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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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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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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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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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall\,
DESCRIPTION:Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) is honored to present Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall\,\na traveling exhibition debuting in New York City in September 2025 at Think!Chinatown’s Studio. \nThis exhibition launch commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon—a pivotal moment in Vietnamese history and the diaspora experience. Following the NYC debut\, Our Journeys will tour cities across the U.S. Visit our website for more details. \nOur Journeys is a curated multimedia experience\, inspired by the interviews and content generated by the Vietnamese Boat People podcast and programs. It is developed around the core concept that a story passed down is a gift—something given to another with intention and without obligation. For a community whose stories have often been told by others\, this exhibit centers the voices of the Vietnamese diaspora\, reclaiming the narrative through personal stories\, photographs\, multimedia displays\, and video essays. Visitors will be immersed in the resilience\, legacy\, and diversity of our community’s lived experiences. \nGallery Hours: Friday 3-6pm\, Sat-Sun 1-5pm
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-our-journeys-50-years-after-the-fall/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown Studio\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,History,In Person
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250929
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall
DESCRIPTION:Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) is honored to present Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall\,\na traveling exhibition debuting in New York City ifrom Nov 1\, 2025 to Jan 18. 2026  at Think!Chinatown’s Studio. \nNov 1-Jan 18\, 2026: New York City \nThursday & Fridays 3-6pm except on holidays \nPartial Display \nThis exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon—a pivotal moment in Vietnamese history and the diaspora experience. Following the NYC debut\, Our Journeys will tour cities across the U.S. Visit our website for more details. \nOur Journeys is a curated multimedia experience\, inspired by the interviews and content generated by the Vietnamese Boat People podcast and programs. It is developed around the core concept that a story passed down is a gift—something given to another with intention and without obligation. For a community whose stories have often been told by others\, this exhibit centers the voices of the Vietnamese diaspora\, reclaiming the narrative through personal stories\, photographs\, multimedia displays\, and video essays. Visitors will be immersed in the resilience\, legacy\, and diversity of our community’s lived experiences.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/exhibit-our-journeys-50-years-after-the-fall-2/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown Studio\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,History,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250911
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SUMMARY:Jaipur Literature Festival
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating books\, ideas\, and dialogue\, the Jaipur Literature Festival — described as “the greatest literary show on Earth” — returns to New York in 2025\, presenting a series of conversations and performances examining the human experience through the imaginations of some of the world’s leading authors\, thinkers\, and performers. \nThis year\, the vibrant energy of the Jaipur Literature Festival makes its return to New York. The 9th edition of the festival shall take place at Asia Society\, The National Art Club\, and The Center for Fiction from September 8th to 10th\, 2025.This year\, we return to celebrate the cosmopolitan spirit and boundless energy of New York City. We once again bring forth our signature camaraderie\, a veritable caravan of ideas\, and the enrapturing flow of conversations\, that continue to make our festival truly incredible! \nSep-08-2025 at the Center for Fiction \n\nThe Gujaratis: A Portrait of a Community: Salil Tripathi and Suketu Mehta in conversation\n\nSep-09-2025 at Asia Society \n\nBodies of Song: The Legacy of Kabir: Linda Hess in conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy\nWhere The World Was Built: Sana Aiyar\, Hiromu Nagahara\, Emma Teng and Craig Wilder in conversation with Arun Venugopal; introduced by Ranu Boppana\nIndian Genius : The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America: Meenakshi Ahamed\, Neal Katyal and Siddhartha Mukherjee in conversation with Ramu Damodaran\nMr India: A Shekhar Kapur Medley: Shekhar Kapur in conversation with Sree Sreenivasan\nReimagining Legacy: The Epics and The Contemporary: Amish in conversation with Amrita Gandhi\n\nSep-10-2025 at National Arts Club \n\nTiger Slayer: The Extraordinary Story of Nur Jahan\, Empress of India: Molly Crabapple and Ruby Lal in conversation with Nermeen Shaikh\nThe Art of Enlightenment: Visualising Dharma: Andrew Quintman introduced by Annabella Pitkin\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/jaipur-literature-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Book,Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251029
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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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SUMMARY:REPLAY] Foundations 2025: "Modernity" and Institutional Racism
DESCRIPTION:Register to view the workshop recording\, taking a deep dive into understanding systemic racism and global “modernity.”\n\n\nInstitutional Racism and “Modernity” (Recording) \nThis session recording takes a deep dive into understanding systemic racism\, with a focus on institutional racism as the historical engine of global “modernity.” \nAll are welcome. We offer these trainings in order to equip you with histories and critical frameworks that can deepen the work of antiracism in your lives and in your communities. This three-part series intentionally integrates what is often left out of general racial justice education: AAPI experiences and decolonial values. They represent our beliefs and values as an organization and are the foundation for organizing emergent community-led labs for mutual care\, community-building\, collaboration and innovation. \nThe facilitator for this series is AAJIL’s founder and Co-Executive Director\, Dr. Sandra So Hee Chi Kim. She is an adjunct professor of race and ethnic studies at Cal State LA and a visiting scholar in USC’s Department of American Studies and Ethnicity. Her research explores the intersections of race\, global coloniality\, migration\, and culture. Her articles have appeared in Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies\, Positions: Asia Critique\, Korean Studies\, Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture\, and Occasion: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled The Kinship of Empires: Transpacific Coloniality and Korean Historical Trauma. \nThe Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab (AAJIL) is a community racial justice incubator committed to education\, community-building\, and innovation for promoting justice\, radical love\, and emergence. \nAll workshop donations go directly towards covering AAJIL’s operating costs. As a completely volunteer-run organization\, we are so grateful for your financial support! \nwww.aajil.org \nwww.instagram.com/aajil_org/ \n \nYou will be able to access the link by signing into your Eventbrite and viewing links from Get Tickets or going the link under Location with View Event Details. \nApplication for our Formations Program ’25-’26 available now.