Islander 2020

Next week, the much-anticipated Quiet Lights festival will return to Cork for its fifth edition, bringing an array of performances to venues across the city from November 21st to 24th.

The Art Gallery of South Australia has announced its 2025 program, revealing a major exhibition of fifty trailblazing women artists, the Ramsay Art Prize 2025 and the Tarnanthi Festival - which celebrates its tenth anniversary.

Explore the impact of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists on Broadway from 1951-1991 at the Library for the Performing Arts, featuring discussions, live performances, and archival footage.

Islander has announced the 5th iteration of their winter festival, Quiet Lights, taking place in venues across Cork City, from the 21st-24th November 2024.

Opening this Saturday 14 September, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia is a celebration of First Nations art and cultures, providing a visual dialogue into Australia’s complex histories.

The Art Gallery of South Australia’s popular Tarnanthi Art Fair will return from Friday 18 to Monday 21 October 2024, following record-breaking sales in 2023.

Marliya will perform for its first international audience when its Cairns-based performers head to London this October to perform Spinifex Gum at the prestigious Barbican Centre.

OPERA America has announced the opera professionals selected for the 2024‒2025 Mentorship Program for Opera Leaders of Color. The program advances racial equity in the field by pairing BIPOC administrators with established leaders who can help them achieve their career goals.  

The National Gallery and Wesfarmers Arts have renewed their partnership to support First Nations arts, continuing their commitment to promoting and preserving Indigenous Australian culture and heritage.

Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, has announced Gamillaroi woman Amelia Thompson and Jaadwa man James Howard as the 2024 David Page Music Fellows. 

Lacey Sturm, former lead singer of Flyleaf, will perform at The Brooklyn Monarch on July 2nd. Don't miss this opportunity to see her live in concert.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the final program for 2024’s Clancestry, a celebration of First Nations arts and culture, from Tuesday 30 July 2024.​

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts has been selected as one of several venues across Kentucky to host the Kentucky Arts Council's traveling exhibit “Continent to Commonwealth: Asian/Asian American Kentucky Art,” presented in partnership with Asia Institute-Crane House and the Kentucky Chinese American Association.

On June 8, 2024 Maraya Performing Arts will present a heartfelt jukebox musical that explores the coming of age, triumphs and resilience of a first-generation Filipina-American artist seeking the American dream.

Write Act Repertory with John Lant and Anne Mesa will present the West Coast Premiere of Expect-Asian, a solo show, written and performed by Jeffrey Han.

The Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance honors the founders of CATS theatre with Lifetime Achievement Awards, celebrating their significant contributions to the local theatre community.

Explore the 'Continent to Commonwealth' Exhibit at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. See when you can catch the exhibit and learn how to purchase tickets.

Join Leviathan Lab for a staged reading of SINGULARITY, a new dark comedy by Minh-Anh Day, on April 29 at Alchemical Studios, NYC. Learn more about the show!

The Second City has announced the second annual Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedic talent. Learn more aboutt he fellows here!

This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, on Saturday, May 11, audiences at Flushing Town Hall will be able to step into the unique world of SE:UM, a quintet from Seoul playing a fusion of jazz and Korean traditional music. 

Now on tour, a new musical makes landfall at Olney Theatre Center with a fantastical song worthy of our attention

Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre will bring its work for children, Waru – journey of the small turtle to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 June for the school holidays.

Following a successful international tour of the Asia Pacific region, the National Gallery of Australia will present 'Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia' – an exhibition which celebrates First Nations art and provides a visual dialogue of Australia’s complex histories. 

From May 3 through August 25, 2024, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens will welcome Fulbeck’s subsequent hapa.me exhibition and follow-up book.  

Experience the electrifying rock and roll of the 1950s in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, a theatrical concert celebrating the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis. Premiering at the Triad Theater, NYC, the show features Jason Cohen, renowned for his showboat piano style and high-energy performances.

Art Gallery of South Australia Director Rhana Devenport ONZM has announced she will leave the Gallery on 7 July after six years. She will be returning to Sydney and looks forward to embarking on a series of new international and national projects.

Discover the full schedule of events by LEELA DANCE COLLECTIVE to celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Musicopia is collaborating with Please Touch Museum, a nationally recognized leader in children's museums promoting learning through play. Learn more about the programs!

Islander, winner of Best New Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an off-Broadway hit, comes to Olney Theatre Center for three weeks of performances, April 11 - 28, 2024, on the Roberts Mainstage.