Calendar

Our Community Calendar is a resource that showcases events of interest to the Asian American arts community. We invite artists and organizations to share their events and programs by creating a log in and posting directly.

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Wednesday

Exhibition

Golden Decades: Cinematic Masters of the Golden Horse Awards

12AM
11/18/23 – 05/17/24

Exhibition

Maia Ruth Lee: Once we leave a place is it there

02/23/24 – 05/06/24

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Exhibition

Deities in Temples

03/21/24 – 06/21/24

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Exhibition

If Shadows Could Shine

03/22/24 – 05/18/24

Exhibition

Beatrice Glow: When Our Rivers Meet

03/29/24 – 08/18/24

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Exhibition

Reel to Reel -to Jonas Mekas- by Chihiro ITO

12 – 5PM
04/01/24 – 06/30/24

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Film/Media, Visual Art

Exhibition

Crossroads Art Exhibit

10 – 5PM
04/03/24 – 05/31/24

Exhibition

Sometimes My Accent Slips Out by Bhen Alan

12AM
04/04/24 – 05/18/24

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Exhibition

Parallel Lives

12AM
04/12/24 – 06/30/24

Activism/Community engagement, Photography, Visual Art

Workshop

4-week Intaglio Workshop

6 – 9PM
04/18/24 – 05/09/24

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Exhibition

Ongoing Narratives, Go Left, Go Right, or Go to the Other Side - Yi Hsuan Lai

6 – 5PM
04/19/24 – 05/04/24

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Fostering Asian American Mental Health

6 – 7PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Wellness

2

Thursday

Webinar

NYSCA Toolbox 2024

6 – 7PM

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Comics/Illustration, Dance/Movement, Film/Media, Literary / Writing, Multidisciplinary, Music, Performance Art, Photography, Poetry, Theater, Visual Art

Exhibition

Kris Mendoza: Communion

6 – 8PM
05/02/24 – 05/25/24

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Photography, Visual Art

3

Friday

Exhibition

RE-STORY-ATION: ART + ARCHITECTURE

05/03/24 – 05/25/24

Architecture, Visual Art

Panel Discussion/Talk

How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: A Fireside Chat With Clinician, Speaker, Coach, And Author Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT

2 – 3PM PT

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Literary / Writing

Performance

MADC presents Me < We: a solo dance concert

7:30 – 8:30PM

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4

Saturday

Book Signing

Chinatown Book Launch Party: Corky Lee’s Asian America

4 – 6PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Film/Media, Literary / Writing, Multidisciplinary

Performance

Redemption Story

05/04/24 – 05/19/24

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Workshop

Saturday Picture Book Spotlight featuring illustrator Hyewon Yum

10:30 – 12PM

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Comics/Illustration

Workshop

Comic Arts Workshop with Yinfan Huang

1 – 3PM

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Comics/Illustration

Performance

Kyoung eun Kang & sooim lee: From This Blanket

1:30PM

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Performance Art

Exhibition

Cui Fei’s Solo Exhibition ‘Vermicular Calligraphy'

4PM
05/04/24 – 05/26/24

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Concert

Salon Concert - “Sound of Asia”

7PM

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Performance

MADC presents Me < We: a solo dance concert

7:30 – 8:30PM

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Workshop

The Queen of the Living Room

05/04/24 – 05/05/24

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5

Sunday

Fair or Festival

The 11th Annual CrossCurrent AAPI Arts Festival

2PM

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Performance

2024 CrossCurrent Dance Festival

2 – 5PM

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Screening

Chinatown Storytelling Festival

3 – 9PM
05/05/24 – 05/07/24

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Comics/Illustration, Dance/Movement, Film/Media, Visual Art

6

Monday

Professional Development

New Music Mondays

6 – 8:30PM

Comedy Show

Disorientalism Part 6: Year of the Dragon Ladies

7PM

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8

Wednesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Book Event: Nina Sharma In Conversation With Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

7:30PM

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Reading

Nina Sharma Presents THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL In Conversation with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

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Literary / Writing

9

Thursday

Special Event

Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art

05/09/24 – 06/04/24

Film/Media, Multidisciplinary, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Workshop

Whose AI? Workshop 02: Chat with Me

4 – 6PM

Activism/Community engagement

Panel Discussion/Talk

Voices Rising: What’s Next for Asian Americans in the Arts?

