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SUMMARY:Stolen Relations: Recovering the History of Native American Enslavement
DESCRIPTION:The Stolen Relations project is a tribally collaborative initiative to recover\, interpret\, and share with the public the long-hidden history of Native American enslavement. Developed over the past decade and formally launched in May 2025 (www.stolenrelations.org)\, the project brings together a growing database of individual records alongside contemporary Native perspectives\, artwork\, music\, and other resources for tribal and public use. \nJoin us for a presentation and discussion with two of the project’s originators – Brown University’s Linford D. Fisher\, Principal Investigator\, and Lorén M. Spears\, founding member of the Tribal Advisory Board. Together\, they will trace the history of Native enslavement and reflect on how the Stolen Relations project invites larger questions about decolonizing archives\, confronting the erasure of Native histories from our national narratives\, and reconnecting with this buried history. \nWatercolor pictured above: “What It Was Before” by Dawn Spears \n\nParticipants\nLinford D. Fisher is an Associate Professor of History at Brown University. He is the author of The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America (2012)\, the co-author of Decoding Roger Williams: The Lost Essay of Rhode Island’s Founding Father (2014)\, and the co-editor of Reading Roger Williams: Rogue Puritans\, Indigenous Nations\, and the Founding of America – A Documentary History (2024)\, as well as more than a dozen articles and chapters. Fisher is the Principal Investigator of a digital project titled Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas\, which is a community-centered\, tribal-collaborative project that seeks to broaden our understanding of Indigenous experiences of settler colonialism and its legacies through the lens of slavery and servitude. He has just finished a book called Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History\, which will be out with Liveright/Norton in April 2026. \nLorén M. Spears\, enrolled Narragansett Tribal Nation citizen and Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum\, holds a master’s in education and received a Doctor of Humane Letters\, honoris causa in 2017\, from the University of Rhode Island and Doctor of Education\, Honoris Causa from Roger Williams University in 2021. She is an author\, artist and shares her cultural knowledge with the public through museum programs. She has contributed to a variety of publications such as Dawnland Voices\, An Anthology of Indigenous Writing of New England and From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution. Spears co-edited a new edition of A Key into the Language of America by Roger Williams; and recently co-authored “As We Have Always Done: Decolonizing the Tomaquag Museum’s Collections Management Policy\,” published in Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archive Professionals. Under her leadership Tomaquag Museum received the Institute of Museums and Library Service’s National Medal in 2016 and she has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Spears has served as a founding member of the Tribal Advisory Board for the Stolen Relations project.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/stolen-relations-recovering-the-history-of-native-american-enslavement/
LOCATION:Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn Public Library\, 128 Pierrepont Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,In Person
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SUMMARY:Cory Doctorow Discusses Ensh*ttification with Lina M. Khan
DESCRIPTION:BPL Presents welcomes Cory Doctorow\, to discuss Ensh*ttification\, which argues that “it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why\, and here’s how we can fix—or disensh*ttify—it.” Doctorow will be in conversation with Lina M. Khan.\nWhen Cory Doctorow coined the term ensh*ttification\, he was not just finding a funner way to say “things are getting worse.” He was making a specific diagnosis about the state of the digital world and how it is affecting all of our lives (and not for the better). The once-glorious internet was colonized by platforms that made all-but-magical promises to their users—and\, at least initially\, seemed to deliver on them. But once users were locked in\, the platforms turned on them to make their business customers happy. Then the platforms turned to abusing their business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. In the end\, the platforms die. \nDoctorow’s argument clearly resonated. Once named\, it became obvious that ensh*ttification is everywhere\, so much so that the American Dialect Society named it its 2023 Word of the Year\, and was cited as an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror. Here\, now\, in Ensh*ttification the book\, Doctorow moves the conversation beyond the overwhelming sense of our inevitably ensh*ttified fate. He shows us the specific decisions that led us here\, who made them\, and—most important—how they can be undone. \nEnsh*ttification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It will be available for purchase courtesy of Greenlight Bookstore. \nPARTICIPANTS \nCory Doctorow photo credit Jonathan WorthCory \nDoctorow is a Canadian\, British\, American blogger\, journalist\, and activist. For more than twenty-three years\, he has worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation on campaigns to further and safeguard our human rights online. He was coeditor of the weblog Boing Boing for nineteen years and now maintains a daily(ish) newsletter at Pluralistic.net. He has written more than thirty books\, including nonfiction books\, many science fiction novels\, collections of short stories and essays\, young adult novels\, graphic novels\, and even a picture book. Born in Toronto\, he now lives in Burbank\, California. