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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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Thursday, November 29
You hate the Vanoc mascots now... but after meeting the Vancouver creator Vicky Wong - I think you will learn to love them!
by
Todd
on Thu 29 Nov 2007 11:59 PM PST
Vicki Wong is the designer of the mascots, and of the Octonauts - her first children's book that was published last year. I met Vicky last year at the 2006 Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable which annually hosts an event that allows BC authors and illustrators to introduce their new books....
I fell in love with Vicki's book The Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster. and promptly bought it, and had a great time chatting with her. more »
Saturday, November 17
Falling for Grace: Chinese American Girl meets White-American Boy in New York City - Movie opens in Vancouver
by
Todd
on Sat 17 Nov 2007 12:01 AM PST
I met Fay Ann Lee, director of Falling for Grace, at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. It was Sunday, the final day of VAFF, and Fay had premiered Falling for Grace the night before. Fay is a stunning woman, and very articulate, telling me about how she made the film.... She tells me that across the USA, they have been slowly building the audience market by market. We talked about how Falling for Grace is really a romantic comedgy, not limited only to an Asian audience, likening it to the success that Joy Luck Club had playing to White audiences across America. more »
Friday, November 16
Iris Chang The Rape of Nanking: movie screenings are a benefit to BC Alpha
by
Todd
on Fri 16 Nov 2007 11:27 PM PST
BC Alpha is an organization that has been a strong advocate both for the WW2 Korean comfort women, and the atrocities of the Japanese Army in China - including the rape of 80,000 Chinese women in Nanking....
Thekla Lit is president of BC Alpha. I met her when she joined the Chinese Head Tax Redress campaign. Thekla played an important role in speaking to Chinese Language media. She is an avid human rights activist and respected by many people in the community. Now she is continuing her campaign to raise awareness about "comfort women" and the "rape of Nanking." more »
Eastside Culture Crawl Nov 16-18 - come visit my cousin - artist Janice Wong
by
Todd
on Fri 16 Nov 2007 07:26 PM PST
The East Side Culture Crawl is a lot of fun. There are many studios to check out. Some are in homes in Strathcona, and some are in big warehouses....
1000 Parker is a very big - very busy place. My cousin Janice Wong's studio is at #318. She wrote the book C H O W from China to Canada: memories of food + family - which contains some history of her family growing up in Sask, and our revered ancestor Rev. Chan Yu Tan....
Check out the invitation below from my cousin Janice Wong - and please visit her studio at 318-1000 Parker. more »
Sunday, November 11
Origami to "bend the mind" found at the Pacific Coast Origami Conference held in Vancouver
by
Todd
on Sun 11 Nov 2007 11:59 PM PST
Pacific Coast Origami Conference was held in Vancouver Nov 9-11, at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Classes were held to teach brand new creations - not published in books.... I walked into the exhibition room of origami creations on display to discover my friend Fulton Tom. Fulton's young teenaged son Harrison was one of the youngest participants at the conference. Every last Saturday of each month, Harrison usually attends the PALM (Paperfolders Association of the Lower Mainland) meeting held at the Oakridge Branch Library in Vancouver. more »
Wednesday, November 7
Origami Conference come to Vancouver... The best folders such as as Eric Joisel and Robert Lang have come to Vancouver - home of origami master Joseph Wu
by
Todd
on Wed 07 Nov 2007 11:56 PM PST
Origami Conference come to Vancouver...
