The Myrtle Sisters: singing, dancing and a good porch
The Myrtle Sisters travel from 1921 to 2021, collecting songs and dances. | Photo courtesy of The Myrtle Sisters
The Myrtle Sisters, East Vancouver-based performing artists Candice Roberts, …
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May 24 2021 Culture 1 Hour Photo: As relevant as ever
Tetsuro Shigematsu | Photo by Raymond Shum. Photo design Terry Wong
The Cultch and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (vAct) are offering a pre-recorded performance of Tetsuro Shigematsu’s …
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May 10 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight: Grandmaster Li Rong brings the ancient art of qigong to the 21st century
Photo courtesy of Li Rong
Li Rong has been a grandmaster and trainer of tai chi and qigong for the last 30 years. She is the founder and director of the Tristar Taiji and Qigong Academy in …
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May 10 2021 Local Cultivating social trust at the intersection of race and sexuality
“Art and love are powerful mechanisms that impact change,’’ says Jen Sungshine, co-creative director and founder of Love Intersections.
Sungshine, a queer Taiwanese interdisciplinary artist…
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May 10 2021 Culture Opera Transcriptions : a spiritual adventure
“Life and death. Those are the ultimate mysteries. We think about death not as an end in itself, but we imagine how that transforms us as energy,” says Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Vancouver-based …
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May 10 2021 Culture Wheel Voice: Tune in !
Wheel Voices: Tune In! is an eclectic mix of rap music,spoken word, choral pieces and original scenes. | Photo courtesy of Caitriona Murphy
Looking beyond a disability and experiencing the joy of…
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April 26 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight - Building fish traps, building community
Brazilian mathematics educator Marcelo C. Borba once compared the visualization of ethnomathematics to a forest ‘in which each tree would be considered as a different expression of …
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April 26 2021 Art Leena Manro: transforming a corporate and community culture through arts
The YWCA has released the inspiring nominees for the Women of Distinction Awards and will announce the winners on June 7 at their virtual gala. One of this year’s nominees, Leena Manro, truly …
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April 26 2021 Culture Someone Like Me- The challenges of queer solidarity in Vancouver
In the documentary Someone Like Me, when a queer group of strangers unite to support a gay Ugandan man seeking
asylum in Canada, unexpected challenges lead them down an emotional road together in … -
April 26 2021 Culture Festival du Bois - Sirène et Matelot’s Acadian roots run deep
Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard tap deep into their Acadian roots, as their music balances a sincere concern for global and environmental issues with the spirit of modern upbeat Acadian …