Honoring AAPI Heritage Month, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an engaging event as we celebrate the launch of Dragon of Concrete Jungles (美港潛龍), a captivating journey that chronicles the lives of Sifu Yip Wing Hong and his son Jeffrey Yip across the dynamic landscapes of Hong Kong and New York City.

🖼️ Attend a gallery tour of With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America to immerse yourself in the long and nuanced history of the Chinese diaspora in the United States. Along the way, explore tools and strategies for incorporating Chinese American voices into your units of study.

👐 Participate in hands-on activities in MOCA’s special exhibition, Five Senses of Chinatown, to consider how to bring sensory and object-based inquiry into your classroom.

📚 Learn about museum gallery programs, neighborhood walking tours, AAPI children’s books, and classroom-ready resources that can enhance your Social Studies, English, and Humanities curricula.

Geared towards educators of students in grades 2-12.

1.5 CTLE hours provided to eligible participants.

In partnership with the Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation, the Museum of Chinese in America cordially invites you to a special AANHPI Heritage Month screening of the award-winning documentary, The Race Epidemic. This PBS-distributed film explores racism, xenophobia, hate, and violence that marginalized groups have faced throughout the history of America.

What sights, sounds, and flavors remind you of Chinatown? Join MOCA and author/illustrator Qing Zhuang for a MOCAKIDS Author Meet & Greet that is sure to awaken your senses!

Exercise ALL your senses with us at MOCA! Test your knowledge of sauces and spices, find places you recognize, and explore the neighborhood in a new way! Afterwards, join us for a fun MOCACREATE craft inspired by the exhibition. We’ll be crafting from 3 PM to 4 PM, so be ready with your best ideas.

Join us in celebrating Earth Day and spring, a season of renewal, by crafting blossoming paper flowers and colorful kites to reflect the beauty and spirit of our neighborhood! Then, we’ll brainstorm and sketch out our dream park. Flowers? Swings? The biggest slide ever? What would you add?

Honoring Women’s History Month, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a virtual discussion with Clarissa Wei, an acclaimed Taipei-based food journalist and author of Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation. This event will illustrate the rich tapestry of Taiwanese cuisine and bring Taiwan’s distinct culinary identity to the forefront.

Museum of Chinese in America launched its inaugural Performing-Artist-In-Residence program in summer 2023, and welcomed a cohort of 4 performing artists to generate a theme-based project. This year’s theme, The Past in the Present, encourages the resident artists to explore the legacies and traditions they’ve carried on and to create a project that reflects their identity, creativity, and inspirations.

Get ready to soar into the festivities as we welcome the Year of the Dragon with an afternoon of legendary fun for the whole family!

The Museum of Chinese in America cordially invites you to an engaging panel discussion on its special exhibition Five Senses of Chinatown, as part of our vibrant MOCA FEST 2024, commemorating the Lunar New Year. This guided conversation will provide an insider’s perspective on the curatorial process and our cross-departmental collaboration, offering a unique understanding of how each element comes together to tell the multisensory stories of Chinatown.

What does Chinatown sound like? And what do those sounds look like? Join MOCA in making art inspired by the sounds of our neighborhood and our special exhibition, Five Senses of Chinatown. What color is the sound of a basketball game or the shuffling of mahjong tiles? Is a sizzling wok a straight line or a curvy line? Let’s find out together!

Paint, build, craft, and collage with us! Inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and local artists, MOCACREATE explores different themes every month. MOCACREATE workshops are designed with families in mind, but all are welcome!

Chinese American composer Huang Ruo debuts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) with Angel Island, co-presented by BAM and the PROTOTYPE Festival, from January 11-13, 2024. This immersive multimedia performance, which melds opera, theater, dance, and music, revisits the significant yet harrowing history of the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay.

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What’s on your Thanksgiving table? Do you have turkey, duck, or hotpot… or maybe duck hotpot? Do you see lots of friends and family, or do you keep your celebration small? Share your Thanksgiving family traditions and add them to our communal table. Then make a harvest scene inspired by the season’s bounty using fruit and veggie scraps, foam, and other materials.

In light of the increasing distress since the peak of anti-Asian hate crimes, the Museum of Chinese in America continues its efforts to raise awareness of mental health and advocate for its importance to our individual and collective well-being through a series of public programs.

