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Home to my passions for my inter-cultural adventures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner event. Save Kogawa House campaign, Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team, Find what you are looking for by 1) scroll the topics links, 2) use the search function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team for lots of summer fun, fitness and friendship. We are a social team full of cultural vigor, that likes to eat. We have been featured on television, local, national and international. We have a unique and internationally famous fundraiser dinner event. We practice Sunday 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Tuesday 6pm-7:45pm Wednesday 6pm - 7:45 pm We meet at Dragon Zone clubhouse - just south of Science World in Creekside Park above the Aquabus and dragon boat docks. Our coach Todd Wong has 15+ years of experience including novice, recreational and competitive levels, and both community and corporate teams. Our 2005 Season brought us the David Lam Award for being the team that best represented the multicultural spirit of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, and Bronze medals at the Vancouver International Taiwanese Dragon Boat Race. In 2007, we won Gold in B Division at Vernon Races. For more information: Click on Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team information phone: 604-987-7124- e-mail: gunghaggis at yahoo dot ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 TICKETS Available in October 2008 WHAT: GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner - 12th Annual Dinner, celebrating 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns' birth + Chinese New Year's Eve. WHEN: 6PM January 25 2009, SUNDAY doors open 5pm WHERE: Floata Chinese Restaurant, #400-180 Keefer St. CULTURE: Our Performers create something special for us every year with traditional and contemporary performances featuring everything in-between and beyond! FOOD: A quirky fusion/mix/buffet of Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banguet dinner 2004 - The debut of Gung Haggis Won-Ton 2005 - Haggis lettuce wrap! 2007 - Haggis dim sum appetizer buffet 2008 - Scotch tastings! Watch for more surprises in 2008! Description of 2006 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dinner featuring performers: Rick Scott & Harry Wong, The Shirleys, Joe McDonald & Brave Waves, Sean Gunn, author Joy Kogawa, with co-host Prem Gill . Media Inquiries Call Gung Haggis Productions 604-987-7124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsors
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Tuesday, February 28
Joy Kogawa: "EMILY KATO" book launch at Vancouver Public Library
by
Todd
on Tue 28 Feb 2006 02:01 AM PST
Here's my summary of the Emily Kato book launch... rather longish description... + PICTURES... featuring Joy Kogawa, Roy Miki, Jeff Chiba Stearns' "What are you really?", and musicians Harry Aoki and Alison Nishimara.
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Monday, February 27
Vancouver Sun: Joy Kogawa Story + tonight reading at Vancouver Public Library
by
Todd
on Mon 27 Feb 2006 11:32 AM PST
House pitched as refuge for exiled writers
Vancouver Sun, by Kevin Griffin
Turning the Kogawa house into a home for writers in exile would help cement Canada's international leadership role in helping persecuted writers from around the world, according to the head of one of the country's major writers' organizations.
Constance Rooke, president of PEN Canada, said the history of the house, the childhood home of writer Joy Kogawa who was interned with 22,000 other Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, makes it a perfect fit for writers who have fled imprisonment and restrictions on freedom of expression in their own countries. more »
Thursday, February 23
Kogawa House: CHILDREN CALL FOR CITIZEN ACTION IN SAVING AUTHOR’S THREATENED HOME
by
Todd
on Thu 23 Feb 2006 09:45 AM PST
RICHMOND – Grades 3 and 4 children of Richmond’s Tomsett Elementary School will join principal Sabina Harpe and their teacher Joan Young in asking Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and members of the public for help to save author Joy Kogawa’s childhood home. The children will present drawings of the Kogawa house and letters of support to the Mayor during a visit at Vancouver City Hall on to be announced. more »
Monday, February 20
Kogawa House: The Case to create a literary and historical landmark for Vancouver
by
Todd
on Mon 20 Feb 2006 02:56 PM PST
Recently I was asked to state a case for preserving Kogawa House. You can visit the discussion here on www.darrenbarefoot.com ~~~~~~~
The Case for Preserving Kogawa House...
1 - It is a historical and literary landmark: Joy is one of Canada's most influential and honoured authors. Vancouver has only two literary landmarks and both are in Stanley Park - Robbie Burns statue and Pauline Johnson memorial. Name another Canadian author listed in BC Almanac's Greatest British Columbians, Literary Review of Canada, and Quill and Quire's top 100 books?
Has recieved Order of Canada?
Has had an opera made from their works?
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Friday, February 17
Naomi's Road and The World of Opera - this weekend Feb 19th at Vancouver Academy of Music
by
Todd
on Fri 17 Feb 2006 08:42 PM PST
Here are performances of Naomi's Road and The World of Opera (in 45 Minutes) that are coming soon to your community.
Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:00 pm
Vancouver Opera Guild presents Naomi's Road more »
Thursday, February 16
Globe & Mail: Deadline to save Kogawa's old home draws near - by Petti Fong
by
Todd
on Thu 16 Feb 2006 01:03 PM PST
VANCOUVER -- Celebrated Canadian author Joy Kogawa has a deadline hanging over her.
By the end of March, she's hoping that enough money will be raised to save her childhood Vancouver home from demolition and turn it into a writer-in-residence's retreat.
But with the deadline just six weeks away, fundraising has reached just $160,000, far below the $1.25-million needed to buy the house from the current owners and maintain it as a writers' retreat.
