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Sunday

Exhibition

Corridor Glance: Paintings by Arlan Huang


05/01/23 – 05/31/23

Visual Art

Performance

Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Ragamala Dance Company announces 30th Anniversary Celebration and International 22/23 Season

7 – 9PM
09/26/22 – 07/01/23
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Dance/Movement

Exhibition

City of Faith: Religion, Activism, and Urban Space


11/01/22 – 10/22/23

Visual Art

Presentation

Discover the Winners of AAP Magazine 28 Streets


12/07/22 – 12/07/23

Photography

Performance

Virtual Salon Performance Series 2023

12AM
01/05/23 – 06/01/23
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Dance/Movement

Exhibition

Seung-Taek Lee: “Things Unstable”


02/03/23 – 05/22/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Sa’dia Rehman: the river runs slow and deep and all the bones of my ancestors / have risen to the surface to knock and click like the sounds of trees in the air

5PM
02/10/23 – 07/09/23
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Multidisciplinary

Exhibition

Clae Lu: Playroom

6 – 5PM
02/28/23 – 06/09/23
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Multidisciplinary, Music, Performance Art, Visual Art

Exhibition

Bang Geul Han: “Land of Tenderness”


03/16/23 – 05/13/23

Film/Media, Photography, Visual Art

Exhibition

Bundith Phunsombatlert: Mapping Fragments


03/20/23 – 06/11/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower and Bird Painting, 1368-1911

12AM
03/23/23 – 06/25/23
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Exhibition

الفكرة ذكرى / A thought is a memory

12 – 12AM
03/23/23 – 05/13/23

Exhibition

KANTEN 観展: The Limits of History


03/24/23 – 05/20/23

Film/Media, Visual Art

Screening

Fearless Females: The Heroines in Martial Arts


04/01/23 – 09/07/23

Film/Media

Screening

An Island of Splendor - The Thousand Faces of Taiwan Cinema


04/01/23 – 10/12/23

Film/Media

Screening

Revisiting Tsai Ming-Liang: The Birth of an Auteur


04/01/23 – 12/15/23

Film/Media

Exhibition

No Justice Without Love

12AM
04/04/23 – 06/30/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Sun You: New You


04/15/23 – 05/28/23

Visual Art

Community Event

Japan Festival


04/15/23 – 10/28/23

Craft, Culinary, Multidisciplinary

Exhibition

Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century


04/19/23 – 08/13/23

Visual Art

Screening

Tales of the Island


04/19/23 – 02/23/24

Film/Media

Exhibition

Welcome Home گھر آنے پر خیر مقدم : Javaid Nayyar

12AM
04/22/23 – 06/04/23
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Visual Art

Exhibition

a small but comfy house and maybe a dog

12AM
04/22/23 – 06/11/23

Literary / Writing, Visual Art

Screening

Taiwan Pitch


04/25/23 – 12/31/23

Film/Media

Performance

Hong Kong Mississippi


04/27/23 – 05/14/23
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Music, Theater

Exhibition

Wherever You Go Becomes a Part of You

6 – 5PM
04/28/23 – 05/26/23

Performance

The Infinite Wrench

10:30 – 12AM
04/28/23 – 05/28/23
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Theater

What Can We Do? Grantee

Month-long Read & Give Initiative


05/01/23 – 05/31/23

Exhibition

Prints by Tomie Arai


05/02/23 – 06/30/23

Visual Art

Fair or Festival

The World of Apichatpong Weerasethakul


05/04/23 – 05/14/23
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Film/Media

Exhibition

Maria Taniguchi: Figure Study

12AM
05/04/23 – 06/17/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Just Between Us: From the Archives of Arlan Huang

12AM
05/04/23 – 09/10/23
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Multidisciplinary, Photography, Visual Art

Exhibition

Sara Jimenez: the rain from dreams or from breaths


05/06/23 – 06/17/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Where Time Runs Backwards by Daniel Shieh With Chia-Lun Chang and Arleene Correa Valencia


