The CBC Radio Studio One Book Club is springing back into action on Monday April 14, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. with the debut novel of one of the 2008 New Faces of Fiction, Padma Viswanathan.
The Toss of a Lemon was inspired by Padma’s family history and stories her Grandmother told her. She brings us deep inside the lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change. At the novel’s heart is a captivating girl-child married at ten to an astrologer and village healer who is drawn to her despite his horoscope, which foretells an early death… depending on how the stars align when their children are born. All is safe with their daughter’s birth, but their second child, a son, fulfills the prophecy: by eighteen, the child bride is a widow with two young children.
As the children grow, caste identity and customs set mother and son on a collision course, fueled by the modernization of India. The story is heartbreaking and exhilarating, exotic yet utterly recognizable in evoking the tensions that change brings to every family.
Come join us here at the CBC Radio Broadcast Centre for this outstanding debut of Padma Viswanathan at the Studio One Book Club!
Jen Sookfong Lee, author of The End of East and one of the New Faces of Fiction in 2007 will be Sheryl MacKay's co-host for this special evening.
The only way to get in, is to win! Tell us in 200 words or less why you want to be in the studio audience. Go to www.cbc.ca/bc/bookclub or all the details and to email your entry…
Please help spread the word - this novel is fantastic and this is a great opportunity to join in the conversation with Padma, Jen and Sheryl!
Monday, March 31, 2008
SIETAR BC Presents “Sharing Personal Stories about Botswana, China and Indonesia - Apr 10 - 7pm
An Evening with UBC Global Student Speakers
About the Event:
Questions of human rights and HIV/AIDS, modernization and development, and identity and belonging are brought to the forefront by three dynamic speakers.
About the Presenters:
"Human Rights & HIV/Aids in Botswana" (Kristi Kenyon) - Kristi has lived and worked in Canada, the UK, Malaysia, Australia and Botswana, predominantly working with NGOs in the field of human rights. Her profound experiences during her two-year contract in Botswana in Southern Africa are at the heart of her presentation. What are the human rights implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic?
“Listen to Both Sides and You will be Enlightened: Traveling, Teaching and Learning in China" (Megan Daniels) – Megan spent a year teaching English in China and her presentation focuses on her visit to the Tiger-Leaping Gorge in the northern Yunnan Province of China. This area is in the "Three Parallel River Region" under United Nations Protection. Megan suggests that we all face similar questions in this globalized world: How do we modernize ourselves without so much environmental and cultural degradation?
“Home is Where the Heart is” (Joanna Octavia) - Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, as a second-generation Chinese descendant, Joanna faced discrimination and enmity for being a foreigner in her own country. Yet, at the same time, she felt unaccepted by the country where her ancestors originated. After going through several years of identity crisis following the Anti-Chinese Riot in 1998, she has finally accepted her identities. Joanna aims to promote intercultural awareness, the concept of harmony in diversity, and a close relationship between China and Indonesia.
UBC Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street (Plaza Level), Rooms Duke and Carr
(UBC Robson Square is located on Robson Street between Hornby and Howe Streets. The campus entrance is located on the Plaza Level and may be accessed by stairways on either side of Robson Street at Howe, or by elevator from the underground parkade or the Hornby side of the Vancouver Art Gallery)
6:30 pm – networking
7:00 pm – session begins
Admission:
SIETAR BC Members: no charge
Associate Members: $5
Guests: $8
Places are limited, so please RSVP by Monday, April 7th at RSVP (at) sietar (dot) bc (dot) ca
Lynne Cruz and David Anderson, Event Coordinators
SIETAR BC
http://www.sietar.bc.ca/
About the Event:
Questions of human rights and HIV/AIDS, modernization and development, and identity and belonging are brought to the forefront by three dynamic speakers.
About the Presenters:
"Human Rights & HIV/Aids in Botswana" (Kristi Kenyon) - Kristi has lived and worked in Canada, the UK, Malaysia, Australia and Botswana, predominantly working with NGOs in the field of human rights. Her profound experiences during her two-year contract in Botswana in Southern Africa are at the heart of her presentation. What are the human rights implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic?
“Listen to Both Sides and You will be Enlightened: Traveling, Teaching and Learning in China" (Megan Daniels) – Megan spent a year teaching English in China and her presentation focuses on her visit to the Tiger-Leaping Gorge in the northern Yunnan Province of China. This area is in the "Three Parallel River Region" under United Nations Protection. Megan suggests that we all face similar questions in this globalized world: How do we modernize ourselves without so much environmental and cultural degradation?
“Home is Where the Heart is” (Joanna Octavia) - Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, as a second-generation Chinese descendant, Joanna faced discrimination and enmity for being a foreigner in her own country. Yet, at the same time, she felt unaccepted by the country where her ancestors originated. After going through several years of identity crisis following the Anti-Chinese Riot in 1998, she has finally accepted her identities. Joanna aims to promote intercultural awareness, the concept of harmony in diversity, and a close relationship between China and Indonesia.
UBC Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street (Plaza Level), Rooms Duke and Carr
(UBC Robson Square is located on Robson Street between Hornby and Howe Streets. The campus entrance is located on the Plaza Level and may be accessed by stairways on either side of Robson Street at Howe, or by elevator from the underground parkade or the Hornby side of the Vancouver Art Gallery)
6:30 pm – networking
7:00 pm – session begins
Admission:
SIETAR BC Members: no charge
Associate Members: $5
Guests: $8
Places are limited, so please RSVP by Monday, April 7th at RSVP (at) sietar (dot) bc (dot) ca
Lynne Cruz and David Anderson, Event Coordinators
SIETAR BC
http://www.sietar.bc.ca/
Celtic and Iranian Bridges - Apr 2 - 7pm
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
A six part series highlighting the emerging art of intercultural music -
Come enjoy an educational evening of music listening, appreciation, and live performance.
Series 3: Presentation # 4
Celtic and Iranian Bridges
The Vancouver Public Library - 350 West Georgia
Alice Mackay room (lower level)
Free admission
Join us for the fourth program in a six-part series produced by The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO), that aims to shed new light on the art of intercultural music-making. Amy Stephen and Amir Haghighi, an intercultural couple who have been part of the VICO for many years, will present a program highlighting the bringing together of their cultural inspirations - Amy’s Celtic music and Amir’s Persian music. They will be ! joined by colleagues in live music demonstrations. The presentation will incorporate a sneak preview of the upcoming VICO concerts on April 5 and 6.
a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra educational series
Music of the Whole World
Explorations of World Music Cultures by Canadian Composers
A six part series highlighting the emerging art of intercultural music -
Come enjoy an educational evening of music listening, appreciation, and live performance.
