Please see below for the explorASIAN 2016 Press Release, outlining Asian Heritage Month 2016!
explorASIAN 2016 Press Release
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explorASIAN 2016 Official Festival Program
explorASIAN‘s 2016 Festival Program is now available for viewing! Thanks to the Vancouver Courier for their excellent work.
A Message from Our President, Ken McAteer:
It is a pleasure once again to thank the Courier for this excellent production of our program for explorASIAN2016. We urge everyone to attend our Opening on April 16, 10:00 am at SFU Vancouver, many
of the events shown throughout this program and our Recognition Gala on June 11, 5:30 pm at Nikkei Place in Burnaby.To download the program for explorASIAN 2016, please click here: ExplorAsian_Program2016
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explorASIAN 2016 Official Opening Ceremony Program
The Official Opening Ceremony of explorASIAN 2016 is taking place on Saturday, April 16th at 10:00am at the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at Simon Fraser University (149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver).
To download the program, please see here: Program Opening Updated
We hope you will come out to celebrate explorASIAN 2016! Many cultures, many languages, one festival!
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explorASIAN 2016 Recognition Gala
explorASIAN‘s Recognition Gala 2016 is taking place on June 11th, 5:30pm at the Nikkei Museum and Cultural Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC.
Join us for an evening of culture! Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver Display, Generation One Pan-Asian Artists, dinner, and entertainment. Please support explorASIAN‘s only fundraiser.
To download the program for explorASIAN‘s Recognition Gala 2016, click here: Program Gala 2016
To buy tickets for the Recognition Gala please click here.
Image below designed by the Vancouver Courier
RAFFLE
First prize for our raffle at our Recognition Gala will be two round trip tickets to Hong Kong, generously donated by Cathay Pacific Airlines!
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Family History with a Smartphone
Do you have an elder in your family who has stories to tell but few members of the family have heard them? Would you like to learn how to record and preserve the stories of struggle and triumph of your parents or grandparents for your own children and grandchildren to know? Learn how through this two-part workshop offered by the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre in partnership with UBC Asian Library. Learn how stories are gathered, and how the histories of Asian migrants to British Columbia and Canada can be exhibited as an heirloom for generations to come.
There is a nominal fee of $5 for registration for a workshop with film makers, oral historians, and experienced students trained through the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC. Attendance for our initial Information Session is free.
PCHC’s “Family History with a Smartphone” workshop series is a part of explorASIAN 2016, a month-long festival of Vancouver Asian Heritage. We encourage all cultures and generations to come out — bring your grandfather, granddaughter, great uncle, niece, nephew!
Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/information-session-family-history-with-a-smartphone-workshop-series-tickets-23924213968
Inquiries: pchcmom.intern@gmail.com
Details:
1) Information Session, Saturday April 9th, from 1:00pm
Drop by the UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main Street for small refreshments and tea and learn more about the workshop series! We will be showing films from our Banquet of Stories event last September, and encourage both new and former friends to attend!
2) Workshop #1, Sunday April 17th, 1:00-4:00pm
Come out to the Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC, for our first workshop led by film makers, oral historians, and experienced students trained through the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC. Learn how to conduct interviews and beginner techniques with accessible technology. Refreshments provided, $5 registration for two workshops.
3) Workshop #2, Saturday May 14th, 1:00-4:00pm
Come out to the Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC, for our second workshop led by film makers, oral historians, and experienced students trained through the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC. Bring the footage you have gathered since the last workshop and learn beginner techniques for editing, and where to go from here. Refreshments provided.
4) Community Showcase, Saturday June 4th, 1:00-3:00pm
Come out to the Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC, to see volunteers display the footage they have gathered, hear your fellow participants talk about their stories and experiences, and enjoy refreshments and conversation with your community.
REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/information-session-family-history-with-a-smartphone-workshop-series-tickets-23924213968
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Family History with a Smartphone is a part of explorASIAN 2016
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Travelling Exhibition: Gold Mountain Dream!