05/06/23 – 10/01/23
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Film/Media, Multidisciplinary, Poetry, Visual Art

Concert

Live Summer Outdoor Concert Series

12 – 9PM
05/06/23 – 10/29/23

Music

Exhibition

Richard Keen’s Solo Exhibition - AROUND THE EDGES

4 – 5PM
05/06/23 – 06/04/23
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Visual Art

Performance

Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along

12AM
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Music

What Can We Do? Grantee

Polaroid portrait photo booth

1:30 – 3:30PM

Photography

Performance

(IMMIGRANTS’) LOVE STORIES

5 – 7PM
05/07/23 – 05/08/23
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Theater

8
Monday

Book Signing

At Home with Literati: Gina Apostol & Ligaya Mishan

11AM

Literary / Writing

Performance

AAPI Heritage: The Ancient Living Culture Of Melayu, Philippines For Families

4 – 5PM

Dance/Movement

9
Tuesday

Performance

Nrityagram + Chitrasena: “Āhuti”


05/09/23 – 05/14/23
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Dance/Movement

Exhibition

Photo Exhibit to Commemorate to Corky Lee

12AM
05/09/23 – 10/10/23
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Photography

Reception

AAPI: Unique and Powerful Voices Shaping the Fabric of America

4 – 6:30PM
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Multidisciplinary, Philosophy

Community Event

Opening Ceremony for KŪKULU: Pillars Standing Together

5:30 – 6:30PM
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10
Wednesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Artist Jean Shin in conversation with Art Historian Marci Kwon

6PM
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Visual Art

Community Event

Kumu Vicky Holt Takamine & Pua Ali'i Ilima O Nuioka With the MEGA lab’s Kailey Pascoe

7:30PM
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11
Thursday

Screening

The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)


05/11/23 – 05/14/23
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Workshop

In Solidarity for Integration

5 – 7PM
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Screening

Asian American Film Thing

6:30 – 8:30PM
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Film/Media

Reading

NEA Big Read: A Celebration of Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown with Performances by Fang Du and Sami Ma

7PM
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Literary / Writing

Concert

ARKAI ft. Spiderhorse and more

9:30PM
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Music

12
Friday

Concert

The Listening Room

12AM
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Music

Community Event

Raised Pinay: Raising Up the Mother - a Benefit Production for Roots of Health


05/12/23 – 05/13/23
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Literary / Writing, Poetry, Spoken Word, Theater, Visual Art, Wellness

Panel Discussion/Talk

The Geometries of Afro Asia

6:30 – 8PM
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Visual Art

Performance

Six Healing Sounds

7 – 8PM
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Music, Visual Art

Performance

too quiet to hear

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Literary / Writing, Performance Art, Photography, Spoken Word, Visual Art

13
Saturday

What Can We Do? Grantee

Language Justice and Community Interpreting Workshop

10 – 5PM
05/13/23 – 05/14/23
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Multidisciplinary

What Can We Do? Grantee

Mother May I: Healing in Sound and Drawing

12PM
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Wellness

Exhibition

Shared Dialogue, Shared Space

12 – 4PM
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Visual Art

What Can We Do? Grantee

Free Fruits for All

12 – 2PM
05/13/23 – 05/14/23

Wellness

Workshop

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) for the Artist Workshop


05/13/23 – 05/20/23
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What Can We Do? Grantee

“Our Sonic Love” Musical Performance by Clae Lu & Friends

1:30PM
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Music

What Can We Do? Grantee

Banana Ketchup

5PM
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Comedy

14
Sunday

Performance

92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents Peter Chu: Two World Premieres

7:30 – 9PM
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Dance/Movement

16
Tuesday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Social Justice Conversation: Hank Willis Thomas and Michelle Woo

6 – 7PM
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Visual Art

Concert

Music of Migiwa Miyajima

7 – 9PM
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Music

17
Wednesday

Community Event

Monthly Pro Bono Legal Clinic

6:30PM

Screening

NOT FOR SALE Screening: Labor, Displacement and Protests in Chinatown

6:30 – 9:30PM

Film/Media

Screening

Chinese & Spanish Language Film Screening


05/17/23 – 06/14/23
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Film/Media

Webinar

2023 Mỹ Việt Story Slam

7:30 – 8:30PM
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Film/Media

18
Thursday

Concert

Keepsake House Presents: Mosaic Mind

6:30 – 9PM
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Music, Spoken Word, Wellness

Comedy Show

AzN PoP! Live in Concert.

