What’s On – Museum of Chinese in America

July 2022

New Date: MOCAKIDS Storytime: When Words Fail, Music Speaks! Afternoon Session

July 28, 2022, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

New Date: MOCAKIDS Storytime: When Words Fail, Music Speaks! Morning Session

July 28, 2022, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

MOCA at Corlears Hook Park Family Fun Fest

July 16, 2022, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

MOCACREATE with Teaching Artist Yu Rong: Behind the Seams 接缝之下

July 9, 2022, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

June 2022

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: a Champion, a Fighter, and a Dreamer

June 23, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

[SOLD OUT] 囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 19, 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

[SOLD OUT] 囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 18, 2022, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

[SOLD OUT] 囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 17, 2022, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

[SOLD OUT] 囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 16, 2022, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 12, 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

[SOLD OUT] 囍 Double Happiness: An Original Immersive MOCA Production

June 11, 2022, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Chinese Opera Craft Pack Pick-Up

June 5, 2022, 3:00 pm – June 22, 2022, 6:00 pm

Dragon Boat Family Festival!

June 4, 2022, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Virtual Dragon Boat Family Festival!

June 3, 2022 – June 9, 2022

Now In-Person! MOCAKIDS Pride Month: Drag Story Hour with Yuhua Hamasaki in Cantonese & English

June 2, 2022, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

MOCA presents at Amplifying Multilingual Voices and Learning in K-12 Education

June 1, 2022, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

May 2022

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: What’s in a Name?

May 26, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

MOCACREATE with Teaching Artist Yu Rong: Bao-ntiful Food Memories in Clay

May 21, 2022, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA at Kids ROAR!

May 21, 2022, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MOCA at Teens Take the Met!

May 20, 2022, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Love Yourself!

May 12, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Run with MOCA! Join a MOCA NYC Marathon Team Information Session

May 10, 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCA at P.S. 130’s Health Fair & Family Day

May 7, 2022, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

MOCAKIDS: Drag Story Hour with Yuhua Hamasaki in Cantonese & English [VIRTUAL]

May 5, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Casting Call for Double Happiness

An Original MOCA Production

May 2, 2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Meet & Greet with Margaret Chiu Greanias & Tracy Subisak

May 1, 2022, 11:00 am – 11:30 am

April 2022

Casting Call for Double Happiness

An Original MOCA Production

April 30, 2022, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCA TALKS: You Are Not Alone–Creating Space for Mental Health

April 27, 2022, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Bloom into Spring!

April 14, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

MOCAKIDS: Drag Story Hour with Yuhua Hamasaki in Cantonese & English

April 2, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

March 2022

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: She Believed She Could, So She Did

March 24, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

By Your Side at MOCA

March 19, 2022, 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

By Your Side at MOCA

March 18, 2022, 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm

By Your Side at MOCA

March 17, 2022, 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm

By Your Side at MOCA

March 17, 2022, 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm

MOCAKIDS: Drag Story Hour with Yuhua Hamasaki in Cantonese & English

March 17, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Improv Night at MOCA

March 10, 2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Try, Try, Try Again

March 10, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA MIXOLOGY: Craft Cocktails at Leaf Bar & Lounge

March 9, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MOCA TALKS: Mae Ngai in conversation with Beth Lew-Williams

March 2, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

February 2022

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Dare to Dream!

February 24, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA TALKS with John Wang: Founder of the Queens Night Market and Co-author of its Award-Winning Cookbook

February 22, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCA TALKS with Abigail Hing Wen: Loveboat Reunion

February 15, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS: Making Tang Yuan for the Lantern Festival with Ye Ye

February 14, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MOCA TALKS with Terry Lautz

Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic

February 10, 2022, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Lunar New Year Family Festival: Year of the Tiger

February 4, 2022 – February 11, 2022

MOCA COOKS

Damn Good Dumplings with Chris Cheung

February 3, 2022, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCA TALKS

Chinese Almanac – Year of the Tiger with Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith

February 2, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Michele Wong McSween

February 1, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCAKIDS The Mane Event: Lion Dance Workshop with United East Athletics Association

February 1, 2022, 11:00 am – 11:45 am

January 2022

MOCA COOKS

Chocolate-Hazelnut Macau-Style Cookies with Kristina Cho

January 27, 2022, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Ringing in the New Year!

