American sign language on stage
Songs, poems, stories and speeches are created with words, the main ingredient for the Verses Festival in Vancouver this year. The Verses Festival of Words celebrates the power of oral and literary …
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April 27 2015 Culture Documenting personal stories of underclass China at DOXA
The annual Vancouver Documentary Film Festival, DOXA, has been showcasing and celebrating independent documentary films since 2000 and this year’s event, which will take place at various cinematic …
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April 27 2015 Culture Richmond celebrates dance and diversity with its first International Dance Day event
International Dance Day, celebrated every year on April 29, has been going on for over 30 years. This year, the celebration comes to Richmond. Richmond’s first annual International Dance Day event …
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April 27 2015 Culture Brassy tunes from a faraway land
The Balkan Brass band Orkestar Slivovica is an 8–12 piece ensemble that brings to Vancouver a colourful conflation of Eastern European musical traditions. On May 8–9 they will host and perform at…
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April 13 2015 Culture Ukrainian festival turns 20 years old
Photo by Gord YakimowGladys Andreas, founder and first president of the B.C. Ukrainian Cultural Festival (BCUCF) is …
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April 13 2015 Culture Cantonese opera tells the tale of the Red Peony
Wai Ling Ho, playing hero Man Hong. It is customary for woman to play male roles in Cantonese Opera. | Photo courtesy of Rosa …
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April 13 2015 Art The medium tells the message
Anyuta Gusakova, a Russian-Canadian artist, recently exhibited three paper sculptures at the CityScape Community Art Space in North Vancouver. The gallery’s exhibition, Purely Paper, showcased five…
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March 23 2015 Art Cultural “survivance” through gameplay
Elizabeth LaPensée, a doctor in Interactive Arts and Technology from Simon Fraser University, delivers games focused on acts of survivance – survival and endurance – to recognize the living and …
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March 23 2015 Culture Finding perennial meanings under Vancouver’s cherry blossom trees
Photo by Simon YeeCherry blossoms throughout Vancouver have been blooming early this year, giving Vancouverites a great …
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March 23 2015 Culture Turkish Tunes-2 warms up Vancouver
Turkish Tunes-2, an event organized to increase public awareness of contemporary and traditional Turkish art and culture will be taking place Apr.11. The Turkish Canadian Society (TCS) is planning …