explorASIAN 2008 - | Many cultures | Many languages | One celebration |
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society celebrates its 12th Anniversary in 2008
with four highlight events and more great events in May celebrating Asian Heritage Month
explorASIAN 2008 OPENING EVENT - SOLD OUT!
MAY 1 - Thursday - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) Infinite Echoes from Japan: New Directions in Traditional Japanese Music
explorASIAN FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY - FREE event
MAY 31 - Saturday - 11am to 5pm
(Music/Dance/Children/Other) explorASIAN FRIENDS & FAMILY Day
explorASIAN 2008 CLOSING CELEBRATION - TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
MAY 31 - Saturday - 8pm
(Music) explorASIAN 2008 Closing Celebration: DHARMAKASA Concert
KUNGQU is coming to Vancouver! - TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
JUNE 16 - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) SCENES FROM KUNQU: China's Classical Theatre
JUNE 17 - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) SCENES FROM KUNQU: China's Classical Theatre
MAY is Asian Heritage Month!
| MUSIC | DANCE | VISUAL ARTS | FILMS | LITERARY |
| COMEDY | WORKSHOPS & LECTURES | CHILDREN | OTHER |
explorASIAN 2008 OPENING EVENT - SOLD OUT!
MAY 1 - Thursday - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) Infinite Echoes from Japan: New Directions in Traditional Japanese Music
MAY 1 to 30
(Visual Arts) Japanese Canadian National Museum presents The Sakura Tree
MAY 2 - Friday - 6:30pm
(Music) Mani Khaira concert at CBC Studio One
MAY 2 - Friday - 8pm
(Music) China Red Meets Bluegrass: Red Chamber vs The Jaybirds
MAY 2 - Friday - 8pm
(Music) Zula Presents An Evening with LATIF BOLAT
MAY 2 - Friday - 10pm
(Film) Asian Cinema Takes a Bow on Knowledge Network
The Slanted Screen
MAY 3 - Saturday - 6pm (to JUNE 1)
(Visual Arts) MERGE by frozen-melt (Naoko Takenouchi, Miyuki Shinkai, HiDe Ebina)
MAY 3 - Saturday - 6pm
(Celebration) Centre A's 9th Anniversary Dinner and Art Auction
MAY 3 - Saturday - 8pm
(Music/Dance) KEBYAR! The Music and Dance of Bali
MAY 3 - Saturday - 8pm
(Spoken Word/Music/Discussion) The Good Asian Drivers Tour with Melissa Li & Kit Yan
Canadian Premiere
MAY 3 - Saturday
(Music) Asian Heritage Month Broadcasts on Canada Live
MAY 4 - Sunday - 2pm
(Music/Dance) KEBYAR! The Music and Dance of Bali
MAY 4 - Sunday - 2pm
(Spoken Word/Music/Discussion) The Good Asian Drivers Tour with Melissa Li & Kit Yan
Canadian Premiere
MAY 4 - Sunday - 8pm
(Music) Reza Mohammed Shajarian & the Ava Ensemble
MAY 5 - Monday - 7:30pm
(Music) Kaisahan Voice Ensemble with special guests Brave Waves
MAY 5 to 25
(Exhibition) "ACROSS" - Taiga Chiba, Tomoyo Ihaya, Eunjin Kim and Janice Wong
MAY 9 - Friday - 8pm
(Comedy) 9th Annual Asian Comedy Night: Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! - SKETCHOFF!#$%!!
Vancouver Rice Bowl Competition
MAY 9 - Friday - 10pm
(Film) Asian Cinema Takes a Bow on Knowledge Network
Lai Man Wai: The Father of Chinese Cinema
MAY 10 - Saturday - 7:30pm
(Film) Mad Detective (Sun taam)
MAY 10 - Saturday - 8pm
(Comedy) 9th Annual Asian Comedy Night: Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! - SKETCHOFF!#$%!!