7 – 8:30PM
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Comedy

Performance

Clubbed Thumb presents Work Hard Have Fun Make History

7:30PM
05/18/23 – 05/30/23
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Theater

19
Friday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Sustaining and Supporting AAPI Artists

3PM

Visual Art

Community Event

Second Annual AAPIHM Sunset Celebration

6:30 – 9PM
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Culinary, Multidisciplinary

Exhibition

Sip from the Skull: Chapter I

12AM
05/19/23 – 06/08/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Alice Gong Xiaowen, Kennedy Morgan

12AM PST
05/19/23 – 06/25/23

Visual Art

Performance

Gates, Borders, Barriers

4 – 8PM
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Multidisciplinary, Performance Art, Visual Art

Community Event

BP Levine and AM Lee Host Breaking Barriers an AAPI Heritage Month Event

5:30PM
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20
Saturday

Fair or Festival

Asian Creative Festival 2023

12AM
05/20/23 – 05/21/23

Multidisciplinary

Community Event

Story Circle of the Japanese Diaspora

10 – 12PM
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Multidisciplinary

Panel Discussion/Talk

The Complete Picture: Archives in Pakistan

12 – 1PM
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Visual Art

Fair or Festival

China Institute Spring Special: Tea for Harmony - Yaji Cultural Salon

3 – 5PM
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Exhibition

Haenyeo Simbang: Korean Sea Women & Shamans

4 – 6PM
05/20/23 – 05/21/23

Visual Art

21
Sunday

Community Event

AAPI Heritage Parade

12 – 2:30PM

Community Event

NYC AAPI BRUNCH

12 – 3PM
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Community Event

Stories and Snacks: A Festival of Home Cooking History

1 – 4PM
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Culinary, Multidisciplinary, Podcasts / Radio

Community Event

Liang Cha Tea Party 涼茶講解會: Transitioning Through the Seasons

3 – 4:30PM
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Community Event

API Healing Circle: Building an Herbal Medicine Cabinet

4:30 – 6PM
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Wellness

Reading

I Saw A Fruit Tree Without Its Roots

6PM
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Theater

22
Monday

Panel Discussion/Talk

Black Arts Movement School Modality: Milan Session on the Rainbow

12 – 11:30AM
05/22/23 – 05/26/23
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Literary / Writing, Multidisciplinary, Theater, Visual Art

Community Event

DANCERS UNLIMITED: SPRING COMMUNITY WEEK

10 – 9:30PM
05/22/23 – 05/27/23
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Craft, Dance/Movement, Design, Fashion, Music, Performance Art, Visual Art

Community Event

Culture For ALL Rally at City Hall

12 – 1PM
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Performance

Studio 5: Street Dance

6:30PM
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Dance/Movement, Performance Art

What Can We Do? Grantee

Don’t Tell Scarlett: A QTANHPI Creatives Mixer

7 – 10PM
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Multidisciplinary, Performance Art, Wellness

23
Tuesday

Town Hall

May Town Hall: Intimacy

6:30 – 8:15PM
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Multidisciplinary

24
Wednesday

Exhibition

(Im)material Ruins

12AM
05/24/23 – 08/04/23
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Exhibition

Tongues of Fire

12AM
05/24/23 – 09/16/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

NATURED

11 – 12AM
05/24/23 – 07/01/23

Visual Art

Book Signing

“Just Between Us” Book Talk w/ Arlan Huang

6 – 8PM
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Panel Discussion/Talk

