With painstaking care and the use of multiple exposures, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao crafts each of his images with technological precision. Shooting primarily with a large-format film camera, then scanning and digitally editing the negatives, Liao creates enormous, detail-driven panoramas of the social and urban landscape of New York. « more »

SOLD, the story of an extraordinary thirteen-year-old girl living in a poor village in Nepal who becomes a victim of human trafficking and must risk everything to escape, will be the Opening Night Presentation of the 37th annual Asian American International Film Festival. Asian CineVision is hosting the film on July 24th, 2014 at the Asia Society and again on July 26th, 2014 at the Village Cinema East. « more »

This year Epoch Times joins New Tang Dynasty for its 6th International Chinese Culinary Competition in Times Square. Finalists in the categories of Cantonese, Shandong, North Eastern, Sichuan, and Huaiyang cuisine face off in a competition to make the tastiest, most authentic dishes from these five regions of China. « more »

Taipei Cultural Center in New York is pleased to announce that “Highlights from Taiwan’s Women Make Waves Film Festival” will be screened at New York Public Library of Performing Arts and Mid-Manhattan Library. The series include 2 feature films and 2 documentaries, which represent the best contemporary works from Taiwan’s women directors. Free entry. « more »

Artistic Director Robert Lyons proudly presents the 21st annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival. Ice Factory 2014 takes place at the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Ice Factory 2014 will present six new works over six weeks, running from June 25 – August 2, 2014. « more »

13th annual Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Awards Dinner Gala was held on June 19th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The top award, the Pinnacle Award, was presented to Mr. Norman C.T. Liu, president and CEO of GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), and Mr. Vik Sawhney, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone and Chief Operating Officer of the Private Equity group. « more »

NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY is a careful rethinking of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment shot in blazing color, this tour de force offers a masterful recapitulation of director Lav Diaz’s longstanding obsessions: cultural memory, national guilt, and the origin of evil. The wounds and defeats of Filipino history loom large in each of Diaz’s films. An official selection of the 51st New York Film Festival, Norte, the End of History opens exclusively for one week at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on Friday, June 20, 2014. The director will be in-person for opening weekend, and is also available for interviews. « more »

For more than a decade, Surya, a West Village favorite, offered sophisticated Indian cuisine in a stylish setting. When it closed, it left a noticeable void. Now, the opening of Savoury on the Upper West Side—a new Indian restaurant from the creators of Surya—will thrill its many fans, as well as those yet to discover chef/owner Lala Sharma’s cooking. « more »

Mise-en music festival 2014 hosted by ensemble mise-en will be presented from June 19 to 21 in collaboration with the Momenta Quartet, Ensemble Paramirabo, and more than 30 international composers. The works of these composers were selected from the festival’s call for scores, which yielded 862 submissions by 702 composers from 65 different countries. « more »

Move over baseball…make way for two other American classics as bacon and beer take center stage at the home of the New York Mets this summer. What could be more American than beer and bacon at the ball park? « more »