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Tashme Project: The Living Archives, a theatrical retelling of stories from the Tashme internment camp is currently running at Great Canadian Theatre Company and the show has been receiving great reviews! Matt Miwa and Julie Tamiko Manning originally presented a reading of this work at the Festival in 2011 to great acclaim and we are … Read more
The Powell Street Festival is currently accepting applications for participation in this year’s Festival. Please fill out the appropriate form online. Please note that we are no longer accepting faxed or hard copy applications. The final deadline for applications is Monday March 3rd, 2014. Please call the PSFS office at 604 739 9388 if you … Read more
The historic building at 439 Powell Street was almost demolished in December 2013 but the community has rallied to try to save it. Please read this article in The Bulletin for more information and at the Friends of 439 Powell website. Petition to the Vancouver City Council to Restore and Repair 439 Powell Street Please … Read more
Our latest newsletter has been published! Download the Winter 2014 Newsletter. Powell Street Festival 2013 in Review By Kristen Lambertson 2013 was by far one of our busiest years ever! 2013 included Orientique at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Gardens – an evening of dance, musical performance and fashion; Kibatsu Cinema at the Cinema- theque; … Read more
Letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson Addressing the Demolition of 411 Powell Street To read a letter from Powell Street Festival Society’s President Nina Inaoka Lee to Mayor Gregor Robertson addressing the demolition order for 437-441 Powell Street please click on the link below: MayorandCouncil_437-441PowellSt A building of historical importance to the Chinese Canadian and Japanese … Read more
The Powell Street Festival Society is proud to share this news from the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (JCCA) Human Rights Committee. Read the motion below or download a copy of the motion here. For more information, please see this article in The Bulletin.
Bound for internment camps in 1942. Source: Nikkei National Museum item# 1994-69-4-29 An interesting documentary film about Japanese Canadians’ epic call for justice, Children of Redress by filmmaker Greg Masuda was shown at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre’s A Call for Justice exhibition in the Fall of 2013. Description In 1942 the Canadian … Read more
Saturday, August 17th, 11:00am-2:00pm at Oppenheimer Park. Come celebrate the legacy of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team with a fun ball game. Sign up: jcnm at nikkeiplace.org
Mariko Tamaki (ON; literary/youth) Saturday, 4:00-4:30pm, Firehall Studio Sunday, 1:00-1:30pm, Firehall Studio https://marikotamaki.blogspot.ca/ Writer and performer Mariko Tamaki has garnered much acclaim for both her written and performance-based work. The graphic novel, Skim (with Jillian Tamaki) was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and received numerous other accolades, including the Doug Wright Award for Best … Read more
Saturday, 5:45-6:15pm, Diamond Stage. https://5pring.com. This genre-blending group specializes in intricate & dynamic indie pop
Ohara is the musical project of Montreal’s Ohara Hale …
Join us for site set-up in Oppenheimer Park on Friday, August 2nd, 2013. Please contact Philip at 604.739.9388 or come to the park.
August 2, 2013, 8:00pm at Instant Coffee Workplace (441 Powell Street). Soichi Terada, the electro producer of Omodaka combines …
Aug. 3rd, 2013, 7:30pm at Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews). Tickets $5 for youth (24 & under) / $20 (advance / students / seniors / members) at brownpapertickets.com / $25 at the door.
The Powell Street Festival will have its FREE bike valet again this year! So leave your car at home and cycle on down to this year’s Festival. The Bicycle Valet service is a free, safe and secure solution for event goers.
Sat, Aug 3rd & Sun, Aug 4th, 2013, 11:30 am to 7pm at Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell Street), Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova), Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (475 Alexander), …
August 2, 2013, 8:00pm at Instant Coffee Workplace (441 Powell Street). Soichi Terada, the electro producer of Omodaka combines traditional minyo (folk music) with contemporary electronic sounds performed in tandem to projected videos.
The Zero Waste Challenge Project returns for its sixth year! Food utensils and dishes sold on site will be made of compostable materials. We encourage all Festival attendees to join in on the program
WHAT IS HENKŌ? View the Site HENKŌ launched at Powell Street Festival 2012. HENKŌ takes the renga – a Japanese collaborative poem – and opens it to 21st century possibilities. HENKŌ participation is open to all website visitors. This means you. The renga is a collaborative form that has existed in Japan for many hundreds … Read more
One Day Symposium. Saturday October 15, 10am-5pm (Door opens at 9:30 am) Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (2 West Hastings, Vancouver). Registration & Tickets $20|$10 includes the symposium.
Open Doors Project In collaboration with the Japanese Canadian National Museum (JCNM) and funded under the City of Vancouver’s Great Beginnings Project, the Powell Street Festival presents the Open Doors Project. Designed by interdisciplinary artist, Cindy Mochizuki, the series of 16 historical panels are designed to tell a non-linear graphic memoir of Powell Street. Each … Read more