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by York University and an Honorary Doctor of Computer Science from the Open University. He has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. He holds visiting professorship and research appointments at MIT\, the University of North Carolina\, Cornell University\, and the Open University. Photo credit Jonathan Worth \nLina M. Khan served as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission from June 15\, 2021 to January 20\, 2025. Khan got her start in antitrust as a business reporter and researcher examining consolidation across markets. While at the FTC\, Khan focused on exercising the full suite of the FTC’s statutory authorities\, regularly engaging with and hearing from the public\, and ensuring the agency is updating its tools and skillsets to tackle new market realities and next-generation challenges. Priority initiatives included reinvigorating antitrust and consumer protection enforcement\, tackling noncompete clauses\, protecting people’s sensitive data from unchecked surveillance\, and taking on illegal conduct that deprives Americans of access to affordable\, high-quality healthcare. Prior to joining the FTC\, Khan served as counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust\, Commercial\, and Administrative Law. She was also an associate professor at Columbia Law School.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/cory-doctorow-discusses-enshttification-with-lina-m-khan/
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:Brian Jones Discusses Black History Is for Everyone with Jamaal Bowman
DESCRIPTION:BPL Presents welcomes Brian Jones\, a longtime educator whose Black History Is For Everyone explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race\, nation\, and the stories we tell about who we are. Jones will be in conversation with Jamaal Bowman. \nBlack history is under attack from powerful forces that seek to excise it from classrooms\, libraries\, and the popular imagination. Yet its opponents fail to understand a simple truth: the best education challenges our assumptions\, helps us see larger forces at work\, and gives us glimpses of alternate futures. \nIn Black History Is for Everyone\, Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history\, using his own experiences as a lifelong learner and classroom teacher to question everything—from the radicalism of the American Revolution to the meaning of “race” and “nation.” \nWith warmth and immersive storytelling\, Jones encourages us to delve deeper into our collective history\, explores how curiosity about our world is essential—and reminds us that with stakes so high\, the effort is worth it. \nPARTICIPANTS \nBrian Jones has taught many ages and grades in New York City’s public schools and the City University of New York. He served as the inaugural director of the Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library and was the associate director of education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The author of The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History\, his writing has also appeared in The New York Times\, Guardian\, and Jacobin. Photo credit Tatiana Daubek \nJamaal Bowman is an American politician and lifelong educator who served from 2021 to 2025 as the United States representative for New York’s 16th congressional district. Bowman is the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action\, a public middle school in Eastchester\, Bronx and holds a doctorate in education leadership.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/brian-jones-discusses-black-history-is-for-everyone-with-jamaal-bowman/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,History,In Person
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SUMMARY:Hetty Lui McKinnon on Cookbook: Linger\, with Emma Straub
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Brooklyn Heights Library to hear Hetty Lui McKinnon discuss her new book Linger with Emma Straub \n“[My] culinary life began with salad. A charred broccoli salad\, to be specific. Crispy florets tossed with chickpeas and cooling mint\, flecked with red chilli pepper and zested lemon peel\, bathed in a garlicky caper oil. That salad inspired me to consider possibilities. It ultimately led me here.” \nFrom her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York\, Hetty Lui McKinnon has long known the power of salads to connect and create community. Salads are meant to be shared; they are what you bring to a gathering of friends or family\, the ultimate comfort food. \nWith Linger\, Hetty has come full circle. Rather than delivering salads to members of her community\, this time\, she has invited friends into her home\, to share salads\, sweets and stories around her dining room table. Linger documents these intimate gatherings\, with vegetable-laden\, loosely seasonal menus enjoyed and photographed in real time. \nThese salads are not just piles of leafy greens—they are beautiful\, rich creations. In fact\, one of McKinnon’s salad rules is that salads don’t always have to have leaves. Another salad rule? Anything can be a salad. \nWith over 100 inventive recipes for meal-worthy salads\, smaller