Asian Heritage Month 2000: Event Listings
April 30, 2000
1:00PM		 Official Opening Ceremonies
 - featuring displays and demos of Chinese painting, dough art, and Japanese paper art
City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
May 1 - 31, 2000
Monday - Saturday
10:00AM - 6:00PM		 Visual Arts Exhibit
 - presented by Willie Wong
Kamena Gallery
5718 - 104 Street
May 7, 2000
10:00AM,
12:00 noon		 Kita No Taiko Drumming Youth Workshop for Ages 12-16
Edmonton Japanese Community Centre
6750 - 88 Street
$10 per person
May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2000
Sundays
10:00AM - 3:00PM		 Visual Arts Exhibit
 - presented by Willie Wong
Callingwood Market
6655 - 178 Street
May 9, 2000 Ayatsuzumi Japanese Drummers in concert with Edmonton's Kita No Taiko
Arts & Convocation Hall
University of Alberta
Tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Students/Seniors/Children
May 9 - 19, 2000
11:00AM		 Visual Arts Exhibit, Meet the Artist
 - presented by Su Yin Zhou
City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
May 23, 2000 Chinese-English Bilingual Essay Writing Contest
Participants from all Chinese Bilingual Schools
May 26 - 28, 2000 Metro Cinema Film Festival - Two Screenings of Each Film
 - "My America...Honk If You Love Buddha"
 - "Forbidden City/Sewing Woman"
 - "Seventeen Years"
Zeidler Hall, Citadel Theatre
9828 - 101A Avenue
May 28, 2000
2:00 - 5:00PM		 Man Hei Wong and Friends Benefit Concert
 - with guest singer Ron Nelson and String Quartet Changez
 - in support of the Edmonton HTEA Redress Committee
Arts & Convocation Hall
University of Alberta
Tickets: $5.  Limited sponsor tickets at $50
May 31, 2000
12:30PM		 Youth Chinese Speaking Contest
 - Grades 1-6
Kildare Elementary School Gymnasium
7525 - 144 Avenue
June 1 - 18, 2000
6:30 - 8:00PM		 Naomi's Road by Paula Wing, presented by Concrete Theatre
 - based on the novel "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa
Arts Barn in Old Strathcona, Transalta Stage Right
10330 - 84 Avenue
Tickets: $16 Adults, $20 Opening Night, $10-12 Students
June 16 - 24, 2000 Chigiri-e Circle Annual Japanese Paper Art Exhibition
Sussex Galleries
290 Saddleback Road

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