Experience the art of Bhangra on canvas at the Art + Soul Gallery. "The Lost Art of Bollywood Movie Posters – Revived" exhibit will showcase aspects of the Indian culture through the eyes of the artist. The artists will create their own vintage Bollywood movie posters highlighting a piece of the past or present in the same manner that drew moviegoers to the cinemas. The spirit of Bhangra will be interpreted and evoked in vibrant displays using acrylic and oil paint, pencil drawings and sculpture. Curated by Ravi Gill.
Artists Include:
- Manjot Bains
- Pauline Basi
- Jon & Tomoki Gomez
- Elena Ilku
- Sakino Sepulveda
- Raman Singh
When: February 1 – 28
Where: Art + Soul Gallery, 1277 Robson St.
Free Event. Open Daily.
For more information visit www.vibc.org/artexhibit
Thursday, January 29, 2009
National Day of Action calling for the Social Justice of Filipino Youth and the community
Please join Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/ the Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance on February 27, 2009 for our National Day of Action calling for the Social Justice of Filipino Youth and the community.
January 27, 2009 will mark the one year death anniversary of Filipino youth Deeward Ponte who tragically lost his life after being stabbed in Gray's park and later died in the hospital. In one month we will gather in support of his family and in memory of not only Deeward but the other Filipino youth who have lost their lives such as Mao Jomar Lanot who was beaten to death in 2003 at Sir Charles Tupper, and Charle Dalde fatally stabbed outside of his Richmond home last April.
We will continue our call to End Systemic Racism, Social Justice for the Filipino community and the scrapping the racist and exploitative Live-In Caregiver Program!
When: February 27, 2009 at 2pm
Where: Sir Charles Tupper Secondary- 419 E. 24 Avenue, Vancouver, BC. From Tupper we will march to Gray's Park for a candlelight vigil.
For more information please contact Niki at the Kalayaan Centre:
451 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-215-1103
Email: ukpc_fcya@kalayaancentre.net
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance-Vancouver
http://www.ugnayan.net
January 27, 2009 will mark the one year death anniversary of Filipino youth Deeward Ponte who tragically lost his life after being stabbed in Gray's park and later died in the hospital. In one month we will gather in support of his family and in memory of not only Deeward but the other Filipino youth who have lost their lives such as Mao Jomar Lanot who was beaten to death in 2003 at Sir Charles Tupper, and Charle Dalde fatally stabbed outside of his Richmond home last April.
We will continue our call to End Systemic Racism, Social Justice for the Filipino community and the scrapping the racist and exploitative Live-In Caregiver Program!
When: February 27, 2009 at 2pm
Where: Sir Charles Tupper Secondary- 419 E. 24 Avenue, Vancouver, BC. From Tupper we will march to Gray's Park for a candlelight vigil.
For more information please contact Niki at the Kalayaan Centre:
451 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-215-1103
Email: ukpc_fcya@kalayaancentre.net
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance-Vancouver
http://www.ugnayan.net
Two Award-Winning Documentaries Mark Revival of New Asia Monthly Film Series
The showing of two award-winning films at the Richmond Cultural Centre on January 31 will mark the revival of the monthly film screenings leading up to the second annual New Asia Film Festival taking place in May 2009.
Film critics have described both films, Kindergarten from China and Burning Dreams from Taiwan, as cinematic gems. Each were rated at the top of the list for the Audience Choice Award at the first New Asia Film Festival in 2008 – Burning Dreams won.
The films will be shown:
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time: Kindergarten starts at 7:00 p.m.
Burning Dreams starts at 8:30 p.m.
Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate
Admission: Free. However, a one-time $5 membership is required.
Seats are limited, so plan to arrive early.
About the films
Kindergarten (China/ 2004/ Director: Zhang Yiqing/ 69 min/ Beijing Channel Zero Media.) Language: Mandarin + English subtitles.
This film is an intimate portrait of childhood. Shot over 14 months, the film records the everyday lives of children at a boarding kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Kindergarten won the 2007 10th Rai International Festival of Ethnographic Film Award, the 2004 Most Innovative Documentary Shanghai International TV Festival Award and the 2004 Grand Prize Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival Award.
Burning Dreams (Taiwan/ 2003/ Director: Wayne Peng Wen Chun/ 35 min/ Pure Films.) Language: Mandarin + English subtitles.
This black and white musical documentary is the first film about tap dancing and jazz in China. Burning Dreams has won several awards including those from the 2008 New Asia Film Festival, 2004 Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2004 San Francisco International Film Festival, 2004 Sydney International Film Festival, 2003 London Film Festival, 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival, and the 2003 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.
The event is presented by Richmond Cultural Centre and Cinevolution Media Arts Society, sponsored by The City of Richmond, Beijing Channel Zero Media, and Pure Films.
For more information please call 604-247-8300 or visit www.vnaff.ca
About the New Asia Film Festival
The film series builds on the success of the first New Asia Film Festival, held last May. The 2009 film festival is scheduled for May 8 to 10.
Founded by the Cinevolution Media Arts Society and the Richmond Cultural Centre, the 2008 film festival featured 27 new films over the four days, focusing on contemporary, often controversial themes found in Asian cultures from around the world. Most of the films have rarely been screened in Canada prior to the festival.
Film critics have described both films, Kindergarten from China and Burning Dreams from Taiwan, as cinematic gems. Each were rated at the top of the list for the Audience Choice Award at the first New Asia Film Festival in 2008 – Burning Dreams won.