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/replay-foundations-2025-modernity-and-institutional-racism-2/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Janet Yang\, Award Winning Hollywood Producer and President of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Janet Yang\, Pioneer in Film and Entertainment\n\n\nDear Friends\, \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend the sixth Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes” event that will feature Janet Yang who will talk about being “A Pioneer In Film and Entertainment” on September 8\, 2025 at 6 pm ET. \nJanet Yang\, an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer\, President of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences\, a keynote speaker\, and a trailblazer and advocate for the AAPI community. She came to prominence through her collaboration with Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun\, followed by partnerships with Oliver Stone and Lisa Henson. Her extensive Film and TV credits include The Joy Luck Club\, The People vs. Larry Flynt\, Shanghai Calling and High Crimes. She is a member of the Committee of 100. \nThis Committee of 100 Conversations program features interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts\, heroic achievements\, or recollections of important events. Each interview will feature a live broadcast. The video and podcast recordings of the interview will be made available as part of a library of the interviews. \nChinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science\, the arts\, agriculture\, philanthropy\, political leadership\, architecture\, business\, and more. \nPeter Young\, Committee of 100 Member and Board Member and Chair of the Conversations Program will moderate. The broadcast will be on September 8 from 6 pm Eastern Time to 6:45 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-9-8-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website.We hope you will join us. Thank you!Best regards\,Committee of 100 \nUpcoming Committee of 100 Conversations – Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nJuly 29\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Linda Tsao Yang\, Governance Pioneer\, Former U.S. Ambassador and the first woman and the first minority to represent the United States on the board of a multilateral financial institution\, she will talk about her pioneering efforts and the challenges of good governance. Please register at https://c100-7-29-2025.eventbrite.com. \nAugust 11\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Gary Locke\, is Chairman of the Committee of 100. As Governor of Washington State (the first Chinese American to be elected governor in United States history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland)\, U.S. Secretary of Commerce\, and U.S. Ambassador to China\, Gary Locke has been a leader in the areas of education\, employment\, trade\, health care\, human rights\, immigration reform\, privacy\, and the environment. Register at https://c100-8-11-2025.eventbrite.com. \nOctober 7\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – David Henry Huang\, is an American playwright\, librettist\, screenwriter\, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB\, Golden Child\, and Yellow Face. He has one Tony Award (M. Butterfly) and two other nominations (Golden Child and Flower Drum Song). Three of his works (M. Butterfly\, Yellow Face\, and Soft Power) have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. \nNovember 25\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Elaine Chao\, former U. S. Secretary of Transportation and U. S. Secretary of Labor\, she is the first Asian American woman to be appointed to the President’s cabinet in U.S. history. Secretary Chao was also President and CEO of United Way of America and Director of the Peace Corps. She had previously served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Chair\, Federal Maritime Commission; Deputy Maritime Administrator; and White House Fellow. \nCommittee of 100 ConversationsRecollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nSeptember 8\, 2025 Webcast \n▦ Speaker \nJanet Yang \nEmmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer \nCommittee of 100 Member \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young\, CEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member and Board MemberChair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \n▦ Time: \n6:00 pm Eastern Time \nThe interview will be moderated by Peter Young\, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be 45 minutes long. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-9-8-2025.eventbrite.com▦ Speaker Bios: \nJanet Yang \nEmmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer \nCommittee of 100 Member \nAn Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Hollywood producer\, Janet recently completed three oneyear terms as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\, ending her tenure on June 30\, 2025. \nYang has worked with some of the most formidable filmmakers and talent in the world. She came to prominence through her collaboration with Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun (Warner Bros). That was followed by a long partnership with multiple Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone—where she served as Executive Producer on the iconic The Joy Luck Club (Disney)\, and as a Producer of The People vs. Larry Flynt (Columbia Pictures). Her most recent credit is as an Executive Producer on the Oscar-nominated animated feature\, Over the Moon. Based on her original story\, the film was directed by legendary animator Glen Keane and released on Netflix in 2020. \nAmong her many other credits are: the Sundance award-winning Dark Matter (Universal Pictures) with Meryl Streep; The Weight of Water (Lionsgate) directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow with Academy award winner Sean Penn; Savior (Lionsgate) with Dennis Quaid; South Central (Warner Bros.) directed by Steve Anderson; High Crimes (Fox) with Morgan Freeman; a Chinese adaptation of the acclaimed Disney franchise High School Musical; cult favorites Zero Effect\, by Jake Kasdan\, and Shanghai Calling with China Film Group. Yang won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for the HBO movie Indictment: The McMartin Trial. \nMost recently\, Yang was named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood” by the Hollywood Reporter\, Variety’s Power of Women 2023\, and was featured on the Forbes 2024 “50 over 50” List. Yang began her career by running the first distribution company to market Chinese films into North America. She also brokered the reintroduction of American cinema to the Chinese marketplace on behalf of several studios after a decades-long hiatus. \nCommitted to fostering global understanding\, Yang is a co-founder of Gold House\, the nonprofit collective of influential Asian cultural leaders; a long-standing member of the Committee of 100\, an organization of the most prominent Chinese-Americans; and an advisory board member of Asia Society Southern California where she also chairs its highly regarded US-Asia Entertainment Summit. Yang serves on the IMAX China Board\, the Forbes APEX VIP Founding Advisory Board\, and the board of Unified Youth\, a mental-health-focused organization. \nYang is the first Asian American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and also has a pillar dedicated to her inside the Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. In April 2025\, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures established the Janet Yang Endowment\, honoring her historic tenure as President of the Academy. The endowment will support programming that explores and elevates the contributions of filmmakers from historically underrepresented communities\, with a special emphasis on Asian American and Pacific Islander artists. \nYang holds a B.A. from Brown University in Chinese studies and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She was appointed as a Presidential Fellow at Loyola Marymount University and recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters from Bowdoin College. \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \nPeter Young \nCEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member and Board Member \nChair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \nPeter Young is CEO of Young & Partners\, a 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.Mr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction 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 a board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive. \nThe Committee of 100The Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 36 years ago. \nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org.
