Totem poles maintain Haida oral history
A passion for story and language, has Haida artist Gwaai Edenshaw using his knowledge of Haida stories to help find the hidden within ourselves at the new exhibit Godanxee’wat: Stone Ribs showing …
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February 23 2015 selected Meet Jeri
This extraordinary bronze sculpture sits outside the landscape architectural firm of Paul Sangha at 1622 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, about a block west of Le Centre, the Francophone cultural centre. …
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February 9 2015 Community Symposium celebrates role of history in artistic inspiration
Black History Month celebrates the contributions of black Canadians to Canadian life, including in many different forms of art.
As part of this celebration, the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) has …
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February 9 2015 Community Celebrating Tet and the importance of involving Vietnamese Youth
Tet Nguyen Dan (Tet), the Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration, is a highly anticipated multiple day event that includes traditional Vietnamese foods, dance, and song, and celebrations galore.
This…
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February 9 2015 Culture Working towards a bright future for shadow puppet theatre
Shadow puppetry has been performed in China for over two millennia. However, with the rise of new forms of entertainment, some feel that the art form today is just a shadow of its former self. Lu …
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February 9 2015 Culture A Taste of Metis : A window to Louis Riel’s vision
Métis leader Louis Riel envisioned bringing together the people of Canada. A Taste of Metis will attempt to make this vision a reality by the art of storytelling through dance.
The Feb. 27 …
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January 26 2015 Culture Wisdom of a Sliammon Elder
Tla’Amin (Sliammon) Totem by Eugene Rodriguez | Photo courtesy of Sliammon Treaty SocietyElsie Paul, an elder of the …
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January 26 2015 Columns Greek lessons for the B.C. NDP?
Alexis Tsipras, head of Greece’s Syriza party. | Photo courtesy of Fraktion DIE LINKE im BundestagSyriza has won the …
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January 26 2015 Art Workshop explores Zen and the Japanese tea ceremony
Maiko Behr’s February workshop at the Nikkei Centre will explore the historical, philosophical and aesthetic influences of Zen on the development and practice of the tea ceremony.
Behr, a long …
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January 26 2015 Culture Researching the reality of fantasy
What does fantasy mean to you? That’s what a university research team is hoping to find out.
Ernest Mathijs, professor of film studies at the University of British Columbia, is helping to …