Memories from Golden Song: Living Room Listening with Chinatown Records 金曲回憶：華埠錄音的共享客廳聆聽會
Think!Chinatown hosts Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 for a special living room listening with superstar aunties from Knickerbocker Village. Together with yiuyiu 瑶瑶 (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan), we’ll share music, memories, and a debut screening of Memories from Golden Song 金曲回憶. Bring your favorite song, join the soundtrack, and meet our neighborhood superstars. —RSVP here!
"Our Journeys" Story Slam w/ Vietnamese Boat People
Think!Chinatown welcomes Vietnamese Boat People for their 6th annual — and first in-person — Story Slam: My Journey. Five storytellers will share powerful tales of migration, identity, love, loss, and healing. Join us for an evening of live storytelling, community, and connection as part of the Our Journeys exhibition. —RSVP here
LES Arts & Culture Open House
As part of the LES Arts & Culture Open House, stop by Think!Chinatown’s studio to experience two special projects. Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall shares memories and reflections of former Vietnamese refugees, while How to Chinatown: Tofu Edition invites you to explore Chinatown’s culinary traditions with a tofu-themed walking tour zine made by neighborhood aunties and uncles. Enjoy tofu snacks and single origin Vietnamese tea from Anna Ye Tea as you take in both projects. This event is open to everyone — come by, explore, and join in. —More Info
Autumn Renewal: Breath, Sound & Herbs w/ Kamwo Meridian
Join T!C and Kamwo Meridian Herbs for an evening of tea, sound, and seasonal practices to strengthen immunity and restore balance this autumn. Experience ear seeding, an Autumn Reflection & Renewal of Breath with herbalist Olivia Choi, and a soothing sound bath with Benny Spott. We’ll close with an herbal talk full of recipes and tips for the cooler months. — RSVP here!
Open Dance Class w/Red Silk Dancers 紅綢舞蹈團民俗舞蹈工作坊
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Red Silk Dancers with a joyful Chinese dance class in Seward Park! All levels are welcome as we warm up, move to music, and try traditional props like ribbons and fans. The class will close with a short demo from Red Silk Dancers’ anniversary program. Volunteers will be onsite to guide you, with alternate indoor locations available if needed. — RSVP here
Puppets on Pell 披露街上的戲偶
Step onto Pell Street for a lively afternoon of puppetry with Chinese Theatre Works in their new show Hao Bang Ah! Snake! Enjoy exquisite hand puppetry, shadow theater, and bilingual performance, with guest appearances by Uncle John and Goo Goo. Performances are ~30 minutes at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm outside the historic First Chinese Baptist Church. Bring family and friends for this joyful celebration of puppetry, history, and community — free and open to all! — More info
Chinatown Modern Dance Legacies: Hsueh Tung Chen 紀念陳學同：唐人街現代舞先驅
Join us for an evening reflecting on the life and legacy of choreographer H.T. Chen, a cultural pillar of New York’s Chinatown, whose work bridged Asian traditions and American modern dance. At this intimate gathering, his artistic and life partner Dian Dong will share memories, rare video footage and images of Chen’s career and discuss his lasting influence. The program includes a live mini-performance by Chen & Dancers of “Needle and Thread”offering a glimpse of how his legacy continues to inspire. —RSVP here!
Photo by Christopher Duggan
Disciples of the Pear Garden*: NYC Cantonese Opera Histories 梨園兒女：紐約之粵劇歷史
Step behind the scenes into the tradition of Cantonese opera in America, a legacy that has been part of New York’s story for over 170 years. This special evening brings that history to life with Dr. Nancy Yunhwa Rao sharing from her new book Inside Chinese Theater, theater artist Ping Chong and his sister Betty Chong reflecting on their family’s opera roots, and performer Mee Mee Chin presenting vintage costumes and classic songs. Copies of Dr. Rao’s book will be available for signing, with tea and traditional opera snacks to enjoy. —RSVP here
PÀO PÀO: A Fermentation Make & Taste Workshop
There are two time slots for this workshop: Session 1 is from 11AM-12:30PM | Session 2 is from 2:30-4PM
Learn the centuries-old tradition of Chinese pickling through a guided tasting of preserved vegetables from Chinatown small businesses, then assemble your own paocai jar of tangy, savory vegetables and spices to take home. Discover how paocai shapes everyday cooking across the Chinese diaspora and leave with the skills to continue fermenting in your own kitchen. —Get your tickets!
Chinatown Arts Festival Finale: Musical Showcase + MOONSquare Celebration 心目華埠文化節閉幕：音樂展示會 + 《月餅盒》参與式藝術展覽開幕
Join us for the Festival Finale of the Chinatown Arts Festival! Enjoy an evening of live music with four featured acts plus special performances by Victor Lin and Taiyo Na. The night also opens our annual MOONSquare group exhibition, showcasing new work from community visual artists. We’ll celebrate all of this year’s Arts Fest artists with a festive reception at Think!Chinatown’s studio. —RSVP here!
Mid-Autumn Festival: Family Program at Tenement Museum
Come celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival past and present with the Tenement Museum in partnership with Think!Chinatown. In this new family program, we will visit the Wong family apartment and learn from Think!Chinatown about holiday traditions. You will also get to make art inspired by the holiday, try your luck at a Mid-Autumn game, and taste two different types of mooncakes!
This program is specifically intended for family audiences with children ages 5-12. — Get your tickets!
Afternoon Tea: Mid-Autumn Edition 下午茶：中秋特輯
There are two timeslots for this program: [Session 1] 1-2:30PM [Session 2] 3:30-5PM. In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, join us for an afternoon of tasting and tradition. We’ll explore mooncakes from across regions—flaky Cantonese styles, delicate snowskin, and rich Southeast Asian and Fujianese varieties—paired with loose-leaf teas chosen to complement their flavors. Practice gongfu tea service - Get your ticket here
Garden Concert: Trio from Chinese Music Ensemble 花園音樂會：紐約中國民族樂團三重奏表演
Enjoy a performance of classical Chinese music in the beautiful Elizabeth Street Garden as part of the Chinatown Arts Festival. A trio from the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York — featuring the yangqin, erhu, and pipa — will share the richness of traditional Chinese instrumental music. Presented in partnership with Elizabeth Street Garden. All are welcome to drop in — no RSVP needed. —More Info
Chinatown Arts Festival Opening Block Party with Chinatown Records & Friends 心目華埠文化節揭幕街頭派對 ft.華埠錄音和朋友
Chinatown Arts Festival opens with a special block party. Come by the Mosco St newsstand to get your copy of the Chinatown Arts Fest brochures that will be hot off the press. Snap your “red carpet” photo moment with friends and neighbors at this special opening. Soundtracked by Chinatown Records & friends, it’ll be an afternoon of dancing (and singing along) to remember! Free with no RSVP required, this event is rain or shine ~ see you there —More Info
Our Journeys: Final Gallery Hours
OUR JOURNEYS: 50 YEARS AFTER THE FALL
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
OUR JOURNEYS: 50 YEARS AFTER THE FALL
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
OUR JOURNEYS: 50 YEARS AFTER THE FALL
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Author Meet & Greet
AUTHOR MEET & GREET AND BOOK SIGNING
Join us for a special Author Meet & Greet celebrating the Vietnamese diaspora. Enjoy live readings, get your books signed, and connect directly with the writers behind these powerful stories.
While you’re here, explore Our Journeys—a multimedia exhibition presented by Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. Through personal narratives, artifacts, and art, the exhibition offers an intimate look at memory, resilience, and the Vietnamese American experience.
Featured Authors: Amy M. Le, Kimberly Nguyen, Ly Tran
Free, Space is limited
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
OUR JOURNEYS: 50 YEARS AFTER THE FALL
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Gallery Hours
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
About the Exhibition
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) presents Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall, a multimedia storytelling exhibition honoring the resilience and memories of the Vietnamese diaspora.
Through oral histories, personal artifacts, and community reflections, Our Journeys traces the emotional, historical, and cultural threads of migration across generations. Visitors will encounter refugee stories following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, explore objects of memory, media loops, and a global map to trace their own journeys. Conversation cards invite intergenerational dialogue and contributions to VBP’s digital archive.
At its heart, the exhibition shows storytelling as both inheritance and offering—a bridge between past and future, pain and resilience.
Think!Chinatown Studio — 1 Pike Street, New York, NY 10002
Our Journeys: Curator’s Tour
A Storytelling Exhibition by Vietnamese Boat People
Fifty years later, the Vietnamese refugee story is not just history—it is still being written.