The films will be shown:
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time: Kindergarten starts at 7:00 p.m.
Burning Dreams starts at 8:30 p.m.
Location: Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate
Admission: Free. However, a one-time $5 membership is required.
Seats are limited, so plan to arrive early.
About the films
Kindergarten (China/ 2004/ Director: Zhang Yiqing/ 69 min/ Beijing Channel Zero Media.) Language: Mandarin + English subtitles.
This film is an intimate portrait of childhood. Shot over 14 months, the film records the everyday lives of children at a boarding kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Kindergarten won the 2007 10th Rai International Festival of Ethnographic Film Award, the 2004 Most Innovative Documentary Shanghai International TV Festival Award and the 2004 Grand Prize Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival Award.
Burning Dreams (Taiwan/ 2003/ Director: Wayne Peng Wen Chun/ 35 min/ Pure Films.) Language: Mandarin + English subtitles.
This black and white musical documentary is the first film about tap dancing and jazz in China. Burning Dreams has won several awards including those from the 2008 New Asia Film Festival, 2004 Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2004 San Francisco International Film Festival, 2004 Sydney International Film Festival, 2003 London Film Festival, 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival, and the 2003 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.
The event is presented by Richmond Cultural Centre and Cinevolution Media Arts Society, sponsored by The City of Richmond, Beijing Channel Zero Media, and Pure Films.
For more information please call 604-247-8300 or visit www.vnaff.ca
About the New Asia Film Festival
The film series builds on the success of the first New Asia Film Festival, held last May. The 2009 film festival is scheduled for May 8 to 10.
Founded by the Cinevolution Media Arts Society and the Richmond Cultural Centre, the 2008 film festival featured 27 new films over the four days, focusing on contemporary, often controversial themes found in Asian cultures from around the world. Most of the films have rarely been screened in Canada prior to the festival.
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
February 17, 2009 at 7pm
Vancouver Public Library Main branch
350 Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC
Alice MacKay Hall, lower level
FREE Admission
VICO (composers and musicians present a sneak preview of our next major concert, "Planetful of Sound" (March 14th, 2009 at the Chan Centre Telus Studio Theatre), including new pieces written for non-Western instruments by student participants in VICO’s first ever high school workshop (co-sponsored by Vancouver Pro Musica). The presentation will include music listening, discussion and live performance, providing a fascinating window into world music cultures and the process of creating music that builds bridges between them.
www.vi-co.org
Vancouver Public Library Main branch
350 Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC
Alice MacKay Hall, lower level
FREE Admission
VICO (composers and musicians present a sneak preview of our next major concert, "Planetful of Sound" (March 14th, 2009 at the Chan Centre Telus Studio Theatre), including new pieces written for non-Western instruments by student participants in VICO’s first ever high school workshop (co-sponsored by Vancouver Pro Musica). The presentation will include music listening, discussion and live performance, providing a fascinating window into world music cultures and the process of creating music that builds bridges between them.
www.vi-co.org
CBC Radio Two Lunar New Year program
An Exciting Chinese New Year for VICO (Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra) Composers
CBC Radio Two Lunar New Year program / Silk Road Music with the Victoria Symphony
February 1 Sun (10 PM - 12 AM) The Signal
February 2 Mon (8 - 10 PM) Canada Live
You can also hear it on CBC Radio Two's Concerts on Demand
The music of VICO composers Jin Zhang, Mark Armanini and Moshe Denburg will be heard across Canada on CBC Radio Two this coming Sunday and Monday (Feb. 1 and 2), when a recent concert by Silk Road Music and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra is featured on The Signal and Canada Live. Tune in to hear the world premiere of Jin Zhang's Country Market (a Canada Council commission), Moshe Denburg's orchestral arrangement of Qiu Xia He's Fire Fire Fire and Mark Armanini's arrangement of a Chinese traditional work entitled Han Yan Xi Shui. The concert promises to be a beautiful fusion of classical Chinese music with the modern symphony orchestra.
CBC Radio Two Lunar New Year program / Silk Road Music with the Victoria Symphony
February 1 Sun (10 PM - 12 AM) The Signal
February 2 Mon (8 - 10 PM) Canada Live
You can also hear it on CBC Radio Two's Concerts on Demand
The music of VICO composers Jin Zhang, Mark Armanini and Moshe Denburg will be heard across Canada on CBC Radio Two this coming Sunday and Monday (Feb. 1 and 2), when a recent concert by Silk Road Music and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra is featured on The Signal and Canada Live. Tune in to hear the world premiere of Jin Zhang's Country Market (a Canada Council commission), Moshe Denburg's orchestral arrangement of Qiu Xia He's Fire Fire Fire and Mark Armanini's arrangement of a Chinese traditional work entitled Han Yan Xi Shui. The concert promises to be a beautiful fusion of classical Chinese music with the modern symphony orchestra.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Chinese New Year Celebration at the Garden
Chinese New Year
Celebration at the Garden
Sunday, February 1
10am-4pm, by donation
Join us as we celebrate the Year of the Ox!
On January 26, 2009 Chinese people around the world will celebrate a new year, according to the Lunar calendar. Join us at the Garden for a day of family fun and activities. We will have fortune telling, live music, face painting, storytelling, red envelopes, pin wheel making, stilt walkers, and more!
Enjoy a fabulous day of live entertainment and welcome the Year of the Ox!
