JOY KOGAWA with SOOK C. KONG

Thursday, November 4, 2004, 7:00-9:00pm

"Naomi's Road" and "Obasan"
Centre A MERIDIANS Talk
at Alice McKay Room, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
Free admission.

A co-presentation by Centre A and Powell Street Festival Society in
conjunction with Vancouver Opera's Views of Japan (www.vancouveropera.ca)

Joy Kogawa, the author of Naomi's Road, Obasan and many other creative
texts, is the featured presence of this public event. Kogawa will talk about
her new version of the children's book "Naomi's Road," the author's own road
and "what the cherry tree tells me." "Naomi's Road" is based on "Obasan,"
Kogawa's award-winning adult novel published in 1981 about the internment of
Japanese Canadians during World War II. Both texts continue to provoke
thought and action. They are also the source of inspiration for an opera for
young people commissioned by the Vancouver Opera as part of their Opera in
Schools program in 2005-2006. Sook C. Kong will help initiate public
discussions by giving a talk on Kogawa's discourse on social issues.

Joy Kogawa is author of the award-winning book "Obasan" (1981), a novel
about the internment of Japanese Canadians. A revised edition of "Naomi's
Road," a children's version of "Obasan," is forthcoming from Fitzhenry and
Whiteside. Kogawa was born in Vancouver in 1935 and lived there in a house
in Marpole until her family was transported to an internment camp in central
British Columbia during WWII. In 1957, she moved permanently to Toronto
where she now lives.

Sook C. Kong is a literary scholar who is active in several community groups
and also writes fiction and poetry. Her writings have been published in
Canada and the U.S. In 2002, she was the recipient of the International Poet
of Merit Award, given by a U.S.-based poets' society. Her latest
publications are "Woman with Chamber Pot" (short story, "West Coast Line,"
Summer 2004) and "Sook C. Kong Interviews Hiromi Goto" ("Herizons," Fall
2004). Kong teaches literature and theory, academic writing and visual
culture at Coquitlam College, where she is also currently Head of the
University English Department.

8th annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is back for its eighth exciting year of showcasing independent Asian filmmakers from North America and highlights from Asia with four days of features, shorts and documentaries. This year’s Festival runs November 5-8 with 12 selected program screenings covering 37 films at the Cinemark Tinseltown Theatres.

Feature Films: Each year, in supporting emerging new talent, the Festival finds that short subject filmmakers develop into feature length filmmakers. This year Greg Pak delivers his award-winning ROBOT STORIES, a series of four sci-fi stories examining the artificiality of humans and the humanity of machines, and AFTER THE APOCALYPSE, also a futuristic fable about 5 survivors in the aftermath of a devastating urban catastrophe. Accompanying this feature is Academy Award-winning director Chris Tashima’s latest short about a young man in a WWII U.S. Japanese internment camp and the great game of baseball.

International Spotlight: The international spotlight this year is the feature film SILMIDO, Korea’s highest box-office grossing picture, and most expensive. In this action drama, the events leading up to the Silmido Incident is recounted – a top-secret government military operation in 1971 to assassinate the president of North Korea that ended in tragic consequences and subsequently was kept secret from the Korean people for over 32 years.

Look! It’s Godzillla: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Big G, and the Festival smashes Vancouver with the mouthful GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL OUT ATTACK, a new millennium version making Godzilla a symbol for war. The fun and parental side of Godzilla is revealed in the Midnight Screening of the 1967 classic, SON OF GODZILLA. Both films are presented by Stan G. Hyde resident Godzilla-expert from the Monster Attack Team, and Paranoid Delusions Inc., a group of artists and animators.

It’s All About Food: Right after Sunday dim sum, Festival-goers can feast on a Program that reveals the soul of a culture. Angela How’s EAT RICE shows the connection between 3 women through their daily ritual of eating lunch and listening to the radio, Keith Jinsub Kim’s QUEENS RECIPE teaches a Chinese restaurant delivery boy about the tango – and life, and the Vancouver Premiere of Cheuk Kwan’s first of a series of 13 documentaries, CHINESE RESTAURANTS: SONG OF THE EXILE is the story of the Chinese diaspora that leads him to these restaurants and their families in such atypical places as Israel, South Africa and Turkey.

Family Roots: Asians in Canada and the U.S. have always had to struggle with the questions of roots, ethnicity, family, home and identity. Two Canadian documentaries examine this universal struggle. In ANNIE ONG: LOST & FOUND, Jeanette Loakman, adopted as a baby by an English/German family and had been searching for her Singaporean birth-mother in her adult years, discovers that she now has to deal with the sudden realities of having two mothers! And in COSMIC CURRENT, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Anand Ramayya makes a pilgrimage to India from Saskatchewan with his traditional Hindu mother ill with cancer, his independent filmmaker father, and his rock-star brother who’s living in Japan.

Best Canadian Short Award: Another first for the Festival is the award for BEST CANADIAN SHORT, which is accompanied by a $500 cash prize. The qualifying films are Baun Mah’s A CHINK IN THE ARMOUR, Adam Mars and Emiko Ando’s CHIKA’S BIRD, Heejoo Yoon’s BEGIN TO BEGIN, Hohyun Joung’s JOUNG FAMILY GIRLS, Katie Yu’s JUST SMILE AND NOD, Rita Tse’s EAST BOUND, Yu Gu’s THE PENCIL AND THE CURSE, Robert Shaw’s WALTZ, Vanessa Kwan’s CAKE, Kai Ling Xue’s A GIRL NAMED KAI, Wayne Yung’s MY GERMAN BOYFRIEND, and Ho Tam’s BOOK OF JAMES.

Judges for this competition are filmmaker Eunhee Cha, NFB cultural diversity producer Selwyn Jacob, producer/director Baljit Sangra, The Province newspaper movie columnist Glen Schaefer, and Georgia Straight film critic Ron Yamauchi.

On-site tickets and memberships are available at the VAFF Registration desk prior to the screening, and advance tickets may be purchased online at www.vaff.org beginning Oct. 21st. Attendees must show a current VAFF membership ($1 fee) and be 18 years of age or older. The VAFF Hotline is (604) 696-2800.

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society (VAFF) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers to showcase their work to both Asian and non-Asian audiences. The aim of VAFF is to foster an understanding and appreciation of these filmmakers and providing them a springboard to larger film festivals. And the Society endeavours to represent the often-ignored North American Asians caught between two cultures.

www.vaff.org

“Routes to Our Roots: Finding Chinese Canada”

Are you curious about Chinese Canadian family histories? Learn the tools to document that history at the inaugural workshop of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C.

On Friday evening, hear three Chinese Americans from California speak on their experiences as pioneers in the historical field. Then, Dr. Henry Yu, associate professor of Asian Canadian History at the University of British Columbia, will explore the importance of documenting community histories in B.C. and further afield.

Saturday’s session will feature the work of BC researchers who focus on uncovering Chinese Canadian family and community histories. For a hands-on approach, a specialist librarian from the Vancouver Public Library will demonstrate how to use family genealogy resources available to the public. This workshop will feature English-language materials; other workshops featuring Chinese sources will be offered in the future.