Event Title: Travelling Exhibition: Gold Mountain Dream!Venue: Chinese Cultural Centre MuseumDate: March 12 – April 10, 2016, Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm, closed on Mondays and statutory holidays. Admission by donation.Email: museum@cccvan.comDescription:“The British Columbia gold rush of 1858 is a significant event in the creation of a province and the unification of a country, but its repercussions stretched far beyond the borders of what was to become Canada.With its new Gold Mountain Dream! exhibition, on display at Chinese Cultural Centre Museum from March 12th to April 10, 2016 the Royal BC Museum explores how the gold rush not only changed the landscapes and lives in BC, but how this monumental event changed China, as people flocked to a rugged land in search of fortune.Gold Mountain Dream! – created by the Royal BC Museum in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of History – tells the personal stories and sacrifices of Chinese migrants in the 1850s as they landed on British Columbia shores in search of gold. It is a fascinating account of adventure, heartbreak and social upheaval.“This is an extremely significant chapter in both the history of BC and the history of Guangdong Province,” said Royal BC Museum CEO Jack Lohman. “This exhibition brings to life this shared history for a new generation, and is a fitting tribute to the courage and tenacity of our ancestors.”Through archival photographs and detailed storytelling, Gold Mountain Dream! tells the story of how everything changed during this fevered era, as class and racial barriers were broken down and people seized the extraordinary opportunities that glittered before them.Previously, Gold Mountain Dream! was displayed at the Guangdong Museum of Chinese Nationals Residing Abroad in Guangzhou, China, as part of a series of cultural exchange activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the twinning relationship between BC and Guangdong Province. Royal BC Museum CEO Jack Lohman and BC Premier Christy Clark attended the opening in Guangzhou in November 2015.Now, this internationally acclaimed exhibition will be on display from March 12th, until April 10th, 2016 at the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia Street, Vancouver, B.C. The Centre is open Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm. Admission by donation.Gold Mountain Dream! is made possible through the generous support of the Government of British Columbia, the Francis Kermode Group, Tourism Victoria and the Royal BC Museum Foundation. The BC government contributed $200,000 to this exhibition and to other exciting projects related to the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative. This exhibition was proudly supported by Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver.” – Royal BC MuseumDuring the exhibition, activities such as panning for gold are available for audiences.About the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater VancouverThe Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver was founded in 1973 to promote the understanding and friendship between the Chinese community and other cultural groups in Canada; to interpret and communicate Chinese culture and to facilitate exchange with other cultural groups and with the community at large. The Centre runs the S. K. Lee Academy – Chinese Language School and a community museum that educate people about Chinese culture and Chinese Canadian heritage.About the Royal BC MuseumThe Royal BC Museum explores the province’s human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be a refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures. -
The Last Geisha
May 3rd, The Last Geisha, Hosted by the UBC Learning Exchange (4:00pm)
- Description: Madame Minako. The story of the last geisha in Yoshiwara, Japan. Documentary film screening and discussion hosted by the UBC Learning Exchange.
- Location: Japanese Language School 487 Alexander St.
- Enquiries/info: learningexchange.ubc.ca/lastgeisha
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Serve the People: A Study and Discussion on the Legacy of the Revolutionary Asian Pacific American Movement
May 3rd, Serve the People: A study and discussion on the legacy of the revolutionary Asian Pacific American movement — Chinatown Action Group (6:00pm)
– Description: A generation of Asian American activists in the 1960s arose from working-class communities to transform US society. What can we learn from this history today?
– Location: Hua Foundation, 418 East Hastings St, Vancouver
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Rumble in the Jungle: The Story of Force 136
Event Title:Rumble in the Jungle: The Story of Force 136Venue:Chinese Canadian Military Museum2nd Floor, 555 Columbia Street, VancouverDate and Time:May 14 – onwardsDescription:An exhibition that explores a largely unknown part of Canadian history. During the last years of the Second World War, about 150 Chinese Canadians were secretly trained in guerrilla warfare and jungle survival tactics. Their mission? To get dropped behind Japanese lines and assist with sabotage and intelligence gathering. Learn more about the story of Force 136. Exhibition opens on Saturday, May 14 at 2:30 p.m. and is ongoing.Contact for public:Email: info@ccmms.caWeb: www.ccmms.ca -
Magique: A Magic Spectacular
Magique—a Magic Spectacular runs April 21-23 at Metro Theatre
Show blends illusion, comedy and more into Vegas-style show
VANCOUVER—Two illusionists are coming together to create a Vegas-style magic stage show at the Metro Theatre from April 21-23.
Oslen, a semi-finalist on Canada’s Got Talent, who has performed his act in front of sell-out crowds around the world, and Kel, an award-winning magician who has performed sold-out shows at the Michael J. Fox Theatre and Massey Theatre, are joining forces to create “Magique–A Magic Spectacular.” The show combines cutting-edge illusions, music, dance, comedy, audience interaction and precision sleight of hand.
“This is not your average magic show for children,” a spokesperson for the production said. “Magique has more than 100 costume pieces, a thousand pieces of feathers, plus and countless number of Swarovski rhinestones. Oslen and Kel are highly-trained, fantastically skilled illusionists, and the show has an air of suspense and theatricality that we think will surprise and amaze the audience.”
Oslen, who was the only magician to make the semi-final round of Canada’s Got Talent, is the winner of the CCTV Best Performance award. He’s a professionally trained actor, dancer, singer, radio announcer, magician and illusionist.
Kel, whose act has appeared on Fairchild TV, Fairchild Radio and Channel M, offers a combination of comedy and skillful sleight of hand that has left audiences spellbound.
“Oslen and Kel are world-class entertainers,” the spokesperson said. “It’s going to be a night filled with exciting, high-octane performances that incorporates dance, magic, music and more. Most people don’t get a chance to see live magic at all, let alone a show of this caliber. We’re excited to present it.”
A trailer for the performance is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlV9PM5bj5I
Tickets $38 plus tax and s.c., and are on sale now and available by visiting http://tickets.metrotheatre.com.
For more information visit www.Magiquelive.com
604-266-7191