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The Canada Golden Maple Film Festival, hereafter referred to as “CGM”, is sponsored by the State Administration of Film of The People’s Republic of China, the Canada Federal, Provincial, and municipal city Government. Under the guidance and support of the governments of China and Canada, as Chinese and Western film co-operation and exchange platform.

CGM is devoted to build the bridge between Western culture and Chinese culture for filmmakers and film lovers. CGM is the first film festival that is officially allowed using “Maple” which is Canada’s national tree as the name of the festival. CGM will take place this September in Vancouver, Canada’s most beautiful city! The main focuses we are promoting in this festival are “public welfare, inspiration, and cultural exchange”. We aspire to create a greater understanding of multiculturalism through the art of films, and to foster the international development of the film industry.

CGM will choose 54 “Golden Maple” award winners from a selection of theatre films and online films. Five broad categories, including theatre films, theatre short films, online films, and online microfilms, will present awards for best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best actress, etc. The members of the CGM judge committee are well-known directors, screenwriters, film critics, and professionals from North America. Not only CGM will showcase the films, but also there will be a forum to help the communication with Chinese and Canadian film makers.

There were over 1,000 celebrities, professionals and guests attended the first CGM opening and closing ceremony. Over 40 local and international news outlets covered CGM last year, such as “Vancouver Sun”, “Provence”, “Dawa Business Press”, etc. “People’s daily”, Sina, and “toutiao.com” are also published articles about CGM. During last year’s festival, there were thousands of audiences attended the film week. Judges was able to select 21 great movies (16 Chinese films and 5 western films) from over 200 films which were submitted. After a week-long showcase at UBC, students from all over the world were impressed by Chinese films. Parliament of Canada Mr. Lidao Su issued honorary certificate to the CGM committee. He was on behalf of Canadian government welcome Chinese film makers to Canada filming on set.

Organizations:

Government Supports:

• China: State Administration of Radio, Film and Television/ China Film Archive Department / China Film Art Research Centre / Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver
• Canada: Canadian federal, provincial and municipal governments/ National Film Board of Canada/ Federal department of Multiculturalism / Vancouver Park Department

Host:

Golden Peony Cultural Industry Fund / Canada Golden Maple Film Festival Association

Partners:

Xiamen Airline/ Pan Pacific Hotel/ Canada bell art centre/ China Lion Film / DawanewsCorp. / UBC film Society / Shenzhen Film & TV Industry Society / Vancouver Film School/ Chinese Associate of Burnaby / Tom Lee Music / YACHT CENTRE VANCOUVER / Taiwan Film Festival Association / XinViteer / iMangoFilm

Charitable Beneficiary:

Canada Liver Foundation

 

Festival activities:

• September 22, 2017: CGM Opening Red Carpet Charity Dinner & Shortlisted Awards Ceremony
• September 22-23, 2017:  Canada, China and United States Film Forum
• September 24, 2017: CGM Closing & Awards Ceremony
• September 20-25, 2017: Circulating broadcast shortlisted films

A joyful 26 years of music-making! VICO celebrates SILK ROAD MUSIC with strings, percussion, winds, song & dance
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Saturday Dec. 2, 2017. 8 pm The Annex 823 Seymour St., Vancouver

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Tree of Life Exhibition

Opening reception: Saturday September 23, 2017, 2:00-5:00pm

Vancouver Lipont Art Centre

September 23 – October 10, 2017

The  Tree of Life is an archetype, theme, motif, image, spiritual concept and mythological story that is found across cultures and throughout human history. It is understood to connect all forms of creation and is a cosmic conception that embodies life’s mysteries, unites the heavens, the earth, and the underworld, and is seen as a representation of everlasting life. Its various interpretations from indigenous cultures and major religions have influenced art, architecture, and visual representation for millennia.

This international exhibition explores the ways in which the Tree of Life has been represented in Central, South, East, and South-east Asia and includes the artwork of 58 artists and craftspeople, many of whom are masters of their chosen form and some who are Living National Treasures* in their countries of origin. The artworks are as diverse as the cultures they originate from and are both traditional and contemporary. They are handcrafted from natural and sustainable materials, and include textiles, paintings, ceramics, weaving, leather, lacquerware, jewellery, stone, wood, and metal.

*Living National Treasures are individuals certified as preservers of important, intangible, cultural properties.

