Calendar

Our Community Calendar is a resource that showcases events of interest to the Asian American arts community. We invite artists and organizations to post and share their events and programs.

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Monday

Exhibition

Hawai‘i Contemporary Announces 2022 Triennial Artist List and Exhibition Venues

12AM
02/18/22 – 05/08/22

Exhibition

Heart in My Mouth | Rachel Hsu Exhibition

5PM
04/08/22 – 05/06/22

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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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Panel Discussion/Talk

Live Q&A: Contracts

5 – 6PM

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Community Event

Spring CommUNITY Week

6 – 9PM
05/02/22 – 05/06/22

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Dance, Fashion, Multidisciplinary, Performance Art, Visual Art

Performance

disOrientalism Part 2: The Revenge of Hello Kitty

7 – 8:15PM

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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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3

Tuesday

Study/Discussion Group

Understanding Cultural Appropriation with Jenny Dorsey (Studio ATAO)

6 – 7:30PM

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5

Thursday

Workshop

Understanding Artist Visas: Your Questions Answered

2 – 3:30PM

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6

Friday

Exhibition

bury the bridge

6PM

Multidisciplinary

Panel Discussion/Talk

Máhiká Maker: A Celebration of Filipinx Aesthetics

7 – 8PM

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7

Saturday

Fair or Festival

First Saturday: Asian American Futures

5 – 10PM

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9

Monday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Equitable Casting Practices Panel

6 – 7:30PM

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10

Tuesday

Workshop

COVID-19: Appropriation of Disability Culture & Movements

6 – 7:30PM

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Multidisciplinary

Panel Discussion/Talk

Talk Story with Barrie Kealoha

7 – 9PM

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11

Wednesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Fragility and Possibility of We

12AM
05/11/22 – 05/19/22

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12

Thursday

Special Event

Tomokazu Matsuyama Auction

05/12/22 – 05/26/22

Panel Discussion/Talk

Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress

3 – 4:30PM

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Panel Discussion/Talk

Maxine Hong Kingston & Viet Thanh Nguyen

6 – 7PM

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Literary / Writing

Fair or Festival

Very Big Very Asian Comedy Festival

8 – 9:59PM
05/12/22 – 05/15/22

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Workshop

Theories of Non-Violence, Healing Resistance -Part 2

8:30 – 10PM

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13

Friday

Community Event

Asian Creative Festival

12AM
05/13/22 – 05/15/22

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Fair or Festival

Asian Creative Festival 2022 With Over 30 AAPI Speakers, NFTs Art Auction

12 – 5PM

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Multidisciplinary

Screening

Globus Film Series - Visions of Okinawa: Cinematic Reflections

7 – 9:30PM
05/13/22 – 06/03/22

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Film, Video, Media

14

Saturday

Exhibition

Soft Solidarity (SoS)

05/14/22 – 06/06/22

Exhibition

Counter Weight

12AM
05/14/22 – 06/05/22

Multidisciplinary

Fair or Festival

Japan Parade NYC

12:30 – 4:30PM

Fair or Festival

Japan Parade

1 – 3PM

Performance

Unbroken Time, Infinite Space: The Acrobatic Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen

4 – 6PM

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Reading

Unbroken Time, Infinite Space: The Acrobatic Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen

4 – 6PM

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Community Event

APAHM Sunset Celebration

5 – 8PM

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Fair or Festival

Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival

6PM
05/14/22 – 05/15/22

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Community Event

AAPI Culture History Nights

7 – 10PM
05/14/22 – 06/04/22

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15

Sunday

Community Event

May Book Swap

10:30 – 12:30PM

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Fair or Festival

AAPI Care Fair

1 – 4PM

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Fair or Festival

Bloom: New York Kathak Festival

2 – 4PM

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Fair or Festival

Bloom: A Celebration of Buddha Purnima

2 – 6PM

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16

Monday

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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Film, Video, Media

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, Multidisciplinary

26

Thursday

Screening

ISLANDS Screening and Q&A @ QUAD Cinema, Manhattan

12 – 10PM

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Film, Video, Media

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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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

Film, Video, Media

Performance

Arkai

7 – 9PM

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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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Town Hall

05/23/23

May Town Hall: Intimacy

Community Event

05/19/23

Second Annual AAPIHM Sunset Celebration

Panel Discussion/Talk

05/19/23

Sustaining and Supporting AAPI Artists