Series 3: Presentation # 4
Celtic and Iranian Bridges
The Vancouver Public Library - 350 West Georgia
Alice Mackay room (lower level)
Free admission
Join us for the fourth program in a six-part series produced by The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO), that aims to shed new light on the art of intercultural music-making. Amy Stephen and Amir Haghighi, an intercultural couple who have been part of the VICO for many years, will present a program highlighting the bringing together of their cultural inspirations - Amy’s Celtic music and Amir’s Persian music. They will be ! joined by colleagues in live music demonstrations. The presentation will incorporate a sneak preview of the upcoming VICO concerts on April 5 and 6.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
5th Annual UBC-Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture - Apr 15 - 7pm
You are invited to attend the 5th Annual UBC-Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
7:00 PM
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
6265 Crescent Rd
We are delighted to announce this year’s lecture, The Three Lives of Multiculturalism, will be delivered by guest speaker Dr. Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University, and a visiting professor in the Nationalism Studies program at the Central European University in Budapest. Dr. Kymlicka will be introduced by UBC President, Professor Stephen Toope.
For more information about the lecture, please visit www.100.ubc.ca/events
Awarded the Macpherson Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association, the Bunche Award by the American Political Science Association and the Killam Award by Canada Council, International Affairs Magazine puts Dr. Kymlicka "…among the most important and interesting liberal political theorists writing (on multiculturalism) today."
The event will open with music by Delhi 2 Dublin, a five-member ensemble of Canadian
musicians who blend east and west, electronic and acoustic, mainstream and underground. The band fuses the traditional sounds of tabla, dhol, fiddle, and sitar with cutting edge DJ aesthetics, to create a highly charged multi-cultural celebration. Please visit their website for more information (www.delhi2dublin.com/)
Hosted by Paul Kennedy of CBC Radio One, the lecture will also be broadcast across the country on Ideas (690AM Vancouver) on Thursday, June 19 at 9:00 PM.
Tickets are FREE and pre-registration is required.
Please pre-register by calling 604-822-1444
or pick up your tickets in person at the Chan Centre box office.
Office of Community Affairs
www.communityaffairs.ubc.ca
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
7:00 PM
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
6265 Crescent Rd
We are delighted to announce this year’s lecture, The Three Lives of Multiculturalism, will be delivered by guest speaker Dr. Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University, and a visiting professor in the Nationalism Studies program at the Central European University in Budapest. Dr. Kymlicka will be introduced by UBC President, Professor Stephen Toope.
For more information about the lecture, please visit www.100.ubc.ca/events
Awarded the Macpherson Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association, the Bunche Award by the American Political Science Association and the Killam Award by Canada Council, International Affairs Magazine puts Dr. Kymlicka "…among the most important and interesting liberal political theorists writing (on multiculturalism) today."
The event will open with music by Delhi 2 Dublin, a five-member ensemble of Canadian
musicians who blend east and west, electronic and acoustic, mainstream and underground. The band fuses the traditional sounds of tabla, dhol, fiddle, and sitar with cutting edge DJ aesthetics, to create a highly charged multi-cultural celebration. Please visit their website for more information (www.delhi2dublin.com/)
Hosted by Paul Kennedy of CBC Radio One, the lecture will also be broadcast across the country on Ideas (690AM Vancouver) on Thursday, June 19 at 9:00 PM.
Tickets are FREE and pre-registration is required.
Please pre-register by calling 604-822-1444
or pick up your tickets in person at the Chan Centre box office.
Office of Community Affairs
www.communityaffairs.ubc.ca
Indran Amirthanayagam's The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems book launch - Apr 16 - 7:30pm
2004 BOXING DAY TRAGEDY IS MEMORIALIZED IN TSUNAMI POEMS
Hanging Loose Press has published in January 2008 The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems the second English language collection by prize winning poet Indran Amirthanayagam.
The author will launch the book in Canada on April 16 at 7.30 pm in the Alma Van Dusen and Peter Kaye rooms of the Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia.
Indran Amirthanayagam (http://indranamirthanayagam.blogspot.com) is a poet, essayist and translator in English, Spanish and French. His first book The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize. The poem "Juarez" won the Juegos Florales of Guaymas, Sonora in 2006. Other books include El Infierno de los Pajaros, El Hombre que Recoge Nidos, and Ceylon R.I.P. Amirthanayagam has been a NYFA fellow in poetry as well as a grantee of the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture for his translations. He was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He is a member of the United States Foreign Serivce. This is his second book to be published in the United States.
Praise for The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems:
"These poems both about those who died in, and those who survived, the Tsunami of 2004 memorialize with anger and beauty one of the most devastating tragedies of our time. In its largeness of heart, bold artistry, and admirable desire to bear witness, Amirthanayagam's consoling, life-affirming and triumphant volume reminds me of Neruda's great Residence on Earth." —Jaime Manrique
"Indran Amirthanayagam's densely woven Tsunami Poems display a perfect marriage of form and content. His rhythms, rhymes, and intricate consonantal endings as well as his precise images and mots justes ironically intensify the terror of the stories these poems tell—stories of real men, women, and children whose lives have been changed forever by a terrible natural disaster. This beautifully written and graphic sequence makes for fascinating reading." —Marjorie Perloff
"Indran Amirthanayagam's poems about tragedy and loss are woven with such fine irony. Each offers the poet's consolation, challenging horror with the beautiful line." —Richard Rodriguez
"In his powerful and vivid reenactment of the devastating 2004 tsunami and its aftermath, Indran Amirthanayagam rematerializes a composite but 'splintered face,' and conjures a myriad of voices, memorializing this incomprehensible tragedy. With plain-spoken eloquence and consummate skill, he presents a chorus of individual testimonials from survivors—including monologues by a Sri Lankan fisherman who lost his entire family, visiting tourists, a body builder, and a bereft but ever faithful priest—all who witnessed and survived 'the shape of a giant wave' rising to devour tens of thousands of lives.