Explore Chinese Canadian family history in British Columbia

Where: Alice MacKay Room, Vancouver Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.

When: Friday, November 5, 2004 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday, November 6, 2004 from 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Cost: Free of charge

How to register: Participants may register by phone (604-331-3711), e-mail (jennlau@gmail.com) or in person at the History & Government Division on the 6th floor of the Vancouver Central Library. Drop-ins also welcome.

For more information: Jennifer Lau, 778-892-5585 or jennlau@gmail.com.

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHS), the Vancouver Public Library, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Association of Chinese Canadian Professionals.

Founded in 2004, the aims of the CCHS are to encourage research, documentation and promotion of Chinese Canadian history in British Columbia. For more information on the CCHS, please visit http://www.cchsbc.ca or contact the President, Edgar Wickberg, at edbw@interchange.ubc.ca.

CELEBRATING TWENTY

November 18 - Dec 4, 2004
Opening Reception: Thursday November 18, 6-8pm.

A group exhibit of gallery artists to celebrate the
Twentieth Anniversary of the Opening of the Gallery.
In December of 1984, the Diane Farris Gallery opened in Gastown
with a roster of young unknown artists - many still students at the
Emily Carr Collage (now Institute) of Art and Design. Continuing
through the years to promote and support young artists, this
exhibition includes work by Angela Grossmann, one of those first
students to be shown, and Jesse Garbe who graduated this year.
Also in the exhibition with new works are Roberta Bondar,
David Burns, Gary Cody, Judith Currelly, Michael Dennis, Sam Lam,
Justin Ogilvie, Natty Saidi, Gu Xiong, Xue Mo, and Chris Woods,

Diane Farris Gallery
1590 West 7th Ave,
Vancouver, BC, V6J 1S2
Tel: (604) 737-2629
www.dianefarrisgallery.com

Larger Than Fiction

TWB's evening of Canadian fiction writers. Join us
for an evening of Canadian fiction with Shary Boyle, who will read and show
art from her graphic novel "Witness My Shame", Huamei Han who will read from
her book "Transfer and Other Stories", Larissa Lai will read from her
recently re-issued novel "When Fox is A Thousand", Suzette Mayr will read
from her latest novel "Venous Hum" and Jaspreet will read from his new novel
"Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir".

Wednesday, November 3 7pm
Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1G4
ph: 416-922-8744/ 800-861-8233
info@womensbookstore.com
http://www.womensbookstore.com

FREE
All are welcome to attend. Wheelchair accessible.

Kiran Ahluwalia

November 14, 8:00 pm / VCC King Edward Campus (1155 East Broadway) Vancouver

Toronto-based vocalist sings Indian love songs and Punjabi folk songs, accompanied by tabla player Ravi Naimpally, guitarist Rez Abasi, and harmonium player Ashok Bidaye. Tickets $15/$12. For info and tickets, call 604-872-5200. Presented by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society. Visit www.coastaljazz.ca

Sound of Zen

November 7, 3:00 PM / The Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street) Vancouver

Atsuya Okuda Master of the Hocchiku (Bamboo of Dharma) concert.
Artist talk at 1:00 PM
Tickets: $20.00 at the door

Nite Music to Matins - All Night Concert

November 6, 8:00 pm until the rooster crows / Western Front (303 East 8th Ave.)

Featuring sitarist Shubhendra Rao with tabla player Biplab Bhattacharya, Tandava, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Danny Tones, Gamelan Alligator Joy, Anis Wijastuti, Sutrisno Hartana, and special guest Ellen McIlwaine. Nocturnes, ragas, pathets, matins; musical forms that reflect the quietude and darkness of night will be explored. The exquisite sitarist Shubhendra Rao performs evening and early morning ragas for this dusk to dawn event. Vancouver’s best share the bill with percussion, music for shadow play, and everything from the blues and Middle Eastern song to early morning prayer. Heavy listeners only. Pajamas optional! Tickets $30/25/15. www.front.bc.ca

Downsview Memorial Parkette

The City of Toronto is holding a public art competition for the Downsview Memorial Parkette located at the north east corner of Keele and Wilson Avenues.

The intention of the public art competition is to select an artist team that will create a fully integrated art and landscape design program. The artist team will be comprised of the artist as the prime consultant with a qualified landscape architect to be selected by the artist. This call for _expression_ of interest is limited to artists who are living/working in the Greater Toronto Area.

The budget for the art and landscape components is $400,000.00.
The fully installed project is to be completed by October 1, 2005.

Submission Requirements
- Visuals of 6-8 recent, relevant works. Submit slides or printed photographs only. Please list materials and dimensions for each work.
- One page artist’s statement outlining your experience in working on teams and specifically, on integrating art into landscape
- Resume
- Stamped, self addressed envelope for return of materials

Submissions should be sent to:
Catherine Williams and Rina Greer
Public Art Consultants: Downsview Memorial Parkette
33 Bishop Street
Toronto, ON M5R 1N3

catherineawilliams@rogers.com
(416) 961-9388

Submissions must be received by 5 pm. Wednesday, November 3, 2004.

All submissions will be reviewed by the public art consultants and a Selection Committee made up of three art experts and two representatives from the community. A short list of 3-5 artists will be paid a fee to develop a site specific proposal. These short listed artists may choose their own landscape architect. If the artists do not have a landscape architect with whom they would like to work, the public art consultants will provide a list of qualified landscape architects who are accustomed to working in a team situation and familiar with City requirements.

The Selection Committee will review the short listed proposals in late January 2005 to select a winning design.

"Word Whips" and "Story Slam"

What: "Word Whips" and "Story Slam"
(a co-production from "Pandora's Collective" & "Bolts of Fiction")
Who: TO ALL ACTORS, WRITERS, STORY-TELLERS:
When: STARTING Wednesday Nov. 10 @ 7pm:
Where:"OUR TOWN CAFE" (245 E. Broadway @ Kingsway)

"WORD WHIPS" @ 7pm: "Take the challenge. Put your words on the table.
Pandora's Collective provides the writing prompts and the mike for
sharing. 10 minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up."
info: 604-321-4039

"STORY SLAM" @ 9pm : "competitive story performance. We'll be passing
the hat--minimum $5 for competitors, who bring us their best 7-minute
stories--colour, poignancy, humour, surprises, quirks. Instant
feedback--we delegate five judges from the audience and they hold up
scorecards after each story. Top 3 winners take home the hat."
info: 604-254-0355

We need a spectacular first night as some of the local print media will
attend to consider if they'd like to publish the winning story each
month....pass on the word to actors, who might want do a monologue or a
screenplay they're working on, to novelists to test-drive a chapter,
to slam poets with longer poems that are stories, to shortstory-writers
with micro-fiction, to story-tellers with original material, to
improvisers who can plug into their muse on demand, to compulsive liars,
to prof's in Creative Writing Departments, to newspaper columnists, to
anyone who can spin us a yarn.

