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16

Monday

Exhibition

Soft Solidarity (SoS)

05/14/22 – 06/06/22

Exhibition

Bamboo Forest

4 – 5PM
04/23/22 – 05/22/22

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Performance

Golden Shield at the Manhattan Theatre Club

7 – 2PM
04/26/22 – 06/12/22

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Concert

Alex Wong & Keepsake House present: Show Yourself, A Benefit Residency Celebrating AAPI Stories

8:30 – 10:30PM
05/02/22 – 05/23/22

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Exhibition

bury the bridge

6PM
05/06/22 – 06/06/22

Multidisciplinary

Panel Discussion/Talk

Fragility and Possibility of We

12AM
05/11/22 – 05/19/22

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Special Event

Tomokazu Matsuyama Auction

05/12/22 – 05/26/22

Screening

Globus Film Series - Visions of Okinawa: Cinematic Reflections

7 – 9:30PM
05/13/22 – 06/03/22

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Exhibition

Counter Weight

12AM
05/14/22 – 06/05/22

Multidisciplinary

Community Event

AAPI Culture History Nights

7 – 10PM
05/14/22 – 06/04/22

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Panel Discussion/Talk

A Conversation about Resilience

7 – 8:30PM

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Performance

Eunbi Kim in Residence | It Feels Like: MOM

7 – 12AM
05/16/22 – 05/19/22

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Caste Equity is a Workers’ Right

8 – 10PM

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17

Tuesday

Workshop

Two-Part Virtual Training Series to Volunteer: Protecting Ourselves & Our Communities in NYC

6:30 – 8PM
05/17/22 – 09/22/22

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Concert

Stephanie Chou - LianXi: Connect - AAPI Heritage Month Concert

7 – 8:30PM

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Concert

Stephanie Chou at Joe’s Pub

7 – 9PM

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18

Wednesday

Workshop

Narrativizing a Moment: A Guided Writing Workshop

12 – 1PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

LOA LIVE: Maxine Hong Kingston and Viet Thanh Nguyen

6 – 7PM

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Community Event

United We Heal

6 – 12AM
05/18/22 – 05/19/22

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Performance

Selected Shorts: Bird Stories Hosted by Amy Tan

7:30 – 9PM

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Webinar

Gateway: Accelerate your Career with Fabian J. De Rozario

8:30 – 10PM

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19

Thursday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Chinese American History, Asian American Experiences

4PM

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Literary / Writing

Webinar

Unpacking SGL (Same-Gender Loving) Cultural Appropriation

6 – 7:30PM

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20

Friday

Screening

Cane Fire @ BAM

12AM
05/20/22 – 05/26/22

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Exhibition

CAATA Confest Virtual Showcase

12AM
05/20/22 – 05/29/22

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Exhibition

inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE, Art Exhibit & Conversation on Asian America

12AM
05/20/22 – 07/16/22

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Fair or Festival

Asian Podcast Festival

12:30 – 5PM

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Book Signing

Book Launch: Our Laundry, Our Town

7 – 9PM

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Fair or Festival

Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2022

7 – 9PM
05/20/22 – 05/26/22

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Performance

Snow in Midsummer

7 – 10PM
05/20/22 – 07/09/22

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21

Saturday

Community Event

Photographic Justice: A Tribute to Corky Lee

05/21/22 – 11/20/22

Community Event

Celebrate Our Community! at Charles Drew Park in Jamaica

2PM

Performance

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Welcomes Back Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Celebrate Both the Legacy of Nai-Ni Chen and the Year of the Water Tiger

2 – 4PM

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Performance

NJPAC Welcomes Back Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Celebrate Both the Legacy of Nai-Ni Chen and the Year of the Water Tiger

2 – 5PM

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Performance

AAFE’s ‘Covid Crimes’ Play

3 – 5PM

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Reception

Bamboo Forest Closing Reception

4 – 6PM

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Performance

Unbeknownst

7 – 3PM
05/21/22 – 05/22/22

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Performance

UNBEKNOWNST

7 – 3PM
05/21/22 – 05/22/22

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22

Sunday

Fair or Festival

AAPI Jazz Fest

1 – 10PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Sustainable Ways to Preserve Legacies

2 – 4PM

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Comedy Show

Model Majority AAPI History 301 Comedy Show

6 – 7PM

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23

Monday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Thoughtluck

6 – 8PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Shooting and Styling a Korean American Cookbook

7 – 8:30PM

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24

Tuesday

Workshop

Creative CAAre: Sustaining Your Mental Health & Artistic Practice

6 – 7:30PM

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25

Wednesday

Workshop

Thrive in Place!