bites and simple sweets\, Hetty invites you to become a part of an unforgettable shared experience of community\, food and friendship. \n\nHetty Lui McKinnon is a Chinese Australian cook and food writer. She is the author of five bestselling cookbooks\, including her genre-defining Community; Neighborhood; Family; To Asia\, With Love; and\, most recently\, Tenderheart\, which won a James Beard Award and an IACP Award in 2024. Hetty is a regular contributor to New York Times Cooking and ABC Lifestyle and writes the popular weekly newsletter To Vegetables\, With Love. Born and raised in Sydney\, she now resides in Brooklyn\, New York. \nEmma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of six books for adults: the novels This Time Tomorrow\, All Adults Here\, The Vacationers\, Modern Lovers\, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures\, and the short story collection Other People We Married. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and her work has been published in more than 20 languages. Emma and her husband own Books Are Magic\, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hetty-lui-mckinnon-on-cookbook-linger-with-emma-straub/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Heights\, 286 Cadman Plaza West\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Food,In Person
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SUMMARY:University Open Air: Mid-Autumn Festival Traditions & Customs
DESCRIPTION:The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 is tomorrow\, October 6; in this class\, we will talk about the traditions and customs\, and the deeply rooted cultural meaning\, behind this festival. \n\nJulia Adams is a certified Life Coach\, a Songwriter and an educator at a private museum. She is also an expert in tea cultures\, skilled in the subject of Chinese Tea Ceremony and Traditional Chinese Culture\, especially Tang Dynasty’s culture etc. Prior to relocating to New York from Shanghai\, Julia was a news anchor and hosted citywide events; she then became an HR director and often hosted nationwide conferences on HR-related topics. Julia is also a zither player\, certified by Shanghai Conservatory of Music. \nCheck out all of this semester’s UOA programs here. \n*In cases of rain\, classes will be either moved to the Prospect Park Boathouse or canceled. Registered patrons will be notified by email on the morning of each course day and are also encouraged to check the UOA webpage for updates.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/university-open-air-mid-autumn-festival-traditions-customs/
LOCATION:Prospect Park Boathouse\, 101 East Drive\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11225\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,In Person
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T183000
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SUMMARY:Two Dragons in Hollywood: Bruce Lee\, Anna May Wong\, and the Past and Future of Asian American Representation
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed biographers Jeff Chang (Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America) and Katie Gee Salisbury (Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong) for a timely and powerful conversation about two iconic trailblazers who redefined what it meant to be Asian American in the reels and in real life. From Hollywood’s golden age to the birth of martial arts cinema and into the age of Asian America\, Anna May Wong and Bruce Lee fought to claim their stories—and helped shape the ongoing struggle for visibility\, pride\, and power in popular culture. \nModerated by Ed Park\, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Same Bed\, Different Dreams\, this event explores the legacy of these stars\, the barriers they broke\, and how their influence still reverberates in today’s Asian American “renaissance.” \nPhoto of Bruce Lee courtesy of the Bruce Lee Family Archive
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/two-dragons-in-hollywood-bruce-lee-anna-may-wong-and-the-past-and-future-of-asian-american-representation/
LOCATION:Center for Brooklyn History\, 128 Pierrepont Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11201
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T183000
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SUMMARY:This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, migrants and refugees are living in fear as the nation confronts a pivotal moment in our history. Sweeping state-level restrictions along with drastic changes in national policies around asylum access\, deportations\, ICE raids\, and detentions\, have both intensified the debate over who is welcome in America and under what terms\, and created unbearable circumstances for the millions living in the United States who must ask themselves on a daily basis – when I leave my home\, will I return? \nJoin four leading voices on the frontlines of immigration advocacy\, policy\, journalism\, and humanitarian response. Omar Jadwat\, Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project\, has led landmark litigation to defend immigrant rights nationwide; Hans Van de Weerd\, Senior Vice President for Resettlement\, Asylum & Integration at the International Rescue Committee\, oversees programs supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. and Europe; Murad Awawdeh\, President & CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition\, brings decades of grassroots organizing and policy leadership; and  Ethar El-Katatney\, Editor-in-Chief of Documented\, works to deliver essential news and information to immigrant communities.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/this-moment-in-immigration-whats-at-stake-and-what-can-be-done/
