Photo of special guests, George and Noriko, a Japanese blues cowboy and a Tsugaru shamisen player from Melbourne, Australia Hot off the presses! The full line-up and schedule for the 41st Annual Powell Street Festival has been published! You can download the entire 2017 Festival Program Guide (PDF, 9MB) containing the full Festival schedule with … Read more
The Powell Street Festival is a unique festival in that it celebrates so many aspects of the community in an inclusive, accessible and respectful environment. We rely on hundreds of volunteers to make this festival the wonderful event that it is! Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet new friends, spend time with friends and … Read more
Announcing Our 2017 Powell Street Festival Lineup Powell Street Festival Returns August 5th and 6th with Haruki Murakami’s Top Translators, Almost Asian’s Katie Malia, and a presentation on Japan’s Third Gender Musical highlights include Australia’s George & Noriko, Japan’s Ensemble Liberta and numerous taiko groups including California’s JODAIKO Download the entire 2017 Festival Program Guide … Read more
Saturday, August 5 & Sunday, August 6, 2017 11:30am to 7:00pm Oppenheimer Park (400 block of Powell Street) Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova Street) Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (475 Alexander Street) Vancouver Buddhist Temple (220 Jackson Avenue) Download the entire 2017 Festival Program Guide (PDF, 9MB) or just the Festival 2017 … Read more
Sunday, May 7 from 1 to 4 pm Vancouver Buddhist Temple 220 Jackson Street, 2nd floor; doors at 12:30 pm Information: 604-739-9388 Pre-registration: admin [@] powellstreetfestival.com Learn the basic rules and techniques of sumo wrestling and participate in a mini-tournament (optional). No experience necessary. Free. All ages. Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and bring your … Read more
Macro Maki: Winner of the Design Competition Powell Street Festival Society is pleased to announce the winner of its design competition: “Macro Maki” invites festivalgoers to don pillow-sized sushi costumes and stage selfies on stage designed as an oversized wooden sushi tray. This quirky, interactive installation will be presented at the 41th annual Powell Street … Read more
Do you self-identify as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit and live in the lower mainland? Do you have • A positive attitude and love of the arts? • Willingness to work evenings and weekends? • A respect for First Nations traditions and an open mind to work in a cross-cultural environment? Would you like TO … Read more
Powell Street Festival Society (PSFS) seeks a publicist on contract for the 41st Powell Street Festival and its lead-up events in May, June and July. The contract will start May 1st and conclude August 15, 2017. The contract must encompass the following responsibilities, however, PSFS is open to proposals that bring a vision of partnership … Read more
Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 pm Sunday, December 4 at 4:10 pm Vancity Theatre at 1181 Seymour Street Buy tickets here Filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung in attendance on December 3rd Vancity Theatre is playing “The Apology” on Saturday and Sunday, December 3rd and 4th, a striking and important film that follows the personal journeys of three former … Read more
Invitation for Applications Overview: Work with various specific areas from development to completion and report to specific board members who have been assigned to those areas. Areas for Coordination: Opening Ceremony Partner Events Recognition Event Silk Routes Project Membership Minutes of Meetings Newsletters Website Volunteer Appreciation Vancouver Courier Other Duties as Assigned Program Distribution Specific … Read more
Everyone at Powell Street Festival Society sends our deepest condolences to Bing Thom’s family and our friends at BTA. Bing Thom’s generous spirit and community sensibility permeates his firm and PSFS has benefited immensely. In an unique partnership to host the 2016 Design Competition, BTA used their goodwill within their industry to bring support to … Read more
Saturday, September 10, 2016 On this historical tour of Powell Street, we will take you back in time to the pre-war, bustling community of Japanese Canadians who lived and worked in this area. The area grew and thrived over a fifty-year period from the 1890s to its abrupt end with the internment of Japanese Canadians … Read more
Location: Mountain View Cemetery Date: Saturday, September 17, 2016 2016 marks the hundredth anniversary of Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisting in Alberta to serve their adopted country in the First World War. Many of these soldiers were buried in Mountain View Cemetery, along with other pioneers of the Japanese Canadian community in Vancouver. This historical walking … Read more
Thursday August 18, 2016, 4:00-6:00PM This is an info session at NNMCC with the BC Multicultural Advisory Council regarding the public Nomination process for historic places of importance to the Japanese Canadian community. Located in the Ellipse Lobby at Nikkei National Museum 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC V5E 4M7 Light Refreshments will be provided. Japanese interpreters … Read more
Sun, Aug 21st from 2 to 4 pm Get Tickets here. Featuring Fubuki Daiko (Winnipeg) Vancouver Okinawa Taiko (Vancouver) Tiffany Tamaribuchi (Sacramento) For the first time, the Regional Taiko Gathering (RTG) will fill the historic Rio Theatre with thunderous and awesome sounds of the taiko. Audience members of all ages can expect an energetic, passionate, … Read more
The Powell Street Festival is a unique festival in that it celebrates so many aspects of the community in an inclusive, accessible and respectful environment. We rely on hundreds of volunteers to make this festival the wonderful event that it is! Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet new friends, spend time with friends and … Read more
Do you have any leftover yarn from knitting projects that you completed long ago, but you are still holding on to like my Obaasan? Please donate your remnant yarn to a public art project to take place at this year’s Powell Street Festival. No ball of yarn is too small! Your remnant yarn will become part of … Read more
Powell Street Festival Society presents Spatial Poetics XV on June 25th at Studio D SFU Woodwards (149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver). Now celebrating its fifteenth year, Spatial Poetics invites artists of different backgrounds (dance, theatre, performance art, music, etc) to collaborate in the creation of a new, multi-genre artistic work. This year Powell Street Festival artistic director Mark … Read more
Open House at WePress Saturday, June 18th, 2016 from 1 to 6 pm at WePress #202 – 268 Keefer Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown (in the mini-mall beside Hon’s on the 2nd floor) https://wepress.ca/2016/06/02/open-house-bookmaking-letterpress-artist-reception/ WePressVancouver [at] gmail.com Join us for a fun afternoon at the WePress Community Makerspace where you can create books with Karen Ward, … Read more
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, June 11 – Sept 4, 2016 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 11, 3-5pm, preceded by artist talk from 2pm. Everyone welcome. As a finalist for the coveted AIMA|AGO Photography Prize, Chino Otsuka, a Japanese artist currently living in England, completed a residency at the Nikkei National Museum (NNM) in 2014. This exhibition features … Read more
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre May 28, 2016 Tickets: $25/$20 members (+tax) Taking inspiration from Takao Tanabe’s Sumie works, the Museum’s annual spring fundraiser will be around the theme of INK! Featuring gorgeous pieces by a diverse group of contemporary and traditional artists and artisans who have generously donated work in all media, there … Read more