6:30 – 8PM

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Screening

Mobilizing Chinatown: Past and Present on Film

6:30 – 9PM

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Performance

MOVEMENT: Performance Platform

7:30 – 8:50PM

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Dance/Movement, Multidisciplinary

26

Thursday

Screening

ISLANDS Screening and Q&A @ QUAD Cinema, Manhattan

12 – 10PM

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Screening

Arab Film Series Screening

12AM
05/26/22 – 05/29/22

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Panel Discussion/Talk

present/breath exhibition artists’ talk with Chanika Svetvilas and Jennifer Lickers

6:30 – 7:45PM

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Concert

WQXR Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

7 – 8:30PM

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Performance

CROSSROADS

8PM
05/26/22 – 05/28/22

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27

Friday

Exhibition

The Performance Project at University Settlement and Music At The Anthology present the World Premiere of Family Association: A Chinatown Soundwalk

6 – 7PM
05/27/22 – 06/03/22

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Exhibition

Family Association

6 – 7PM
05/27/22 – 06/03/22

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28

Saturday

Exhibition

Freedom Mentional

12 – 6PM
05/28/22 – 06/19/22

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Comics/Illustration, Craft, Design, Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

Exhibition

Solo Show: Maya Jeffereis: Only Silhouettes Remain at A.I.R. Gallery

12AM
05/28/22 – 06/26/22

Performance

Arkai

7 – 9PM

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31

Tuesday

Town Hall

May Town Hall: NYC↔PHL

6:30 – 8:15PM

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Comedy Show

Asian-American Eyz’d: An Immigrant Comedy Special– an illuminating, heartfelt, and edgy show by a trio of stand-up comics – will join the lineup on the Reel Women’s Network in May 2022!

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June

1

Wednesday

Concert

Keepsake House presents: Lighting Sparks

7:30 – 9:30PM

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Screening

Silent River: Opening Night

8 – 10PM

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Comedy Show

Alex Kim and Ricky Sim Present: : HOT GAYSIAN SUMMER Comedy Variety Show

9 – 11PM

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2

Thursday

Performance

Queer Butoh 2022 ONLINE presented by Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute in collaboration with The Brick

8 – 11PM
06/02/22 – 06/30/22

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3

Friday

Exhibition

NARS 2022 Spring Open Studios

6 – 5PM
06/03/22 – 06/04/22

Performance

AAPI Night for Golden Shield

8 – 10PM

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4

Saturday

Performance

Enjoy Myself Tonight

06/04/22 – 06/05/22

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Performance Art

Performance

Correspondences

12 – 5:35PM
06/04/22 – 06/05/22

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5

Sunday

Community Event

Halawai Annual Picnic

12 – 6PM

Community Event

Think!Chinatown Block Party w/YiuYiu & 8OX SET

4 – 8PM

6

Monday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Live Q&A: Working with Partners (In Business)

5 – 6PM

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7

Tuesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

A Conversation with Decolonize This Place

6 – 7PM

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Screening

HIDEOUT (Taiwan)

12 – 11:59PM
06/07/22 – 06/11/22

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Workshop

Grantwriting for the Conscious Creative (Part 1 & 2)

2 – 6PM
06/07/22 – 06/09/22

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9

Thursday

Reception

Heeseop Yoon | Agglomeration - Opening Reception

5 – 7PM

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Exhibition

Bhojan: Paintings by Sarasvathy TK

06/09/22 – 06/12/22

Culinary, Visual Art

Comedy Show

Ann Chun presents Asian Divorce

9:30PM

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10

Friday

Fair or Festival

CUNY Pridefest at Queens College

12 – 4PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

AAARI Lecture Series

5:30 – 7PM

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Exhibition

Victoriassecret Exhibition Opening

6 – 8PM

Exhibition

Victoriassecret Exhibition

6 – 8PM
06/10/22 – 07/30/22

11

Saturday

Conference

On Nationalism: The Fragility & the Possibility of We

12AM
06/11/22 – 06/19/22

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Artist Talk: Stuff Under My Fingernails Again

3 – 4PM

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Comics/Illustration, Craft, Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

Panel Discussion/Talk

I Dream of Chili, Coriander, and Cardamom: South Asian Food in the Diaspora

4PM

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Culinary, Multidisciplinary, Visual Art

12

Sunday

Concert

Mini-Global Mashup: Tibet Meets Colombia

1 – 2PM

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Reading

In-Person Book Reading with Musical Guest, Skyler Chin

3 – 4:30PM

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Performance

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Celebrates Asia and the Dragon Boat Festival with a performance at the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

3 – 5PM

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14

Tuesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Understanding Artist Visas: Your Questions Answered

6 – 7:30PM

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