7 – 9PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Book Arts, Comedy, Comics/Illustration, Dance/Movement, Film/Media, Literary / Writing, Multidisciplinary, Music, Performance Art, Theater

Performance

Lxl Residency: “불가사의를 구하시오” by Jueun Kang

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Dance/Movement, Theater, Visual Art

10

Friday

Workshop

Play Motion Lab (P/M/L) - May Session

10 – 12PM

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Comedy Show

Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto

7PM

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Performance

Dancing the Gods: Night One - Kasi Aysola and Archana Raja (Kuchipudi)

7:15 – 10PM

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Performance

Interwoven Stories Of Culture, Belonging, And Change, Featuring Ishami Dance Company

8 – 9:30PM PT

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11

Saturday

Community Event

The Silent Unseen Audio Tour: An Embodied Introduction to Asian American History

11 – 1PM

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Activism/Community engagement

Community Event

Baxter St Block Party

12 – 5PM

Activism/Community engagement, Craft, Photography

Community Event

Empowering Chinatown through Ceramics

12 – 2PM
05/11/24 – 06/01/24

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Workshop

Chinese Poetry Translation + Zine-Making Workshop

1 – 3:30PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Book Arts, Literary / Writing, Visual Art

Family Friendly

AAPI Children’s Literary Festival

1 – 5PM

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Culinary, Literary / Writing, Multidisciplinary, Wellness

Workshop

Lung-ta : Windhorse - Prayer flag for positive energy and transformation

2:30 – 4PM

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Craft, Multidisciplinary, Wellness

Concert

NY premiere of piano solo works by Asian female composers

4 – 5PM

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Comedy Show

Model Majority AANHPI History 501 Comedy Show

7PM

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Performance

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents A Celebration of 2024 Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Month at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture

7:30 – 3PM
05/11/24 – 05/12/24

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12

Sunday

Community Event

NYC AAPI 5K

12 – 12PM

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Performance

An American Soldier

05/12/24 – 05/19/24

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Performance Art

Workshop

“Dear Mother” - A Writing Workshop + Open Mic

2:30 – 5:30PM

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Performance

Dancing the Gods: Night Two - Rama Vaidyanathan (solo Bharatanatyam)

7:15 – 10PM

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13

Monday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Kris Mendoza: Communion Artist Conversation

6:30 – 7:30PM

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Photography, Visual Art

14

Tuesday

Performance

Prologue PART II

2 – 3PM

Screening

Fort Greene Park Chinese Language Film Screening: July Rhapsody

7 – 11PM

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15

Wednesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Artist-led Walkthrough of “Devoted”

11 – 12:30PM

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Film/Media, Visual Art

Panel Discussion/Talk

Liu Shiming: Sculpture as Truth, a Gallery Talk Led by Richard Vine

5:30 – 7:30PM

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16

Thursday

Fundraiser

Art & Action Benefit Dinner

6PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

New Narratives: Korean American Art and Activism

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Activism/Community engagement, Comics/Illustration, Film/Media, Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

17

Friday

Workshop

Pasifika Series | Hula Kahiko, with Kumu Kaimana Chee

6:30 – 8:30PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Premiere Short Film Documentaries From Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra’s 2018 Performance Featuring Angela Davis And Janice Mirikitani

7 – 8PM PT

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Concert

Sejong Here & Now Festival: Opening Concert

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Music, Performance Art

Performance

You

8 – 3PM
05/17/24 – 05/19/24

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18

Saturday

Performance

DHĀRA: an evening of kathak dance choreographies

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Exhibition

What is Seen and Unseen: Mapping South Asian American Art in Chicago

05/18/24 – 10/26/24

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Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

Workshop

Virtual Saturday Stories featuring X. Fang

10:30 – 11:30AM

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Comics/Illustration

Fair or Festival

Asian Creative Festival 2024

10:30 – 6PM
05/18/24 – 05/19/24

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Fair or Festival

AAPI Jazz Fest 2024

12 – 10PM

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Music, Performance Art

Family Friendly

Free Family Art Day in Mandarin!

