Todd Wong admiring his “almost finished dragon head carving”
Bagpipe inspired horns and hockey stick inspired back spines – A Chinese-Scottish-Canadian dragon head.
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Our Sea Vancouver carving tent on Maritime Point – photo Eric Neighbour www.klorker.com
A Phoenix, a Dragon head, a siren – works by Mari and Eric – photo by Eric Neighbour www.klorker.com
Eric Neighbor Carving Quintet – l-r Mari, Todd Wong, Bob Brinson, Mike Dangeli, Eric Neighbour – photo Eric Neighbour
“From hunks of logs, great carvings will soon come.”
Mike Dangeli and his fiance working on their First Nations prow carving – photo Eric Neighbour
Eric Neighbor with his dragon head carving – photo Eric Neighbor
Maiko Bae Yamamoto Minoru Yamamoto featured in Georgia Straight
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Maiko Bae Yamamoto and Minoru Yamamoto are featured in the Georgia Straight.
Check out Big on Japan –
an article about fusion contempoary art with cultural traditions.
Minoru came to Vancouver in 1970 from Yokohama. His daughter Maiko has been burning up the small theatre Vancouver arts scene by co-founding boca del lupo and writing creations such as Empty Orchestra and many others.
Here's a message from collaborator actor/creator Adrienne Wong:
Theatre
Replacement and the Powell Street Festival present six new works of
theatre for the tiny stage. BOX THEATRE is a series of one-person shows
for a one-person audience, featuring BOX SPRING by Adrienne Wong,
BALLOT BOX by Spencer Herbert, CHATTER BOX by Camille Gingras, ULTRA
BOX/TOY BOX by Kris Nelson, IDIOT BOX by James Long and MATCH BOX by
Maiko Bae Yamamoto. Using a combination of text, tiny props, and a
little magic, actor and audience share the most intimate of performance
experiences inside a theatre that is a small box worn on the actor‚s
shoulders.
Times are – Saturday 4:30 – 6:30 in the firehall
Sunday
12- 2 at Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell)
See the Georgia Straight Arts Section for more info
I've attached a flyer.
**For a sneak peak come to 68 water street (the office) we are doing something of a dress rehearsal tonight.
adrienne
Box Theatre ad promo for Powell Street Festival
29th Annual Powell Street Festival – July 30 – July 31st
The Powell Street Festival
is always a lot of fun. Lots of food, activities and
performances. I have even appeared on stage with my accordion
accompanying Sean Gunn as part of his music ensemble… that was a few
years ago.
http://powellstfestival.shinnova.com/
Check out Kokoro Dance Theatre featuring Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara
Bourget, as well as my friend Harry Aoki with his music ensemble. Check
out Walter Quan's “sushi candles” in the “Marketplace”.
There is even fusion hip hop, karate demonstrations – lots to do and see!
29TH ANNUAL POWELL STREET FESTIVAL
Hip'pu Pop'pu: celebrating contemporary Japanese Canadian culture
Saturday, July 30th & Sunday, July 31st, 2005
Oppenheimer Park, 400 Powell Street &
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova Street
Vancouver Japanese Language School, 487 Alexander Street
11:30am – 7:00pm
FESTIVAL WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
Taiko extravaganza featuring several local taiko groups • Contemporary dance by Mariko Tanabe (Montreal), Aretha Aoki and Kokoro Dance • BOX THEATRE: a one-person show for a one-person audience • Musical guests Harry Aoki Ensemble, Sharon Minemoto, Riff Randells, Buttersprites (Seattle), Alcvin Ramos and more • Traditional Japanese tea service • Historical Walking Tours of the Powell Street area • Yugo: a hiphop fusion project featuring DJs, MCs, graffiti art & more • Literary Series featuring Kim Moritsugu (Toronto), Gerry Shikatani (Toronto) & Craig Takeuchi • Eye & Ear, There & Here: a screening of music videos from Canada, the United States and Japan • Remaking the Master's Tools: Pop Culture in Contemporary Short Film and Video • Taiko Workshop for Children & Youth • Naomi's Road: a workshop reading by Vancouver Opera
Pride Week featuring Queer Authors and the Pride Parade
Celebrating Diversity in Vancouver this week is Pride Week.
I have now been asked to join in two parade groups – maybe because they
know I am a fun guy, and have put dragon boats in the St. Patrick's Day
Parade. Maybe next year I will have a Dragon Boat in the Pride
Parade. And maybe next year I will organize a Gay Lesbian dragon
boat team…
called the Drag-ON! Queens
In the meantime…
The Vancouver Public Library features 4 authours for a program titled Queer Authors Night
Terrie Hamazaki
is a featured author at the Vancouver Public Library reading along with
Karen X. Tulchinsky, Charles Montgomery and Daniel Gawthrop.
Terrie Has written & performed for the Fringe and Women in View Performing Arts
Festivals. Her writing has been published in various publications. She is a
member of the 2005 SFU Writers Studio & also works at a battered womens
shelter. She is a former newswriter for Kinesis (published by Vancouver Status
of Women).
Our paths have crossed in the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop world – and hopefully one day, we will have Terrie do a writing workshop for us.
| Date | Thursday, July 28th 2005 |
| Time | 7:00pm |
| Location |
Central Library |
| Admission | Free |
| Co-sponsor | Vancouver Pride Society |