"We're hopeful that more people will hear about this," said Tamsin Baker, regional manager with the Land Conservancy. more »
Vancouver Sun: Tribute like coming home, Kogawa says (at Canadian Club "Order of Canada" luncheon)
by
Todd
on Thu 16 Feb 2006 12:23 PM PST
The Vancouver Sun published a nice story about Joy Kogawa's keynote speech at the Feb 15th, "Order of Canada / Flag Day" luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel. It was a very moving talk, motivated by her conflicting emotions of being in awe of the great Canadians and many appointees of the Order of Canada (which she recieved in 1986) and in wanting to give the many children and students in the room a message for their future. - ~~~~~~~ Vancouver writer and poet Joy Kogawa told the Canadian Club Wednesday she felt she had "come home" when the City of Vancouver chose her book Obasan as the city's official book.
At the beginning of the Second World War Kogawa was removed from her Vancouver home to a Japanese internment camp in Slocan.
Addressing her remarks to the many students in the audience, Kogawa said many children grow up feeling they don't belong in Canadian society.
"Some of us feel we don't belong and we're not as good as the rest and it's a bit tough when you grow up feeling there is no home for you," she said. more »
The Tyee: Saving the House of Joy - new article by Derek Moscato
by
Todd
on Thu 16 Feb 2006 12:01 PM PST
When the quest to save a house of historical significance collides with a booming Vancouver real estate market, the end result sometimes favors development, and even destruction, over preservation.
So far, that's been the case for the childhood home of author Joy Kogawa, located in Vancouver's Marpole neighbourhood. Like otherwise once-overlooked neighbourhoods in the Greater Vancouver area, Marpole is now experiencing an influx of interest and dollars -- to the dismay of historians and literature enthusiasts across the country. That's because the Kogawa house, which is located at 1450 West 64th Avenue, is facing a day of reckoning with a bulldozer. more »
Wednesday, February 15
Joy Kogawa is keynote speaker for "Order of Canada / Flag Day" luncheon hosted by Canadian Club
by
Todd
on Wed 15 Feb 2006 09:59 PM PST
It was a good day for Save Kogawa House and the Canadian Club on Flag Day, the 41st anniversary of the Maple Leaf flag, first unveiled in 1965. Joy Kogawa was the keynote speaker for the annual "Order of Canada / Flag Day" luncheon hosted by the Canadian Club. Recent BC Order of Canada recipients named in 2005 were honoured with a special ceremony remniscent of the actual investiture ceremony that takes place at Rideau Hall with the Governor General.... PICTURES + STORY
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Monday, February 13
Joy Kogawa & Friends - Emotionally and Truthful reading at Chapters on Robson, Saturday Feb 11
by
Todd
on Mon 13 Feb 2006 06:49 PM PST
PICTURES of JOY KOGAWA, ROY MIKI, DAPHNE MARLATT AND ELLEN CROWE-SWORDS....
It was a surprisingly emotional and appreciative audience that thanked each of the readers on Saturday Feb 11th at Chapters on Robson St.
Roy Miki started by reading segments from his book REDRESS: Inside the Japanese Canadian Call for Justice. Miki read passages that set the tone and described how the government used language to euphemize and downplay the confiscation of property, the massive uprooting and tearing of social fabric, and the internment of Japanese Canadians, labeled as "enemy aliens." more »
CBC Arts: $1 million needed to save Kogawa House
by
Todd
on Mon 13 Feb 2006 12:25 PM PST
The campaign to save the childhood home of novelist and poet Joy Kogawa is entering its final few weeks.
Joy Kogawa outside her childhood home in Vancouver.
Last November, Vancouver City Council gave a 120-day reprieve on the demolition of the house that featured in Kogawa's 1981 classic novel Obasan.
Arts groups and the author herself had asked for time to raise money to buy the house, so it could be turned into a writers' retreat. A developer wants to take it down to make way for condominiums. more »
Sunday, February 12
Naomi's Road / Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble - getting ready again
by
Todd
on Sun 12 Feb 2006 11:13 AM PST
Gina Oh and Jessica Cheung were enthusiastic in their greetings as I visited their last rehearsal before the Spring touring session of Naomi's Road - the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble production that is visiting BC Schools.
"We're going to Seattle, and Lethbridge!" they exclaimed, clearly excited at the upcoming destinations after having such wonderful memories of their tour on Vancouver Island where they had visited such small communities such as Uculet/Tofino and Denman Island.
I will post the interview soon.... in the next day or so. PICTURE of Cast. more »
Thursday, February 9
Wednesday, February 8
The Joy Kogawa House has been named to Heritage Vancouver's 2006 Top
by
Todd
on Wed 08 Feb 2006 10:49 PM PST
The Kogawa House has special literary significance as the childhood
home of acclaimed Canadian author Joy Kogawa. Through its depiction in her
novel, Obasan, the house has a strong symbolic and historical association with the internment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII. The novel recalls this episode in Canadian history through the eyes of a child. Kogawa’s childhood home and the cherry tree in the back yard figure prominently in the novel. more »
Saturday, February 4
National Post - Rescuing Obasan's House - interview with Joy Kogawa
by
Todd
on Sat 04 Feb 2006 04:29 PM PST
The National Post has published a story about Joy Kogawa and the campaign to save the literary icon's childhood home. Contrary to the NP story by Brian Hutchinson, the campaign to save the house is actually being done by The Land Conservancy in partnership with the Save Kogawa House committee ( I am a member along with Ann-Marie Metten and many others). Despite this incongruency... it's a good story and brought a tear to my eye, with the imagery of a young child named Joy playing at the house, her family being forcibly moved from the house, and the forever longing by Joy's mother and her family - knowing that no house they ever lived in afterwards would ever be as nice. more »
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