Exhibition Information

The exhibition is presented in Vancouver by the Canadian Society for Asian Arts in cooperation with the World Crafts Council Asia Pacific Region, Crafts Council of India, and Society Atelier Sarawak. It is supported by the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Province of British Columbia.

The exhibition is coming to Vancouver from the East-West Centre in Honolulu, has been in Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Delhi, and will travel on to Taipei.

The exhibition was conceived by co-curators Manjari Nirula of India and Edric Ong of Malaysia and the Canadian curators are Sheila Hall and Ray Hartley.

Manjari Nirula states that the aim is “to create greater awareness about the importance of ecology and its connection to our lives, to stimulate creativity and highlight cultural sustainability. The roots of the tree are our beliefs, the trunk is our mind and body, and the branches are our wisdom.” 

Edric Ong, tells of the many indigenous cultures in Malaysia that address the concepts of the sacred forest.  He states, “The tree of life in Malaysia is known as the Puhon Budi and speaks of a tree of culture, a tree of civilization, a tree from which all mankind evolved. This exhibition builds bridges and brings healing across cultures presenting similarities rather than difference.”

 

Curators talk and artist demonstration

Vancouver Lipont Art Centre

4211 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC Canada V6X 2C3

(Canada Line – Aberdeen Station – Richmond)

(604) 285-9975

Open daily 9am-5pm – closed on statutory holidays – free admission.

www.canadiansocietyforasianarts.org

www.lipont.com

Media contact – Sheila Hall

shall@eduad.ca

The Canadian Society for Asian Arts (CSAA) was founded in 1969 as a non-profit multicultural organization by a diverse group of scholars, connoisseurs, collectors and other individuals who shared a devotion to Asian arts and cultures. The CSAA is uniquely pan-Asian in its mission, its program focus, its membership, and its governing Board. The purpose of the Society is to promote the appreciation and understanding of the arts of Asia by bringing quality programs, exhibitions and publications to interested groups and individuals in Canada and by exploring links among the cultures of Asia.

http://canadiansocietyforasianarts.org/

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Save the Date!  Sunday November 5, 2017, 3-6 PM

The Friends of Harry Aoki present an afternoon with the Henry Young Quartet featuring guest artist Themba Tana

Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall 487 Alexander Street

Tickets: $50

Proceeds from this event will support the Aoki Legacy Fund at St. John’s College, UBC
Come see well known jazz guitarist Henry Young perform a tribute concert to the late Harry Aoki. Aoki was a renowned composer, musicologist, a pioneer in the field of world music and an antiracism activist.

Tickets can be ordered online through Eventbrite until November 3, 2017 with the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/henry-young-quartet-tickets-37402226065
For more information, contact Wayne Soon, wgksoon@telus.net; or Judy Hanazawa judyhana@telus.net

Tickets will be available starting September 1st. Ordering information will appear in the next issue of The Bulletin.

This event will include a cash bar, silent auction, 50/50 draw and complimentary sushi, tea and chow mein

Proceeds from this event will support the Aoki Legacy Fund at St. John’s College, UBC

You’re Invited to Hapa-palooza 2017!

Hapa-palooza Festival returns for its 7th year of programming. Come join us!

A vibrant fusion of music, dance, literary, artistic and film performances, Hapa-palooza places prominence on celebrating and stimulating awareness of mixed-heritage and cultural hybrid identity.  Hapa-palooza is the first mixed roots festival in Canada, and is currently one of the largest festivals celebrating mixed heritage in the world.

Festival Programming

Hip Hapa Hooray Awards Gala

Friday, September 22nd

Doors Open at 6:30pm; 7:00pm-9:30pm
CBC Studio 700

Hip Hapa Hooray: An evening of celebration to kick off our 2017 festival! Guests will enjoy delicious “hapa-tizers” and drinks, as well as live music by Desiree Dawson, CBC’s 2016 Television Searchlight talent contest winner and a keynote presentation by noted performer, activist and educator Michelle La Flamme. At our awards presentation, inspiring community members of mixed heritage will be recognized. The evening will also feature a visual art display, silent auction, and much more!

Admission is free, but registration is required. 
Donations are much appreciated and directly support Hapa-palooza Festival efforts. Register for Hip Hapa Hooray here.

Hapa Family Day in the Park

Saturday, September 23rd
1:00pm-4:00pm
Granville Island Picnic Pavilion

Family Day is a Hapa-palooza Festival Favourite year after year!

A free community event, welcoming all people from all walks of life to celebrate mixed heritage.  We will host family-friendly fun including live music and dance, balloon art, face painting, and more!

