Last week, Lower East Side art house cinema Metrograph began the series Imaginary Chinatown which surveys the ways Hollywood has used Chinatowns as a setting. As the center for immigrant communities, Chinatowns...
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I arrived late for the summer open house at the Bronx Museum, when security guards had already started to urge people out. Breaking through the embrace of a lively crowd...
Make time on your calendar for this week’s cornucopia of events: Xu Bing’s directorial debut and Zhao Tou at the New York Film Festival; Yang Jiechang and Lin Tianmiao visit...
This week: Films from Taiwan that examine life after martial law; Modern Sky Festival; an Asian American mini film festival; a film not about Buddhism, but a Buddhist film; new...
Lots this week: Two versions of the Peking opera Farewell My Concubine; a talk about a Chinese artist in Jazz Age France; new noir Chinese crime films; Wong Kar-wai’s choreographer’s homage to...
This week: Experimental video and sound performance that contemplates the Borough of Queens; a production of a Chinese classic; a lecture about China’s most important historian (see below for ticket...
This week: A talk about a very important bridge in China; a rock band inspired by philosopher Zhuangzi; five new exhibitions with local artists and few recognizable names (not necessarily...
Things start to pick up after Labor Day, and we’re looking forward to all the happenings in fall. We ease into the upcoming season this week with: A talk about...
This week: A photography exhibition that reveals the political and social movements in Taiwan; a movie about Bruce Lee; and a summer art party with the curators and artists of...
Following the exciting inaugural Storefront 店面 Residency in which artist Melissa Liu engaged the Asian diasporic communities through oral history workshops, open mic storytelling, talks, handcrafted silkscreened red envelopes, and a...