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Four teenage boys jump and dance together in front of a crashing wave in a still image from Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 1983 film 'The Boys from Fengkuei'.
In-person
Film

The Boys from Fengkuei

08 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Asia Society kicks off a new monthly series titled 'Films to See Before You Die' with a 35mm screening of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'The Boys from Fengkuei', cited by the director as a favorite among his own works.
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a still from the show, concert of mountains and seas
In-person
Performance

Duration of Mountains and Seas (穿越·山海经): Musical Showcase

11 Jan 2025
7 - 9 p.m.
Join us for a musical showcase combining Chinese and electronic music in a performance that reimagines an ancient Chinese classic with mythic beings and vast geographies—bringing together nature and technology, past and future in sound.
U.S. flag and Japanese flag
In-person
Conference
 /  Asia Society Policy Institute

The Japan-U.S. Alliance at a Pivotal Moment: Implications for the Global Partnership Under New Leaders

15 Jan 2025
8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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Join us for a two-part conference convened by the Asia Society Policy Institute, with support from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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a composite of author pico iyer (right) and the cover of "aflame"
In-person
Meet the Author

Aflame by Pico Iyer: Book Launch

22 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8 p.m.
How can silence teach us more than any text, and offer us a common space in an ever more divided and despairing world? Pico Iyer discusses his latest book, Aflame, "a transfixing mix of meditation and storytelling", with William Green.
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children participating in a lion dance at Asia Society
In-person
Family Activity

Moon Over Manhattan: Lunar New Year Family Day 2025

25 Jan 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Year of the Snake on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Ring in the new year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia.
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Lionel Barber and cover of his book Gambling Man
In-person
Meet the Author

Gambling Man: Lionel Barber on Softbank’s Masayoshi Son

30 Jan 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Lionel Barber discusses "Gambing Man," the first western biography of Softbank's Masayoshi Son, with award-winning journalist and author Sheelah Kolhatkar.
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Events

In-person
Film

The Boys from Fengkuei

08 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Asia Society kicks off a new monthly series titled 'Films to See Before You Die' with a 35mm screening of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'The Boys from Fengkuei', cited by the director as a favorite among his own works.
Buy Tickets
In-person
Performance

Duration of Mountains and Seas (穿越·山海经): Musical Showcase

11 Jan 2025
7 - 9 p.m.
Join us for a musical showcase combining Chinese and electronic music in a performance that reimagines an ancient Chinese classic with mythic beings and vast geographies—bringing together nature and technology, past and future in sound.
In-person
Meet the Author

Aflame by Pico Iyer: Book Launch

22 Jan 2025
6:30 - 8 p.m.
How can silence teach us more than any text, and offer us a common space in an ever more divided and despairing world? Pico Iyer discusses his latest book, Aflame, "a transfixing mix of meditation and storytelling", with William Green.
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In-person
Family Activity

Moon Over Manhattan: Lunar New Year Family Day 2025

25 Jan 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Year of the Snake on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Ring in the new year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia.
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In-person
Meet the Author

Gambling Man: Lionel Barber on Softbank’s Masayoshi Son

30 Jan 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Lionel Barber discusses "Gambing Man," the first western biography of Softbank's Masayoshi Son, with award-winning journalist and author Sheelah Kolhatkar.
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In-person

Moral

12 Feb 2025
6:30 - 9 p.m.
The second entry in Asia Society's monthly series "Films to See Before You Die". Four Filipina women navigate friendship and adulthood against a backdrop of martial rule in the late Marilou Diaz-Abaya's frank and unapologetic melodrama.
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The Eternal Breasts

12 Mar 2025
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Kinuyo Tanaka's 1955 masterpiece 'The Eternal Breasts', based on the life of tanka poet Fumiko Nakajō, screens on an imported 35mm print from the Japan Foundation as part of our ongoing monthly series "Films to See Before You Die".
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In-person
Family Activity

Spring Into Nowruz: Family Day 2025

15 Mar 2025
1 - 4 p.m.
Join us in welcoming the Persian New Year at our Nowruz Family Day on Saturday, March 15, 2025, 1 - 4 p.m. Celebrate the start of Spring and learn about Nowruz with interactive workshops, performances, crafts, storytelling, and more!
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In-person
Meet the Author

Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2025

03 Mei 2025
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
"A safe place for dangerous ideas", the Lahore Literary Festival returns to Asia Society New York, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists, writers, and other experts.
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