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COMMUNITY EVENTS by Festival Partners
Every year, the Powell Street Festival works in collaboration with other organizations by sponsoring and cross promoting events connected to the Festival and our community.
July-September 2011 Community Events
Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street (1920-1941)
Exhibit May 28 – October 1, 2011
Opening party, Friday, May 27, 7-9pm
National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre
We invite you to discover the many monogatari (tales) of Powell Street – the vibrant pre-war commercial and residential district of the Japanese community in Vancouver. By 1921, most of Vancouver’s 4000 Japanese residents lived in or within walking distance of the area. The street bustled with vegetable and fish markets, businesses, traditional Japanese bath houses and food stores. It was a unique mingling of traditional Japanese culture with contemporary Canadian convenience.
Labourers found inexpensive accommodations in boarding houses. Baseball fans packed Powell Grounds to watch the Asahi Baseball Team play. Families lived and worked in the area. Children walked in groups to Strathcona School and then on to the Japanese Language School in the afternoon.
In 1942, due to racism, political and economic opportunism, almost 22,000 people of Japanese ancestry were uprooted from their homes in BC – almost half of those people came from the Powell Street area. Only a few Japanese Canadians ever returned to the area. Find out more at jcnm.ca
Pow! the art of the festival
Opening party, Friday, May 27, 7-9pm
National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre
Pow! the art of the festival is a journey through the poster art that advertises and celebrates the Powell Street Festival. Through this exhibit, we celebrate thirty-five years of Festival creativity, prosperity and community spirit. Like the Festival itself, the posters have matured – from scrappy upstarts to polished creations. Many posters designers have gone on to become important artists in the community including Tamio Wakayama, Kaori Kasai, Lotus Miyashita, Lynda Nakashima and Kathy Shimizu. Find out more at jcnm.ca
The Annual Mokuyokai and Kiyukai Summer BBQ
Sunday, August 7
Jericho Beach Park (grass park 2 blocks West of Alma & West 4th avenue, Vancouver)
$12/Mokuyokai & Kiyukai Members, $15 non-members, children are $1 per year of age until 10 years old
www.mokuyokai.bc.ca
We are happy to invite you to the annual Mokuyokai and Kiyukai Summer BBQ, on Sunday August 7, 2011.
We will be BBQ’ing steak, salmon, and yakisoba while enjoying onigiri, cold salad, watermelon and drinks. We will also be dancing, playing our favorite tug-of-war game, caterpillar walk and watermelon smash!
This year, we welcome Yosakoi Soran dance group from Japan to join us on this fun-filled day! We have also invited other Canada-Japan community organizations, so it will be a great opportunity to meet your friends and others involved in the local Japanese community! Find out more…
Asahi Tribute Game
Sunday, September 18
Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell Street)
More details coming soon!
Wanted! Canada Day Parade Participants
Yayoi Theatre Movements
Friday, July 1, 2011
YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT Society is participating in the Canada Day Parade 2011 in downtown Vancouver, wearing yukata and dancing Awa-odori. Let’s have fun together! Volunteers, donors and supporters are welcome! For information : yayoivan@hotmail.com
May 2011 Community Events
Upcoming
Spring Garden Fair
May 7, 9:30am-2:30 pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School (487 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC)
Spring is in the air! Make your way to the Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS)’s Spring Garden Fair on Saturday, May 7, and get a head start on your spring planting (Japanese plants and flowers, as well as Japanese food, antiques and collectibles will be on sale)! Abracadabra! A thrilling magic show extravaganza starts at 1:00pm; fun for the whole family!
Please support the VJLS and the victims of the earthquake in Japan by attending our premiere spring event! Partial proceeds will be donated to the BC Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. See you there!
Upcoming
NNM&HC Auxiliary Spring Bazaar & Plant Sale
May 14, 11:00am-3:00pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC)
Free Admission
Good quality Japanese style items, Spring Plants and delicious Japanese Food, including fresh frozen mochi. Donations of items in good condition will be gratefully accepted by the Auxiliary on Tuesdays, 10:00am-11:30am at the Nikkei Centre.