The best folders such as as Eric Joisel and Robert Lang have come to Vancouver - home of origami master Joseph Wu   Musicians designed & folded by Eric Joisel. Photo courtesy of Joseph Wu. I learned how to fold origami as a child. First I folded hats and fish and boats... then I folded cranes and frogs. By the age of 12, I was folding intricate dragons and reindeer.... then a unicorn from a single piece of paper. November 9-11 is the Pacific Origami Conference at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. ORIGAMI MASTERS is incredible display of over 100 origami pieces created, designed and folded by Origami Masters from 10 different countries. It will be at the Pendulum in the HSBC Building (855 West Georgia) from Oct. 29th and has been extended to November 17th. The viewing hours are:
Check out pictures at the Pendulum Gallery on the PCOC 2007 Flickr gallery! My library friend Yukiko Tosa is one of the conference organizers and she says that the best day to attend is Sat. Nov. 10th from 9 am -6 pm. These are origami models folded by our Conference Attendees coming from all over the world. All these exhibits are free to the public. She has sent posters to each branch, Fine Arts and the Children's Library. Yukiko writes:
My favourite story right now is about Sam Thomas who is a
'Wishing Star' recipient. The Hotel is treating him royally as they
should but you can read his mother's wonderful web update about him at:
Joseph Wu is an incredible origami creator who now makes a full-time living by designing and creating origami figures. Those Stolichnaya vodka ads featuring origami swan, eagle and butterfly were all created by Joseph. You can view them in the "Illustration" category of his website. www.origami.as 
Check out my 2006 story about Joseph. Joseph Wu, origami expert extraordinaire! Here is a Vancouver Sun article about local origami artist, Joseph Wu Look for more press coverage to come. Tuesday, November 6
Centre A presents new INTERSECTION project with an art installation by Koki Tanaka
by
Todd
on Tue 06 Nov 2007 11:23 PM PST
Centre A presents new INTERSECTION project with an art installation by Koki Tanaka
INTERSECTION
KOKI TANAKA Turning the Lights On Intersection is the new art installation at Centre A, the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. The idea of lighting up the "Carrall Street Greenaway" is intriguing as it links historic Gastown with historic Hastings Street and historic Chinatown.
Exhibition: November 9- December 15, 2007 Opening: Friday, November 9, 8pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 -18:00 Sunday-Monday closed Window Video Projection: From sunset to midnight (Tuesday- Saturday)
Curator: Makiko Hara
Centre
A will
present a new site specific installation by Koki Tanaka for the Intersection project entitled
Turning the Lights
On.
Koki Tanaka was born in 1975 in Tochigi, lives and works in Tokyo , Japan . Tanaka is one of the most watched young Japanese artists to emerge on the international art scene today. Tanaka received his MFA from Tokyo National University of Art and Music in 2006, but has already attracted international attention since early 2000 when he was a student. Tanaka has been invited to many international exhibitions including the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (2003 and 2006), the Taipei Biennale (2006), The public Video screening at MOMA, New York (2003) and a recent public screening at Los Angels MOCA (2007). Tanaka was selected for the prestigious International Artist in Residency program at Palais des Tokyo in France in 2006 followed by a solo exhibition. Tanaka is featured on the new edition of “Ice Cream”: Contemporary Art in Culture, A selection of 100 of the most significant emerging artists today. (PHAIDON Press, 2007)
Tanaka has produced numerous site specific installations with video. His lyrical video works characterized by the use of everyday low-key materials, and the movement with a simple gesture by the artist that emotionally works to change our conventional perception to the world around us. In his art practice, Tanaka explores the “infinite possibilities of chances to change our perceptions of the world” by evoking our sense of wonder.
Koki Tanaka is invited for the artist in residency program at Centre A and will create a new video work and installation based on his research on the Down Town East Side area. Tanaka will shoot a video on the moments of people turning on the lights in the city life in many different situations. The final production will be presented in two parts; a video projection at gigantic scale to entirely fill the front window of Centre A facing to the Hastings street at night, together with a site specific installation uses the illuminator of various types inside the gallery. Centre A is honoured to present the first solo exhibition of Koki Tanaka in Canada and the North America .
Centre A gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its patrons, sponsors, members, partners, private foundations, and government funding agencies, including the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs.
For more information Makiko Hara, Curator: makiko.hara@centrea.org Debra Zhou, Public Relation: debra.zhou@centrea.org Tel: 604-683-8326
Intersection Lighting up the Carrall Street Greenway
Exhibitions Opening: Friday November 9, 2007, 8pm Media Launch: November 2, 2007 11:00- at Inter Urban Gallery ( 1 East Hastings Street ) Closing Event: Everybody Is Somebody by Paul Wong Saturday December 8, 3:00 – 10:00 pm Intersection is a temporary public art project that involves arts organizations resident at Carroll and Hastings streets in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver founded by the City of Vancouver . It is a part of “Carroll Street Greenway” project that the City of Vancouver has been organized toward the Olympic in 2010. The project is in collaborative production of large scale image projections in windows and on the exteriors of buildings at the intersection of Carroll and Hastings streets. Intersection will include workshops, artistic residencies and exhibitions at the Inter Urban Gallery, and Centre A as well as special public events, to take place in December 8, 2007.
For more information on “Intersection” Please contact: Tim Ma, Public Relation: media@intersection.ca |
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