is hosting Chinatown Restaurant Week® (May 19-24), featuring 18 participating businesses.We’re spotlighting the flavors, stories, and innovation behind of Chinatown’s restaurants. Dine like a local with curated recommendations and off menu specials that are only available for Chinatown Restaurant Week®!
Music: SLANT: Lucky FM
Tuning in to the frequencies of ancestors and heroes, the SLANT Performance Group is back to rile things up with a dynamic evening of nostalgic works and new material in Lucky FM. Lucky FM is performed by the trio ensemble’s signature style of humor and drama with live guitars, bamboo flutes, percussion, movement, and storytelling […]
Ig (Water) – Aquatic Ecosystem Dance that Codified Living Tradition of the Philippines
Experience the natural beauty of the Philippine archipelago through dance, depicting the ebb and flow of oceans, still lakes, waterfalls, and rivers. Kinding Sindaw immerses participants in the rich ecosystem of these waters, using intricate footwork and body movements to embody traditions from the Meranao, Maguindanao, Tboli, and Taosug peoples. The dances share rituals and […]
Asian Creative Festival 2025 – Social Impact Hackathon
Hosted by the Asian Creative Foundation as part of the 2025 Asian Creative Festival 📍 Pratt Manhattan Campus, 144 W 14th St., 2nd Floor, NYC 📅 May 23 (Fri) | 6:30–9:00 PM 📅 May 24 (Sat) | 9:00 AM–7:00 PM 🎟️ Tickets: $80 (includes all sessions, food, drinks, and materials) Join a high-impact, hands-on hackathon […]
AAPI Creatives & Social Impact Market – Asian Creative Festival 2025
Featuring NYC creatives & crafts, as well as local nonprofit orgs & information, in partnership with the Asian Creative Foundation Welcome to the AAPI Creatives & Social Impact Markat curated by A*E Pop Up during Asian Creative Festival 2025! Join us in person at Chelsea Market - Wine Vault for a day filled with creativity, […]
Monday, May 19, 2025
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FeaturedVirtual EventMay 19, 2025 -Featured Traveling While Undocumented: Understanding Your Rights
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FeaturedVirtual EventMay 19, 2025 -Featured PSEG Social Impact film series Blended Families: Adopting New Identities
Traveling While Undocumented: Understanding Your Rights
Join us for an informative webinar presented by experienced immigration attorneys from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC). The session will present on themes related to travel as a non-citizen and, specifically, as an undocumented person or someone with temporary relief. This will include domestic travel post-REAL ID compliance deadline, airport security and privacy, Advance […]
PSEG Social Impact film series Blended Families: Adopting New Identities
Some children are born from their parents’ hearts, and the adoptive family’s race or ethnic background may be different from their child’s. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Standing in Solidarity discusses transnational adoption and its effect on identity, acculturation, family ties and more. The PSEG Social Impact film is First Person Plural, a documentary produced […]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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May 20, 2025 -After All This: Making Your Second Work
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May 20, 2025 -MOCA TALKS – Tiger Moms Cooking! Identity, Cuisine and Motherhood
After All This: Making Your Second Work
Join AAWW for the PBS-streaming premiere of After All This, featuring Sarah Thankam Mathews, Andrew Nadkarni, and Maryam Mir!Join AAWW for the PBS-streaming premiere night of documentary short After All This profiling Margins alumnus, Sarah Thankam Mathews, directed by Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni and produced by Open City alumnus, Maryam Mir!-After All This (15 minutes) […]
MOCA TALKS – Tiger Moms Cooking! Identity, Cuisine and Motherhood
A virtual roundtable conversation featuring cookbook authors Cathy Erway, Sarah Leung, Clarissa Wei, and Michelle T. King!Register for freeThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to celebrate Mother’s Day with an engaging virtual roundtable conversation about identity, cuisine, and motherhood, featuring cookbook authors Cathy Erway, Sarah Leung, and Clarissa Wei, moderated by author […]
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Virtual EventMay 21, 2025 -Fireside Chat with Shannon Lee: A Conversation on Resilience, Heritage, and Leadership
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Virtual EventMay 21, 2025 -Honoring Our AAPI Roots | A Creative Celebration of Cultural Heritage
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Virtual EventMay 21, 2025 -Operation Babylift at 50: War, Displacement, and Vietnamese Diasporic Identities
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May 21, 2025 -Asian Heritage Celebration & NIGHT MARKET – PUBLIC / NO RSVP
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Featured May 21, 2025 -Featured Architecture and Design: This is How We Built This Series: Blueprints of Progress
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Featured May 21, 2025 -Featured Essex Market Celebrates AAPI Month: Asian American Entreprenuer Panel
Fireside Chat with Shannon Lee: A Conversation on Resilience, Heritage, and Leadership
Join us for a fireside chat between two remarkable leaders, Linda Akutagawa, President and CEO of LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics), and Shannon Lee, CEO of the Bruce Lee Foundation and daughter of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee. In honor of Asian Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month, Linda and Shannon will share personal stories […]
Honoring Our AAPI Roots | A Creative Celebration of Cultural Heritage
In honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, join us for an art therapy workshop to embrace our unique cultural heritage. There will be space to explore our cultural identities, honor the […]