"A deeply moving and wise book, The Splintered Face recognizes the great and small paradoxes inherent in the world, and among them: 'the sea [as] father/ and mother,/ karma and dharma// and all other/ available terms,/ including fate.' The poet understands how, while we still mourn for the lost and dead, we also engender 'the ceremonies of innocence,' and muster both hope and strength to carry on. Ultimately, Amirthanayagam's poems celebrate the human spirit's resilience, even when faced with unutterable loss." —Maurya Simon
Hanging Loose Press, founded in 1966, publishes Hanging Loose magazine and individual collections of fiction and poetry. The press has received many awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Hanging Loose Press has published in January 2008 The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems the second English language collection by prize winning poet Indran Amirthanayagam.
The author will launch the book in Canada on April 16 at 7.30 pm in the Alma Van Dusen and Peter Kaye rooms of the Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia.
Indran Amirthanayagam (http://indranamirthanayagam.blogspot.com) is a poet, essayist and translator in English, Spanish and French. His first book The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize. The poem "Juarez" won the Juegos Florales of Guaymas, Sonora in 2006. Other books include El Infierno de los Pajaros, El Hombre que Recoge Nidos, and Ceylon R.I.P. Amirthanayagam has been a NYFA fellow in poetry as well as a grantee of the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture for his translations. He was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He is a member of the United States Foreign Serivce. This is his second book to be published in the United States.
Praise for The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems:
"These poems both about those who died in, and those who survived, the Tsunami of 2004 memorialize with anger and beauty one of the most devastating tragedies of our time. In its largeness of heart, bold artistry, and admirable desire to bear witness, Amirthanayagam's consoling, life-affirming and triumphant volume reminds me of Neruda's great Residence on Earth." —Jaime Manrique
"Indran Amirthanayagam's densely woven Tsunami Poems display a perfect marriage of form and content. His rhythms, rhymes, and intricate consonantal endings as well as his precise images and mots justes ironically intensify the terror of the stories these poems tell—stories of real men, women, and children whose lives have been changed forever by a terrible natural disaster. This beautifully written and graphic sequence makes for fascinating reading." —Marjorie Perloff
"Indran Amirthanayagam's poems about tragedy and loss are woven with such fine irony. Each offers the poet's consolation, challenging horror with the beautiful line." —Richard Rodriguez
"In his powerful and vivid reenactment of the devastating 2004 tsunami and its aftermath, Indran Amirthanayagam rematerializes a composite but 'splintered face,' and conjures a myriad of voices, memorializing this incomprehensible tragedy. With plain-spoken eloquence and consummate skill, he presents a chorus of individual testimonials from survivors—including monologues by a Sri Lankan fisherman who lost his entire family, visiting tourists, a body builder, and a bereft but ever faithful priest—all who witnessed and survived 'the shape of a giant wave' rising to devour tens of thousands of lives.
"A deeply moving and wise book, The Splintered Face recognizes the great and small paradoxes inherent in the world, and among them: 'the sea [as] father/ and mother,/ karma and dharma// and all other/ available terms,/ including fate.' The poet understands how, while we still mourn for the lost and dead, we also engender 'the ceremonies of innocence,' and muster both hope and strength to carry on. Ultimately, Amirthanayagam's poems celebrate the human spirit's resilience, even when faced with unutterable loss." —Maurya Simon
Hanging Loose Press, founded in 1966, publishes Hanging Loose magazine and individual collections of fiction and poetry. The press has received many awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dreams of the Wanderer - Apr 5 & 6
Capilano College in collaboration with the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents Dreams of the Wanderer
Saturday April 5, 2008, 8pm
Sunday April 6, 2008, 3pm
Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre
2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver
Tickets: $22/18
Box Office and Info: 604.990.7810
Capilano College School of Music, in collaboration with the VICO, will present a concert featuring the world premiere of Dreams of the Wanderer by BC composer Moshe Denburg, and performed by the VICO with the combined choirs of the Capilano College Music Program - Capilano College Singers, Capilano College Festival Chorus , and Cecilia Ensemble Women's Choir. The composition will showcase the musical traditions from a variety of cultures, and will be multilingual, incorporating Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew and English. Iranian tenor Amir Haghighi will be the featured soloist, and Lars Kaario will conduct. The concert program will include a cappella songs from a variety of cultures, performed by the choirs, as well as several instrumental works for smaller forces performed by members of the VICO.
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO)
mailto: info@vi-co.org web: www.vi-co.org
Saturday April 5, 2008, 8pm
Sunday April 6, 2008, 3pm
Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre
2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver
Tickets: $22/18
Box Office and Info: 604.990.7810
Capilano College School of Music, in collaboration with the VICO, will present a concert featuring the world premiere of Dreams of the Wanderer by BC composer Moshe Denburg, and performed by the VICO with the combined choirs of the Capilano College Music Program - Capilano College Singers, Capilano College Festival Chorus , and Cecilia Ensemble Women's Choir. The composition will showcase the musical traditions from a variety of cultures, and will be multilingual, incorporating Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew and English. Iranian tenor Amir Haghighi will be the featured soloist, and Lars Kaario will conduct. The concert program will include a cappella songs from a variety of cultures, performed by the choirs, as well as several instrumental works for smaller forces performed by members of the VICO.
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO)
mailto: info@vi-co.org web: www.vi-co.org
Monday, March 17, 2008
Calling all Asian-Heritage filmmakers!
Starting March 1st, VAFF will begin accepting open-call film entries for this year’s Festival, November 6-9. Hurry, deadline closes May 31st.
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is Canada’s oldest festival dedicated to exhibiting films and videos by North American artists of Asian heritage. Incorporated in spring 1997, VAFF is committed to supporting both emerging talent and established filmmakers. Visiting artists have included Ham Tran, Dean Ishida, Loni Ding, Justin Lin, Wes Kim, and Michael Kang, as well as BC filmmakers, Mina Shum, Desiree Lim, Nilesh Patel, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Romeo Candido.
Awards include a juried award for Best Canadian Short. Programming includes Q & A sessions, panel discussions, a Filmmakers’ Luncheon, and special gala events.
12th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival
November 6-9, 2008
Vancouver, BC, Canada
All screenings take place at Cinemark Tinseltown, a multiplex theatre within the city’s Chinatown and Downtown districts.
Submission guidelines and more info: http://www.vaff.org/submissions/
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is Canada’s oldest festival dedicated to exhibiting films and videos by North American artists of Asian heritage. Incorporated in spring 1997, VAFF is committed to supporting both emerging talent and established filmmakers. Visiting artists have included Ham Tran, Dean Ishida, Loni Ding, Justin Lin, Wes Kim, and Michael Kang, as well as BC filmmakers, Mina Shum, Desiree Lim, Nilesh Patel, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Romeo Candido.