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SUMMARY:disOrientalism Part 8: Godzilla v. The Karens
DESCRIPTION:A spectacular all-star show with the city’s most accomplished AAPI performers curated and hosted by New York’s original comedy dragon ladies – notorious comedienne/rapper Kate Siahaan-Rigg alongside child star-turned-Broadway-actress Olivia Oguma.  Come be thrilled by the virtuostic skills of Jazz world fave Helen Sung\, the comedy of rising star Julia Shiplett\, original music by Broadway baby and new wave rocker Sam Poon\, and the legendary spoken word/rock duo Slanty Eyed Mama. This program lasts about 75 minutes and is guaranteed to boost your immunity against boredom\, inaction\, xenophobia\, orientalism\, and bowl cuts. \nJulia Shiplett (@juliashiplett) is a comedian\, actor and writer based in NYC by way of Chicago. Named a Vulture Comedian to Watch\, she has performed standup around the country as well as on Comedy Central and SHOWTIME. She has made appearances on TV series and films such as Love Life (HBO)\, Turn Me On (IFC) and most recently Overcompensating (Prime). \nSam Poon (@spoonuel) is an actor\, singer and songwriter who been working since the age of nine. He was most recently seen as Warren in the world premiere of Empire Records at the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey. On Broadway he appeared in Macbeth\, The King and I\, and Sing Street. He also performed in national tours of Les Misérables and Billy Elliot. His numerous TV and Film credits include FBI\, Boychoir\, Crazy Famous\, Portraits in Dramatic Time\, Generation Wrecks\, “NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly\,” “The Late Show with David Letterman\,” and “The Today Show.” His original music defies genre and definition for a truly unique sonic experience. \nHelen Sung (@sung_helen) is an award-winning jazz pianist and composer and a Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston\, Texas\, and alumna of HSPVA\, she diverged from her classical upbringing after a jazz epiphany during studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to graduate in the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (re-named the Herbie Hancock Institute in 2019) and win the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Piano Competition. In addition to her own band and projects\, she has performed with such luminaries as Clark Terry\, Wayne Shorter\, Ron Carter\, Wynton Marsalis\, Regina Carter\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Cecile McLorin Salvant\, Lea Delaria\, and the Mingus Big Band. She is currently on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Columbia University. A Steinway artist\, “Sung plays with crisp swing and elegant invention\, her rhythms drawing from the music’s deepest blues roots – and setting listeners’ heads bobbing – while she explores her own fresh ideas\, often inspired from her classical training.” (New York Times) \nSlanty Eyed Mama (@slantyeyedmama)  Part hip hop\, part rock\, part electroclash\,  part spoken word part comedy from two rock n roll asian chicks. The multi-award winning Slanty Eyed Mama interprets the world through the searing electric violin of Lyris Hung (who currently tours with the Indigo Girls and  founded the progressive metal band HUNG) and the iconoclastic rants from Kate Rigg\, aka. Lady K-Sian. Together they have headlined international music festivals\, Asian Heritage Fests all over the country\, been profiled twice on PBS\, been invited to perform (also twice) at the Smithsonian Museum\, and toured with numerous theatrical concerts like Zombie Asian Moms\, Americasiana\, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show (also an award winning movie) and Birth of a nASIAN. \nKate Siahaan-Rigg (@kateriggnyc):  A star on the Manhattan comedy scene\, producer and co-host Kate Rigg graduated from Juilliard drama and immediately began moonlighting in comedy and spoken word club stages around the country\, bringing solo shows (Zombie Asian Moms\, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show) and creating wild events like this one all over the city. In her day job she creates and produces comedy based tv shows and acts in plays. \nOlivia Oguma (@olioguma): Co-host and producer Olivia was the first Asian-American Young Cosette in Les Misérables and has been wowing New York audiences ever since in the Broadway casts of Mamma Mia\, A Christmas Carol\, Disney’s High School Musical\, Yellowface\, and several off-Broadway shows. She has appeared in many\, many productions of Miss Saigon (and zero productions of King and I. ) She does a lot of plays where she is usually crying or playing a 14 year old and sometimes\, she plays a crying 14 year old. She has also been on a bunch of TV shows where she usually plays the token Asian assistant who drops something at inopportune times. \nhttps://www.katerigg.com/ \nPhoto Credit: Thomas Brunot
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/disorientalism-part-8-godzilla-v-the-karens/
LOCATION:Public Theater -Joe’s Pub\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person,Music,Variety Show
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SUMMARY:Science\, Tonight! - A peer-reviewed comedy talkshow
DESCRIPTION:The peer-reviewed comedy talkshow where science comes to life!