A Celebration in the Courtyard
February 1st, 10:30-11:30am and 1:30-3:30pm
The Garden is pleased to co-present the Chinese New Year Celebration in the Courtyard as part of the 2009 Cultural Olympiad. The event is quickly becoming a part of the Chinese New Year parade day celebration. Join Silk Road and Friends as they sing, dance and play music under a big tent and take part in the fun art and crafts projects available in the small tents scattered around the Courtyard.
The courtyard-fair atmosphere, coupled with the cross-cultural performances, provide an opportunity for artists from Vancouver’s different cultural backgrounds to display their creativity and collaborate to create new sounds for a traditional festival. We invite Vancouver to celebrate Chinese New Year with a world vision!
YEAR OF THE OX ART EXHIBIT
Jan 9 - Feb 13
To get in the spirit of the New Year, we are proud to present the Vancouver Chinese Artist Federation, which will exhibit a collection of work celebrating the upcoming year of the Ox. It will feature original art in Chinese traditional and contemporary styles.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Vancouver
http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com/index.htm
Celebration at the Garden
Sunday, February 1
10am-4pm, by donation
Join us as we celebrate the Year of the Ox!
On January 26, 2009 Chinese people around the world will celebrate a new year, according to the Lunar calendar. Join us at the Garden for a day of family fun and activities. We will have fortune telling, live music, face painting, storytelling, red envelopes, pin wheel making, stilt walkers, and more!
Enjoy a fabulous day of live entertainment and welcome the Year of the Ox!
A Celebration in the Courtyard
February 1st, 10:30-11:30am and 1:30-3:30pm
The Garden is pleased to co-present the Chinese New Year Celebration in the Courtyard as part of the 2009 Cultural Olympiad. The event is quickly becoming a part of the Chinese New Year parade day celebration. Join Silk Road and Friends as they sing, dance and play music under a big tent and take part in the fun art and crafts projects available in the small tents scattered around the Courtyard.
The courtyard-fair atmosphere, coupled with the cross-cultural performances, provide an opportunity for artists from Vancouver’s different cultural backgrounds to display their creativity and collaborate to create new sounds for a traditional festival. We invite Vancouver to celebrate Chinese New Year with a world vision!
YEAR OF THE OX ART EXHIBIT
Jan 9 - Feb 13
To get in the spirit of the New Year, we are proud to present the Vancouver Chinese Artist Federation, which will exhibit a collection of work celebrating the upcoming year of the Ox. It will feature original art in Chinese traditional and contemporary styles.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Vancouver
http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com/index.htm
STANCE: A Creative Consensus
An opportunity for local artists and performers with roots in the Filipino culture to share their creative talents and passion.
Opening Night: January 31, 2009
Venue: Chapel Arts
Time: 8:00pm - 1am
Art Exhibit: Jan 31 - Feb 9
NO COVER, Donations will be accepted.
ART • FASHION • LIVE MUSIC • LIVE PERFORMANCES • DJs
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Reva Diana
Christian Clamonte
Carlo Sayo
Denise Valdecantos
Wing Yap
Brian Taguba
Ethel Farrales
Ayex Bathan
Kim Abis
Mervin Mabini
Bert Monterona
Trish Chu
Elizabeth Chu
Bert Monterona
John Gonzales
PERFORANCES BY: Dianna David, The Airtights with Jill Quinto, Flowethics, SVS, John Phillippe Gatus, Mandy Galang
TURNTABLES: DJ Bles-sed, DJ Adlib, DJ Relik, DJ G
Presented by:
Chapel Arts, Philippine Women Centre, Squint Creative, dub D Entertainment
Opening Night: January 31, 2009
Venue: Chapel Arts
Time: 8:00pm - 1am
Art Exhibit: Jan 31 - Feb 9
NO COVER, Donations will be accepted.
ART • FASHION • LIVE MUSIC • LIVE PERFORMANCES • DJs
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Reva Diana
Christian Clamonte
Carlo Sayo
Denise Valdecantos
Wing Yap
Brian Taguba
Ethel Farrales
Ayex Bathan
Kim Abis
Mervin Mabini
Bert Monterona
Trish Chu
Elizabeth Chu
Bert Monterona
John Gonzales
PERFORANCES BY: Dianna David, The Airtights with Jill Quinto, Flowethics, SVS, John Phillippe Gatus, Mandy Galang
TURNTABLES: DJ Bles-sed, DJ Adlib, DJ Relik, DJ G
Presented by:
Chapel Arts, Philippine Women Centre, Squint Creative, dub D Entertainment
Nanay: a testimonial play
February 4 – 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm and 8:30pm
February 7, 2009 at 2:00 and 3:30 pm
February 8, 2009 at 2:00 & 3:30pm
Chapel Arts
By Geraldine Pratt and Caleb Johnston in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of BC
Director Alex Ferguson
Dramaturg Martin Kinch
Actors Hazel Venzon, Karen Rae, Alexa Divine, Melissa Dionoso, Patrick Keating
Sceneographer Andreas Kahre
Additional Design Tamara Unroe
Costumes Barbara Clayden
Lighting John Webber
Community Coordination Philippine Women Centre
Are you desperate for childcare? Need someone to look after your ailing parents? Have you left your children in the Philippines to find a better life in Canada? Nanay is a testimonial play that puts these different worlds of need and desire into collision. It uses the words of domestic workers, their children, nanny agents and Canadian employers to explore the complexity of live-in care giving in Canada. Realized as a multi-media event, Nanay takes the audience through a series of encounters in search of a deeper understanding of the human costs of Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program.
