Volume 13

June 2012

Centre A launches video installation by local Asian artist

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Watching artist Khan Lee’s video installation, Hearts and Arrows, the colourful sky of dawn at the Stanley Park seawall, greets your eyes. [Read more…]

It’s complicated: teens’ relationship with religion

Photo by Courtney Carmody, Flickr

For 15-year-old Judy Kim, a Korean-Canadian student at a Vancouver high school, Christian faith is an integral part of her life. [Read more…]

Close encounters in unexpected places

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When I look closely, I see a variety of people and cultures in many places – on university campuses, while travelling and in social settings. [Read more…]

Spencie’s View

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Political pulse hard to predict in modern times

Justin Trudeau. Photo by batmoo, Flickr.

Skeptics will be confounded. [Read more…]

Eco-art builds cultural understanding

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The topic of pipelines and crude oil in B.C isn’t likely to go away any time soon, and there are those who strive to find new ways to curb environmental degradation. [Read more…]

BC Election

Christy Clark - photo courtesy of BC Gov't Photos.

“I am hurt, but I am not slain. [Read more…]

Indo-jazz delights with a blend of Eastern and Western musical traditions

Saxophonists George Brooks (left) and Bansuri flutist Ronu Majumdar (right) performing at Yoshis, San Francisco, may 2010. Photos courtesy of George Brooks.

The fusion of two great musical traditions, jazz and classical Indian music, is exactly what you can expect to find in abundance on May 25 at the Caravan World Rhythms Masters of Wind concert featuring three world class musicians: American jazz saxophone player George Brooks, Indian bansuri player Ronu Majumdar and Indian tabla player Ramdas Palsule. [Read more…]

Taiko fuses family with Japanese heritage

Tetsu Taiko performance with sisters Jillian Masuhara, Nicole Masuhara  and cousin Stacey Chan (from left to right). Photo by Doug Masuhara.

For Doug Masuhara, growing up as a third-generation Japanese Canadian in East Vancouver didn’t provide much opportunity to experience traditional Japanese culture. [Read more…]

Twenty years of just dancing

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World music dancefest Just Dance will celebrate its 20th anniversary on May 31. [Read more…]