\n\n\nScience\, Tonight is a late-night comedy talk show with guests scientists who are prepared\, and improvisers who are not\, to talk about science. Host Dr. Mark Popinchalk and the Science\, Tonight reporting team are going to have their hands full keeping the show on the road as scientists and literal forces of nature have their turn in the hot seat. \nScience\, Tonight is like if Conan O’Brien met Charles Darwin\, Eric Andre met Marie Curie\, and John Oliver met the greatest\, underrated scientists of our time\, all to answer the universe’s biggest questions like: What has the speed of light been doing since college? When is my sleep paralysis demon’s new bedtime product line dropping? Has Betelgeuse heard the ending of Romeo and Juliet? The show is packed full of interviews\, audience “peer-review”\, learning\, laughs\, and an escalating sense of wonder and doom as our cast of experts and improvisers bring each topic to life. It’s science today\, tomorrow\, and Tonight! \nMark Popinchalk is an astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History who guesses how old stars are by looking at how quickly they spin; old stars spin slow\, young stars spin fast. He hosts the comedy talk show Science Tonight\, and is also a planetarium presenter\, ultimate frisbee player\, and bread maker. His favorite color is sky-blue-pink. He releases short form videos on socials every week\, and a new video every new moon on YouTube (@markpopinchalk). \nKristina Gustovich is an Earth scientist\, performer\, and educator. When she’s not puttin’ on the Ritz in live shows like Yesterday’s Horoscope\, she’s a doctoral student at Columbia’s Teachers College studying science education in informal settings like museums (and Caveat!). Find her on socials at @K_Gustovich on X and @mucho_gustovich on Instagram. \nIman Behbehani (she/her) is a masters student at the CUNY Graduate Center studying stellar explosions\, from dwarf novae to supernovae. Iman is a producer for Astro on Tap\, and started an affinity group for women of color in stem\, as she strives to make science more fun and inclusive. Outside of astro\, Iman enjoys boxing and riding her bike along riverside park. (Insta: @astroontapnyc) \nEmily Zhang is a writer/director specializing in science YouTube. Her path began with an astrophysics degree\, a lifelong love of video\, and a dream. She cut her teeth making videos and running operations at the science YouTube channel Veritasium\, and now freelances as a producer & advisor across a variety of channels. No\, she doesn’t have her own. Yet. IG @emilylinzhang. \nThis month’s guest! \nKyle Marian is a comedian\, producer\, science journalist and former scientist. She performs across the US and UK\, creating socially-mindful\, inclusive and accessible shows like ‘The Filipino Comedy Festival\,’ ‘Asians Strike Back: A Coronavirus Comedy & Science Show’ and ‘The Symposium: Academic Stand-Up.’ Kyle is now cultivating a network of educational standup comedians through the Science Comedy Collective (IG: @thesefunnynerds). PS – Indiana Jones is the WORST.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/science-tonight-a-peer-reviewed-comedy-talkshow/
LOCATION:Caveat\, 21 A Clinton Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T200000
DTSTAMP:20250828T021453Z
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SUMMARY:Panel: Filmmaking Is Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a candid conversation with three filmmaker-activists working at the intersection of media and movement-building.\n\n\nFREE\, In-person \n9/10 (Wed) 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30 PM) \nBrooklyn Community Pride Center \n1561 Bedford Avenue\, Suite Ground A\, Brooklyn\, NY 11225 \nAt this challenging time\, what are new ways that film can be used to challenge the systems and ignite social change? What tools and resources are available to support filmmakers and activists doing this important work? Join us for a candid conversation with three filmmaker-activists working at the intersection of media and movement-building. \nThis program is part of PrideFull Fest 2025: Joy Is Resistance. This program is hosted by PrideFull and co-sponsored by Third World Newsreel\, Queer Voices: NYC\, and Brooklyn Community Pride Center. \n\n\n\nPanelists: \nJT Takagi (she/her) \nJT Takagi is an award-winning independent filmmaker\, sound recordist and the executive director of Third World Newsreel (www.twn.org). TWN is a progressive alternative media center\, working to advance movement storytelling and media arts for cultural and social justice. It works in educational distribution\, exhibition\, preservation\, production and training. JT’s own films are primarily on Asian/Asian American and immigrant issues including BITTERSWEET SURVIVAL\, \nHOMES APART: KOREA; THE WOMEN OUTSIDE; and NORTH KOREA: BEYOND THE DMZ\, which aired nationally on PBS. As a sound engineer\, she has recorded numerous public television and theatrical documentaries with Emmy and Cinema Audio Society nominations\, \nincluding POWER (Yance Ford\, Netflix 2024)\, BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (Stanley Nelson)\, the Emmy winning STRONG ISLAND and many others. Besides this\, she teaches at the New School and City University of NY and serves on the boards of organizations working for peace and social justice. \n@thirdworldnewsreel \nBrandon C. Smith (he/him) \nBrandon C. Smith (He/Him) is a New York City–based actor\, singer\, producer\, and filmmaker whose work is rooted in uplifting marginalized voices across media and entertainment. \nHe is the founder of Golden Boi Productions\, a social justice–driven production company\, and the co-founder of the Queer Voices NYC Film Festival\, an international platform that centers and celebrates BIPOC LGBTQ+ filmmakers and media creators. \nBrandon is currently producing his documentary series Before They\, which follows LGBTQ+ students and faculty at Medgar Evers College—one of the nation’s most historic Black colleges\, located in Brooklyn\, New York. \nDriven by community\, Brandon is excited to continue building platforms for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ creators and is committed to reshaping the media landscape through bold\, inclusive storytelling that speaks truth to power. \n@brandonsmith.arts \nKitty Hu (any pronouns) \nKitty Hu is a queer\, Chinese documentary filmmaker and Advocacy and Talent Programs Manager at BGDM. They’re also a co-founder of Shoes Off Media\, an independent production company centering storytellers with lived experiences both in front of and behind the lens. As the child of immigrants\, Kitty’s work applies community-centered documentary tactics to amplify character-driven stories that reflect the work of our social movements\, looking at topics like labor\, housing\, culture\, migration and climate. \nAs an impact producer and narrative strategist\, Kitty has built campaigns and messaging for initiatives relating to climate justice\, Asian American communities\, and civic engagement. They recently directed the Emmy Award-winning L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (PBS