Check out China Institute’s upcoming screenings of Chinese films and documentaries, including one by an NYU graduate about the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
“One Child” (2013)
Date: Friday, May 10
Time: 6:30-8pm
Place: China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
Admission: $10 for members; $15 for non-members
Register here.
Last chance to buy tickets for NYU CMS’s annual cultural show, Yuan: 13EYOND!
Tickets are $7 for a gourmet Chinese meal, live performances, raffles, and amazing goodie bags.
Get your ticket at Ticket Central now!
‘Gentleman,’ NYU style! Check out our motha-fatha parody of Psy’s Gentleman!
Missed ACE 30 NOVA? No worries because Generasian recorded the entire show! Get ready to be dazzled by NYU’s premier fashion charity gala, and for those who did attend the show, you can relive the memories.
ACE 30 NOVA is a fashion and cultural showcase combining designs from the hottest fashion houses, chic boutiques and up and coming designers, and performances for an amazing cultural spectacle. All proceeds go to Musicians On Call, a non-profit organization bringing live and recorded music to the hospital beds of patients.
Come to the reception this Friday for refreshments and the opening for INTERPRETATIONS, a multimedia exhibition organized by the NYU Gallatin Student community. Expect a variety of projects that involve the themes of cross-cultural communication between the East and the West, including dance, spoken word, photography, and contemporary opera.
Date: Friday, April 19
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Place: Gallatin Galleries, 1 Washington Place
Admission: FREE and Open to the Public, RSVP for the Reception.
For anyone who missed the CSS Dynamicss Showcase last week or want to watch it again, you’re in luck! Generasian recorded the entire show!
CSS Dynamicss is NYU Chinese Student Society’s annual benefit showcase, featuring performances from the Asian community at NYU. All proceeds go to Half the Sky foundation.
This week’s Chew on This looks at Omurice! A wasei-eigo of the words “omelet” and “rice,” omurice is a popular and iconic yoshoku dish found in Japanese home cooking and in western-style diners in Japan. The dish generally consists of chicken fried rice wrapped in a thin egg omelet and drizzled with ketchup, but there are many ways to add a unique twist to this simple dish.
Date: Tonight (April 11)
Time: 7PM - 10PM
Place: Kimmel 4th Floor, E&L Auditorium
Admission: Buy tickets at Ticket Central, $7 with NYU ID, $10 with government-issued ID
Come out to New York City’s Asian American Student Conference!
NYCAASC is a collaborative effort with students from various schools such as NYU, Columbia, Barnard, Hunter College, Baruch and City College. On April 27th they’re hosting a free event at the NYU Kimmel Center. It’s a conference that consists of a broad range of engaging workshops and panels intended to encourage attendees to think critically about Asian American issues. According to the group:
“The theme for this year’s conference is En Route. In past conferences, we examined different notions of Asian American identity and how Asian Americans are reclaiming authorship of their stereotyped representations. This year, we seek to explore how Asian Americans are reinventing themselves by moving beyond their own communities and contributing to an intercultural dialogue.”
Check it out! It’s free and sounds awesome. If you’re still not convinced, watch their promotional video above. You can even volunteer by visiting their site, and clicking on the “Register” button. Spread the word!
(Photos by Evelyn Cheng)
Thirty-three and owner of an award-winning Western-style restaurant in Shanghai, Austin Hu still takes pleasure in the basic elements of cooking.
“Cooking is all about products,” he said. “The culinary industry has changed a little bit in the last 10 years or so because of popularity of IronChef, TopChef. But I never wanted to be a celebrity.”
Generasian is excited to announce our new weekly segment, courtesy of the fortune cookies from NYU Kimmel’s Stir-Fry station. Every week a different fortune will be posted to offer wise insight, help you see things in a new light, and of course, to teach you a Chinese word and inform you of your lucky numbers!
Given the beautiful weather we had today, it is appropriate that this week’s fortune is:
Try heading outdoors this weekend and breathe in the fresh air and soak up some sunshine! Your mind, body, and spirit will thank you. Perhaps the outdoors can help you relieve stress, inspire you to write more, reconnect with your friends or just help you appreciate the little things in life. So stroll to a park and get your nature-fix.
Great things await you outside!
Connie Lee is a writer for Generasian. Here she shares her experiences from studying abroad in Shanghai this spring.
The first memorable sight I had of Shanghai was on the shuttle from the airport to the apartment that I will call home for the next four months. We were driving down the highway and I looked to the left and saw newly developed apartment complexes and then I looked to the right and saw rundown houses that families call home. The striking contrast separated by the highway we were driving on made me realize that although Shanghai may be the world’s largest city by population, it is still new and developing.
(This house has no roof, windows, or doors. It is surrounded by broken concrete bits and bricks. If you look closely, you can see the lights on in this home.)
