Asian Heritage - Edmonton

Weathering With You
2020-02-14 21:30 - 2020-02-20 19:00 UTC | Metro Cinema Garneau Theatre, 8712 - 109 Street, Edmonton, T6G 1E9
In the summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but one day he meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
For screening dates, times, tickets at Metro Cinema:
https://www.metrocinema.org/production/weathering-with-you/

Peking Acrobats
2020-02-14 19:00 - 2020-02-15 13:00 | Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, T8A 5T2
A Spellbinding family show
China’s finest acrobatic troupe have been dazzling audiences all over the world for decades. Their unique blend of traditional Chinese folklore and daring gymnastics is guaranteed to leave you speechless and has seen them perform on everything from Ellen to the Hollywood Bowl’s Fireworks Season Finale. A few of their members can also be spotted in the Oceans 11 movie trilogy!
What Can I Expect at a Peking Acrobats Show?
Maybe a better question is what can you not expect! This troupe of performers are masters at making the impossible possible, including daring manoeuvres atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, treacherous wire walking, powerful precision tumbling, trick cycling, juggling, trapeze work and much much more. Not only are their shows spectacular on a visual scale, their death-defying tricks are accompanied by a live Chinese orchestra, bringing you the authentic sound of the East as you bite your fingernails.

The Wandering Earth
2020-02-08 18:00 - 20:00
Chinese Movie Night
Al & Trish Huehn Theatre
Concordia University of Edmonton
7128 Ada Blvd
Free Admission

The Rising Moon - Concordia Concert Choir
2020-02-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Concordia University of Edmonton, 7218 Ada Blvd, Edmonton, T5B 4E4
Concordia Concert Choir
Silent Auction supporting China 2020 Tour
Robert Tegler Student Centre
Concordia University of Edmonton
7128 Ada Blvd
Adults $20, Seniors & Students $15

Lion Dance Open House
2020-02-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Edmonton Hung Mon Lion Dance, 9622 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5H 0E6
Ever wonder what it takes to become a lion dancer? Curious about the vigorous training? Or maybe you want to meet an awesome team! Now’s the chance!
Edmonton Hung Mon Athletic Club is hosting an Open House Event!
Witness firsthand how we train and learn more about the art and sport! Plus come out and meet the team!

9622 102 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta

m.me/hungmon.liondance

Call (780) 422-7881

2020 Celebration Lunar New Year
2020-02-01 17:00 - 22:00 | Emperor’s Palace Restaurant, 10638 100 Street, Edmonton, T5H 0N7
Our club serves as a valuable focal point for members to get together to share information, promote a sense of community and understanding among Malaysians, Singaporeans, Bruneians and all other Canadians to enjoy our culture. The mission of the MSSA is to provide a warm and congenial environment for members to bring their family and friends where they can refresh their cultural identity, relive fond memories of the old country, enjoy the ever tasty and savory Malaysian food and for some of us, a safe and accepting place to practice our own, perhaps a bit rusty dialects.

ECBEA Chinese Year of the Rat Celebration at Bonnie Doon Centre
2020-02-01 11:00 - 16:00 | Bonnie Doon Centre, 82 Avenue & 83 Street, Edmonton, T6C 4E3
The Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association invites you to celebrate
the Chinese New Year of the Rat at Bonnie Doon Centre.

Chinese Bilingual Program – Parent Information Session
2020-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Centre for Education, McCauley Chambers, One Kingsway, Edmonton, T5H 4G9
If you are interested in registering your child(ren) in the Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual Program, Edmonton Public School Board is hosting a Chinese Bilingual Program – Parent Information Session on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 6:00 pm at the Centre for Education, 1 Kingsway Avenue. The purpose is for parents/caregivers to learn about Kindergarten in the Chinese Bilingual Program at Caernarvon, Dovercourt, Kildare, Meadowlark, Meyonohk and Parkallen Elementary schools. Subjects will include:
School Pre-enrolment, Registration dates, Busing, Boundaries, Random Selection, Student & Family Supports and a Question and Answer period

