Society News
Katari Taiko’s 35th Anniversary Concert at the Vancouver Playhouse
Katari Taiko, the first taiko group formed in Canada, is a constantly changing and intensely creative hybrid of Japanese and Canadian music.
Double your donation on GivingTuesday!
On GivingTuesday, December 2nd, 2014, Acxsys Corporation (the architects of the Interac network) will match online charitable donations made through CanadaHelps.org and paid using Interac Online.
Looking for New Board Members!
We are looking for dynamic, eager and committed new members to join the Board of Directors of Vancouver’s oldest community-run Festival.
18th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Fesival
Powell Street Festival Society is excited to be a community partner to present Man from Reno on November 6 at 7pm at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas.
Parallel Paths: Japanese Diplomacy and Nikkei Heritage – Forum 5 – Redress Movement – 1990s
October 28, 2014 | 7pm Nikkei Place (6888 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby) vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp Speaker: Art Miki When the Japanese-Canadian community celebrated its centennial year in 1977,
Film Screening: The God of Ramen
The Consulate General of Japan, The Japan Foundation and the Vancouver Public Library present the documentary – The God of Ramen.
Hapa Human Library
Are you curious about issues of identity? Do you like to hear new and intriguing stories? Come to the Nikkei National Museum and sit down with a Human Hapa Book for a one-on-one informal conversation to explore hapa identity.
PARALLEL PATHS: Japanese Diplomacy and Nikkei Heritage
In this final session of the forum series we will look at recent Japanese Canadian experiences and then turn the discussion toward what may lie ahead in the future by asking the question: What can we learn from our shared history?
Powell Street Festival at LiterASIAN!
We will be having a table at literAsian Book Fair at UBC Learning Exchange on Sunday, October 12!
Chimigukuru Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Orphan Benefit Concert
The Vancouver Okinawa Taiko based in Metro Vancouver is presenting the benefit concert, “Chimugukuru: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Orphan Benefit Concert”.
2014 Vancouver New Music Festival
Composers and sound artists all over the world are turning their ears to the music of the earth and its people to reconsider what artistic creation really means in a context that fosters sustainable ideas about creativity, culture, and tradition.
Vancouver International Film Festival 2014
September 25 – October 10, 2014 Various locations viff.org DISCONCERTO (Mahoro Ekimae Kyosokyoku) Omori Tatsushi (Japan, 123 min) Fri. Sep 26, 8:15 pm, International Village