January 27, 2022, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Celebrate Lunar New Year Craft Pack Pick-Up

January 27, 2022, 3:00 pm – February 13, 2022, 6:00 pm

MOCA Spotlight Series

Gish Jen

January 25, 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

December 2021

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home! The Sky is the Limit!

December 9, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

The Art of Healing Festival 2021 @ the Shuang Wen School

Stop the Hate: A Festival of Healing and Uniting Through Creative Arts

December 4, 2021, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

November 2021

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Michelle Wang

November 18, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Community & Identity: Exploring Chinese American Experiences in Literature

Professional Learning Workshop

November 8, 2021, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Bitty Bao

November 4, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

October 2021

MOCA Teahouse Reading Club

Facing Mental Health as Asian Americans

October 26, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

2021 Archives Education Institute

October 23, 2021, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home! Hats Off to You!

October 21, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

自由鸟, 1994 年和 1995 年。纸浆、折叠纸、胶水和彩色记号笔。美国华人博物馆馆藏 1996.61.
Freedom Birds, ca. 1994 & 1995. Papier-mache, folded paper, glue, and colored marker. MOCA Collection 1996.61.

谈家常 Reflections on the Everyday

摺紙探索 Paper Folding Explorations

October 20, 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

MOCA Joins Fareed Zakaria Nationwide Event on U.S.- China Relations

October 19, 2021, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

MOCA and the New York Chinese Cultural Center Present “HOME”

October 16, 2021, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Listen with MOCA

Album Release Party of Huang Ruo’s A Dust In Time

October 15, 2021, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home! Reel it In!

October 14, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

September 2021

Mini Mid-Autumn Celebration for Families

September 18, 2021, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Mid-Autumn Moon Gazing!

September 16, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Virtual Mid-Autumn Family Festival

September 16, 2021 – September 21, 2021

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Wow! Workers!

September 9, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

August 2021

An Unlikely Photojournalist: Emile Bocian in Chinatown

On view at the Center for Jewish History!

August 23, 2021 – February 21, 2022

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Back-to-School Buddies!

August 19, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home: Row, Row, Row Your (Dragon) Boat!

August 5, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Virtual Dragon Boat Family Festival!

August 2, 2021 – August 6, 2021

July 2021

Dragon Boat Family Festival: Afternoon Session!

July 31, 2021, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Dragon Boat Family Festival: Morning Session!

July 31, 2021, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Photo Credit: Monkey King by author and illustrator Ed Young

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Stories Are For Sharing

July 22, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA Ninth Annual Golf Outing

Liberty National Golf Club

July 19, 2021

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Colorful Collages

July 8, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

June 2021

MOCA Teahouse Reading Club:

In Search of Queer Asian Histories

June 22, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Love for Everyone

June 10, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

May 2021

Brian Kuan Wood (left) and Andrew Rebatta (right)

MOCA Curators in Conversation

Brian Kuan Wood

May 27, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Family Near & Far

May 27, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Courtesy of Museum At Eldridge Street

Activism, Athletics & Advice: Immigrant Newspapers in NYC

May 20, 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Meet & Greet with Author Oliver Chin and Illustrator Juan Calle

May 20, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

MOCA Teahouse Reading Club

Hearing Our Asian American Sisters

May 18, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Love from Head to Toe

May 13, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Chinese American Museum of Chicago

MOCA Treasures on the Road

Soo Lon Moy and Andrea Stamm, Chinese American Museum of Chicago

May 12, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet with Julie Leung

May 6, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA Spotlight Series

Dr. David K. Lam

May 5, 2021, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

April 2021

MOCAKIDS Storytime @ Home!

Love in a Big, Warm Bowl

April 29, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Virtual Educator Open House

April 21, 2021, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime @ Home

画龙！画龙！Drawing Dragons!

April 15, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA Curators in Conversation

Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe

April 13, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCA Spotlight Series

Richard Lui

April 9, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCA X GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY

Qing Ming: Remembering Our Ancestors with Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith

April 1, 2021, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

March 2021

MOCA Curators in Conversation

Christopher K. Ho

March 30, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCA Spotlight Series

Jane Chu, Ph.D.

