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Kate Kamo McHugh’s 20 Grains of Rice seeks to reclaim lost culture and identity


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 13 Sep 2023   Posted by Suzanne Hartmann

Kate Kamo McHugh performs 20 Grains of Rice in Toronto following a two-week technical residency supported by Dancemakers. Photo credit: Drew Berry. Yonsei Kamo McHugh is a Kitchener-based dance and theatre artist. Earlier this spring, she headed to Toronto to refine 20 Grains of Rice during a technical...

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David Mura’s work continues to push readers to question the world


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 22 Aug 2023   Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino

Left: Author David Mura. Right: The cover of Mura's newest book, The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself. Photos courtesy: University of Minnesota Press. Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei (1991) I first encountered David Mura’s writing in his memoir, Turning Japanese, over 30 years ago. Likely...

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Darcy Tamayose on exploring hauntings by ghosts, grief, and guilt


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 17 Aug 2023   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Left: Author Darcy Tamayose. Right: The cover of Tamayose's novel Ezra's Ghosts. While Tamayose explores and experiments with storytelling pace, density, and flow, each story is linked with the characters' comings and goings in the fictional town of Ezra. Ezra takes influences from the prairie...

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Drawing attention to the stigma surrounding addiction and homelessness


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 15 Aug 2023   Posted by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy

Author and artist PJ Murashige Patten uses art to process his experiences of the world. Left: Author and artist PJ Murashige Patten. Photo credit: Eden Patten. Right: The cover of Patten's graphic memoir Tower25. Photo courtesy: PJ Patten. Patten’s graphic novel memoir, Tower25: Strung out,...

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Bringing history to life: Artist Kimiko Fraser illustrates stories of trailblazing women


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 09 Aug 2023   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Left: Illustrator, artist, and historian Kimiko Fraser. Photo credit: J King York. Right: The cover of "Kimiko Murakami: A Japanese Canadian Pioneer." Photo courtesy: Heritage House Publishing. “Having [history told] in colour and illustrations gives it a closer feel. It makes it feel more present....

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Mayumi Lashbrook’s Enemy Lines: A must-see performance for all Canadians


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 04 Aug 2023   Posted by Karen Uchida

Mayumi Lashbrook in Enemy Lines, which ran at McMaster's Black Box Theatre in Hamilton on May 26 to 28. Above is Lashbrook during the Toronto performance at Theatre Centre, May 12 to 14. Photo credit: Marlowe Porter. In an April 2023 interview with Nikkei Voice, Lashbrook describes the initial...

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Welcoming Erica Isomura and Megan Wray as new facilitators for Mata Ashita


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 02 Aug 2023   Posted by Mata Ashita

Mata Ashita, the Japanese Canadian writing circle, welcomes Erica Isomura (left) and Megan Wray (right) as new workshop facilitators and program curators for the forthcoming season. Photos courtesy: Mata Ashita. This forthcoming season, Mata Ashita welcomes Erica Isomura and Megan Wray as workshop...

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“A Woman Is…” Kiki Moritsugu on forging her own path at Toronto Fringe Festival


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 13 Jul 2023   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Kiki Moritsugu stars in A Woman Is..., running at Toronto Fringe Festival until July 16. Photo credit: Kiki Moritsugu/Toronto Fringe Festival. Born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, Moritsugu is a performer, dancer, and singer based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her career has included theatre, television,...

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The spaces in between: Artist Elysha Rei’s intricate hand-cut paper art


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 22 Jun 2023   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Hand-cut washi paper study of a landscaped Japanese garden built by internees in 14B, Barmera, South Australia 1945-12, using the reference image from Australia War Memorial Item 123010. This piece was created by artist Elysha Rei during her artist residency at the University of Victoria. Photo courtesy...

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Artist Tim Fukakusa celebrates Japanese cinema and pop culture through his work


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 14 Jun 2023   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Neon Otaku, a mural by artist Tim Fukakusa currently at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of a new free public art exhibition, Reimagining: Narratives of tension and wonder until July 4. Photo courtesy: Tim Fukakusa. The skyline of a futuristic Toyko at night bursting with neon lights and the silhouette...

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