Chinese Community Lunar New Year of the Rat Celebration at Kingsway Mall
2020-01-26 12:00 - 17:00 | Kingsway Mall, 109 Street & Kingsway, Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 3A6, Canada
Representing the Edmonton Chinese Community, the Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton (CBA) invites you to the Lunar New Year of the Rat Celebration on Sunday, January 26, 2020, 12 noon – 5 pm at Kingsway Mall.
The event will showcase many Chinese Community Organizations, through exhibitions, displays, over 15 interactive activities and non-stop performances by various community groups. Activities include Mahjong, Chinese Chess and checkers, hands-on crafts, wishing tree, fortune stick, calligraphy, wave bowl, etc. Performances consist of drumming, cultural dances, lion dances, martial arts, music and more. Come and taste the New Year cake and experience the Lunar New Year of the Rat celebration with us.
The Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton (CBA) is an umbrella organization with over 100 years of history in the Edmonton Chinese Community that supports over 70 Chinese organizations in Edmonton.
When: Sunday, January 26, 2020, 12 noon to 5 pm Where: Kingsway Mall, 109 St. and Kingsway Ave., Edmonton For Information: www.cbaedmonton.com or facebook.com/CBAofEdmonton/ or 780-429-1914 or email to cba.edmonton.ca@gmail.com
For Interview, contact: Megan Tsang at 780-908-0208 or mmtsang@ualberta.ca

Lunar New Year 2020
2020-01-26 11:30 - 15:00 | 97 Street between 105A to 107 Avenue, Edmonton
Welcome the Year of the Rat on January 26 2020! Come and join the firecrackers, parade in Chinatown, and watch cultural performances, as well as lion and dragon dances on the street. 97 Street between 105 & 107 Avenues

Cohen's Tale by Senator Paula Simons
2020-01-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Ritchie Community League, 7727 - 98 Street NW, Edmonton, T6E 5C9
Artful dodger. Real estate tycoon. Chinese revolutionary. That’s the story of Moishe ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen…a (not-so) nice Jewish boy who travelled from London’s East End to Edmonton City Hall to the battlefields of Passchendale to a job as aide-de-camp to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.
Join Senator Paula Simons Thursday evening, Jan. 23, to hear Cohen’s tale, in the second instalment of a Ritch(er) History of Edmonton speaker series, presented by the Ritchie Community League.
The former Edmonton Journal columnist and local historian has long been fascinated by the gunslinger-turned-revolutionary and what his often-unbelievable saga has to tell us about often-forgotten parts of Edmonton’s Jewish and Chinese history.
Come find out what’s true and what’s legend.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
7 – 9 p.m.
Free for Ritchie Community League members.
By donation for non-members ($10 suggested)

Chinese New Year Carnival 2020
2020-01-18 11:00 - 2020-01-19 17:00 | Chinese Catholic Parish, 10140 - 119 Street NW, Edmonton, T5K 1Y9
To welcome the Year of the Rat, the Edmonton Chinese Catholic Parish cordially invites you to bring your family and friends to join us for 2 days of fun at its Chinese New Year Carnival.
You’ll enjoy lion dance, Chinese crafts, novelty, Chinese calligraphy & more. Non-stop performances include Chinese musical instrument recitals, Tai Chi, martial art, traditional & international dance. There are a wide variety of authentic Chinese food: spring rolls, onion cake, curry fish balls, mini egg waffle, noodles, etc. There are carnival games. Over 4500 people visited CNYC each year.
There are also carnival games for the young and young at heart.
Who is it for?
all-ages
FREE Admission

Tet Lunar New Year Festival and Concert 2020
2020-01-18 11:00 - 23:30 | Edmonton Convention Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1N9
Come celebrate Vietnamese New Year with us on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Edmonton Convention Centre, Hall D (formerly Shaw Convention Centre)
***Tết Festival from 11:00am to 4:00pm (free)***
PROGRAM
11:00am – Doors Open, Games and Activities Begin
1:00pm – Official Ceremony
2:00pm – Cultural performances
4:00pm – Doors Close
Cultural Performances | Văn Nghệ Mừng Xuân Của Các Hội Đoàn
Cultural Activities & Games | Các Trò Chơi Truyền Thống
Lion Dance | Múa Lân
Photobooth | Chụp Hình Kỷ Niệm Miễn Phí
Balloon Artist | Bong Bóng Nghệ Thuật
***Tết Concert ($40) & Night Market (free) from 7:00pm to 1:00am***
PROGRAM
7:00pm – Doors Open, Night Market Begins
8:00pm – Introductions, Concert Begins
1:00am – Doors Close
Vietnamese American singer, Nguyên Khang will headline the concert. Ca sỹ Nguyên Khang đến từ mỹ.
Local Edmonton singers | Ca sỹ Edmonton
Live band by Sunflower Band
For more information | Liên lạc HNV:
Edmonton Viets Association 780. 424.8934
10534 109 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5H-3B2

