culturally diverse arts
The patron of the opera, Alice Choi helps keep Cantonese art form alive in Vancouver with her performances and funding
A great deal of truth is contained in the crude slogan “form follows funding“: All the world’s great art traditions were paid for somehow, by someone. In the European context those some-ones were the church and/or the aristocracy, before governments somewhat reluctantly inherited the role of patron of the arts. Most of us are accustomed [...]
Vancouver: Powell Street Festival comes home, Podcast play shows personal view of historic park
You would think someone who’s a former writer for CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, the corporation’s first person of colour to host a daily national radio program, a standup comedian and actor would be able to put together a 10-minute podcast in his sleep. But Tetsuro Shigematsu says he struggled for months with how [...]
Vancouver: Taiwanese festival to be held in Canada
A Taiwanese cultural festival featuring “crossover” multi-faceted arts, music and culture will be held in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Toronto from the end of next month through the beginning of September. The event, titled “2010 TELUS TAIWANfest” is being organized by the Taipei Cultural Center in New York and the Asian-Canadian Special Events [...]
Surrey: Sanghera’s Music Waves expands into movies
For the past two decades, Kulwinder Sanghera has been a cultural icon in the Metro Vancouver Punjabi community. His company, Music Waves, records, manages and distributes Punjabi-language music artists. Since beginning operation in early 2006, Red FM, the radio station he runs out of a Surrey industrial park, has grown from 15 to 39 employees. [...]
