Asia After Dark | Smithsonian Solstice
Celebrate the longest day of the year with after-hours access to the museum, a DJ dance party, a cafe popup, and exclusive gallery tours and talks!
Dance the day and night away with a special guest DJ Armana Khan! Meanwhile, experience our exhibitions in a new light with exclusive curator tours throughout the evening. Enjoy spotlight talks in our newly opened exhibition Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms. ScheduleDocent Spotlight Talks
4–7 p.m. Moongate Cafe Bar
5–9 p.m.
Plaza
Drinks available for purchase while supplies last, DJ Dance Party with Armana Khan
6–9 p.m.
Plaza, Spotlight Talks with Curator Debra Diamond
5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Gallery 24, Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms, Curator Tours
5 p.m. | Gallery 5-7, Japanese Art from the Collection with Curator Naoko Adachi
6 p.m. | Gallery 25, Into the Waters with Curator Jan Stuart, Register in advance to get the best experience. Image: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution,…
Venue: Asian Art Museum. Building: West Building. Event Location: National Museum of Asian Art, Plaza. Cost: Free. Register in advance (recommended). Get Tickets/Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989548933417?aff=oddtdtcreator. Categories: Performances. Celebrations. After Five. Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Hard Target
Live DJ Accompaniment by DJ 2Tone
We close out our John Woo Summer with another Can I Kick It? event, as DJ 2Tone of Shaolin Jazz spins along with Woo’s Hollywood debut, Hard Target.
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as mullet-haired New Orleans former marine and drifter Chance Boudreaux. He saves a woman named Natasha (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs and then agrees to help her search for her unhoused father, who has gone missing. They discover a dastardly operation that lets rich men pay to hunt down and kill homeless men, led by Lance Henriksen as scenery-chewing Emil Fouchon. The resulting mayhem is Woo turned up to eleven as he applies his Hong Kong-honed action skills to a Hollywood-sized budget, with countless explosions and astonishing death-defying stunts from Van Damme.
Director: John Woo. Country: United States. Released: 1993. Length: 97 min. Format: Blu-Ray. Language: English. Image courtesy of Swank Motion Pictures.
Venue: Asian Art Museum. Building: West Building. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free. Register in advance (recommended). Get Tickets/Register: https://woonmaa.eventive.org/films. Categories: Films. After Five. Performances. Accessibility: Assisted listening devices. Wheelchair accessible.
Friday, August 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM.