Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
23 Aug 2023
Posted by Mackenzie Sato Dyck 
The Silk & Saké fundraiser, celebrating the Aurora Dance Group's 25th anniversary at the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba on June 4. Photo credit: Royce O'Toole. Recalling the success of our first Silk & Saké fundraiser in 2013, we decided to organize it again for 2023, this...
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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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Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Finding ways to make life easier through hectic times. Photos courtesy: Caroline Ishii. How can we make our lives easier as we try to check off the many things from our to-do lists and enjoy the too-short summer season? I've just moved, and anyone who has moved knows it always looks easier when...
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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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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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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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Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Collection conservation." Collection: Banno Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2016.30. BURNABY — The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC) is currently working on a new digitization project, thanks to funding from...
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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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Posted by Bayview United Church 
Bayview United Church members now worship at Cummer Avenue United Church. Photo courtesy: Bayview United Church. Due to a decline in the number of people able to provide leadership for the Bayview Church, the church council and members determined that supporting the church building and organizing...
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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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