Asian Heritage – Edmonton

Concordia Concert Choir Silent Auction supporting China 2020 Tour Robert Tegler Student Centre Concordia University of Edmonton 7128 Ada Blvd Adults $20, Seniors & Students $15

A Spellbinding family show China's finest acrobatic troupe have been dazzling audiences all over the world for decades. Their unique blend of traditional Chinese folklore and daring gymnastics is guaranteed to leave you speechless and has seen them perform on everything from Ellen to the Hollywood Bowl's Fireworks Season Finale. A few of their members can also be spotted in the Oceans 11 movie trilogy! What Can I Expect at a Peking Acrobats Show? Maybe a better question is what…

In the summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but one day he meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and…

Funded by Health Canada,  the MHCC convenes stakeholders, develops and influences sound public policy, and seeks to inspire collective action. Examples include the justice system, primary health care, workplace, housing, and others that impact the lives of Canadians living with a mental health problem or illness and their families. Each of its initiatives and projects is led by experts from across the country who bring a variety of perspectives and experience to the table. Consulting with people who have experience…

Billi’s family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch, the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live. USA 2019, 100 min, Dir: Lulu Wang Mandarin with subtitles, & English

CONCORDIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DANIELLE LISBOA, CONDUCTOR FeaturingJoshua Wong, piano Winner of the 2019 CSO Concerto Competition for Youth ROBERT TEGLER STUDENT CENTRE CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY OF EDMONTON 7128 Ada Blvd, Edmonton She is fearless, creative, smart, and seductive. The CSO invites you to meet Scheherazade, the beloved heroine from One Thousand and One Nights, and her fascinating stories retold in music by Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade’s beguiling storytelling, interweaving plots full of tension and suspense, would ultimately save her life from…

Tibetan textiles in Dragons on the Tibetan Plateau include robes and textiles made of Chinese silks and decorated with variations on Chinese dragon patterns. The textiles in this exhibition feature dragons with claws, horns, tails, and in a variety of colours, and they were produced using different weaving and embroidery techniques. All textiles featured in this exhibition are from the University of Alberta Museums’ Mactaggart Art Collection. Edmonton philanthropists Drs. Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart, generously began donating their collection to…