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| Asian
Heritage Month 2007: Event Listings |
| May 1 - 5 | Education Week Learn an Asian language. Read a book. Recommended reading: An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-ling by Gillian Chan, published by Scholastic Canada |
| May 1
- Jun 8 8:00AM - 4:00PM |
16th Annual Asian Heritage Art
Exhibit Tat Ming Yee's Student Art Group MacEwan College, MacEwan Room City Centre Campus 10700-104 Avenue Contact Stephen for more information. |
| May 1 - Jun 10 | China Sensation featuring the works of 18 contemporary artists from Chengdu, China Art Gallery of Alberta (Temporary Site) #100, 10230 Jasper Avenue Phone: 422-6223 |
| May 1 - May 13 | Photographic Arts Society of
Alberta, Annual Exhibition Royal Alberta Museum 12845 - 102 Avenue www.pasa-web.ca |
| May 2 7:00PM |
Origami for Adults Mill Woods Branch, Edmonton Public Library 601 Mill Woods Town Centre 2331 - 66 Street Phone: 496-1818 www.epl.ca |
| May 4 10:00AM |
Chinese Language Education
Consortium Centre For Education One Kingsway Avenue Contact Melody for more information. |
| May 6 | Panda-Monium - Red Pandas Meet and learn all about the red pandas Valley Zoo 13315 Buena Vista Road Info: 496-6912 www.buildingthevalleyzoo.com |
| May
6 10:30AM |
Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony,
Ozawa Pavilion Devonian Botanic Gardens Tickets: 987-3054 Devonian Botanic Garden website www.devonian.ualberta.ca/spevents.html |
| May 7 7:00PM |
Edmonton Chinese Bilingual
Education Association Regular Monthly Meeting Ottewell Junior High School 9435 - 73 Street www.ecbea.org |
| May 9 6:30PM |
NFB Film Club presents The Eye
filmed in Hong Kong 2002 Cantonese and Thai with English subtitles. Rated 14A. Cinema At The Center Stanley A. Milner Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square Free Admission. 496-7070 www.epl.ca/EPLCraMovies.cfm |
| May 9-10 | Beyond Borders: China Your definitive source for preparing to do business with China The Business Link 100, 10237 - 104 Street Contact Erin at 422-7722 |
| May 9-10 | Beyond Borders: A Practical
Approach to Doing Business with China World Trade Centre Edmonton 9990 Jasper Avenue Phone: 495-4948 www.beyondborderschina.com/welcome.html |
| May 12 | Chana Music Recital Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square Tickets: 429-9006 |
| May 12 1:30PM - 3:30PM |
NFB Film Screening re: Identity
and Multi-ethnicity Between: Living in the Hyphen - Anne Marie Nakagawa, Director in attendance What are You Anyways? by Jeff Chiba Stearns EJCA Cultural Centre, 6750 - 88 Street, Edmonton FREE Admission |
| May
13 |
Mother’s Day Take your mom out to a fantastic Asian restaurant for a delicious meal. |
| May
13 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Watercolor Pansies – Learn to
paint with Willie Wong Muttart Conservatory 9626 - 96A Street $45 registration required Phone: 496-2925 |
| May 15-17 | Mandarin Book Fair Caernarvon Elementary School 14820 - 118 Street Phone: 456-7020 http://caernarvon.epsb.ca |
| May 16 7:00PM |
Marty Chan, Alberta Playwrights'
Network Mouth Off: A Panel On Writing Dramatic Monologues The Third Space Theatre 11516-103 Street Info: 471-1586 |
| May 16 7:30PM |
Divine Performing Arts Chinese
Spectacular Jubilee Auditorium 11455 - 87 Avenue Info: 993-8879 or 482-2256 http://shows.ntdtv.com |
| May 17 | Kildare School Kindergarten Open
House Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual Program 7525-144 Avenue Tel: (780) 476-5675 http://kildare.epsb.net |
| May 19 | M.E. LaZerte High School Mandarin
Farewell Banquet This is a private event. Tickets required. |
| May
20 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Celebration of Wesak Day -
Ceremony of the Bathing of the Buddha International Buddhist Progress Society 10232-103 St Info: 424-9744 |
| May 23 | Health Care in Rural China Lecture by Ms Jiang Zhen, Doctoral Student, Anhui Medical University School of Health Administration Sponsored by University of Alberta China Institute Room 134 Telus Centre University of Alberta Campus Info: Monica Barclay 492-3131 |
| May 26 | Parkview Junior High School
Mandarin Farewell Banquet This is a private event. Tickets required. |
| May 27 2:00PM |
Manufactured Landscapes An evocative look at the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky in China and elsewhere. Stanley A. Milner Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square Info: 496-7070 FREE Admission |
| May 29 - June 2 | Vietnamese Water Puppets: an 800
year old art form Arden Theatre Mainstage 5 St Anne Street St Albert Tickets & Info: 459-1542 www.childfest.com |
| May 31 6:30PM - 9:00PM |
Dovercourt School Anniversary
Celebration 13910-122 Avenue Phone: 455-6171 http://dovercourt.epsb.ca |
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June 1-3 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Annual Chigiri-e Show and
Demonstration Exotic and unique pictures created using torn, imported Japanese paper. Tickets: 987-3054 Devonian Botanic Garden website www.devonian.ualberta.ca/spevents.html |
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Edmonton Chinese Philharmonica
Concert, 6th Anniversary Concert Our Young Musicians: Orchestral Chinese Music with musicians From the Hong Kong Leung Sing Tak Primary School Chinese Orchestra Convocation Hall, University of Alberta Tickets: Tix on the Square - 420-1757 www.ecp-canada.com |
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June 2 7:00PM |
Shirley Du, Soprano Solo Concert Alberta College Conservatory of Music Muttart Hall 10050 McDonald Drive Info: James 478-2276 |
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June 3 1:00PM - 4:00PM |
Kurimoto
Japanese Garden Spring Festival Celebrate Japanese culture in its entire splendor. Tickets: 987-3054 Devonian Botanic Garden website www.devonian.ualberta.ca/spevents.html |
| June 4 | Orchestral Chinese Music with
Young Musicians From the Hong Kong Leung Sing Tak Primary School Chinese Orchestra Caernarvon School 14820-118 Street Phone: 988-2222 Contact Alan for more information. |
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June 10 10:30AM - 2:30PM |
Buddha's Light International
Association Come and try the different variety of vegetarian foods. International Buddhist Progress Society? 10232-103 Street Tickets $20 Info: 424-9744 |
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