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Children’s Sumo Workshop 2024
Children’s Sumo Workshop 2024 Register Here Join us for a morning of sumo training! These sessions’ aim to build confidence and safety around this popular Japanese
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Reflections from the 2023 Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort
This past summer, Powell Street Festival Society welcomed our second Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort to Vancouver. This program for Japanese Canadian youth ages 19-29 aims
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360 Riot Walk: Guided Tour 2024
360 Riot Walk: July and August Guided Tours Buy Tickets | チケット発売中 Dates: Saturday, July 27 Sunday, July 28 Saturday, August 3 Sunday, August 4
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Meet the 2024 Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort
Powell Street Festival Society is excited to announce the members of our thrid Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort! This expenses-paid program brings three young Japanese Canadians aged
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Join our 2024 Annual General Meeting!
The Powell Street Festival Society’s Annual General Meeting will take place online via Zoom this year, Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. Please register through our Eventbrite link to receive
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2024 Vancouver Basho: Amateur Sumo Exhibition
2024 Vancouver Basho: Amateur Sumo Exhibition Designed by Kayla Isomura Sunday, June 9th, 2024 | 1:00 – 5:00 pm | Templeton Secondary School, 727 Templeton
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DOXA 2024
DOXA 2024 Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama | Sunday, May 5th at 4:15pm | The Cinematheque Powell Street Festival Society is proud to
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paueru gaizette No. 5
paueru gaizette no. 5 Read this edition The next edition of the paueru gaizette invites you to Begin Again “As both a place of joy
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Drumming Up Spirit: Tzo’kam and Sawagi Taiko in concert at the Annex
Drumming Up Spirit Featuring Sawagi Taiko and Tzo’kam Sunday, May 12, 2024 | Doors: 1PM, Show: 2PM The Annex | 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver Sliding-scale
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Hanami: Cherry Blossom Picnic 2024
Sunday, April 14th, 2024 | 12:30PM-3:00PM Oppenheimer Park Free Event Join PSFS under the spring cherry blossoms for a taiko performance, Japanese craft making, and
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Musing on the Making of IzumonookunI
IzumonookunI Blog Post Powell Street Festival Society is proud to be supporting the development of “IzumonookunI,” a multidisciplinary dance inspired by Izumo no Okuni, the 17th century cis-female founder of
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paueru gaizette No. 4
paueru gaizette no. 4 Read this edition After a brief hiatus, the paueru gaizette zine is back with another issue, “sounds like home”. What sounds