Artbound) and produced Taste the Nation (Hulu)\, Wild Hope (PBS)\, Take Out with Lisa Ling (HBO Max)\, America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (PBS). Their personal short documentary\, Golden Boy\, played in festivals nationally including DOC NYC and LAAPFF. Their independent documentary features have been supported by California Humanities\, Kartemquin Films\, NeXTDoc\, and National Park Service. Kitty has also served as a juror for LA Asian Pacific Film Festival and The Shorenstein Center\, and was a mentor for Cinema Next. They’re also a proud member of the Asian American Documentary Network and Global Impact Producers Alliance. \n@kittyxhu \nModerator: Nabin Park (any pronouns) \nNabin Park is a multimedia artist and the executive director of PrideFull. With the belief that creation\, distribution\, and experience (or re-creation) of art directly contributes to social change\, they are devoted to creating a safe\, open space for artists and art lovers of all backgrounds. They have worked with independent filmmakers\, artists\, and nonprofit organizations to host community screenings and public arts programs. In 2021\, Nabin co-founded PrideFull to create a safe virtual/physical space for the QTBIPOC filmmakers\, artists\, and arts lovers. \n@pridefullfilm
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/panel-filmmaking-is-resistance/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Community Pride Center Crown Heights\, 1561 Bedford Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T220000
DTSTAMP:20250910T122133Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Literary Salon: Maxine Hong Kingston\, Aimee Liu\, Lily Hoang and Pete Hsu (Virtual and S.F.)
DESCRIPTION:Join the incomparable Maxine Hong Kingston\, alongside bestselling and award-winning authors Aimee Liu and Pete Hsu\, in a riveting conversation moderated by Lily Hoang at Commonwealth Club World Affairs in San Francisco and Online on Thursday\, September 11\, 2025. \nIt’ll be a beautiful evening of literary readings and discussion about the impact of America’s current politics on marginalized writers\, readers\, and independent presses. Without NEA and NIH funding\, what is the fate of literary diversity in America? What can publishers do to prevent erasure of BIPOC perspectives? What can artists do to defend their legacy and protect the future for imagination\, creativity\, and radical inclusivity? And what rich reserves of literary history can we all draw upon to embolden the voices of resistance in our modern reckoning? We invite you to participate in an urgent exploration of the good\, the bad\, and the courageous in publishing today. \nAbout the Speakers \nMaxine Hong Kingston\, daughter of Chinese immigrants\, is a literary pioneer\, poet\, memoirist\, and fiction writer. She is the author of numerous nonfiction books including National Book Critics Circle Award-winner\, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (1976) and National Book Award-winner China Men (1980). She also edited the anthology Veterans of War\, Veterans of Peace (2006)\, compiled from the work of participants in the therapeutic poetry workshops she has led for more than 500 veterans of war. Her honors include the National Medal of Arts (presented by former President Barack Obama)\, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ National Humanities Medal (presented by former President Bill Clinton)\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Literature\, the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, and has been named a Living Treasure of Hawaii. She is a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and lives in Oakland\, California. \nAimee Liu is the bestselling author of the novels Glorious Boy\, Flash House\, Cloud Mountain\, and Face and the memoirs Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders and Solitaire. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, published as a Literary Guild Super Release\, and serialized in Good Housekeeping. She’s received a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award\, a Bosque Fiction Prize\, and special mention by the Pushcart Prize. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, the Los Angeles Times\, Poets & Writers\, and many other periodicals and anthologies. A past president of the national literary organization PEN Center USA\, she holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and is on the faculty of Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program at Port Townsend\, WA. She lives in Los Angeles\, California. \nLily Hoang is the author of five books\, including the upcoming short story collection Timber & Lua (Red Hen Press\, 2025) A Bestiary (finalist for a PEN USA Nonfiction Book Award) and Changing (recipient of a PEN Open Books Award). She has been a Mellon Fellow at Rhodes University in South Africa\, a Distinguished Visiting Writer at Cornell College\, and a Cultural Exchange Faculty Fellow at Wuhan University in China. To date\, she has taught creative writing on five continents. She currently teaches in the MFA Program at UC San Diego. She lives in San Diego\, California. \nPete Hsu is a Taiwanese American author of the short story collection If I Were The Ocean\, I’d Carry You Home (Red Hen Press\, 2022) and the experimental chapbook There Is A Man (Tolsun Books). His writing has also been featured in The Los Angeles Review\, The Bare Life Review\, F(r)iction Magazine\, Faultline Journal of Arts and Letters\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, and others. He was a 2017 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow and the 2017 PEN in the Community Writer in Residence. He teaches at the UCLA Extension Writers Program. He was born in Taipei\, Taiwan and currently resides in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/fall-literary-salon-maxine-hong-kingston-aimee-liu-lily-hoang-and-pete-hsu-san-fran-and-online/
LOCATION:Commonwealth Club of California\, 110 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
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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;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T180000