People's Choys Award
MAY 11 - Sunday - 9pm
(Film) Shaw Multicultural Channel/explorASIAN First Annual Filmmakers Showcase
MAY 12 - Monday - 10:30am & 12:30pm
(Dance) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: SPECTACULAR KOREA
MAY 12 to 14
(Film) THE VOICE OF IRAN: MOHAMMED REZA SHAJARIAN
MAY 12 to 14
(Film) SANTOURI (THE MUSIC MAN)
MAY 13 - Tuesday - 10:30am & 12:30pm
(Children) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: Halmang, Myth of Jeju Island
May 13 - Tuesday - 1:30pm
(Film) Tailor Made: Chinatown's Last Tailors
MAY 13 - Tuesday - 7pm
(Music) Classical Western and Classical Chinese
MAY 14 - Wednesday - 10:30am & 12:30pm
(Children) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: Halmang, Myth of Jeju Island
May 14 - Wednesday - 11am
(Film) Tailor Made: Chinatown's Last Tailors
MAY 15 - Thursday - 10:30am & 12:30pm
(Children) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: Halmang, Myth of Jeju Island
MAY 16 - Friday - 10:30am & 12:30pm
(Children) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: Halmang, Myth of Jeju Island
May 16 - Friday - 11am
(Film) Tailor Made: Chinatown's Last Tailors
MAY 16 - Friday - 8pm
(Music) A Piano Concert By Ardeshir & Aria Rohani
MAY 16 - Friday - 8pm
(Visual Arts/Music) "How To Feed A Piano" - A Project by David Khang with Candice Hopkins
Performance: Hank Bull & Joomi Seo on piano
MAY 16 - Friday - 10pm
(Film) Asian Cinema Takes a Bow on Knowledge Network
Cinema Asia
MAY 17 - Saturday (to May 24)
(Visual Arts) "How To Feed A Piano" - A Project by David Khang with Candice Hopkins: Exhibition
MAY 18 - Sunday - 9pm
(Film) Shaw Multicultural Channel/explorASIAN First Annual Filmmakers Showcase
MAY 19 - Monday - 11am
(Dance) Vancouver International Childrens Festival: SPECTACULAR KOREA
MAY 19 - Monday
(Music) Asian Heritage Month Broadcasts on Canada Live
MAY 19 - Monday - 7:15pm
(Film) I Am The Canadian Delegate
MAY 21 - Wednesday - 7pm
(Visual Arts/Lecture) "How To Feed A Piano" - A Project by David Khang with Candice Hopkins
Panel Discussion: Candice Hopkins, Larissa Lai, Rinaldo Walcott
MAY 22 - Thursday - 7pm
(Literary) Book Launches: Michiko Midge Ayukawa & Patricia E. Roy
MAY 22 - Thursday - 7pm
(Lecture) Shubhendra Rao & Cellist Saskia Rao de-Hass
MAY 23 - Friday - 6:30pm
(Music/Dance) Roots, Rhymes and Resistance 2008: Balik sa Komunidad, Balik sa Ugat
MAY 23 - Friday - 7pm
(Visual Arts/Literary) Japanese Canadian National Museum presents The Sakura Tree
MAY 23 - Friday - 8pm
(Music) CARAVAN Presents Shubhendra Rao & Cellist Saskia Rao de-Hass
May 23 to 25
(Film) New Asia Film Festival
May 24 - Saturday - 1pm
(Lecture/Workshop) How Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Traditional Martial Arts
(Kung-Fu) are inter-related and how they both are fundamental roots of Chinese Culture
MAY 24 - Saturday - 2pm
(Visual Arts/Literary) Japanese Canadian National Museum presents The Sakura Tree
MAY 24, 25 and JUNE 1
(Children/Other) The 2nd FORMOSA CUP – Storytelling Competition
MAY 24 to JUNE 1
(Exhibition/Music/Dance/Theatre/Workshop/Lecture) Pangaea Arts presents THE LIFE OF PAPER
MAY 24 - Saturday - 8pm
(Music) Yoshida Brothers
MAY 25 - Sunday - 2pm
(Lecture/Music) A Musical Atlas of Asia: China & Beyond
MAY 25 - Sunday - 7pm
(Music/Dance) SULYAP - Kababayang Pilipino's 15th Anniversary Performance Celebration
MAY 25 - Sunday - 9pm
(Film) Shaw Multicultural Channel/explorASIAN First Annual Filmmakers Showcase
MAY 26 - Monday - 6:30pm
(Workshop) Scripting Aloud
MAY 26 - Monday - 7:30pm
(Literary/Music) WORLD POETRY Presents The Fifth Asian Heritage Night
MAY 27 - Tuesday - 7:30pm
(Music) Burnaby Asian Musical Heritage Night
May 28 - Wednesday - 11am
(Film) Tailor Made: Chinatown's Last Tailors
MAY 28 to 31
(Lecture) Tracing the Lines Symposium
MAY 29 - Thursday - 12 Noon
(Dance) The Dance Centre presents Discover Dance! Showcasing the Vancouver Korean Dance Society
MAY 29 - Thursday - 7pm
(Literary) Book Launch & Reading: Bowling Pin Fire by Andy Quan
MAY 29 - Thursday - 7:30pm
(Comedy) Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! SKETCHOFF!#$%!! encore in Richmond
MAY 29 - Thursday - 9:30pm
(Music) Vince Mai Project
MAY 30 - Friday (to June 15)
(Visual Arts) Hidden Rivers: Exhibition by local Ismaili Muslim Artists
MAY 31 - Saturday - 4pm
(Lecture) Unity within Diversity - Asian Veterans speak
explorASIAN FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY - FREE event
MAY 31 - Saturday - 11am to 5pm
(Music/Dance/Children/Other) explorASIAN FRIENDS & FAMILY Day
explorASIAN 2008 CLOSING CELEBRATION - TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
MAY 31 - Saturday - 8pm
(Music) explorASIAN 2008 Closing Celebration: DHARMAKASA Concert
JUNE events
JUNE 1 - Sunday
(Children/Other) The 2nd FORMOSA CUP – Storytelling Competition
JUNE 4 - Wednesday - 7pm
(Music) Western New Music and Chinese Sensibilities
JUNE 16 - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) SCENES FROM KUNQU: China's Classical Theatre
JUNE 17 - 7:30pm
(Music/Dance) SCENES FROM KUNQU: China's Classical Theatre
JUNE 21 (Saturday)
(Sports) 20th Anniversary of the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival
JUNE 22 (Saturday)
(Sports) 20th Anniversary of the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival
>>> Visit our Community Events Calendar for Pan Asian Canadian events in Metro Vancouver throughout the year
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~ Most events are performed in the English language, have free admission and are family-friendly. (except where indicated)
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