Celebrate Asian Heritage at the Vancouver Museum on Saturday

here is an event for explorASIAN:

Metro Vancouver community invited to participate in

explorASIAN Friends & Family
Day

 

(Vancouver)
 explorASIAN celebrates the end of Asian Heritage Month in Metro Vancouver
with an exciting day of family friendly activities.  This free community event includes live
music concerts, magic shows, dance performances, arts and crafts, community
booths, and free giveaways.  The
community is invited to enjoy this FREE multicultural event and meet the
talented Asian Canadian artists and diverse cultural and community
groups.

 

Event:              
explorASIAN Friends & Family Day

Location:
        
Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut Street (Vanier
Park)

Date:
              
May 31, 2008 Saturday

Time:              
11am – 5pm

Cost:               
Free event | Free parking

 

Live
performances for all ages:

• International
  Champions of Magic Rod Chow & Company
• Award
  Winning Elvis Impersonators: 
  Aaron Wong & Adam Leyk
• Kathara
  Dance Theatre
• Vandna
  Sidher Bharata Natyam Classical Indian Dance
• Master
  Wilson Wu (kungfu)
• Sifu
  Laurens Kam To Lee (tai chi)
• DJ's
  Trevor Chan and MissBliss

Family
activities:

• Asian
  Canadian History Timeline Challenge Scavenger Hunt
• Arts
  and Crafts displays and demonstrations
• Caricature
  Drawings by Geoff Wong
• and
  more! 

Participating
community organizations:

• Lang’s
  Mongolian Acupuncture
• Powell
  Street Festival Society
• Taiwanese
  Canadian Cultural Society
• UBC
  Department of Asian Studies (KUNGQU)
• C3
  Korean Canadian Society
• Scripting
  Aloud
• Dr.
  Lyla May Yip Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Master
  Wilson Wu Kungfu Ocean Academy
• 411
  Seniors Centre Society
• Kam
  To Tai Chi Chuan Association
• Raymond
  Chow, Artist
• Canadian
  International Dragon Boat Society

 

explorASIAN FRIENDS
& FAMILY DAY
is sponsored by the Vancouver
Museum
and Superior
Tofu

 

The
Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society is a registered non-profit society
that celebrates Pan-Asian arts and culture by presenting diverse educational and
community outreach programs.

 

The
Society presents and participates in many community ethnocultural events
throughout the year and produces the Asian Heritage Month festival known as
“explorASIAN” in the month of May.

 

Since
1996, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society's “explorASIAN” Festival has
endeavored to explore the diversity of Asian Canadian life and culture and
promote the discussion of relevant issues and concerns within and beyond the
Asian Canadian community.   The
Metro Vancouver community
will share and experience Pan-Asian Canadian arts and culture at events
featuring emerging and established actors, artists, dancers, filmmakers,
musicians, performers and writers.