LOCATION:Center for Brooklyn History\, 128 Pierrepont Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11201
CATEGORIES:In Person,Legal,Panel
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SUMMARY:Screening: Slumlord Millionaire with Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Slumlord Millionaire\, a powerful documentary that exposes the David-and-Goliath struggles for housing justice in New York City. The film shines a light on the ordinary Brooklyn residents whose courageous fights against powerful landlords and developers reveal the depth of the housing crisis in our borough. \nFrom Sunset Park to Clinton Hill and beyond\, Slumlord Millionaire captures the urgent battles waged by tenants\, organizers\, and nonprofit attorneys as they fight for the basic human right to a home. The screening will be followed by a talkback with filmmakers Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez\, along with three of the Brooklynites – Fabian\, Samantha\, Janina – whose stories are featured in the film.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/screening-slumlord-millionaire-with-filmmakers/
LOCATION:Center for Brooklyn History – Brooklyn Public Library\, 128 Pierrepont Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T193000
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SUMMARY:Carlos Hernandez and Diana Pho Discuss Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing
DESCRIPTION:Join Diana Pho\, editor of Erewhon Books\, and award-winning writer Carlos Hernandez as they answer your questions about the state of science fiction and fantasy publishing today. \nHave a novel you’ve finished that you’d love to untrunk? Wondering what it’s like to write a Marvel comic? Unsure of how to pitch your book to an editor? Whether it’s fiction\, roleplaying games\, or graphic novels; whether it’s an original IP or an existing one; join us for an open conversation about everything publishing. Plus\, some lucky audience members will take home free books from the panelists! \nPlease RSVP in advance. This is a hybrid event—virtual link will be available closer to the date. \nPARTICIPANTS \nCarlos Hernandez\nNew York Times Bestseller Carlos Hernandez is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria\, the novel Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (winner of the 2019 Pura Belpré Award from the American Library Association)\, and Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe. He’s written scores of short stories\, poems\, and works of drama\, usually in the SFF mode\, which have found homes in magazines such as Uncanny\, Lightspeed\, Strange Horizons\, and many others. Recently\, he’s written several comics for Marvel\, both in-print and in digital formats\, including stories for Miles Morales\, Spider Punk\, America Chavez\, and a three-story arc for the Strange Academy series. By day\, Carlos holds the title Professor of English for the City University of New York and is a game enthusiast and designer. He served as the literary curator for the iPhone game Dear Reader\, was a writer on the Fool’s Gold: Into the Bellowing Wilds roleplaying game\, and\, most recently\, he co-designed the TTRPG Negocios Infernales with his wife\, award-winning writer C. S. E. Cooney. \n  \nDiana M. Pho is a queer VieDiana Photnamese-American independent scholar\, playwright\, and Hugo Award-winning fiction editor. She has over 15 years of experience in publishing and podcasts\, most notably the Tor Publishing Group and Realm Media. Presently\, she is Executive Editor at Erewhon Books\, acquiring and editing genre-bending and game-changing fiction. Books she has edited have won the Thriller Award\, the Ditmar Award\, the American Library Association’s Alex Award\, the Nebula Award\, and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year Selection. Several of her books earned Junior Library Guild Selections\, multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly\, Booklist\, School Library Journal\, Shelf Awareness\, and Kirkus\, and are finalists for the Nebula Award\, Lambda Literary Award\, Shirley Jackson Award\, and Andre Norton Award for Young Adult. Diana herself is a two-time finalist for the Ignyte Award\, a finalist for the Locus Award\, and a Hugo Award recipient for Best Editor\, Long-Form\, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of speculative fiction.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/carlos-hernandez-and-diana-pho-discuss-science-fiction-and-fantasy-writing/
LOCATION:Park Slope – Brooklyn Public Library\, 431 6th Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Katie Kitamura Discusses Audition
DESCRIPTION:Join BPL Presents as Katie Kitamura takes the Dweck stage to discuss Audition\, an exhilarating\, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. \nTwo people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive\, troubling\, young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her\, and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable\, brilliantly constructed novel\, two competing narratives unspool\, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day – partner\, parent\, creator\, muse – and the truths every performance masks\, especially from those who think they know us most intimately. Taut and hypnotic\, Audition is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best. \nKatie Kitamura‘s most recent prior novel\, A Separation\, was a finalist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications and translated into sixteen languages and is being adapted for film. Her two previous novels\, Gone to the Forest and The Longshot\, were both finalists for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and Santa Maddalena Foundation\, Katie has written for publications including The New York Times\, The Guardian\, Granta\, BOMB Magazine\, Triple Canopy\, and Frieze. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-katie-kitamura-discusses-audition/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Music: Classical Interludes: Orchestra of St. Luke's: The Music of Chen Yi