For more information, to reserve a table space, or to donate good quality Japanese items please contact one of the following Auxiliary Committee members:
Frank Kamiya (plants): 604-929-4476 (North Vancouver)
Kaori Yano (Japanese Items): 604-321-3397 (Vancover)
Roberta Nasu (tables): 604-432-6160 (Vancouver)
Yoshi Hashimoto (general info): 604-850-7105 (Abbotsford)
Upcoming
Identity-Ancestral Memory
May 12 – 14, 8:00pm
Arts Club Revue Stage (Granville Island)
1601 Johnston St.Vancouver
$25(general), $22 (seniors), $20(students)
Tickets available through www.vancouvertix.com (service charges/fees will apply)
YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT SOCIETY (YTMS) is making preparations for the official production of Identity – Ancestral Memory which is going to be performed at Stanley Industrial Alliance Revue Stage on Granville Island in May, 2011.
This production is a collaboration with Jay Hirabayashi, a director and a dancer with KOKORO DANCE. Jay himself is a Nikkei Sansei; third generation Japanese Canadian. It’s going to be a sensational performance work.
Identity showcases various techniques; such as mime, dance, Noh play, Kyogen play, traditional Japanese dances, motion images, live koto play (a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument), and live shakuhachi play (Japanese bamboo flute) . It is a fusion of Japanese traditional performances and contemporary dances. It is inspired by the poems and the words of Japanese Canadian artists. The Nikkei Nisei painter, photographer,and poet, Roy Kiyooka was the biggest source of inspiration. The identity of Japanese Canadians is juxtaposed with videos of interviews of people in Japan talking about identity.
Identity-Ancestral Memory on Vancouver Sun
Shakuhachi Solos for Japan: Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert
May 17, 7:00pm- 9:00pm
St. James Community Square (3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC)
$25 general, $15 seniors/students
Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com
This is a rare occasion to listen to sacred honkyoku (traditional solo meditation pieces), Japanese folk melodies, and contemporary shakuhachi music played by shakuhachi bamboo flute daishihan (grandmaster), Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos. Loving and healing energy for Japan!!!!!!
Money collected will go to the Japan earthquake relief via the bank account set up by the Japanese Consulate for that purpose.
Upcoming
Vancouver New Music Presents
Taikotroniks
Tuesday, May 3
8:00pm
Vancouver Playhouse (Hamilton at Dunsmuir)
$28 regular/$20 students and seniors
Tickets available at the door, and through Tickets Tonight or 604.684.2787 (surcharges apply)
www.newmusic.org
Featuring:
Chibi Taiko
Katari Taiko
LOUD
Sansho Taiko
Sawagi Taiko
Uzume Taiko
Yuaikai Ryukyu Taiko
And
VancouverElectronic Ensemble
Taikotroniks brings together seven prominent Vancouver-based taiko groups, with the newly formed Vancouver Electronics Ensemble for this unique event! Taikotroniks celebrates both Vancouver’s historically significant taiko community, as well as a slice of its newer, collaborative electronic community. Featuring special performances by each of the groups, as well as a breakaway taiko and electronic improvisation piece, Taikotroniks showcases the rich variety of taiko styles and approaches that have grown up with Vancouver, and experiments with exciting new musical directions! Find out more at www.newmusic.org
Upcoming
BC-JERF Presents
Sakura saku Nihon e…
To the Land of Cherry Blossoms…
A Silent Art Auction to raise money for Japan’s Earthquake Relief
Thursday, May 5
4:00pm – 9:00pm
Waterfall Events (#205, 1540 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC)
$10 (including one coffee/tea ($2) ticket)
www.bc-jerf.ca
Artists Featured:
Malcolm Aiken, Mariko Ando Spencer, Nelly Cesar , Lucie Chan , Adela Chau , Dana Claxton , Christine D’Onofrio , Antonio E. Fernandez (Tonel) , Yoriko Gillard , Paula Grasdal , Xiong Gu (Gu Xiong) , Martin Guderna , Kelly Haydon , Robert Held , Annie Hong , Ooya Houen , Tomoyo Ihaya , Eri Ishii , Joy Kim , Earl Mabaquiao , Donald MacDougall , Brenda Mattman , Kozue Matsumoto , Phil McCrum , Shinsuke Minegishi , my name is scot , Lynda Nakashima , Manuel Pina , Marina Roy , Yumiko Sasakawa , Sarah Savoy , Kathy Shimizu , Jasha Sokolovic , Nicole Steinbre , Ban Wei , Janice Wong , Yoshi Yamamoto
(Paintings, Prints, Photos, Art Glass, Art Object created by established and emerging artists)
- Music by Malcolm Aiken (Jazz) and Kozue Matsumoto (Koto)
- Raffle Tickets (list of prizes are available at www.bc-jerf.ca)
- Free food (Sushi and more!)
