Asia Society and Museum
Past Events
Many events have been hosted previously at the Asia Society and Museum. HistoryGuide currently has 38 past event listings in its database, shown below.
| Date | Event Information |
|---|---|
| Daily | Muslim Voices Festival. A ten-day, multi-venue arts festival and conference celebrating the extraordinary range of artistic expression throughout the Mu… (Festivals - Arts Festival / Fair) 212-288-6400. |
| Daily | Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art From Pakistan. The exhibition comprises nearly 50 works by 15 artists, and includes installation art, video, photography, painting, and sculptu… (Arts - Art Exhibit) 212-288-6400. |
| 10/07/06 | Sanook Sanan Thailand. Family Day: Sanook Sanan Thailand! Celebrate Thailand: learn to make a krathong (a lotus-shaped float of banana leaves and flow… (Miscellaneous) |
| 11/04/06 | Celebrate Eid and Diwali!. Family Day: Celebrate Eid and Diwali! Let the festivities begin! Celebrate Eid and Diwali the way South Asians do. Accessoriz… (Miscellaneous) |
| 12/02/06 | Treasures of Asia. Family Day: Treasures of Asia. Discover riches from China's Liao Empire on display in the museum, and then visit the 8th floor… (Miscellaneous) |
| 01/06/07 | Health and Fitness Family Day. Health and Fitness-the Asian way. Yoga, Tai Chi, and Chakras: learn about these Asian practices targeting the mind, body and sp… (Health & Fitness) |
| 02/03/07 | Lunar New Year Festival. Family Day: Lunar New Year Festival. Usher in the New Year with festivities inspired by those held in China, Korea and Vietnam.… (Festivals) |
| 03/03/07 | Feel the Asian Beat. Family Day: Feel the Asian Beat. Groove to the rhythms of Asia - Indian Dhol, Japanese Taiko, Indonesian Gamelan - and then mak… (Miscellaneous) |
| 04/07/07 | Welcome Spring with Persian Panache. Family Day: Welcome Spring with Persian Panache. It's Norouz, the Persian New Year. Learn about the haft sin and the seven aus… (Miscellaneous) |
| 05/05/07 | Asian American Dance Remix Party. Family Day: Asian American Dance Remix Party. Let's get this party started with dance workshops in hula, bhangra and break danc… (Miscellaneous) |
| 02/09/10 | Changing Gears in China and the US, with Peter Hessler. Join Peter Hessler and journalist Emily Parker for a lively and insightful conversation on life in a rapidly changing contempora… (Community) |
| 03/11/10 | New Destiny Housing Annual Cocktail Benefit. New Destiny Housing Corporation creates long-term sercurity and stability for low-income families and indviduals at risk of dome… (Community - Fundraiser / Benefit) 646-472-0262. |
| 04/06/10 | The Quiet in the Land. Writers, curators, and artists Carol Becker, Ann Hamilton, and France Morin reflect on the four-year innovative project The Quie… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-288-6400. |
| 04/21/10 | J'accuse: Dreyfus in Our Time. Jacqueline Rose will offer a new interpretation of Dreyfus, while also investigating what the affair tells us about the public r… (Community - Lecture) 212-279-4200. |
| 05/14/10 | Wo Ai Ni Mommy. Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy is the compelling story of a young Chinese girl's journey from an orphanage in Guangzhou, China to a… (Educational - Documentary Film) 212-288-6400. |
| 06/18/10 06/19/10 | Nine Lives - In Search of the Sacred in Modern South Asia. Featuring William Dalrymple, Paban Das Baul and the Bauls Of Bengal, Shah Jo Raag Fakir, Susheela Raman and Chandu Pannicker The… (Performance) 212-517-ASIA. |
| 07/21/10 | Author Conversation: The Empress and The Publisher. Author Hannah Pakula and Publisher Alan Brinkley talk about the complex ties between American publishing giant Henry Luce and th… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-288-6400. |
| 09/09/10 | Tokyo! Look!. Fashionable trends on the streets of Tokyo have inspired oohs and aahs in international media. Celebrating New York Fashion Wee… (Retail - Fashion Show / Fair) 212-288-6400. |
| 09/24/10 | Fatima Bhutto: Songs Of Blood And Sword: A Daughter's Memoir. Bhutto will talk with Steve Coll, President of New America Foundation and author of The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the Ame… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-288-6400. |
