Internment Bus Tour, September 2017 Due to popular demand for the 75th anniversary, the Nikkei National Museum is pleased to announce another INTERNMENT BUS TOUR from September 11-15, 2017 (4 nights, 5 days). On this tour you will visit WWII Japanese Canadian internment sites in beautiful British Columbia as well as some current Nikkei communities: … Continue reading
The West Coast Tagore Festival is an annual event in its fourth year. The Festival, held at the Richmond Cultural Center with generous support from the City of Richmond, brings creative works, philosophy, visions and ideals of Nobel-laureate poet and world cultural icon Rabindranath Tagore to culturally and ethnically diverse communities. Multicultural artists of different … Continue reading
On the occasion of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver is preparing a unique and avant-garde initiative entitled: Canada 150: Canada Goes Pacific. On July 21st, 22nd and 23rd, some forty artists working in different disciplines will gather around the various venues of Vancouver’s Granville Island, including the outdoor and … Continue reading
Chinese Cultural Centre Museum & Archives 555 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4H5 July 5th – Aug 30th By the early 1950s, Chinese Canadians were exercising their right to vote, after being granted citizenship in 1947. Chinese-Canadian women, however, continued to encounter not only racial but gender bias. Women were still largely relegated to the … Continue reading
Jeff Fuchs’ tea obsession was sparked when a casual date in Taiwan took him to an all night Chinese tea ceremony. He watched the sun come up, buzzing from all the liquid he had imbibed. “I thought what the hell is in this to create an alchemy of tremendous clarity, high beyond-words feeling, a social … Continue reading