Monthly Archives: April 2013

Tartan Day Kilt Walk in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour

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Kilt Walk for Tartan Day

April 6th was Tartan Day… celebrating Scottish heritage and culture in Canada. We met at the Robbie Burns statue in Stanley Park at 11am. Victoria Chan-Ross played bagpipes. We read the Burns poetry on the statue… then the unexpected happened.
A visitor to Vancouver was walking along the road, and had followed the sound of bagpipes. We welcomed Matthew Macallister, Glasgow classical guitarist, to Vancouver! Then we walked along the Coal Harbour seawalk to The Mill Marine Bistro for pulled pork nachos and Whistler Whiskey Jack IPA.
Here are the rest of my pictures:
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Ricepaper Magazine launches

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Come and celebrate our new Ricepaper Magazine issue at the launch party at Historic Joy Kogawa House on April 6th… featuring Aboriginal and Asian Canadian writers….

Aboriginal & Asian Canadian Writers

 

On April 6, 2013 from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, the Historic Joy Kogawa House is hosting our Special Double Issue Launch Party. The event will coincide with the opening reception for the Text/Textiles exhibit, featuring collections from international textile artists. The opening reception will begin at 12:00 pm and Cherry Blossom: A Textile Translation Retrospective exhibit will be available for viewing until Sunday, April 21.

It is one of the best Ricepaper issues I have seen, as a member of the ACWW board… and so pleased to host at Historic Joy Kogawa House, where I am chair of the board. My cousin Sharel Wright is one of the authors in the magazine and will be in attendance with her mother Rhonda Larrabee, Chief of Qayqayt First Nations…

http://ricepapermagazine.ca/2013/03/ricepapers-double-issue-launch-party-and-the-texttextiles-exhibit/

The launch party will also include the first of a three part public reading series:

Saturday, April 6 will introduce featured writers published in the new issue of Ricepaper magazine: Carrie Calvo, Michelle Sylliboy, Russell Wallace, Wanda John Kehewin, Elaine Woo and Jonina Kirton. The reading will be from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Saturday, April 13 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Joy Kogawa House will host a family reading with Jacqueline Pearce. The author of The Reunion will enthrall the audience with her story of a friendship between a Sikh girl and a Japanese Canadian during World War II.

Saturday, April 20 will showcase a group of poets from The Planet Earth Anthology, published by Leaf Press. The reading will be from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

The Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver is also exhibiting new artwork in Cherry Blossom: A Textile Translation. As an expression of the changing season from winter to spring, artists from Canada, USA and Japan come together to display the range of inspiring art on silks, sculptures, books and clothing. Opening reception is on Tuesday, April 2 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, and the exhibit is open until April 21.