1 – 2:15PM

Activism/Community engagement, Theater

Performance

Common Fetish (World Premiere)

5 – 7PM
05/18/24 – 05/19/24

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19

Sunday

Screening

Reel to Reel by Chihiro ITO / Feature Diary Film Screening event

4 – 5PM

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Workshop

Pasifika Series | Hula ʻAuana, with Kumu Kaimana Chee

6:30 – 8:30PM

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20

Monday

Performance

Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm

8PM

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Performance

Works & Process Presents Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm

8 – 10PM

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21

Tuesday

Town Hall

May Town Hall: Sanctuary

6:30 – 8:15PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

Exhibition

Tapestry: Collective Liberation and Solidarity Exhibition

1 – 7PM
05/21/24 – 05/26/24

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Screening

Fort Greene Park Chinese Language Film Screening: Happy Together & 14 Paintings

7 – 11PM

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22

Wednesday

Reception

Opening Reception for The Noguchi Museum’s 2024 Artist Banners

6 – 8PM

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Comics/Illustration, Design, Visual Art

Panel Discussion/Talk

Livestream of Eyebeam Exchange May 2024 at CP Projects Space, SVA (Day 1)

6 – 9PM

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Multidisciplinary

Concert

Sejong Here & Now Festival: 30th Anniversary Concert

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Music, Performance Art

Performance

Asian Voices Variety Show

7:30PM

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Comedy, Music, Poetry

Community Event

Closing Event: Banig Karaoke with Bhen Alan

9 – 11PM

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23

Thursday

Comedy Show

Ricky Sim: Coming Out to Dead People (Off-Broadway Debut)

12AM
05/23/24 – 06/02/24

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Exhibition

Harumi Ori: “I am Here”

05/23/24 – 06/30/24

Workshop

FREE - How to heal your relationship with money | Creatives Thrive NYC

1PM

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Workshop

Whose AI? Workshop 03: An Experiment with Data

4PM

Activism/Community engagement

24

Friday

Fair or Festival

CAATA’s 2024 ConFest

12AM
05/24/24 – 05/28/24

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Activism/Community engagement, Multidisciplinary, Performance Art, Theater

Community Event

A Bit Tuary Interview Session

3 – 1PM
05/24/24 – 05/25/24

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Activism/Community engagement

Comedy Show

AAPI Comedy Night

5:30 – 8PM

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25

Saturday

Performance

The award-winning Lenora Lee Dance, in collaboration with the South Street Seaport Museum presents the World Premiere of Convergent Waves: NYC

11 – 12AM
05/25/24 – 05/27/24

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Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

1 – 2:15PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

Performance

World Premiere of Lenora Lee Dance: Convergent Waves

1 – 6PM
05/25/24 – 05/27/24

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Community Event

Pangium: Treasure Hunt

2 – 6PM

Activism/Community engagement, Craft

Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

3:30 – 4:45PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

Exhibition

Kris Mendoza: Communion Closing Reception

6 – 8PM

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Photography, Visual Art

Comedy Show

The Bachelorette Season 21 + Party!

7:30 – 9:30PM

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Sunday

Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

1 – 2:15PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

3:30 – 4:45PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

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Monday

Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

1 – 2:15PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

Performance

CONVERGENT WAVES: NYC

3:30 – 4:45PM

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Activism/Community engagement, Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary, Music, Poetry, Theater

28

Tuesday

Screening

Asian American Film Thing

7 – 9PM

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Comedy, Film/Media, Music, Performance Art

Performance

AAPI Night at SUFFS

7 – 9:30PM

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30

Thursday

Exhibition

Shrine Room

05/30/24 – 06/23/24

Workshop

Free - How to run your creative business like a machine | Creatives Thrive NYC

1PM

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Performance

Obremski/Works Performances at Arts on Site

6:30 – 8:30PM
05/30/24 – 05/31/24

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Performance

BLOOM: A Poetry Slam

7PM

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Poetry, Spoken Word

31

Friday

Community Event

Filipinx Docuseries MAARTE Screening + Launch Party

6 – 10PM

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June

1

Saturday

Exhibition

Lovers and Fighters

06/01/24 – 08/31/24

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Workshop

05/06/25

The Dreaming and Worldbuilding Game

Community Event

04/26/25

T(HERE) by Beitna Collective

Webinar

04/23/25

Bandung Residency 2025 Information Session