Based in Vancouver, Urban Crawl’s vision focuses on producing artistic work that opens up spaces for physical and social dialogue. The company is committed to an artistic practice that is socially engaged and enmeshed in the messy world of everyday life. It works to create art that crosses disciplinary boundaries, crisscrossing sites of aesthetic and political exploration. For Urban Crawl, Nanay represents an opportunity to further the potential of testimonial theatre, and to put theatre to work on an issue of civic importance.
Contact groups@pushfestival.ca for more information. Tickets available through Tickets Tonight phone #604-684-2787 or on-line: www.ticketstonight.ca
February 7, 2009 at 2:00 and 3:30 pm
February 8, 2009 at 2:00 & 3:30pm
Chapel Arts
By Geraldine Pratt and Caleb Johnston in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of BC
Director Alex Ferguson
Dramaturg Martin Kinch
Actors Hazel Venzon, Karen Rae, Alexa Divine, Melissa Dionoso, Patrick Keating
Sceneographer Andreas Kahre
Additional Design Tamara Unroe
Costumes Barbara Clayden
Lighting John Webber
Community Coordination Philippine Women Centre
Are you desperate for childcare? Need someone to look after your ailing parents? Have you left your children in the Philippines to find a better life in Canada? Nanay is a testimonial play that puts these different worlds of need and desire into collision. It uses the words of domestic workers, their children, nanny agents and Canadian employers to explore the complexity of live-in care giving in Canada. Realized as a multi-media event, Nanay takes the audience through a series of encounters in search of a deeper understanding of the human costs of Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program.
Based in Vancouver, Urban Crawl’s vision focuses on producing artistic work that opens up spaces for physical and social dialogue. The company is committed to an artistic practice that is socially engaged and enmeshed in the messy world of everyday life. It works to create art that crosses disciplinary boundaries, crisscrossing sites of aesthetic and political exploration. For Urban Crawl, Nanay represents an opportunity to further the potential of testimonial theatre, and to put theatre to work on an issue of civic importance.
Contact groups@pushfestival.ca for more information. Tickets available through Tickets Tonight phone #604-684-2787 or on-line: www.ticketstonight.ca
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Surrey Arts Centre presents Five Elements
Enter a world of myth, philosophy and rhythm. Vandna Sidher creates an eloquent narrative of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air,and space.
Five Elements incorporates projections by Tim Matheson and vocal explanations to make it meaningful and entertaining for all cultures.
Choreography by Srimati Jayalakshmi Eshwar. Performed by Vandna Sidher.
Surrey Arts Centre - the Main Stage
February 7, 2009 at 8pm.
Box Office: 604-501-5566 | www.arts.surrey.ca | 13750 - 88 Avenue
Tickets: Adult $23 | Student/ Senior $20 | Student Rush $10
Five Elements incorporates projections by Tim Matheson and vocal explanations to make it meaningful and entertaining for all cultures.
Choreography by Srimati Jayalakshmi Eshwar. Performed by Vandna Sidher.
Surrey Arts Centre - the Main Stage
February 7, 2009 at 8pm.
Box Office: 604-501-5566 | www.arts.surrey.ca | 13750 - 88 Avenue
Tickets: Adult $23 | Student/ Senior $20 | Student Rush $10
LunarFest celebrates Lunar New Year with "Lantern-A-Mania" - Feb 1
The 2009 Cultural Olympiad presents LunarFest 2009
Inspired by the ancient tradition of Lunar New Year, LunarFest celebrates Vancouver's cultural diversity with the first ever "Lantern-A-Mania". Prepare to be dazzled by a spectacular sea of lights as thousands of uniquely decorated lanterns brighten the Vancouver Art Gallery plaza. A perfect way to help usher in the Chinese Year of the Ox.
Presented With:
Asian-Canadian Special Events Association
Public Dreams Society
explorASIAN
Village of Cumberland
National Taiwan Craft Research Institute (Taiwan)
World Taiwanese Lantern Association (Taiwan)
Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society
When:
VANCOUVER: Feb/1/2009 3:00pm to 8:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza
West Georgia Street at Howe Street, Vancouver
CUMBERLAND: Mar/21/08 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Free family event
Event Information:
www.lunarfest.org
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Taglar Membar, Flaming Tiger-Gods: The Bon Artisitic Tradition of Tibet
Lecture by Jasleen Kandhari
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:30 PM
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120, 1855 West Mall
UBC Institute of Asian Research, Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program
Bon is the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet which is not as widely known in the Western academic world and explored by scholars as Tibetan Buddhism. Indo-Tibetan art historian, Jasleen Kandhari will lecture on the artistic tradition of Bon with stylistic comparisons to Tibetan Buddhist, Mongolian and Buryiatian art. She has lectured and published extensively on Indian and Himalayan art including on the exhibition, Bon, The Magic Word at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York in the Burlington and The British Museum’s Tantric Buddhist Sculpture of Tibet collections in Asia. Jasleen Kandhari is an Indian and Himalayan art historian and was a Curator of South Asian Art at the British Library where she curated the exhibition Faith & Brotherhood: Treasures of the Sikhs.