Topics of the symposium include:

Different roles of mental health professionals

Common concerns from family members

How can we reduce the stigma of seeking mental health care?

Does medication really help?

Breathing exercise

Join the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) for an afternoon dedicated to sharing immigrant stories. Experience a unique blend of jazz-infused Taiwanese folk songs and a dance theatre piece, delicately laced with feelings of joy and regret.

Location:

Central Library Branch of Queens Public Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432

Open House New York Weekend is an annual festival that opens hundreds of noteworthy or significant places across the five boroughs to foster discovery and delight for New Yorkers and visitors alike. On October 20-22, 2023, the 21st annual OHNY Weekend festival will offer a mix of in-person experiences, self-guided explorations, and digital content—inviting you to get an insider’s look at everything from single rooms, studios, factories, and public spaces to entire buildings, blocks, bike corridors, and waterways.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of MOCA’s Collections & Research Center and partake in a Q&A with Yue Ma, Director of the Collections and Research Center.

MOCA Workshop is the home base for MOCA’s fire recovery and conservation work, featuring state-of-the-art collections storage, a reference library, and digitization stations.

This fun-filled event promises an array of engaging activities for all ages.

Art-Making Workshops, Children's Theatre, and Gallery Tours

Join the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) for an afternoon dedicated to sharing immigrant stories. Experience a unique blend of jazz-infused Taiwanese folk songs and a dance theatre piece, delicately laced with feelings of joy and regret.

Mooncakes, magic, and the Jade Rabbit on the moon! Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, drop-in arts & crafts, mooncake making, and more!

DEAR JOHN is a solo show inspired by real life events. In 2011, an estranged father, “John,” reaches out to a long lost daughter for the first time… on Facebook. When he begins writing her letters, she doesn’t reply. For years. Until a sudden illness beckons her to reconcile with her previously unknown past. Find out more with the link below.

Using shaving cream and food dye, decorate dragon boat paddles inspired by the whirling waves of the water.

Watch the races and stop by our table to craft and learn a little about the legends, foods, and traditions that make up Duan Wu Jie, or the Dragon Boat Festival.

What’s a tangram? Learn about this popular Chinese puzzle and then design your own! Keep your mind sharp by arranging and rearranging its shapes to create countless beautiful patterns.

The Museum of Chinese in America is proud to welcome an aspiring playwright/director Nate Cozens to present a stage reading of his new play, DEBUT.

Nate Cozens (he/him) is a Filpino-American director and writer. He most recently directed a solo show titled Banana at Provincetown Theatre and I Like It Rough, a short play in National Queer Theatre’s Kinky Pint-Sized Plays.

MOCA warmly invites you to a tribute listening session honoring the extraordinary life and remarkable legacy of the late Chinese-American singer, Coco Lee. From her captivating performances that transcended cultural boundaries to her dedication in promoting cultural diversity, Coco Lee created an indelible imprint on the music industry and inspired generations with her artistry.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) presents its featured MOCA TALKS speaker Professor Jean Pfaelzer and her forthcoming book California, a Slave State, unveiling the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and convict laborers to victims of modern trafficking.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) and the Center for Jewish History are pleased to present a panel discussion of the materials created by Jewish and Chinese detainees (Golden Venture Paper Sculptures) as they waited for entry into the United States. MOCA will bring select artifacts from its Golden Venture collection to be viewed during a dessert reception to follow the discussion.

Kindly note this event will be held off-site at the Center for Jewish History at 15 West 16th St. in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood.

Make waves with MOCA! Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) with an afternoon full of arts & crafts, storytelling, and scavenger hunts! Learn about dragon boat racing; design your own buoyant boat; learn to wrap zòngzi; stuff a fragrant, lucky xiāng bāo; and much more family fun!

The spirit and excitement of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month blooms in New York City. This year, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) celebrates Pride Month with our PRIDE MIXER. Amidst a backdrop of increased attacks against members of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially in the form of legislation and physical violence that directly targets trans and BIPOC individuals, MOCA seeks to spotlight the power and resiliency of the community and its allies. Utilizing the Museum as a safe space for remembrance and resilience is now as necessary as ever.