Asian Heritage – Edmonton

The 3rd Global Confucius Institute Day Open House Time:   12:00 pm  - 4:00 pm, September 24, 2016 Place: Confucius Institute in Edmonton, 13750 Woodcroft Avenue Activities Performances Chinese Traditional Art & Handcraft Chinese Traditional Acupuncture & Message Chinese Medicine Seminar Taste of Chinese Traditional Food Chinese Traditional Games Lucky Draw Movie Night Free Admission & Everyone Welcome!

The Confucius Institute in Edmonton will host the 2016 Chinese Movie Night on September 26 at the Stanley A. Milner Library to celebrate the 3rd Global Confucius Institute Day. The movie You and Me which won the 25th Golden Rooster Awards and the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival will be started right after a presentation … Continue reading On Chinese Films →

Stanley A. Milner Auditorium 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square 1:00 pm  Sunday, October 9, 2016 Tickets: Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre Information 780 668 1688

A talk by Professor Christopher Rea, UBC Friday October 14, 2016 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Telus Centre Room 134, UAlberta China's entry in modernity was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing last dynasty fell, prominent writers compiled jokes to form collections called “histories of laughter.” In the first years of the republic, … Continue reading The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China →

The Edmonton Chinese Philharmonica Association is hosting their 15th Anniversary concert "Intruiging Melodies". Come and join us for an evening of Chinese orchestral music brought to you by our local Chinese orchestra! WHEN: Saturday, October 22nd, 7:30PM WHERE: Convocation Hall, U of A Campus! Tickets are $15 Please spread the word!!! Featuring special guests conductor … Continue reading Intriguing Melodies →

2016 Canada Tour Wuxi Song and Dance Theatre Organized by: Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton and Chinese Community Organizations Ticket Prices: $25, 35, 50, 60, 80 Tickets: Ticketmaster Asia Book & Gift Shop Chinese Benevolent Association Info: 780 429 1914

Lauralyn Chow's debut, Paper Teeth, follows the lives of the Lees, a Canadian-Chinese family and their friends who reside in Edmonton, Alberta. While playing with time and place, from Edmonton in the 1960s and 70s up to present-day Calgary, Lauralyn Chow creates a world of walking dolls, family car trips, fashion and frosty makeup, home … Continue reading Lauralyn Chow “Paper Teeth” Book Launch →

Free Admission Presented by Confucius Institute in Edmonton and Edmonton Public Schools in partnership with Concordia University of Edmonton Languages - Mandarin with English Subtitles 20th Shanghai Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director & Best Ten Films Tickets: Confucius Institute in Edmonton 780 970 5233 or brenda.chan@confuciusedmonton.ca 6:30 pm Presentation by Dr. Mianmian Xie 7:30 … Continue reading Love for Life – Chinese Film →

Film screening followed by discussion with Satoko Norimatsu of Peace Philosophy Centre Acclaimed in Japan since its release in June 2015, on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, Okinawa: The Afterburn is the first documentary to provide a comprehensive picture of the Battle and the ensuing 70-year occupation of Okinawa by the US … Continue reading Okinawa: The Afterburn →