Contact: 604 822-4688 www.iar.ubc.ca
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:30 PM
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120, 1855 West Mall
UBC Institute of Asian Research, Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program
Bon is the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet which is not as widely known in the Western academic world and explored by scholars as Tibetan Buddhism. Indo-Tibetan art historian, Jasleen Kandhari will lecture on the artistic tradition of Bon with stylistic comparisons to Tibetan Buddhist, Mongolian and Buryiatian art. She has lectured and published extensively on Indian and Himalayan art including on the exhibition, Bon, The Magic Word at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York in the Burlington and The British Museum’s Tantric Buddhist Sculpture of Tibet collections in Asia. Jasleen Kandhari is an Indian and Himalayan art historian and was a Curator of South Asian Art at the British Library where she curated the exhibition Faith & Brotherhood: Treasures of the Sikhs.
Contact: 604 822-4688 www.iar.ubc.ca
Alvin Erasga Tolentino meets ion Zoo at Dances for a Small Stage 20
January 22nd – 23rd
8 pm
The Legion on the Drive
2205 Commercial Drive, Vancouver.
For more information: www.movent.ca
8 pm
The Legion on the Drive
2205 Commercial Drive, Vancouver.
For more information: www.movent.ca
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Music of the Whole World: VICO with Gordon Grdina
The Vancouver Public Library presents
a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra educational series
Music of the Whole World:
Explorations of World Music Cultures by Canadian Composers
Series 4: Presentation #2
MIDDLE AND NEAR EASTERN
INTERCULTURAL HORIZONS
Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 7pm
The Vancouver Public Library - 350 West Georgia
Alice Mackay room (lower level)
Free admission
Gordon Grdina, composer and leader of Middle Eastern-Persian-Indian fusion band "Sangha", will present a program highlighting his inter-cultural work, with the assistance of VICO musicians. he presentation will include music listening, discussion and live performance, providing a fascinating window into particular world music cultures and the bridges between them.
www.vi-co.org
a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra educational series
Music of the Whole World:
Explorations of World Music Cultures by Canadian Composers
Series 4: Presentation #2
MIDDLE AND NEAR EASTERN
INTERCULTURAL HORIZONS
Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 7pm
The Vancouver Public Library - 350 West Georgia
Alice Mackay room (lower level)
Free admission
Gordon Grdina, composer and leader of Middle Eastern-Persian-Indian fusion band "Sangha", will present a program highlighting his inter-cultural work, with the assistance of VICO musicians. he presentation will include music listening, discussion and live performance, providing a fascinating window into particular world music cultures and the bridges between them.
www.vi-co.org
How to Cultivate a Mass Movement: Buddhism, Education, and the Rise of Soka Gakkai, Japan's Largest Active Religion
By Levi McLaughlin, Department of Religion, Princeton University
Though too often ignored, the growth of new mass religious movements represents an integral part of modern Japanese social development. One organization emerged in the decades following World War Two to dominate Japan's religious landscape: Soka Gakkai, literally the "Value Creation Study Association," a Japanese lay Buddhist movement that is not only Japan’s largest active religion but also the largest active independent organization of any kind in Japan today. Soka Gakkai is well known for its committed membership, its schools, media empire, and particularly for its connection to electoral politics through its affiliated political party Komeito. However, despite Soka Gakkai's prominence, recent years have seen very little reliable scholarship on the movement, and no extended study to date has paid attention to the group's ordinary members. Drawing on archival research and years of non-member participant observation, including months spent living with Soka Gakkai families, studying for and taking the Soka Gakkai doctrinal examination, and playing violin with a Soka Gakkai symphony orchestra, I will introduce life inside Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization. In this presentation, I will consider case studies that exemplify how Soka Gakkai's origins in both Japanese Buddhism and Euro-American educational philosophies inform the lives of its grassroots practitioners. I will also discuss reasons for Soka Gakkai's unprecedented growth in the postwar era and ways Soka Gakkai's distinctive combination of Buddhism with modern educational ideals contributes to its continuing development as a politically active mass movement with millions of adherents.
Levi McLaughlin is a candidate for the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
Wednesday 7 January
12:00-1:15pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH, UBC
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
1855 West Mall
Though too often ignored, the growth of new mass religious movements represents an integral part of modern Japanese social development. One organization emerged in the decades following World War Two to dominate Japan's religious landscape: Soka Gakkai, literally the "Value Creation Study Association," a Japanese lay Buddhist movement that is not only Japan’s largest active religion but also the largest active independent organization of any kind in Japan today. Soka Gakkai is well known for its committed membership, its schools, media empire, and particularly for its connection to electoral politics through its affiliated political party Komeito. However, despite Soka Gakkai's prominence, recent years have seen very little reliable scholarship on the movement, and no extended study to date has paid attention to the group's ordinary members. Drawing on archival research and years of non-member participant observation, including months spent living with Soka Gakkai families, studying for and taking the Soka Gakkai doctrinal examination, and playing violin with a Soka Gakkai symphony orchestra, I will introduce life inside Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization. In this presentation, I will consider case studies that exemplify how Soka Gakkai's origins in both Japanese Buddhism and Euro-American educational philosophies inform the lives of its grassroots practitioners. I will also discuss reasons for Soka Gakkai's unprecedented growth in the postwar era and ways Soka Gakkai's distinctive combination of Buddhism with modern educational ideals contributes to its continuing development as a politically active mass movement with millions of adherents.