Our Journeys is a traveling exhibition that amplifies the voices of our community across generations. Through artifacts, oral histories, and an interactive experience, it shows how stories of flight, survival, and resilience continue to shape our families and our future.
On this Curator’s Tour with Exhibition Director Sophia Ma (@soph.ma), you’ll walk through the exhibition with the person who helped bring it to life. Hear the stories behind the objects, learn about the team’s vision and how this living archive was built, and discover how you can be part of carrying it forward.
✨Every tour, every conversation, every reflection helps keep our stories alive.
Our Journeys is open all month-long Fridays from 3-6pm, Sat-Sun from 1-5pm. Visit the Check out the exhibition and featured events ▶️vietnameseboatpeople.org/exhibition
Winged Seeds: Closing Party
We’re closing out Jia Sung’s Winged Seeds with a final gathering in the gallery. Come spend time with the exhibition, revisit the portraits and embroidered frames, and share space with the community that helped shape this work.
The doors will be open from 6 to 8pm—drop in, take your time, and be part of the show’s last day.
Special Viewing w/Artist Jia Sung
A closer look at Winged Seeds with the artist behind the work. Jia Sung will be present to share more about the painted portraits, stitched frames, and stories that shaped the exhibition—drawn from community workshops, family archives, and diasporic memory.
This is a quiet moment to experience the work with the artist, hear about the collaborative process, and reflect on the connections between ecology, identity, and inheritance.
Block Party
We’re back with season 4 of Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 at the historic newsstand on Mosco Street! Bringing it home this year, Think!Chinatown x Chinatown Records stack the lineup with Chinatown DJs new and old, as our neighborhood DJ yiuyiu 瑤瑤 trains up our next generation DJ historians to rock the block alongside her.
The block is heating back up with a long-awaited reunion between ✨ Haoran Chen 浩然 & yiuyiu 瑤瑤 ✨ We’re bringing it back to our first season of Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 in 2022, when they first soundtracked Mosco Street with Chinatown’s favorite songs as new, fresh DJs. Look at them now!
Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 is a neighborhood block party for the whole family at the historic newsstand at Mott & Mosco Streets. Pulling from the ever-growing archive of the Chinatown Records project, YiuYiu 瑶瑶 shares some of her favorite Chinatown records inherited from her family and neighbors. All along the way, YiuYiu 瑶瑶 invites guest DJ’s and artists to celebrate the music, culture, and histories that connect communities, across generations and borders.
Winged Seeds Zine Launch
Winged Seeds Zine Launch with artist Jia Sung
It’s an evening of art, ideas, and entanglements—join us for the launch of Winged Seeds, the exhibition catalogue that brings the textures of the show to your fingertips. This celebratory gathering brings together artist Jia Sung and graphic designer Rey Carlson in conversation, as they share the behind-the-scenes journey of crafting the zine—threading together themes of ecological interconnection, collaborative textiles, and visual storytelling.
Published and printed by Endless Editions, Winged Seeds is more than a catalogue—it’s a piece of the exhibition you can take home.
Swing by 6–8 PM on July 15 at Think!Chinatown’s studio on 1 Pike Street—no RSVP needed. Just come as you are.
Zines will be available for purchase on-site. Come pick up a copy, say hello, and celebrate the threads that connect us all.
Event is free and open to all.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Dance Party with Grant Avenue Follies & Chinatown Records
Presented by Think!Chinatown and Chinatown Cha-Cha Film, it’s a Chinatown dance party where vinyl meets nostalgic glamour! San Francisco’s Grant Avenue Follies will kick us off with a cha-cha dance performance followed by a dance party with songs and records from NYC's Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 archive! — Pay-as-you-wish RSVP required!
Winged Seeds Gallery Hours
Visit weekly gallery hours for Think!Chinatown’s newest exhibition, Winged Seeds by artist Jia Sung. Winged Seeds brings together painting and collaborative textile to explore the layered histories of Manhattan’s Chinatown—a neighborhood shaped by migration and gentrification, adaptation and erasure. Free with no RSVP required.
Artist Info Session: Chinatown Connection’s “Gateway” Project
Join us for an artist info session for the Chinatown Connections: Chinatown Welcome Gateway project. Think!Chinatown will provide important contextual information on the project, site, and history of gateways in Chinatown, and speak about the importance of cultural placemaking. Marvel Architects and NYCEDC will also share about the project, selection process, and answer any questions. — Free with RSVP required!