Admission: $5 per ticket, buy them now at http://www.vaff.org/events for $5 in Bidness Bucks Date: Wednesday, August 25 2010 Location: Biltmore Cabaret, 395 Kingsway, Vancouver Doors: 8:00PM Live Auction: 9:00PM …
Jim Wong-Chu
Jim Wong-Chu
Jim Wong-Chu is a published poet, author, editor, and historian. He is well- known as a co-founder of the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop, Ricepaper Magazine, Pender Guy Radio Program, Asia Canadian Performing Arts Resource (ACPAR), literASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing, and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Festival. He has also co-edited several anthologies of Asian Canadian writers.
The University of British Columbia plans to develop a bilingual website that will tell the story of Chinese Canadians. The site, Chinese-Canadian Stories: Uncommon Stories from a Common Past History, …
Date: August 14, 2010 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m Where: Fraser Street (corner of 32nd Avenue to St.Patrick Ground on Main Join the first ever Filipino Cultural Street Parade. …
Thursday, August 12th | 8:00-10:30pm, doors at 7:45pm Tickets: $50 (includes hors d’oeuvres, one drink & door prize entry) Dress: Garden Party RSVP: 604-662-3207 ext. 202 or simply buy tickets …
By Jenny Uechi We’ve all seen over the last several years how many “ethnic” comedians have been coming into mainstream consciousness over the years: South Asians have an enviable lineup …
By Jenny Uechi Lately, some grocery stores in Vancouver assume that I won’t be needing a bag to carry my purchases because I’ve brought my own. It’s a safe assumption …
Recently, Ming Pao (and chineseinvancouver.com) reported targeted vandalism with outright racist anti-Chinese graffiti appearing on the walls of Empire Centre Mall on #3 Road in Richmond. Leaving shoppers and merchants …
In case you missed it in person, you can see Larissa’s Lai’s “Automaton Biographies” book launch video here: Larissa Lai reads “Rachel” from Canadian Literature on Vimeo. About Automaton Biographies: …
Catch Evelyn Lau, award-winning author of Runaway, at Intrepid Pens (DTES Reading & Writing Program) invites you to join us for an evening with Evelyn Lau as she discusses the …
By Jenny Uechi There’s a kind of music that conjures up images of clear blue skies, horses roaming an emerald-coloured horizon. It’s the traditional music of the Buryats, an ethnic …