Serve the People: The Asian American Movement in New York

December 5, 2013 - March 23, 2014

December 5, 2013 – March 23, 2014 (extended!)

Opening: Thursday December 5, 7-10pm

Serve the People: The Asian American Movement in New York charts a history of Asian American activism, organizing, and cultural production in the 1970s, the first exhibition to focus on New York as a center of this national phenomenon.

Movement and Meter: A Poetry Reading to Celebrate Serve the People

Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Sunday March 23, 2014 Reading at 5pm, reception at 6pm Join us for a poetry covers reading on the final night of Serve the People: The Asian American Movement in New York. Poets will pay tribute to their movement peers by reading selected covers of works from that period, paired with contemporary projects.  Reception to follow reading.

Serve the People Film Night: Short Films from the Movement

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7-9pm A sampling of short films produced during the Asian American Movement focused on reclaiming histories and capturing contemporary organizing. Following the screening, film programmer Chi-hui Yang will lead a discussion of the rise of Asian American film institutions during the Movement era.

Walking Tour: A People’s History of Chinatown

Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Sunday December 15, 2013 1-2pm A one-hour walking tour of major sites of struggle and community-building in Manhattan’s Chinatown during the 1970s and 80s. Viewing of exhibition at Interference Archive afterwards. (Meet by the Statue of Confucius at Confucius Plaza, Intersection of Bowery and Division St.)

Serve the People Gallery Tour and Interference Archive Open House

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Tuesday December 10, 2013 7-9pm A gallery tour with curator Ryan Wong. Movement activists whose work is included in the exhibition will also be present.