First Friday Leo Bar: Celebrate Pride Month
VIEW EVENT DETAILSKick off Pride Month at Asia Society!
In celebration of Pride Month, we present a special edition of our monthly Friday Leo Bar party with special guests Tobin Low and Kathy Tu, hosts of WNYC's critically acclaimed podcast Nancy, actor BD Wong, DJ Tito_Vida of the "Slaysian" party crew BUBBLE_T, and performers Wo Chan, Agent Wednesday, and Sundari The Indian Goddess!
In addition to free admission to the galleries, tours of Asia Society Museum's current exhibitions, and food and drink specials, join a live show of Nancy, in which Tobin and Kathy will engage in a conversation about the queer experience today. We'll end the night with a lively drag and burlesque performance!
- NANCY: A Live Show of the WNYC Podcast with special guest BD Wong
(show from 7–8:15 p.m. — free admission; registration required) - FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION
- EXHIBITION TOURS
- DRINK SPECIALS by Great Performances
(happy hour prices from 6–7 p.m.) - ASIAN-INSPIRED BITES
- MUSIC by DJ Tito_Vida
- PERFORMANCES by drag artists Wo Chan, Sundari The Indian Goddess, and burlesque entertainer Agent Wednesday
- ASIASTORE DISCOUNTS
Free admission. Cash bar.
Registration is required to attend the live show of Nancy (7–8:15 p.m.) Register here.
About Nancy:
Nancy is a critically acclaimed podcast featuring queer stories and conversations, which is hosted by two best friends, neither of whom are named Nancy. It’s a podcast about how we define ourselves and the journey it takes to get there.
Exhibitions on View:
Reza Aramesh: 12 noon, Monday 5 August 1, 1963
Through August 4, 2019
Reza Aramesh examines the power imbalance between captor and captive and the aestheticization of violence in media coverage of wartime atrocities.
M.F. Husain: Art and the Nation
Through August 4, 2019
An exhibition focused on M.F. Husain's mural-sized painting Lightning, created for then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Congress Party public rally in 1975.
Masterpieces from the Asia Society Museum Collection
Through August 4, 2019
This exhibition features a selection of the finest artworks from the renowned Asia Society Museum Collection.
DJ
DJ Tito_Vida is a co-founding member of the collaborative creative community known as BUBBLE_T and founder of the dance party #BodyRollsBK. He's a Filipino kid committed to making you move and groove, one dance floor at a time! Instagram: @tito_vida, @bubble____t, @pedro.vidallon.
This spring, Asia Society presents Asian in America — a series of public events, performances, conversations, and celebrations of the remarkably diverse experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States.
Event Details
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021