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UPCOMING EVENTS
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October 16, 2025
6th Annual Mỹ Việt Story Slam
6:30-8:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 20, 2025
Vietnamese Diaspora Authors - Meet & Greet
4:00-5:00 PM ET
Think!Chinatown Studios
1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002, USA
With authors Amy M. Le, Kimberly Nguyen, and Ly Tran
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People
September 18, 2025
Our Journeys:
Stories that Carry Us
with Amy M. Le
An Interactive Workshop
6:00-7:30 PM ET
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
with Quill Hawk Publishing Founder, Amy M. Le
Hosted by The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
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September 7-28, 2025
'Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall'
A Traveling Exhibition
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
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
Other Community Events
November 20 - December 7 , 2025
Leviathan Lab WinterFest: FULL CONTACT + X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM
TheaterLab,
357 W 36th St. 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018
Presented by Second Generation Productions, Leviathan Lab
Việt Community Night on December 12th:
Use code "nguyennguyensituation" for $20 tickets!
November 8 - December 13, 2025
DẠ, ĐÚNG RỒI Exhibition
Antenna Gallery
3718 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117
Presented by Horatio Nguyen
November 6, 2025
Meet & Greet + Cookie Swap | 108 Asian Cookies by Kat Lieu
7:00 - 8:00pm ET
Yu & Me Books
44 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10013
Presented by Kat Lieu and Yu & Me Books
October 21, 2025
Recognizing the Stranger
6:30 - 8:00pm ET
Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Pl, New York, NY 10003
Presented by Khue Pham, Monique Truong, NYU, Goethe-Institut and Festival Neue Literatur
October 4-24, 2025
On Refuge: 50 Years of Recomposition Exhibition
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Presented by VAALA
October 4-19, 2025
Viet Film Fest 2025
In-Person Screening: October 10-12
The Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Virtual Screening: October 4-19
Presented by Viet Film Fest and VAALA
October 4, 2025
Trung Thu Together 2025
Town Field Park in Fields Corner
1565 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA
Presented by Boston Little Saigon
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