DESCRIPTION:Discover the remarkable music of Chen Yi\, a celebrated Chinese-American composer whose work connects cultures and tells stories that resonate around the world. This special program brings Chen Yi’s music to life offering an experience that blends tradition\, inspiration\, and creativity. \nBorn in China and thriving as an artist in the United States\, Chen Yi combines the melodies of her heritage with a global perspective\, creating music that is fresh\, vibrant\, and deeply moving. This concert features her dynamic compositions alongside the music that has influenced her journey\, showcasing a joyful celebration of culture and sound. \nProgram\nChen Yi: Sprout\nZhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs\nChen Yi: Sound of the Five \nWorks for traditional Chinese instruments \nPerformers\nSt. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble\nChen Yi\, Composer\nJeffrey Zeigler\, Cello\nChen Tao\, Flute\nLiu Li\, Guqin \nThe program will last approximately 60 minutes with no intermission.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/music-classical-interludes-orchestra-of-st-lukes-the-music-of-chen-yi/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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SUMMARY:Poetry Café of the National Black Writers Conference
DESCRIPTION:As part of Brooklyn Public Library’s longtime partnership with National Black Writers Conference\, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College co-presents an annual poetry café featuring four amazing poets: Angela Du\, Kaiyah Ellison\, Bonafide Rojas\, and Zora Satchel. \nParticipants\nAngela Du is a young poet\, actress\, and model. Angela grew up in the New York City Metro area. Her passion for writing sparked in the summer of 2022\, when she attended her school’s summer poetry writing program. In 2024\, she won first place in the 27th annual Celebrate America Creative Writing Contest with her poem “Stories of Us.” Subsequently\, she was invited to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America and shared her thoughts on her poem. The poem was also published on the Skipping Stones Magazine and the American Immigration Council website. In October 2024\, she was interviewed by the poet and broadcast journalist Amanda Eke and is now a part of The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke\, a TV show that is streaming on Heritage Broadcasting and Roku. \nKaiyah Ellison is a college senior with a passion for weaving words into vibrant\, thought-provoking stories and poetry. Currently pursuing a degree in English Literature\, she draws inspiration from life’s fleeting moments and personal experiences; Her work has been featured in the Medgar Evers College literary journal as well. When not writing\, Kaiyah enjoys exploring the newest library\, immersing herself in music\, and diving into a new book. As a spring author\, she looks forward to sharing her voice and connecting with fellow poetry enthusiasts. \nBonafide Rojas is a Poet\, Musician\, & has five collections of poetry: Excelsior\, Notes On The Return To The Island\, Renovatio\, When The City Sleeps\, & Pelo Bueno. He is a Mellon-Flamboyan Letras Boricuas Fellow & has appeared on Def Poetry Jam. He’s performed at Lincoln Center\, Brooklyn Museum\, Philadelphia Museum Of Art\, Bowery Ballroom\, Konvent Zero Barcelona\, Spoken Word Paris\, Latinale Berlin/Hamburg\, & Festival De La Palabra Puerto Rico. He’s an avid collector of pop culture & only wears red socks. \nZora Satchel Zora Satchel is a Black and Chinese American queer poet\, editor\, and cinephile who writes about food\, sex\, film\, family\, and friendship. Her work has been published in Honey Literary\, Drunk Monkeys Magazine\, Stone of Madness Press\, and elsewhere. She was In Surreal Life and Emotional Historians Fellow for the summer of 2024 and the 2021 Winter/Spring Brooklyn Poets Fellow. She has performed with Brooklyn Poets\, Blasian March\, KGB Bar\, Priyo\, Glow in the City: Unplugged\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/poetry-cafe-of-the-national-black-writers-conference/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Jinwoo Chong on I Leave It Up To You\, In Conversation With Grant Ginder
