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LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors


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 23 Jul 2024   Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino

Authors featured in the 12th Annual LiterASIAN Writers Festival. (Left to right): Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Joy Kogawa, Angie Wong, Keiko Honda, Ujjal Dosanjh, and Lindsay Wong. Photos by: Catherine Jo Ishino. Represented were first-time published writers to more seasoned ones. The Pan-Asian...

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Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall


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 22 Jul 2024   Posted by Anton Wagner

Canada and the Atom Bomb Photo Exhibition at Toronto City Hall. The exhibition is open to the public in the Toronto City Hall Rotunda from Aug. 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. The exhibition precedes the HNDC’s Aug. 6 commemoration at the City Hall Peace Garden. This year’s commemoration theme is “Now is the Time:...

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Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno


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 19 Jun 2024   Posted by Sam Frederick

Title: "Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno." Collection: Kenichi Maeno Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2014.4.4. Year: circa 1940s. Photo courtesy: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. This item is from the Kenichi Maeno collection...

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A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist


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 18 Jun 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Emiko Agatsuma and Miya Turnbull will perform Ladder at Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax on June 28 and 29. Photo credit: Annaka Gale. After a long process of collaborating online, the two artists are currently working together in Halifax to create a 20-minute performance that combines butoh dance and handmade...

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Taiko master Kiyoshi Nagata on 40 years of taiko


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 14 Jun 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Toronto taiko troupe Nagata Shachu wraps its 26th season with Possibilities at Fleck Dance Theatre on June 21. Photo courtesy: Nagata Shachu. “It was the first time I had ever seen a taiko group before, and I was just totally blown away to see 13 people playing these massive drums. I still...

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Kimiko’s Pearl unites three Nikkei artists to tell Japanese Canadian story through ballet


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 13 Jun 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Kyra Soo in Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts upcoming world premiere of Kimiko's Pearl at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on June 22 and 23. Photo credit: Réjean Brandt. Kimiko’s Pearl is commissioned and produced by Bravo Niagara!. The premiere will be presented by the FirstOntario...

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Artist and author Keiko Honda on Accidental Blooms and plunging in the unknown


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 23 May 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Left: The cover of author Keiko Honda's memoir, Accidental Blooms. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. Right: Author, scientist, and artist Keiko Honda. Photo credit: Anton Fernando. When Vancouver-based scientist, writer, community organizer, and painter Keiko Honda first learned to paint, she would...

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Recognizing the tireless work of community volunteers with Ontario Volunteer Service Awards


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 22 May 2024   Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou

JCCC volunteers receive Ontario Volunteer Service Awards. Some of the JCCC Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients (plus two JCCC volunteer coordinators on either end) at the award ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum on April 15. Photo credit: Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou. The Ontario government's...

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The Zen Diary: A feast for the eyes and soul


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 21 May 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Kenji Sawada as Tsutomu Mizukami and Takako Matsu as Machiko in director Yuji Nakae’s The Zen Diary. And that is what the film is: a feast for the eyes. Told through a slow and quiet pace, The Zen Diary is a beautiful meditation on the natural cycles of life, reflected through the changing seasons...

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Author Leslie Shimotakahara’s novels offer literary passageways to places in the past


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 22 Mar 2024   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Award-winning author Leslie Shimotakahara's newest book, Sisters of the Spruce, is available now. Left: Author Leslie Shimotakahara. Photo credit: Chris Grivas. Right: The cover of Sisters of the Spruce. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. “It is stories and experiences and having known these women...

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