There are two guidelines:
(1)no props and
(2)save essays, rants, and dedications/complaints to your lovers for
some other stage UNLESS THERE IS A STORY-LINE--that is: "EVENTS THAT
TAKE PLACE OVER SOME PASSAGE OF TIME."

***Contact "WORD WHIPS": Pandora's Collective, 321-4039
***Contact "STORY SLAM": Johnny Frem, 254-0355

Tis the Season!

Featuring Works by Qin Feng, Taiga Chiba, Toru Sugita, Kumiko Yasukawa

October 28, 2004 – January 8, 2005

Art Beatus (Vancouver) is pleased to present a special collection of works to carry us from the smokey days of autumn into the cool, crisp days of winter. Featured works will include ink paintings by Qin Feng, ink paintings by Taiga Chiba, etchings by Toru Sugita, and photographic-based media by Kumiko Yakusawa. Tis the Season will run from October 28, 2004 to January 8, 2005.

Qin Feng was born in 1961 in Xinjiang Province in China and currently works and resides in the United States. Civilization Landscapes is his most-recent series of ink paintings. Qin hopes to create his own language and system of signs and symbols, re-creating and representing ancient cultures and civilizations that disappeared long ago.

Currently living and working in Vancouver, BC, Taiga Chiba created his AncestorsandAncient Life series using the traditional Japanese Sumi-e painting techniqe (painting with black ink on rice paper). Playful, spontaneous, and organic, the artist’s subjects are quirky and eccentric, reminiscent of observing single-celled life forms through a microscope or of pre-historic creatures who inhabited our world many lifetimes ago.

Toru Sugita feels moved when sunlight touches an object strongly in the afternoon, making a momentary drama of color and shape. These shapes and colors may change or disappear in the next moment. Sugita tries to capture this moment and express it in his art. Working with the intaglio process, mainly on etching and aquatint, the artist finds he can express his feelings best using tones of black and white. Toru Sugita lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Born in Tokyo in 1975, Kumiko Yasukawa has lived and worked in Vancouver since 1993. Her process combines traditional and digital photographic techniques to arrive at an aesthetic that is both ancient and futuristic. Her most recent KUKI project follows her previous series MIZU, and is part of a continuing project that explores universal elements to find renderings of the invisible - in fact making the invisible visible.

For more details please visit our website, www.artbeatus.com

The Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival

November 11-20, 2004

Showcasing a potent cocktail of on-the-edge and provocative film, video and visual art, the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival celebrates its 12th year with a 10-day line-up of works devoted to an exploration of mental illness and addiction. The largest annual event of its kind in Canada, the festival runs from November 11 through November 20, 2004 at Workrman Theatre cinema (1001 Queen St. W.) in the heart of Queen Street West in downtown Toronto.

This year, the Festival presents 38 films from six countries, including eight features, eight featurettes and twenty-two shorts. Of the documentary, experimental, animation and drama on offer, eight are world or North American premieres and ten are Canadian or Toronto premieres.

Rendezvous with Madness opens Thursday, November 11 with the Gala presentation of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu's IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL. This feature-length, uniquely animated documentary explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger and is preceded by RYAN, a short animation about animation legend Ryan Larkin, directed by Canadian animation pioneer Chris Landreth.

For complete program schedule and ticket information:
www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Festival hotline: 416.583.4606

Nanaimo's Chinatowns

While few physical vestiges of Nanaimo's once thriving Chinese community remain, the story of Chinese settlement offers fascinating insight into one of Nanaimo's oldest communities and the important contribution this community made to the development of the city.

http://chinatown.mala.bc.ca/default.htm

Vince Mai

I've recently composed a new theme (with variations) for CBC's The Early Edition AM 690. They are launching it this coming Monday, Nov 1 and I'll be a guest on the show at 7:45 am to talk about the writing of it and other things. It's going to be brutal getting up that early! Tune in if you're up!

The show regularly runs from 5:30 am - 8:30 am weekdays.

CBC Radio One AM 690 - or FM 90.5

Vince Mai
604-929-9557
www.mai-music.com

CBC Daytime Project Stage Two Selections Announced

I'm pleased to announce the titles of six projects that will advance to the second stage of development on CBC Television's Daytime Project.

All twelve teams that were selected for the first phase of development submitted excellent work a few weeks ago, and it resulted in a very tough and intense competition. Ultimately our decision for phase two, was guided by considerations around the best potential fit for the afternoon schedule.

On behalf of all of us at CBC Television, I'd like to thank twelve outstanding teams for their talented efforts and hard work and wish every success to those who continue from here.

Rae Hull
Senior Director of Network Programming
CBC Television

Visit the website to see the list of selections
http://www.cbc.ca/daytimeproject/index.html

In the Shadow of Gold Mountain - PREMIERE

A young filmmaker from Montreal, Karen Cho has made five short films. In 2001, she graduated from Concordia University's film production program, where she received the Mel Hoppenheim Award. Karen worked as a production intern through the Canadian Film and Television Producer’s Association’s (CFTPA) National Internship Program. In 2003, she was the winner of the NFB’s Reel Diversity Competition. The result was the chance to direct In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, her first professional documentary.

Karen's films often explore personal relationships, identity and people challenging society's conventions. Her approach has been shaped by personal experience, popular culture and her background in a multi-ethnic family.

Karen Cho, a fifth-generation Canadian of mixed heritage, discovered that half her family wasn’t welcome in the country they called home. While Canada encouraged and rewarded immigration from Europe, it imposed laws that singled out the Chinese as unwanted and unwelcome. Cho’s film, In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, takes her from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last living survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act. This dark chapter in our history, from 1885 until 1947, plunged the Chinese community in Canada into decades of debt and family separation. At the centre of the film are personal accounts of extraordinary Chinese Canadians who survived an era that threatened to eradicate their entire community. Through a rich melding of history, poetry and raw emotion, this documentary sheds light on an era that shaped the identity of generations. With deeply moving testimonials, it reveals the profound ways this history still casts its shadow.

For information about the Chinese Canadian Redress Campaign, visit http://www.ccnc.ca/

Written and Directed by Karen Cho
Narrator Karen Cho

SCREENINGS | In the Shadow of Gold Mountain

Ottawa Premiere
Wednesday November 3, 7 pm
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
R.S.V.P. by October 29 (613) 947-2306
Filmmaker in attendance

Toronto Premiere
Sunday November 7, 2 p.m.
LIB72 Theatre, Jorgenson Hall, Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street, Toronto
Free admission (donations accepted)
To reserve call (416) 977-9871 or national@ccnc.ca
Filmmaker in attendance

Vancouver Premiere
Sunday November 21, 11 am and 4:30 pm
Firehall Arts Centre
280 East Cordova
Vancouver
Contact: (604) 433-6169
Filmmaker in attendance.

