• Barbara Demick’s Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Book Launch with Emily Feng

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    Join us for an evening with acclaimed journalist and author Barbara Demick for the book launch of her latest work, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove. In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, prizing winning author and National Book Award finalist Barbara Demick, embarks on a journey following the lives of Fangfang and Shuangjie — twins separated at birth — and the extraordinary efforts to […]

    $15 – $25

    Viewpoints: Fareed Zakaria

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    CNN host and author Fareed Zakaria joins Asia Society President and CEO Kyung-wha Kang for a conversation discussing Zakaria’s book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to Present in the present geopolitical and social context. This program is part of Viewpoints: an annual series where prominent, visionary figures are interviewed onstage about their work and perspectives before […]

    Free – $30

    Boat Baby: Vicky Nguyen in Conversation with Ally Love

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    Join us for the launch of Vicky Nguyen’s memoir Boat Baby, where she shares the incredible journey of her family’s daring escape from Vietnam and her unlikely path from refugee to NBC News anchor and correspondent today. Reception to follow the discussion. Starting in 1975, following the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnam’s 'boat people' […]

    $25

    Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2025

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF), one of South Asia’s premier cultural events, returns to Asia Society New York, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists, writers, and other experts. The festival will present American audiences with a more nuanced view of Pakistan, with discussions on fiction and nonfiction writing, art, science, history, and politics. LLF 2025 brings […]

    $40
  • Emily Feng on Identity in Xi’s China

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    Conformity is a prized commodity in the Xi Jinping era. And for those who don’t conform — to the Party narrative, or to a narrow definition of what it means […]

    $15

    Art in Food and Photography

    Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

    Join Esther M. Choi, artist and author of Le Corbuffet, Iris Moon, curator of Monstrous Beauty, and Natasha Pickowicz, dessert chef and author of More than Cake, in a conversation […]

    $25