- Drinks ($2~5 / ticket available at the event)
- Fundraising goods sale
- Origami cranes by donation
For more information, please visit www.bc-jerf.ca
KUROSAWA CENTENNIAL • 1910–2010
June 17–August 10, 2010
Pacific Cinematheque
1131 Howe Street, Vancouver
Tickets: Adult $9.50, Seniors/Students $8
Info: www.cinematheque.bc.ca
To commemorate the centennial of the birth of Akira Kurosawa, Pacific Cinémathèque presents a comprehensive retrospective on this important and influential Japanese filmmaker. All 30 films by the master will be shown including Rashomon, Ran, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Dreams, Kagemusha, Stray Dog, and many more in rare prints, new 35mm prints and recent restorations. Annual $3 Cinematheque Membership required. Restricted to 18 years and
older.
Chinatown Arts & Cultural Festival
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Park Courtyard
50 East Pender Street
Saturdays in July starting July 3
Art and culture enrich the heart of historic Chinatown! Enjoy four colourful and diverse cultural showcases on July 3 (Asia Day), 10 (Art in Action), 17 (Heart of the Youth), and 24 (Passion for Percussion). This festival promotes the diversity of art forms and strengthens neighborhood collaborations. Free admission.
The Nekaa Room: Galaxy Green by Sachiyo Takahashi
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 8:00pm
Blim
115 Pender St. E, Vancouver
Tickets: $8-10
Info: 604.872.8180 or info at blim.ca
Nekaa Lab will present a new production, The Nekaa Room:Galaxy Green, the fourth piece in the The Nekaa Room / Microscopic Live Cinema-Theatre series. Performed in realtime before the audience, Microscopic Live Cinema-Theatre magnifies miniature worlds by projecting them onto the big screen. In a world populated by figurines and plush toys, a loose, a fairytale narrative unfolds among abstract sound and visuals. Come follow the Sheep’s journey in The Nekaa Room live!
The Dig
Let’s Twist Again – The Archaeology of the Future
July 31 to September 25, 2010
Centre A
2 West Hastings, Vancouver
Opening: Friday, July 30, 8:00pm
Info: www.centrea.org or 604.683.8326
This exhibition looks to the past for clues to the future. Since opening its doors in 2000, Centre A has amassed a considerable collection packed with history. This summer, Centre A will conduct an excavation on itself, sorting through paintings, props, photographs, media works, sculpture, objects and documents. Curated by Makiko Hara, Debra Zhou and Hank Bull.
Beauty of Japan: Japanese Kimono Show
Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 7 to 9 pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Tickets: $12, $10 members, seniors, students
Mineko Ugai and members from her Motomi Kimono School, Nishinomiya, Japan present a show of kimono for four seasons and special occasions as well as many ways to tie the obi. The show illustrates the manners (bowing, walking, sitting) and virtues of the heart (harmony, mutual respect, purity and tranquility) when wearing kimono.
Brilliant Harmony
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 5:30pm
Christ Church Cathedral
690 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tickets: $26/$21; www.ticketmaster.ca or 604.280.3311
Info: www.musicfestvancouver.ca or 604.688.1152
Brilliant Harmony, an outstanding women’s choir based in Tokyo, was formed in 1988 by leading Japanese choral musician Ko Matsushita. The choir has earned a sterling reputation in its home country through popular annual concerts and recordings. In 2004 the choir won the Grand Prize at the 36th annual Tolosa Choral Contest in Spain and in 2005, Brilliant Harmony was the first Asian women’s choir to win the European Grand Prix Award. Part of MusicFest Vancouver.
22nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
August 12 to 22, 2010
From eye-opening documentaries to romantic comedies to one-of-a-kind short films, there’s something for everyone. The city’s second largest film festival will present 90 diverse films from over a dozen countries. Tickets go on sale July 17. For tickets, contests, parties and more, visit www.queerfilmfestival.ca.