Awards include a juried award for Best Canadian Short. Programming includes Q & A sessions, panel discussions, a Filmmakers’ Luncheon, and special gala events.
12th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival
November 6-9, 2008
Vancouver, BC, Canada
All screenings take place at Cinemark Tinseltown, a multiplex theatre within the city’s Chinatown and Downtown districts.
Submission guidelines and more info: http://www.vaff.org/submissions/
Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! - SKETCHOFF!#$%!!
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 April 18th, 2008. Your team could win up to $350! (Sketch comedy consultants will be made available to participating teams two weeks before the show.)
Team Entry Fee: $35/team Late fee $50/team
For more information, phone 778.885.1973 or www.vact.ca
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 April 18th, 2008. Your team could win up to $350! (Sketch comedy consultants will be made available to participating teams two weeks before the show.)
Team Entry Fee: $35/team Late fee $50/team
For more information, phone 778.885.1973 or www.vact.ca
AUDITION CALL: ACTORS FOR ODD COUPLE BY NEIL SIMON
Audition Call for Actors in Odd Couple by Neil Simon
August 10 - August 21st, 2008 at The Roundhouse
Friday, April 4th, 2008 from 7:00pm - 11pm
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 from 1pm - 6pm
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 from 8pm - 11pm
Send headshot and resume to producer@vact.ca with subject line Odd Couple
by April 1, 2008.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
Rehearsals will start in June 2008, evenings and weekends only.
Seeking Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Set Designer for Odd Couple
Community Production - small honorarium provided Please send resume to producer@vact.ca with subject line of which designer you are interested in.
Seeking volunteers for Assistant Stage Managers, Box Office, Ushers and stage hands for Odd Couple Must be able to commit to a minimum of 2 show dates or more and the dress rehearsal. Please send email to producer@vact.ca with subject line volunteer.
More info: http://vact.ca/oddcouple.htm
August 10 - August 21st, 2008 at The Roundhouse
Friday, April 4th, 2008 from 7:00pm - 11pm
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 from 1pm - 6pm
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 from 8pm - 11pm
Send headshot and resume to producer@vact.ca with subject line Odd Couple
by April 1, 2008.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
Rehearsals will start in June 2008, evenings and weekends only.
Seeking Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Set Designer for Odd Couple
Community Production - small honorarium provided Please send resume to producer@vact.ca with subject line of which designer you are interested in.
Seeking volunteers for Assistant Stage Managers, Box Office, Ushers and stage hands for Odd Couple Must be able to commit to a minimum of 2 show dates or more and the dress rehearsal. Please send email to producer@vact.ca with subject line volunteer.
More info: http://vact.ca/oddcouple.htm
Fourplay - New Plays by Excited Writers - Mar 26 - 8pm
There hasn't been anything this hot since Debbie Did Dallas: Scripting Aloud does Studio 58! Or, the other way around. Either way, it's a consensual arrangement. :)
Instead of klatching about scripts at our regular java joint Our Town Cafe on Broadway this month, join us at Langara College on March 26, 8 pm to see and talk about some Fourplay - New Plays by Excited Writers from Studio 58.
Scripting Aloud will be there to help spice up the discussion at a talkback about the two featured plays, PROGRAM A in repertory - Over the Edge by Susan Coodin (directed by Mindy Parfitt) and Hotel Hope by Leah Cordsen (directed by Anthony F. Ingram).
More information and tickets ($11 at the door, $12.75 online at Tickets Tonight):
http://www.langara.bc.ca/studio58/nowshowing.html
Grace & Kathy
Producers, Scripting Aloud
www.scriptingaloud.ca
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2408189410
Instead of klatching about scripts at our regular java joint Our Town Cafe on Broadway this month, join us at Langara College on March 26, 8 pm to see and talk about some Fourplay - New Plays by Excited Writers from Studio 58.
Scripting Aloud will be there to help spice up the discussion at a talkback about the two featured plays, PROGRAM A in repertory - Over the Edge by Susan Coodin (directed by Mindy Parfitt) and Hotel Hope by Leah Cordsen (directed by Anthony F. Ingram).
More information and tickets ($11 at the door, $12.75 online at Tickets Tonight):
http://www.langara.bc.ca/studio58/nowshowing.html
Grace & Kathy
Producers, Scripting Aloud
www.scriptingaloud.ca
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2408189410
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
THE NEW CANADIAN Newspaper - Mar 28 to Apr 19
Japanese Canadian National Museum presents
THE NEW CANADIAN Newspaper
This show is based on the vital role of a Japanese Canadian newspaper during the internment years between 1942 and 1945. It consists of over forty images of THE NEW CANADIAN journalists and Kaslo life. It summarizes a great Japanese Canadian newspaper story and careers of the leaders who made it. This exhibit was developed by the Langham Cultural Society, Kaslo and curated by Ian Fraser.
Friday, April 18, 7pm
Presentation by Ian Fraser “A tribute to THE NEW CANADIAN Heroes”
Saturday, April 19, 2pm
Gallery tour by Ian Fraser followed by a closing reception
Nichola Ogiwara, Museum Assistant/Program Coordinator
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
tel 604.777.7000 ext.109 fax 604.777.7001
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7 Canada
www.jcnm.ca / www.nikkeiplace.org
THE NEW CANADIAN Newspaper
This show is based on the vital role of a Japanese Canadian newspaper during the internment years between 1942 and 1945. It consists of over forty images of THE NEW CANADIAN journalists and Kaslo life. It summarizes a great Japanese Canadian newspaper story and careers of the leaders who made it. This exhibit was developed by the Langham Cultural Society, Kaslo and curated by Ian Fraser.
Friday, April 18, 7pm
Presentation by Ian Fraser “A tribute to THE NEW CANADIAN Heroes”
Saturday, April 19, 2pm
Gallery tour by Ian Fraser followed by a closing reception
Nichola Ogiwara, Museum Assistant/Program Coordinator
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
tel 604.777.7000 ext.109 fax 604.777.7001
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7 Canada
www.jcnm.ca / www.nikkeiplace.org
Powell Street: A Community with a Past - Apr 1 - 7:30pm
Japanese Canadian National Museum Speaker Series presents
Powell Street: A Community with a Past
A Presentation by Dr. Audrey Kobayashi
The City of Vancouver is in the process of conducting a historical and cultural review of Vancouver’s Japantown. The Museum is inviting Dr. Audrey Kobayashi to present a talk about Powell Street’s history and community to generate awareness and greater understanding of the area’s components. Planning and preservation perspectives will be presented and the talk will be illustrated by many pictures. Dr. Kobayashi is a Professor of Geography at Queens University and is the author of Memories of Our Past: a brief history and walking tour of Powell Street.