Calgary Premiere
Monday November 22, 2004, 6:30 pm
University Theatre (Boris Roubakine Recital Hall, C105),
University of Calgary, Calgary
Contact: 403-220-8869
Filmmaker in attendance

Winnipeg Premiere
Tuesday November 23, 7:00 pm
Muriel Richardson Auditorium
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
300 Memorial Blvd.
Winnipeg

Marjorie Chan

The Violin Lesson by Reni Kratka
directed by Marjorie Chan
@ HYSTERIA - A FESTIVAL OF WOMEN
November 13th, program starts at 8:30pm, $15
www.buddiesinbadtimestheatre.com

CHINA DOLL by Marjorie Chan
A play about small feet and big steps
Now available at www.theatrebooks.com and most Book City locations!

CrossCurrents

A festival of new work by writers of diverse cultures

Call for Submissions
Deadline: December 10, 2004

Factory Theatre is seeking new original stage plays by writers of
diverse cultures for our fourth annual CrossCurrents Festival - a new
play development program and showcase dedicated to fostering new voices
and innovative works, particularly by writers of colour.

CrossCurrents is open to both emerging and established artists, and will
present work at varying stages of development. One act plays,
works-in-progress and proposals are welcome, though full-length plays
are preferred. Selected works will receive dramaturgical support, a
workshop with actors and a public presentation. Out-of-town playwrights
will receive travel expenses and per diem.

This year's CrossCurrents Festival will run April 8-16 in the Factory
Studio Theatre. The festival is headed up by a powerful new team -
Producer Jean Yoon and Associate Producer Nina Aquino.

We are prescribing no theme, so scripts submitted in previous years may
be resubmitted, although new works are strongly encouraged.

We want sizzle and substance, passion and originality. Got it? Now go!

Send us:
* A hard copy of your script, script excerpt or proposal
* A cover letter outlining your play's development history
* A self-addressed stamped envelope to:

CrossCurrents
Factory Theatre
125 Bathurst Street
Toronto ON M5V 2R2

Deadline for submission: December 10, 2004

Writers may also send scripts electronically to
crosscurrents@factorytheatre.ca in one of the following formats: pdf,
word or rtf. No other formats are acceptable.

For further information about Factory Theatre, go to
www.factorytheatre.ca.

Please address all questions concerning CrossCurrents to

Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street, 12th Floor
Toronto, ON M5C 3C4

Spark Plug Program extended to November 16, 2004

Telefilm Canada would like to announce that the deadline for submitting project applications under the Spark Plug Program has been extended to November 16, 2004. The new deadline will enable Telefilm to adequately reach out to the communities targeted by this Program and allow eligible producers to prepare their application.
Also, producers who submitted an application for the October 13, 2004 deadline can also take advantage of the extra time to refine their project.

In the meantime, we invite all associations, organizations and other institutions dedicated to visible minority and Aboriginal communities to promote the Spark Plug Program to members who may be interested in developing dramatic television programming. The Program also offers eligible producers professional development and participation in the Banff Television Festival.

Information about the second edition of the Program is available on Telefilm’s Web site at www.telefilm.gc.ca.

The three-year Spark Plug Program is part of the Spark Initiative developed by Canadian Heritage.Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in film, television, new media and music Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, new media and music industries. With the objective of building larger audiences for Canadian cultural products, the Corporation acts as a partner to the private sector through investments in diverse productions with wide appeal.

Flavours of Vancouver

CBC Radio's The Early Edition celebrates Flavours of Vancouver
Recipes wanted for new CBC Radio Cookbook

CBC Radio's The Early Edition is launching a search for the best recipes in the Lower Mainland. The recipe contest celebrates the Flavours of Vancouver and gives entrants the chance to be part of a new CBC Radio cookbook that will be published in 2005.

The contest starts October 26th and runs to December 10th. Each week, The Early Edition will feature new recipe entries and interviews with celebrity chefs. The winner will be announced on the show, December 14th .

Lower Mainlanders are encouraged to submit their favourite recipes: family recipes, recipes collected from travels or unique new creations.

Full contest details and entry form are available at www.cbc.ca/vancouver/cookbook Contest closes December 10th, but there is added incentive to enter early.

All Early Bird entries received by November 4th, 2004 at noon will be eligible to win a weekend for two in Whistler for Cornucopia, November 12-14th, 2004.

All entries will also be eligible for the Grand Prize - a selection of wonderful gift certificates from Vancouver's star chefs and restaurants!

The Early Edition delivers the news, sports, traffic and weather information that's important to Vancouverites. Every weekday morning, host Rick Cluff looks at the day's news and information and explores how it affects people in the Lower Mainland through insightful, thought-provoking interviews. The Early Edition is heard weekdays at 5:30am on CBC Radio One 690. www.cbc.ca/vancouver/earlyedition

the 8th annual east side culture crawl

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 19 to 21 2004

The Eastside Culture Crawl is an annual 3-day November/December event that involves artists who live in Vancouver's Eastside in an area bounded by Main St., 1st Ave., Commercial Drive, and the Waterfront. Painters, jewellers, sculptors, furniture makers, musicians, weavers, potters, writers, printmakers, photographers, glassblowers; from emerging artists to those of international fame... these are just a sampling of the exciting talents featured during this unique chance to meet local artists in their studios.

The Eastside Culture Crawl officially began in 1997 with 45 artists in 3 Strathcona area studio buildings and was attended by a few hundred people. This year the event has grown to over 200 artists and is expected to be attended by thousands.

Purchase something that strikes your fancy, commission something to be uniquely yours, or just browse through the studios and meet the artists, learning about their specific works of art, materials and tools, approaches and techniques. This is a once a year opportunity to meet many diversely talented artists and view their creations in the studios where they work. Be part of this exciting event, which brings people from all over the Lower Mainland, and share in the imaginations that enrich our neighbourhood and lives.

There will be an information booth at 601 Keefer Street during the event to answer all your questions.

http://www.culturecrawl.bc.ca/about.asp

TAE GUK GI: THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR

CANADIAN PREMIERE - Opens November 12, 2004

Toronto:
-Cineplex Galaxy Grande Sheppard
-Bloor Cinema (one week only)
-AMC Kennedy Commons

Vancouver:
-Cinemark Tinseltown Cinemas
-Famous Players SilverCity Coquitlam

Capri Releasing is pleased to announce that Kang Je-gyu's Korean
box office hit TAE GUK GI: THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR is opening in Toronto
and Vancouver.

The critically acclaimed war drama has just been named the official
Korean entry to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language
Film Oscar competition. It is also the highest grossing film in
South Korea's history, as well a blockbuster across Asia.

`Tae Guk Gi,' named after the national flag of South Korea,
is ultimately a morality play that assesses the cost of war and how it
changes a human being while using the story of brothers divided by
the 1950 civil war as a metaphor for the damage caused by the split.

www.sonypictures.com/movies/taegukgi/
www.caprifilms.com

THE PLUM TREE

November 19 - December 5, 2004
(with a possible week holdover until December 12)

Concrete Theatre
6-30 Stanley A. Milner Library Building
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton

David Fujino will reprise the role of Mas in Mitch Miyagawa's play,
_The Plum Tree_, for Concrete Theatre in Edmonton.