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SUMMARY:Natalia Nakazawa Artist Activation: Opening Celebration 2025
DESCRIPTION:Activities will include poster printmaking\, writing stories\, creating zines\, recording oral histories and 3D scanning personal objects.\n\n\nNatalia Nakazawa Artist Activation: Opening Celebration 2025 \nFriday\, September 12\, 2025 | TBD \nHow can we visualize our journeys? What have you brought with you? What is important to bring into the future? Inspired by the words of Matsuo Bashō\, “the journey itself is my home\,” \nActivities will include poster printmaking\, writing stories\, creating zines\, recording oral histories and 3D scanning personal objects. \nAbout Natalia Nakazawa: \nNatalia Nakazawa (b. 1982\, Charlotte\, NC) is a Queens-based interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work spans painting\, textiles\, and social practice. As a child of Latin American (Uruguayan) and Asian (Japanese American\, Yonsei) diasporas\, she draws on complex cultural legacies to explore identity\, migration\, and storytelling. Through collaborative\, community-driven projects\, Nakazawa blurs the boundaries between education\, activism\, and art\, inviting collective participation. Her jacquard textiles incorporate images from open-access museum collections\, often highlighting historical moments of cultural exchange. These works serve as tactile archives; places to critically engage with memory. \nAbout the Fellowship: \nThe Socrates Annual Fellowship and exhibition reflects Socrates’ founding commitment to artistic experimentation and excellence\, while also nurturing artists’ careers. Artists are selected through an open call and receive financial support\, access to Socrates’ outdoor studios and technical support\, and inclusion in a Park-wide exhibition. Since 2001\, 279 artists have participated with many subsequently receiving further commissions for public art projects. The Socrates Annual Fellowship & Exhibition is one of the Park’s longest running programs and is an important training ground for early career artists to gain experience creating art in the public realm. \nThis year’s Fellowship will respond to the theme “Up/rooted\,” which explores the complexities of uprooting species for long-term sustainability and resilience. The term “uprooted” evokes the tension between dislocation and resilience. “Up” signifies the act of lifting away\, while “root” refers to the hidden systems below the ground—anchoring life and absorbing essential nutrients. This duality invites us to reflect on the implications of relocation and adaptation\, exploring how when done thoughtfully it can foster new growth and understanding. In what ways can we foster regeneration while acknowledging and mitigating the losses within our ecological and social landscapes? How might we navigate the delicate balance between ecological preservation and community needs to create a more resilient future?
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/natalia-nakazawa-artist-activation-opening-celebration-2025/
LOCATION:Socrates Sculpture Park\, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard\, Queens\, NY\, 11106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T213000
DTSTAMP:20250829T150750Z
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SUMMARY:Mahjong Night
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to click-clack your way to a great cause! Join us for a lively Mahjong Night where you can play for fun and make a difference.\n\n\n\nEvent Details:\nGrab your tiles and get ready to roll! Join us for a Mahjong Night on Friday\, September 12th\, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM ET! \nFor a $30 ticket\, you’ll get to enjoy a fun and competitive evening of Mahjong with fellow enthusiasts. We’ll have light snacks to keep you fueled\, and drinks will be available for purchase. \nWith the purchase of every ticket\, Project by Project will donate directly to Adhikaar to promote social justice and provide services for low-income workers and impacted community members. \nSpace is limited to 30 people\, so be sure to secure your spot for a night of clacking tiles\, friendly competition\, and community support! \n\n\nMeet Project by Project (PbP)\nProject by Project (PbP) is a 100% volunteer-led 501(c)(3) non profit organization\, whose mission is to develop leaders who engage in social issues impacting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. \nPlate by Plate is PbP’s signature annual fundraising event\, designed to amplify the impact of our community partners\, celebrate the AAPI community\, and raise funds to support local nonprofit organizations. Each year\, the event features a specially-curated collection of the finest restaurants and beverage partners across New York City. \n\nWebsite: https://www.projectbyproject.org/pbpny\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbpny/
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mahjong-night/
LOCATION:Land to Sea\, 402 Graham Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Games,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T210000
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SUMMARY:Kindred: Mizna's NY Art Book Fair Offsite Reading
DESCRIPTION:Mizna presents a special New York City reading for our forthcoming issue\, 26.1 Kindred\n\n\nMizna presents a special New York City reading with an electric roster of authors who will be published in our forthcoming issue\, Mizna 26.1: Kindred—Sara Deniz Akant\, Nancy Agabian\, Farah Barqawi\, and Malvika Jolly. Join us on September 12\, 2025 at 7pm sharp at the beautiful headquarters of our pals\, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. \nThis reading is one of a series of national poetry programming themed Poetry and Shelter\, which Mizna and AAWW are part of as members of the Poetry Coalition\, an alliance of nearly thirty independent poetry organizations across the United States. \n\nSpace is limited! \n+Visit us at the 2025 NY Art Book Fair at booth T31!Learn more and attend Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair \nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nNancy Agabian is a queer Armenian American writer. She