March 25, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Extraordinary, Magical Pebbles

March 25, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

A Special Day with a Special Person

March 11, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA Teahouse Reading Club

Surging Violence Against Asian Americans

March 9, 2021, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

February 2021

Published home cook Tina Yao's recipes are featured in Anna Gass' Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women

MOCA COOKS

Auntie Tina’s Tang Yuan/Sweet Rice Balls

February 26, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

YAO FAMILY WINES

Lunar New Year Celebration and Fundraiser with Chef Martin Yan

February 25, 2021, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Fun for the Lantern Festival!

February 25, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

MOCA TREASURES ON THE ROAD

Sonia Ng of the China Alley Preservation Society (Hanford, CA)

February 24, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Jeff Lam and Eddy Buckingham, owners of Chinese Tuxedo and the Tyger. Photo by Emma Cleary.

MOCA MIXOLOGY

Festive Cocktail HONG BAO with Eddy Buckingham of The Tyger

February 22, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MOCA SPOTLIGHT SERIES

The Honorable State Senator Mae Yih

February 19, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MOCA x PRIVATE POLICY

New York Fashion Week Collaboration Launch Virtual Party and LNY Celebration

February 15, 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Lunar New Year Family Festival!

February 11, 2021 – February 19, 2021

MOCA COOKS

Pan-Fried Noodles with Wilson Tang and Chef Julie Cole of Nom Wah Tea Parlor

February 10, 2021, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

MOCACREATE at Home: Lunar New Year Home Makeover!

February 5, 2021

MOCA TALKS: Chinese Almanac

Year of the Ox with Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith

February 3, 2021, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

January 2021

MOCAKIDS Storytime at Home!

Winter Wonderland

January 14, 2021, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

December 2020

MOCA 40 Virtual Year-End Special Event

with Keynote Speaker Dr. Angela Duckworth

December 17, 2020, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

October 2020

Vera Chow, Untitled, 2020

Windows for Chinatown

Five sidewalk exhibits exploring MOCA’s archive!

October 15, 2020 – July 1, 2021

November 2019

2019 MOCA Legacy Award Gala

November 13, 2019, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

October 2019

The Chinese Helped Build the Railroad – The Railroad Helped Build America

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad

October 17, 2019 – March 21, 2021

Teapot from China excavated from Los Angeles’ Old Chinatown archeological site, ca. 1900. Courtesy of Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

Gathering

Collecting and Documenting Chinese American History

October 17, 2019 – March 21, 2021

July 2019

2019 MOCA Golf Outing

July 11, 2019

June 2019

(L-R) Nancy Yao Maasbach, MOCA President; Wellington Chen, executive director of Chinatown Partnership; Marcella Chin Dear, Catherine Lee Young and Norma Chu of Ging Hawk Club; Margaret Lam, philanthropist; Stevie Huynh, Nicholas Anderson and Pedro Vidallon of Bubble_T; Jonathan Chu, MOCA Board co-chair

2019 MOCA Celebration of Community Heroes

June 12, 2019, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

May 2019

The Moon Represents My Heart

Music, Memory and Belonging

May 2, 2019 – September 29, 2019

October 2018

Radical Machines

Chinese in the Information Age

October 18, 2018 – March 24, 2019

New York Chinatown (1981-1984)

Interior Lives

Photographs of Chinese Americans in the 1980s by Bud Glick

October 18, 2018 – March 24, 2019

April 2018

Zhang Hongtu, Story of One Circle, 1983, Ink, gouache and acrylic on rice paper, Courtesy of the artist

Chinese Medicine in America

Converging Ideas, People and Practices

April 26, 2018 – September 16, 2018

On the Shelves of Kam Wah Chung

General Store and Apothecary in John Day, Oregon

April 26, 2018 – September 9, 2018

October 2017

Sailboat (Golden Venture, Golden Vision), 1995, folded magazine pages, rolled and cut white paper, cardboard, thread, liquid glue and colored marker, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collections

FOLD

Golden Venture Paper Sculptures

October 5, 2017 – March 25, 2018

October 2016

Heidi Lau, Chinese American, 2016

Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy

Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America

October 6, 2016 – September 25, 2017

September 2015

Poy Gum Lee at his desk

Chinese Style

Rediscovering the Architecture of Poy Gum Lee, 1923 – 1968

September 24, 2015 – January 31, 2016

SubUrbanisms

Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape

September 24, 2015 – January 31, 2016

September 2014

Waves of Identity

35 Years of Archiving

September 25, 2014 – March 1, 2015