Talking Books: Asian American Authors in Conversation—Delia Cai, author of Central Places: A Novel

6:30 – 7:30PM
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Literary / Writing

25
Thursday

Exhibition

Fiends and Friends

12 – 6PM
05/25/23 – 07/02/23

Visual Art

Exhibition

Counter Histories


05/25/23 – 07/07/23

Photography, Visual Art

Panel Discussion/Talk

Sustaining Arts Labor: Past and Present

5:30 – 7PM
RSVP

Multidisciplinary

Panel Discussion/Talk

AAPI Artists, Activists, and Collectives: Working Definitions

7 – 8PM
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Literary / Writing, Visual Art

27
Saturday

Concert

Chromic Duo x New York Philharmonic Nightcap Series

12 – 11:30PM
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Multidisciplinary, Music, Visual Art

Screening

80 Years Later

4:50PM
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Film/Media

29
Monday

Screening

Made in Hong Kong

1PM
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Film/Media

Concert

An Evening with Stephanie Chou Quintet - Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month

6PM
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Music

30
Tuesday

Community Event

Protest for Fair Pay at SXSW

12 – 1PM
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Multidisciplinary, Music

Performance

Gu Shi: Asian Storytelling Show

7 – 9PM
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Performance Art

Community Event

LAYERHYTHM 5.30.23

9 – 12AM
05/30/23 – 05/31/23
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Dance/Movement

31
Wednesday

Screening

A focus on human rights in Asia: Human Rights Watch Film Festival


05/31/23 – 06/11/23
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Film/Media

Performance

Korean Immigrant Dance in America

6 – 7:30PM

Dance/Movement, Music, Performance Art

Exhibition

Diasporic Tremors

6 – 9PM
05/31/23 – 06/14/23

Visual Art

Comedy Show

Outer Voice Mic

9PM
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Comedy

June
1
Thursday

Exhibition

Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy

12AM
06/01/23 – 09/23/23

Photography

What Can We Do? Grantee

BYOB (Bring Your Own Belongings) Installation by Su Ji Lee

10 – 6PM
06/01/23 – 07/30/23
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Photography

2
Friday

Concert

New York Kathak Festival

12AM
06/02/23 – 06/04/23
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Dance/Movement

Fair or Festival

New York Kathak Festival

12AM
06/02/23 – 06/04/23
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Craft, Dance/Movement, Theater

Panel Discussion/Talk

2023 Annual Symposium: Transforming Public Art

9 – 12PM
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Visual Art

Reception

Cindy Leung: To Go

5 – 7PM

Exhibition

Cindy Leung: To Go

5PM
06/02/23 – 06/23/23

Visual Art

3
Saturday

Fair or Festival

Kyle Lui: “Sowing Rice with Salt”

12AM
06/03/23 – 06/18/23

Film/Media, Photography, Visual Art

What Can We Do? Grantee

Puppeteering Workshop

2 – 5PM
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What Can We Do? Grantee

We Make This For Us

3 – 5PM
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Multidisciplinary

Fair or Festival

Queensboro Dance Festival 2023 Tour Kick-off, Opening Event

3 – 7PM
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Dance/Movement

Concert

Global Mashup: India Meets Mali

7 – 10PM
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Music

4
Sunday

Concert

DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON ®: A Native American Festival and Multicultural Celebration

11AM
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Dance/Movement, Music

Community Event

Hālāwai NYC’s Annual Potluck Picnic

12PM

Multidisciplinary

Fair or Festival

Queensboro Dance Festival Queens Pride

2 – 2:15PM
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Dance/Movement

Workshop

Free Art Workshop: Drawing Abstraction

3 – 4:30PM
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Concert

Brainwashed!

7PM
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Music

5
Monday

Workshop

LEVEL TWO INTENSIVE TRAINING: Creating Choreography for Children | IN PERSON

9 – 4PM
06/05/23 – 06/10/23
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Dance/Movement

7
Wednesday

Performance

Rent

12AM
06/07/23 – 07/02/23
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Theater

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