is the author of a poetry collection\, Princess Freak; a memoir\, Me as her again; and a novel\, The Fear of Large and Small Nations. She lives in southeastern Massachusetts and has creative roots in Los Angeles\, New York\, and Yerevan. \nSara Deniz Akant is a Turkish American poet. She is the author of Hyperphantasia (Rescue Press)\, a New York Times book of the year and winner of the Massachusetts Book Award\, as well as Babette (Rescue Press) and Parades (Omnidawn). She is Professor of the Practice at Tufts University and co-curates the Kan Yama Kan reading series in Brooklyn. \nFarah Barqawi is a writer\, poet\, performer\, educator\, and feminist organizer. She works across multiple genres and mediums. Her poetry and prose have appeared in multiple languages\, both online and in print. She holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from New York University. Farah lives between New York City and Berlin. \nMalvika Jolly is a South Asian poet\, translator\, and educator. She is assistant managing editor of Washington Square Review and runs The New Third World\, a poetry reading series inspired by the Non-Aligned Movement.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kindred-miznas-ny-art-book-fair-offsite-reading/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T210000
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SUMMARY:Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto
DESCRIPTION:Hack City Comedy – Friday\, September 12 – 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show\n\n\nIf having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual\, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast\, Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen\, are trying to do with their Hack City comedy show — overkill on the funnies. Join the two as they host one of NYC’s most diverse comedy shows\, featuring comics from HBO\, Comedy Central\, and your Twitter feed. \nHosted by Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto \nWith special guests Natasha Vaynblat\, Igor Martinez\, Danish Maqbool\, and more? \n\n\n7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show \n$15 GA (mixed seated / standing) \nAges 21+ \n\n\nFAQ\nAll Advance and Door tickets are Mixed Seating and Standing. Seating is limited. \nWhen you arrive\, simply check in at the door by providing the name of the ticket purchaser to claim your Will Call tickets. \nOnly Credit and Tap to Pay are accepted for ticket sales at the door. \nMost other questions answered here.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hack-city-comedy-with-mic-nguyen-and-jenny-arimoto-8/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 702 Union St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250915
DTSTAMP:20250905T114207Z
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SUMMARY:Friendship Market
DESCRIPTION:Friendship Market will have a curation of over 80 small business vendors on September 13+14 in Dumbo\, Brooklyn. This market is more than just a popup event\, it’s a network of real genuine friends who want to uplift their community together so you know the selection and vibes will be 💯 \nCome celebrate small businesses and friendship with us! \nEarly Access tickets and DIY Charm Workshop tickets are available \nSATURDAY 8/13 RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/BN9Zz39jrJD4MhV1pEcR \nSAT EARLY ACCESS 8/13 TIX: https://thebaobae.com/products/friendship-market \nSUNDAY 8/14 RSVP: https://partiful.com/events/ur1ki6bps1dbSwYpqT99 \nDIY WORKSHOP TIX: https://thebaobae.com/products/friendship-market-diy-charm-workshop-ticket
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/friendship-market/
LOCATION:197 Plymouth St\, 197 Plymouth St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Food,In Person,Market
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T140000
DTSTAMP:20250828T111831Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch – Introducing Đàn Tranh Techniques & Expressions: Tablatures\, Illustrations\, Tales\, and Songs
DESCRIPTION:Mekong NYC is excited to host New York City’s first ever book launch of “Introducing Đàn Tranh Techniques & Expressions: Tablatures\, Illustrations\, Tales\, and Songs.” Join us in a guided conversation with the authors\, Anh Thu Phan and Ngo Thanh Nhan\, and editor\, Kim To! \nEnjoy a performance of the songs featured in the book\, hands on dan tranh playing\, and light refreshments.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-introducing-dan-tranh-techniques-expressions-tablatures-illustrations-tales-and-songs/
LOCATION:CPC One\, 45 Suffolk Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T180000
DTSTAMP:20250910T122645Z
CREATED:20250910T121926Z
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SUMMARY:The Second United Lenape / Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow
DESCRIPTION:Join the weekend of family friendly fun\, culture\, art and learning with Indigenous dancers\, drummers\, and artisan craft and food vendors. \nJoin Prospect Park Alliance\, the nonprofit that sustains the Prospect Park in partnership with the city\, Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective\, which brings together Lunáapeew/Lenape communities who have been displaced across Turtle Island (North America)\, and American Indian Community House\, which promotes the well-being and visibility of the American Indian community\, for the Second United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park. \nThe first Pow Wow held in Prospect Park since 1972\, and the second ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City\, this free\, two-day public event welcomes the original Indigenous Lenape peoples who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and share their cultures with Brooklynites today. Join the weekend of family friendly fun\, culture\, art and learning with Indigenous dancers\, drummers\, and artisan craft and food vendors. \nPow Wows are gatherings where Lenape/Lunáapeew and neighboring Indigenous nations socialize and celebrate life. Prospect Park hosted formal Pow Wows from 1916 to 1972. Reviving this tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew an opportunity to celebrate their culture in their