For more information, contact info@concretetheatre.ca

THE CHINESE CANADIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL

October 28, 2004 (6 - 9pm)
215 Spadina Ave. Toronto

The Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter has moved into
its new offices and is having a launch to celebrate! They will be
raising funds for The Homemaker's Association, a workers' rights
organization for Chinese immigrant women who sew in their home.
There will be a cash bar, 50/50, silent and live auction as well as
authors Judy Fong Bates and Wayson Choy and filmmaker Richard Fung
in attendance.

Admission is by donation: $5-$20

For more info on the Chinese Canadian National Council or this
event, call 416-596-0833 or check out this organization's website:
http://www.ccnctoronto.ca

FIRST ANNUAL RED FESTIVAL OF WICKEDLY GOOD ARTS

October 24 - October 27, 2004
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West(One block west of Duffering) Toronto

GirlCanCreate and Lula Lounge present the 1st Annual RED Festival; a
four day festival of live performance including dance, theatre,
puppetry, visual art, music, performance art, comedy and film.

The festival will feature some of Toronto's finest artists. Over 50
acts and 100 performers will grace the stage at Lula Lounge
to present some of the city's edgiest, sassiest, and talented artists.

Some of the artists performing in the festival are:
* Tabla Fusion by Gurpreet Chana
* Monologist Chris Gibbs
* Clown Helen Donnelly
* Puppeteers Mark Keetch and Noah Kenneally
* Dance Theatre Artist Meagan O'Shea performing her acclaimed one
woman show "Nightstills"
* All woman drumming group - RAW - Raging Asian Woman
* Theatre Artists Evalyn Parry and Anna Chatterton
* Chanteuse Amelie Lefebvre
* Montreal Based Dance Artist Virginia Preston
* Storyteller Ann McDougall
* Ottawa Based Performance Artist Maureen Shea
* Singer/Songwriter Reid Jamieson
* Flamenco Dancer Ilse Gudino and Guitarist Nicolas Hernandez
* Comedian Nile Seguin
* Playwright Marjorie Chan
* Improvisational Horns from John Oswald and Scott Thompson
* Musical Duet of Aviva Chernick and Kevin Quain
* Vocal Trio of Christine Duncan, Nilan Perera and Susanna Hood
* And many many more.

Ticket information:
-Sunday to Tuesday $20 for the evening, $15 for artists, students
and seniors with ID
-Wednesday October 27 $15 for the evening, $12 for artists, students
and seniors with ID
-Festival Passes $60 for the four days: $45 for artists, students
and seniors with ID

For Box Office and information please call (416) 591-0225
For full festival information please visit:
http://www.girlcancreate.com

VANCOUVER CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE

November 13, 2004 (8 pm)
NRT (950 West 41st Avenue) Vancouver

The Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society presents a concert
of traditional and contemporary Chinese music at the Norman
Rothstein Theatre. The concert, which celebrates the Vancouver
Chinese Music Ensemble's 15th anniversary, will premiere a
commissioned piece by composer Jin Zhang, entitled Hou Yi Shot the
Suns. Ensemble members include Ji Rong Huang (erhu), Yong Sun
dizi), Gui Lian Liu (pipa & daruan), Zhi Min Yu (ruan), Wei Li (zheng),
plus special guest musicians.

Tickets: $20 (general) /$15 (students, seniors) through NRT box
office (604-257-5111), Kam Sing Arts (604-279-9728), and DKAM (604-683-8240)

See http://www.vancouverchinesemusic.ca for more details.

WHEN FOX IS A THOUSAND AND VENOUS HUM

November 7, 2004 (7 pm)
Honey Lounge in the Lotus Hotel
455 Abbott St, Vancouver

Xtra! West and Arsenal Pulp Press present...

Larissa Lai launches the new edition of her groundbreaking novel,
_When Fox is a Thousand_ and Suzette Mayr launches _Venous Hum_, her
monstrously funny follow up to _The Widows_ (NeWest Press 1998).

This a free event. Books will be for sale. For more information,
call: 604-687-4233

CANADIAN FILM CENTRE'S HABITAT NEW MEDIA LAB

INTERACTIVE INFO SESSION GETS SOCIAL

Looking for a change? Or a whole new direction?
Want to see some innovative interactive demos?
How about a chance to meet a potential employer?

If you are a programmer, designer, producer, filmmaker, visual artist, new media pro or a creative mind, join us!
The Canadian Film Centre's Habitat New Media Lab invites you to an Interactive Info "Social" on Wednesday, October 27th. Come out and learn about Habitat's Interactive Art & Entertainment Programme (IAEP) and mingle with guests and alumni for a night of innovative discussion and excitement.

Visuals and music provided by "The Gentle People".

WHEN: Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cobalt Lounge, 426 College Street at Bathurst
*RSVP: habitat@cdnfilmcentre.com or 416-445-1446 ext. 296

The Canadian Film Centre's Habitat New Media Lab provides the highest level of analytical and practical new media training in Canada.

The IAEP is Canada's first post-graduate programme for new media training and production, based on a philosophy that compelling content is created through a collaborative process harnessing a wide range of creative skills, knowledge and talent.

For more information please visit www.cdnfilmcentre.com

Gazing at the Deep Blue Sea

Sunday, November 28, 2pm
Hycroft House

In cooperation with the BC Chinese Music Association
and the University’s Women’s Club of Vancouver

The BC Chinese Music Ensemble perform traditional and contemporary music from China and Canada in the elegant surroundings of Hycroft House. Ticket reservations and information 604 739 8047.

Gala Concert - Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre

Friday, November 5, 8pm
Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre

Gala Concert
BC Chinese Music Ensemble. the Laudate Singers, and Rebecca Whitling, violin

This exciting evening features the music of four distinguished visiting composers from Beijing: Tang Jianping, Wang Ning, Hao Weiya and Jia Guoping in a China-Canada composer exchange. A selection of contemporary cross-cultural music by BC's finest composers and performers will also be featured.

Tickets $22 / $15 - 604 990 7810, boxoffice@capcollege.bc.ca

Borealis String Quartet with Mei Han, zheng

Thursday, November 4, 8pm

UBC Recital Hall

The Borealis String Quartet, UBC's quartet in residence, with the season’s first of three concerts in the Recital Hall. Members are Patricia Shih and Yuel Yawney, violins, Nikita Pogrebnoy, viola and Joel Stobbe, cello. It features John Oliver’s Purple Lotus Bud, commissioned by Mei Han, zheng.

Tickets available at the door $20; seniors / students $10

Info: 604-822-5574, concerts@interchange.ubc.ca
www.music.ubc.ca

Further East Further West

In cooperation with the BC Chinese Music Association,
Capilano College and the UBC School of Music
Vancouver ProMusica presents China / Canada Composer Exchange
in celebration of the visiting Chinese composers from Beijing

Thursday, November 4, 12 noon
Recital Hall, UBC Music Building
UBC Contemporary Players perform Chinese and Canadian works

FREE admission

Information 604-822-5574, concerts@interchange.ubc.ca
www.music.ubc.ca

explorART Children's Creative Painting Exhibition

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening Ceremony and Awards Presentation of the explorART Children's Creative Painting Exhibition.