Levi McLaughlin is a candidate for the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
Wednesday 7 January
12:00-1:15pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH, UBC
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
1855 West Mall
Exhibition: Michael Morris, Paul Wong, Attila R. Lukacs, Ignacio Corral
RECENT WORKS by
Michael Morris, Paul Wong, Attila R. Lukacs, Ignacio Corral
Opening Tuesday January 6th @ 6-9pm
556 Seymour St (formerly A&B Sound) Vancouver
Exhibit runs: January 7 - 23 from 1pm - 7pm
Michael Morris, Paul Wong, Attila R. Lukacs, Ignacio Corral
Opening Tuesday January 6th @ 6-9pm
556 Seymour St (formerly A&B Sound) Vancouver
Exhibit runs: January 7 - 23 from 1pm - 7pm
Monday, January 5, 2009
ALL YOU CAN LAUGH – 10TH Asian Comedy Night
In partnership with the Roundhouse Arts & Recreation Society, The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre presents:
ALL YOU CAN LAUGH – 10TH Asian Comedy Night
Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Nightly at 7:30pm
Celebrating 10 years of comedy with VACT, back by popular demand and to make you laugh are Asian sketch comedy teams from across North America that previously performed at VACT’s comedy nights in the last 10 years! Locally renown Assaulted Fish, Vancouver’s reprised Hopsing’s Offspring, Los Angeles’s OPM (Opening People’s Minds), The Kupps from Toronto, and a new team 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors from San Francisco!
With Jeffery Yu, Vancouver’s 2003 Funniest Comic with a Day Job and Host Tom Chin
Buy your tickets early – sells out yearly!
Tickets: $22 in advance, $27 at door
Tickets at the Roundhouse or by phone at 604.713.1800 or online at www.vact.ca
Group Rates, please call 778.885.1973
www.assaultedfish.com
www.opmcomedy.com
www.18mmw.com
A BUNDLE OF LAUGHS DEAL: Two shows for $35!
Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!! And ALL YOU CAN LAUGH!
BUY both shows at the same time,
Pay only $35 and SAVE $5!
(Available only online at www.vact.ca and until December 12th, 2008
ALL YOU CAN LAUGH – 10TH Asian Comedy Night
Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Nightly at 7:30pm
Celebrating 10 years of comedy with VACT, back by popular demand and to make you laugh are Asian sketch comedy teams from across North America that previously performed at VACT’s comedy nights in the last 10 years! Locally renown Assaulted Fish, Vancouver’s reprised Hopsing’s Offspring, Los Angeles’s OPM (Opening People’s Minds), The Kupps from Toronto, and a new team 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors from San Francisco!
With Jeffery Yu, Vancouver’s 2003 Funniest Comic with a Day Job and Host Tom Chin
Buy your tickets early – sells out yearly!
Tickets: $22 in advance, $27 at door
Tickets at the Roundhouse or by phone at 604.713.1800 or online at www.vact.ca
Group Rates, please call 778.885.1973
www.assaultedfish.com
www.opmcomedy.com
www.18mmw.com
A BUNDLE OF LAUGHS DEAL: Two shows for $35!
Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!! And ALL YOU CAN LAUGH!
BUY both shows at the same time,
Pay only $35 and SAVE $5!
(Available only online at www.vact.ca and until December 12th, 2008
Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - Vancouver Rice Bowl Competition
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - People's CHOYS Award
Nightly at 7:30pm
Come CHEER the Etch-Your-Sketchers on!
Wild, ZANY, Gut-aching, peeing in pants - FUNNY! Ask anyone from the 2008 competition. Celebrity Judges award the coveted Vancouver Rice Bowl to one team only - Winner takes all! The second night, teams are judged by the audience - measured by YOUR applause. The highest decibel readings take 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Buy your tickets early – sells out yearly!
Tickets: $18 in advance, $22 at door
Tickets at the Roundhouse or by phone at 604.713.1800 or online at www.vact.ca
Group Rates, please call 778.885.1973
Come and BE IN the SHOW!
So you think you're funny or you've said "I can do that!" well here's your chance to strut your stuff!
Get a team together - Write 6 to 10 minutes of sketches with 2 randomly selected factors - Perform your sketches to a sold-out audience - Wow the judges to win the coveted Vancouver Rice Bowl - Goad the audience and take home the People's CHOYS Award! Check out the Rules & Regulations on www.vact.ca and Register your team by 5pm December 5th, 2008. Your team could win up to $500! Limited to 8 teams only!
(Sketch comedy consultants will be made available to participating teams two weeks before the show.)
Team Entry Fee: $35/team Late fee $50/team
Registration Forms available November 14, 2008
For more information, 778.885.1973 or www.vact.ca
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - People's CHOYS Award
Nightly at 7:30pm
Come CHEER the Etch-Your-Sketchers on!
Wild, ZANY, Gut-aching, peeing in pants - FUNNY! Ask anyone from the 2008 competition. Celebrity Judges award the coveted Vancouver Rice Bowl to one team only - Winner takes all! The second night, teams are judged by the audience - measured by YOUR applause. The highest decibel readings take 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Buy your tickets early – sells out yearly!
Tickets: $18 in advance, $22 at door
Tickets at the Roundhouse or by phone at 604.713.1800 or online at www.vact.ca
Group Rates, please call 778.885.1973
Come and BE IN the SHOW!
So you think you're funny or you've said "I can do that!" well here's your chance to strut your stuff!
