This Friday, May 10, watch the movie “Back to 1942,” set during the Henan Famine in which hundreds of thousands died. After the film author Liu Zhenyun will speak about his book, which inspired the movie. The talk will be translated and the film has English subtitles.
Date: Friday, May 10
Time: 6:30-10pm
Place: 19 West 4th St., Room 101
Admission: Free
Generasian is excited to announce our Spring 2013 Launch Party! On top of free admission, we will also be serving bubble tea on a first come first serve basis!
Date: Wednesday, May 1
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: NYU Kimmel Center, Room 909
Admission: FREE!
As usual, we have panelists coming in to speak to everyone. This semester, they come from entrepreneurship, producing, marketing, online news, and journalism industries. Read more about our panelists on our Facebook event!
Hope to see you there!
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.
Want to learn how to make dumplings? Come to NYU’s Chinese Mei Society’s free dumpling making workshop this Wednesday! Make and eat your own dumplings!
Date: Wednesday, April 17
Time: 7pm (not 6pm as stated above)
Place: Kimmel 406
Admission: FREE
Date: April 20
Time: 6:15pm-8:30pm
Place: Kimmel 905/907
Admission: Free! (Dinner included!)
Featuring guest speakers Lisa Kim from the Nomi Network and Abraham Lee from the U.S. Department of State.
Sponsored by various Asian clubs on campus, including Chinese Mei Society, Taiwanese American Student Society and Asian American Christian Fellowship.
Kero One is headlining a show this Monday. The rapper and leader of the “jazz-hop” movement will performing with YouTube singer Jeni Suk, who also made a brief appearance as a contestant on the audition program *K-pop Star 2*, and several other artists.
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!
From the Guggenheim Museum’s most recent exhibition, No Country: Contemporary Art from South and Southeast Asia, it looks like art collectors have been shifting their attention to Eastern Hemisphere in search for new talent. Though a recent campaign funded by the Swiss bank UBS, the Guggenheim has been shopping for art in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines the past two years. Casual and serious art enthusiasts will find this Pan-Asian art acquisition to be just what the New York City art scene needs: an enlightening and transporting lens to global knowledge.
No Country is open through May 22, 2013.
Running March 4th-18th, Japanese Restaurant Week is here again, with notable Japanese restaurants creating limited time dishes, or special “ekiben,” or as we know - bentos. Ekiben are special because they are specifically sold in railroad stations in Japan. Restaurants focus on highlighting regional cuisine; details and participating restaurants can be found through here!
Japanese Restaurant Week will conclude with Japan Week (March 19-21), a three-day event held in Grand Central Terminal. Stop by to discover more traditional Japanese foods and catch various cultural performances!
MoMI will screen films from this acclaimed director, screenwriter, and producer in March. Park Chan-wook further propelled Hallyu (the Korean Wave) with his Cannes Grand Prix-winning film Oldboy. All three films from The Vengeance Trilogy will be screened, including Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, during March 1–3.
If you’re free tomorrow, head over to Chinatown to catch the 14th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival! It starts at 1 PM at the intersection of Mott Street and Hester Street. Expect to see performers, dragon dances, parade floats, tons of people, and more!