2020 Lunar New Year of the Rat Extravaganza at West Edmonton Mall
2020-01-18 10:00 - 2020-01-19 18:00 | West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace, 8882 170 Street NW, Edmonton, T5T 4J2
Performances include: Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Multicultural Variety Show, Computer Fortune-telling, Chinese Dance, New Year Songs etc.
Over 50 sales and service booths
精彩節目表演：舞龍、舞獅、太極、功夫、多元文化綜藝表演等等，另外有五十多個攤位擺賣各種賀年禮品，乾果雜貨、飾物、年花等等.
Admission $2
Seniors over 65 and children under 10 accompanied by an adult are FREE

Chinese New Year Banquet
2020-01-11 18:00 - 22:00 | Dynasty Century Palace Restaurant, 206, 9700 105 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5H 4J1
Presented by Jing Ying Martial Arts
SAVE THE DATE! 🙌 – our annual Chinese New Year Party is coming up soon! We have many exciting performances to show everyone!
DATE: Saturday January 11th, 2020 (Year of the Rat)
TIME: 6:00pm (event starts at 6:30pm)
LOCATION: Dynasty Century Palace (9700 105Ave)
PRICE: $40 per person

Chinatown Dining Week
2020-01-09 11:00 - 2020-01-19 21:00 | Chinatown, 97 Street and 105 Avenue, Edmonton
Even more exciting, we’ve doubled our participating businesses from last year, with 9 new establishments joining us for a total of 16! As in the past, Chinatown Dining Week will highlight some of the diverse cuisines available in the neighbourhood – including regional Chinese specialties, Filipino, Indian, and Thai.
In addition to businesses located in commercial Chinatown clustered around 97 Street, we’ve also added two restaurants situated in so-called “Chinatown South”, or the area just east of Canada Place. Those who attended our summer walking tours in previous years will know that Edmonton actually boasts two Chinatowns, and though the Quarters is now largely home to cultural and family associations, some retail and hospitality hidden gems remain.
Participating restaurants have put together special $18 fixed price dinner menus that will be offered after 5pm from January 9 – 19, 2020. Each menu will feature two courses. Participating restaurants include (*denotes new participant):

*All Happy Family, 10013 106 Avenue
Asian Express Hot Pot, 10586 100 Street
Gui Lin Noodle House, 10626 97 Street
Kanto 98 St. Eatery, 10636 98 Street
King Noodle House Pho Hoang, 10613 97 Street
*Liuyishou Hot Pot, #168, 9700 105 Avenue (Pacific Rim Mall)
Namaste India, 10023 107 Avenue
*Noi Thai, 10724 95 Street
Padmanadi, 10740 101 Street
*Shijing Taste Mixer, #127, 9700 105 Avenue (Pacific Rim Mall)
*Syphay, 9441 Jasper Avenue
*Youth BBQ, 9645 101A Avenue

This year, we’ve also added a new category that now enables Chinatown Dining Week to feature other types of businesses that may not focus on the sit-down experience. These establishments will offer $10 takeaway packages that will be available during regular business hours from January 9-19, 2020. Participating businesses include (*denotes new participant):

*Hong Kong Bakery, 10649 97 Street
*Macarons & Goodies, 10548 101 Street
*Shan Shan Bakery, 10552 97 Street
Tea Bar Cafe, 10640 98 Street

Menus will be released at edmontonchinatown.ca the week of December 16, 2019 – check back then for more details!