Get a team together - Write 6 to 10 minutes of sketches with 2 randomly selected factors - Perform your sketches to a sold-out audience - Wow the judges to win the coveted Vancouver Rice Bowl - Goad the audience and take home the People's CHOYS Award! Check out the Rules & Regulations on www.vact.ca and Register your team by 5pm December 5th, 2008. Your team could win up to $500! Limited to 8 teams only!
(Sketch comedy consultants will be made available to participating teams two weeks before the show.)
Team Entry Fee: $35/team Late fee $50/team
Registration Forms available November 14, 2008
For more information, 778.885.1973 or www.vact.ca
The City of Bhangra Festival
Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration
http://www.vibc.org/cityofbhangra
The City of Bhangra Festival kicks off February 12, with nine days of feet-tapping, high-energy performances and events, ending off with the 2009 Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21th.
For the first time ever, legendary Bhangra UK bands Apna Sangeet and Heera will perform live with H-Dhami at the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21, 2009. The competition is part of the City of Bhangra 2009 Festival presented by Rogers Wireless and will feature eight of North America’s elite bhangra teams competing for a grand prize of $5000 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
Both old skool 80’s bands, Apna Sangeet and Heera ruled the charts world-wide. They are known for their hits – Soho Road, Holi Holi, Dowain Jaaniya and Maar Chhadapa that changed the indipop scene and paved the road for many new South Asian artists. New generation British Asian singer, H-Dhami is also following in his father’s footsteps and will be joining his dad Palvinder Dhami – lead singer from Heera on stage.
TICKETS
www.ticketmaster.ca to purchase online
Tickets to hit local video stores (Kamal’s Video (Surrey), Ravi Video (Surrey), Tasleem’s (Vancouver) and Grover’s Video (Abbotsford) on January 5, 2009.
http://www.vibc.org/cityofbhangra
The City of Bhangra Festival kicks off February 12, with nine days of feet-tapping, high-energy performances and events, ending off with the 2009 Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21th.
For the first time ever, legendary Bhangra UK bands Apna Sangeet and Heera will perform live with H-Dhami at the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21, 2009. The competition is part of the City of Bhangra 2009 Festival presented by Rogers Wireless and will feature eight of North America’s elite bhangra teams competing for a grand prize of $5000 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
Both old skool 80’s bands, Apna Sangeet and Heera ruled the charts world-wide. They are known for their hits – Soho Road, Holi Holi, Dowain Jaaniya and Maar Chhadapa that changed the indipop scene and paved the road for many new South Asian artists. New generation British Asian singer, H-Dhami is also following in his father’s footsteps and will be joining his dad Palvinder Dhami – lead singer from Heera on stage.
TICKETS
www.ticketmaster.ca to purchase online
Tickets to hit local video stores (Kamal’s Video (Surrey), Ravi Video (Surrey), Tasleem’s (Vancouver) and Grover’s Video (Abbotsford) on January 5, 2009.
KODO brings “ONE EARTH TOUR” to VANCOUVER
January 28, 2009, 8pm
Orpheum Theatre
Smithe St. at Seymour St, Vancouver
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca or call 604.280.3311
Since ancient times the taiko has been a symbol of community, serving as a link among people, as well as a link between people and the heavens. Through the 'One Earth Tour,' Kodo continues to bring the sound of the Japanese drum to the ears of the world, and with the taiko's unique ability to transcend the barriers of language and custom, remind us all of our membership in that larger community.
Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, Kodo forges new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Kodo last appeared in Vancouver in 2005, with a show that completely sold out the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity so see one of the planet’s most exciting and spectacular events.
Since their debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo has given over 3100 performances on all five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan and a third resting and preparing new material at their home-base of Japan’s Sado Island.
Artistic Director Mitsuru Ishizuka says, “Kodo's performance transports the body and soul to new heights, creating a unique harmony among humanity, nature and the universe. In such a state, drumming, song, and dance are not just for show; they become an offering of thanks that celebrates humanity and our primal will to live. Kodo's performance, alive with the spirit of life, transcends any borders between drumming and dancing to form a single vital expression.”
Orpheum Theatre
Smithe St. at Seymour St, Vancouver
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca or call 604.280.3311
Since ancient times the taiko has been a symbol of community, serving as a link among people, as well as a link between people and the heavens. Through the 'One Earth Tour,' Kodo continues to bring the sound of the Japanese drum to the ears of the world, and with the taiko's unique ability to transcend the barriers of language and custom, remind us all of our membership in that larger community.
Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, Kodo forges new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Kodo last appeared in Vancouver in 2005, with a show that completely sold out the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity so see one of the planet’s most exciting and spectacular events.
Since their debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo has given over 3100 performances on all five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan and a third resting and preparing new material at their home-base of Japan’s Sado Island.
Artistic Director Mitsuru Ishizuka says, “Kodo's performance transports the body and soul to new heights, creating a unique harmony among humanity, nature and the universe. In such a state, drumming, song, and dance are not just for show; they become an offering of thanks that celebrates humanity and our primal will to live. Kodo's performance, alive with the spirit of life, transcends any borders between drumming and dancing to form a single vital expression.”
Stand Alone III
Zbigniew Karkowski & Atsuko Nojiri + THE RITA
February 27, 2009 8PM
Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver BC
www.front.bc.ca
admission: $15 door / $12 advance / $10 Members/Students
Zbigniew Karkowski (electronics)
Atsuko Nojiri (video)
Renown Tokyo-based master sound manipulator Zbigniew Karkowski and Japanese video artist Atsuko Nojiri present an evening of audacious multimedia collaboration. Karkowski’s relentless attention to detail to the reworking and processing of a collection of original acoustic instrument recordings is integrally and seamlessly paired with Nojiri’s visual interpretations.
