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On Saturday, Oct. 3, Francesco Freddolini will lecture at the Vancouver Art Gallery on the historical use and purpose of the works of some of the greatest known European painters of all time. Presented by the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, Inside and Outside the Frame: Understanding Paintings in…
Toronto-based John Kameel Farah will be performing Sept. 25 as part of Western Front’s 88 Tuned Bongos piano concert series, but one can expect more than just piano in his Solo for Four Hands performance. Jazz, classical and improvisational piano are fused with electronic music and Middle Eastern melodies to create a multi-dimensional, multicultural music…
In an age of computers, keyboards and modern technologies, writing by hand may no longer be essential for daily life. Nevertheless, Jennifer Ng, program coordinator for an upcoming Farsi calligraphy workshop at MOSAIC, says calligraphy still has its importance. She believes calligraphy permits self-expression beyond a straight line, allowing people to communicate through a common…
Maiko Behr, a Japanese tea ceremony expert who teaches tea ceremony workshops to English speakers at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, has been holding tea ceremony workshops at the Nikkei Centre since the summer of 2013. This September, she will be giving her 14th workshop. “I participated in the Tea Ceremony Club at…
Can an older orphan who has been institutionalized learn how to love and bond with an adoptive family? This is one of the questions explored in the upcoming play Olya the Child by Lauren Kresowaty. At the Vancouver Fringe Festival, playwright Kresowaty and director Aliya Griffin are putting on Olya the Child from Sept. 10…
The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary as one of the world’s most prominent annual flamenco festivals outside of Spain. Founded by Rosario Ancer and her husband Victor Kolstee, the festival has been providing Vancouverites with world-class performances by popular flamenco dancers and musicians from around the world, and instilling a strong…
Music producer Ian Widgery has come a long way from his hometown of St. Ives, a small arts community in Cornwall, England. Stops in London, Hong Kong and Vancouver have all shaped his music along the way. Widgery will perform a semi-live version of his album Shanghai Lounge Divas in collaboration with visual artist Shayla…
Metro Vancouver’s Polish community will be holding its third annual Polish Cultural Festival on Sept. 6 and 7 in North Vancouver, presented by Belweder, the non-profit North Shore Polish Association. “The main purpose of the society is to keep the Polish culture and tradition alive in our community,” says Urszula Sulinska, president of Belweder. Waves…
Cheryl Robbins, an expert on Taiwanese indigenous tourism and the Dutch-Taiwanese connection, will speak to an outdoor audience on Granville Street for Vancouver’s 26th annual TAIWANfest. A celebration of arts and culture rooted in the Mandarin-speaking community, TAIWANfest will showcase music, dance, film, food, fine art and fashion along seven festival routes on Granville Street…
On Sept. 4–7, the Asian-Canadian Special Events Association will hold its annual TaiwanFest in Vancouver to celebrate the culture, film, music and art of Taiwan. Managing director Charlie Wu says that the festival started 26 years ago as an indoor concert of classical music and has gradually expanded to a multi-disciplinary festival. Even today it…
From Canada’s East Coast, self-taught visual artist Shayla Perreault showcases her inspired work in Not The Dao presented by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. The exhibit reinforces the Garden’s philosophy of creating a “window to another world” by offering viewers an experience which cannot be explained with words. Perreault’s self-proclaimed obsession with symbolism comes…
The Roku Shichi Taiko group, one of Vancouver’s only youth taiko groups, will be performing at Minoru Park for the Richmond World Maritime Festival (Sept. 5). Elementary school teacher Doug Masuhara originally started the group based out of Admiral Seymour Elementary School, where he was teaching at the time. Now ten years later, Roku Shichi…
On Aug. 8, the Korean Cultural Heritage Society will hold its annual festival at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium to celebrate Korean culture, arts, entertainment and food, and the multiculturalism of the Lower Mainland. Mike Suk, the director and spokesperson for the Korean Cultural Heritage Society, says the 14-year-old festival began as an event for the Korean…
