The present through the past: Japantown and the legacy of displacement
Still from film The Right To Remain. | Photo courtesy of Greg Masuda
On Oct. 31, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural …
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October 18 2015 Culture Beyond the lights: spices of the Diwali Fest
Photo by Sara MarloweDiwali Fest, an annual South Asian arts and culture festival, is celebrating its 12th year in …
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October 18 2015 Culture Vicky Chow: an eclectic, prolific, and inspired performer
Vicky Chow and Bang on a Can.| Photo by Pascal Perich and Julien Jourdes.Following Andrew Czink’s and Doug Blackley’s …
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October 5 2015 Art Exhibit explores Nunavut’s complex architectural past, present and future
The Museum of Vancouver’s upcoming exhibit, Arctic Adaptations, on display from Oct. 8 to Dec. 13, explores the history and socio-cultural effects of modernization on the Inuit people in Nunavut …
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October 5 2015 Culture Filling in the gaps in Chinese-Canadian history
Putting ink to an almost ignored part of 19th Century China, author Paul Yee’s latest novel, A Superior Man, tries to imagine the lives and mindsets of peasants trying to survive chaotic times. Yee…
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October 5 2015 Culture Buckman Coe: The art of conscious music
Buckman Coe and His band.| Photo by Eye of the Mind Photography.Combining conscious and uplifting lyricism from a melting …
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October 5 2015 Culture Unwrapping culture: An artfully choreographed critique of Thailand
Photo by Chris Randle.Two Southeast Asian contemporary dancers, Pichet Klunchun and Alvin Erasga Tolentino, are set to …
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September 21 2015 Community Dreams, resilience, support: a mix for success
For refugees dealing with a new land and memories of past ordeals, learning English is notoriously difficult. Thankfully, there are those who want to help and none are more strong willed than the …
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September 21 2015 Culture Transcending the generational and cultural gap
Writer and star of Empire of the Son, Canadian-Japanese broadcaster and scholar Tetsuro Shigematsu takes the stage at the Vancity Culture Lab at the Cultch Theatre from Oct. 6–17.
Produced by the …
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September 21 2015 Art Inside and outside the Glasgow Collection
The Annunciation by Sandro Botticelli (and possibly assistant), c. 1490–95.| Photo courtesy of American Federation of Arts.…