Come and see over 100 wonderful paintings created by children between the ages of 5 and 16 years during explorASIAN 2004. The theme of this year's exhibition is "Mother Nature and Me".

Mayor Larry Campbell has proclaimed October 30, 2004 as "explorART Day" in the City of Vancouver.

It will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver located in Chinatown at 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C.

For more info about explorART, please visit http://www.explorasian.org/explorart.html

Vancouver International Storytelling Festival

Stories from around the world presented at the 13th annual
Vancouver International Storytelling Festival

The Vancouver Society of Storytelling is committed to creating a stronger community around the ancient and innovative art form of storytelling. This year’s festival looks deeply into the vibrant cultures that make up Vancouver today, and explore the stories that have been brought here by newcomers from many lands. In particular this event will focus on the middle eastern community and its rich tradition of story; you are invited to 2004 Arabian Nights. For two full days, colourful folktales from this culture will unfold in an atmosphere enhanced with Persian carpets, green tea, hypnotic music and aromatic teas. Stories will be told by immigrants, emerging and seasoned storytellers in English, Persian, and Arabic.

For more details go to: www.vancouverstorytelling.org

Untitled Art Awards

Cast your Nomination – Only Six Weeks Left!
Nominations close December 5, 2004

Nominations for this year’s Untitled Art Awards are open, so cast a ballot for your favourite exhibition, curator, writer and arts supporter active in 2004. We’ll be accepting nominations until December 5, 2004.

Cast your nomination on-line at [ www.untitledartawards.ca ]

You can also fill out a ballot at the following locations:

Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art - 401 Richmond St. W., Suite #215
Steam Whistle Brewing - 255 Bremner Blvd.
401 Richmond St. W. [lobby]
Gallery 1313 - 1313 Queen St. W.
Angell Gallery - 890 Queen St. W.
Edward Day Gallery - 952 Queen St. W.
Fran Hill Gallery - 230 Queen St. E.
Christopher Cutts Gallery – 21 Morrow Ave.
AWOL Gallery - 78 Ossington Ave.
Blackwood Gallery - 3359 Mississauga Rd. N.
Art Gallery of York University - 4700 Keele St., North Ross Building, Suite N201
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – 231 Queen’s Quay W.
Artcore Gallery – 55 Mill St., Pure Spirits Building, Distillery District
The Drake Hotel – 1150 Queen St. W.
The Gladstone Hotel – 1214 Queen St. W.
Ontario College of Art & Design – 100 McCaul St.
Aboveground Art Supplies - 74 McCaul St.
Woolfitt’s Art Enterprises - 1153 Queen St. W.
Curry’s Artists’ Materials - 344 Queen St. W.

Note: For those that submitted an electronic nomination on September 23rd please kindly resubmit because your nomination may not have been recorded due to the setting up of the website.

The 2004 Award categories are:

Best Solo Exhibition in a Public Gallery
[Awarded to an artist for a solo exhibition in a public or university gallery in the Toronto area]

Best Solo Exhibition in a Private Gallery
[Awarded to an artist for a solo exhibition in a private gallery in the Toronto area]

Best Solo Exhibition in an Artist-Run Space
[Awarded to an artist for a solo exhibition in an artist-run space in the Toronto area]

Best Solo Exhibition in an Alternate Space
[Awarded to an artist for a solo exhibition in an alternate space in the Toronto area]

Best Exhibition or Project in Virtual Space
[Awarded for an exhibition or project on the World Wide Web]

Emerging Curator Award
[Awarded to a Toronto-area curator in the early stages of their career]

Best Curated Exhibition
[Awarded to a curator for an exhibition in any venue in the Toronto area]

Best Art Writing
[Awarded for outstanding art writing in an exhibition catalogue, magazine or journal produced within the Toronto area]

Lynn Donoghue Award – Friend of the Arts
[Awarded to an individual who has proven to be a true friend of the arts]

Emerging Artist Award
[Awarded to a Toronto-area artist in the early stages of their career]

Artist of the Year
[Awarded to a Toronto-area artist who has had an exceptional year]

Long Haul Award
[Awarded to an outstanding Toronto-area artist with a substantial history of professional activity]


The Awards are meant to celebrate and bring profile to GTA artists, their work and to the galleries that exhibit them.

Join us on February 16, 2005 at Steam Whistle Brewing for the 2004 Awards Gala to find out who the winners are!

Stay tuned to the website for further details: [www.untitledartawards.ca]

Ester Pugliese, Administrative Assistant
2004 Untitled Art Awards
401 Richmond St. W., Suite 215
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8
Phone: (416) 593-0178
Email: info@untitledartawards.ca

Metamorphosis and Misidentification in Madame Butterfly

PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SEMINAR @ WESTERN FRONT
A co-presentation by Centre A and Western Front Society in conjunction with
Vancouver Opera's Views of Japan (www.vancouveropera.ca)

< Thursday, November 18 and Friday, November 19, 8pm. >
"Lotus Blossom Special"
A Solo Performance by DAVID BATEMAN
Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue
Tickets: $10, $8, $5

Toronto-based performance artist David Bateman offers an alternative,
contemporary interpretation of the figure of Madame Butterfly. How does a
middle aged, primarily gay, white Canadian male locate himself within a
complex lexicon of race, gender, and sexuality? In a performance of
diva-esque operatic proportions, Bateman explores intersecting subject
positions with an eye for humour, tragedy, and costume.

David Bateman was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. He is still in
recovery. He is a Toronto based performance artist who presents his work
across the country. He has also taught Literature and Drama at the
University of Calgary and Trent University. Presently, he is teaching Queer
Performance and Creative Writing at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design +
Media in Vancouver. His first collection of poetry, Storey and a Half, will
be published by Frontenachouse Press (Calgary) in the spring of 2005.

< Saturday, November 20, 2pm. >
"Public Seminar at Western Front with David Bateman" (moderated by Ashok
Mathur). Free admission.

A discussion of issues of artistic performance, race and gender that arise
from the production of Madame Butterfly in the new millenium, moderated by
Ashok Mathur, writer, cultural organizer, and head of Critical + Cultural
Studies at the Emily Carr Institute.


Centre A gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its patrons,
sponsors, members, partners, private foundations, and government funding
agencies, including the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Art
Council, and the City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs.


For more information, contact:

Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
849 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2W2
tel: 604-683-8326; fax: 604-683-8632
email: centrea@centrea.org
website: www.centrea.org
gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm

or

Western Front Society
303 E 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1S1
Info: 604-878-7563; tel: 604-876-9343
email: perfart@front.bc.ca
website: www.front.bc.ca
office hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11am-5pm

Vancouver Multicultural Society 30th Anniversary Dinner

The Vancouver Multicultural Society (VMS) will hold its 30th Anniversary Dinner on
Thursday, November 18, 2004, 6:00 pm
Floata Seafood Restaurant
#400—180 Keefer Street, Vancouver

Guest Speaker:
Hon. Justice Wally Oppal
BC Court of Appeal
“Reflections on Canadian Multiculturalism”

Guests:
Hon. Raymond Chan
Federal Minister of State (Multiculturalism)

Hon. Patrick Wong
Provincial Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services

His Worship Larry Campbell
Mayor, City of Vancouver

Tickets: $30 per person

Established in 1974, VMS is the longest-serving agency established to promote multiculturalism and diversity in British Columbia. Over the past three decades, the Society has undertaken public education activities and special projects designed to promote multiculturalism, anti-racism, equality of opportunity, mutual respect and cultural harmony. Please join us in celebrating this record of achievement.

