Powell Street Festival Society Winter 2011 Newsletter

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Volume 17, Number 1 – February 2011 (1.42 MB)

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Upcoming

THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2pm
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
(6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7)

Suggested donation $5
jcnm.ca

Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy’s painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of friendship and art, this documentary won the Audience Award at its premiere in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Find out more at jcnm.ca

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East Side Blues and All That Jazz
February 18 – 20
Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday matinee at 2pm
Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova Street)

Tickets: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Box Office: 604.689.0926 or purchase tickets online at www.firehallartscentre.ca

Come and hear two of Vancouver’s finest gospel and blues singers in East End Blues and All That Jazz. This Black History Month celebration of the life and times of the Downtown Eastside’s historic black neighbourhood is a tribute to the contributions that African-Canadians have made, and continue to make, to the cultural and social fabric of our city.

Join us on a musical tour: walk down memory lane to the Fountain Chapel – heart and soul of the historic community; jive at the legendary Harlem Nocturne, drop into fine eateries such as Vie’s Chicken and Steak House and the Country Club; and reflect on the elusive Hogan’s Alley – bulldozed by the installation of the Georgia Viaduct in the early 1970’s.

Singers Candus Churchill and Tom Pickett, pianist/musical director Bill Costin and bass player Timothy Stacey are sharing the stage with Master of Ceremonies, the well known Downtown Eastside raised actor Chic Gibson, and his sister, guest singer Thelma Gibson.

This soul-stirring evening of gospel and blues, jazz and memories was created by Denis Simpson and Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Savannah Walling, assisted by Mr. Leonard Gibson and with contributions by Chic and Thelma Gibson. Find out more at vancouvermovingtheatre.com

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Japanese Canadian National Museum presents a double-bill film screening
“Henry’s Glasses” and “Ishizue; fusion of the hearts”
Saturday, February 19
2:00 pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
(6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7)

Suggested donation $5
www.nikkeiplace.org

Henry’s Glasses
Directed by Brendan Uegama
2010, 20 minutes
In a Japanese-Canadian internment camp a young boy must use the power of his imagination to escape reality and help his elderly new friend. The director Brendan Uegama and some of the cast will be in attendance.

Ishizue; fusion of the hearts
Directed by Linda Ohama
2010, 20 minutes
Ishizue features 13 young Vancouver Chibi Taiko players who traveled to Japan, most for the first time, and practised taiko with a traditional Japanese group in Onomichi, Hiroshima-ken—and experienced connecting with their cultural roots.

Join us for a Q & A session after the screenings. Refreshments will be served. Find out more at www.nikkeiplace.org

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Cinema Kabuki 2011 in Vancouver
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:00pm
Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, Vancouver

Tickets: $23 (incl. tax) for Triple Lion Dance
$17 (incl. tax) for Heron Maiden
www.tomoearts.org

Since its birth in the 1600s, Kabuki Theatre has remained at the cutting edge in the 21st century. Cinema Kabuki brings the colours, textures and sounds of live Kabuki to an international audience, with live productions featuring the greatest Kabuki actors recorded by multiple HD cameras. Intended for screening in movie theatres on high-quality digital projectors with 6-channel sound, Cinema Kabuki brilliantly recreates the vivid experience of an art form that is rarely seen outside of Japan.

The two Vancouver premieres will be the pure dance presentation,Heron Maiden, and one of the Kabuki productions that draws the biggest audiences in Japan, the ever-popular Triple Lion Dance. Both films are subtitled in English.

Cinema Kabuki in Vancouver is presented by The Japan Foundation in association with the Consulate General of Japan and TomoeArts. For more information, go to The Japan Foundation’s website for the most up-to-date information: www.jftor.org. Also visit www.tomoearts.org or call at 604.607.5978.

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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. Find out more…

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