Operation Babylift at 50: War, Displacement, and Vietnamese Diasporic Identities
This workshop explores the powerful and complex legacy of Operation Babylift—one of the largest humanitarian evacuations in history—as a lens to examine war, displacement, and identity. As the Vietnam War […]
Asian Heritage Celebration & NIGHT MARKET – PUBLIC / NO RSVP
Food, Drinks, Gifts + Live Performances! NO NEED TO RSVP ON EVENTBRITE! FOR FULL EVENT DETAILS AND RSVP, GO TO MAIN EVENT WEBSITE Join us for the 2nd Annual Asian American Heritage Month Celebration and Night Market! Held at Industry City in Sunset Park, the celebration expects to welcome 3,000+ guests to take in live […]
Architecture and Design: This is How We Built This Series: Blueprints of Progress
An engaging panel discussion featuring five accomplished professionals in architecture and design. Join nycoba|NOMA’s Professional Development Committee for This is How We Built This Series: Blueprints of Progress, an engaging panel discussion featuring five accomplished professionals in architecture and design. Featuring our NOMA Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander members and participants in honor […]
Essex Market Celebrates AAPI Month: Asian American Entreprenuer Panel
An empowering panel talk in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, bringing together Asian American entrepreneurs and community builders in The Lower East Side. This intimate and thoughtful conversation will explore what it means to build something from the ground up, hold space for community, and take pride in being Asian in today’s cultural landscape. Panel […]
Thursday, May 22, 2025
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FeaturedVirtual EventMay 22, 2025 -Featured Teach-in: Community-Facing Approaches to Disinformation
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May 22, 2025 -NY City Council District 38 Candidates’ Forum
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Virtual EventMay 22, 2025 -Rooted Across Borders: Immigration Rights for Pacific Islanders Webinar
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May 22, 2025 -Publishing as Trans* and Asian / Diasporic Practice
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May 22, 2025 -BOTH/AND: Five AAPI Writers on the Intersection of Mental Health & Identity
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May 22, 2025 -The Art of Gaman with Nancy Beck (Virtual)
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May 22, 2025 -Barbara Demick’s Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Book Launch with Emily Feng
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May 22, 2025 -Chinatown Welcome Gateway Artist Information Session: Cultural Placekeeping
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May 22, 2025 -MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
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Hybrid EventMay 22, 2025 -Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents
Teach-in: Community-Facing Approaches to Disinformation
Please join the Asian American Disinformation Table for a teach-in focusing in on the case studies from our recently released landscape report, Where Do We Go From Here? Asian Americans, Diaspora, and Disinformation. This teach-in will explore case studies from Viet Fact Check and Asian Americans Advancing Justice on their community-facing approaches to fighting disinformation. […]
NY City Council District 38 Candidates’ Forum
This candidate forum for City Council District 38, with Alexa Aviles and Ling Ye, will be held on Thursday, May 22nd from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Beit El-Maqdis Islamic Center at 6206 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (R train to 59th Street; B64 or B9 bus to Bay Ridge & 6th Ave). […]
Rooted Across Borders: Immigration Rights for Pacific Islanders Webinar
Join us next Thursday, May 22nd, for Rooted Across Borders: an important discussion on immigration rights for our Pacific Islander community. We’ll be joined by speakers from Pasifika advocates and […]
Publishing as Trans* and Asian / Diasporic Practice
A Conversation and Call for Pitches with Jeannine Tang and Wong Binghao (Bing)On May 22, Jeannine Tang and Wong Binghao (Bing) will have a hybrid conversation at Asia Art Archive in America to share and reflect upon their ongoing project focusing on trans* and Asian/diasporic publishing practices in contemporary art. This program will reflect upon […]
BOTH/AND: Five AAPI Writers on the Intersection of Mental Health & Identity
A panel discussion hosted by Hyeseung Song, author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Hyeseung Song to lead a discussion with Hannah Bae, Prachi Gupta, Helen Rho, and Nina Sharma on artmaking and mental health for AAPI writers and artists, with a Q&A following the conversation. . […]
The Art of Gaman with Nancy Beck (Virtual)
On Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM there will be a presentation about Arts & Crafts of Japanese Americans Incarcerated during WWII. This virtual talk will be given by the Essex Library Association only on Zoom. It will be presented remotely by Nancy Beck, Secretary/Treasurer of the Japan Society of Fairfield County. For details and to […]
Barbara Demick’s Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Book Launch with Emily Feng
Join us for an evening with acclaimed journalist and author Barbara Demick for the book launch of her latest work, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove. In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, prizing winning author and National Book Award finalist Barbara Demick, embarks on a journey following the lives of Fangfang and Shuangjie — twins separated at birth — and the extraordinary efforts to […]
Chinatown Welcome Gateway Artist Information Session: Cultural Placekeeping
Think!Chinatown is hosting an info session for NYCEDC’s Chinatown Connections: Chinatown Welcome Gateway project.
MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
To celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month, the Museum of Chinese in America is proud to present a powerful collection of immigrant stories.
Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents
In his second novel, Mỹ Documents, Kevin Nguyen follows four Vietnamese cousins whose lives are upended after a terrorist attack incites a government crackdown that targets their community through mass internment of Vietnamese-American citizens. Nguyen relies on the history of Japanese internment, the Vietnam War, and more recent immigrant detention to imagine a not-entirely-implausible near […]
Friday, May 23, 2025
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May 23, 2025 -MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
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May 23, 2025 -Makati Dinner show for AAPI month!
MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
To celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month, the Museum of Chinese in America is proud to present a powerful collection of immigrant stories.
Makati Dinner show for AAPI month!
Makati is a Filipino night market comedy show featuring food from the Philippines and the best Filipino Comedians (and friends)!Makati- a city in known in the Phillipines for its bustling nightlife and exceptional night markets. New York, a city known for its comedy. We're here to bring you a one of a kind experience with […]
Saturday, May 24, 2025
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May 24, 2025Calling In: Creating Change Without Cancel Culture
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May 24, 2025 -AAPI 5K Run NYC
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Featured May 24, 2025 -Featured From Sea to SEA: The NYC Southeast Asian Festival
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May 24, 2025 -MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
Calling In: Creating Change Without Cancel Culture
Whether you're leading teams, working in community, or simply want to show up more fully in your relationships—we give you the tools. This isn’t another course on communication. It’s a shift in how you show up. On June 3rd, our transformative series begins. Change the way you connect, lead, and listen—for just $5 a class. […]
AAPI 5K Run NYC
The AAPI 5K is a road race to unite the AAPI community. ~Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ~Create a safe and welcoming space for AAPI runners ~Raise funds and awareness for local AAPI nonprofit organizations Registration will close on May 18, or sooner if we reach 1,000 participants. $32 - March 17 […]
From Sea to SEA: The NYC Southeast Asian Festival
Food, live music & fashion From Sea to SEA: The NYC Southeast Asian Festival For AAPI Heritage month, Join Dear Community x VCS NYC for a vibrant celebration of Southeast Asian culture—right in the heart of Brooklyn. From Sea to SEA brings together the flavors, stories, sounds, and styles of Southeast Asia for one unforgettable […]
MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival
To celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month, the Museum of Chinese in America is proud to present a powerful collection of immigrant stories.
Sunday, May 25, 2025
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Featured May 25, 2025 -Featured Passport to Taiwan Festival 2025
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Featured May 25, 2025 -Featured Passport to Taiwan Festival
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May 25, 2025 -Dim Sum Divas: NYC’s Dim Sum Drag Brunch
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May 25, 2025 -MOCA x Committee of 100 x NY Phil Musicians Present: Home and Belonging
Passport to Taiwan Festival 2025
Since 1999, the United States has recognized the second week of May as Taiwanese American Heritage Week, celebrating the contributions and achievements of Taiwanese Americans. As part of this national recognition, Passport to Taiwan has been a platform to not only showcase the vibrant culture of Taiwan but also honor the Taiwanese American experience—a story […]
Passport to Taiwan Festival
On Sunday, May 25, 2025, we invite you to join us at Union Square for the Passport to Taiwan Festival, where we celebrate both our heritage and the incredible impact of Taiwanese Americans in communities across the country. 📍 Date: May 25, 2025 📍 Location: Union Square, New York City 📍 Time: 12 PM – […]
Dim Sum Divas: NYC’s Dim Sum Drag Brunch
Get ready to sashay and savor the best dim sum in NYC while enjoying fabulous drag performances at our Dim Sum Divas Drag Brunch!Dim Sum Divas is back for Memorial Day Weekend! 🇺🇸 🥟 Get ready for a fabulous afternoon filled with delicious dim sum, dazzling drag performances, and unforgettable moments. Join us at MEILI […]
MOCA x Committee of 100 x NY Phil Musicians Present: Home and Belonging
This performance highlights music by composers and performers from across the AAPI diaspora.Join the Musicians of the New York Philharmonic for a special afternoon of music in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This concert is part of their ongoing commitment to fostering community, inclusivity, and representation in the performing arts […]