Chinese Culture Festival
2020-01-04 10:30 - 16:30 | Jasper Place Child & Family Resource Society, 16811 88 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5R 5Y6

Indigenous & Chinese Gathering
2019-12-15 13:30 - 16:30 | Edmonton Intercultural Centre, 9538 107 Avenue, T5H 0T7
This event follows a similar gathering that happened in July last year to further explore shared histories between Chinese and Indigenous peoples, provide opportunities to share cultures and build relationships, while creating inspiration and hope for the future.
Community members are welcome to come and share histories through story-telling and cultural demonstrations. There will be historical presentations, sharing circles, cultural demonstrations, dance, food, and childcare. Chinese translation will also be available.
We invite your participation and leadership in creating a gathering that will empower, connect, and inspire community for understanding, inclusivity, and friendship!

Hosted by Coming Together – Intercultural Multilogues

Book launch for Bend It Like Me by Nancy Ng
2019-12-14 15:30 - 17:30 | The Nook Cafe, 10153 97 St NW, Edmonton, T5J 0L4
Please come join me in celebrating the book launch of my second book, Bend It Like You: Personal Stories of Resiliency and Perseverance From People Just Like You. At this launch, I will be selling both my first book, No, Really, Where Are You From? and Bend It Like You. Proceeds from both books ($20 each) will go towards buying the EMPWR Coat for our city’s homeless friends, who need to stay warm and safe during Edmonton’s unforgiving cold months. This coat turns into a sleeping bag, and can also be a bag. More information can be found at empowermentplan.org.
Here are the details for the launch:

What: Book launch and fundraiser event
When: Saturday December 14, 2019
Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Where: The Nook Cafe (10153 – 97 street)
Entertainment? Yes! Performances by Friends to Followers, Poet Laureate of Edmonton Nisha Patel, and poet Jerry Cordeiro.
How much is book: $20.00

If you cannot make it to the book launch, you can order my book through Amazon at Bend It Like You. And in the following weeks to come, you can find copies of my book at Chapters/Indigo (Southpoint, North Town Mall, and West End), Royal Alberta Museum, the gift shop at the Federal Building, and Audrey’s Bookstore. It is an ideal Christmas gift or any occasion.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at: Nancy@NancyNgSite.com.

White Snake
2019-12-13 19:00 - 2019-12-19 21:30 | Metro Cinema Garneau Theatre, 8712 - 109 Street, Edmonton, T6G 1E9
One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, and together they go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. But as they learn more about her past, they uncover a darker plot of supernatural forces vying for power, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
China/USA 2019, 99 min, Dir: Jiakang Huang, Ji Zhao
Mandarin with subtitles / English dubbed

December 13, 2019
7:00 pm

Mandarin with subtitles.

December 15, 2019
9:30 pm

English dubbed.

December 17, 2019
7:00 pm

Mandarin with subtitles.

December 18, 2019
2:00 pm

English dubbed.

December 19, 2019
9:30 pm

Mandarin with subtitles.

The Night of Beijing Opera
2019-12-06 19:00 - 22:00 | MacEwan University Triffo Theatre, 11110 104 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5K 1M9

Golden Pig at Zoominescence
2019-12-06 17:00 - 2019-12-29 21:00 | Valley Zoo, 13315 Buena Vista Road, Edmonton, T5J 2R7
Golden Pig by artist Yong Fei Guan is a part of Zoominescence at Edmonton Valley Zoo this year. Come join us with your friends and family for a fun night of magic and nature!
Date & Time:
December 6 to 8, 13 to 15, 20 to 22, 26 to 29 | 5 PM to 9 PM

Venue & Address :
Edmonton Valley Zoo – 13315 Buena Vista Road, Edmonton, AB T5R 5R1 Canada
Tickets : Adults: $8.50 | Children (3 to 12): $6.00
Support By: Edmonton Valley Zoo and The Works Art & Design Festival.