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Brooklyn Heights Library to hear Jinwoo Chong discuss his new novel I Leave It Up to You with Grant Ginder.\nFrom the award-winning author of Flux comes a dazzling novel about love\, family\, and the art of sushi that asks: What if you could return to the point of a fateful choice\, wiser than before\, and find the courage to forge a new path? \nA coma can change a man\, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes. His advertising job is history\, his Manhattan apartment is gone\, and the love of his life has left him behind. He’s been asleep for two years; with no one to turn to\, he realizes it’s been ten years since he last saw his family. \nLost and disoriented\, he makes a reluctant homecoming back to the bustling Korean American enclave of Fort Lee\, New Jersey; back into the waiting arms of his parents\, who are operating under the illusion he never left; and back to Joja\, their ever-struggling sushi restaurant that he was set to inherit before he ran away from it all. As he steps back into the life he abandoned—learning his Appa’s life lessons over crates of tuna on bleary-eyed 4 AM fish runs\, doling out amberjack behind the omakase counter while his Umma tallies the night’s pitiful number of customers\, and sparring with his recovering alcoholic brother\, James—he embraces new roles\, too: That of romantic interest to the male nurse who took care of him throughout\, and that of sage (but underqualified) uncle to his gangly teenage nephew. \nWhy do we run from those we love\, and why do we still love those who run from us? A highly entertaining and poignant story about second chances and self-discovery\, I Leave It Up to You navigates loss\, love\, and the absurdity of finding one’s footing after the ground gives way. \n\nJinwoo Chong is the author of the novel Flux\, a New York Times Editor’s Choice\, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\, and named a best book of 2023 by Apple Books\,  Amazon Books\, Esquire\, HuffPost\, GQ\, Cosmopolitan\, and Goodreads. His work has appeared in Guernica\, The Southern Review\, The Rumpus\, LitHub\, Chicago Quarterly Review\, and Electric Literature. He lives in New York with his husband and cat. \nGrant Ginder is the author of the novels Let’s Not Do That Again\, Honestly\, We Meant Well\, The People We Hate at the Wedding\, Driver’s Education\, and This is How It Starts. Originally from Southern California\, he studied at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MFA from NYU\, where he currently teaches writing. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband\, Mac\, and their disastrous dog\, Frankie.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-jinwoo-chong-on-i-leave-it-up-to-you-in-conversation-with-grant-ginder/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Heights\, 286 Cadman Plaza West\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T190000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Amitava Kumar Discusses My Beloved Life with Katie Kitamura
DESCRIPTION:An absorbing\, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life\, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in turn. \nJadunath Kunwar’s beginnings are humble\, even inauspicious. In 1935 in a village near George Orwell’s birthplace\, Jadu’s mother\, while pregnant with him\, nearly dies from a cobra bite. When we see Jadu again\, he is in college\, meeting the Sherpa who first summited Everest and wondering what it means to be modern. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane\, and as changes big and small sweep across India\, Jadu finds meaning in the most unexpected places. He befriends poets and politicians. He becomes a historian. And he has a daughter\, Jugnu\, a television journalist with a career in the United States—whose own story recasts the past in a new light. Piercing\, fleet-footed\, and undeniably resonant\, here is a novel from a singularly gifted writer about how we tell stories and write history\, how individuals play a counterpoint to big movements\, how no single life is without consequence. \nAmitava Kumar was born in Ara\, India\, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna. He is the author of the novel Immigrant\, Montana\, as well as several other books of nonfiction and fiction. He lives in Poughkeepsie\, New York\, and teaches at Vassar College. Photo credit Imrul Islam \nKatie Kitamura’s most recent novel is Intimacies. One of The New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2021 and one of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2021\, it was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. The recipient of a Rome Prize in Literature and the Prix Litteraire Lucien Barriere\, her work has been translated into 21 languages and is being adapted for film and television. Her new novel\, Audition\, will be published in 2025.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-amitava-kumar-discusses-my-beloved-life-with-katie-kitamura/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Teaching Lenape History & Presence in New York City Schools
DESCRIPTION:The Brooklyn Public Library\, in collaboration with the Lenape Center\, presents a talk to introduce and discuss a new Lenape curriculum developed for PK-12 students. \nThis curriculum aims to bring Indigenous history to life and address the often overlooked narrative of the Lenape people in New York City. The talk features key contributors to the curriculum project\, including Rachel Talbert from Teachers College\, Columbia University; Joe Baker\, Executive Director of Lenape Center and Hadrien Coumans\, Deputy Director of Lenape Center. \nAdapted in part from the Lenape Center’s Lenapehoking Anthology\, the Lenape curriculum is designed for students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade\, with four different installments tailored to specific age groups. It aims to provide a comprehensive and age-appropriate approach to teaching Lenape history and culture.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/teaching-lenape-history-presence-in-new-york-city-schools/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Grades K–5,High School,History,In Person,Middle School
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