Experience ASIA VOILA! at UBC - April 18

Saturday, April 18, 2009
11:00am - 4:00pm

UBC Asian Centre (1871 West Mall)

Everybody welcome! Free admission!

This is the first of its kind in UBC where more than ten UBC departments and units work as a team to offer a one-day event to celebrate the Asian Heritage Month.

Stroll along the northwestern part of the UBC campus, partake in the rich Asian cultures and enjoy the myriad resources on campus. Asia Voila features traditional Asian dance and music performances, art and photo exhibitions, lectures on poetry chanting and calligraphy, guided library tours and workshops, Asian languages round robin, book sale, Nitobe Garden tours and more!

Programs at a Glance:

Asian Centre
11:30am-12:10pm Omote Senke Japanese Tea Ceremony Tea Gallery
11:30am-12:30pm The Enchantment of Chinese Poetry Auditorium
11:30am-1:00pm In Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy Rm. 604
11:40am-12:25pm Books, Maps and Scrolls: Finding Japanese Treasures Library
12:30-1:00pm Guided Library Tour: Chinese Library
12:30-1:10pm Omote Senke Japanese Tea Ceremony Tea Gallery
12:30-1:15pm Knowledge about Korean Movies Library
12:45-2:30pm INSTRCC Student Video Series Auditorium
1:15-1:45pm Guided Library Tour: Korean Library
1:20-2:50pm Korean Documentary Show: Behind Forgotten Eyes Rm. 604
1:30-2:00pm Guided Library Tour: Japanese Library
1:30-2:10pm Omote Senke Japanese Tea Ceremony Tea Gallery
1:30-2:15pm Indonesian Materials: What...Why...Where...How... Library
2:30-3:15pm Online Resources in Chinese Studies Library
2:30-3:10pm Omote Senke Japanese Tea Ceremony Tea Gallery
2:30-4:00pm Fun with Chinese Auditorium
3:00-4:00pm Chinese Film Show (TBA) Rm. 604
3:30-4:10pm Omote Senke Japanese Tea Ceremony Tea Gallery
On-going Information Station & Information Challenge Quiz Foyer
Asian Languages Round Robin Foyer
Book Sale Foyer/Library
Asian Food Fair Foyer
Display- Asian Films: A Century Foyer
Display: In Loving Memory of Professor Edgar Wickberg Library
Asian Library Quiz Library

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Frederic Wood Theatre

11:00-11:20am Japanese Buddhist Chant for Voice and Shakuhachi Flute
11:20am-12:00pm Dhrupad - Hindustani Vocal
12:00-12:30pm Bhangra
1:00-2:00pm Gamelan Ensemble
2:15-2:45pm Chinese Music Ensemble
2:45-3:00pm Japanese Classical Dance with TomoeArts
3:00-3:45pm Three Honorable Mice : Presentation of a collaborative work by a poet, a calligrapher, and a translator
On site Asian Food Fair

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Other UBC Locations:

Institute of Asian Research (C.K. Choi Building)
11:00am-12:00pm En Route to Asia - Research by UBC Undergraduates
11:00am-12:00pm Korean Film Show (TBA)
12:30-2:00pm Japanese Studetn's Program (Sikts, Speeches, Short Story Telling, and Singing)
12:45-4:00pm Japanese Haiku, Korean Sijo or Urdu Ghazal
2:30-4:00pm Film Show: Gaijin - Ama me como sou (Love me as I am)
On site Asian Food Fair

Nitobe Memorial Garden
Guided Tour of the Nitobe Memorial Garden - 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm

Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Action - Camera: Beijing Performance Photography - 12noon -5pm

Room 112, Koerner Library
BC Binning Studios
Dorothy Somerset Studios

I Like It In Theory - UBC Visual Art Graduation Exhibition 2009 - 11am-5pm


For more information please visit: www.library.ubc.ca/asian/asiavoila
Enquiry: 604-822-2427 Asian Library