No Sweet Carolines at Lunar New Year: Year of The Dragon
Feb
11
2:00 PM14:00

No Sweet Carolines at Lunar New Year: Year of The Dragon

Join The No Sweet Carolines for their 2nd ever public performance at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden’s 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Dragon! The show takes place in the courtyard at 2:00 PM until 2:30 PM rain or shine. The No Sweet Carolines are Kristin Fung (YunYun) and D’arcy Han (ZiZi) and are Vancouver’s newest R&B dueling pianos act.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunar-new-year-celebration-year-of-the-dragon-tickets-799109918277

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Liven UP Coal Harbour
Dec
23
8:30 PM20:30

Liven UP Coal Harbour

Liven UP - Coal Harbour is Vancouver’s newest free outdoor winter event animating the spectacular walk along the seawall from Canada Place to Cardero Park. From Dec 1 to 30, enjoy live activations every Friday and Saturday, 5-10pm.

Liven UP is a unique take on a winter event - it is all about connecting, sharing, and creating a space where people come together to take in the magic of beautiful lighting installations, enjoy amazing live music within our tented stage and bar, hear and tell cultural stories around the fire, learn about the city on a walk and talk, watch a captivating fire performance, and drink hot toddies for themselves and hot chocolates for their kids, all the while surrounded by the breathtaking view of the Coal Harbour Seawall.

Celebrate with family and friends, explore the city and make new friends. Connect in the shared experience of light, music, story, and taste.

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Kristin Fung (lead vocals/songwriter/synth) plays December 23 at Harbour Green Park Stage with Suin Park (keyboard), Jay Esplana (bass), Trent Otter (drums).

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re:Naissance Opera and Vancouver Opera's IndieArtist Cabaret
Nov
21
7:30 PM19:30

re:Naissance Opera and Vancouver Opera's IndieArtist Cabaret

The No Sweet Carolines (debut performance)

Hosted by re:Naissance Opera and Vancouver Opera, the IndieArtist Cabaret returns to showcase the homegrown talent of Vancouver’s creative innovators and genre defiers. Highlighting the music, dance, theatre, poetry, and performing arts sectors, this cabaret strives to platform new works in any stage of development. In bite-sized, 10 minute presentations, artists of diverse disciplines will showcase their new and evolving creations. Hosted at The Fox Cabaret in Mount Pleasant, this event will strengthen the interdisciplinary connections in the creative industry by bringing together artists, producers, arts organizations, and audiences in celebration of this vibrant community.

This is a 19+ event.

Tickets

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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival - A Circus of Dreams
Sep
29
to Sep 30

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival - A Circus of Dreams

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Presented by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

September 29 & 30, 5:00pm - 11:00pm

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is a time-honoured tradition celebrated by families around the world. This festival holds great significance as it marks a time for loved ones to come together, enjoy delicious food, and bask in the enchanting glow of the full moon. The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is not just a yearly event but a cherished occasion that strengthens familial bonds and encourages cultural preservation, connection and tradition.

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IMPACTfest: Yvonne Ng/ tiger princess dance projects
Sep
13
7:00 PM19:00

IMPACTfest: Yvonne Ng/ tiger princess dance projects

“Weave…part one” uses a contemporary dance framework to braid my mother’s life (second Sino-Japanese War); adopted into a Peranakan family as a baby, passed on to her Lau Ye at age 7 for convenience then discarded at age 19 on the death of the patriarch; with some of the situations I lived through in Canada, and choices I made that crystalized who I became.  Central to the solo is a questioning of the role/value of a woman in Asia – if all this has really changed with the passing of time.

Entr’acte, featuring singer, Kristin Fung

In Search of the Holy Chop Suey

Where or in what time space does identity reside? Ng asks “How does someone else’s movement quality impact my own dancing self?” as she undertakes a pointed investigation for her solo, In Search of the Holy Chop Suey. In it, she ponders a life of creation and imitation in movement and mines influences from sources as varied as her mother, modern dance and kung fu legends, ordinary people, wild animals and more. Says Ng, “When I imitate, I also uncover something unique in myself. Each time I fail to become more like my mother (or my favourite kung fu hero Bruce Lee), I become more me.”

In explaining the title, Ng says: “In the late seventies/early eighties, there was a TV series called In Search of… that focused on mysterious phenomena, e.g. Loch Ness, Holy Grail, Big Foot, etc. But they would never find the ‘thing’ that was the subject of the particular episode. Chop Suey is a dish that reportedly originated from migrant Chinese workers who lived in the U.S.A. in the 19th century. When I was young, living in Asia, I wanted everything western. I knew about the dish and equated it to something Western/North American. The title is a comment on my belief that each of us has a deep desire to find meaning for our lives – even as that meaning eludes us and/or is not what it seems.” The sound score and the spoken text of this solo includes Chinese dialect Hokkien and Singlish.

More info:

https://impact-fest.com/

https://escaouette.com/yvonne-ng-tiger-princess-dance-projects/

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