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Kokoro Dance: a life in dance

Every October for the past 18 years, readers of The Georgia Straight have voted Kokoro Dance Vancouver’s best dance company. Not bad for a small company that has always determinedly played by its own rules, flaunting convention at every turn.…

When the Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre conceived the Heart of the City Festival in 2004, they were looking to build on the success of their 2003 co-production In the Heart of a City: the Downtown Eastside Community…

The Centennial celebrations also sparked something in a community that had largely gone to ground, reigniting pride in a heritage that had been relegated to the back of the closet in an attempt to assimilate into mainstream society.

Like many of you, going to Oppenheimer Park for the Powell Street Festival in early August has become an annual ritual for me in the 16 years I’ve lived in Vancouver so far. I’ve been going just about every summer…

UPDATE: The vote on the apology motion will take place at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 25th 2013. The vote was moved forward to the first item on the agenda to accommodate our seniors.

Keith Fukushima’s Ride to Remember Like so many Lower Mainland residents, Keith Fukushima and his sister Tanis would look forward to visiting the Fair at the PNE with their Grandmother when they were children. She would take them to play…

Celebrating 50 Years of Ikebana in Vancouver Ikebana has a long and respected history in Japan. While the exact origins are unknown, it is thought to have come to Japan with the introduction of Buddhism in the 6th century. Many…

Sugar Brown’s real name is Ken Kawashima, whose full-time job is professor at the University of Toronto. He’s a Japanese-American from Ohio, educated in New York and Chicago, but has made his home in Toronto for the last 10 years.

What drew me to the NAJC’s Tour of Hawaii was to learn about the Japanese-Hawaiian and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s history. I was not disappointed. It was the most informative tour that I have been on!

She questioned everything she didn’t understand and there was plenty since I’m not sure she was Buddhist. We also argued over the word “diaspora.” I used it to describe the aftermath of WWII and the Japanese Canadian dispersal.