Free admission
Nichola Ogiwara, Museum Assistant/Program Coordinator
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
tel 604.777.7000 ext.109 fax 604.777.7001
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7 Canada
www.jcnm.ca / www.nikkeiplace.org
Powell Street: A Community with a Past
A Presentation by Dr. Audrey Kobayashi
The City of Vancouver is in the process of conducting a historical and cultural review of Vancouver’s Japantown. The Museum is inviting Dr. Audrey Kobayashi to present a talk about Powell Street’s history and community to generate awareness and greater understanding of the area’s components. Planning and preservation perspectives will be presented and the talk will be illustrated by many pictures. Dr. Kobayashi is a Professor of Geography at Queens University and is the author of Memories of Our Past: a brief history and walking tour of Powell Street.
Free admission
Nichola Ogiwara, Museum Assistant/Program Coordinator
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
tel 604.777.7000 ext.109 fax 604.777.7001
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7 Canada
www.jcnm.ca / www.nikkeiplace.org
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Vancouver Multicultural Children’s Festival - Apr 20 - 1pm
Vancouver Turkish Canadian Society is proud to announce “The Vancouver Multicultural Children’s Festival”, on Saturday, April 20, 2008 at Polish Community Centre (4015 Fraser Street, Vancouver). The events during which the children of many ethnical backgrounds will perform their songs and dances will run from 1pm to 4pm.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey was the first world leader to dedicate a day to children in 1924 on the day of the first Turkish Grand National Assembly was launched in 23 April 1920. For many years now, children from all over the world come together for vibrant festivities on April 23 every year.
We invite you all to join us on this meaningful day in the spirit of our world class multicultural city. Should you have any questions, please contact Mine or Fatih at torafatih@gmail.com or 604-263-0020.
Vancouver-Turkish Canadian Society
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey was the first world leader to dedicate a day to children in 1924 on the day of the first Turkish Grand National Assembly was launched in 23 April 1920. For many years now, children from all over the world come together for vibrant festivities on April 23 every year.
We invite you all to join us on this meaningful day in the spirit of our world class multicultural city. Should you have any questions, please contact Mine or Fatih at torafatih@gmail.com or 604-263-0020.
Vancouver-Turkish Canadian Society
Friday, March 7, 2008
BEIJING STORIES - Mar 9 to 21
From March 9-21, the Vancouver International Film Centre presents Beijing Stories, a wide-ranging series reflecting on the recent history and culture of the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Part of our city's Cultural Olympiad, the series includes a diverse selection of rarely screened films, many from one of the most fertile periods of Chinese mainland cinema, when the traditional filmmaking of the "Fifth Generation" gave way to the independent-minded "Sixth Generation." The Sixth Generation filmmakers bring a more individualistic, anti-romantic view to filmmaking, and pay more attention to contemporary urban life, especially those affected by disorientation, a theme ringing true in any large metropolis worldwide.
Call the Starbucks Hotline 604.683.FILM (3456) for the latest info and listings. Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line at www.vifc.org or in person 30 minutes before showtime.
Vancouver International Film Centre & Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour Street
Vancouver BC, V6B 3M7 Canada
Phone: 604-685-0260 Fax: 604-688-8221
www.viff.org www.vifc.org
Call the Starbucks Hotline 604.683.FILM (3456) for the latest info and listings. Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line at www.vifc.org or in person 30 minutes before showtime.
Vancouver International Film Centre & Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour Street
Vancouver BC, V6B 3M7 Canada
Phone: 604-685-0260 Fax: 604-688-8221
www.viff.org www.vifc.org
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble - Mar 29 - 8pm
New Frontiers 2008
Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble in Concert at the Norman Rothstein Theatre
950 West 41st Avenue (at Oak)
Tickets: $20 (general), $15 (student, senior)
available at the door | NRT Box Office (604 257 5111) | Zulu Records | Highlife Records | Kam Sing Arts | Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
Launching the Ensemble’s 2008 National Tour!
Ji Rong Huang: erhu (Chinese violin) / Wei Li: zheng (Chinese zither)
Zhi Min Yu: ruan (Chinese guitar) / Gui Lian Liu: pipa (Chinese lute)
Jian Ming Pan: dizi (Chinese flute) / Qing Chang: sanxian (Chinese banjo)
GUEST: Bruce Henczel: percussion & marimba
On March 29th, the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble presents another of its trademark stunning shows at the intimate Norman Rothstein Theatre. This concert will feature new arrangements of Jin Zhang's Gazing and Rui Shi Zhuo's Ling developed for the ensemble’s national tour in April. These new arrangements will showcase the musicians’ superb artistry. Ensemble members Ji Rong Huang (artistic director), Wei Li, Gui Lian Liu, Zhi Min Yu, Jian Ming Pan and Qing Chang will be joined by guest artist Bruce Henczel. The Ensemble will present the same program in eight shows in Montreal, Toronto, Richmond Hill and Hamilton. Don’t miss this exciting performance!
Jin Zhang’s works are performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra among many other orchestras and chamber ensembles and have been recorded for broadcast by the BBC, CBC and VTV among other television and radio networks. In 2006, the Canadian Music Centre selected Zhang for its online initiative, Composer Portraits – Influence of Many Musics. This project focuses on Canadian composers who emigrated from other countries and highlights their valuable contribution to music in Canada. Rui Shi Zhuo has been commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Pro Musica, the National Film Board of Canada and the Vancouver Oratorio Society among other ensembles and presenters. He has received several commissioning grants from Canada Council and the British Columbia Arts Council and his works have been broadcast nationally by CBC Radio.
The Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble, established in 1989, combines technical mastery with a passionate approach to music. It was one of only five artists from across Canada selected to showcase at the Canada Council for the Arts’ Presence Conference at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre in December 2007.
“...vibrant and exciting exposure to another culture.” The Georgia Straight
For more information, please contact
Zhao Zhao @ Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society
Tel 604.683.8240 | Email zhaozhao@dkam.ca
Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble in Concert at the Norman Rothstein Theatre
950 West 41st Avenue (at Oak)
Tickets: $20 (general), $15 (student, senior)
available at the door | NRT Box Office (604 257 5111) | Zulu Records | Highlife Records | Kam Sing Arts | Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
Launching the Ensemble’s 2008 National Tour!
