Society News
37th Annual Powell Street Festival
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), …
Festival Launch with Omodaka
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 Festival tries to meet the Zero Waste Challenge
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
Sake Social 2013 • Sat, Jun 1st
7 to 10pm. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden (578 Carrall Street, Vancouver). Spend a delightful summer evening learning about the smooth, cool taste of Japanese rice wine while lounging outdoors at the beautiful courtyard …
HENKO
WHAT IS HENKŌ? View the Site HENKŌ launched at Powell Street Festival 2012. HENKŌ takes the renga – a Japanese collaborative poem – and opens
Surrogate Valentine • November 6, 2011
Co-presenting Western Canadian Premiere, Surrogate Valentine, on Sunday, November 6, 7:30pm, Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas. DIRECTOR: Dave Boyle, WRITERS: Dave Boyle, Joel Clark, Goh Nakamura, …
Arts of Conscience: from Hiroshima to Vancouver
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.
Screening of Spirit of Nihomachi by Greg Masuda
2011 Heart of the City Festival. Saturday October 29, 2011. 6pm at the Carnegie Theatre. As part of the Documentaries for the Thinkers program. Join filmmaker Greg Masuda for the test screening of a rough cut …
Open Doors Project
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
Lost and Found
The Lost and Found website is the second half of a collaborative project produced by Powell Street Festival (PSFS) and Access Artist Run Centre (VAARC) in