Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Queer Brown Man author Chris C.E. Gatchalian delves into an exploration not only of being queer, but also being brown in Canada. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Musings on C.E. Gatchalian and the 2019 LiterASIAN festival “Much like the rain of the previous night, the flow of tears from Gatchalian’s
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7-week poetry writing workshop starts October 8 and runs to November 19. Vancouver, B.C. Sinag-Araw Writing Workshop Calling all Filipino youth aged 15-24! Sinag-Araw is a seven-week poetry writing workshop held every Tuesday from October 8 to November 19 from 7-9pm at the ArtStarts Lab, located at 808 Richards Street. Participants will grow their artistic
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Joella Cabalu’s first credit as a producer and director was for her own personal family documentary It Runs in the Family (2015), which won Audience Choice Awards at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival and an honourable mention for the Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary at CAAMFest. (Photo: Krista MacMillan) Updated:
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Mildred German (left), Czarinna Tabobo, and Levi Bustos of the zine group table called “FOB” (Filipinx of Bandcouber). (Photo provided) Updated: Sept. 23, 2019, 10:11 PM Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadians take on comedy, self-expression, self-publishing, and the DIY culture Mildred German Vancouver, BC – With comedy, zine, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture becoming more trendy, and with
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Author and former frank theatre director C.E. Chris Gatchalian in two back-to-back literary festivals. Vancouver/Winnipeg Liter Asian , Vancouver Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver author Chris C.E. Gatchalian will be participating in two literary festivals in Vancouver and Winnipeg. The author of Double Melancholy is a panelist at Vancouver’s Liter Asian Festival
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January Lapuz, 26, was stabbed to death at her home in New Westminster, B.C., in September 2012. (Facebook) Surrey, B.C. My Name Was January is a memorial of January’s life and light- Director By Ted Alcuitas Award-winning indie doc My Name Was January is being screened on September 21 and 28 at Surrey’s City Centre
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People line up to have a taste of Filipino food. (All photos by Carlo Javier) Vancouver, B.C. Eat Your Heart Out By Carlo Javier The late summer sun was almost uncomfortable. Yet despite temperatures approaching the mid-30s on back-to-school week, Canada Place and the general Vancouver harbour area looks as exuberant as the peak of
Narukami has explored drawing, painting and sculpting, creating detailed images with innumerable lines. The Edge includes her work in watercolour and ink. (Photo cropped from Narima dela Cruz FB post) 2nd update: Sept. 5, 2019, 8:25 PM Updated: September 5, 2019, 3:20 PM. Hycroft Gallery features young artist’s work By Ted Alcuitas Artworks by a student who was
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Christina Panis has been included as one of The City of Vancouver’s Remarkable Women for 2019. (Photo: Simon Fraser University) Vancouver, B.C. Pinay one of Vancouver’s Remarkable Women By Ted Alcuitas Walk into a Vancouver Community Centre and you won’t fail to notice a display board with womens’ images on it. Look closer and you’ll
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