Register here!

Hapa-palooza Education Day at WORD Vancouver

Sunday, September 24th
11:00am-2:30pm
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch

Hapa-palooza partners with WORD Vancouver in the largest celebration of literacy and reading. Hapa-palooza presents two free author events:

11:00am – Mixed Voices Raised
Perspective Point (Peter Kaye Room)

More and more, we live in a society of hybridized, mixed, or blended identities. What is it like to write and read from within or beyond the hyphen or transnational identities? What creative opportunities does hybridity present? Join authors Leanne Dunic, Mercedes Eng, and Carleigh Baker in a reading and discussion of writing in fluid identity contexts. Moderated by Hapa-palooza Festival co-founder Anna Ling Kaye.
Location: VPL Central Branch – 350 W Georgia Street. Free Event

1:00pm – Feeling a Little Mixed—or—Do I Have a Story to Tell You? with Jónína Kirton
Port of View (Alice MacKay Room)

There are gifts and challenges that come with hybrid identities. We may feel that life would have been simpler if we had only one culture or group to be responsible to. And yet we see the possibilities in the weaving. Our stories are enriched by the willingness to embrace it all. Together we will write. All persons of between welcome. Jónína Kirton, a prairie born mixed-blood Métis/Icelandic poet, just released her second collection of poetry, An Honest Woman, with Talonbooks.

 

 

Second International Chinese Photography Exhibition

Luminosity & Rhythm

SEPT 15 – OCT 8
Lipont Place – West Gallery

The exhibition was jointly organized by the Taiwan Photographers Exchange Association and the Canada International Photographers Association. A total of 185 Chinese photographers from Taiwan, mainland China and North America were invited to showcase a wide range of content, including: landscape, humanities, ecology, documentary, creativity and so on.

Arts/Entertainment/Theatre: Island Productions Presents: Gruesome Playground Injuries At The Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab Theatre, September 8th-17th, 2017 as part of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival

A comic tale about love, pain and friendship
What price would we pay in order to be loved? Island Productions presents a fresh new spin on Gruesome Playground Injuries, directed by Mel Tuck and starring Gina Leon and Michael Germant. Playwright Rajiv Joseph’s poignant and darkly comic tale about love, pain and friendship opens September 9th at The Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab Theatre in East Vancouver.

Gruesome Playground Injuries is a harrowing and humorous story about love, where internal and external pain are a measure of everything vulnerable when it comes to intimacy, timing and love. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together

Gruesome Playground Injuries received its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas in 2009. It premiered off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre two years later, prompting The New York Times to call Joseph “an artist of original talent.” His plays include the Broadway produced Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist.

Gruesome Playground Injuries runs for six shows between September 8th – 17th.

Tickets are $14. September 8th Preview tickets are half-price at $7.

The Cultch at 1895 Venables St, Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6.

Tickets on sale now on the Fringe website

For additional information visit island-productions.ca/stage/gruesome

               

Canadian Club Vancouver Luncheon

Tuesday, September 5th, 2017
11:45 AM – 1:45 PM PDT
Terminal City Club
837 West Hastings Street

Join us for a presentation featuring The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on September 5th at the Terminal City Club. Minister Hussen will discuss: From Refugees and Immigrants to Citizens – Canada’s approach to immigration and its importance to economic growth and nation building.

About Ahmed Hussen

Ahmed Hussen is the Member of Parliament for the riding of York South-Weston. A lawyer and social activist, he has a proven track record of leadership and community empowerment.

Born and raised in Somalia, Ahmed immigrated to Canada in 1993 where he settled in Regent Park and quickly gravitated towards public service. In 2002, he co-founded the Regent Park Community Council and was able to secure a $500 million revitalization project for Regent Park, all while ensuring the interests of the area’s nearly 15,000 residents were protected. Ahmed also served as the National President of the Canadian Somali Congress – a Somali community organization that works with national and regional authorities to advocate on issues of importance to Canadians of Somali heritage and strengthen civic engagement and integration. His results-driven reputation led to an invitation to join the task force for modernizing income security for adults in the Toronto City Summit Alliance.

Ahmed is fluent in English, Somali, and Swahili, and earned his Bachelor of Arts (History) from York University and his Law Degree from the University of Ottawa. In 2004, the Toronto Star recognised him as one of ten individuals in Toronto to have made substantial contributions to his community.

More info from Canadian Club Vancouver