Zbigniew Karkowski has studied with composers Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, and Georges Aperghis and has produced numerous works in the fields of both acoustic and electronic music including chamber works, pieces for large orchestra and opera. He is also a founding member of the electroacoustic music performance trio Sensorband and has worked with notable underground icons, Francisco Lopez, Daniel Menche and Hafler Trio.
An argument for the indivisibility of sound and vision, or the emergence of a new aesthetic medium? Quite evidently, the answer is both. – Asphodel Records (on Continuity the DVD/CD release by Karkowski and Nojiri)
opening set: THE RITA
Sam McKinlay’s sound art project THE RITA has built a reputation as one of the leaders of the harsh noise genre with visceral, dynamic live performances and an equally abrasive growing discography. He has toured throughout North America and Japan utilizing custom-built analog electronic equipment. His performances connect the immediacy and corporeal power of extreme frequencies, textures and volumes with a performative sensibility that reveals a towering monument to the vehement power of abstracted sound.
February 27, 2009 8PM
Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver BC
www.front.bc.ca
admission: $15 door / $12 advance / $10 Members/Students
Zbigniew Karkowski (electronics)
Atsuko Nojiri (video)
Renown Tokyo-based master sound manipulator Zbigniew Karkowski and Japanese video artist Atsuko Nojiri present an evening of audacious multimedia collaboration. Karkowski’s relentless attention to detail to the reworking and processing of a collection of original acoustic instrument recordings is integrally and seamlessly paired with Nojiri’s visual interpretations.
Zbigniew Karkowski has studied with composers Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, and Georges Aperghis and has produced numerous works in the fields of both acoustic and electronic music including chamber works, pieces for large orchestra and opera. He is also a founding member of the electroacoustic music performance trio Sensorband and has worked with notable underground icons, Francisco Lopez, Daniel Menche and Hafler Trio.
An argument for the indivisibility of sound and vision, or the emergence of a new aesthetic medium? Quite evidently, the answer is both. – Asphodel Records (on Continuity the DVD/CD release by Karkowski and Nojiri)
opening set: THE RITA
Sam McKinlay’s sound art project THE RITA has built a reputation as one of the leaders of the harsh noise genre with visceral, dynamic live performances and an equally abrasive growing discography. He has toured throughout North America and Japan utilizing custom-built analog electronic equipment. His performances connect the immediacy and corporeal power of extreme frequencies, textures and volumes with a performative sensibility that reveals a towering monument to the vehement power of abstracted sound.
Japanese Canadian National Museum presents March to December
an interactive website based on the war journal of Roy Ito
January 16 – March 14, 2009
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm. Closed Sunday & Monday
www.nikkeiplace.org
featuring new works by
Kyo Maclear
Julie Tamiko Manning
Baco Ohama
curated by Cindy Mochizuki
Website launch and reception
Friday, January 16, 2009, 7pm
Lecture by Lyle Dick
Saturday, January 24, 2009, 2pm
Curator’s gallery talk
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2pm
All programs are open to the public and by donation.
Please RSVP to museum@nikkeiplace.org
This project was made possible with the financial assistance of the B.C. Arts Council and the Roy Ito Award.
January 16 – March 14, 2009
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC
Open Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm. Closed Sunday & Monday
www.nikkeiplace.org
featuring new works by
Kyo Maclear
Julie Tamiko Manning
Baco Ohama
curated by Cindy Mochizuki
Website launch and reception
Friday, January 16, 2009, 7pm
Lecture by Lyle Dick
Saturday, January 24, 2009, 2pm
Curator’s gallery talk
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2pm
All programs are open to the public and by donation.
Please RSVP to museum@nikkeiplace.org
This project was made possible with the financial assistance of the B.C. Arts Council and the Roy Ito Award.
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
The annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over 20 days each January, the PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking work in the live performing arts: theatre, dance, music and various hybrid forms of performance. It attracts acclaimed local, national and international artists and their work.
www.pushfestival.ca
Join us January 20 – February 8, 2009 at venues in and around Vancouver.
Two PuSh shows from Japan this year - a theatre company performing in Japanese with English surtitles, and a dance performance by Hiroaki Umeda.
Five Days in March (Tokyo)
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=71#show
while going to a condition + Accumlulated Layout (Tokyo)
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=60#show
Kevin Chong and Faith Moosang are taking part in the Club PuSh show titled Trampoline Hall, Feb 1: http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=89#show
Peter Chin from Toronto is performing another dance piece: http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=76#show
Maiko Bae Yamamoto is co-directing a show performed by children, called "That Night Follows Day": http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=80#show
www.pushfestival.ca
Join us January 20 – February 8, 2009 at venues in and around Vancouver.
Two PuSh shows from Japan this year - a theatre company performing in Japanese with English surtitles, and a dance performance by Hiroaki Umeda.
Five Days in March (Tokyo)
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=71#show
while going to a condition + Accumlulated Layout (Tokyo)
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=60#show
Kevin Chong and Faith Moosang are taking part in the Club PuSh show titled Trampoline Hall, Feb 1: http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=89#show
Peter Chin from Toronto is performing another dance piece: http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=76#show
Maiko Bae Yamamoto is co-directing a show performed by children, called "That Night Follows Day": http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=80#show
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