For further information, please contact the VMS office at 604 731 4648 or send email to info@urbancultures.ca

Spark Plug Program

Telefilm Canada's Spark Plug Program was launched last year, enabling 14
producers from visible minority and Aboriginal communities from across
Canada to develop television drama projects, enhance their professional
skills, have access to several broadcasters, and participate in the
Banff Television Festival.

The application deadline for the second edition of the program has just
been extended to November 16, 2004. What better opportunity, therefore,
for you to promote the program to members of your organization who may
be interested in the program's many benefits. If you are an eligible
producer with the minimum number of required production credits to your
name, we invite you to submit your television drama project between now
and November 16.

Further information about this initiative may be obtained on Telefilm's
Web site or
by contacting your regional Telefilm office.

ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND

Kung Fu Fridays gets Ghoulish on You with ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND

October 29 - 9:45pm
ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND
Director: Sammo Hung
Action Director: Sammo Hung's Stunt Team
Cast: Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Chung Fat, Peter Chan, Wu Ma
Hong Kong / Cantonese with English subtitles / 1981 / 102 minutes / 14A

Sammo Hung likes to do two things: play golf and kick ass. Luckily for us, in Hong Kong, in 1981, there were no good golf courses, so he had to make unrelenting ass-kicking films! Hung plays Courageous Cheung, a rickshaw puller whose wife is up to no good, cheating with Cheung's best customer, a local official. He hires an evil priest to take out Cheung using a rotting, hopping vampire and some black magic curses. The evil priest has a good Taoist priest brother who decides to stop the madness, and poor Cheung is stuck in the middle of a black magic battle, bouncing back and forth like a big rubber ball and also trying to elude the grasp of the local police constable (Lam Ching-ying, the vampire busting priest from the Mr. Vampire flicks, in his first major role). Sammo Hung's Stunt Team is in full effect. The front end of the movie is stuffed with ghostly visions and creepy creeps, but the back end is heavy with dust-ups, possession brawls, and faceless flying fiends wielding rusty, razor-sharp pigstickers. Like spending a fabulous evening trapped in a museum basement full of flesh-eating zombies and full of "Dude, that chicken exploded!" moments, it is the first of its kind, the kind of fantastic flick that forces the audience to its feet, chanting "Fight, fatboy! Fight!" (Edited from the Subway Cinema folks. Read the full article at: http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/archives/gore2002/spooky.htm)

Info about the upcoming shows with pics is available at: http://www.ultra8.ca/content/kff.html

Sponsored by Suspect Video
604 Markham St. 416-588-6674
619 Queen St. W. 416-504-7135
http://suspectvideo.com/

The Royal Cinema is at 608 College Street, 4 1/2 blocks west of Bathurst Street, between Clinton Street and Grace Street. Box Office opens 30 minutes before showtime. Price is $6 for Members, $8 without membership card. Grab a REEL DEAL card and get 5 movies for $20! Call (416) 516-4845 for showtimes. Check out the full Festival Cinema schedule at http://www.festivalcinemas.com Thanks to Dina, Paige, Mark and the dedicated staff at the Royal, Tim Smy, Peter McQuillan, Paul Ennis, Luis and the of SUSPECT VIDEO staff, Dion Conflict, Kagan (buy the fant-abulous Infinite Kung Fu comic book - http://www.infinitekungfu.com ) and all those who turn out to support the Fu.

Routes to Our Roots: Finding Chinese Canada

Explore Chinese Canadian family history in British Columbia

Are you curious about Chinese Canadian family histories? Learn the tools to document that history at the inaugural workshop of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C.

On Friday evening, hear three Chinese Americans from California speak on their experiences as pioneers in the historical field. Then, Dr. Henry Yu, associate professor of Asian Canadian History at the University of British Columbia, will explore the importance of documenting community histories in B.C. and further afield.

Saturday’s session will feature the work of BC researchers who focus on uncovering Chinese Canadian family and community histories. For a hands-on approach, a specialist librarian from the Vancouver Public Library will demonstrate how to use family genealogy resources available to the public. This workshop will feature English-language materials; other workshops featuring Chinese sources will be offered in the future.

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHS), the Vancouver Public Library, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Association of Chinese Canadian Professionals.

Founded in 2004, the aims of the CCHS are to encourage research, documentation and promotion of Chinese Canadian history in British Columbia. For more information on the CCHS, please visit http://www.cchsbc.ca or contact the President, Edgar Wickberg, at edbw@interchange.ubc.ca.

Where: Alice MacKay Room, Vancouver Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.

When: Friday, November 5, 2004 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday, November 6, 2004 from 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Cost: Free of charge

How to register: Participants may register by phone (604-331-3711), e-mail jennlau@gmail.com) or in person at the History & Government Division on the 6th floor of the Vancouver Central Library. Drop-ins also welcome.

For more information: Jennifer Lau, 778-892-5585 or jennlau@gmail.com

Informal Architectures

The Banff International Curatorial Institute and the Walter Phillips Gallery present:

Informal Architectures: A Symposium on Contemporary Art, Architecture and Spatial Culture

An international, inter-disciplinary symposium examining the representation of space in contemporary art, visual culture and architecture.

October 27-31, 2004
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta

Featuring Keynote Speakers: Dan Graham (October 27) and Atelier BowWow (October 28)

Discussions include:
Informal Space and Popular Imagination
Nomadism and Mobility
Ephemeral Spaces
Memory, Nostalgia, Utopia
Curating and Architecture
And more...

Presentations: Mark Wasiuta & Marc Sanchez, Marjetica Potrc, Lucy Gunning, Andrea Phillips, Lida Abdullah, Marie-Paule Macdonald, Trevor Boddy, Marcus Novak, Jeffrey Huang, Sandra Buckley, FILUM (Sarah Bonnemaison & Christine Macy), Alexander Pilis, Gregory Cowan, Sean Topham, Robert Kronenburg, Ana Rewakowicz, Aoife MacNamara, Paul Antick, Centre for Land Use Interpretation (Erik Knutzen), Bernie Miller, Kourosh Mahvash, Alexandra McIntosh, Jeanne Randolph, Lance Blomgren, David Ross & Rebecca Duclos, Rita McKeough, Corwyn Lund, Stuart Reid, Doug Moffat, Ehryn Torrell, Sigrid Dahle, Leah Garnett, Shauna McCabe, Adrienne Lai, Gailan Ngan, Dennis J. Evans, Knowles Eddy Knowles, Ryan Nordlund, Andrew Kearney, Vessna Perunovich, Andrew King, David Hoffos, and others.