OnLocationYEG Book Launch
2019-11-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Glass Bookshop, C215 - 10200 - 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4B7, Canada
Please join us in the official launch of Emily Chu’s project, OnLocationYEG!
7pm – Opening reception
7:30pm – Artist Talk by Emily Chu
7:45pm – Book signing by Emily & emerging artists
8-9pm – Snacks and mingling (over a showcase of original sketchbooks)
OnLocationYEG is a sketchbook project, created to celebrate the Arts and the city of Edmonton. During the summer of 2019, Emily hosted a weekly public sketchclub for emerging artists and illustrators at various locations around the city. This book showcases Emily’s drawings of Edmonton, but also features 8 selected drawings by emerging artists.
OnLocationYEG is a limited edition artist book. It is carefully curated from 2 sketchbooks, 7 public drawing sessions, 16 participants, 28 submissions by attendees, and 8 honorariums.
Emerging Artists featured:
Adam Slusar
Angie Sotiropoulos
Gwen Tsui
Jessica Lui
Kyle Hack
Lon Wenger
Serena Tang
Terry Elrod
The book was made in Edmonton, by Edmonton artists, and printed locally. There are only 150 in this limited edition run.
This project is made possible by the Edmonton Arts Council.

Discover Taiwan - Taiwan Traveling
2019-11-23 04:00 - 17:00 | Formosa Bistro, 9314 - 34 Avenuer NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 5X8, Canada
Curious about travelling to Taiwan? Join world traveller and CBC food explorer, Twyla Campbell, as she shares stories about her recent trip to Ilha Formosa, “the beautiful island.”
She’ll tell you about places to visit, foods to eat, tourist attractions you shouldn’t miss and tips on public transportation, budgeting and where to stay.
The ticket price of $10 per person could credit towards your meals at Formosa Bistro, so the event is virtually free.
Sat, November 23, 2019
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Formosa Bistro
9314 34 Avenue Northwest
Edmonton, AB T6E 5X8

Kung Fu Master book launch
2019-11-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Edmonton Public Library Whitemed Crossing Branch, 4211 106 Street, Edmonton, T6J 6L7
Marty Chan launches his new book Kung Fu Master with
a Chinese Lion Dance and Kung Fu Demonstrations!
Don’t miss this!

"731" Documentary film by Paul Johnson
2019-11-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Lillian Osborne High School, 2019 Leger Road NW, Edmonton, T6R0R9

Starfest - St. Albert Readers Festival: Winnie Yeung & Abu Bakr al Rabeeah
2019-10-27 14:00 - 16:00
Featuring Winnie Yeung & Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, authors of Homes: A Refugee Story

Finalist for the 2018 Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Politcal Writing. Audience choice winner of Canada Reads
In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria – just before the Syrian civil war broke out.
Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy – soccer, cousins, video games, friends.
Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria.

Cultural Exchange & Celebrate Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
2019-10-26 12:30 - 2019-10-27 16:00 | Victoria School of the Arts, Eva O. Howard Theatre, 10210 - 108 Avenue NW, Edmonton
Presented by the Asian Chinese Opera Association
Free Admission Ticket: Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre
9540 – 102 Avenue
Info: 780 239 8998

Starfest - St. Albert Readers Festival: Ann Hui with Marty Chan
2019-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | St Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street, St Albert
In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. Using her own family’s story as a touchstone, she explores the importance of these restaurants in the country’s history and makes the case for why chop suey cuisine should be recognized as quintessentially Canadian. Ann Hui will be in conversation with Marty Chan.
Chop Suey Nation weaves together Hui’s own family history – from her grandfather’s decision to leave behind a wife and newborn son for a new life, to her father’s path from cooking in rural China to running some of the largest “Western” kitchens in Vancouver, to the unravelling of a closely guarded family secret – with the stories of dozens of Chinese restaurant owners from coast to coast.
Along her trip, she meets a Chinese-restaurant owner/small-town mayor, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in a Thunder Bay curling rink, and the woman who runs a restaurant alone on the remote Fogo Island. Hui also explores the fascinating history behind “chop suey” cuisine, detailing the invention of classics like “ginger beef” and “Newfoundland chow mein,” and other uniquely Canadian fare like the “Chinese pierogies” of Alberta.
Marty Chan loves to write. Before he became a kids’ author, he worked in theatre, radio, and television. Now his passion is inspiring the next generation of lifelong readers and writers. Using a combination of storytelling, improv, humour, and stage magic, he shares his love of words with audiences young and old.

True Love - Edmonton Thanksgiving Gala 2019
2019-10-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Corner of 99th Street and 102 Avenue, Edmonton
Presented by the East China Immigrant Society of Edmonton
Thanksgiving Gala 2019
Sunday, October 13 2019● 7:00 PM
