Events

Thai Fest Expands Summer Lineup After Successful Inaugural Event

Thai Fest Expands Summer Lineup After Successful Inaugural Event

Attendees can look forward to a diverse array of authentic Thai street food from some of NYC's most popular Thai restaurants, including but not limited to, the following offerings that will provide a taste of Thailand's diverse and vibrant food culture: Crab Fried Rice from Fish CheeksKraPow from MayreeFried Meatballs from SappeKhao Soi from SoothrFried Chicken from Somtum DerPad Thai from Rua ThaiMango Sticky Rice from Zabb PuTawnGarlic Noodle from ObaoTom Yum Ramen...

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AAPI community  pop up shop with Velvet Co., Make Us Visible NY, Awet NY

AAPI community pop up shop with Velvet Co., Make Us Visible NY, Awet NY

Áwet New York x Velvet.Co AAPI Pop-Up provided by  BFA Founders and directors Jenny Zheng (Velvet.Co), Áwet Woldegebriel (Áwet New York), Christine Dai (Make Us Visible NY), and Helen Singson (Make Us Visible NY) addressed the attendees with a speech, underscoring the importance of collaboration and community in advancing the shared goals of empowerment and visibility within the AAPI community. “We wanted to start AAPI month by...

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The Film Desk

JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES MAY SCREENING EVENTS

Japan Society’s May events begin on May 1 with French filmmaker Chris Marker’s influential 1983 documentary Sans Soleil presented on rare imported 35mm. Driven by the desire to “capture life in the process of becoming history,” Marker traveled the globe and made a sprawling body of work that ruminates on the nature of memory and time. Of the several films he made in Japan, Sans Soleil remains the late director’s...

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