To register and for updates please visit:
www.banffcentre.ca/bici

Presented by: The Banff International Curatorial Institute, Walter Phillips Gallery and Middlesex University (London, UK).

With financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, The Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Program subject to change without notice.

Green College Writer-in-Residence

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications
from Canadian writers for the position of Writer-in-Residence. The term of
the residency will be for three months between September 1, 2005 and April
30, 2006, subject to funding approval. The Writer-in-Residence will work
with the Green College community through individual consultations and
through the College¹s established reading series. She or he must live at the
College for the duration of the term, and will be provided with room,
partial board and a stipend of $16,000. Writers with a minimum of one book
in print, who have made a significant contribution to their area of
specialty over a number of years, are invited to send their applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee
Green College
6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, 20-30 page writing sample and
two letters of reference. Application deadline: Postmarked December 31, 2004.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/WIR.htm

Fresh Ground

Up to five new Canadian works

New Harbourfront Centre $100,000 Arts Commissioning Programme for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

William J.S. Boyle, Chief Executive Officer of Harbourfront Centre, today announced the launch of Fresh Ground, an exciting new programme in which Harbourfront Centre has committed $100,000 to commission up to five new Canadian works. Established to stimulate cross-disciplinary creativity, Fresh Ground is a highlight in Harbourfront Centre’s celebration of its 30th anniversary of showcasing contemporary culture. The programme expands on the Centre’s three decades of fostering Canadian creativity and cultural invention.

“We are extremely excited about Fresh Ground and feel it is very fitting to introduce this programme during such a celebratory year,” said William Boyle. “Harbourfront Centre strives to be a catalyst in the creation of new artistic work across Canada by fostering collaborations between different art forms, disciplines and generations. Some of the most creative and fascinating work being produced across the country today is the result of artists working in different ways and through non-traditional collaborations. We all feel very proud to be able to directly assist in the creation of new interdisciplinary work through an initiative like Fresh Ground.”

To qualify for one of the five commissions, each with a maximum award of $20,000, applicants must be professional artists, a Canadian or landed immigrant and must fulfill the criteria of creating a new, collaborative work which incorporates more than one discipline or field. The work must be original, never before presented or performed and ready for presentation or installation at Harbourfront Centre in the 2005-2006 season.

Fresh Ground is made possible by the generosity of several individual donors who have been active in assisting in the creation of new Canadian art works, including: James D and Margaret Fleck, Sonja and Michael Koerner, Judy and Wil Matthews, Gretchen and Donald Ross.

Full criteria for qualification and instructions for applicants can be found at the Harbourfront Centre website, www.harbourfrontcentre.com/callforsubmissions, or by calling the Harbourfront Centre Fresh Ground line at 416 973-4216.

Media Contact:
Bruce Hutchinson, 416 973-4677 or bhutchinson@harbourfrontcentre.com

Downsview Memorial Parkette

The City of Toronto is holding a public art competition for the Downsview Memorial Parkette located at the north east corner of Keele and Wilson Avenues.

The intention of the public art competition is to select an artist team that will create a fully integrated art and landscape design program. The artist team will be comprised of the artist as the prime consultant with a qualified landscape architect to be selected by the artist. This call for _expression_ of interest is limited to artists who are living/working in the Greater Toronto Area.

The budget for the art and landscape components is $400,000.00.
The fully installed project is to be completed by October 1, 2005.

Submission Requirements

- Visuals of 6-8 recent, relevant works. Submit slides or printed photographs only. Please list materials and dimensions for each work.
- One page artist’s statement outlining your experience in working on teams and specifically, on integrating art into landscape
- Resume
- Stamped, self addressed envelope for return of materials

Submissions should be sent to:
Catherine Williams and Rina Greer
Public Art Consultants: Downsview Memorial Parkette
33 Bishop Street
Toronto, ON M5R 1N3

catherineawilliams@rogers.com
(416) 961-9388

Submissions must be received by 5 pm. Wednesday, November 3, 2004.

All submissions will be reviewed by the public art consultants and a Selection Committee made up of three art experts and two representatives from the community. A short list of 3-5 artists will be paid a fee to develop a site specific proposal. These short listed artists may choose their own landscape architect. If the artists do not have a landscape architect with whom they would like to work, the public art consultants will provide a list of qualified landscape architects who are accustomed to working in a team situation and familiar with City requirements.

The Selection Committee will review the short listed proposals in late January 2005 to select a winning design.

The Adventures of Ali and Ali and the Axes of Evil

Created and performed by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia, Camyar Chai
Also starring John Murphy

3 shows only!!!
Friday October 29, 7:30 pm
Saturday October 30, 3pm and 7:30 pm
Frederic Wood Theatre
6354 Crescent Road, UBC

Tickets $15 / $10 - Call Theatre UBC Box Office: 604.822.2678
For information call: NeWorld Theatre 604.602.0007 or check out neworldtheatre.com

NOW (TORONTO): "ALI THE GREATEST" - 4 Stars, Critic's Pick: Need a reminder of how smart, relevant and entertaining live theatre can be? Then check out Ali & Ali
-Greg Sumi

CBC RADIO: A vicious and viciously funny satire of life in the New American Empire, Ali and Ali is a hilarious and eye opening evening of political theatre -- extremely politically-incorrect political theatre
-Jerry Wasserman

GLOBE AND MAIL: What makes Ali and Ali different from, say, Saturday Night Live, is that it places the stateless, exiled condition of Ali and Ali as the root of their actions and cause of their acerbic world-view
-Karim Al Jawari

VANCOUVER SUN: Anyone with the smarts to see through the mass of mendacity that passes for fact these days will appreciate this clever, cutting cabaret
-Peter Birnie

NATIONAL POST: Chai and Youssef are wily, charming performers who know how to work an audience and one another. I was in their pockets from the moment one of them told a rude story about a leprechaun
-Robert Cushman

GEORGIA STRAIGHT: The gratingly sincere conventions of politically correct drama are laid bare and, through transgression, the right to uncontrolled speech is asserted. This goes beyond clever; it's hilarious.
-Colin Thomas

TERMINAL CITY: Ali & Ali is brilliant clown satire, veering from the absolutely ridiculous to sudden crashes of anger and sadness Š We are all implicated, the whole world, one way or another, and Chai and Youssef take no prisoners.
-Alan Hindle

SEE (EDMONTON):
Marcus Youseff and Camyar Chai along with John Murphy were engaging, and hilariously, butt-clenchingly on the money with their observations on what it is to be human in these troubling times.

Media contact: Ellie O'Day, 604 731 3339, ellie@oday.org

Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema 2004

October 27th through the 30th, 2004
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Presenting animated feature films from around the world including several premieres, a tribute to Canada's role in animation history, and a unique shorts programme that highlights independent anime production.

The 2004 Festival will be opening with the North American premiere of eagerly anticipated anime sci-fi thriller Appleseed, created by Ghost in the Shell author Shirow Masamune. Set in the year 2131 A.D., a non-nuclear war has left the Earth barren, and much of the population is robotic. One last bastion of civilisation remains, and a female