Ji Rong Huang: erhu (Chinese violin) / Wei Li: zheng (Chinese zither)
Zhi Min Yu: ruan (Chinese guitar) / Gui Lian Liu: pipa (Chinese lute)
Jian Ming Pan: dizi (Chinese flute) / Qing Chang: sanxian (Chinese banjo)
GUEST: Bruce Henczel: percussion & marimba
On March 29th, the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble presents another of its trademark stunning shows at the intimate Norman Rothstein Theatre. This concert will feature new arrangements of Jin Zhang's Gazing and Rui Shi Zhuo's Ling developed for the ensemble’s national tour in April. These new arrangements will showcase the musicians’ superb artistry. Ensemble members Ji Rong Huang (artistic director), Wei Li, Gui Lian Liu, Zhi Min Yu, Jian Ming Pan and Qing Chang will be joined by guest artist Bruce Henczel. The Ensemble will present the same program in eight shows in Montreal, Toronto, Richmond Hill and Hamilton. Don’t miss this exciting performance!
Jin Zhang’s works are performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra among many other orchestras and chamber ensembles and have been recorded for broadcast by the BBC, CBC and VTV among other television and radio networks. In 2006, the Canadian Music Centre selected Zhang for its online initiative, Composer Portraits – Influence of Many Musics. This project focuses on Canadian composers who emigrated from other countries and highlights their valuable contribution to music in Canada. Rui Shi Zhuo has been commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Pro Musica, the National Film Board of Canada and the Vancouver Oratorio Society among other ensembles and presenters. He has received several commissioning grants from Canada Council and the British Columbia Arts Council and his works have been broadcast nationally by CBC Radio.
The Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble, established in 1989, combines technical mastery with a passionate approach to music. It was one of only five artists from across Canada selected to showcase at the Canada Council for the Arts’ Presence Conference at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre in December 2007.
“...vibrant and exciting exposure to another culture.” The Georgia Straight
For more information, please contact
Zhao Zhao @ Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society
Tel 604.683.8240 | Email zhaozhao@dkam.ca
Celebrating Multiculturalism - Mar 8 - 11am
Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society will host a “Celebrating Multiculturalism” Event in conjunction with our Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony on Saturday, March 8th at 11:00am at Richmond Centre Mall.
Our president Rod Belleza and His Worship Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond will be presenting volunteer certificates to our dedicated volunteers, followed by performances from multi-cultural groups.
The participated organizations who will be setting up information/activity booths at the event are Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society, City of Richmond, Alliance Francaise de Vancouver, Middle East Cultural Group, Richmond Chess & Games Club, Richmond Women’s Resource Centre, Bulgarian-Canadian Society of BC, Ikebana Art Club, Multicultural Helping House Society, and SUCCESS.
We cordially invite each member of our community to join us in this one-day special event, enhancing cross-cultural understanding and embracing the cultural diversity of Richmond community.
Simone Guo
Program Coordinator
Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society
Tel: 604 279-7160
Our president Rod Belleza and His Worship Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond will be presenting volunteer certificates to our dedicated volunteers, followed by performances from multi-cultural groups.
The participated organizations who will be setting up information/activity booths at the event are Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society, City of Richmond, Alliance Francaise de Vancouver, Middle East Cultural Group, Richmond Chess & Games Club, Richmond Women’s Resource Centre, Bulgarian-Canadian Society of BC, Ikebana Art Club, Multicultural Helping House Society, and SUCCESS.
We cordially invite each member of our community to join us in this one-day special event, enhancing cross-cultural understanding and embracing the cultural diversity of Richmond community.
Simone Guo
Program Coordinator
Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society
Tel: 604 279-7160
Downtown Bhangra - Mar 7 & 8
Dance on the sidewalk and sing out loud at Downtown Bhangra, a free outdoor concert stage featuring Vancouver’s finest talent. From drummers, beat-boxers and singers to Bhangra dancers, break dancers and folk dancers of other varieties, this stage is non-stop action. Featured performers include award-winning Khalsa Junction, local hip-hop group A-Slam, Bhangra band En Karma and LA’s DJ Sandeep – in addition to many talented local stars.
March 7 from 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
March 8 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery
Georgia Street Plaza
www.vibc.org
March 7 from 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
March 8 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery
Georgia Street Plaza
www.vibc.org
Disorienting Bhangra - Mar 6 - 7pm
Join guest panelists Gibb Schreffler (Ethnomusicologist from University of California Santa Barbara), Ashveer Singh (Anthropology student at University of California Berkeley and dancer with Davis Di Dynasty Bhangra team), Sanjay Seran (lead singer of Signia and Delhi 2 Dublin) and Jora Nijjar (dancer with UNITED Bhangra) as they discuss, argue and question what Bhangra is and what it means today in a North American setting. This unique panel of scholars, students, dancers and musicians will discuss how and why Bhangra is performed and its relevance outside of Punjab.
The event is moderated by Dr. Anne Murphy, assistant professor with the Department of Asian Studies at UBC and Chair in Punjabi Language, Literature, and Sikh Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Admission By Donation
UBC Robson Square Theatre, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
www.vibc.org
The event is moderated by Dr. Anne Murphy, assistant professor with the Department of Asian Studies at UBC and Chair in Punjabi Language, Literature, and Sikh Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Admission By Donation
UBC Robson Square Theatre, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
www.vibc.org
Asia Pacific Business Networking Series #1 - Mar 6 - Noon
Presented by: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. & Coast Capital Savings
Asia Pacific Business Networking Series #1 - Business Luncheon & Networking
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. - Finding Success in the Asia Pacific Gateway
Keynote speaker: David Solloway, General Manager of North American Operations
Speaker Bio: As GM for North American operations, David Solloway is based in Vancouver and is responsible for ensuring Oasis’ high benchmarks of safety and efficiency continue to be met in Vancouver. Mr. Solloway most recently serves as the director of marketing for Sangster International Airport, at Montego Bay in Jamaica. Prior to that, he worked at United Airlines as General Manager in New Delhi, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indochina. Mr. Solloway also worked for Canadian Airlines International, in similar senior management roles based in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. Mr. Solloway has affiliations with many professional organizations across the globe, including the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Airlines Representatives in Hong Kong.
Key Points: Discover how Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited positions itself in this competitive aviation industry and the marketing strategy it employs to tap into the multicultural Canadian society. Through David’s extensive international business experience across the globe, find out how to formula a business strategy to thrive in the global economy and how to develop the cross-cultural expertise essential within your organization.