| 09/25/10 | Shonen Knife. The Japanese all-women trio Shonen Knife has built a solid worldwide following with their Ramones meets the Beatles brand of sti… (Arts - Concerts) |
| 09/30/10 | Gurcharan Das: The Difficulty of Being Good. In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das turns to one of the world's great works of moral philosophy and a cornerstone of… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-288-6400. |
| 10/15/10 | Cosplay Competition. Strut your stuff and celebrate manga, anime, and more by dressing up as your favorite character. Win prizes from AsiaStore, For… (Miscellaneous) |
| 10/29/10 | Live From Tokyo. This documentary takes the viewer through the back streets in Shinjuku, the intersections in Shibuya, the alleys in Koenji, and… (Educational - Documentary Film) |
| 11/05/10 11/12/10 12/03/10 More... | Film Series: Japanese Cinema 1960s. This series showcases a sampling of films representative of this period. (All films in Japanese with English subtitles)pm. (Performance - Movies) |
| 11/18/10 | Reza Aslan - Tablet and Pen, A New Anthology of Literature from the Middle East. Reza Aslan introduces this anthology spanning the years 1910-2010 and showcasing the tumultuous changes in literary culture acro… (Community - Book Club / Book Talk) 212-517-5742. |
| 01/08/11 | Hogaku. The popular performance Hogaku: New Sounds of Japan returns to Asia Society. Pushing the boundaries between contemporary and tr… (Arts - Concerts) |
| 01/11/11 | Nixon in China, Hu in America - A Conversation with Peter Sellars and Orville Schell. Join theatrical director Peter Sellars and Orville Schell, Director of Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations, as they disc… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) |
| 07/26/11 | China's Avant Garde in the East Village. Artists reflect on the 1980's East Village scene that nurtured some of contemporary China's most important cultural figures. Thi… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-517-2472. |
| 07/10/12 | President's Forum: An Evening with Maya Soetoro-Ng. Educator and advocate for global education, President Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, joins Asia Society President Vishakh… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) 212-288-6400. |
| 08/03/13 | Special Screening: "Our Homeland". The Korea Society and Asian American International Film Festival co-present "Our Homeland." Sung-ho arrives in Japan, but his st… (Festivals - Film Festival) |
| 10/28/13 | Meet the Author: Goli Taraghi. One of today's most accomplished writers from Iran, Goli Taraghi in conversation with Brigid Hughes, A Public Space. Followed by… (Community - Lecture) 212-517-2742. |
| 11/02/13 11/09/13 11/12/13 More... | Iranian New Wave 1960s-1970s. This film series features rarely screened films of the Iranian New Wave, an exceptional film movement that took place before the… (Festivals - Film Festival) 212-517-2742. |
| 12/04/13 | Meet the Author - Shattering the Stereotypes of Iran and Iranians Through Fiction. Four Iranian-American writers-Salar Abdoh, Anita Amirrezvani, Persis Karim, and Dalia Sofer -offer a bracing counter-narrative t… (Community - Jewish) |
| 12/07/13 | Sound: The Encounter, New Music from Iran and Syria. Saeid Shanbehzadeh, neyanban (Iranian bagpipe), neyjoti (flute), boogh horns, dance, vocal Basel Rajoub, saxophones, duclar Nagh… (Arts - Concerts) |
| 08/06/14 | Song of the Jasmine Artist Talk. Ranee Ramaswamy, Aparna Ramaswamy, and Rudresh Mahanthappa, co-creators of Ragamala Dance's Song of the Jasmine, engage in conve… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) |
| 09/10/14 | Xiaolu Guo - 'I Am China'. Join Xiaolu Guo for a conversation with Orville Schell, Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society, on her w… (Community - Lecture) 212-288-6400. |
| 11/05/14 | An Evening with Writers from Myanmar. An evening of readings and conversation with preeminent writers of Myanmar on a rare visit to the United States. Writers include… (Community - Lecture) 212-517-2742. |
| 05/04/15 | Monkey Business: Japan/America Writers' Dialogue in Words and Pictures. Join the annual conversation between contemporary Japanese and American authors in which Asia Society hosts an international dia… (Community - Panel Discussion / Forum) |
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