Puppetry festival at MOA exhibits a unique Taiwanese cultural practice
According to puppeteer Ying-yuan Shueh, the key point of appreciation about a Taiwanese puppet show is the exquisite technique | …
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October 6 2014 Culture Diwali by the Sea adds light to cultural consciousness in White Rock
On Oct. 18 along the White Rock waterfront pier, members from the Sanatan Cultural Society of British Columbia will host the city’s first annual Diwali by the Sea, a festival of light and culture. …
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October 6 2014 Left Bank Vancouver election: What’s the point of the NPA?
Maybe Kirk LaPointe and his team with the Non-Partisan Association are Seinfeld fans, because so far theirs has been a campaign about nothing.
The NPA, the traditional party of Vancouver’s …
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October 6 2014 Community Arabic speakers find more than books at Surrey facilities
Immigrants unfamiliar with North American culture and possessing minimal English skills discover living in Metro Vancouver is comprised of many insurmountable practical tasks. In Surrey, Options …
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October 6 2014 Culture Cuban music stars poised to ignite the Vancouver stage
Azúcar Negra, a widely popular Cuban timba band, will bring their vibrant beats to the first ever Vancouver Cuban Music Festival.| …
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October 6 2014 selected Reconnection
Québécoise artist Danaé Brissonnet is in front of her mural, Reconnection. She’s painting it on the Moss St. side of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV). The mural was part of the Puppets…
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September 22 2014 Economy Bamboo: a sustainable alternative to the concrete jungle?
Strong, fast-growing and widely distributed, bamboo is an attractive, yet underdeveloped material that could prove valuable to the construction industry, according to UBC researcher Felix Böck. …
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September 22 2014 Columns Who has the right to this city? Proposal to tax empty condos in Vancouver is part of an overdue debate
In the 2008 municipal election, Gregor Robertson swept into the Mayor’s office on a promise to eliminate homelessness in Vancouver.
The issue was the centrepiece of his campaign, even though …
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September 22 2014 Community Nikkei Museum ponders identity and future
On Sept. 27, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre will bring together artists and cultural figures to honour and explore Nikkei identity during a time of immense change.
“What are we?”…
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September 22 2014 Art Artists make a plea for conservation
Picture a world where the world is luscious and green, a place where our ecosystem thrived and our wildlife existed harmoniously and wandered freely. Using art as a tool, this is the world that the …