Date: 2008/03/06
Time: 12:00 Noon - 1:45 PM (Registration 11:30 AM)
Venue: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel (6083 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC)
Language: English (Mandarin translation available)
All participants will be entered to win a round-trip ticket from Vancouver to Hong Kong sponsored by Oasis Airlines!
Online Registration: http://www.successbc.ca/rsvp/?i=1534b76d325a8f591b52d302e7181331
Seats are limited! First come, first served.
Fee: Member of Gateway to Asia $45, Non-member $55. (Lunch included)
Contact: Adelin Yang 604-639-5583 or 604-732-3278; Email: adelin.yang@success.bc.ca
For more information, please visit http://www.successbc.ca/eng/content/view/919/39/
Asia Pacific Business Networking Series #1 - Business Luncheon & Networking
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. - Finding Success in the Asia Pacific Gateway
Keynote speaker: David Solloway, General Manager of North American Operations
Speaker Bio: As GM for North American operations, David Solloway is based in Vancouver and is responsible for ensuring Oasis’ high benchmarks of safety and efficiency continue to be met in Vancouver. Mr. Solloway most recently serves as the director of marketing for Sangster International Airport, at Montego Bay in Jamaica. Prior to that, he worked at United Airlines as General Manager in New Delhi, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indochina. Mr. Solloway also worked for Canadian Airlines International, in similar senior management roles based in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. Mr. Solloway has affiliations with many professional organizations across the globe, including the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Airlines Representatives in Hong Kong.
Key Points: Discover how Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited positions itself in this competitive aviation industry and the marketing strategy it employs to tap into the multicultural Canadian society. Through David’s extensive international business experience across the globe, find out how to formula a business strategy to thrive in the global economy and how to develop the cross-cultural expertise essential within your organization.
Date: 2008/03/06
Time: 12:00 Noon - 1:45 PM (Registration 11:30 AM)
Venue: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel (6083 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC)
Language: English (Mandarin translation available)
All participants will be entered to win a round-trip ticket from Vancouver to Hong Kong sponsored by Oasis Airlines!
Online Registration: http://www.successbc.ca/rsvp/?i=1534b76d325a8f591b52d302e7181331
Seats are limited! First come, first served.
Fee: Member of Gateway to Asia $45, Non-member $55. (Lunch included)
Contact: Adelin Yang 604-639-5583 or 604-732-3278; Email: adelin.yang@success.bc.ca
For more information, please visit http://www.successbc.ca/eng/content/view/919/39/
The Robson Reading Series - Wayson Choy & Rawi Hage - Mar 5 - 3pm
The Robson Reading Series, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad are pleased to announce
TWO readings at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC.
Wayson Choy
Author of The Jade Peony and All That Matters
Musqueam Room (rm 455)
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
3:00pm, 1961 East Mall
and
Rawi Hage
Author of DeNiro's Game
Musqueam Room (rm 455)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
3:00pm, 1961 East Mall
All events are free to the public.
Wayson Choy is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown. He is the author of the novel The Jade Peony (1995), which won the Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award. He also wrote the memoir Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood (1999), which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and was nominated for a Governor General's Award. Choy attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied creative writing. Moving to Toronto in 1962, Choy taught at Humber College and the Humber School for Writers from 1967 to 2004. He was president of the Cahoots Theatre Company of Toronto from 1999 to 2002. His latest novel, All That Matters, was published in 2004 and was nominated for the Giller Prize. In 2005, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.
Rawi Hage is the author of the novel DeNiro's Game, which was nominated for the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award in 2006. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lived through nine years of the Lebanese civil war before emigrating.to Canada in 1992. A writer, visual artist and curator, Hage's writings have appeared in Fuse Magazine, Mizna, Jouvert, The Toronto Review, Montreal Serai and Al-Jadid. His visual works have been displayed in galleries and museums around the world. He is also the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec. Hage resides in Montreal.
Both events co-presented by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
For more information see www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca or www.vancouver2010.com.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
The University of British Columbia
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC,
T: 604.822.2298
W: http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/
W: http://www.library.ubc.ca/david_lam
and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad are pleased to announce
TWO readings at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC.
Wayson Choy
Author of The Jade Peony and All That Matters
Musqueam Room (rm 455)
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
3:00pm, 1961 East Mall
and
Rawi Hage
Author of DeNiro's Game
Musqueam Room (rm 455)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
3:00pm, 1961 East Mall
All events are free to the public.
Wayson Choy is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown. He is the author of the novel The Jade Peony (1995), which won the Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award. He also wrote the memoir Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood (1999), which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and was nominated for a Governor General's Award. Choy attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied creative writing. Moving to Toronto in 1962, Choy taught at Humber College and the Humber School for Writers from 1967 to 2004. He was president of the Cahoots Theatre Company of Toronto from 1999 to 2002. His latest novel, All That Matters, was published in 2004 and was nominated for the Giller Prize. In 2005, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.
Rawi Hage is the author of the novel DeNiro's Game, which was nominated for the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award in 2006. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lived through nine years of the Lebanese civil war before emigrating.to Canada in 1992. A writer, visual artist and curator, Hage's writings have appeared in Fuse Magazine, Mizna, Jouvert, The Toronto Review, Montreal Serai and Al-Jadid. His visual works have been displayed in galleries and museums around the world. He is also the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec. Hage resides in Montreal.
Both events co-presented by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
For more information see www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca or www.vancouver2010.com.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
The University of British Columbia
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC,
T: 604.822.2298
W: http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/
W: http://www.library.ubc.ca/david_lam
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
OTAKARA HAKKUTSU (Treasure Hunt) Market - Mar 15 - 10am
10am – 2pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby (Kingsway & Sperling Ave)
Free Admission & Free Parking
“One’s GARAKUTA (junk) is another’s OTAKARA (treasure).”
Come to our 2nd Annual Flea Market. Find treasures! Join the many scavengers!
Over 40 tables!! Dishes, small appliances, toys, clothes, Japanese items, etc.
For info: 604-777-7000 or www.nikkeiplace.org
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby (Kingsway & Sperling Ave)
Free Admission & Free Parking
“One’s GARAKUTA (junk) is another’s OTAKARA (treasure).”
Come to our 2nd Annual Flea Market. Find treasures! Join the many scavengers!
Over 40 tables!! Dishes, small appliances, toys, clothes, Japanese items, etc.