homelands and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to enjoy the drumming\, dancing\, singing\, art\, crafts and foods of the original stewards of this land. \nLenape grandfather George Stonefish organized the First United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow at the Park Avenue Armory in 2018. In 2024\, Prospect Park Alliance held a culture fair with the American Indian House and EL Collective as a precursor to the Pow Wow. Prospect Park Alliance is honored to help continue this important tradition by hosting Lenape and allied Indigenous artists and creators\, dancers and drummers\, and artisan craft and food vendors in Prospect Park for a weekend of family-friendly culture\, learning and fun. \nLunáapeew/Lenape means human beings or\, more specifically\, “the ones who came from thought\,” and is the name of the indigenous peoples whose ancestral homelands encompassed what is today Brooklyn and the surrounding region. Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing\, “the land of the Lunáapeew\,” holds the stories of a civilization rich with a deep understanding of the delicate balance and mutual relationships necessary to nurture and sustain a healthy world. \nThe Pow Wow is part of the Alliance’s ReImagine Lefferts initiative\, which is transforming the Lefferts Historic House museum to explore the lives\, resistance and resilience of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking\, whose unceded ancestral lands the park and house rests upon\, and Africans who were enslaved by the Lefferts family.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-second-united-lenape-lunaapeew-nations-pow-wow/
LOCATION:LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park Brooklyn\, 171 East Drive\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Dance,Festival,Food,In Person,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T203000
DTSTAMP:20250904T075028Z
CREATED:20250904T061230Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz: Shabnam Abedi and Joe Block
DESCRIPTION:Carnegie Hill Concerts Presents: Shabnam Abedi and Joe Block\n\n\nSunSets is a donation-based\, intimate\, and unplugged afternoon concert experience.  \n\n\n\nShabnam Abedi and Joe Block met as classmates at Juilliard and have since built a powerful musical partnership. Heard often at New York venues like Mezzrow and Dizzy’s\, their diverse repertoire spans the Great American Songbook\, Disney\, and classical\, brought to life through lyrical\, textural\, and harmonic storytelling. \nVulnerable\, dramatic\, and spontaneous\, they embrace true improvisation\, making every performance fresh and captivating. Earlier this year\, they released their debut album Love Shadows. \nA highly sought after multi-genre vocalist and emerging composer and arranger\, Shabnam Abedi has made her stamp in the choral world with her recent arrangement “Jhoro Jhoro”. She is one of the six founding members of Voces8 Foundation’s treble ensemble Lyyra and her debut jazz album Love Shadows released last month. Known for her beautiful tone and “lovely warmth” (NY Times)\, she is a top-tier jazz and classical soloist as well as an ensemble singer singing with premier ensembles such as Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble\, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street\, Downtown Voices\, and many more. She received her Master’s Degree from Juilliard in Jazz Studies making her Juilliard’s first South-Asian American jazz voice graduate. A versatile artist with a reputation for high-level music making in a wide variety of genres\, Shabnam also studied opera and music education at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Having played and sung Indian Classical Music since young\, Shabnam’s first album “Amar Bijon Ghore” was released to wide acclaim in South Asia. Shabnam was recognized by the New York Times for her solo in Trinity’s Handel’s Messiah and Considering Matthew Shepard in 2022\, and has performed at various jazz establishments including Jazz at Lincoln Center\, Mezzrow\, South Jazz Cafe\, and Jazz House Kids. \nJoe Block is a Steinway Artist and Grammy-nominated pianist\, composer\, arranger\, bandleader\, and musical director from Philadelphia\, PA. Classically trained from the age of two\, he later discovered a passion for jazz and pursued studies at Columbia University and The Juilliard School. Now based in New York City\, he has become one of the most in-demand musicians of his generation\, performing and touring with his peers as well as established artists including Wynton Marsalis\, Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Gary Bartz\, and Leslie Odom\, Jr. His performances have graced stages such as Carnegie Hall\, the Village Vanguard\, and the Apollo Theater. \nRecognized by Jazz at Lincoln Center as one of “jazz’s most promising young composers\,” Block is a recipient of the 2024 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award and was a semi-finalist in the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition. He leads his own ensembles—the Open Heart Trio and the Joe Block Quintet—showcasing his original works\, while also serving frequently as a musical director at Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2025\, he was associate musical director and pianist for George Clooney’s Good Night\, and Good Luck on Broadway.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/carnegie-hill-concerts-presents-shabnam-abedi-and-joe-block/
LOCATION:New York Manhattan Church of the Advent Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA)\, 111 East 87th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10128\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T190000
DTSTAMP:20250828T033833Z
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SUMMARY:Rice & Spice: All Asian Female Comedy Show
DESCRIPTION:Rice and Spice : All Asian Female Comedy Show challenges the Asian women stereotypes by amplifying Asian women’s comedic chops.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/rice-spice-all-asian-female-comedy-show/
LOCATION:Whiskey Cellar NYC\, 77 East 7th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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