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UPCOMING EVENTS
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2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon for the Vietnamese diaspora and VBP is hosting a storytelling series leading up to Our Journeys, a traveling exhibition debuting in NYC September 2025. This shared calendar highlights our hosted events as well as programs, and initiatives happening throughout the world by the Vietnamese community. If you have an event you'd like to contribute, enter it here.
VBP-HOSTED EVENTS
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September 27, 2025
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Story Sharing Workshop
3:00-4:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 20, 2025
'Our Journeys' Book, Author Meet & Greet and Book Signings
1:00-2:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 18, 2025
'Our Journeys: Stories that Carry Us' Workshop
6:00-7:00 PM ET
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People, Quill Hawk Publishing, and The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
September 12, 2025
Curator's Tour of 'Our Journeys'
with Exhibition Project Director Sophia Ma
3:00-6:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 7-28, 2025
'Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall'
Public Opening
Friday 3:00-6:00 PM, Saturday-Sunday 1:00-5:00 PM
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
RSVP not required. Group tours available upon request
Contact: Sophia@vietnameseboatpeople.org
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 6, 2025
'Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall
a traveling exhibition
Special Preview and Celebration
2:30 - 4:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
4:00 - 6:00 PM ET
DCTV
87 Lafayette Street, NYC
August 9, 2025
YEAR OF THE CAT, film screening and Director Q&A
6:00 - 8:00 PM ET
Regal Union Square - Auditorium 15
850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Presented by Asian American International Film Festival, Asian CineVision, and Vietnamese Boat People
Use code AAIFF48_VBP for 20% off tickets!
July 29, 2025
Asian American Coalition of New Jersey – 2025 North Jersey Convening
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM ET
Montclair State University, Student Center – 4th Floor
1 University Promenade # 1, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Presented by AAPI New Jersey, Asian American Writer's Workshop, and Vietnamese Boat People
May 14, 2025
AAPI Digital Public History Project Showcase
3:00 - 4:15 PM ET
Virtual through Zoom
Presented by National Trust for Saving Places, National Council on Public History, APIAHiP, and Vietnamese Boat People
April 23, 2025
Boat Baby, A Book Talk
6:30 PM ET
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 7th Floor
455 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10016
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People and New York Public Libarary
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April 4, 2025
TOGETHER, film screening and Director Q&A
6:00 PM ET
Residency Unlimited
360 Court Street Unit #4, Brooklyn NY 11231
Presented by Brooklyn Arts Council, City Living NY, Residency Unlimited, and Vietnamese Boat People
March 30, 2025
NEW WAVE, film screening and Director Q&A
4:30 PM ET
The Claridge Theater
486 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair NJ 07042
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People and AAPI New Jersey
Co-Sponsored by New Jersey Council for the Humanities
WORLDWIDE 50th EVENTS
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September 7 - 30, 2025
'Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall' Traveling Exhibition: NYC
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Presented by Think!Chinatown and Vietnamese Boat People
July 31 - August 10, 2025
48th Asian American International Film Festival
Regal Union Square
850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Presented by Asian CineVision
July 12 - 13, 2025
Sabaidee Fest
Gloria Molina Grand Park
200 N. Grand Ave, Los Angeles CA 90012
Presented by Sabaidee Fest and Unity Eleven
June 7, 2025
Alternate Routes: Celebration of Queer Southeast Asian Creativity and Curiosity
6:00 - 8:00 PM CT
Xia Gallery
422 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55103
Presented by The Paper Lantern Project and XiaGallery
May 4 - 25, 2025
From Sea to SEA: NYC Southeast Asian Festival
1:00 - 7:00 PM ET
Hana House
345 Adams St, Brooklyn NY 11201
Presented by Vietnamese Creative Society and DearCo
May 4 - 25, 2025
50: Vietnamese Boat Refugees Then and Now
Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E1 6LA, United Kingdom
Presented by Jan Le, MilkTea, Rich Mix and ESEA for Labour
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May 2, 2025
Enduring Spirit of Vietnam
3:00 PM ET
The Forum at Columbia University
601 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027
Presented by Vietnam Society and Columbia University
April 30, 2025
50 Years of Vietnamese Contributions to Oregon
6:00 - 8:00 PM PT
Oregon Historical Society 1
200 SW Park Ave, Portland Oregon 97205
Presented by Vietnamese Cultural Arts Alliance, Oregon Historical Society, and Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community
This is part of a 3 event series! Full event sequence here.
April 30, 2025
50th Annual Black April Commemoration | Tưởng Niệm Tháng Tư Đen 2025
4:30 - 7:00 PM PT
San Jose City Hall Rotunda
200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose CA 95113
Presented by Vietnamese American Roundtable
April 30, 2025
Prelude to “Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon”
6:30 PM ET
Ware Center
42 N. Prince St., Lancaster PA 17603
Presented by The Arts at Millersville
April 28, 2025
Evening Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Vietnamese Boat People
7:00 PM ET
George Mason University, Merten Hall
4441 George Mason Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030
Presented by Make Us Visible Virginia
April 26, 2025
Remembering Black April: 50 Years of Vietnamese Diaspora
3:00 - 7:00 PM ET
Boston College High School
150 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA 02125
Presented by 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative
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April 26, 2025
Still We Rise: 50 Years After the Vietnam War
6:00 - 9:00 PM PT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Presented by Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
April 18, 2025
The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse Book Release
7:00 PM ET
Porter Square Books: Boston Edition
50 Liberty Drive., Boston, MA 02210
Presented by Porter Square Books
April 4 - June 30, 2025
"Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese" Exhibition
Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum
115 E 1st St, Biloxi, MS 39530
Presented by Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives and Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum
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April 2, 2025
Operation New Life Symposium (Hybrid)
1:15 - 5:30 PM PDT
101 Gateway
Irvine, CA 92627
Presented by UCI Libraries' Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center and UCLA Asian American Studies
March 29, 2025
Vietnam War Veterans Day
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
Victims of Communism Museum
900 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005
Presented by Museum of Victims of Communism, VAUSA, Make Us Visible VA, Vietnamese Americans Celebrating Freedom, CAPAVA, Vietnamese American Foundation
March 1, 2025
"The Accidental Getaway Driver" Free Screening
AMC 34th Street
14 - 312 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001
Presented by Yao King and The Sống Collective
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Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2025
"Operation Babylift: New Perspectives" Exhibition
Regis University, Dayton Memorial Library
3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221
Presented by Operation Babylift