For info: 604-777-7000 or www.nikkeiplace.org
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Paul Chan Poster Launch - Mar 6 - 6:30pm
Centre A , Western Front Exhibitions, and The Fillip Review collaborate to commission a new poster by Brooklyn-based artist and activist Paul Chan
Thursday, March 6th 6:30-10:00
Venue: Centre A, 2 West Hastings Street Tel: 604-683-3826
6:30: Screening of Paul Chan’s Tin Drum Trilogy followed by brief discussion
8:30: Reception
Western Front Exhibitions, Centre A and The Fillip Review, are pleased to announce the release of a poster by Brooklyn-based artist Paul Chan Included as an insert in Fillip 7, the posters are also available at all collaborating venues for $5.00 each. Untitled (Behold, I show you a mystery), printed in an edition of 2000 copies, relates to the artist’s recent series of works, The 7 Lights (2005-07), digital animations that explore themes of religion, utopian thought, and their manifestations and transformations within contemporary life and follows other print projects by the artist, notably “Baghdad Snapshot Action” (February 2002 and April 2003).
As one of the most significant young artists to emerge from North America in recent years, Chan has achieved much critical and international acclaim for his video and installation works that explore analogue and digital drawings with philosophical reflections on artistic form, politics, religion, sex and their social effects. Paul Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1973 and grew up in Nebraska. He graduated with an MFA in Film, Video, and New Media from Bard College in 2002, having earned his BFA in Video Digital Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Chan’s teaching activities have included lecturing at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the University of Pennsylvania and the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. Chan lives and works in New York. His digital animations were previously exhibited at the Whitney Biennial 2006 in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Para/site Art Space in Hong Kong. Chan had a solo exhibition in the summer of 2007 at the Serpentine Gallery in London, followed by solo presentations in 2008 at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the New Museum in New York. In 2007 the Western Front hosted the first solo-exhibition of Chan’s work in Canada.
This poster is a part of the Western Front Exhibition programme’s ongoing series of artist projects in print. Past commissions have included posters by artists including Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, Tim lee, Ron Terada, and Igor Santizo, and texts and an artist book by Hadley+Maxwell. In 2008 the Western Front will introduce a series of pocket-sized publications, which transcribe conversations between artists and respondents of their choice, designed by Derek Barnett. The first will feature Afghan artist Lida Abdul in conversation with Stanford Art Historian Pamela M Lee and will be released in Spring 2008.
For More information
Contact: Makiko Hara
Makiko.hara@centrea.org Tel: 604-683-8326
Thursday, March 6th 6:30-10:00
Venue: Centre A, 2 West Hastings Street Tel: 604-683-3826
6:30: Screening of Paul Chan’s Tin Drum Trilogy followed by brief discussion
8:30: Reception
Western Front Exhibitions, Centre A and The Fillip Review, are pleased to announce the release of a poster by Brooklyn-based artist Paul Chan Included as an insert in Fillip 7, the posters are also available at all collaborating venues for $5.00 each. Untitled (Behold, I show you a mystery), printed in an edition of 2000 copies, relates to the artist’s recent series of works, The 7 Lights (2005-07), digital animations that explore themes of religion, utopian thought, and their manifestations and transformations within contemporary life and follows other print projects by the artist, notably “Baghdad Snapshot Action” (February 2002 and April 2003).
As one of the most significant young artists to emerge from North America in recent years, Chan has achieved much critical and international acclaim for his video and installation works that explore analogue and digital drawings with philosophical reflections on artistic form, politics, religion, sex and their social effects. Paul Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1973 and grew up in Nebraska. He graduated with an MFA in Film, Video, and New Media from Bard College in 2002, having earned his BFA in Video Digital Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Chan’s teaching activities have included lecturing at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, the University of Pennsylvania and the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. Chan lives and works in New York. His digital animations were previously exhibited at the Whitney Biennial 2006 in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Para/site Art Space in Hong Kong. Chan had a solo exhibition in the summer of 2007 at the Serpentine Gallery in London, followed by solo presentations in 2008 at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the New Museum in New York. In 2007 the Western Front hosted the first solo-exhibition of Chan’s work in Canada.
This poster is a part of the Western Front Exhibition programme’s ongoing series of artist projects in print. Past commissions have included posters by artists including Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, Tim lee, Ron Terada, and Igor Santizo, and texts and an artist book by Hadley+Maxwell. In 2008 the Western Front will introduce a series of pocket-sized publications, which transcribe conversations between artists and respondents of their choice, designed by Derek Barnett. The first will feature Afghan artist Lida Abdul in conversation with Stanford Art Historian Pamela M Lee and will be released in Spring 2008.
For More information
Contact: Makiko Hara
Makiko.hara@centrea.org Tel: 604-683-8326
Paradis/Paradise - Mar 25 & 26 - 8pm
Co.ERASGA Dance
World Premiere
Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF)
Roundhouse Community Centre/
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC
VIDF Box office 604 662 4966
ABOUT PARADIS/PARADISE
PARADIS/Paradise is a cross-continental dance project between Canada and France led by Vancouver choreographer-dancer Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This full-length work converses with the body language of Tolentino, the live bruise/noise music of French musician Emmanuel de St. Aubin and the video art of Vancouver’s Donna Szoke. Witness the raw, eccentric and bold palates of sounds, imagery and movement that project the body, with its internal paradise, out to the external world.
PARADIS/Paradise is dedicated to Larisa Fayad (1976-2007) who was originally commissioned to light PARADIS. Larisa’s colleague and good friend James Proudfoot will light this production.
Choreography and performance by Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Live Music by Emmanuel de St Aubin
Media Arts by Donna Szoke
Lighting by James Proudfoot
World Premiere
Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF)
Roundhouse Community Centre/
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC
VIDF Box office 604 662 4966
ABOUT PARADIS/PARADISE
PARADIS/Paradise is a cross-continental dance project between Canada and France led by Vancouver choreographer-dancer Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This full-length work converses with the body language of Tolentino, the live bruise/noise music of French musician Emmanuel de St. Aubin and the video art of Vancouver’s Donna Szoke. Witness the raw, eccentric and bold palates of sounds, imagery and movement that project the body, with its internal paradise, out to the external world.
PARADIS/Paradise is dedicated to Larisa Fayad (1976-2007) who was originally commissioned to light PARADIS. Larisa’s colleague and good friend James Proudfoot will light this production.
Choreography and performance by Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Live Music by Emmanuel de St Aubin
Media Arts by Donna Szoke
Lighting by James Proudfoot
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